Creepers and phantoms are frightened of invisible cats
The Bug:
Creepers and phantoms avoid invisible cats.
Steps to Reproduce:
- Summon an invisible cat by using the command provided below.
/summon minecraft:cat ~ ~ ~ {NoAI:1b,active_effects:[{duration:-1,amplifier:0b,id:"minecraft:invisibility"}]} - Summon a creeper nearby and switch to survival mode and make the creeper notice you.
- Watch closely and observe the creeper's behavior as it gets close to the invisible cat.
Observed Behavior:
Creepers and phantoms avoid invisible cats.
Expected Behavior:
Creepers and phantoms would not avoid invisible cats.
Created Issue:
Creepers and phantoms are frightened of invisible cats
Mobs seem to be ignoring the invisibility effect when it comes to other mobs, this noticibly affects:
> Creepers run from invisible cats
> Phantoms run from invisible cats
> Endermen get angered by invisible endermites
How to replicate:
- Place the mob that is going to be invisible (cat or endermite)
- Make it invisible with a potion or a command
- Place the other mob near it and observ the behaviour
Mobs seem to be ignoring the invisibility effect when it comes to other mobs, this noticibly affects:
> Creepers run from invisible cats
> Phantoms run from invisible cats
> Endermen get angered by invisible endermites
How to replicate:
- Place
the mobthat is going to be invisible(cat or endermite)- Make it invisible with a potion or a command
- Place the
other mobnear it and observ the behaviourThe Bug
Mobs seem to be ignoring the invisibility effect when it comes to other mobs, this noticibly affects:
> Creepers run from invisible cats
> Phantoms run from invisible cats
How to replicate
- Place a cat that is going to be invisible
- Make it invisible with a potion or a command
- Place the a creeper or phantom near it and observe the behavior
Observed Result
The Creeper and Phantom ran away
Expected Result
The Creeper and Phantom wouldn't run away
The Bug
Mobs seem to be ignoring the invisibility effect when it comes to other mobs, this noticibly affects:
>Creepersrun frominvisible cats> Phantoms run from invisible cats
Howtoreplicate
- Place a cat that is going to be invisible
- Make it invisible with a potion or a command
- Place the a creeper or phantom near it and observe the behavior
Observed
Result
TheCreeper andPhantomran awayExpected
Result
TheCreeper andPhantom wouldn't run awayThe Bug:
Creepers and phantoms avoid invisible cats.
Steps to Reproduce:
- Summon an invisible cat by using the command provided below.
/summon minecraft:cat ~ ~ ~ {NoAI:1b,active_effects:[{duration:-1,amplifier:0b,id:"minecraft:invisibility"}]}- Summon a creeper nearby and switch to survival mode and make the creeper notice you.
- Watch closely and observe the creeper's behavior as it gets close to the invisible cat.
Observed Behavior:
Creepers and phantoms avoid invisible cats.
Expected Behavior:
Creepers and phantoms would not avoid invisible cats.

Virgu please make a new report for enderman and endermites
Can confirm in 1.18.1 and 22w05a.
To more efficiently reproduce this, simply summon a cat using the command provided below and then summon a creeper or phantom nearby, and observe their behavior.
/summon minecraft:cat ~ ~ ~ {Owner:"PLAYER",Glowing:1b,Sitting:1b,ActiveEffects:[{Id:14,Amplifier:0,Duration:999999}]}Can confirm in 1.18.2.
Can confirm in 1.19.
Can confirm in 1.19.2. MC-238105.png
To note: despite not being visually present, cats will audibly hiss at phantoms when nearby. This could be the reason as to why the phantoms are still intimidated.