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Animals should sleep

With the latest beta (1.10.0.3), villagers can now sleep during the night. Animals-like mobs should sleep too (therefore undeads are excluded).

This feature should not affect every animal in the same way. For example, ocelots (that are nocturnal) should be active during the night, as well as bats.

For all the animals that will sleep during the night, no strict rules will be applied: they will have a small chance to stay awake. Also, a noise nearby could make them wake up and, in some cases, to disperse (in general, I think they should prefer to sleep in groups, hence the term "disperse").

This feature would make their behavior more credible and make the game world more lively.

 

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    Yeah some mobs needs some animation like sleeping so it will be awesome!!!!!

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    Foxes can rest under trees, so they and all animals should sleep at night! They could use the foxes animation, and or the cat’s animation!

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    I agree, there should absolutely be a day/ night cycle for the mobs

    This would add more immersion !

    and now that we see Foxes sleeping i think we could have, for most mobs, sleeping behavours

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    Great idea!

     

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    I think with the new foxes and bees sleeping, this trend should be added to old mobs as well.

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    Great idea!

     

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    Yes this would make sense.   I mean foxes and bats have resting animation so why don't other mobs?

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    Great idea 💡

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    I was just talking about this with someone!!! It would add so much more to Minecraft and it would definitely be worth implementing. It's such a small change but it makes such a big difference in the Minecraft experience! Just think about all the animals sleeping at night... IT WOULD BE ADORABLE.

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    I agree. Animals (sheep, pigs, cows, cats, dogs/wolves, foxes, birds) should sleep at night. If there is a mob near-by or they are attacked by a player they wake up and run away. Cats should spend a lot of time sleeping, during both the day and the night, but wake up if the player is holding a fish.

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    To make baby animals grows while sleeping in night

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    Animating the animal torso to expand/contract when sleeping to mimic breathing would also be awesome.

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    Horses should sleep too. During the night, they will lay down, but sometimes during the day, they will stand and put their heads halfway down and hold it there, so as to imitate sleep. They should also close their eyes. Animals should also have an energy bar. If the bar gets low, they sleep. Then, if the bar is full, they will run around, and when it is empty, they will walk slowly, and fall asleep often.

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    I was thinking about this the other day and I agree.

    You could even add in a gameplay element! For example - animals that are given shelter and regular sleep will yield more resources and/or animals that arne't given sleep will avoid the player or provide less resources.

    This would definitely make things more believable and immersive.

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    Yes! Mojang please add this. This would be awesome it'll make the mobs feel more alive.

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    It would be nice if sheep slept. The baa's at night are a lot.