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This is the first of three requests for dirtminer6 on the Minecraft Forums. What is this, you may ask? It's a rarely seen, rarely cited cryptid called the Sheepsquatch. It looks like a sheep, but it is enormous, with fangs and claws, and it attacks you when provoked. Despite some controversy over on the forums, the requester thought a mob that disguises itself as another would be a perfect idea.
I had to make an entire sheep model from scratch to wrap my head and mouse hand around this one. Sheep have two layers of blocks to them, one for the body and one for the wool. Not the easiest thing to model, mind you.

Sheepsquatch
Alignment: Neutral
Health: 16 (8x )
Damage: 1 (easy), 3 (normal), 5 (hard); causes 2 blocks' knockback per hit
Spawn: Overworld (90% chance with group of sheep; 10% chance alone)
Drops: 2-3 Raw Lambchops, 3-4 Wool, 1-2 Steel Wool (75% chance w. Sword or Axe, 25% chance otherwise), 1-3 Iron Ingots (rare)
Experience: 10
If it looks like a sheep, walks like a sheep, grazes like a sheep, and bleats like a sheep, it's a sheep... MOST of the time. You might want to think twice before taking out your shears, though - you could be facing a different kind of beast entirely. The Sheepsquatch is an uncommon beast, though not very rare - about as rare a village at the most - which blends in with flocks of sheep to conceal itself from prying eyes. Its camouflage is so good that you could walk right by it without noticing it. In case you want to find one, though, it's got a few key features: it's bleat is deeper and more raspy, like a zombie's growl, and it has fangs in its mouth and three-toed hooves. It's also a bit bigger than a normal sheep. Knowing these differences is important, because if you try to shear a Sheepsquatch's wool, it will attack, rearing up on its hind legs and swiping at you with its front feet. The damage dealt by a Sheepsquatch's blows is much more powerful than a player's bare hands, and it also knocks back hunters that try to get close. Additionally, due to a heavy layer of steel wool (somehow), the Sheepsquatch ingores 25% of damage from swords, meaning that in the wild, it has no predators. It would be wise to take a weapon, like an axe or a sword, before collecting its wool or meat (Or a bow, if you want just the meat - those arrows can pierce straight through Sheepsquatch's wool!).
Once you have skinned a downed Sheepsquatch and butchered its flesh, you may harvest its wool as well - both the regular and sword-proof varieties. If you're lucky, cutting open its stomach may also reveal an iron ingot or two hidden inside, though why a predatory ungulate would eat solid chunks of iron (instead of, e.g., nibbling clay off of mineral deposits like other ungulates do) is anybody's guess...

MC Forums post: [link]

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Description
This is the first of three requests for dirtminer6 on the Minecraft Forums. What is this, you may ask? It's a rarely seen, rarely cited cryptid called the Sheepsquatch. It looks like a sheep, but it is enormous, with fangs and claws, and it attacks you when provoked. Despite some controversy over on the forums, the requester thought a mob that disguises itself as another would be a perfect idea.
I had to make an entire sheep model from scratch to wrap my head and mouse hand around this one. Sheep have two layers of blocks to them, one for the body and one for the wool. Not the easiest thing to model, mind you.

Sheepsquatch
Alignment: Neutral
Health: 16 (8x )
Damage: 1 (easy), 3 (normal), 5 (hard); causes 2 blocks' knockback per hit
Spawn: Overworld (90% chance with group of sheep; 10% chance alone)
Drops: 2-3 Raw Lambchops, 3-4 Wool, 1-2 Steel Wool (75% chance w. Sword or Axe, 25% chance otherwise), 1-3 Iron Ingots (rare)
Experience: 10
If it looks like a sheep, walks like a sheep, grazes like a sheep, and bleats like a sheep, it's a sheep... MOST of the time. You might want to think twice before taking out your shears, though - you could be facing a different kind of beast entirely. The Sheepsquatch is an uncommon beast, though not very rare - about as rare a village at the most - which blends in with flocks of sheep to conceal itself from prying eyes. Its camouflage is so good that you could walk right by it without noticing it. In case you want to find one, though, it's got a few key features: it's bleat is deeper and more raspy, like a zombie's growl, and it has fangs in its mouth and three-toed hooves. It's also a bit bigger than a normal sheep. Knowing these differences is important, because if you try to shear a Sheepsquatch's wool, it will attack, rearing up on its hind legs and swiping at you with its front feet. The damage dealt by a Sheepsquatch's blows is much more powerful than a player's bare hands, and it also knocks back hunters that try to get close. Additionally, due to a heavy layer of steel wool (somehow), the Sheepsquatch ingores 25% of damage from swords, meaning that in the wild, it has no predators. It would be wise to take a weapon, like an axe or a sword, before collecting its wool or meat (Or a bow, if you want just the meat - those arrows can pierce straight through Sheepsquatch's wool!).
Once you have skinned a downed Sheepsquatch and butchered its flesh, you may harvest its wool as well - both the regular and sword-proof varieties. If you're lucky, cutting open its stomach may also reveal an iron ingot or two hidden inside, though why a predatory ungulate would eat solid chunks of iron (instead of, e.g., nibbling clay off of mineral deposits like other ungulates do) is anybody's guess...

MC Forums post: [link]

Minecraft (c) Mojang