Bakeneko

A Bakeneko steals at night. It doesn't hit you: it takes whatever is in your main hand and runs.

Where it appears

In forests, jungles and bamboo jungles, in the dark: the light level has to be 7 or lower. It doesn't spawn on Peaceful. It has 16 health. Its coat is black half the time, otherwise gray or calico.

The theft

Once it is within 2.5 blocks of you, the Bakeneko takes the whole stack from your main hand, hisses, puffs smoke and runs away for 10 seconds. The game tells you what was taken. The next theft comes no sooner than 30 seconds later, and only when its hands are empty.

It leaves you alone if:

• your main hand is empty
• you are in creative or spectator mode
• you wear the Full Neko set

Getting the item back

The item doesn't disappear. There are three ways:

1. Kill the Bakeneko. It drops what it carries.
2. Wait for the morning. When it is bright and the Bakeneko is under open sky, it vanishes in smoke and leaves the item on the ground.
3. In the Full Neko set, right-click it with Catnip. One catnip is used up, the stack comes back, and this Bakeneko steals nothing for 5 minutes. Without the set it refuses to bargain.

A Bakeneko with loot doesn't despawn. When hit, it runs away for 10 seconds.

With Jade installed, looking at it shows what it carries.