Minions

Minions are NPCs that produce items while placed on a player's private island. Each minion will generate and harvest resources within a 5x5 Area. The resource generated varies by minion type. Minions can be upgraded in order to increase their speed and carrying capacity, to a maximum craftable tier of XI (11) and XII (12) obtainable from the Bartender, Terry's Shop, and Bulvar. Players start out with a Tier I Cobblestone Minion on their Private Island.

Minions cannot be traded on the Auction House, but they can be traded through player to player Trading.

Coal Minion IV

Cobblestone Minion I Menu

Cobblestone Minion Layout (White glass represents air)

Quartz Minion Upgrade Interface.

Minions can be crafted into higher tiers to increases their collection speed and maximum storage size, with tier XI being the highest tier for most minions. Tier XII is the highest for mining, farming, and Revenant Minions. Minion tiers can be distinguished by the colored patch on their heads, with light green patches at tiers II-IV (2-4), purple patches at tiers V-VII (5-7), orange patches at tiers VII-X (7-10), and cyan patches at tier XI (11). There is a quick crafting diamond for quick tier upgrades.

Initially, only five minions can be placed. Extra minion slots can be gained from crafting unique minions and minion tiers, along with Profile Upgrades. See increasing minion capacity for more information.

All players in a Co-op can interact with all Minions on their island.

Minion UI Slots

Cobblestone Minion I

Minions have four types of slots:

• Minion Skins (Green, 1 Slot) - These are purely cosmetic.
• Fuel (Orange, 1 Slot) - Increases minion production speed. Most will only have limited usage and will destroy itself when used up. The exceptions are the Enchanted Lava Bucket, the Magma Bucket, the Plasma Bucket, and the Solar Panel. All 4 power up the minion indefinitely, but the Solar Panel works only in daylight.
• Automated Shipping (Blue, 1 Slot) - Minions will automatically sell generated items once its inventory and Minion Storage Chest (if used) are full. This can be utilized for low-effort minion setups which rely on high NPC sell-value or minion setups aimed at long times away from the game.
• Upgrades (Yellow, 2 Slots) - Unlike the other slots, both upgrade slots have a variety of different functions they can supply, although some upgrades are exclusive to certain minions.

Items placed near or next to a minion can also have effects; these are:

• Minion Chests - They act as chests that minions can put resources in.
• Minion Crystals - Minion Crystals are placed on the Private Island to enhance certain types of minions.

Minion Fuel

Minion Fuel increases the output of Minions. For more information, including crafting recipes, see Minion Fuel.

Fuel	Fuel Name	Duration	Boost	Source
	Coal	30 minutes	+5%	Mining Coal Ore
	Block of Coal	5 hours	+5%	Crafting
	Enchanted Bread	12 hours	+5%	Wheat V
	Enchanted Coal	1 day	+10%	Crafting (Coal IV)
	Enchanted Charcoal	1.5 days	+20%	Crafting (Coal V)
	Solar Panel	Infinite	+25%	Crafting (Quartz IX)
	Enchanted Lava Bucket	Infinite	+25%	Crafting (Coal VIII)
	Magma Bucket	Infinite	+30%	Crafting
	Plasma Bucket	Infinite	+35%	Crafting
	Everburning Flame	Infinite	+40%	Crafting
	Hamster Wheel	1 day	+50%	Drop from Sven Packmaster
	Foul Flesh	5 hours	+90%	Drop from Revenant Horror (2Tier II and above)
	Tasty Cheese	1 hour	x2	Drop from Rats; Riding Rat Pet
	Catalyst	3 hours	x3	Crafting (End Stone VIII)
	Hyper Catalyst	6 hours	x4	Crafting

Automated Shipping

Icon	Name	Effect	Collection
	Budget Hopper	Sells resources when the minion's storage is full for 50% of its selling price.	Iron Ingot V
	Enchanted Hopper	Sells resources when the minion's storage is full for 90% of its selling price.	Iron Ingot IX

Upgrades

Icon	Name	Exclusive Minion Type	Effect	Collection
	Auto Smelter	Various	Automatically smelts items that the minion produces.	Cobblestone III
	Compactor	Various	Compacts items to their block forms. Example: 9 Iron -> Block of Iron 4 Glowstone Dust -> Glowstone	Cobblestone V
	Super Compactor 3000	Any	Compacts items to their enchanted forms. Also compacts second-tier enchanted items when there are enough resources. Example: 160 Iron -> Enchanted Iron 192 Enchanted Glowstone Dust -> Enchanted Glowstone	Cobblestone X
	Dwarven Super Compactor	Various	Automatically smelts and compacts items into their enchanted forms. Combines the functionalities of the Auto Smelter and the Super Compactor 3000.	Mithril VI
	Diamond Spreading	Any	Occasionally collects a Diamond in addition to regular resources. Does not interfere with minion speed.	Diamond VI
	Potato Spreading	Any	Occasionally collects a Potato in addition to regular resources. Does not interfere with minion speed and may be used in only one minion per profile)	Rare drop from Shiny Pig
	Krampus Helmet	Any	Occasionally collects a Red Gift in addition to regular resources. This is affected by items per action and time between action. Therefore, a Snow Minion is best for this as it can be used only once per profile.	​​​​​​​​Santa drop from Red Gift
	Minion Expander	Any	Increases the minion range by one block (7x7 Area, 1 block each side) and increases minion speed by 5%. Placing two in the same minion will cause the effects to stack and will result in a minion range of 9x9.	Quartz V
	Enchanted Egg	Chicken	Guarantees that each chicken will drop an egg after they spawn.	Raw Chicken V
	Flint Shovel	Gravel	Guarantees that a Gravel Minion will receive flint upon harvest.	Gravel II
	Flycatcher	Any	Increases the speed of a minion by 20%.	Spider Slayer LVL 6
	Lesser Soulflow Engine	Any	Reduce the minion's output by 50%, but it will start generating Soulflow items.	Enderman Slayer LVL 2
	Soulflow Engine	Any	Reduce the minion's output by 50%, but it will start generating Soulflow items. Increases speed of Voidling Minion by 3% per minion tier.	Enderman Slayer LVL 5

Minion Skins

Main article: Minion Skin

Minion Skins are cosmetic overrides to a specific minion's appearance. They do not affect performance.

Some examples include the Santa minion skin and the Gingerbread minion skin.

Minion Storage

Main article: Minion Chests

Minion chests can be placed on all sides of a minion (but not above). Once a minion's inventory is full, items will be placed into the chest instead. Chests will be used before "automated shipping" items.

Name	Effect	Collection	Recipe
Small Storage	Increases the minion's storage by 3 slots.	Oak Wood IV	64 Oak Wood
Medium Storage	Increases the minion's storage by 9 slots.	Oak Wood VII	8 Enchanted Oak Wood, Small Storage
Large Storage	Increases the minion's storage by 15 slots.	Oak Wood IX	256 Enchanted Oak Wood, Medium storage
X-Large Storage	Increases the minion's storage by 21 slots.	N/A	Minion Storage X-pender, Large Storage
XX-Large Storage	Increases the minion's storage by 27 slots.	N/A	Minion Storage X-pender, X-Large Storage

Minion Crystals

Minion Crystals can be placed on a Private Island to increase the speed of nearby minions of a certain type. Only one minion crystal of each type can be placed down at any time and they can't be sold. Therefore, it is advised to craft only one of each type.

Name	Minions affected	Buff	Radius	Collection	Recipe
Farm Crystal	Farming minions which spawn crops (and not mobs)	10% speed	8	Pumpkin VIII	1 Enchanted Quartz, 96 Enchanted Pumpkin
Woodcutting Crystal	Foraging minions		12	Birch Wood VII	1 Enchanted Quartz, 96 Enchanted Birch Wood
Mithril Crystal	Mining minions		40	Mithril IV	1 Enchanted Quartz, 16 Enchanted Mithril

Other minion items

• Minion Chair - Purely cosmetic. Counts as a furniture item. Sitting minions do not work or count to the minion total. A minion skin cannot be applied to a sitting minion.
• Mithril Infusion - Can be combined with a minion in an anvil to increase its speed by 10%. Can be applied only once per minion.

Crafted Minions

Main article: Crafted Minions

Minion List

Icon	Minion	Resources Generated	Type	Cooldown		Auto Smelter	Comp.	Super Comp. 3000	Super Comp. 3000 + Comp.	Collection / Obtaining
				Tier I	Max Tier
	Wheat		Farming	15s	7s					Wheat I
	Carrot			20s	8s					Carrot I
	Potato			20s	8s					Potato I
	Pumpkin			32s	12s					Pumpkin I
	Melon			24s	10s					Melon I
	Mushroom			30s	12s					Mushroom I
	Cocoa Beans			27s	12s					Cocoa Beans I
	Cactus			27s	12s					Cactus I
	Sugar Cane			22s	9s					Sugar Cane I
	Cow			26s	10s					Leather I
	Pig			26s	10s					Raw Porkchop I
	Chicken			26s	12s					Raw Chicken I
	Sheep			24s	9s					Raw Mutton I
	Rabbit			26s	10s					Raw Rabbit I
	Nether Wart			50s	27s					Nether Wart I
	Cobblestone		Mining	14s	6s					Cobblestone I
	Coal			15s	6s					Coal I
	Iron			17s	7s					Iron Ingot I
	Gold			22s	9s					Gold Ingot I
	Diamond			29s	12s					Diamond I
	Lapis			29s	16s					Lapis Lazuli I
	Emerald			28s	12s					Emerald I
	Redstone			29s	16s					Redstone I
	Quartz			22.5s	11.5s					Nether Quartz I
	Obsidian			45s	21s					Obsidian I
	Glowstone			25s	13s					Glowstone Dust I
	Gravel			26s	13s					Gravel I
	Ice			14s	7s					Ice I
	Sand			26s	13s					Sand I
	End Stone			26s	13s					End Stone I
	Mithril			80s	50s					Mithril I
	Hard Stone			14s	6s					Hard Stone I
	Zombie		Combat	26s	13s					Rotten Flesh I
	Skeleton			26s	13s					Bone I
	Spider			26s	13s					String I
	Cave Spider			26s	13s					Spider Eye I
	Creeper			27s	14s					Gunpowder I
	Enderman			32s	18s					Ender Pearl I
	Ghast			50s	32s					Ghast Tear I
	Slime			26s	12s					Slimeball I
	Blaze			33s	16.5s					Blaze Rod I
	Magma Cube			32s	18s					Magma Cream I
	Revenant		Slayer	29s	10s					Zombie Slayer V
	Tarantula			29s	10s					Spider Slayer V
	Voidling			45s	24s					Enderman Slayer IV
	Oak		Foraging	48s	27s					Oak Wood I
	Spruce			48s	27s					Spruce Wood I
	Birch			48s	27s					Birch Wood I
	Dark Oak			48s	27s					Dark Oak Wood I
	Acacia			48s	27s					Acacia Wood I
	Jungle			48s	27s					Jungle Wood I
	Fishing	+ Various	Fishing	78s	35s			+ Various		Raw Fish II
	Clay			32s	16s					Clay I
	Flower	+ Various	Other	30s	18s					Dark Auction
	Snow			13s	6.5s					Season of Jerry Gifts

Increasing Minion Capacity

The number of unique minions the player can place on the island increases as they create more unique minions. This includes creating new unique minion types or a higher level minion of the same type that has already been collected. The table below shows the number of unique minions that can be placed after creating a certain number of unique Minions.

Chart showing the relationship between unique minions and minion slots.

Additional Minions

Five Minion slots can be obtained via upgrades at the Community Shop.

Tier	Amount of Placeable Minions	Total Unique Minions required for this tier
I	5	0
II	6	5
III	7	15
IV	8	30
V	9	50
VI	10	75
VII	11	100
VIII	12	125
IX	13	150
X	14	175
XI	15	200
XII	16	225
XIII	17	250
XIV	18	275
XV	19	300
XVI	20	350
XVII	21	400
XVIII	22	450
XIX	23	500
XX	24	550
XXI	25	600
XXII	26	650

Mob Spawning Mechanics

A two-dimensional representation of where a mob can spawn around a minion (top block height is based on the height of mob).

The mechanics of mob spawning minions are similar to that of mob spawners in vanilla Minecraft. The "ideal layout" shows the general spawning area for mobs around a minion. Minions can spawn mobs only within a 5x5 area centered around them, unless they have a Minion Expander upgrade. The vertical range in which they spawn is 6 blocks (3 below, 2 above, and 1 at eye level with the minion). As long as there is a block for them to spawn on and spawning will not cause them to take suffocation damage, they will spawn in accordance with the minion's normal spawning times. Mobs that are wider than 1 block (slimes, magma cubes, ghasts, etc.) are limited by the horizontal range, but they will still spawn partially inside nearby walls and may possibly escape. If a mob is outside of a minion's range, it will not kill it automatically and collect the loot.

Improving Minion Setup

A more advanced breakdown for profiting off of minion tiers can be seen under this forum post.

This section is about improving minion setup and maximizing efficiency and coins per hour. This section may change slightly due to bazaar prices and updates in the game so it might not be entirely accurate at times.

Profit Table

This is a table of profits for all minions without any fuel or other bonuses. Prices listed are if sold to the Bazaar (or sold to shop if item cannot be sold on the bazaar).

Bazaar prices are updated every half hour^ⓘ and cached. To confirm the most up-to-date values are displayed, purge / refresh the page.

Note: This table assumes that the player is using a Super Compactor 3000, and thus uses enchanted item prices. This is due to the fact that the majority of players use these, and there can be a large gap between what the base item is worth and what the enchanted form is worth. Example: 160 Glowstone Dust is worth 1,920 coins while one Enchanted Glowstone Dust is worth only 813.9 coins, a notable decrease.

Note: Note that putting Super Compactor 3000 or Dwarven Super Compactor into these minions as an upgrade is not suggested, as their enchanted (block) form of the items' priced are decreased a lot. However, the negative impact is they will run out of space very often without the minion Compactors.

• Lapis Minion
• Glowstone Minion

Note: Lower tiers (tier VII or below) of these minions are not suggested to use as they have many different kinds of items that can be produced and lack storage. Their enchanted (block) form of items' price are decreased a lot.

• Revenant Minion
• Tarantula Minion
• Fishing Minion

Note: These minions are not suggested to use for the purpose of making coins as they have many different kinds of items can be produced that lacking the storage or their enchanted (block) form of items' price are decreased a lot.

• Rabbit Minion

Access the Full Configurable Profit Table

What Minion Tier to use for coins

The minion tier recommended for each minion varies due to the price of upgrading certain minions. For ice, snow, and clay minions it is best to max them out, but other minions have better tiers. Remember that it is worth maxing every minion at least once for the extra slots. This data gives a rough idea for planning on using the most profitable minions, but profit changes frequently in the Bazaar. This table below uses the Lapis Minion as an example, showing how long it takes for it to make enough material to pay itself off.

Tier	Time to start producing more than cost (hours)	Time to start producing more than cost (days)
I	0.69	0.03
III	5.12	0.22
V	37.42	1.56
VII	165.39	6.89
IX	708.73	29.53
XI	2655.15	110.63
XII	4787.39	199.48
	Total for tier XII (days)	348.33

Other minions follow this trend similar to the Lapis Minion. Days refer to days in real life, not in-game days. It is generally recommended to upgrade minions to tier V for the most profit. With the exception of Revenant and Tarantula where tier IV is generally better to go for. This is due to the market changes in which different minions will be the most profitable, effectively rendering past tier V minions worthless if the best minion changes.

Tier XII Minions

Players can upgrade their Tier XI mining minions to Tier XII by exchanging them along with resources and coins to Bulvar, located at the entrance to the Dwarven Mines.

The Revenant Minion can be upgraded to Tier XII at the Bartender.

Players can also upgrade their Tier XI farming minions to Tier XII at Terry's Shop in The Farming Islands.

Minion Dialogue

All minions can say and ask questions to each other or the player. Below are a few things they say.

• "Break's over, back to work!" (After emptying minion from full inventory)
• "Hi (username)!"
• "I may be shorter than you, but I work for two!"
• "I'm your favorite, right?"
• "Fancy Armor you have there!" (Only shows if you have high defense)
• "Nothing’s getting through that Armor!” (Only shows if you have high defense)
• "I am Ironman!" ~ Iron Minion
• "I'm Fabulous; after he's starting to spin and changing color" ~ Mushroom Minion
• "Your skin is.... ok"
• "You've been doing well recently! Keep it up!"
• "Mine, wait a few seconds, mine again, that's my thing."
• "Sleep well!" (can be said at night)
• "This is fine" (If the minion is on fire)
• "Long time no see" (Any minion when the player did not go near it for more than 1 day)
• "That's a cute Rabbit, come see me little Rabbit!" (Shows only when a Rabbit is nearby)
• "EEEEEEK! NOT A SPIDER!" (If a Spider is nearby)

When Blaze/Ghast Minions miss their shot (can happen when Blazes die from water at the same time the minion tries to shoot it)

• "Woops, I missed it!"
• "Got it! jk"
• "Missed again lol!"
• "Wait for it"
• "They dodged!"
• "Epic fail"
• "Maybe I should have chosen a different job"

Special Rank Dialogue (only when a person with a specific rank is nearby)

• "I always liked your videos" (7[YOUTUBE] Rank)
• "Are you recording a new video?" (7[YOUTUBE] Rank)
• "I always watched your videos!" (7[YOUTUBE] Rank)
• "Omg Hi YT!" (7[YOUTUBE] Rank)

Conversation between Minions:

• Minion 1: Creeper
  • Minion 2: Aww Man!
• Minion 1: Did you see that new super hero movie?"
  • Minion 2: No, I was working haha
  • Minion 1: Same!
• Minion 1: Wanna do something after work?
  • Minion 2: Sure! When's that?"
  • Minion 1: No clue
• Minion 1: Hi I'm <type of the minion>
  • Minion 2: I know"
  • Minion 1: k
• Minion 1: What if those stars are other SkyBlocks?
  • Minion 2: Wow, that's deep
  • Minion 1: We live in a simulation.
  • Minion 2: Calm down, Neo
• Minion 1: Shifumi?
  • Minion 2: Sure 3 2 1 (Both minions hold out either paper, rock or shears)
  • Winner: Ha, I won!
  • Loser: YOU CHEATED
• Minion 1: Pretty sure you are shorter than me.
  • Minion 2: We are the same size...
  • Minion 1: Yeah right.
• Minion 1: Did you hear that new song yet?
  • Minion 2: Not yet, I've been working haha!
  • Minion 1: Same!
• Minion 1: Boop!
  • Minion 2: What?
  • Minion 1: Boop!
  • Minion 2: Please no.
  • Minion 1: Boooooooop!
• Minion 1: Ah, I'm so alone.
  • Minion 2: What about me?
  • Minion 1: You don't count.
• Minion 1: I always get scared at night.
  • Minion 2: Cool. (Shows only at night)
• Minion 1: You have been doing really well recently!
  • Minion 2: Thanks, you too!
  • Minion 1: Keep it up!
• Minion 1: Heigh ho, heigh ho
  • Minion 2: It's home from work we go
• Minion 1 (to a Pig Minion): You mind cleaning up your mess sometimes?
  • Minion 2 (Pig Minion): Stop bothering me!
  • Minion 1: But your Pigs, they smell.
• Minion 1 (to a Cow Minion): You mind cleaning up your mess sometimes?
  • Minion 2 (Cow Minion): Please leave me alone
  • Minion 1: But your Cows, they are so dirty!
  • Minion 2: I know!
• Minion 1 (Happens only if Jerry is near the minions): I don't trust that Jerry guy...
  • Minion 2: Why not?
  • Minion 1: He's just standing there, menacingly.

Note about Collections

If the player picks up a minion, using the "Pick Minion" bedrock in the bottom-right of a minion's menu, any items that were left in its inventory will go into the player's inventory. However, doing so will negate the collected item being applied to collections. This method can also be used to obtain bugged-stacked items like a stack of 64 Ender Pearls.

• Example: The player picks up a Spider Minion, with 128 string still in it; the 128 string will not count toward the String Collection.

Tips and Trivia

• A minion with a Super Compactor 3000 or Dwarven Super Compactor will turn items into their enchanted form, when there are enough in its inventory, even if the player has not unlocked the enchanted recipe of the item yet.
• Increasing a minion's level upgrades its held tool.
• There was a glitch in early SkyBlock where putting a minion in a chest had a small chance of turning it into a Steve or Alex head. Minions also had colored names.
• If a minion does the same action twice, it slightly decreases the efficiency of the minion.
• If the player picks up a minion with fuel inside that doesn't last forever, the fuel will be destroyed.
• The player's island is loaded when the player, guests, or co-op teammates enter the island. Approximately one minute after all players have left the island, the island is unloaded.
  • By loading the island, some minions can be set up the perform the same action endlessly depending on their surroundings. For example, a Cobblestone Minion next to a cobblestone generator will only break cobblestone and will not place any new cobblestone if all other blocks are not cobblestone or air.
• There used to be a bug where minion heads could be placed directly on Hard Glass. This bug has been patched
• Players can recombobulate a minion. This makes the minion's name Purple instead of Blue when in the inventory. This shows Minions are Rare.
• For many variants of the  Foraging minions, such as the Oak Minion, if the player places a block/slab 6 blocks above where the trees are planted or decrease the light level to 7 or lower, it will always grow into a "simple" tree rather than a normal tree. This significantly reduces the space occupied by the planted trees and allows far easier access to the minion as leaves won't block the path.

See also

• Google Sheet of minion details - Extensive sheet detailing everything about individual minion profits from Bazaar and NPCs.

History

SkyBlock Prototype
June 11, 2019	0.1	Added Minions.
June 13, 2019	0.2	The requirement to unlock a new minion slot has been reduced.
		The maximum minion island cap is now 20.
		Fixed placing minions in hub.
June 26, 2019	0.4	The Minion menu UI has been changed.
		"Pickup Minion" button moved to the right.
		Added a "Collect All" button.
		Minions can now be upgraded within their menu.
July 2, 2019	0.5	Added  Fishing Minion I-XI.
Aug 2, 2019	0.7	Added Minion Skin as a cosmetic feature.
Sep 11, 2019	0.7.1	Added new Minion dialogs.
Oct 11, 2019	0.7.2	Added  Revenant Minion I-XI and  Tarantula Minion I-XI.
		Minions now get a 10% debuff on the next action if they perform the same type of action twice in a row, unless the harvesting action is done by a player.
		Increased Fishing Minion speed by approximately 15%.
Dec 18, 2019	0.7.5	Added  Snow Minion I-XI.
Feb 21, 2020	0.7.6	The Minion Collection Menu now shows all tiers of every minions when clicking on them.
		Added a way to view all minion recipes from the minion menu itself.
Jan 15, 2021	0.11	Added  Mithril Minion I-XI.
		Added  Cobblestone,  Obsidian,  Coal,  Iron,  Gold,  Diamond,  Lapis,  Emerald, and  Redstone XII Minions to Bulvar.
Mar 12, 2021		Added Revenant Minion XII to the Bartender.
Mar 29, 2021		Fixed Mayor Cole granting incorrect minion speeds
Apr 21, 2021	0.11.4	Added  Cocoa Beans,  Pumpkin,  Chicken,  Mushroom,  Cactus,  Pig,  Wheat,  Cow,  Sugar Cane,  Melon,  Nether Wart,  Carrot,  Potato,  Sheep, and  Rabbit XII Minions to Terry's Shop.
Apr 30, 2021		Minion heads can no longer be placed on Hard Glass.
July 14, 2021	0.12	Added  Hard Stone Minion I-XI.
		Added Hard Stone Minion XII to Bulvar.
Apr 20, 2022	0.13	Added  Inferno Minion I-XI,  Red Sand Minion I-XI, and  Mycelium Minion I-XI.