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mob

in an MMORPG or MUD, an NPC that is hostile and/or vulnerable to attack, especially generic monstrous NPCs that the player is expected to hunt and kill, but excluding those that engage in dialog, sell items, or which cannot be attacked
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mob

Summary

mob ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (156 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • mob is a type of non-player character[2].
  • mob's different from is recorded as crowd[3].

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Definition and Type

mob is a type of non-player character[2].

Why It Matters

mob ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (156 views/month).[1] mob has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[4] mob is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[5]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). mob. Retrieved October 8, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/mob
MLA “mob.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 8 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/mob.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_mob_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{mob}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/mob}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-08}}
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  1. 8d ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → non-player character
    Subclass of → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ckb', 'da', 'en', 'es', 'hy', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'ms', 'pt', 'ru', 'th', 'uk',
    Different from → crowd
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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