Minecraft wiki entry for Superflat_survival, associated text: You can increase the population of cats by placing beds; one cat spawns for every 4 beds in a village. You can tame stray cats using raw cod or raw salmon, which is easily fished out of from the infinite water source you have created. Cats can scare off creepers and phantoms, and they can give you a gift when you awake from sleep(if they aren't sitting down). Cats can give you these things: