diff --git a/mods/mobs/minotaur.lua b/mods/mobs/minotaur.lua
index 0793818c..fc716df3 100755
--- a/mods/mobs/minotaur.lua
+++ b/mods/mobs/minotaur.lua
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ mobs:register_mob("mobs:minotaur", {
 	},
 })
 -- spawns on desert sand between -1 and 20 light, 1 in 20000 chance, 1 Minotaur in area up to 31000 in height
-mobs:register_spawn("mobs:minotaur", {"watershed:drygrass"}, 20, -1, 25000, 1, 31000)
+mobs:register_spawn("mobs:minotaur", {"watershed:drygrass"}, 20, -1, 40000, 1, 31000)
 -- register spawn egg
 mobs:register_egg("mobs:minotaur", "Minotaur", "default_desert_sand.png", 1)