List of common still lifes
This is a list of the most common still lifes in the Game of Life, specifically Catagolue's B3/S23/C1 census. The "approximate relative frequency" column gives an estimate of the proportion of all randomly-occurring still lifes that will be of the given type.
This table only includes strict still lifes and thus does not count objects like honey farms.
Rank | Pattern | # of cells | Glider cost | Approximate relative frequency (out of 1.00) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Block | 4 | 2 | 0.496 |
2 | Beehive | 6 | 2 | 0.263 |
3 | Loaf | 7 | 2 | 0.0776 |
4 | Boat | 5 | 2 | 0.0717 |
5 | Ship | 6 | 3 | 0.0494 |
6 | Tub | 4 | 3 | 0.0156 |
7 | Pond | 8 | 2 | 0.0152 |
8 | Long boat | 7 | 3 | 0.00503 |
9 | Ship-tie | 12 | 4 | 0.00255 |
10 | Barge | 6 | 3 | 0.00106 |
11 | Half-bakery | 14 | 3 | 0.000865 |
12 | Mango | 8 | 3 | 0.000389 |
13 | Eater 1 | 7 | 2 | 0.000251 |
14 | Long barge | 8 | 3 | 0.000141 |
15 | Aircraft carrier | 6 | 4 | 0.000122 |
16 | Paperclip | 14 | 3 | 0.0000709 |
17 | Long ship | 8 | 4 | 0.0000483 |
18 | Integral sign | 9 | 4 | 0.0000444 |
19 | Shillelagh | 8 | 4 | 0.0000383 |
20 | Boat-tie | 10 | 4 | 0.0000375 |
21 | Snake | 6 | 4 | 0.0000336 |
22 | Big S | 14 | 4 | 0.0000335 |
23 | Bi-pond | 16 | 4 | 0.0000292 |
24 | Trans-boat with tail | 9 | 4 | 0.0000160 |
25 | Boat tie ship | 11 | 4 | 0.0000133 |
26 | Hat | 9 | 3 | 0.0000126 |
27 | Very long ship | 10 | 4 | 0.0000103 |
28 | Very long boat | 9 | 3 | 0.00000922 |
29 | Tub with tail | 8 | 4 | 0.00000870 |
30 | Table and table | 12 | 4 | 0.00000651 |
31 | Dead spark coil | 18 | 4 | 0.00000615 |
32 | Canoe | 8 | 4 | 0.00000540 |
33 | Cis-mirrored R-bee | 14 | 4 | 0.00000398 |
34 | Moose antlers | 15 | 4 | 0.00000358 |
35 | Beehive on dock | 16 | 4 | 0.00000292 |
36 | Block on table | 10 | 4 | 0.00000291 |
37 | Block on dock | 14 | 4 | 0.00000265 |
38 | Scorpion | 16 | 4 | 0.00000213 |
39 | Beehive with tail | 10 | 4 | 0.00000176 |
40 | Twin hat | 17 | 5 | 0.00000168 |
41 | Loop | 10 | 5 | 0.00000144 |
42 | Long snake | 7 | 4 | 0.00000142 |
43 | Fourteener | 14 | 4 | 0.00000140 |
44 | Bookends | 9 | 4 | 0.00000114 |
45 | Cis-boat with tail | 9 | 4 | 9.225x10-7 |
46 | Cis-rotated hook | 9 | 4 | 9.084x10-7 |
47 | Elevener | 11 | 4 | 8.872x10-7 |
48 | Mirrored dock | 8 | 4 | 8.178x10-7 |
49 | Block on cap | 12 | 4 | 7.902x10-7 |
50 | Trans-loaf with tail | 11 | 4 | 7.689x10-7 |
51 | Cis-shillelagh | 10 | 4 | 7.571x10-7 |
52 | Trans-mirrored R-bee | 9 | 4 | 7.350x10-7 |
53 | Trans-block on long hook | 12 | 4 | 6.897x10-7 |
54 | Prodigal | 10 | 4 | 6.219x10-7 |
55 | Broken snake | 10 | 4 | 5.623x10-7 |
56 | Trans-hook and R-bee | 9 | 4 | 5.201x10-7 |
57 | Eater siamese eater | 12 | 4 | 5.070x10-7 |
58 | Block and two tails | 12 | 4 | 5.063x10-7 |
59 | Cis-boat on dock | 15 | 4 | 5.049x10-7 |
60 | Cis-block on long hook | 12 | 4 | 4.736x10-7 |
61 | Very long snake | 9 | 4 | 4.687x10-7 |
62 | Boat with long tail | 10 | 4 | 4.358x10-7 |
63 | Long shillelagh | 9 | 4 | 4.188x10-7 |
64 | Beehive at loaf | 13 | 4 | 4.161x10-7 |
65 | Long integral | 10 | 4 | 3.356x10-7 |
66 | Tub with long tail | 9 | 4 | 3.340x10-7 |
67 | Cis-hook and R-bee | 14 | 4 | 3.336x10-7 |
68 | Hook with tail | 8 | 4 | 3.328x10-7 |
69 | Loaf siamese loaf | 13 | 9 | 3.260x10-7 |
70 | Long canoe | 9 | 4 | 2.674x10-7 |
71 | 11 loop | 13 | 9 | 2.633x10-7 |
72 | Ortho-loaf on table | 13 | 9 | 2.625x10-7 |
73 | Cis-loaf with tail | 13 | 9 | 2.614x10-7 |
74 | Claw with tail | 10 | 4 | 2.508x10-7 |
75 | Trans-rotated R-bee | 14 | 4 | 2.335x10-7 |
76 | R-bee and snake | 13 | 9 | 2.090x10-7 |
77 | Boat tie eater tail | 13 | 9 | 1.966x10-7 |
78 | Snorkel loop | 13 | 9 | 1.880x10-7 |
79 | Beehive on table | 13 | 9 | 1.859x10-7 |
80 | Cis-boat on table | 13 | 9 | 1.812x10-7 |
81 | Trans barge with tail | 10 | 4 | 1.685x10-7 |
82 | Beehive on cap | 14 | 4 | 1.561x10-7 |
83 | Beehive at beehive | 12 | 9 | 1.558x10-7 |
84 | Ship on long boat | 13 | 9 | 1.548x10-7 |
85 | Cis-boat and cap | 13 | 9 | 1.494x10-7 |
86 | Beehive bend tail | 12 | 9 | 1.488x10-7 |
87 | Trans-boat with nine | 13 | 9 | 1.450x10-7 |
88 | Beehive with nine | 12 | 9 | 1.259x10-7 |
89 | Very long barge | 10 | 4 | 1.221x10-7 |
90 | Trans-long boat with tail | 11 | 9 | 1.181x10-7 |
91 | Hungry hat | 11 | 9 | 1.051x10-7 |
92 | Trans-boat on table | 11 | 9 | 1.015x10-7 |
93 | Cis-boat with nine | 11 | 9 | 1.010x10-7 |
94 | xs13_321fgkc | 13 | 9 | 9.659x10-8 |
95 | Loaf back tie loaf | 14 | 4 | 9.069x10-8 |
96 | Boat tie long boat | 12 | 9 | 7.985x10-8 |
97 | Trans-mango with tail | 12 | 9 | 7.376x10-8 |
98 | 13-boat wrap eater | 13 | 9 | 7.193x10-8 |
99 | Bi-loaf 2 | 14 | 4 | 7.080x10-8 |
100 | Para-R-bee on loaf | 14 | 4 | 6.964x10-8 |
101 | Inverted double claw | 12 | 9 | 6.933x10-8 |
102 | ?13-head | 13 | 9 | 6.632x10-8 |
103 | R-bee on beehive | 13 | 9 | 6.327x10-8 |
104 | Boat with hooked tail | 11 | 9 | 5.985x10-8 |
105 | Carrier siamese carrier | 10 | 9 | 5.832x10-8 |
106 | Very long shillelagh | 10 | 9 | 5.771x10-8 |
107 | House siamese shillelagh | 13 | 9 | 5.731x10-8 |
108 | Long hook with tail | 9 | 4 | 5.706x10-8 |
109 | Snake with feather | 11 | 9 | 5.676x10-8 |
110 | Aircraft carrier with feather | 11 | 9 | 5.433x10-8 |
111 | Carrier siamese dock | 14 | 4 | 5.350x10-8 |
112 | Cis-mirrored offset hooks | 14 | 4 | 5.332x10-8 |
113 | Long^3 boat | 11 | 9 | 5.324x10-8 |
114 | Cis-beehive and longhook | 14 | 4 | 5.104x10-8 |
115 | xs14_g8id96z121 | 14 | 4 | 4.814x10-8 |
116 | Cis-barge with tail | 10 | 9 | 4.704x10-8 |
117 | Krake | 13 | 9 | 4.509x10-8 |
118 | Ship tie snake | 12 | 9 | 4.506x10-8 |
119 | ?14-beehive with long bend tail | 14 | 4 | 4.495x10-8 |
120 | 12-loop | 12 | 9 | 4.217x10-8 |
121 | xs13_354mp3 | 13 | 9 | 4.137x10-8 |
122 | Sidewalk | 14 | 4 | 3.986x10-8 |
123 | xs14_2egu156 | 14 | 4 | 3.857x10-8 |
124 | xs13_08ka96z321 | 13 | 9 | 3.788x10-8 |