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 minimum known glider synthesis, as of October 2021, of each still life is also displayed. 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	3	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	Mirrored table	12	4	0.00000651
31	Dead spark coil	18	4	0.00000615
32	Canoe	8	4	0.00000540
33	Cis-mirrored bun	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	4	0.00000168
41	Loop	10	4	0.00000144
42	Long snake	7	4	0.00000142
43	Fourteener	14	4	0.00000140
44	Cis-mirrored bookend	14	4	0.00000114
45	Cis-boat with tail	9	4	9.225×10-7
46	Cis-rotated bookend	14	4	9.084×10-7
47	Elevener	11	4	8.872×10-7
48	Mirrored dock	20	4	8.178×10-7
49	Block on cap	12	4	7.902×10-7
50	Trans-loaf with tail	11	4	7.689×10-7
51	Cis-shillelagh	10	4	7.571×10-7
52	Trans-mirrored bun	14	4	7.350×10-7
53	Trans-block on long bookend	12	4	6.897×10-7
54	Prodigal	10	4	6.219×10-7
55	Broken snake	10	4	5.623×10-7
56	Trans-bookend and bun	14	4	5.201×10-7
57	Eater head siamese eater tail	12	4	5.070×10-7
58	Block and two tails	12	4	5.063×10-7
59	Cis-boat on dock	15	4	5.049×10-7
60	Cis-block on long bookend	12	4	4.736×10-7
61	Very long snake	8	4	4.687×10-7
62	Boat with long tail	10	4	4.358×10-7
63	Long shillelagh	9	4	4.188×10-7
64	Beehive at loaf	13	4	4.161×10-7
65	Trans-bun and wing	15	4	3.489×10-7
66	Long integral	10	4	3.356×10-7
67	Tub with long tail	9	4	3.340×10-7
68	Cis-bookend and bun	14	4	3.336×10-7
69	Hook with tail	8	4	3.328×10-7
70	Loaf siamese loaf	11	4	3.260×10-7
71	Long canoe	9	4	2.674×10-7
72	Eleven loop	11	4	2.633×10-7
73	Trans-loaf on table	13	4	2.625×10-7
74	Cis-loaf with tail	11	4	2.614×10-7
75	Symmetric scorpion	16	4	2.612×10-7
76	Claw with tail	10	4	2.508×10-7
77	Bee hat	15	4	2.380×10-7
78	Cis-mirrored dove	18	4	2.342×10-7
79	Trans-rotated bun	14	4	2.335×10-7
80	Cis-mirrored wing	16	4	2.284×10-7
81	Trans-snake on bun	13	4	2.090×10-7
82	Boat tie eater tail	12	4	1.966×10-7
83	Snorkel loop	12	4	1.880×10-7
84	Beehive on table	12	4	1.859×10-7
85	Cis-boat on table	11	4	1.812×10-7
86	Trans-barge with tail	10	4	1.685×10-7
87	Trans-boat on dock	15	4	1.580×10-7
88	Beehive on cap	14	4	1.561×10-7
89	Beehive at beehive	12	4	1.558×10-7
90	Ship on long boat	13	5	1.548×10-7
91	Cis-boat and cap	13	4	1.494×10-7
92	Beehive bend tail	12	4	1.488×10-7
93	Trans-boat with nine	11	4	1.450×10-7
94	15-bent-paperclip	15	4	1.417×10-7
95	Beehive with nine	12	4	1.259×10-7
96	Very long barge	10	5	1.221×10-7
97	Trans-long boat with tail	11	4	1.181×10-7
98	Cis-bun and wing	15	4	1.101×10-7
99	Hungry hat	11	4	1.051×10-7
100	Trans-boat on table	11	4	1.015×10-7
101	Cis-boat with nine	11	5	1.010×10-7
102	xs13_321fgkc	13	4	9.659×10-8
103	Loaf back tie loaf	14	4	9.069×10-8
104	Loaf tie eater with tail	18	4	8.909×10-8
105	Mango with block on dock	19	4	8.579×10-8
106	Trans-bun and dove	16	4	8.256×10-8
107	Rotated house	18	4	8.005×10-8
108	Boat tie long boat	12	4	7.985×10-8
109	Cis-mirrored long bookend	16	4	7.914×10-8
110	xs19_69bo7pic	19	4	7.615×10-8
111	Trans-ship and dock	16	4	7.532×10-8
112	Trans-mango with tail	12	4	7.376×10-8
113	13-boat wrap eater	13	4	7.193×10-8
114	Bi-loaf 2	14	4	7.080×10-8
115	Para-bun on loaf	14	4	6.964×10-8
116	Inverted double claw	12	5	6.933×10-8
117	Big S with tub	15	4	6.859×10-8
118	xs17_2ege1t6zx11	17	4	6.634×10-8
119	?13-head	13	4	6.632×10-8
120	Beehive bridge bun	13	4	6.327×10-8
121	Cis-bookend and wing	15	4	6.250×10-8
122	Boat with hooked tail	11	4	5.985×10-8
123	Long bookend and dock	18	5	5.904×10-8
124	Pond on wing	16	4	5.844×10-8
125	Carrier siamese carrier	10	4	5.832×10-8
126	Very long shillelagh	10	4	5.771×10-8
127	Pond and cap	16	4	5.769×10-8
128	House siamese shillelagh	13	5	5.731×10-8
129	Long hook with tail	9	5	5.706×10-8
130	xs18_0mmge96z1221	18	6	5.678×10-8
131	Snake with feather	11	4	5.676×10-8
132	Trans-bookend and wing	15	4	5.528×10-8
133	Carrier with feather	11	4	5.433×10-8
134	Barge siamese loaf	10	5	5.372×10-8
135	Carrier siamese dock	14	4	5.350×10-8
136	Shift-mirrored bookend	14	4	5.332×10-8
137	Long^3 boat	11	4	5.324×10-8
138	Cis-mirrored worm	22	4	5.252×10-8
139	Cis-beehive and long bookend	14	4	5.104×10-8
140	xs14_g8id96z121	14	5	4.814×10-8
141	?22-trans-mirrored long	22	6	4.772×10-8
142	Cis-barge with tail	10	4	4.704×10-8
143	Krake	13	4	4.509×10-8
144	Ship tie snake	12	5	4.506×10-8
145	?14-beehive with long bend tail	14	4	4.495×10-8
146	Pond on dock	18	4	4.285×10-8
147	12-loop	12	4	4.217×10-8
148	xs13_354mp3	13	4	4.137×10-8
149	O quad-loaf	28	6	4.003×10-8
150	Sidewalk	14	4	3.986×10-8
151	xs14_2egu156	14	4	3.857×10-8
152	xs13_08ka96z321	13	4	3.788×10-8
153	Para-bookend and dove	16	4	3.707×10-8
154	Bookend and house	16	4	3.603×10-8
155	Boat on shillelagh	13	4	3.571×10-8
156	Cis-bookend and dove	16	4	3.548×10-8
157	Double claw	12	5	3.480×10-8
158	xs18_8ehlmzw12452	18	4	3.388×10-8
159	Para-bookend and bun	14	4	3.361×10-8
160	Hook join table and block	15	5	3.224×10-8
161	Table and dock	16	5	3.198×10-8
162	Bun on shillelagh	15	4	3.170×10-8
163	Long^3 barge	12	4	3.107×10-8
164	Trans-loaf with nine	13	4	3.094×10-8
165	Hook with nine	10	5	3.087×10-8
166	Claw with nine	12	5	2.972×10-8
167	Eater tie beehive	13	5	2.964×10-8
168	Eater with cape	11	5	2.946×10-8
169	Boat tie eater head	12	5	2.929×10-8
170	Ortho-loaf and dock	17	4	2.852×10-8
171	Cis-boat-down and long bookend	13	4	2.821×10-8
172	Carrier siamese eater head	11	5	2.799×10-8
173	Cis-ship and dock	16	4	2.779×10-8
174	Para-loaf and long bookend	15	4	2.740×10-8
175	xs15_6t1egoz11	15	4	2.701×10-8
176	Cis-bun and dove	16	5	2.665×10-8
177	Bun on pond	15	4	2.634×10-8
178	Long inverted double claw	14	5	2.609×10-8
179	xs13_4aarzx123	13	4	2.513×10-8
180	Eater tail siamese snake	11	4	2.510×10-8
181	Para-loaf and dock	17	4	2.438×10-8
182	Cis-boat-down and long bookend	13	4	2.417×10-8
183	xs15_3213ob96	15	5	2.345×10-8
184	Bookend on pond	15	4	2.328×10-8
185	Trans-mirrored bookend	14	5	2.321×10-8
186	Wing on beehive	14	5	2.317×10-8
187	Integral siamese eater	14	4	2.309×10-8
188	Para-loaf and table	13	4	2.290×10-8
189	Para-bookend and wing	15	4	2.269×10-8
190	Very long canoe	10	4	2.210×10-8
191	Long^3 shillelagh	11	5	2.203×10-8
192	Trans-beehive and long bookend	14	5	2.185×10-8
193	?14-mango with bend tail	14	4	2.167×10-8
194	Ship on long ship	14	6	2.122×10-8
195	xs15_69bojd	15	4	2.071×10-8
196	Carrier siamese eater tail	11	5	2.065×10-8
197	Trans-boat and cap	13	4	2.050×10-8
198	Ortho-bun on loaf	14	5	1.903×10-8
199	Block on cover siamese eater	16	6	1.883×10-8
200	Para-loaf and cap	15	4	1.836×10-8
201	Longhorn	19	4	1.801×10-8
202	Long^3 snake	9	5	1.797×10-8

See also

• Common
• Frequency class
• List of common oscillators
• List of common spaceships
• List of common objects by symmetry
• List of common still lifes in HighLife