diff --git a/source/core/src/main/com/csse3200/game/components/npc/XenoAnimationController.java b/source/core/src/main/com/csse3200/game/components/npc/XenoAnimationController.java
index b25b91e00..42c04ce19 100644
--- a/source/core/src/main/com/csse3200/game/components/npc/XenoAnimationController.java
+++ b/source/core/src/main/com/csse3200/game/components/npc/XenoAnimationController.java
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 package com.csse3200.game.components.npc;
 
-
 import com.badlogic.gdx.audio.Sound;
-
 import com.csse3200.game.components.Component;
 import com.csse3200.game.rendering.AnimationRenderComponent;
 import com.csse3200.game.services.ServiceLocator;
 
-import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.Random;
 
 /**
  * This class listens to events relevant to a ghost entity's state and plays the animation when one
@@ -19,6 +17,7 @@ public class XenoAnimationController extends Component {
     // Sound onCollisionSound = ServiceLocator.getResourceService().getAsset(
     //         COLLISION_SFX, Sound.class);
     AnimationRenderComponent animator;
+    Random rand = new Random();
 
     @Override
     public void create() {
@@ -26,8 +25,7 @@ public void create() {
         animator = this.entity.getComponent(AnimationRenderComponent.class);
         entity.getEvents().addListener("wanderStart", this::animateRun);
         entity.getEvents().addListener("runHurt", this::animateHurt);
-        entity.getEvents().addListener("meleeStart", this::animateMelee1);
-        entity.getEvents().addListener("meleeStart", this::animateMelee2);
+        entity.getEvents().addListener("meleeStart", this::animateMelee);
         entity.getEvents().addListener("shootStart", this::animateShoot);
         entity.getEvents().addListener("dieStart", this::animateDie);
         entity.getEvents().addListener("stop", this::stopAnimation);
@@ -45,12 +43,13 @@ void animateShoot() {
         animator.startAnimation("xeno_shoot");
     }
 
-    void animateMelee1() {
-        animator.startAnimation("xeno_melee_1");
-    }
-
-    void animateMelee2() {
-        animator.startAnimation("xeno_melee_2");
+    void animateMelee() {
+        int randAnim = rand.nextInt(2);
+        if (randAnim == 1) {
+            animator.startAnimation("xeno_melee_1");
+        } else {
+            animator.startAnimation("xeno_melee_2");
+        }
     }
 
     void animateDie() {
diff --git a/source/core/src/test/com/csse3200/game/components/xenos/XenoAnimationControllerTest.java b/source/core/src/test/com/csse3200/game/components/xenos/XenoAnimationControllerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b8317ff2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/core/src/test/com/csse3200/game/components/xenos/XenoAnimationControllerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package com.csse3200.game.components.xenos;
+
+
+import com.csse3200.game.entities.Entity;
+import com.csse3200.game.entities.factories.NPCFactory;
+import com.csse3200.game.extensions.GameExtension;
+import com.csse3200.game.physics.PhysicsService;
+import com.csse3200.game.rendering.AnimationRenderComponent;
+import com.csse3200.game.rendering.DebugRenderer;
+import com.csse3200.game.rendering.RenderService;
+import com.csse3200.game.services.ResourceService;
+import com.csse3200.game.services.ServiceLocator;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
+
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+
+
+@ExtendWith(GameExtension.class)
+public class XenoAnimationControllerTest {
+
+    private Entity xenoGrunt;
+    private Entity target;
+    private final String[] atlas = {"images/mobs/xenoGrunt.atlas"};
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    public void setUp() {
+        ServiceLocator.registerPhysicsService(new PhysicsService());
+        RenderService render = new RenderService();
+        render.setDebug(mock(DebugRenderer.class));
+        ServiceLocator.registerRenderService(render);
+        ResourceService resourceService = new ResourceService();
+        ServiceLocator.registerResourceService(resourceService);
+        resourceService.loadTextureAtlases(atlas);
+        resourceService.loadAll();
+
+        xenoGrunt = NPCFactory.createXenoGrunt(target); // Replace with actual Droid Tower creation logic
+        xenoGrunt.create();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testAnimateWander() {
+        xenoGrunt.getEvents().trigger("wanderStart");
+        assertEquals("xeno_run", xenoGrunt.getComponent(AnimationRenderComponent.class).getCurrentAnimation());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testAnimateHurt() {
+        xenoGrunt.getEvents().trigger("runHurt");
+        assertEquals("xeno_hurt", xenoGrunt.getComponent(AnimationRenderComponent.class).getCurrentAnimation());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testAnimateMelee1() {
+        xenoGrunt.getEvents().trigger("meleeStart");
+        assert(Objects.equals(xenoGrunt.getComponent(AnimationRenderComponent.class).getCurrentAnimation(), "xeno_melee_1")
+                || Objects.equals(xenoGrunt.getComponent(AnimationRenderComponent.class).getCurrentAnimation(), "xeno_melee_2"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testAnimateDie() {
+        xenoGrunt.getEvents().trigger("dieStart");
+        assertEquals("xeno_die", xenoGrunt.getComponent(AnimationRenderComponent.class).getCurrentAnimation());
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/source/core/src/test/com/csse3200/game/entities/factories/NPCFactoryTest.java b/source/core/src/test/com/csse3200/game/entities/factories/NPCFactoryTest.java
index 9c02ba0c4..9673617c1 100644
--- a/source/core/src/test/com/csse3200/game/entities/factories/NPCFactoryTest.java
+++ b/source/core/src/test/com/csse3200/game/entities/factories/NPCFactoryTest.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import com.csse3200.game.physics.components.ColliderComponent;
 import com.csse3200.game.physics.components.HitboxComponent;
 import com.csse3200.game.physics.components.PhysicsComponent;
+import com.csse3200.game.physics.components.PhysicsMovementComponent;
 import com.csse3200.game.rendering.AnimationRenderComponent;
 import com.csse3200.game.rendering.DebugRenderer;
 import com.csse3200.game.rendering.RenderService;
@@ -30,12 +31,12 @@ public class NPCFactoryTest {
     private Entity engineerTarget;
     private Entity playerTarget;
 
-    private String[] texture = {
+    private final String[] texture = {
             "images/towers/turret_deployed.png",
             "images/towers/turret01.png",
             "images/towers/wallTower.png"
     };
-    private String[] atlas = {"images/towers/turret01.atlas",
+    private final String[] atlas = {"images/towers/turret01.atlas",
             "images/mobs/xenoGrunt.atlas"};
     private static final String[] sounds = {
             "sounds/towers/gun_shot_trimmed.mp3",
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ public void setUp() {
         ServiceLocator.getResourceService()
                 .getAsset("images/mobs/xenoGrunt.atlas", TextureAtlas.class);
         //playerTarget = PlayerFactory.createPlayer();
-        towerTarget = TowerFactory.createBaseTower();
+        //towerTarget = TowerFactory.createBaseTower();
         //engineerTarget = EngineerFactory.createEngineer();
         xenoGrunt = NPCFactory.createXenoGrunt(playerTarget);
     }
@@ -100,7 +101,14 @@ public void testXenoGruntCombatStatsComponent() {
 
     @Test
     public void xenoGruntHasAnimationComponent() {
-        assertNotNull(xenoGrunt.getComponent(AnimationRenderComponent.class));
+        assertNotNull(xenoGrunt.getComponent(AnimationRenderComponent.class),
+                "Xeno Grunt should have AnimationRenderComponent");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCreateXenoGruntHasPhysicsMovementComponent() {
+        assertNotNull(xenoGrunt.getComponent(PhysicsMovementComponent.class),
+                "Xeno Grunt should have PhysicsMovementComponent");
     }
 
 }