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{{About|the large explosive fireball fired by ghasts|the smaller variant|Small Fireball|similar uses|Fireball (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox entity
| title = Fireball
| image = Fire Charge.png
| imagesize = 100px
| armor =
| size = '''{{IN|Java}}:'''<br>
Height: 1 block<br>Width: 1 block<br>
'''{{IN|Bedrock}}:'''<br>
Height: 0.31 blocks<br>Width: 0.31 blocks
| networkid = '''[[Minecraft:JE]]''': 63
}}

A '''fireball''' is a large, [[Minecraft:explosive]], [[Minecraft:fire]]-starting [[Minecraft:projectile]] fired by [[Minecraft:ghast]]s as their only attack. It can be deflected with a melee {{Control|attack}} or another projectile.

== Behavior ==
Fireballs have a straight trajectory unaffected by gravity and a theoretically infinite range. Fireballs can be deflected if hit by a player using a projectile or melee attack, sending them in the direction of the player's head.

Fireballs create an [[Minecraft:explosion]] upon impact with an entity or block, setting [[Minecraft:fire]] to nearby blocks. Fireballs shot by ghasts have an explosive force of 1. The minimum [[Minecraft:blast resistance]] required to absorb all blast force of a fireball is 4.034. However, blocks with resistance as low as 3.5 survive if hit from the sides or from the top.

At close range, fireballs deal massive damage; a direct hit deals {{hp|6}} projectile damage and up to to {{hp|8.5}}, {{hp|15}}, or {{hp|22.5}} explosion damage from the blast depending on [[Minecraft:difficulty]], entities other than player treat all difficulties as normal. If an entity has the [[Minecraft:Fire Resistance]] effect or is naturally resistant to fire, a fireball does not deal projectile damage to them, although the explosion still can inflict damage. Fireballs rebounded by the [[Minecraft:player]] deal {{hp|1000}} damage to a ghast upon direct hit, killing them. Because ghasts are fire resistant, fireballs only damage ghasts when rebounded by the player or if the explosion is within range to damage them. Because fireball explosions only affect entities whose feet are within 2 blocks of the explosion, they are incapable of damaging ghasts except when hitting them from below or within their hitbox.

When two fireballs collide, one is deflected while the other explodes upon impact.

== Sounds ==
{{Edition|Java}}:<br>
Fireballs use the Friendly Creatures sound category for [[Minecraft:Sound#Entity-dependent categories|entity-dependent sound events]].

{{SoundTable
| type = java
| {{SoundLine
| sound =Explosion1.ogg
|sound2=Explosion2.ogg
|sound3=Explosion3.ogg
|sound4=Explosion4.ogg
|subtitle=Explosion
|source=block
|description=When a fireball impacts something
|id=entity.generic.explode
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.generic.explode
|volume=4.0
|pitch=0.56-0.84
|distance=16}}
| {{SoundLine
|sound=Ghast fireball4.ogg
|subtitle=Ghast shoots
|source=hostile
|description=When a ghast shoots a fireball
|id=entity.ghast.shoot
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.ghast.shoot
|volume=10.0
|pitch=0.8-1.2
| distance = 16 {{verify}}
}}
}}

{{Edition|Bedrock}}:
{{SoundTable
| type = bedrock
| {{SoundLine
| sound =Explosion1.ogg
|sound2=Explosion2.ogg
|sound3=Explosion3.ogg
|sound4=Explosion4.ogg
|source=block
|description=When a fireball impacts something
|id=random.explode
|volume=4.0
|pitch=1.0}}
| {{SoundLine
|sound=Ghast fireball4.ogg
|source=hostile
|description=When a ghast shoots a fireball
|id=mob.ghast.fireball
|volume=0.7
| pitch = 0.8-1.2
}}
}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|displayname=Fireball
|spritetype=entity
|nameid=fireball
|entitytags=impact_projectiles
|foot=1
}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|displayname=Fireball
|spritetype=entity
|nameid=fireball
|id=85
|foot=1
}}

=== Entity data ===
{{el|java}}:
{{main|Entity format}}
Fireballs have entity data associated with them that contains various properties.
<section begin="entity data"/><div class="treeview">
* {{nbt|compound}} Entity data
** {{nbt inherit/entity}}
** {{nbt inherit/projectile}}
** {{nbt inherit/hurting_projectile}}
** {{nbt|byte|ExplosionPower}}: The power and size of the explosion created by the fireball upon impact. Default value 1.
** {{nbt|compound|Item}}: The item to render as, may be absent.
*** {{nbt inherit/itemnoslot|indent=***}}
</div><section end="entity data"/>

{{el|bedrock}}:
: See [[Minecraft:Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format]].

== Achievements ==
{{load achievements|Return to Sender}}

== Advancements ==
{{load advancements|Return To Sender}}

== History ==
{{more sounds|section=1|type=old|Initial explosion sound before it was updated}}
{{for|info relating to the ghast, including its shooting behavior|Ghast#History}}
=== ''Java Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v1.2.0|dev=preview|[[File:Snowball JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added fireballs. At the time, they used the [[Minecraft:snowball]] texture.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.0.0|dev=Beta 1.9 Prerelease|[[File:Fire Charge JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Fireballs now have a unique texture, which would later be used by [[Minecraft:fire charge]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5|Killing ghasts by directly hitting them with a fireball grants the player the [[Minecraft:Achievement/Java_Edition|achievement]] "Return to Sender".}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.5|dev=13w02a|The texture of fireballs has been changed from [[File:Fire Charge JE1 BE1.png|32px]] to [[File:Ghast_Fireball_13w02a.png|32px]].<ref>{{bug|MC-6758}}</ref> This is likely due to the [[Minecraft:diamond helmet]]'s position in <samp>[[Minecraft:stitched_items.png]]</samp> being the position [[Minecraft::File:201301031509 items.png|where]] the fire charge was in <samp>[[Minecraft:items.png]]</samp>. The texture is offset by 6 pixels in-game.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=13w02b|The accidental texture change of the fireball has been reverted from [[File:Ghast_Fireball_13w02a.png|32px]] to [[File:Fire Charge JE1 BE1.png|32px]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.6.1|dev=13w24a|The texture of the fireball has been changed from [[File:Fire Charge JE1 BE1.png|32px]] to [[File:Ghast Fireball 13w24a.png|32px]].<ref>{{bug|MC-17827}}</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=13w24b|The accidental texture change of the fireball has been reverted from [[File:Ghast Fireball 13w24a.png|32px]] to [[File:Fire Charge JE1 BE1.png|32px]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14|dev=18w43a|[[File:Fire Charge JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of the fireball has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w50a|The fireball now has an optional <code>Item</code> NBT tag that can specify a different item stack to render.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.2|dev=24w34a|Fired fireballs no longer go through the [[Minecraft:world border]] if hit.}}
}}

=== ''Bedrock Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|pocket alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.11.0|dev=build 1|[[File:Fire Charge JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added fireballs.
|As ghasts are currently unobtainable in-game without editing, their fireballs are also unobservable.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.12.1|dev=build 1|As ghasts now spawn in [[Minecraft:the Nether]] and have accessible [[Minecraft:spawn egg]]s, their fireballs can also be encountered.}}
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.10.0|dev=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Fire Charge JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of the fireball has been changed.}}
}}

=== Legacy Console Edition ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|console}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|Added fireballs.
|[[File:Snowball JE1 BE1.png|32px]] At the time, fireballs used the [[Minecraft:snowball]] texture, which was additionally lit on fire.{{verify|TU0 is based on Beta 1.6, so can we be sure this was the texture used at the time?}}}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU7|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Fire Charge JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Fireballs now have a unique texture, which would later be used by [[Minecraft:fire charge]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps3=none|psvita=none|ps4=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Fire Charge JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of the fireball has been changed.}}
}}

=== ''New Nintendo 3DS Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|new 3ds}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.1.0|[[File:Fire Charge JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added fireballs.}}
}}

=== Data history ===
==== ''Java Edition'' ====
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.11|dev=16w32a|The projectile entity ID of the fireball has been changed from <code>Fireball</code> to <code>fireball</code>.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=16w40a|The [[Minecraft:NBT tag]]s <code>xTile</code>, <code>yTile</code>, <code>zTile</code>, <code>inTile</code> and <code>inGround</code> have been removed from the fireball's [[Minecraft:Chunk format#Projectiles|entity data]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=17w47a|Numeric IDs for entities were presumably deprecated in this version.{{info needed|what was this entity's numeric ID?}}}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16|dev=20w10a|The NBT tags <code>life</code> and <code>direction</code> have been removed from the fireball.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17|dev=pre2|The data type of the <code>ExplosionPower</code> tag has been changed from Int to Byte.}}
}}

==== ''Bedrock Edition'' ====
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|pocket}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.1.0|dev=alpha 1.1.0.0|The entity ID for the fireball has been changed from <code>largefireball</code> to <code>fireball</code>.}}
}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== Trivia ==
* If a player hits a fireball using an item with the Looting enchantment, any mob killed by that fireball has its drops affected by the enchantment as though the mob was killed by directly using the item.

== Gallery ==
=== In other media ===
<gallery>
MCD Ghast Shooting Fireball.png|A fireball as it appears in {{MCD}}.
AMCM Ghast fireball launched.jpeg|A fireball as it appears in {{AMCM}}
</gallery>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== Navigation ==
{{Navbox entities|Other}}

[[Category:Projectiles]]

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