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{{about|the food item obtained by killing pufferfish mobs|the mob|Pufferfish|other uses|Fish (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox item
| title = Pufferfish
| image = Pufferfish_(item).png
| consumptiontime = {{convert|32|ticks|seconds}}
| hunger = 1
| saturation = 0.2
| saturationboost = <abbr title="Assumes saturation is 0 before eating.">'''Heals'''</abbr>: {{hp|0.133}}<br/><abbr title="The time it takes for saturation boost to fully finish healing, assuming the player does not reach full health before it finishes.">'''Duration'''</abbr>: 0.067 seconds
| alwaysconsumable = No
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
| effects=: {{EffectLink|link=Hunger (effect)|Hunger}} III (0:15)
: {{EffectLink|Poison}} II (1:00)
: {{EffectLink|Nausea}} I (0:15)
}}
A '''pufferfish''' is a [[Minecraft:food]] item sourced from killed [[Minecraft:pufferfish]]. It is [[Minecraft:poison]]ous to [[Minecraft:player]]s, but can be safely fed to [[Minecraft:dolphin]]s, [[Minecraft:nautilus]]es and [[Minecraft:wolves]]. It is also a [[Minecraft:brewing]] ingredient for [[Minecraft:potions of Water Breathing]].

== Obtaining ==
=== Mob loot ===
{{Drop sources|Pufferfish}}

===Fishing===
{{Main|Fishing}}
Pufferfish are obtainable through fishing, with a 11.1% chance per attempt. See [[Minecraft:fishing]] for more details.

{{IN|bedrock}}, pufferfish cannot be caught in [[Minecraft:jungle]], sparse jungle, or bamboo jungle biomes.

== Usage ==

=== Food ===
Pufferfish restores {{hunger|1}} hunger and 0.2 [[Minecraft:Hunger#Mechanics|saturation]], but inflicts [[Minecraft:Hunger_(effect)|Hunger]] III for 15 seconds, [[Minecraft:Poison]] II for 1 minute, and [[Minecraft:Nausea]] I for 15 seconds. Unlike [[Minecraft:rotten flesh]], it is not helpful to eat pufferfish while starving because they inflict more hunger than they earn.

=== Brewing ingredient ===
{{brewing
|Pufferfish
|Potion of Water Breathing
|showvariants=1
}}

=== Dolphins ===
A [[Minecraft:dolphin]] can be fed pufferfish to increase its trust of the player and cause it to interact with the player more often. However, unlike most other animal mobs, this does not cause them to breed. Additionally, pufferfish can be used to make baby dolphins grow up faster by 10% of the remaining time.

Dolphins swim to the nearest chest in a [[Minecraft:shipwreck]] or [[Minecraft:underwater ruin]] after they are fed pufferfish. If the chest in the nearest structure is broken, they swim to another structure with a chest.

Dolphins are immune to the Nausea, Hunger and Poison effects.

=== Trading ===
{{Trade uses}}

=== Wolves ===
Pufferfish can be used to feed [[Minecraft:wolves]], healing them by {{hp|2|mob=1}}. However, {{in|Bedrock}}, unlike other wolf food, pufferfish cannot be used to speed up the growth of baby wolves nor used to breed them and can only be fed to a wolf that is not at full health.

Wolves are immune to the Nausea, Hunger and Poison effects.

=== Nautilus ===
{{Expand section|Nautilus healing info.}}
Pufferfish can be used to tame [[Minecraft:nautilus]] and [[Minecraft:zombie nautilus]], with each attempt having a 1/3 chance of suceeding.

== Sounds ==
{{Sound table/Entity/Food}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showitemtags=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Pufferfish
|spritetype=item
|nameid=pufferfish
|itemtags=fishes
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Pufferfish
|spritetype=item
|nameid=pufferfish
|id=267
|form=item
|foot=1}}

== Advancements ==
{{load advancements|A Furious Cocktail;How did we get here;Husbandry;A Balanced Diet;Fishy Business}}

== History ==
=== ''Java Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.7.2|dev=13w36a|[[File:Pufferfish (item) JE1.png|32px]] Added pufferfish.
|Added potions of [[Minecraft:Water Breathing]], which can be [[Minecraft:brew]]ed by adding a pufferfish to an [[Minecraft:Awkward Potion]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=13w43a|[[File:Pufferfish (item) JE2 BE1.png|32px]] The texture of pufferfish has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=14w02a|Baby [[Minecraft:ocelot]] and [[Minecraft:cat]] growth can now be accelerated using pufferfish.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=14w25a|Pufferfish is now obtainable as a rare drop from [[Minecraft:guardian]]s and [[Minecraft:elder guardian]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=18w08b|[[Minecraft:Pufferfish]] (and other [[Minecraft:fish]] types) has been added as a [[Minecraft:mob]], which [[Minecraft:drop]] its item form when killed.
|[[File:Pufferfish (item) JE3 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of pufferfish has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14|dev=18w43a|[[File:Pufferfish (item) JE4 BE1.png|32px]] The texture of pufferfish has accidentally been reverted.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w43b|[[File:Pufferfish (item) JE5 BE2.png|32px]] The correct texture of pufferfish has been restored.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w44a|[[Minecraft:Ocelot]]s and [[Minecraft:cat]]s can no longer be fed pufferfish.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=19w11a|Fisherman [[Minecraft:villager]]s now [[Minecraft:trading|buy]] 4 pufferfish for 1 [[Minecraft:emerald]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16.2|dev=pre2|The strength of [[Minecraft:Nausea]] given by pufferfish has been reduced from II to I.<ref>{{bug|MC-196473|||Fixed}}</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17|dev=20w46a|The strength of [[Minecraft:Poison]] given by pufferfish has been reduced from IV to II.<ref>{{bug|MC-197276|||Fixed}}</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.2|dev=24w33a|Pufferfish can now be fed to [[Minecraft:wolves]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.11|dev=25w41a|Pufferfish can now be used to tame [[Minecraft:nautilus]]es.}}
}}

=== ''Bedrock Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|pocket alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.11.0|dev=build 1|[[File:Pufferfish (item) JE2 BE1.png|32px]] Added pufferfish.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.12.1|dev=build 1|Pufferfish now restore [[Minecraft:hunger]] instead of [[Minecraft:health]].
|Pufferfish can now be used to make [[Minecraft:potion]] of Water Breathing.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.16.0|dev=build 1|Pufferfish is now dropped by [[Minecraft:guardian]]s and [[Minecraft:elder guardian]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.4.0|dev=beta 1.2.14.2|[[Minecraft:Pufferfish]] has been added as a [[Minecraft:mob]], which [[Minecraft:drop]] its [[Minecraft:item]] form when killed.
|[[File:Pufferfish (item) JE5 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of pufferfish has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.7.0|dev=beta 1.7.0.2|Pufferfish can now be eaten in Creative mode and on Peaceful difficulty.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8.0|dev=beta 1.8.0.8|Pufferfish can now be used to feed [[Minecraft:ocelot]]s to gain their trust.|When [[Minecraft:fishing]] in a jungle biome it is no longer possible to get pufferfish.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.11.0|dev=beta 1.11.0.4|Pufferfish can now be [[Minecraft:trading|sold]] to fisherman [[Minecraft:villager]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19.10|dev=Preview 1.19.10.23|The strength of the [[Minecraft:Poison]] effect has been decreased from IV to II, matching ''Java Edition''.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.20|dev=Preview 1.21.20.21|The strength of the [[Minecraft:Nausea]] effect has been decreased from II to I, matching ''Java Edition''.}}
}}

=== Legacy Console Edition ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|console}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU31|xbone=CU19|ps3=1.22|psvita=1.22|ps4=1.22|wiiu=Patch 3|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Pufferfish (item) JE2 BE1.png|32px]] Added pufferfish.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU69|xbone=none|ps3=1.76|psvita=1.76|ps4=1.76|wiiu=Patch 38|switch=none|[[Minecraft:Pufferfish]] (and other [[Minecraft:fish]] types) has been added as a [[Minecraft:mob]], which [[Minecraft:drop]] its [[Minecraft:item]] form when killed.|[[File:Pufferfish (item) JE5 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of pufferfish has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps3=none|psvita=none|ps4=1.83|wiiu=none|switch=none|When [[Minecraft:fishing]] in a jungle biome it is no longer possible to get pufferfish.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps3=none|psvita=none|ps4=1.91|wiiu=none|switch=none|Pufferfish can now be [[Minecraft:trading|sold]] to fisherman [[Minecraft:villager]]s.}}
}}

=== Data history ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=17w47a|The different data values for the <code>fish</code> ID have now been split up into their own IDs.
|Prior to [[Minecraft:1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this item's numeral ID was 349.}}
}}

== Issues ==

{{issue list}}

== Trivia ==

* The consumption of pufferfish inflicting the player with Nausea and Poison is based on reality. Real pufferfish contain the dangerous [[Wikipedia:Tetrodotoxin|tetrodotoxin]] within their organs, especially in the liver. Tetrodotoxin leads to quick death through respiratory paralysis. Muscle tissue and blood contain trace amounts. In East Asia, pufferfish are considered a delicacy known as [[Wikipedia:Fugu|fugu]], as small parts of the fish are actually edible. Any chef preparing fugu must have special licensing/certification to prepare this dish.
* Pufferfish being used for both creating [[Minecraft:Potion of Water Breathing|water breathing potions]] and taming [[Minecraft:Nautilus|nautiluses]] is intentional as pufferfish are seen as the gateway to breathing underwater.<ref>{{ytl|O_ol96-e2G8|SPEAR AND NAUTILUS MAYHEM <nowiki>|</nowiki> Minecraft LIVE – September 2025|t=5m51s}} 5m51s.</ref>

== Gallery ==
=== Screenshots ===
<gallery>
File:Eat Pufferfish.png|The result of eating pufferfish.
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Minecraft:Fishing]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{Mcnet|taking-inventory--pufferfish|Taking Inventory: Pufferfish|October 14, 2020|[[Minecraft:Duncan Geere]]}}

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