Minecraft:Polar Bear

Template:For Template:Infobox entity Polar bears are large Minecraft:neutral mobs that live in icy Minecraft:biomes. Adult polar bears are protective of their babies, attacking Minecraft:players that get too close or attack any babies near them.

Spawning

Polar bears spawn in snowy plains, ice spikes, frozen and Minecraft:deep frozen ocean biomes, and additionally/sometimes in Minecraft:frozen river, Minecraft:legacy frozen ocean, Minecraft:snowy slopes, Minecraft:jagged peaks, and Minecraft:frozen peaks biomes Template:In. They spawn in groups of up to two, above Minecraft:ice. Template:IN, polar bears don't spawn on ice in snowy plains and ice spikes biomes. If there is a group, the second polar bear is a baby.

Drops

On death

On Template:JE, one of cod or salmon is selected. On Template:BE, both drops are rolled.<ref>Template:Bug</ref> Template:DropTable

• Template:Xp from player or tamed Minecraft:wolves kills.

Killing a baby polar bear yields no Minecraft:items or Minecraft:experience.

Behavior

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A polar bear attacking.

Polar bears can be passive, neutral, or hostile depending on the situation. Baby polar bears are passive, and adults are neutral; becoming hostile when a player either directly attacks it or when the player comes close to or attacks any baby polar bears near it (unless killed in one hitTemplate:Only).

If a baby polar bear is attacked, unless killed in one hitTemplate:Only, all adults within a 41×21×41 area become hostile toward the player or mob, regardless of difficulty, although in Peaceful difficulty their attacks do zero damage to players.

Template:IN, attacking an adult who is within a 16×8×16 area of a cub also provokes other adults within a 21×21×21 area of the attacked adult.

Adult polar bears also attack Minecraft:foxes.

Polar bears attack by rearing on their back legs and mauling down with their front paws. Their swimming speed is equal to the player's, making them difficult to get away from if they are attacking in Minecraft:water.

Polar bears are immune to freezing damage from Minecraft:powder snow.

Unlike most animal mobs, polar bears cannot Minecraft:breed. Baby polar bears can only be found when they naturally spawn. A baby polar bear eventually turns into an adult after 24000 ticks (20 minutes), and their growth cannot be sped up. However, their growth can be stopped by using a Minecraft:golden dandelion on them.

Sounds

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Data values

ID

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Entity data

Polar bears have entity data associated with them that contains various properties.

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See Minecraft:Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Achievements

Achievements that apply to all mobs: Template:Collapse

Advancements

Advancements that apply to all mobs: Template:Collapse

History

Trivia

• Adding polar bears to Minecraft was a request by Minecraft:Jeb's wife. Jeb answered they'd be added "if they ever had a bear of their own". Once their son was born, he was named "Björn" (Swedish for "bear"), and polar bears were added.<ref>Template:Mcnet</ref>
• During the development of the frozen ocean biome, polar bears were removed from spawning, due to being deemed too "sad". They were added back in because it is more accurate to the polar bear's real life status.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>

Gallery

Screenshots

• A polar bear standing on ice.
  A polar bear standing on ice.
• A polar bear on its hind legs, attacking the player.
  A polar bear on its hind legs, attacking the player.

Mojang screenshots

• A screenshot of two polar bears standing on ice in a snowy flat world
  Two polar bears standing on Minecraft:ice in a Minecraft:snowy Minecraft:flat Minecraft:world.
• Development teaser screenshot by Minecraft:Jeb.
  Development teaser screenshot by Minecraft:Jeb.
• Polar bears featured on Minecraft:16w20a banner.
  Polar bears featured on Minecraft:16w20a banner.
• Image from Minecraft:Rockenroll4life of a "Polar Beary Bush".
  Image from Minecraft:Rockenroll4life of a "Polar Beary Bush".
• Image promoting the remodeled baby polar bear
  Image promoting the remodeled baby polar bear
• A baby polar bear and its parent in an ice spikes biome
  A baby polar bear and its parent in an ice spikes biome

Textures

• Polar bear texture file
  Polar bear texture file
• Baby polar bear texture file
  Baby polar bear texture file

In other media

• Image from Minecraft:16w20a blog post.
  Image from Minecraft:16w20a blog post.
• Artwork
  Artwork
• Polar Bear attacking artwork.
  Polar Bear attacking artwork.
• Artwork of a polar bear chasing a Minecraft:villager.
  Artwork of a polar bear chasing a Minecraft:villager.
• Minecraft:Lego Minecraft polar bear.
  Minecraft:Lego Minecraft polar bear.
• Minecraft:Lego Minecraft Baby Polar Bear.
  Minecraft:Lego Minecraft Baby Polar Bear.
• An official T-shirt design featuring a polar bear and two baby polar bears.
  An official T-shirt design featuring a polar bear and two baby polar bears.
• Minecraft:Sunny looking at polar bears in Minecraft:15 Year Journey.
  Minecraft:Sunny looking at polar bears in Minecraft:15 Year Journey.
• A polar bear on artwork for the Season of Giving promotion.
  A polar bear on artwork for the Season of Giving promotion.
• A polar bear as seen in Minecraft:Minecraft Dungeons.
  A polar bear as seen in Minecraft:Minecraft Dungeons.
• A polar bear as seen in Minecraft Earth.
  A polar bear as seen in Minecraft Earth.
• A polar bear as seen in Minecraft: Story Mode.
  A polar bear as seen in Minecraft: Story Mode.

External links

• Polar bear article on Wikipedia
• Template:Mcnet
• Template:Mcnet