Minecraft:Panda

A panda is a rare Minecraft:neutral mob that resides in Minecraft:jungles. Certain aspects of a panda's behavior and appearance vary depending on its personality.

Spawning

Pandas spawn rarely in groups of 1–2 in Minecraft:jungle biomes on Minecraft:grass blocks with at least a two-block space above them. They are slightlyTemplate:Only or muchTemplate:Only more common in Minecraft:bamboo jungles and have a 5% chance to spawn as a baby. They do not spawn on Minecraft:podzol.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Pandas spawn with a randomized personality, with the normal personality being the most common and the brown variant being the rarest. The personality depends on genes. Each gene has the same distribution on spawn as the mutated gene. So the probability of each personality is:

Personality	Probability
Template:EntitySprite Normal	Template:Frac (63.7%)
Template:EntitySprite Aggressive	Template:Frac (6.3%)
Template:EntitySprite Lazy	Template:Frac (6.3%)
Template:EntitySprite Worried	Template:Frac (6.3%)
Template:EntitySprite Playful	Template:Frac (6.3%)
Template:EntitySprite Weak	Template:Frac (9.8%)
Template:EntitySprite Brown	Template:Frac (1.6%)

Drops

Breeding

Upon successful Minecraft:breeding, Template:Xp experience orbs are dropped.

On death

• Template:Xp experience orbs are dropped if killed by a tamed Minecraft:wolf or the Minecraft:player.

Like other baby Minecraft:animals, killing a baby panda yields no Minecraft:items or Minecraft:experience.

Sneezing

Baby pandas have Template:Frac chance to drop 1 Template:ItemLink after they sneeze. This means that, on average, a weak baby panda produces a slimeball every 4 hours, 51 minutes and 40 seconds, and any other baby panda produces 1 every 58 hours and 20 minutes.

Behavior

A panda tends to roll off cliffs while playing around. Pandas act similarly to other neutral mobs and attack when hurt but only once (similar to Minecraft:llamas and Minecraft:bees) except on Minecraft:Peaceful Minecraft:difficulty, in which pandas are passive. Attacking pandas are far more vicious Template:In.

Pandas follow any player that is carrying Minecraft:bamboo and stop following if the player moves beyond approximately 16 blocks away. Pandas produce a whimper sound effect if a thunderstorm is happening.

Adult pandas seek out bamboo and Minecraft:cake to eat.

Baby pandas have a Template:Frac chance (0.016%) of sneezing every Minecraft:game tick. Weak baby pandas are more likely to sneeze with a Template:Frac (0.2%) chance every tick. Sneezing makes all adult pandas within 10 blocks jump and rarely drops a Minecraft:slimeball. Baby pandas also occasionally roll over and jump around.

Pandas have one private inventory.

A Minecraft:lead cannot be used on a panda by normal means.<ref>Template:Bug</ref> However, a panda can be leashed using a map editor or Minecraft:NBT editor.

Pandas can be ridden by baby Minecraft:zombie variants.Template:Only

Unlike other neutral mobs, pandas don't count towards the Template:Cd tag.<ref>Template:Bug</ref><ref>Template:Bug</ref><ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Personalities

File:PandaVariants.png

The different variations of pandas – from left to right: brown, lazy, worried, playful, weak, aggressive and normal.

Pandas have seven different personalities: normal, lazy, worried, playful, aggressive, weak, and brown.

• Template:EntitySprite Normal pandas:
  • Identifiable by their frown.
  • Do not have unique personality actions.

• Template:EntitySprite Lazy pandas:
  • Identifiable by their smile.
  • Lie on their backs.
  • Are slower than normal pandas, making them the slowest land mob in the game.
  • Do not follow a player who is holding Minecraft:bamboo while they're lying on their back.Template:Only Template:IN, if a Minecraft:player is holding bamboo, a lazy panda stops lying on its back and starts following that player.

• Template:EntitySprite Worried pandas:

  File:WorriedPandaOnRainScreen.png

  A worried panda shaking and hiding its face during a thunderstorm.

  • Identifiable by their worried expression.
  • Template:IN, they avoid the player and most Minecraft:monsters except Minecraft:ghasts, Minecraft:hoglins, Minecraft:magma cubes, Minecraft:phantoms, Minecraft:shulkers, Minecraft:slimes, Minecraft:skeleton horses, Minecraft:zombie horses, Minecraft:zombie nautiluses, Minecraft:camel husks and the Minecraft:ender dragon.<ref>Template:Bug</ref> Template:IN, they avoid all non-panda mobs, including passive mobs.
  • Shake and hide their faces during Minecraft:thunderstorms.
  • Do not eat bamboo or Minecraft:cake items on their own.Template:Only

• Template:EntitySprite Playful pandas:

  File:Panda Rolling.gif

  A Playful panda rolling.

  • Identifiable by their tongues that stick out.
  • Roll over and jump around even as adults. The ability to roll may sometimes cause harm or kill the panda as it can accidentally roll off a cliff or into other environmental hazards.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

• Template:EntitySprite Aggressive pandas:
  • Identifiable by their thick eyebrows and tight frown.
  • When hit, an aggressive panda attacks the Minecraft:player and other mobs continuously until the target dies or goes beyond detection range, instead of only once. It also doesn't panic when harmed.
  • When nearby pandas are attacked, unless killed in one hit,Template:Only aggressive pandas become hostile toward the attacker.

• Template:EntitySprite Weak pandas:
  • Identifiable by their teary eyes and snotty noses.
  • Tend to sneeze more often as babies than regular baby pandas, and have half the health of other pandas.

• Template:EntitySprite Brown pandas:
  • Identifiable by their brown color and frown.
  • Do not have unique personality actions, but are brown and white instead of the usual black and white.

Breeding

The panda is the only animal to have extra Minecraft:breeding conditions. Template:IN, pandas enter love mode when fed with bamboo, but breed only if there is at least one Minecraft:bamboo plant (not including shoots) within a 7×7×3 area; otherwise the pandas briefly shake their heads and do not breed until that requirement is met. If only one panda is close to a bamboo plant, the other panda shakes its head, but a baby is born.

Template:IN, there must be at least 8 bamboo plants within a five-block radius of each panda in order for them to enter love mode. If a panda is fed without a sufficient amount of bamboo plants nearby, it sits and eats the bamboo instead of entering love mode.

Once pandas successfully breed, they produce a baby panda that remains neutral toward that Minecraft:player.

Cake cannot be used to breed pandas.

Jockey

File:Baby Zombie Riding Panda.png

A regular panda ridden by a baby zombie

15% of nearby baby Minecraft:zombies, Minecraft:husks, or Minecraft:drowned may ride an adult panda to form a Minecraft:jockey. Pandas can still sit, sneeze, and even lie down and roll, if ridden.

Additionally, if a worried panda is mounted, and the baby zombie variant doesn't have a target, the worried panda keeps running as if trying get away from its passenger, since it avoids all mobs, including monsters.

Genetics

Each panda has two hidden values called "Template:W" or "alleles", as found in Template:W. Pandas have a main gene and a hidden gene, each assigned to a particular trait. Normal, aggressive, lazy, worried, and playful personalities are dominant traits, while weak and brown personalities are recessive traits. If the main gene is a dominant gene, then it presents as the personality regardless of the hidden gene. If the main gene is recessive and the hidden gene is not the same trait, then a normal personality results. As recessive traits, weak and brown personalities occur if both the main and hidden genes of a panda are weak or brown, respectively. The hidden gene is relevant only for determining the panda's personality if the main gene is recessive.

When two pandas breed, each one passes one of their genes to their children, who then randomly mix both obtained genes as their respective main and hidden genes. There is also a Template:Frac chance for each gene of the baby to mutate into another gene. Normal, weak, and brown traits more commonly result from mutations than other traits do. These probabilities also apply to naturally spawned pandas for their main and hidden genes.

Mutated Gene	Probability
Template:EntitySprite Normal	Template:Frac
Template:EntitySprite Aggressive	Template:Frac
Template:EntitySprite Lazy	Template:Frac
Template:EntitySprite Worried	Template:Frac
Template:EntitySprite Playful	Template:Frac
Template:EntitySprite Weak	Template:Frac
Template:EntitySprite Brown	Template:Frac

Panda Personality		Hidden Gene
		Template:EntitySprite Normal	Template:EntitySprite Aggressive	Template:EntitySprite Lazy	Template:EntitySprite Worried	Template:EntitySprite Playful	Template:EntitySprite Weak	Template:EntitySprite Brown
Main Gene	Template:EntitySprite Normal	Template:EntitySprite Normal	Template:EntitySprite Normal	Template:EntitySprite Normal	Template:EntitySprite Normal	Template:EntitySprite Normal	Template:EntitySprite Normal	Template:EntitySprite Normal
	Template:EntitySprite Aggressive	Template:EntitySprite Aggressive	Template:EntitySprite Aggressive	Template:EntitySprite Aggressive	Template:EntitySprite Aggressive	Template:EntitySprite Aggressive	Template:EntitySprite Aggressive	Template:EntitySprite Aggressive
	Template:EntitySprite Lazy	Template:EntitySprite Lazy	Template:EntitySprite Lazy	Template:EntitySprite Lazy	Template:EntitySprite Lazy	Template:EntitySprite Lazy	Template:EntitySprite Lazy	Template:EntitySprite Lazy
	Template:EntitySprite Worried	Template:EntitySprite Worried	Template:EntitySprite Worried	Template:EntitySprite Worried	Template:EntitySprite Worried	Template:EntitySprite Worried	Template:EntitySprite Worried	Template:EntitySprite Worried
	Template:EntitySprite Playful	Template:EntitySprite Playful	Template:EntitySprite Playful	Template:EntitySprite Playful	Template:EntitySprite Playful	Template:EntitySprite Playful	Template:EntitySprite Playful	Template:EntitySprite Playful
	Template:EntitySprite Weak	Template:EntitySprite Normal	Template:EntitySprite Normal	Template:EntitySprite Normal	Template:EntitySprite Normal	Template:EntitySprite Normal	Template:EntitySprite Weak	Template:EntitySprite Normal
	Template:EntitySprite Brown	Template:EntitySprite Normal	Template:EntitySprite Normal	Template:EntitySprite Normal	Template:EntitySprite Normal	Template:EntitySprite Normal	Template:EntitySprite Normal	Template:EntitySprite Brown

The only way to directly observe the hidden gene of a panda (if they are not weak or brown, in which case the genes are certain) is to use the command : Template:CmdTemplate:Only or using third-party NBT editors.

Sounds

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Data values

ID

Template:Edition: Template:ID table

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Entity data

Panda have entity data associated with them that contains various properties.

Template:El: Template:Main

<section begin="entity data"/>

• Template:Nbt Entity data
  • Template:Nbt inherit/breedable
  • Template:Nbt inherit/entity
  • Template:Nbt inherit/mob
  • Template:Nbt: The secondary gene this panda has, that can transfer to the child.
  • Template:Nbt: The primary gene this panda has, that determines the behavior and appearance of the panda and that can transfer to the child.

Gene	Data value
File:Panda.png Normal	normal
File:Lazy Panda.png Lazy	lazy
File:Worried Panda.png Worried	worried
File:Playful Panda.png Playful	playful
File:Brown Panda.png Brown	brown
File:Weak Panda.png Weak	weak
File:Aggressive Panda.png Aggressive	aggressive

<section end="entity data"/>

Template:El:

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

PlayStation 4 Edition

• The first image of pandas, from Minecraft:MINECON Earth 2018.
  The first image of pandas, from Minecraft:MINECON Earth 2018.
• A group of lazy pandas eating Minecraft:bamboo shown at MINECON Earth 2018.
  A group of lazy pandas eating Minecraft:bamboo shown at MINECON Earth 2018.
• An aggressive panda with its old texture.
  An aggressive panda with its old texture.

Trivia

• To create the in-game Minecraft:sounds for pandas, Minecraft:Mojang Studios' lead sound designer, Samuel Åberg, went to Template:W, to record real-life pandas.<ref>Template:Ytl</ref> This was also done with Minecraft:dolphins.
  • The fourth bleat sound is the first aggressive ambient sound, but slightly modified.
• The brown panda, known as the Template:W, is actually a subspecies of the giant panda discovered in the 1960s.
• On September 21, 2018, the panda won a popularity poll teasing the announcement of a Chinese "national treasure" at Minecraft:MINECON Earth 2018. Other options included the Template:W, the Template:W, the Template:W, and the Template:W.<ref>https://mc.163.com/pe/client/activity/voteforanimalpc/index.html</ref>
• The lazy panda is the slowest land mob in the game (not counting status effects such as Minecraft:Slowness).
• The rarest Minecraft:jockey Template:In is a baby Minecraft:zombie with full enchanted Minecraft:diamond armor with an enchanted Minecraft:iron spear riding a baby brown panda.
• Pandas were originally a bit slimmer.<ref>Template:Ytl</ref>

Gallery

Renders

Skins

• A normal panda
  A normal panda
• A lazy panda
  A lazy panda
• An aggressive panda
  An aggressive panda
• A worried panda
  A worried panda
• A playful panda
  A playful panda
• A weak panda
  A weak panda
• A brown panda
  A brown panda
• A sitting normal panda
  A sitting normal panda
• A sitting lazy panda
  A sitting lazy panda
• A sitting aggressive panda
  A sitting aggressive panda
• A sitting worried panda
  A sitting worried panda
• A sitting playful panda
  A sitting playful panda
• A sitting weak panda
  A sitting weak panda
• A sitting brown panda
  A sitting brown panda
• A sitting normal panda in Bedrock Edition
  A sitting normal panda in Bedrock Edition
• A sitting lazy panda in Bedrock Edition
  A sitting lazy panda in Bedrock Edition
• A sitting aggressive panda in Bedrock Edition
  A sitting aggressive panda in Bedrock Edition
• A sitting worried panda in Bedrock Edition
  A sitting worried panda in Bedrock Edition
• A sitting playful panda in Bedrock Edition
  A sitting playful panda in Bedrock Edition
• A sitting weak panda in Bedrock Edition
  A sitting weak panda in Bedrock Edition
• A sitting brown panda in Bedrock Edition
  A sitting brown panda in Bedrock Edition
• A normal baby panda
  A normal baby panda
• A lazy baby panda
  A lazy baby panda
• An aggressive baby panda
  An aggressive baby panda
• A worried baby panda
  A worried baby panda
• A playful baby panda
  A playful baby panda
• A weak baby panda
  A weak baby panda
• A brown baby panda
  A brown baby panda
• A normal baby panda sitting (pre-Tiny Takeover)
  A normal baby panda sitting (pre-Tiny Takeover)
• A lazy baby panda sitting (pre-Tiny Takeover)
  A lazy baby panda sitting (pre-Tiny Takeover)
• An aggressive baby panda sitting (pre-Tiny Takeover)
  An aggressive baby panda sitting (pre-Tiny Takeover)
• A worried baby panda sitting (pre-Tiny Takeover)
  A worried baby panda sitting (pre-Tiny Takeover)
• A playful baby panda sitting (pre-Tiny Takeover)
  A playful baby panda sitting (pre-Tiny Takeover)
• A weak baby panda sitting (pre-Tiny Takeover)
  A weak baby panda sitting (pre-Tiny Takeover)
• A brown baby panda sitting (pre-Tiny Takeover)
  A brown baby panda sitting (pre-Tiny Takeover)

Animations

• A panda rolling
  A panda rolling
• A panda lying on its back
  A panda lying on its back
• A panda unhappyTemplate:Only
  A panda unhappyTemplate:Only

Screenshots

• Two pandas sitting up, eating bamboo
  Two pandas sitting up, eating bamboo
• A panda lying on its back
  A panda lying on its back
• A worried panda on a beach
  A worried panda on a beach
• A worried panda in a thunderstorm
  A worried panda in a thunderstorm
• Panda eating a Minecraft:cake
  Panda eating a Minecraft:cake
• A panda eating a Minecraft:spyglass before Minecraft:Java Edition 24w45a; this resulted in Minecraft:missing texture particles being produced<ref>Template:Bug</ref>
  A panda eating a Minecraft:spyglass before Minecraft:Java Edition 24w45a; this resulted in Minecraft:missing texture particles being produced<ref>Template:Bug</ref>
• A close up of a lazy panda in a bamboo forest
  A close up of a lazy panda in a bamboo forest
• A lazy panda featured on a Minecraft:Bedrock Edition Minecraft:panorama
  A lazy panda featured on a Minecraft:Bedrock Edition Minecraft:panorama
• A panda with several bamboo blocks
  A panda with several bamboo blocks
• A naturally spawned brown panda
  A naturally spawned brown panda
• Multiple lazy baby pandas sitting (pre-Tiny Takeover): this is only possible in-game with commands
  Multiple lazy baby pandas sitting (pre-Tiny Takeover): this is only possible in-game with commands

Mojang images

• "A house built out of bamboo with a hanging bamboo sign that says "Welcome!" next to a Panda riding a raft made of bamboo."<ref>Template:Mcnet</ref>
  "A house built out of bamboo with a hanging bamboo sign that says "Welcome!" next to a Panda riding a raft made of bamboo."<ref>Template:Mcnet</ref>
• File:Baby pandas and their parent.jpg

Concept artwork

• Early version of the panda
  Early version of the panda
• Panda with a slimmer model
  Panda with a slimmer model

Textures

• Panda texture file
  Panda texture file
• Lazy panda texture file
  Lazy panda texture file
• Worried panda texture file
  Worried panda texture file
• Playful panda texture file
  Playful panda texture file
• Aggressive panda texture file
  Aggressive panda texture file
• Weak panda texture file
  Weak panda texture file
• Brown panda texture file
  Brown panda texture file
• Baby panda texture file
  Baby panda texture file
• Baby lazy panda texture file
  Baby lazy panda texture file
• Baby worried panda texture file
  Baby worried panda texture file
• Baby playful panda texture file
  Baby playful panda texture file
• Baby aggressive panda texture file
  Baby aggressive panda texture file
• Baby weak panda texture file
  Baby weak panda texture file
• Baby brown panda texture file
  Baby brown panda texture file

In other media

• Pandas in promotional artwork for Minecraft:Bedrock Edition 1.8
  Pandas in promotional artwork for Minecraft:Bedrock Edition 1.8
• Lego Minecraft Panda Nursery set
  Lego Minecraft Panda Nursery set
• Lego Panda Haven set
  Lego Panda Haven set
• A panda eating bamboo while Minecraft:Zuri chops bamboo
  A panda eating bamboo while Minecraft:Zuri chops bamboo
• A panda on a Minecraft:bamboo raft with Zuri
  A panda on a Minecraft:bamboo raft with Zuri
• A panda sitting atop a bamboo house
  A panda sitting atop a bamboo house
• Animated panda artwork
  Animated panda artwork
• The Panda Mask, an item featured in the Minecraft:Trails & Tales Event
  The Panda Mask, an item featured in the Minecraft:Trails & Tales Event
• Secret Panda, featured in the Trails & Tales Event
  Secret Panda, featured in the Trails & Tales Event
• The results of a popularity poll held in China teasing the announcement of a Chinese animal at Minecraft:MINECON Earth 2018
  The results of a popularity poll held in China teasing the announcement of a Chinese animal at Minecraft:MINECON Earth 2018
• Panda image from the poll page
  Panda image from the poll page
• Two pandas appearing in the opening for Minecraft Live 2020
  Two pandas appearing in the opening for Minecraft Live 2020
• Pandas as they appear in Minecraft:Minecraft Dungeons
  Pandas as they appear in Minecraft:Minecraft Dungeons
• Panda Plateau, a mission in Minecraft Dungeons centered around pandas
  Panda Plateau, a mission in Minecraft Dungeons centered around pandas
• A secret statue of a panda in Minecraft Dungeons
  A secret statue of a panda in Minecraft Dungeons
• The Diamond Level Panda, a premium action figure created for San Diego Comic Con 2023<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>
  The Diamond Level Panda, a premium action figure created for San Diego Comic Con 2023<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>
• The Diamond Level Panda's packaging
  The Diamond Level Panda's packaging
• The Diamond Level Panda holding a Minecraft:cake
  The Diamond Level Panda holding a Minecraft:cake
• Minecraft:Lego Minecraft Panda
  Minecraft:Lego Minecraft Panda
• "Never Ending Adventure," an officially licensed cup featuring a panda
  "Never Ending Adventure," an officially licensed cup featuring a panda
• An officially licensed panda T-Shirt
  An officially licensed panda T-Shirt
• Officially licensed panda desktop toy
  Officially licensed panda desktop toy
• Panda figure of Flippin' Figs
  Panda figure of Flippin' Figs
• Template:AMCM as seen in Template:AMCM
  Template:AMCM as seen in Template:AMCM
• File:Panda in a pen.jpg
• Two pandas looking at the cake for Template:MC's 17th birthday being eaten with the text saying they told the viewer that 'guests' were coming
  Two pandas looking at the cake for Template:MC's 17th birthday being eaten with the text saying they told the viewer that 'guests' were coming
• A brown panda in the Minecraft:Plastic Texture Pack
  A brown panda in the Minecraft:Plastic Texture Pack
• File:Baby panda with sleep mask.jpeg
• A panda as seen in Minecraft:Minecraft Dungeons
  A panda as seen in Minecraft:Minecraft Dungeons
• An action figure of a panda and a cartographer
  An action figure of a panda and a cartographer
• The same figures, but unboxed
  The same figures, but unboxed

External links

• Template:Mcnet