Minecraft:Sniffer

A sniffer is an ancient<ref> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPJ2dzVcOgg&t=18</ref> Minecraft:passive mob that spawns only by hatching from Minecraft:sniffer eggs. It looks for and digs up Minecraft:torchflower and Minecraft:pitcher plant seeds in Minecraft:dirt, grass, and Minecraft:moss blocks.

Spawning

Sniffers spawn by hatching from Minecraft:sniffer eggs, which can be found in Minecraft:suspicious sand from Minecraft:warm ocean ruins. Sniffers cannot spawn naturally. Breeding sniffers with Minecraft:torchflower seeds can also result in a sniffer egg being laid as an item.

Drops

On death

When killed, adult sniffers drop Template:Xp Minecraft:experience points if it was killed by a player or a tamed Minecraft:wolf. Snifflets, just like other baby animals, do not drop any experience points.

Breeding

Upon successful breeding, Template:Xp is dropped.

Behavior

File:Digging sniffer.png

A digging sniffer.

Sniffers wander aimlessly, avoiding hazards and obstacles. They occasionally smell their surroundings and track ancient seeds by pressing their snout to the ground. When they find a seed, they sploot<ref>Template:Ytl</ref> and use their snouts to dig into the ground until they get Minecraft:torchflower seeds or a Minecraft:pitcher pod, with an equal chance of digging up either one.

A sniffer can only dig if it is on the ground. A sniffer cannot dig when it is leashed, in Minecraft:water, tempted with a torchflower seed, panicking, or in a Minecraft:boat or Minecraft:minecart. The block underneath its head must be diggable and reachable by the sniffer. The head location is defined as 2.25 blocks in front of the center of the body. The sniffer also stores its prior 20 digging locations to prevent subsequent digging at those locations. After sniffing out seeds, an eight-minute cooldown is activated before it can search again.

The following blocks are diggable by the sniffer:

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Template:IN, Minecraft:data packs can change this list by modifying the minecraft:sniffer_diggable_block block tag.

Sniffers cannot dig on Minecraft:mycelium.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Breeding

A player can Minecraft:breed sniffers by using Minecraft:torchflower seeds on two sniffers. Template:IN, only sniffers at full health can breed. When two adult sniffers breed, they drop a Minecraft:sniffer egg as an item on the ground, and then enter a 5-minute cooldown before they can breed again. Once placed by a player, a sniffer egg hatches after 10 minutes if placed on a Minecraft:moss block or 20 minutes otherwise.

Healing

Template:Exclusive Template:IN, sniffers are healed by Template:Hp health points each time they are fed a torchflower seed.

Snifflets

A baby sniffer is called a snifflet.<ref>Template:Mcnet</ref> Snifflets require 48000 Minecraft:game ticks to grow up into adult sniffers, which is equal to 40 minutes or two in-game days, twice as long as most other baby mobs in the game. The remaining growth time is reduced by 10% each time a snifflet is fed torchflower seeds.

Snifflets cannot dig.

Unlike most baby mobs, snifflets do not follow the adults.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

There is an initial lag period between snifflets growing into adults and splooting for seeds.

Sounds

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Data values

ID

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Entity data

Sniffers have entity data associated with them that contain various properties.

Java Edition

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  • Template:Nbt inherit/breedable
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<section end="entity data" />

Bedrock Edition

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

• According to Minecraft: Mobspotter's Encyclopedia, Sniffers have feathers and fur.<ref name=book>Minecraft: Mobspotter's Encyclopedia, pg. 41</ref>
• The sniffer was originally a doodle Nekofresa made in their kitchen.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref> The sniffer was also Nekofresa's first mob ever designed for Minecraft.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>
• The sniffer's walking animation was inspired by the leg movements of centipedes.<ref>Template:Ytl</ref>
• During the prototype phase for the sniffer's digging up of items, the developers used beds as a placeholder.<ref>Template:Ytl</ref>
• Due to the size of the sniffer, developers found it challenging to perfect its pathfinding, especially on 1 block edges.Template:Citation needed
• A new team made up of new developers were tasked with developing the sniffer, and most of them had never made a mob before.<ref>Template:Ytl</ref>
• The sniffer's digging animation was inspired by the way Template:Ws spread their legs while lying down. The action is called a "sploot".<ref>Template:Ytl</ref>
• To this day, the developers still don't know what the sniffer's front yellow part is. Whether it's a beak, a nose, or eyes, or whether it's used for breathing or finding seeds is unknown.<ref>Template:Ytl</ref>
• Original ideas for what a baby sniffer would be called were Sniffling, Snort, and Snifflet.<ref>Template:Ytl</ref>
• Mojang developer Minecraft:Cory Scheviak personally calls sniffers "Template:W".<ref>Template:Ytl</ref>

Gallery

Renders

• A sniffer walking
  A sniffer walking
• A sniffer sniffing
  A sniffer sniffing
• A sniffer sniffing for a long time
  A sniffer sniffing for a long time
• A sniffer searching
  A sniffer searching
• A sniffer splooting and digging
  A sniffer splooting and digging
• A sniffer standing up from a sploot
  A sniffer standing up from a sploot
• A sniffer feeling happy
  A sniffer feeling happy
• A sniffer with its outermost layer missing (this state cannot be seen in game)
  A sniffer with its outermost layer missing (this state cannot be seen in game)

• A snifflet walking
  A snifflet walking
• A snifflet sniffing
  A snifflet sniffing
• A snifflet sniffing for a long time
  A snifflet sniffing for a long time
• A snifflet searching (this state cannot be seen in game)
  A snifflet searching (this state cannot be seen in game)
• A snifflet splooting and digging (this state cannot be seen in game)
  A snifflet splooting and digging (this state cannot be seen in game)
• A snifflet standing up from a sploot (this state cannot be seen in game)
  A snifflet standing up from a sploot (this state cannot be seen in game)
• A snifflet feeling happy
  A snifflet feeling happy

Development images

• The earlier texture file and model of sniffers
  The earlier texture file and model of sniffers
• An early sniffer splooting
  An early sniffer splooting
• An early sniffer in sunset
  An early sniffer in sunset
• The final texture file and model of a sniffer inside of a horizontally flipped image
  The final texture file and model of a sniffer inside of a horizontally flipped image
• A sniffer lays down within a desert inside of a horizontally flipped image
  A sniffer lays down within a desert inside of a horizontally flipped image
• A sniffer sploots
  A sniffer sploots
• A sniffer within a swamp
  A sniffer within a swamp
• A sniffer within a snow biome
  A sniffer within a snow biome
• A sniffer within a village
  A sniffer within a village

Concept artwork

• Sniffer concept art with rascal and tuff golem
  Sniffer concept art with rascal and tuff golem
• Colorized sniffer concept art
  Colorized sniffer concept art
• Sniffer's beak sketch
  Sniffer's beak sketch
• A sketch of a centipede walking, which inspired the sniffer's walking animation
  A sketch of a centipede walking, which inspired the sniffer's walking animation
• Sniffer's walking animation sketch
  Sniffer's walking animation sketch
• Watercolor art for the sniffer
  Watercolor art for the sniffer
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Screenshots

• Dozens of player-spawned sniffers
  Dozens of player-spawned sniffers
• A sniffer dies
  A sniffer dies
• A sniffer compared to a warden and a player
  A sniffer compared to a warden and a player
• A sniffer and a frog
  A sniffer and a frog
• Sniffer digs
  Sniffer digs
• A sniffer
  A sniffer
• A sniffer walking
  A sniffer walking
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Textures

• Sniffer texture file
  Sniffer texture file
• Snifflet texture file
  Snifflet texture file

In other media

Official media

• Mob vote image
  Mob vote image
• Sniffer valentines artwork
  Sniffer valentines artwork
• A sniffer and a snifflet near a Minecraft:cherry grove
  A sniffer and a snifflet near a Minecraft:cherry grove
• Sniffer as a mob vote option
  Sniffer as a mob vote option
• A sniffer digging up torchflower seeds in a cherry grove.
  A sniffer digging up torchflower seeds in a cherry grove.
• A snifflet in Minecraft:Efe's camp
  A snifflet in Minecraft:Efe's camp
• A snifflet approaching a Minecraft:river.
  A snifflet approaching a Minecraft:river.
• A snifflet approaches a pack of Minecraft:monsters
  A snifflet approaches a pack of Minecraft:monsters
• A snifflet leaves a pack of monsters
  A snifflet leaves a pack of monsters
• A snifflet wanders into Minecraft:the Nether
  A snifflet wanders into Minecraft:the Nether
• Efe is excited to see their snifflet
  Efe is excited to see their snifflet
• Efe hugs their snifflet
  Efe hugs their snifflet
• The "Trails & Tales Cherry Blossom Sniffer" T-shirt design (Berry background)
  The "Trails & Tales Cherry Blossom Sniffer" T-shirt design (Berry background)
• The "Trails & Tales Cherry Blossom Sniffer" T-shirt design (Kelly background)
  The "Trails & Tales Cherry Blossom Sniffer" T-shirt design (Kelly background)
• The "Trails & Tales Cherry Blossom Sniffer" T-shirt design (White background)
  The "Trails & Tales Cherry Blossom Sniffer" T-shirt design (White background)
• Pixel artwork of a sniffer idle animation
  Pixel artwork of a sniffer idle animation
• Pixel artwork of a sniffer walking
  Pixel artwork of a sniffer walking
• Pixel art of a snifflet idling
  Pixel art of a snifflet idling
• Pixel artwork of a snifflet splooting down on the ground
  Pixel artwork of a snifflet splooting down on the ground
• Pixel artwork of a snifflet sniffing
  Pixel artwork of a snifflet sniffing
• Pixel artwork of a sniffer egg hatching
  Pixel artwork of a sniffer egg hatching
• A bouncing sniffer GIF from the official Minecraft Giphy account
  A bouncing sniffer GIF from the official Minecraft Giphy account
• Sunny placing the sniffer egg in sand
  Sunny placing the sniffer egg in sand
• Sunny celebrating the snifflet hatching from the sniffer egg
  Sunny celebrating the snifflet hatching from the sniffer egg
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• Giant sniffer
  Giant sniffer
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• Sniffer sniffing up a bed
  Sniffer sniffing up a bed
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• A toy sniffer in Minecraft:Timeless Trails
  A toy sniffer in Minecraft:Timeless Trails

Promotional images

• A sniffer in a farm of the plants it gives
  A sniffer in a farm of the plants it gives
• Minecraft:Ari raising a snifflet in a savanna village
  Minecraft:Ari raising a snifflet in a savanna village
• Ari and the snifflet as viewed from a window
  Ari and the snifflet as viewed from a window
• "A room with a potted Torchflower, Chiseled Bookshelves and a Pitcher Plant in an item frame. A Sniffer is lurking outside the open door."
  "A room with a potted Torchflower, Chiseled Bookshelves and a Pitcher Plant in an item frame. A Sniffer is lurking outside the open door."

Event servers

• The Lost World cutout, featured in the Trails & Tales Event
  The Lost World cutout, featured in the Trails & Tales Event
• The Sniffer Hat, an item featured in the Minecraft:Trails & Tales Event
  The Sniffer Hat, an item featured in the Minecraft:Trails & Tales Event
• Sniffer Minecraft:Balloon, another item featured in the event
  Sniffer Minecraft:Balloon, another item featured in the event
• The Sniffer Snout Popsicle, an item featured in the Trails & Tales Server
  The Sniffer Snout Popsicle, an item featured in the Trails & Tales Server
• An NPC dressed as a Sniffer
  An NPC dressed as a Sniffer
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• Sniffer Carousel
  Sniffer Carousel
• Sniffer Hedge
  Sniffer Hedge
• Secret Sniffer
  Secret Sniffer
• Hologram of a sniffer in the Minecraft:Eerie Mojang Office Party, meant to be partly obscured
  Hologram of a sniffer in the Minecraft:Eerie Mojang Office Party, meant to be partly obscured

Cosmetics

• Sniffer Beak
  Sniffer Beak
• Sniffer Ears
  Sniffer Ears
• Sniffer Hoodie
  Sniffer Hoodie
• Sniffer Onesie
  Sniffer Onesie
• Sniffer Sniffin’
  Sniffer Sniffin’

Merchandise

• An official sniffer T-shirt for children
  An official sniffer T-shirt for children
• Official sniffer action figure
  Official sniffer action figure
• Official sniffer action figure unboxed
  Official sniffer action figure unboxed
• Demonstration of the sniffing function on the action figure
  Demonstration of the sniffing function on the action figure
• Lego Minecraft sniffer.
  Lego Minecraft sniffer.
• Lego Minecraft snifflet
  Lego Minecraft snifflet
• Lego sniffer digging mechanism
  Lego sniffer digging mechanism
• Sniffer Xbox giveaway<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>
  Sniffer Xbox giveaway<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>
• The finalized Sniffer Xbox<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>
  The finalized Sniffer Xbox<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>

External links

• Mob Menagerie: Sniffer – Minecraft.net on July 21, 2023
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