Minecraft:Pufferfish

Template:Infobox entity Pufferfish are bucketable aquatic Minecraft:neutral mobs found in Minecraft:oceans. Although they never seek out mobs to attack, they defensively inflate themselves when approached too closely by Minecraft:players, Minecraft:axolotls, or non-aquatic mobs, dealing damage and inflicting Minecraft:Poison on them.

Spawning

Template:IN, pufferfish spawn in groups of 1-3 in warm, lukewarm, and deep lukewarm ocean biomes, subject to fish spawning requirements. If trying to spawn inside a waterlogged solid block, the pufferfish uses the bigger "puffed" size to determine if it collides with anything solid.

Template:IN, pufferfish spawn underwater at around 12–32 blocks away from the player in groups of 3–5 in Minecraft:warm ocean biomes, and only on the surface; that is, there must not be a spawnable block above the spawn location with a non-solid block on top. They are considerably rarer than tropical fish, with only Template:Frac of fish groups or Template:Frac individual fish (within the warm ocean biome) spawning as pufferfish.

Drops

On death

• Template:Xp when killed by a Minecraft:player or a tamed Minecraft:wolf.

Behavior

Unlike other Minecraft:fish, pufferfish don't swim in schools.

Pufferfish inflate themselves when approached by the player and most mobs, including Minecraft:tripod camerasTemplate:Only and Minecraft:armor stands.<ref>Template:Bug</ref><ref>Template:Bug</ref>

The player may collect a fish by Template:Control a Minecraft:water bucket on it, giving the player a Minecraft:bucket of pufferfish. Fish placed with buckets do not despawn naturally. Template:Control the bucket against a block empties the bucket, placing water with that fish swimming in it.

Pufferfish can not be bred and only spawn in designated biomes.

Weaknesses

Like other fish, pufferfish cannot survive out of water. Outside of water, they flop around like Minecraft:guardians for a while until they start suffocating and then die like Minecraft:squid. Template:IN, they rotate when flopping. Fish cannot swim or breathe in cauldron water.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

The Minecraft:Impaling enchantment affects pufferfish due to being aquaticTemplate:Only or simply being in water.Template:Only

Pufferfish are actively targeted by Minecraft:axolotls, Minecraft:nautiluses and Minecraft:zombie nautiluses.

Defenses

A pufferfish inflates when approached by a player in Minecraft:Survival or Minecraft:Adventure mode, a Minecraft:drowned, an Minecraft:axolotl, or any non-water mob within 2 blocks of its hitbox, going from unpuffed, then semi-puffed, to fully puffed. Going near a semi-puffed or fully puffed pufferfish inflicts the player/mob with three or six seconds of Template:EffectLink based on the inflation level, and touching one in its puffed or semi-puffed form deals damage separate from the Poison.

Pufferfish also instantly inflate to their fullest form after taking any kind of damage.Template:Only After inflating, they slowly deflate to their normal shape as long as a threat is out of range. If the player/mob leaves the radius while the pufferfish is in its semi-puffed stage, it deflates back to normal.

Minecraft:Undead mobs are unaffected by the Poison effect, but they still take damage when they come into contact with pufferfish.

A pufferfish that inflicts damage on a mob other than a creeper or a ghast by touching it provokes that mob to retaliate.

In Minecraft:Peaceful difficulty, pufferfish do not inflict damage or Poison to player.Template:Only

Pufferfish can deal damage to players at a longer distance compared to mobs.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

If a pufferfish dies while in its semi-puffed or fully puffed form, it will still inflict damage and Poison to players, but not other entities.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Sounds

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Data values

ID

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Entity data

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

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<section begin="entity data" />

• Template:Nbt Entity data
  • Template:Nbt inherit/entity
  • Template:Nbt inherit/mob
  • Template:Nbt: 1 or 0 (Template:Cd/Template:Cd) - if Template:Cd, the fish has been released from a bucket.
  • Template:Nbt: A value from 0–2.
    • Template:Cd means the fish is deflated
    • Template:Cd means it is halfway puffed-up
    • Template:Cd means it is fully puffed-up

<section end="entity data" />

A pufferfish's damage and Poison time are directly related to its current Template:Cd data value, which can be changed using the Template:Cmd command.

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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

• In real life, pufferfish use their spikes for intimidation purposes and do not inject venom. Some of their organs and skin is toxic, which is reflected accurately in-game.
• There are three textures for the three different Template:Cd data values in Minecraft. A Template:Cd value greater than 2 does not visually increase the pufferfish size, but does create a bigger shadow on the ground. All sizes of pufferfish textures are contained in the same texture file.

Gallery

Screenshots

• A fully inflated pufferfish, with six deflated pufferfish and a school of cod behind it
  A fully inflated pufferfish, with six deflated pufferfish and a school of cod behind it
• A dying pufferfish Template:In
  A dying pufferfish Template:In
• A dying pufferfish Template:In
  A dying pufferfish Template:In
• An up-close screenshot of a completely deflated pufferfish
  An up-close screenshot of a completely deflated pufferfish
• A player being damaged by a pufferfish
  A player being damaged by a pufferfish
• An ocean with some fish visible
  An ocean with some fish visible
• A cod and pufferfish taking damage because they are not in Minecraft:water
  A cod and pufferfish taking damage because they are not in Minecraft:water
• A gif of the pufferfish stages
  A gif of the pufferfish stages

Textures

• Pufferfish texture file
  Pufferfish texture file

Other

• The pufferfish spawn egg in Minecraft:Bedrock Edition beta 1.2.14.2
  The pufferfish spawn egg in Minecraft:Bedrock Edition beta 1.2.14.2

In other media

• Artwork of a pufferfish
  Artwork of a pufferfish
• Pufferfish in promotional artwork for the Minecraft:Update Aquatic
  Pufferfish in promotional artwork for the Minecraft:Update Aquatic
• Several pufferfish as they appear in the Minecraft:Trails & Tales trailer
  Several pufferfish as they appear in the Minecraft:Trails & Tales trailer
• Official pufferfish artwork
  Official pufferfish artwork
• Minecraft:Lego Minecraft pufferfish
  Minecraft:Lego Minecraft pufferfish
• Pufferfish artwork predating the actual addition of pufferfish mobs
  Pufferfish artwork predating the actual addition of pufferfish mobs
• File:WEIRDfISH (1).png
• A pufferfish waving hello with its entire body
  A pufferfish waving hello with its entire body
• A pufferfish as seen in Minecraft:Minecraft Dungeons
  A pufferfish as seen in Minecraft:Minecraft Dungeons

See also

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