Minecraft:Nautilus

Template:Needs render Template:Infobox entity A nautilus is a Minecraft:neutral mob that can be Minecraft:tamed, Minecraft:saddled, and ridden as an underwater mount that can dash and protects the rider from drowning. With no rider, it uses its dash to hunt Minecraft:pufferfish and to briefly retaliate if attacked. It can also be equipped with Minecraft:nautilus armor.

Spawning

Nautiluses spawn in all ocean biomes, in groups of 1-3. Nautiluses spawn between levels 38 and 58.

Template:IN, nautiluses have a 10% chance to spawn as a baby.

Nautiluses count towards the "water creature" Minecraft:mob cap and can despawn like other such mobs until the first time any player interacts with it, which at that point it becomes persistent and no longer counts towards any mob cap.

Drops

On death

• Template:Xp when killed by a Minecraft:player or tamed Minecraft:wolf.
• If equipped with a saddle or nautilus armor, they drop those items.

Behavior

Like its real-world namesake, a nautilus's mouth and tentacles face backward with respect to their movement direction. Being an Minecraft:aquatic mob, they are affected by the Minecraft:Impaling enchantment in Template:JE.

Nautiluses follow players holding any Minecraft:fish or bucket of fish within a 10-block radius.

Nautiluses are immune to the Minecraft:Poison effect.

Tamed nautiluses randomly swim around up to 32 blocks away, or 16 blocks if Minecraft:saddled.Template:VerifyTemplate:Info needed

Attacking

Nautiluses occasionally dash toward and attack nearby Minecraft:pufferfish. They also retaliate against players and mobs if provoked, using their dash attack. When dashing toward a target on land, nautiluses can launch themselves out of the water and accidentally become beached on land, where they are unable to move.

They may also unintentionally attack a mob or player that stands between them and their target.

When they are hostile, nautiluses cannot be leashed.

Taming

Nautiluses can be tamed by being Template:Control pufferfish or Minecraft:buckets of pufferfish. Each pufferfish or bucket of pufferfish has a Template:Frac chance of taming the nautilus.

Healing and breeding

Adult nautiluses can be healed (or bred if at full health) by being Template:Control any Minecraft:fish or any Minecraft:bucket of fish.

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Baby nautiluses require Template:Convert to grow up into adult nautiluses. This process can be sped up Template:Control any fish or any bucket of fish:

• Template:In, it takes 10 fish or bucket of fish for a baby nautilus to become an adult;
• Template:In, each fish or bucket of fish fed to a baby nautilus reduces its remaining growth time by 10%.

Weaknesses

Nautiluses take suffocation damage on land, like most other aquatic mobs. Similarly to Minecraft:squid, nautiluses on land remain stationary rather than flopping around like fish. They can be controlled and even dash when on land, with their movement being much slower.

Usage

File:Steve Riding Nautilus.png

A nautilus being ridden by Steve

Tamed and Minecraft:saddled nautiluses can be used as a means of underwater Minecraft:transportation. When ridden, the player is granted the Minecraft:Breath of the Nautilus effect, which pauses the Minecraft:oxygen bar while underwater, making it so resurfacing for air is no longer needed. The effect is ambient, meaning that the effect on the Minecraft:HUD has a blue outline, similar to effects from Minecraft:beacons.

Equipment

Tamed adult nautiluses have two equipment slots:

• Template:SlotSprite Saddle slot: for equipping a Minecraft:saddle.
• Template:SlotSprite Nautilus armor slot: for equipping Minecraft:nautilus armor.

Baby nautiluses cannot be equipped, as they cannot be ridden.

Equipment can be placed on a nautilus by holding it and then pressing the Template:Control control on the nautilus, or by accessing the nautilus's inventory. This can be done by pressing the Template:Control control on the nautilus while Minecraft:sneaking, or by mounting the nautilus and pressing the Template:Control control. A Minecraft:dispenser can also place a saddle or nautilus armor if it is facing a tamed nautilus.

The equipment can be removed by two methods:

• Removing the equipment from their slots in the nautilus's inventory.
• Template:Ctrl Minecraft:shears on the nautilus. If both a saddle and nautilus armor are equipped, they are removed one at a time. The first use removes the nautilus armor, and a second use removes the saddle.

Riding

Template:Main Once a nautilus is tamed and saddled, the player can control it with the standard directional controls; pressing Template:Control moves the nautilus in the direction the player is facing. The player dismounts using the Template:Control control. Template:IN, it is impossible for a player to use a Minecraft:Nether portal or Minecraft:End portal while on a nautilus.

A nautilus gradually gains speed while moving in a straight line, up to a swimming speed of 6.5 m/s. A nautilus can still move on land when controlled by a player, but is significantly slower, moving at a maximum of 0.88 m/s.

Saddled nautiluses also have the ability to dash. When the player rides them, the experience bar on the Minecraft:HUD is replaced by a dash charging bar. Dashing is done using the Template:Control control: holding the control charges for a longer dash. When dashing, a nautilus launches up to about 12 blocks forward. A nautilus can dash every 2 seconds. Dashing while moving upward near the surface results in a quick breach, wherein the nautilus and its rider break the surface briefly.

Sounds

Adult

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Baby

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Data values

ID

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Entity data

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

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  • Template:Nbt inherit/breedable
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  • Template:Nbt inherit/mob

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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

• Prior to their addition to the game, in a 2023 Minecraft:Taking Inventory article on Minecraft:Minecraft.net, Minecraft:Duncan Geere stated that nautiluses may have once existed in the Minecraft world but possibly became extinct.<ref>Template:Mcnet</ref>
• While named after real-life Template:Wes, the mob in the game is intended to be a "fantasy creature,"<ref>Template:Bluesky</ref> with its design being inspired by Template:W and the pre-existing Minecraft:nautilus shell item.<ref>Template:Bluesky</ref>
• The reasoning given for nautiluses pausing players' Minecraft:oxygen meters through the Minecraft:Breath of the Nautilus effect is that they eat pufferfish, which are used to brew Minecraft:potions of Water Breathing,<ref>Template:Ytl</ref> despite the fact that the fish is poisonous to their real-life namesakes.
• Template:MC's Instagram account used a freeze frame of the second upload of [[Minecraft::File:Nautilus JE1 BE2.png|Nautilus JE1 BE2.png]] in one of its posts.<ref>Template:Cite Instagram</ref>

Gallery

Renders

• Nautilus back side
  Nautilus back side
• Nautilus back side with a saddle equipped
  Nautilus back side with a saddle equipped
• Baby nautilus back side Template:In
  Baby nautilus back side Template:In
• Baby nautilus back side Template:In
  Baby nautilus back side Template:In

Animations

• Nautilus breathing and swimming
  Nautilus breathing and swimming
• Nautilus swimmingTemplate:Only
  Nautilus swimmingTemplate:Only
• Nautilus charging (this animation is not used in-game)Template:Only
  Nautilus charging (this animation is not used in-game)Template:Only
• Baby nautilus breathing and swimmingTemplate:Only
  Baby nautilus breathing and swimmingTemplate:Only
• Baby nautilus breathingTemplate:Only
  Baby nautilus breathingTemplate:Only
• Baby nautilus swimmingTemplate:Only
  Baby nautilus swimmingTemplate:Only

Nautilus with nautilus armor

• Nautilus with copper nautilus armor swimming
  Nautilus with copper nautilus armor swimming
• Saddled nautilus with copper nautilus armor swimming
  Saddled nautilus with copper nautilus armor swimming
• Nautilus with iron nautilus armor swimming
  Nautilus with iron nautilus armor swimming
• Saddled nautilus with iron nautilus armor swimming
  Saddled nautilus with iron nautilus armor swimming
• Nautilus with golden nautilus armor swimming
  Nautilus with golden nautilus armor swimming
• Saddled nautilus with golden nautilus armor swimming
  Saddled nautilus with golden nautilus armor swimming
• Nautilus with diamond nautilus armor swimming
  Nautilus with diamond nautilus armor swimming
• Saddled nautilus with diamond nautilus armor swimming
  Saddled nautilus with diamond nautilus armor swimming
• Nautilus with netherite nautilus armor swimming
  Nautilus with netherite nautilus armor swimming
• Saddled nautilus with netherite nautilus armor swimming
  Saddled nautilus with netherite nautilus armor swimming

Development renders

• Nautilus breathing (model used in Template:BE from preview Minecraft:1.21.130.20 to Minecraft:1.21.130.26)
  Nautilus breathing (model used in Template:BE from preview Minecraft:1.21.130.20 to Minecraft:1.21.130.26)
• Nautilus swimming (model used in Template:BE from preview Minecraft:1.21.130.20 to Minecraft:1.21.130.26)
  Nautilus swimming (model used in Template:BE from preview Minecraft:1.21.130.20 to Minecraft:1.21.130.26)
• Nautilus charging (this animation is not used in-game and model used in Template:BE from preview Minecraft:1.21.130.20 to Minecraft:1.21.130.26)
  Nautilus charging (this animation is not used in-game and model used in Template:BE from preview Minecraft:1.21.130.20 to Minecraft:1.21.130.26)
• Baby nautilus breathing (model used in Template:BE from preview Minecraft:1.21.130.20 to Minecraft:1.21.130.26)
  Baby nautilus breathing (model used in Template:BE from preview Minecraft:1.21.130.20 to Minecraft:1.21.130.26)
• Baby nautilus swimming (model used in Template:BE from preview Minecraft:1.21.130.20 to Minecraft:1.21.130.26)
  Baby nautilus swimming (model used in Template:BE from preview Minecraft:1.21.130.20 to Minecraft:1.21.130.26)

Mojang images

• A nautilus underwater
  A nautilus underwater
• An adult nautilus and baby nautilus
  An adult nautilus and baby nautilus
• A baby nautilus with a nautilus in the background
  A baby nautilus with a nautilus in the background
• A nautilus swimming in a Minecraft:kelp forest
  A nautilus swimming in a Minecraft:kelp forest
• Minecraft:Zuri riding on a nautilus underwater
  Minecraft:Zuri riding on a nautilus underwater
• Minecraft:Zuri escaping from a group of Minecraft:drowned while riding a nautilus
  Minecraft:Zuri escaping from a group of Minecraft:drowned while riding a nautilus
• Multiple nautiluses swimming around a Minecraft:coral reef.
  Multiple nautiluses swimming around a Minecraft:coral reef.
• Some nautiluses with armors in a Minecraft:coral reef.
  Some nautiluses with armors in a Minecraft:coral reef.
• Many nautiluses together
  Many nautiluses together
• File:Armored group of nautiluses.jpeg
• Three nautiluses, two being babies
  Three nautiluses, two being babies
• Zuri riding a nautilus on the surface
  Zuri riding a nautilus on the surface
• Nautiluses being shown on Minecraft:Minecraft Live
  Nautiluses being shown on Minecraft:Minecraft Live
• File:Efe and Ari underwater.jpg

Textures

• Nautilus texture file
  Nautilus texture file
• Baby nautilus texture file
  Baby nautilus texture file
• Nautilus saddle texture file
  Nautilus saddle texture file

In other media

• Nautilus in the ocean
  Nautilus in the ocean
• Ditto but cutaway of pufferfish controlling the nautilus
  Ditto but cutaway of pufferfish controlling the nautilus
• Render of the nautilus used
  Render of the nautilus used
• A nautilus named Egg.
  A nautilus named Egg.
• A nautilus statue at TwitchCon
  A nautilus statue at TwitchCon
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• File:Nautilus candy cane.jpeg
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