Minecraft:Polar Bear

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

Spawning

Polar bears spawn in snowy plains, ice spikes, frozen and deep frozen ocean biomes, and additionally/sometimes in frozen river, legacy frozen ocean, snowy slopes, jagged peaks, and frozen peaks biomes in Template:Editions. They spawn in groups of up to two, above Minecraft:ice. in Template:Editions, 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 Java Edition, one of cod or salmon is selected. On Bedrock Edition, both drops are rolled.<ref>Template:Bug</ref> Template:DropTable

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

Behavior

File:Polar Bear attacking.gif

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.

in Template:Editions, 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.

Polar bears also attack foxes.

• Adult polar bears attack any fox that stays near it for a while, hitting it once every few seconds. Baby polar bears are more aggressive and attack foxes within 16 blocks.

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 powder snow.

Unlike most animal mobs, polar bears cannot 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.

Sounds

Java Edition: Template:SoundTable

Bedrock Edition: Template:SoundTable

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

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Trivia

• Adding polar bears to Minecraft was a request by 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 flat world.
• Development teaser screenshot by Jeb.
  Development teaser screenshot by Jeb.
• Polar bears featured on 16w20a banner.
  Polar bears featured on 16w20a banner.
• Image from Rockenroll4life of a "Polar Beary Bush".
  Image from Rockenroll4life of a "Polar Beary Bush".
• Image promoting the remodeled baby polar bear
  Image promoting the remodeled baby polar bear
• File:Friend shaped bear.jpg

Textures

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

In other media

• Image from 16w20a blog post.
  Image from 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.
• Lego Minecraft minifigure
  Lego Minecraft minifigure
• Lego Minecraft Baby Polar Bear minifigure
  Lego Minecraft Baby Polar Bear minifigure
• 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.
• Sunny looking at polar bears in Minecraft:15 Year Journey.
  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.

References

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External links

• Polar bear article on Wikipedia
• Template:Mcnet
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