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Minecraft:Fox

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Template:For Template:Infobox entity A fox is a Minecraft:neutral mob found in Minecraft:taigas and similar Minecraft:biomes. It hunts small Minecraft:animals, can carry Minecraft:items in its mouth and will eat anything that is Minecraft:edible. A fox will trust and defend a Minecraft:player that spawned it through Minecraft:breeding, but will run away from non-Template:Control players in any other circumstance.

Spawning

Foxes spawn in groups of two to four, and can spawn on Minecraft:grass blocks, Minecraft:coarse dirt, Minecraft:podzol, Minecraft:snow blocks, and Minecraft:snow. Template:IN, they can spawn on any block. 5% of them spawn as babies.

Foxes have two color variants, red and snow, which depend on the Minecraft:biome they spawn in. Red foxes spawn in Minecraft:taigas, Minecraft:old growth pine taigas, and Minecraft:old growth spruce taigas, while snow foxes spawn in Minecraft:groves and Minecraft:snowy taigas.

When Minecraft:bred, the color of the baby fox that is spawned depends on the color of its parents, regardless of the biome it is born in.

Template:Mob spawn table Template:Mob spawn table

Holding items

Foxes have a 20% chance to spawn (via Minecraft:spawn egg or naturally) with one of the following items in their mouth:

Item Chance
Minecraft:JE Minecraft:BE
Template:ItemLink 5%
Template:ItemLink 10%
Template:ItemLink 10%
Template:ItemLink 15% 20%
Template:ItemLink 20%
Template:ItemLink 20%
Template:ItemLink 20% 15%

Drops

An adult fox drops Template:Xp Minecraft:experience orbs when killed by a Minecraft:player or tamed Minecraft:wolf. Upon successful Minecraft:breeding, Template:Xp are dropped. Killing a baby fox yields no experience.

Foxes always drop any item they pick up and are still holding (they cannot drop food that they have eaten, for example) and drop items they spawn with naturally with a 100% chance, so:

Drop Chance
Minecraft:JE Minecraft:BE
Template:ItemLink 1%
Template:ItemLink 2%
Template:ItemLink 2%
Template:ItemLink 3% 4%
Template:ItemLink 4%
Template:ItemLink 4%
Template:ItemLink 4% 3%

If a fox is killed while holding a Minecraft:totem of undying, then the fox consumes the totem and revives itself instead of dropping the totem.

Behavior

Foxes occasionally make loud screeches during nighttime, unless a trusted player is near them. Baby foxes follow adult foxes.

During the Minecraft:night, foxes sometimes go to nearby Minecraft:villages.

Foxes flee from nearby Minecraft:wolves, Minecraft:polar bears or players unless the player is trusted or approaches them while Minecraft:sneaking. They take no damage or speed reduction while moving through Minecraft:sweet berry bushes.

File:Fox jump.gif
An animation showing a fox's jump during an attack on a chicken.

Foxes attack Minecraft:chickens, Minecraft:rabbits, Minecraft:cod, Minecraft:salmon and Minecraft:tropical fish, and baby Minecraft:turtles while they are on land. Foxes don't attack Minecraft:players, Minecraft:wolves, Minecraft:polar bears, Minecraft:zoglins, "Johnny" Minecraft:vindicators, Minecraft:wardens or Minecraft:goats even if they are being attacked by them.

Foxes attack either by running against or by pouncing. Like Minecraft:rabbits and Minecraft:goats, foxes can pounce more than one block high without status effects or player input. Similar to goats, they do not attack the player when hit. A fox prepares to pounce by tilting and lowering its head and lowering its body to become shorter. Then it leaps up to four blocksTemplate:Verify into the Minecraft:air, jumping over Minecraft:fences and Minecraft:walls if needed. If the target mob moves from its location during this sequence, the pounce misses the target. Template:IN, foxes also shake side to side before pouncing and their legs wave while in midair.

Foxes can safely fall 5 blocks before they start to accumulate fall damage, unlike most mobs, which can only fall 3 blocks safely.

While foxes are capable of jumping over fences and walls, they cannot see through them.<ref>Template:Bug</ref> A fox does not try to attack a mob on the same y-level if there is a fence between them.

Red foxes prefer to attack chickens, rabbits and baby turtles, all of which are on land, over cod, salmon, and tropical fish; conversely, snow foxes prefer to attack cod, salmon and tropical fish over land-dwelling creatures.

File:Fox in snow layer.png
A snow fox stuck in a snow layer when attacking.

A fox that pounces into a Minecraft:snow layer becomes momentarily stuck, remaining face-down, emitting Minecraft:particles while shaking, and returning to normal shortly after.

Foxes swim to attack fish in water for food. Baby foxes following adults into the water cannot swim and may eventually drown.

Foxes attempt to run toward the closest attackable Minecraft:mob, even if attached to a Minecraft:lead, but do not attempt to break the lead. A fox wakes up from sleeping to attack a mob.

Wild wolves are aggressive toward foxes when within 18Template:Only/16Template:Only Minecraft:blocks. Template:IN, adult Minecraft:polar bears also sneak toward foxes to attack them; Template:In adult polar bears attack foxes within 16 blocks.

Sleeping

Foxes are one of the few mobs in the game that can sleep, along with Minecraft:cats, Minecraft:villagers and Minecraft:bats.

During the Minecraft:day, if a Minecraft:thunderstorm is not occurring, foxes attempt to find a space with a sky Minecraft:light level of 14 or less and sleep. Block light has no effect on this. While it sleeps, it slowly moves its head up and down. A fox wakes if approached by a Minecraft:player or Minecraft:mob. Foxes do not flee if a player approaches while Minecraft:sneaking until the player gets on an adjacent Minecraft:block.

If the sky Minecraft:light at the fox's position becomes 15 or above, either due to a Minecraft:block above being destroyed or the fox being moved, the fox wakes up.

Foxes can drop and pick up Minecraft:items in their sleep.

Trusting foxes can fall asleep even if attached to a Minecraft:lead. They can also be moved with leads while sleeping.

Foxes do not sleep if they are within 12 Minecraft:blocks of an Minecraft:armor stand, or a Minecraft:camera Template:In.

Sitting

Template:Info needed section A fox sits down sometimes if the fox cannot find a shaded area to sleep. The fox sits for a short time, then hops back up. Foxes sit down even when attached to a Minecraft:lead or in a Minecraft:boat. Foxes that have not been bred by the player always sit while in the Nether, even while attached to a Minecraft:lead.

Holding items

If any Minecraft:item is on the ground near a fox, it travels to the item and picks it up, and the item appears in the fox's mouth. However, usually a fox chooses to attack a mob over picking up an item. This behavior is not limited to Minecraft:food and animal products; a fox can pick up any item that the Minecraft:player can pick up. However, they prefer to pick up food items, and if they have already picked up non-food items, they drop the non-food items to pick up food instead. A fox can also swap a food item it is holding for a different food item.

File:Tamed Fox With Egg in Mouth.png
A fox with an egg inside its mouth.
A picture of a fox, holding an item in its mouth, sitting on a trapdoor above a sweet berry bush. The berries are on the ground.
A fox harvesting sweet berries without eating them.

A fox eats any food item it picks up (besides cake) after 30 seconds and the fox is affected by any side effects from the food, such as poison or teleportation. For example, if a fox eats an Minecraft:enchanted golden apple, it obtains the Minecraft:Absorption, Minecraft:Resistance, Minecraft:Fire Resistance and Minecraft:Regeneration. If a fox eats any type of soup or stew, an empty Minecraft:bowl is dropped. If a fox eats a Minecraft:chorus fruit, it teleports accordingly.

If there is a stage 3 or 4 Minecraft:sweet berry bush within a 16 Minecraft:block radius of a fox, it sprints toward the bush and eats the Minecraft:sweet berries, dropping the item it was holding. However, if the fox stands on a solid block directly above the sweet berry bush and is already holding an item, the fox will harvest the sweet berries, making them drop, but will not eat them nor drop the item it was holding. Foxes are not damaged or slowed by sweet berry bushes.

Although visually holding items in its mouth, they are functionally being held in its main hand; therefore, the fox is affected by any effects of a given held item. A Minecraft:sword increases its damage, and a Minecraft:totem of undying saves it from death, for instance. If a fox picks up a Minecraft:weapon or an item with Minecraft:enchantments, such as Looting and Fire Aspect, these items affect the fox's attack as if the fox is wielding the weapon in its main hand, although the item retains its Minecraft:durability when used by the fox. If a fox is holding a Minecraft:totem of undying, it receives the effects after taking fatal damage. Template:IN, if a fox wields a sword with the Fire Aspect enchantment while attacking a mob on a Minecraft:campfire or a soul campfire, it ignites the campfire and does critical Minecraft:damage to the entity.

Foxes do not pick up items when gamerule mobGriefing is set to false.

Breeding

When Minecraft:sweet berries or Minecraft:glow berries are Template:Control on two foxes, the foxes Minecraft:breed, producing a baby fox. If a red fox is bred with a snow fox, the baby has a 50% chance of being either a red or snow fox.

Trust

File:Player being attacked by a fox.png
A fox that trusts a different player attacking the player.

Minecraft:Breeding two adults with Minecraft:sweet berries or Minecraft:glow berries produces a baby fox that trusts the Minecraft:player that bred it and does not flee from that player as it grows up; however, because baby foxes also follow nearby adult foxes, an adult running away from the player may cause the baby to do the same.

File:Trusting fox.jpg
A trusting fox, notice it does not run from the player or attack the chicken next to it.

Naturally spawned baby foxes do not trust players.

Foxes attack specific Minecraft:mobs that hurt a Minecraft:player they trust. When attacking phantoms, foxes do not jump to attack.

Template:IN, foxes that trust a Minecraft:player attack any mob that harms their trusted player, including other players. Template:IN, foxes defend the player from the following damage sources:<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Foxes do not retaliate against players who harm them, but they still attack players who damage players they trust.

File:Trusting fox attacking zombie.jpg
A trusting fox attacking a zombie that hit the player it trusts.

Trusting foxes retreat from polar bears and wolves but not tamed wolves. A tamed wolf whose owner attacks a trusting fox also attacks the fox.

The player can summon a neutral fox in Minecraft:singleplayer with the command Template:Cmd, where Template:Cd is the Minecraft:UUID of the player as an int-array, with commas separating the 4 integers. Like other neutral mobs, foxes are passive in Minecraft:Peaceful difficulty. Unlike other neutral mobs, a neutral fox is not aggravated by Minecraft:firework damage.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Sounds

Template:JE: Template:SoundTable

Template:BE: Template:SoundTable

Data values

ID

Template:Edition: Template:ID table

Template:Edition: Template:ID table

Entity data

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

Template:El: Template:Main

<section begin="entity data"/>

Variant Identifier
File:Fox.png Red red
File:Snow Fox.png Snow snow

<section end="entity data"/>

Template:El:

See Minecraft:Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Achievements

Template:Load achievements

Achievements that apply to all mobs: Template:Collapse

Advancements

Template:Load advancements

Advancements that apply to all mobs: Template:Collapse

History

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Announcement

Template:HistoryTable

Java Edition

Template:HistoryTable

Bedrock Edition

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Data history

Template:HistoryTable

Issues

Template:Issue list

Trivia

  • The Template:W (Vulpes vulpes) and the Template:W (Vulpes lagopus) are two different species in real life, so they cannot produce fertile offspring like they can in-game.
  • In the real world, some species of fox jump high to catch their prey by surprise, an action reflected in their Minecraft counterpart.
  • When foxes were being added into Minecraft, a glitch made them look like boxes.<ref>Template:Ytl</ref>
  • Baby foxes are small enough that when they swim, they take drowning damage. This is noticeable when they attempt to attack fish.
  • There is a Minecraft:splash screen "In case it isn't obvious, foxes aren't players" in the game, which was added from the description of the bug Template:Bug.
  • The first and third screeching sounds foxes make are the same. The first sound is the third in reverse, but higher-pitched, and the third is the first in reverse, but lower-pitched.
  • Fox sounds are actually combined and heavily edited cat and dog sounds.<ref>Template:Ytl</ref>

Gallery

Renders

Red fox
Snow fox

Screenshots

Mojang screenshots

Development images

Textures

Official artwork

In other media

References

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