Minecraft:Silverfish

Template:Infobox entity Silverfish are small Minecraft:hostile Minecraft:arthropods found infesting stone and deepslate blocks in Minecraft:mountain caves and certain Minecraft:structures, such as Minecraft:strongholds, or spawned using Minecraft:potions of Infestation. They attack by biting, and attacking one can cause nearby silverfish to break out of their blocks to attack the aggressor.

Spawning

Silverfish spawn from broken Minecraft:infested blocks, which generate in Minecraft:strongholds, underground in Minecraft:mountains and Minecraft:windswept hills Minecraft:biomes, in Minecraft:igloo basements, and in Minecraft:woodland mansion false portal rooms. Silverfish do not appear if the block is broken with the Minecraft:Silk Touch enchantment.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Monster spawners

Silverfish Minecraft:monster spawners naturally generate in Minecraft:end portal rooms in Minecraft:strongholds. Silverfish can spawn from spawners at Minecraft:light level 11 or lower. Template:IN, they can also spawn on stone types they can enter (stone, cobblestone, stone bricks, etc.) at any light level, and cannot spawn within a 5 block distance of any playerTemplate:Verify.

Trial spawners

Each Minecraft:trial chambers structure has a 25% chance to select silverfish as the "small melee" mob for its Minecraft:trial spawners.

During Minecraft:ominous trials, each Minecraft:ominous trial spawner has a Template:Frac chance to be able to dispense Minecraft:lingering potions of Infestation, which spawns silverfish when an affected entity takes damage. Any type of trial spawner can dispense Infested potions, regardless of the mob type it spawns.

Infested

Silverfish have a 10% chance to spawn in groups of 1-2 when an entity with the Minecraft:Infested effect takes damage.

Drops

On death

Silverfish have no drops other than Template:Xp Minecraft:experience points when killed by a player or Minecraft:tamed wolf.

Behavior

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A silverfish being freed from an infested block, which calls for help from other silverfish; causing them to emerge from more infested blocks.

Silverfish attack Minecraft:players and Minecraft:snow golems and call other silverfish in the area upon being hit. Silverfish pathfind toward the player and can see the player through walls.

When they suffer Minecraft:Poison damage or damage inflicted by the player and survive, they cause other silverfish within a 21×11×21 area to break out of their infested blocks. The player can prevent other silverfish from appearing by killing them in one hit.<ref>Template:Bug</ref> If the game rule Template:Cd is set to Template:Cd, the infested blocks are broken, but no silverfish spawn from them.

Silverfish, being Minecraft:arthropods, take extra damage from the Minecraft:Bane of Arthropods enchantment and receive Minecraft:Slowness IV upon being hit.

When idle, silverfish enter a nearby Minecraft:deepslate, Minecraft:stone, Minecraft:cobblestone, Minecraft:stone bricks, Minecraft:mossy stone bricks, Minecraft:cracked stone bricks, or Minecraft:chiseled stone bricks block, transforming it into the respective Minecraft:infested block if the Minecraft:game rule Template:Cd is set to Template:Cd, as per default. They cannot infest Minecraft:mossy cobblestone,<ref>Template:Bug</ref> despite being capable of infesting both mossy blocks and cobblestone, and they also cannot infest Minecraft:slab or Minecraft:stairs of these blocks.<ref>Template:Bug</ref> They are also unable to infest Minecraft:andesite, Minecraft:diorite, Minecraft:granite, and Minecraft:smooth stone.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Silverfish are immune to the Minecraft:infested status effect.

Sounds

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Data values

ID

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Entity data

Silverfish 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

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Videos

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History

Trivia

• In real life, silverfish are harmless, small, and wingless insects that are often found in dark areas in buildings and the wooden pilings of seaside piers and trees. They are infamous for damaging paper-based products.
• Silverfish appeared in the April Fools 2.0 update as the Minecraft:redstone bug.
• Silverfish are the only real-life animals to be fully hostile mobs.

Gallery

Screenshots

• Two silverfish.
  Two silverfish.
• A swarm of silverfish.
  A swarm of silverfish.
• Silverfish spawner room in a Minecraft:stronghold.
  Silverfish spawner room in a Minecraft:stronghold.
• The same room, with a lit portal.
  The same room, with a lit portal.
• A silverfish riding a minecart.
  A silverfish riding a minecart.
• Many silverfish in a village (click for animation).
  Many silverfish in a village (click for animation).
• Silverfish as they appear in the Minecraft:Timeless Trails DLC, seemingly made out of Minecraft:sandstone.
  Silverfish as they appear in the Minecraft:Timeless Trails DLC, seemingly made out of Minecraft:sandstone.

Mojang screenshots

• A silverfish crawling around.
  A silverfish crawling around.
• A giant stone silverfish as seen in the Minecraft:Java Edition 13w26a banner.
  A giant stone silverfish as seen in the Minecraft:Java Edition 13w26a banner.
• Too many silverfish.
  Too many silverfish.

Textures

• Silverfish texture file.
  Silverfish texture file.

In other media

• A silverfish as it appears in Minecraft:Minecraft Mash-Up
  A silverfish as it appears in Minecraft:Minecraft Mash-Up
• Artwork of a silverfish
  Artwork of a silverfish
• A Template:MCD as it appears in Template:MCD
  A Template:MCD as it appears in Template:MCD
• A silverfish as it appears in the City texture pack
  A silverfish as it appears in the City texture pack
• A silverfish as it appears in the Greek mash-up pack
  A silverfish as it appears in the Greek mash-up pack
• Minecraft:Lego silverfish
  Minecraft:Lego silverfish

See also

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External links

• Mob Menagerie: Silverfish – Minecraft.net on May 4, 2023