Minecraft:Small Fireball

Template:Infobox entity A small fireball is a Minecraft:fire charge launched as a Minecraft:projectile that deals burning Minecraft:damage and can start Minecraft:fires. They are used by Minecraft:blazes as their ranged attack, and cannot be thrown by hand.

Behavior

Minecraft:Blazes shoot small fireballs in volleys of three at a time as their ranged attack. When a fire charge is fired from a dispenser, it also shoots a small fireball.

Small fireballs, when fired either by dispensers or blazes, fly in a straight line through the air. There is a random offset in a small fireball's trajectory due to a 'cone' of spread, which can cause small fireballs to miss their target or hit something else.Template:More info

Fireballs shot from dispensers start out stationary and accelerate, while fireballs shot by blazes maintain the same speed. They can be shot through blocks directly in front of them, as long as the block is not higher or wider than half a block.

A small fireball flies indefinitely until it hits a block or an entity, even if it is outside the player's render distance.

If a small fireball hits a block, Minecraft:fire is placed at that location if possible. It produces no explosive effect. Small fireballs can light Minecraft:campfires and Minecraft:nether portals and can prime Minecraft:minecarts with TNT.

If it hits an Minecraft:entity that is not immune to fire and does not have the Minecraft:Fire Resistance effect, the entity takes Template:Hp of projectile damage regardless of Minecraft:difficulty level. The target is set on fire for 5 seconds, which does an additional Template:Hp fire damage over time; it can deal up to Template:Hp damage from these combined effects.

A small fireball cannot be deflected by melee attacks or arrows, unlike regular Minecraft:fireballs. However, it can be blocked by Minecraft:shields, which prevents the player from being damaged and catching fire.

Sounds

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Small fireballs use the Friendly Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.

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Data values

ID

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Entity data

Template:El: Template:Main Small fireballs have entity data associated with them that contains various properties.

<section begin="entity data"/>

• Template:Nbt Entity data
  • Template:Nbt inherit/entity
  • Template:Nbt inherit/fireball
  • Template:Nbt inherit/projectile
  • Template:Nbt: The item to render as, may be absent.
    • Template:Nbt inherit/itemnoslot

<section end="entity data"/>

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