This feature was exclusively part of a joke version and is not currently planned for addition to regular
Minecraft.
{
"title": "Plaguewhale Slab",
"rows": [
{
"field": "80<span class=\"hidden-alt-text\">HP</span><span class=\"nowrap mc-hearts\"><span class=\"iconbar pixel-image nowrap\" style=\"--icon-offset:-1px;\" title=\"1 heart\">(link to File:Heart (icon).png article, displayed as 9px|link=|alt=❤️)</span> × 40</span>",
"label": "(link to Health article, displayed as Health points)"
},
{
"field": "Hostile",
"label": "Behavior"
},
{
"field": "<span class=\"nowrap\"><span class=\"sprite-file\" style=\"\">(link to File:EntitySprite monster-mob-type.png article, displayed as 16x16px|link=Monster|alt=|class=pixel-image|)</span>(link to Monster article, displayed as <span class=\"sprite-text\">Monster</span>)</span> • <span class=\"nowrap\"><span class=\"sprite-file\" style=\"\">(link to File:EntitySprite aquatic.png article, displayed as 16x16px|link=Aquatic|alt=|class=pixel-image|)</span>(link to Aquatic article, displayed as <span class=\"sprite-text\">Aquatic</span>)</span>",
"label": "(link to Mob type article, displayed as Mob type)"
},
{
"field": "(values exceeds 1000 characters...)",
"label": "Attack<br/>strength"
},
{
"field": "\n* <span class=\"nowrap\"><span class=\"sprite-file\" style=\"\">(link to File:EnvSprite colosseum.png article, displayed as 16x16px|link=Colosseum|alt=|class=pixel-image|)</span>(link to Colosseum article, displayed as <span class=\"sprite-text\">Colosseum</span>)</span>\n* When a (link to Megaspud article, displayed as Megaspud) enters his ninth phase",
"label": "(link to Mob spawning article, displayed as Spawn)"
}
],
"invimages": [
"Plaguewhale Slab Spawn Egg"
],
"images": [
"Plague Whale Slab.gif"
]
}
A plaguewhale slab, also known as simply plaguewhale, is a modified version of the elder guardian with a purple body and a green eye found in April Fools' snapshot 24w14potato. It has the same width and length, but half the height as the elder guardian.
Spawning
Around 15 plaguewhale slabs spawn upon the generation of a colosseum. These plaguewhales can despawn under the same conditions as most hostile mobs.
An additional 9 are spawned by the mega spud when it enters its ninth phase.
Drops
On death
| Item | Quantity / Chance / Average |
|---|
| Default | Looting I | Looting II | Looting III |
|---|
 | Dent | 1 | 100.00% | 1.00 | 1 | 100.00% | 1.00 | 1 | 100.00% | 1.00 | 1 | 100.00% | 1.00 |
| Item | Quantity / Chance / Average |
|---|
| Default | Looting I | Looting II | Looting III |
|---|
| Dent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Item | Amount | Probability |
|---|
| Default | Looting I | Looting II | Looting III |
|---|
| Dent | 1 | 1 (100.00%) | 1 (100.00%) | 1 (100.00%) | 1 (100.00%) |
| Average | 1 (1.00) | 1 (1.00) | 1 (1.00) | 1 (1.00) |
|---|
| Killed | 1 |
|---|
| Item | Expected Drops |
|---|
| Default | Looting I | Looting II | Looting III |
|---|
| Dent | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Behavior
Plaugewhale slabs do not inflict Mining Fatigue. Their laser does not cause any direct damage, but it inflicts the Poison effect for 1 second constantly while hitting its target, and if fully charged, it adds the Wither effect for 4 seconds. Attacking the plaguewhale causes the player to gain Wither effect for 2 second.
Stacking
Sometimes a plaguewhale decides to ride another nearby plaguewhale, similar to how baby piglins ride baby hoglins. Two mobs stacked on top of each other closely resemble a single elder guardian, but their hitbox is still a bit smaller than that of elder guardian.
Sounds
Plaguewhale slabs use the Hostile Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.
| Sounds |
|---|
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation
distance |
|---|
| Plaguewhale Slab zooms | Hostile Mobs | Randomly while in water | entity.plaguewhale.ambient | subtitles.entity.plaguewhale.ambient | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | 16 |
| Plaguewhale Slab slaps | Hostile Mobs | Randomly while out of water | entity.plaguewhale.ambient_land | subtitles.entity.plaguewhale.ambient_land | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | 16 |
| Toxifin Slab zaps | Hostile Mobs | When a plaguewhale slab uses its laser attack | entity.toxifin.attack | subtitles.entity.toxifin.attack | 0.0-1.0 [sound 1] | 0.7-1.2 [sound 2] | 16 (technical) / ∞ (effective)[sound 3] |
| Plaguewhale Slab dies | Hostile Mobs | When a plaguewhale slab dies while in water | entity.plaguewhale.death | subtitles.entity.plaguewhale.death | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | 16 |
| Plaguewhale Slab dies | Hostile Mobs | When a plaguewhale slab dies while out of water | entity.plaguewhale.death_land | subtitles.entity.plaguewhale.death | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | 16 |
| Plaguewhale Slab hurts | Hostile Mobs | When a plaguewhale slab is damaged while in water | entity.plaguewhale.hurt | subtitles.entity.plaguewhale.hurt | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | 16 |
| Plaguewhale Slab hurts | Hostile Mobs | When a plaguewhale slab is damaged while out of water | entity.plaguewhale.hurt_land | subtitles.entity.plaguewhale.hurt | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | 16 |
| Plaguewhale Slab flips | Hostile Mobs | While a plaguewhale slab is on land | entity.plaguewhale.flop | subtitles.entity.plaguewhale.flop | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 |
- ↑ Increases quadratically from minimum to maximum as the attack goes on
- ↑ Increases linearly from minimum to maximum as the attack goes on
- ↑ MC-57057 — Guardian laser attack sound ignores distance
Data values
| Name | Identifier | Entity tags | Translation key |
|---|
 Plaguewhale Slab | plaguewhale | aquatic
axolotl_always_hostiles
can_breathe_under_water
not_scary_for_pufferfish
sensitive_to_impaling | entity.minecraft.plaguewhale |
Issues
Issues relating to "Plaguewhale Slab" are not maintained on the bug tracker because it is an April Fools' joke, and is therefore not in the newest stable version or snapshot. Issues reported there are closed as "Invalid".
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A plaguewhale slab.
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