Pufferfish

Pufferfish
Health points	3HP
Behavior	Neutral
Mob type	Animal • Aquatic
Attack; strength	Semi-puffed:; Easy and normal: 2HP; Hard: 3HP; Poison for 3 sec, total 2HP; Fully puffed: ; In Java Edition: ; Easy: 2.5HP × 1.25; Normal: 3HP; Hard: 4.5HP × 2.25; Poison for 6 sec, total 4HP; In Bedrock Edition:; Easy and normal: 2HP; Hard: 3HP; Poison for 10 sec, total 7HP
Hitbox size	In Java Edition:; Unpuffed:; Height: 0.35 blocks; Width: 0.35 blocks; Semi-puffed:; Height: 0.49 blocks; Width: 0.49 blocks; Fully puffed:; Height: 0.7 blocks; Width: 0.7 blocks; In Bedrock Edition:; Height: 0.96 blocks; Width: 0.96 blocks
Speed	0.7
Spawn	Lukewarm Ocean‌[JE only][upcoming BE]; Deep Lukewarm Ocean‌[JE only][upcoming BE]; Warm Ocean
Usable items	Water Bucket; Bucket ‌[BE only];

Pufferfish are bucketable aquatic neutral mobs found in oceans. Although they never seek out mobs to attack, they defensively inflate themselves when approached too closely by players, axolotls, or non-aquatic mobs, dealing damage and inflicting Poison on them.

Spawning

In Java Edition, pufferfish spawn in groups of 1-3 in warm, lukewarm, and deep lukewarm ocean biomes, subject to fish spawning requirements. If trying to spawn inside a waterlogged solid block, the pufferfish uses the bigger "puffed" size to determine if it collides with anything solid.

In Bedrock Edition, pufferfish spawn underwater at around 12–32 blocks away from the player in groups of 3–5 in warm ocean biomes, and only on the surface; that is, there must not be a spawnable block above the spawn location with a non-solid block on top. They are considerably rarer than tropical fish, with only ¹⁄₅ of fish groups or ²⁄₉ individual fish (within the warm ocean biome) spawning as pufferfish.

Pufferfish spawns in:

Category: Water ambient‌^{[JE only]} Water creature‌^{[BE only]}	Java Edition			Bedrock Edition
Spawn area	Spawn weight	Spawn chance	Group size	Spawn weight	Group size
Warm Ocean	¹⁵⁄₄₀	37.5%	1–3	25	3–5
File:BiomeSprite ocean-biomes.pngOcean biomes	¹⁵⁄₄₀	37.5%	1–3	—	—
Deep Lukewarm Ocean	⁵⁄₃₈	13.16%	1–3	—	—
Lukewarm Ocean	⁵⁄₄₅	11.11%	1–3	—	—
File:BiomeSprite ocean-biomes.pngOcean biomes	⁵⁄₄₅	11.11%	1–3	25	3–5

Drops

On death

Java Edition:

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
Item		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Pufferfish	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00
	Bone Meal	0–1	5.00%	0.05	0–1	5.00%	0.05	0–1	5.00%	0.05	0–1	5.00%	0.05

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
Item		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Pufferfish	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Bone Meal	0–1	¹⁄₂₀	¹⁄₂₀	0–1	¹⁄₂₀	¹⁄₂₀	0–1	¹⁄₂₀	¹⁄₂₀	0–1	¹⁄₂₀	¹⁄₂₀

Item		Amount	Probability
Item		Amount	Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Pufferfish	1	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)
	Pufferfish	Average	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)
	Bone Meal	0	¹⁹⁄₂₀ (95.00%)	¹⁹⁄₂₀ (95.00%)	¹⁹⁄₂₀ (95.00%)	¹⁹⁄₂₀ (95.00%)
		1	¹⁄₂₀ (5.00%)	¹⁄₂₀ (5.00%)	¹⁄₂₀ (5.00%)	¹⁄₂₀ (5.00%)
		Average	¹⁄₂₀ (0.05)	¹⁄₂₀ (0.05)	¹⁄₂₀ (0.05)	¹⁄₂₀ (0.05)

Item		Expected Drops
Killed		1
Item		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Pufferfish	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
	Bone Meal	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05

Bedrock Edition:

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
Item		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Pufferfish	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00
	Bone	0–1	25.00%	0.25	0 / 2–3	26.00%	0.65	0 / 3–5	27.00%	1.08	0 / 4–7	28.00%	1.54

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
Item		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Pufferfish	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Bone	0–1	¹⁄₄	¹⁄₄	0 / 2–3	¹³⁄₅₀	¹³⁄₂₀	0 / 3–5	²⁷⁄₁₀₀	²⁷⁄₂₅	0 / 4–7	⁷⁄₂₅	⁷⁷⁄₅₀

Item		Amount	Probability
Item		Amount	Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Pufferfish	1	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)
	Pufferfish	Average	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)
	Bone	0	³⁄₄ (75.00%)	³⁷⁄₅₀ (74.00%)	⁷³⁄₁₀₀ (73.00%)	¹⁸⁄₂₅ (72.00%)
		1	¹⁄₄ (25.00%)	0	0	0
		2	0	¹³⁄₁₀₀ (13.00%)	0	0
		3	0	¹³⁄₁₀₀ (13.00%)	²⁷⁄₄₀₀ (6.75%)	0
		4	0	0	²⁷⁄₂₀₀ (13.50%)	⁷⁄₁₅₀ (4.67%)
		5	0	0	²⁷⁄₄₀₀ (6.75%)	⁷⁄₇₅ (9.33%)
		6	0	0	0	⁷⁄₇₅ (9.33%)
		7	0	0	0	⁷⁄₁₅₀ (4.67%)
		Average	¹⁄₄ (0.25)	¹³⁄₂₀ (0.65)	²⁷⁄₂₅ (1.08)	⁷⁷⁄₅₀ (1.54)

Item		Expected Drops
Killed		1
Item		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Pufferfish	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
	Bone	0.25	0.65	1.08	1.54

1–3XP when killed by a player or a tamed wolf.

Behavior

Unlike other fish, pufferfish don't swim in schools.

Pufferfish inflate themselves when approached by the player, most mobs, including tripod cameras‌^{[BE & edu only]} and armor stands.^[1]^[2]

The player may collect a fish by using a water bucket on it, giving the player a bucket of pufferfish. Fish placed with buckets do not despawn naturally. Using the bucket against a block empties the bucket, placing water with that fish swimming in it. An empty bucket may be used as well.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Pufferfish can not be bred and only spawn in designated biomes.

Weaknesses

Like other fish, pufferfish cannot survive out of water. Outside of water, they flop around like guardians for a while until they start suffocating and then die like squid. In Bedrock Edition, they rotate when flopping. Fish cannot swim or breathe in cauldron water.^[3]

The Impaling enchantment affects pufferfish due to being aquatic‌^{[Java Edition only]} or simply being in water‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}.

Pufferfish are actively hunted down by axolotls, nautiluses and zombie nautiluses.^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]}

Defenses

A pufferfish inflates when approached by a player in Survival or Adventure mode, a drowned, an axolotl, or any non-water mob within 2 blocks of its hitbox, going from unpuffed, then semi-puffed, to fully puffed. Going near a semi-puffed or fully puffed pufferfish inflicts the player/mob with three or six seconds of Poison based on the inflation level, and touching one in its puffed or semi-puffed form deals damage separate from the Poison.

Pufferfish also instantly inflate to their fullest form after taking any kind of damage.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} After inflating, they slowly deflate to their normal shape as long as a threat is out of range. If the player/mob leaves the radius while the pufferfish is in its semi-puffed stage, it deflates back to normal.

Undead mobs are unaffected by the Poison effect, but they still take damage when they come into contact with pufferfish.

A pufferfish that inflicts damage on a mob other than a creeper or a ghast by touching it provokes that mob to retaliate.

In Peaceful difficulty, pufferfish do not inflict damage or Poison to player.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Pufferfish can deal damage to players at a longer distance compared to mobs.^[4]

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Pufferfish stings	Friendly Mobs	When a pufferfish attacks something	`entity.puffer_fish.sting`	`subtitles.entity.puffer_fish.sting`	1.0	1.0	16
	Pufferfish deflates	Friendly Mobs	When a pufferfish deflates	`entity.puffer_fish.blow_out`	`subtitles.entity.puffer_fish.blow_out`	0.7	0.8-1.2	16
	Pufferfish inflates	Friendly Mobs	When a pufferfish is threatened and inflates	`entity.puffer_fish.blow_up`	`subtitles.entity.puffer_fish.blow_up`	0.45	0.8-1.2	16
	Pufferfish dies	Friendly Mobs	When a pufferfish dies	`entity.puffer_fish.death`	`subtitles.entity.puffer_fish.death`	1.0	0.8-1.2	16
	Pufferfish hurts	Friendly Mobs	When a pufferfish is damaged	`entity.puffer_fish.hurt`	`subtitles.entity.puffer_fish.hurt`	1.0	0.8-1.2	16
	Pufferfish flops	Friendly Mobs	While a pufferfish is on land	`entity.puffer_fish.flop`	`subtitles.entity.puffer_fish.flop`	0.3	0.8-1.2	16
	Splashes	Friendly Mobs	While a pufferfish is swimming	`entity.fish.swim`	`subtitles.entity.fish.swim`	0.0-1.0 ^{[sound 1]}	0.6-1.4	16

↑ The fish's momentum, with the horizontal axes' velocities multiplied by 0.2 (capped at 1.0)

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Friendly Mobs	When a pufferfish dies	`mob.fish.hurt`	1.0	0.8-1.2
	Friendly Mobs	When a pufferfish is damaged	`mob.fish.hurt`	1.0	0.8-1.2
	Friendly Mobs	While a pufferfish is on land	`mob.fish.flop`	1.0	1.0
	Friendly Mobs	While a pufferfish is swimming	`mob.fish.step`	0.15	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Entity tags	Translation key
Pufferfish	`pufferfish`	`aquatic` `axolotl_hunt_targets` `can_breathe_under_water` `nautilus_hostiles` `not_scary_for_pufferfish` `sensitive_to_impaling`	`entity.minecraft.pufferfish`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
Pufferfish	`pufferfish`	`108`	`entity.pufferfish.name`

Entity data

Pufferfish have entity data associated with them that contains various properties.

Java Edition:

[NBT Compound / JSON Object] Entity data
- Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template
- Tags common to all mobs see Template:Nbt inherit/mob/template
- [Byte] FromBucket: 1 or 0 (true/false) - if true, the fish has been released from a bucket.
- [Int] PuffState: A value from 0–2.
  - 0 means the fish is deflated
  - 1 means it is halfway puffed-up
  - 2 means it is fully puffed-up

A pufferfish's damage and Poison time are directly related to its current PuffState data value, which can be changed using the /data command.

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Achievements


Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
		I am a Marine Biologist	Collect a fish in a bucket	Use a water bucket on any fish mob.	20	Bronze
		Overkill	Deal nine hearts of damage in a single hit.	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have nine hearts of health overall.	30	Bronze
		It Spreads	Kill a mob next to a catalyst	—	10	Bronze
		Over-Overkill	Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have 50 hearts of health overall.	20	Silver

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	It Spreads	Kill a mob near a Sculk Catalyst	Kill any mob that drops experience near a sculk catalyst, with the sole exception of the ender dragon. Mobs that drop no experience are ignored for this advancement.
	Tactical Fishing	Catch a Fish... without a Fishing Rod!	Use a water bucket on any fish mob.

Advancements that apply to all mobs:

Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
Adventure	Adventure, exploration and combat	Kill any mob, or be killed by any living entity.
A Throwaway Joke	Throw a Trident at something. Note: Throwing away your only weapon is not a good idea.	Hit a mob with a thrown trident.
Take Aim	Shoot something with an Arrow	Using a bow or a crossbow, shoot a mob with an arrow, tipped arrow, or spectral arrow.
Mob Kabob^{[upcoming JE 1.21.11]}	Hit five mobs in the same Charge attack using the Spear.	Armor Stand and Mannequin also count for this advancement.
Arbalistic	Kill five unique mobs with one crossbow shot	Armor Stand and Mannequin also count for this advancement. This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed.
Over-Overkill	Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have 50 hearts of health overall.

History

Development

June 28, 2010							Notch mentioned that fish might be a feature of coral, if he were able to add coral: "... I do know that the corals will have tiny fish particles around them."
October 4, 2010							Fish were a passive mob that Notch showed interest in adding. In the promotional graphic for the Halloween Update, Notch indicated he would add fish. However, they were added only as an item; there was no code for a fish mob.
October 5, 2012							Fish were jokingly teased in the fake snapshot 12marc40awesome, along with coral and "fish blocks".
April 13, 2013							When Jon Kågström was asked in his AMA on Reddit, "What mob would you like to implement into the game?" He responded, "I would like to add birds, fish and tree animals to make it more alive. However this will take some time before it can be done."
July 31, 2013							During Notch's AMA on Reddit, when asked about what happened to his plans of adding fish as a mob, he responded, "Oh yeah, the fish!"

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.13	18w08b	Added "puffer fish".
	18w08b	Puffer fish have 20HP × 10 health.
	18w10a	The health of puffer fish has been changed to 3HP.^[5]
	18w19a	"Puffer Fish" has been corrected to "Pufferfish".^[6]
1.13.1	18w31a	Pufferfish now have a 5% chance of dropping bone meal when killed.
1.18	21w40a	Pufferfish now spawn between y=50 and y=63.
1.21.2	24w33a	The spike models of the medium pufferfish has been changed as a fix for MC-166880.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.4.0	beta 1.2.14.2	Added pufferfish mobs.
1.13.0	beta 1.13.0.9	Pufferfish now drop experience when killed.
1.16.0	beta 1.15.0.51	Pufferfish now semi-puff when the player draws near, and fully puff when the player is up against it.
1.18.0	beta 1.18.0.21	Pufferfish now spawn between y=50 and y=64.
1.19.10	Preview 1.19.10.23	The health of pufferfish has been changed to 3HP.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.21.130	Preview 1.21.130.20	Pufferfish can now spawn in Lukewarm Ocean and Deep Lukewarm Ocean biomes.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Added pufferfish mobs.

Minecraft Education

Minecraft Education
1.4.0							Added pufferfish mobs.

Issues

Issues relating to "Pufferfish" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

In real life, pufferfish use their spikes for intimidation purposes and not to inject venom. Their flesh is toxic, which is reflected accurately in-game.
There are three textures for the three different PuffState data values in Minecraft. A PuffState value greater than 2 does not visually increase the pufferfish size, but does create a bigger shadow on the ground. All sizes of pufferfish textures are contained in the same texture file.

Gallery

Screenshots

A fully inflated pufferfish, with six deflated pufferfish and a school of cod behind it.
A dying pufferfish in Bedrock Edition.
A dying pufferfish in Java Edition.
An up-close screenshot of a completely deflated pufferfish.
A player being damaged by a pufferfish.
An ocean with some fish visible.
A cod and pufferfish taking damage because they are not in water.
A gif of the pufferfish stages.

Textures

Pufferfish texture file.

Other

The pufferfish spawn egg in Bedrock Edition beta 1.2.14.2.

In other media

Artwork of a pufferfish.
Pufferfish in promotional artwork for the Update Aquatic.
Several pufferfish as they appear in the Trails & Tales trailer.
Official pufferfish artwork.
Lego Minecraft pufferfish.
Pufferfish artwork predating the actual addition of pufferfish mobs.
A pufferfish waving hello with its entire body.

References

↑ MC-132239 — resolved as "Works As Intended".
↑ MCPE-35807 — resolved as "Works As Intended".
↑ MC-126819 — fish bouncing and suffocating on top of the cauldron which fills with water — resolved as "Won't Fix".
↑ MC-265281 — Pufferfish attack range is inconsistent between mobs and players — resolved as "Works As Intended".
↑ MC-126091 — Pufferfish have 20 health — resolved as "Fixed".
↑ MC-124190 — Some display names don't follow the id — resolved as "Invalid".

External links

Pufferfish article on Wikipedia

Navigation

[speedvolume-5] The fish's momentum, with the horizontal axes' velocities multiplied by 0.2 (capped at 1.0)

[1] MC-132239 — resolved as "Works As Intended".

[2] MCPE-35807 — resolved as "Works As Intended".

[3] MC-126819 — fish bouncing and suffocating on top of the cauldron which fills with water — resolved as "Won't Fix".

[4] MC-265281 — Pufferfish attack range is inconsistent between mobs and players — resolved as "Works As Intended".

[6] MC-126091 — Pufferfish have 20 health — resolved as "Fixed".

[7] MC-124190 — Some display names don't follow the id — resolved as "Invalid".

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Pufferfish

Spawning

Drops

On death

Behavior

Weaknesses

Defenses

Sounds

Data values

ID

Entity data

Achievements

Advancements

History

Development

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Legacy Console Edition

Minecraft Education

Issues

Trivia

Gallery

Screenshots

Textures

Other

In other media

See also

References

External links

Navigation