Redstone Bug
This article is about the joke feature. For a list of issues with redstone, see Redstone § Issues. For regular, in-game variant of this mob, see silverfish.
This article documents an April Fools' Day joke.
This feature was exclusively part of a joke version and is not currently planned for addition to regular Minecraft.
Redstone Bug
| Health points |
8HP |
|---|---|
| Behavior |
Hostile |
| Mob type | |
| Attack strength |
Easy and Normal: 1HP |
| Hitbox size |
Height: 0.3 Blocks |
| Spawn |
When a redstone wire increases the strength |
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A redstone bug was a joke variant of silverfish present in the April Fool's Java Edition 2.0 update.
Spawn
Redstone bugs can spawn if a redstone wire increases the strength. The chance that they spawn is 1%. The chance increases for every redstone bug in a 7×7×7 area by 5%. The Color value of the bug can reach from 33292288 to 66846720.
Behavior
Redstone bugs, effectively being reskinned silverfish, shared all of their behavior.
Data values
ID
| Name | Savegame ID | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
 Redstone Bug | Silverfish | 60 | entity |
Entity data
Redstone bugs used the ID of silverfish, different from them only by a newly-added Color NBT, which could have any color applied to it via editing. The first byte defines the alpha value and the other three the rgb color.
Gallery
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Redstone bugs glowing in the dark.
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