Pufferfish in Minecraft

Pufferfish

NeutralOverworldJava 26.3

The Pufferfish is a neutral mob with 3 HP (1.5 ♥). It drops Pufferfish, Bone Meal, gives 1–3 XP and spawns in Warm Ocean, Deep Lukewarm Ocean, Lukewarm Ocean. Below you'll find exact drop chances, spawn weights and behaviour from the Java 26.3 game files.

HP
31.5 ♥ hearts
XP dropped
1–3
Spawns in
Warm Ocean+2 more biomes
Drops
Pufferfish100%

Pufferfish stats

Game data
HP
3
Movement speed
0.7
Follow range
16 blocks
Size (width × height)
0.7 × 0.7 blocks
XP when killed
1–3Babies drop none
Immune to fire
No

What does the Pufferfish drop?

Calculated

Exact chance per kill, with the Looting levels side by side. Rare drops need the kill to come from a player.

ItemChanceCountAverage
Pufferfish100%11
Bone Meal5%10.05

XP and player-only drops need the player to have hit the mob within the last 5 seconds. Armor and weapons a mob spawned with drop separately (8.5% per item, +1% per Looting level).

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Where does the Pufferfish spawn?

Game data

In water between sea level −13 and sea level, water above and below

Where does the Pufferfish spawn?
BiomesGroupWeightSharePack size
Fish1537.5%1–3
Fish511.1%–13.2%1–3

Share is the mob's slice of its group's spawn attempts in that biome (weight ÷ total weight).

Pufferfish behaviour

Game data

Puffs up when a non-creative player or mob comes within 2 blocks; stings on touch

Attacks

  • Sting: Poison 3 s × puff state; puff state 1 then 2 after 2 s

Immune to

  • Drowning

Weaknesses

  • Impaling (+2.5/level)
  • Suffocates out of water: 15 s of air, then 2 damage 20 times a second

Good to know

  • Deflates after 3–5 s
  • Mobs in Turtle, Guardian, Elder Guardian and 11 more don't trigger it
  • Can be caught in a bucket

Advancements with the Pufferfish

Pufferfish ID and summon command

The entity ID is minecraft:pufferfish. Spawn egg: Pufferfish Spawn Egg.

/summon minecraft:pufferfish ~ ~ ~

Data: Minecraft Java Edition 26.3 game files. How we source this

The Pufferfish is a neutral mob with 3 health. It spawns in Warm Ocean, Deep Lukewarm Ocean, Lukewarm Ocean. Killing it drops Pufferfish, Bone Meal. Each kill gives 1–3 XP.

See Also

All Minecraft mobsWarm OceanEnchantmentsBiomes
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Pufferfish FAQ (Java 26.3)

How much health does the Pufferfish have?

The Pufferfish has 3 health points, which is 1.5 hearts, and 0 armor.

What does the Pufferfish drop?

Pufferfish (100%), Bone Meal (5%) (chance per kill without Looting), plus 1–3 XP.

Where does the Pufferfish spawn?

It spawns naturally in 3 biomes, most often in Warm Ocean, Deep Lukewarm Ocean, Lukewarm Ocean.