This article is about the mob. For the food item, see Pufferfish (item)

Pufferfish are passive mobs found in oceans. They deal damage and inflict poison to nearby players and certain mobs, but do not become hostile. Instead, they are defensive.

Spawning [ edit ]

In Java Edition, pufferfish spawn in warm, lukewarm and deep lukewarm ocean biomes in groups of 1-3. In Bedrock Edition, fish spawn underwater at around 12–32 blocks away from the player in groups of 3–5 in warm ocean biomes. Pufferfish spawn only on the surface; that is, there must not be a spawnable block above the spawn location with a non-solid block on top.

Drops [ edit ]

Fish drop 1 of their item form when killed:

Behavior [ edit ]

Pufferfish inflate themselves when approached by the player, most mobs, and armor stands.[1]

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. When that fish bucket is used against a block, it empties the bucket, placing water with that fish swimming in it. An empty bucket may be used as well.‌[Bedrock Edition only]

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

Weaknesses [ edit ]

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.[2]

All fish are vulnerable to weapons that have the Impaling enchantment, which also affects squid, turtles, guardians, elder guardians, and dolphins.

Defenses [ edit ]

A pufferfish inflates when approached by a player in Survival or Adventure mode, a drowned, or any non-water mob within a 5×5×5 volume around the fish, going from unpuffed, then semi-puffed, to fully puffed. Pufferfish are technically passive mobs but going near one when fully puffed inflicts the player/mob with seven seconds of Poison, 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. Undead mobs are unaffected by the poison effect, but still take damage when they come into contact with pufferfish.

A pufferfish inflicting damage to a mob via touching provokes that mob to retaliate.

Sounds [ edit ]

Sound Subtitle Source Description Namespaced ID Translation key Volume Pitch Attenuation

distance Sound parameters Volume Pitch Attenuation

distance Stream Preload https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/File:Pufferfish_blow_out1.ogg https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/File:Pufferfish_blow_out2.ogg Pufferfish deflates ? ? entity.puffer_fish.blow_out subtitles.entity.puffer_fish.blow_out 0.7 ? 16 ? ? ? ? ? https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/File:Pufferfish_blow_up1.ogg https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/File:Pufferfish_blow_up2.ogg Pufferfish inflates ? ? entity.puffer_fish.blow_up subtitles.entity.puffer_fish.blow_up 0.45 ? 16 ? ? ? ? ? https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/File:Pufferfish_death1.ogg https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/File:Pufferfish_death2.ogg Pufferfish dies ? ? entity.puffer_fish.death subtitles.entity.puffer_fish.death ? ? 16 ? ? ? ? ? https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/File:Pufferfish_flop1.ogg https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/File:Pufferfish_flop2.ogg https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/File:Pufferfish_flop3.ogg https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/File:Pufferfish_flop4.ogg Pufferfish flops ? ? entity.puffer_fish.flop subtitles.entity.puffer_fish.flop 0.3 ? 16 ? ? ? ? ? https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/File:Pufferfish_hurt1.ogg https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/File:Pufferfish_hurt2.ogg Pufferfish hurts ? ? entity.puffer_fish.hurt subtitles.entity.puffer_fish.hurt ? ? 16 ? ? ? ? ? https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/File:Pufferfish_sting1.ogg https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/File:Pufferfish_sting2.ogg Pufferfish stings ? ? entity.puffer_fish.sting subtitles.entity.puffer_fish.sting ? ? 16 ? ? ? ? ?

Data values [ edit ]

ID [ edit ]

Java Edition:

Name Namespaced ID Translation key Pufferfish pufferfish entity.minecraft.pufferfish

Bedrock Edition:

Name Namespaced ID Numeric ID Translation key Pufferfish pufferfish 108 entity.pufferfish.name

Entity data [ edit ]

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

Entity data Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template Tags common to all mobs see Template:Nbt inherit/mob/template FromBucket : 1 or 0 (true/false) - Whether the fish had ever been released from a bucket. PuffState : A value from 0–2. 0 means the fish is deflated, 1 means it is halfway puffed-up, and 2 means it is fully puffed-up.

Entity data





Achievements [ edit ]

Icon 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 an empty bucket on any fish mob to collect it. 20G Bronze

Advancements [ edit ]

Icon Advancement In-game description Parent Actual requirements (if different) Namespaced ID Tactical Fishing

Catch a fish... without a fishing rod! Fishy Business Have a bucket of fish in your inventory. husbandry/tactical_fishing

History [ edit ]

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The specific instructions are: 1.16-pre3 pufferfish changes - document old appearances in history

Issues [ edit ]

Issues relating to "Pufferfish" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia [ edit ]

The pufferfish can poison the player in creative mode if another entity causes it to puff up.

In Bedrock Edition, the pufferfish plays the same sound effect as other fish mobs.

Gallery [ edit ]

A fully inflated pufferfish, with six deflated pufferfish and a school of cod behind it.

Dying pufferfish mob in Bedrock Edition.

Dying pufferfish mob in Java Edition .

An up-close screenshot of a completely deflated pufferfish.

An ocean with some fish visible.

A cod and pufferfish taking damage because they are not in water.

In other media [ edit ]

Official pufferfish artwork.

References [ edit ]