Salmon Minecraft Mob
Minecraft MobSalmon are common passive aquatic mobs found in oceans and rivers. They are a reliable and nutritious source of early-game food when cooked. Salmon spawn in groups of 1–5 in cold or frozen oceans, as well as their deep variants, subject to fish spawning requirements. Like their real-world...
Salmon
| Health points | 3[JE only] 6[BE only] |
| Behavior | Passive |
| Classification | Animal Aquatic |
| Hitbox size | In Java Edition: Height: 0.4 Blocks Width: 0.7 Blocks In Bedrock Edition: Small Salmon: Height: 0.25 Blocks Width: 0.25 Blocks Medium Salmon: Height: 0.5 Blocks Width: 0.5 Blocks Large Salmon: Height: 0.75 Blocks Width: 0.75 Blocks |
| Spawn | River Frozen River Cold Ocean Deep Cold Ocean Frozen Ocean Deep Frozen Ocean |
| Usable items | Water Bucket |
Spawning
Salmon spawn in groups of 1–5 in cold or frozen oceans, as well as their deep variants, subject to fish spawning requirements. Like their real-world counterparts, they also spawn in rivers and frozen rivers.
Java Edition
Salmon spawn in groups of 1–5 in cold or frozen oceans, as well as their deep variants, subject to fish spawning requirements. Like their real-world counterparts, they also spawn in rivers and frozen rivers.
Bedrock Edition
Salmon spawn underwater at 12–32 blocks away from the player. Salmon spawn in groups of 3–5 in lukewarm, cold, normal, frozen oceans, their deep variants and rivers (including frozen rivers). In addition, salmon spawn on the surface (i.e., there must not be a spawnable block above the spawn location with a non-solid block on top). Salmon spawn in small, normal, and large sizes. 31.5% spawn as small, 52.6% spawn as normal, and 15.7% spawn as large.
Drops
When killed, salmon drop:
- 1 raw salmon (1 cooked salmon if killed while on fire). This is not affected by Looting.
- 1–3 when killed by a player or tamed wolf.
In Java Edition 1 bone meal (5% chance). In Bedrock Edition 1 bones (25% chance) if salmon size is small or medium. 1-2 bones (25% chance) if salmon size is large.
Behavior
Salmon tend to swim in schools (a maximum of seven salmon per school). Salmon can swim up approximately 4–5 blocks in waterfalls, emulating the behavior of real-world salmon that leap into and over small waterfalls to reach their spawning ground.
The player may collect salmon by using a water bucket on it, which gives the player a bucket of salmon. Salmon 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. In Bedrock Edition, an empty bucket may be used as well.
Weaknesses
Salmon are unable to survive out of water. Outside of water, they flop around for a while until eventually they start to suffocate and die. Salmon flip around on their sides. In Bedrock Edition, they rotate when flipping. Salmon also cannot swim or breathe in cauldron water.[1]
In Java Edition, salmon have a weakness to weapons that have the Impaling enchantment, which also affects other fish and water/ocean mobs except drowned.
Axolotls always attack salmon on sight.
Sounds
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Entity data
Salmon have entity data associated with them that contain various properties.
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Achievements
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Advancements
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History
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Issues
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Gallery
- A school of 3 salmon.
- A school of 4 salmon swimming in a frozen river.
- The three different sizes of salmon in Bedrock Edition.
See also
- Cod
- Tropical Fish
- Pufferfish
References
- Salmonidae article in Wikipedia
External links
- Salmonidae article in Wikipedia
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