Talk:Silverfish/Archive 1

Scary mob? Really?
I doubt this is the supposed Scary Mob. Fish arent really scary
 * Google? Dctrjons 12:12, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

(Edit by another person) Actually, silverfish are a type of wood eating insect, that also eats paper and clothes.
 * ...sugar,starches. Can make a mess of cereals.  Not sure if this may be a crop problem. Dctrjons 12:20, 1 July 2011 (UTC)


 * You know what this means... griefers in single player. --Joejr50 17:13, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

Not a fish
I doubt this will be a fish: silverfish is a well known house bug and the texture closely resembles the segmented, conical body of that little creature while at the same time not looking like a fish at all. I think that the "fish theory" in this article is unlikely enough to deserve deletion.--Wedhro 17:38, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Thats what I think too. It is scary for girls, but not for all scary :) Kurtextrem 18:16, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Presumed that it can only eat through wood. Notch might give it...a let's say, biological upgrade? STONE EATING MONSTERS MWAHAHA! --HexZyle 05:50, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

3D structure
Would be interesting to see whether a viable 3D structure of this mob could be created using blender or something. --SpitfireBro 18:00, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
 * That's quite impossible with the information we have now (just the texture). It's really hard to tell what shape something is, just by looking at a texture. The model doesn't need to be "foldable" from the texture, the texture's sides might not be next to each other in the model, since it is possible to map the dots of the model to correspond to any point in the texture. I'd say that is mission impossible, and we need to wait for the official release... -- TheKax 07:09, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
 * After taking a closer look at the texture, I'd say it might be cylindrical (well, in a blocky way of minecraft) with different radius parts... I put together this kind pf small estimate of it's shape... Just a word of warning, this might be horribly wrong. And it's ascii art, so the wiki formatting screws it up, so open the edit mode, I put it into a hidden comment below to spare your eyes from the jumble. -- TheKax 07:19, 1 July 2011 (UTC)


 * PS. and this might not have gone horribly wrong, since silverfish is an actual insect, and it is similar in shape as my ascii picture (again, look in the edit mode!): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lepisma_saccharina_1a.JPG hope this sums it up. -- TheKax 07:24, 1 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Just use the exact same folding that's used for every other mob and it works out nicely.


 * It basically makes a nice silverfish shape, an antenna, a 1x2x2 shape, and a bunch of haphazard little squares that will probably form legs. Father  Toast  01:33, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
 * That means it can sneak through your doggy doors, along with many other shaped openings designed for keeping all other mobs out. Watch out! --HexZyle 05:53, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Reason it's scary
Silverfish are supposed to eat wood right? aren't houses made of wood? Ray 22:16, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
 * no. designer and new player's houses are made of wood.


 * also, there is a fish called a silverfish. --Kizzycocoa 07:48, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Going to request citation on that one, maybe in a story, but I know of know fish properly called a silverfish. This does not mean it won't possibly be a hybrid.Dctrjons 12:18, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I spoke to notch and got info about silverfish, if this info I got from him is right silverfish will be in the desert he said it is a small and pestie thing cause it can spawn any where even in your home thats if its in the desert and if your mining in the desert be careful cause they live in 1x2 block tunnels, but they not only spawn in the desert he may also have different types like water and forest so this will change alot people won't always be running in side any more they will be always killing unless you put a ring of fire around your self and stand there for ever watching them burn.
 * Thankyou, nameless. (Please sign your posts) NPC houses have rooves made of wood --HexZyle 05:55, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Possibly tied in with mushroom biome
Silver fish could be a new mob that spawns on top of huge mushrooms possibly, i think notch wouldnt add a mob that intentionally griefs your wooden structures for the sake of it BlakusLockus
 * Pure speculation. Too early to say anything. -- TheKax 10:21, 3 July 2011 (UTC)