It is documented here on the wiki due to being officially-released content by Mojang Studios, even if not present in a final version.
| Health points |
62 |
|---|---|
| Armor points |
2 |
| Behavior |
Passive |
| Attack strength |
Wither Skull: |
| Hitbox size |
Height: 2.734 Blocks Width: 0.9 Blocks |
| Spawn |
Built by player; 3 second spawn delay. |
The pink wither or friendly wither was a recurring April Fools' mob present in both Java Edition 2.0 and 15w14a.
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Behavior[]
2.0[]
In 2.0, the pink wither could be summoned by placing a potted rose on top of pink wool. The newly spawned mob has one head.
The Pink Wither would follow players holding sugar, and feeding it sugar would cause it to grow more heads, up to a maximum of three.
It would apply an effect similar to bone meal upon surrounding blocks, whose range would be increased by its head count. It would also heal surrounding mobs.
The mob is considered undead and classified as hostile.
15w14a[]
In 15w14a, the Pink Wither replaces the Wither, firing skulls with a bone meal effect.
When spawned, the friendly wither has three heads like a normal wither. It also creates an explosion effect after spawning and has a shield after losing half of its health.
The skulls fired by the Pink Wither firing are the same as the regular wither's, but pink instead of black. The Pink Wither's skulls often heal the entities, but can damage them, too.[verify]
Unlike the Wither, Pink Wither does not drop a Nether Star upon death and doesn't break any blocks.
Drops[]
- 1 50
Data values[]
ID[]
| Name | Savegame ID | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pink Wither | WitherBoss | 64 | entity.WitherBoss.name |
Entity data[]
- Entity data
- Tags common to all entities
- Tags common to all mobs
- Invul: The number of ticks of invulnerability left after being initially created. 0 once invulnerability has expired.
History[]
| Java Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minecraft 2.0 (2013 April Fools') | Added pink withers.
| ||||
| Pink withers have been added as a joke feature for this version. | |||||
| 15w14a | Added friendly withers.
| ||||
| Friendly withers replaced the regular wither. | |||||
| Friendly withers have been added as a joke feature for this version. | |||||
Trivia[]
- In 15w14a, unlike TNT, the explosion of the pink wither upon spawning it damages the player, mobs, but also blocks.
Gallery[]
The pink wither next to a wither.
The pink wither in the Overworld.
The pink wither.
A pink wither being summoned.
