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Polar bears are neutral mobs.

Spawning

Polar bears are found in ice plains, ice mountains and ice spikes biomes.

Behavior

They can exist in a passive, neutral, or hostile state. The cubs are passive; adults are neutral, but they will become hostile if attacked. All adults within a 41×41×21 cuboid will become hostile towards the attacker if a cub is attacked. This also happens in peaceful difficulty and the polar bears will still chase and attack the player, however their attacks do no damage. An adult will also become hostile towards a player within a 21×21×21 cuboid of the adult if a cub is within a 16×16×8 cuboid of the adult. They can attack not only players, but other mobs that accidentally attack it.

Their swimming speed is faster than the player's, making them difficult to get away from if they are attacking.

Polar bears attack by rearing on their back legs and then mauling down on the attacker with their front paws.

Polar bear cubs' growth can't be sped up.

Polar bears can be led with a lead.

Drops

When killed, a polar bear has a 34 chance to drop 0–2 wool and a 50/55 chance to drop 0–2 diamond swords.

History

release
1.10
{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Tool|Tool]]<br/>{{About|the in-game items|program enhancing software|Programs and Editors}}

A '''tool''' is an [[item]] used by the [[player]] while held to perform actions faster and more efficiently, to gather materials not obtainable by hand, to gain information, or to perform completely new actions. With the exception of the [[clock]], [[compass]], empty [[bucket]], and [[lead]], tools do not stack in the inventory. Tools can be repaired; see [[Item repair]].

== Obtaining ==

=== Mob loot ===
{{main|Drops#Mob drops|title1=Drops}}
Some tools can be obtained by killing mobs that carry the equipment.

=== Crafting ===
Most tools can be obtained through crafting.
{{:Crafting/Tools}}

=== Upgrading ===
[[Netherite]] tools can be obtained only through upgrading.

{{Smithing
|head=1
|Netherite Upgrade
|Diamond Pickaxe; Diamond Axe; Diamond Shovel; Diamond Hoe
|Netherite Ingot
|Netherite Pickaxe; Netherite Axe; Netherite Shovel; Netherite Hoe
}}

== Usage ==
=== Best tools ===
{{main|Breaking#Best tools|title1=Breaking}}

Many blocks have a preferred tool to break them. Some blocks can be broken only with certain tools. The tool's material also affects how fast a block is mined. Materials from worst to best in terms of mining speed are wooden, stone, iron, diamond, netherite, gold.

=== Item durability ===
{{main|Durability}}

Different tools have different amounts of durability. Some uses require more durability to be used than others. A tool's durability is also affected by its material. Materials from worst to best in terms of durability are gold, wooden, stone, iron, diamond, netherite.

Some tools are not block-breaking tools: This includes bows, fishing rods, carrots on sticks, flint & steel, and buckets. Such tools are no better than bare fists at breaking blocks, but they do not take damage from doing so—they take damage from being used in their own intended manners.

=== Item enchantability ===
Materials from worst to best in terms of [[enchantability]] are stone, diamond, iron, wooden/netherite, gold.

=== Smelting ===
{{main|Smelting}}

Iron or golden tools can be smelted into [[nugget]]s.
{{Smelting|showname=1|head=1|Any iron tools|Iron Nugget|0,1}}
{{Smelting|showname=1|foot=1|Any golden tools|Gold Nugget|0,1}}

; Fuel
* Wooden tools can be used as a fuel in [[furnace]]s, smelting 1 item per tool.
* A [[fishing rod]] can be used as fuel in [[furnace]]s, smelting 1.5{{only|java|short=1}}/1{{only|bedrock|short=1}} items per fishing rod.

== History ==
{{info needed section|earlier Java Edition history between Indev and 1.3.1|section=10}}
{{History|java indev}}
{{History||0.31|snap=20091231-2|Added iron shovels.}}
{{History|||snap=20100110|Added iron axes and pickaxes.}}
{{History|||snap=20100128|Added wooden, stone, and diamond tools.}}
{{History|||snap=20100129|Added crafting recipes for wooden, stone, iron, and diamond tools.}}
{{History|||snap=20100130|Added golden tools.}}
{{History|||snap=20100131|A [[Tiers|tier system]] for wooden, stone, iron, diamond, and gold tools is added. Each tier has a different mining speed multiplier and durability.}}
{{History|||snap=20100201-2|Tools are now required to break blocks and ores.}}
{{history|java}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=RC1|Tools now make a breaking sound and have a breaking animation.
|All tools now also have breaking animation.}}
{{History|||snap=RC2|Tools no longer break quickly after loading a world that was saved in RC1.}}
{{History||1.3.1|snap=12w17a|Tools now have infinite [[durability]] in [[Creative]] mode.}}
{{history|||snap=12w18a|Wooden tools became able to be used as [[fuel]] for [[furnace]]s in case players didn't want to repair them or finish using them.}}
{{History|||snap=12w24a|Breaking a block that can be [[instant mining|instantly mined]] by hand ([[tall grass]], [[torch]], etc.) while holding a block-breaking tool no longer reduces the tool's [[durability]].}}
{{history||1.6.1|snap=13w21a|Instead of replacing the barehanded damage ({{hp|1}}), pickaxes, shovels, axes and swords now add their damage onto the barehanded damage.}}
{{History||1.11.1|snap=16w50a|Golden and iron tools now smelt down into one of their respective nuggets.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w48a|Tools cannot be repaired by crafting.}}
{{History||1.14.3|snap=Pre-Release 3|Tools can be once again be repaired by crafting.}}
{{History||1.16.2|snap=20w29a|Tools have a new arrange in the Creative inventory.}}
{{History||1.20<br>(Experimental)|link=1.19.4|snap=23w04a|Upgrading diamond tools to netherite tools now requires the netherite upgrade [[smithing template]].}}
{{History|||snap=23w07a|Added brushes.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.2.0|Added stone tools and shears.}}
{{History||v0.3.0|Added wooden tools.}}
{{History||v0.3.2|Added iron, diamond, and golden tools.}}
{{History||v0.3.3|Added bows.}}
{{History||v0.4.0|Added flint and steel and all hoe types.}}
{{History||v0.7.0|Added buckets.}}
{{History||v0.7.4|Flint and steel now ignite creepers.}}
{{History||v0.8.0|snap=build 1|Added flint and steel to the Creative inventory.}}
{{History|||snap=build 3|Added shears to the Creative inventory.}}
{{History||v0.11.0|snap=build 1|Added fishing rod.}}
{{History||v0.15.0|snap=build 1|Added carrot on a stick and leads.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.1.0|snap=alpha 1.1.0.0|Golden and iron tools now smelt down into one of their respective nuggets.}}
{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU53|xbone=CU43|ps=1.49|wiiu=Patch 23|switch=1.0.3|Golden and iron tools now smelt down into one of their respective nuggets.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==

{{issue list}}

== Trivia ==
* Gold tools are actually ranked as superior to diamond tools on the [[Legacy Console Edition]]'s crafting screen.
* Wooden tools can be burned in a furnace regardless of its durability; this means the player can burn a wooden tool that has only 1 use left.

== See also ==
* [[Item Repair]]
* [[Breaking]]
* [[Weapon]]

{{Items}}

[[Category:Tools|*]]

[[cs:Nástroje]]
[[de:Werkzeug]]
[[es:Herramientas]]
[[fr:Outils]]
[[hu:Eszközök]]
[[it:Attrezzi]]
[[ja:道具]]
[[ko:도구]]
[[nl:Gereedschap]]
[[pl:Narzędzia]]
[[pt:Ferramentas]]
[[ru:Инструменты]]
[[tr:Alet]]
[[zh:工具]]</li><li>[[Balloon|Balloon]]<br/>{{exclusive|bedrock|education}}
{{education feature}}
{{ItemEntity
|image=White Balloon.png
|extratext = View [[#Gallery|all renders]]
|invimage=White Balloon
|invimage2=Orange Balloon
|invimage3=Magenta Balloon
|invimage4=Light Blue Balloon
|invimage5=Yellow Balloon
|invimage6=Lime Balloon
|invimage7=Pink Balloon
|invimage8=Gray Balloon
|invimage9=Light Gray Balloon
|invimage10=Cyan Balloon
|invimage11=Purple Balloon
|invimage12=Blue Balloon
|invimage13=Brown Balloon
|invimage14=Green Balloon
|invimage15=Red Balloon
|invimage16=Black Balloon
|renewable=No
|stackable=Yes
|size=Height: 0.4 Blocks<br>Width: 0.4 Blocks
}}

'''Balloons''' are [[entities]] that float upward when placed.

== Obtaining ==
Balloons are not available in the [[Creative]] inventory or [[commands]].

=== Crafting ===

{{Crafting
|A1= Latex
|B1= Matching Dye
|C1= Latex
|A2= Latex
|B2= Helium
|C2= Latex
|A3= Latex
|B3= Lead
|C3= Latex
|Output= Matching Balloon
|description={{only|bedrock|education}}
|type= Miscellaneous
|head=1
}}
{{Crafting
|A1= Latex
|B1= Bone Meal; Lapis Lazuli; Cocoa Beans; Ink Sac
|C1= Latex
|A2= Latex
|B2= Helium
|C2= Latex
|A3= Latex
|B3= Lead
|C3= Latex
|Output= White Balloon; Blue Balloon; Brown Balloon; Black Balloon
|description={{only|bedrock|education}}
|type= Miscellaneous
|foot=1
}}

== Usage ==

When {{control|used}} on a [[mob]], a [[fence]], or a [[wall]], balloons attach to the mob or block, similarly to a [[lead]]. Balloons float into the air faster than the speed the [[player]] flies up, but remain grounded if tied to a fence. If tied to a mob, the balloon floats away and carries the mob into the air, before both eventually [[despawn]] or disappear.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"
|+ Balloon-attachable mobs
! Mob
! Mass
|-
| {{EntityLink|Chicken}} 
| 0.6
|-
| {{EntityLink|Cow}} 
| 1.0
|-
| {{EntityLink|Donkey}} 
| 1.0
|-
| {{EntityLink|Horse}} 
| 1.0
|-
| {{EntityLink|Iron Golem}} 
| 2.0
|-
| {{EntityLink|Llama}} 
| 1.0
|-
| {{EntityLink|Mule}} 
| 1.0
|-
| {{EntityLink|Mooshroom}}
| 1.0
|-
| {{EntityLink|Panda}}
| 1.5
|-
| {{EntityLink|Pig}}
| 0.75
|-
| {{EntityLink|Sheep}}
| 0.75
|-
| {{EntityLink|Snow Golem}}
| 1.0
|-
| {{EntityLink|Fox}}
| 0.6
|}

When a balloon is shot by an [[arrow]] or a [[trident]], or floats into a solid block, it pops, summons [[particles]], and is destroyed. It drops nothing. A balloon tied to a fence post bursts when a player strikes it in any direction.

== Sounds ==
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=Balloon pop1.ogg
|sound2=Balloon pop2.ogg
|source=neutral
|description=When a balloon collides with a block from above
|id=balloon.pop
|volume=10.0
|pitch=1.75/2.0
|foot=1}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|firstcolumnname=Balloon
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Item
|spritename=balloons
|spritetype=item
|nameid=balloon
|id=598
|form=item
|translationkey=item.balloon.black.name,item.balloon.red.name,item.balloon.green.name,item.balloon.brown.name,item.balloon.blue.name,item.balloon.purple.name,item.balloon.cyan.name,item.balloon.silver.name,item.balloon.gray.name,item.balloon.pink.name,item.balloon.lime.name,item.balloon.yellow.name,item.balloon.lightBlue.name,item.balloon.magenta.name,item.balloon.orange.name,item.balloon.white.name
|foot=1}} 
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|firstcolumnname=Balloon
|shownumericids=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Entity
|spritename=balloons
|spritetype=entity
|nameid=balloon
|id=107
|foot=1}}

=== Metadata ===
In ''Bedrock Edition'', balloon items use the following data values:

{{/DV}}

== History ==

{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.4.0|snap=beta 1.2.20.1|[[File:White Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Orange Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Magenta Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Light Blue Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Yellow Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Lime Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Pink Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Gray Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Silver Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Cyan Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Purple Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Blue Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Brown Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Green Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Red Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Black Balloon BE1.png|32px]] <br> [[File:White Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Orange Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Magenta Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Light Blue Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Yellow Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Lime Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Pink Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Gray Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Silver Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Cyan Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Purple Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Blue Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Brown Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Green Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Red Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Black Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] Added balloons.}}
{{History||1.18.10|snap=beta 1.18.10.24|[[Bee]]s, [[boat]]s, tamed [[cat]]s, [[dolphin]]s, [[glow squid]]s, [[goat]]s, [[hoglin]]s, [[ocelot]]s, [[panda]]s, [[parrot]]s, [[polar bear]]s, [[squid]]s, [[strider]]s, tamed [[wolves]] and [[zoglin]]s can now be leashed.}}
{{History||1.18.30|snap=beta 1.18.30.28|Added the [[boat with chest]], which can be leashed.}}

{{History|education}}
{{History||1.0.27|[[File:White Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Orange Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Magenta Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Light Blue Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Yellow Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Lime Balloon.png|32px]] [[File:Pink Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Gray Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Silver Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Cyan Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Purple Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Blue Balloon.png|32px]] [[File:Brown Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Green Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Red Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Black Balloon BE1.png|32px]] <br> [[File:White Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Orange Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Magenta Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Light Blue Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Yellow Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Lime Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Pink Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Gray Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Silver Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Cyan Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Purple Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Blue Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Brown Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Green Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Red Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Black Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] Added balloons.}}
{{History||1.18.32|snap=1.18.10.04|[[Bee]]s, [[boat]]s, tamed [[cat]]s, [[dolphin]]s, [[glow squid]]s, [[goat]]s, [[hoglin]]s, [[ocelot]]s, [[panda]]s, [[parrot]]s, [[polar bear]]s, [[squid]]s, [[strider]]s, tamed [[wolves]] and [[zoglin]]s can now be leashed.}}
{{History|foot}}
==Gallery==

=== Colors ===
<gallery>
Orange Balloon.png
Magenta Balloon.png
Light Blue Balloon.png
Yellow Balloon.png
Lime Balloon.png
Pink Balloon.png
Gray Balloon.png
Light Gray Balloon.png
Cyan Balloon.png
Purple Balloon.png
Blue Balloon.png
Brown Balloon.png
Green Balloon.png
Red Balloon.png
Black Balloon.png
</gallery>

=== [[Event servers]] ===
<gallery>
File:Legends Balloon.png|Differently designed balloons featured in the ''[[Minecraft Legends Live Event]]''.
File:Sniffer Balloon (Trails and Tales Summer Event) Render.png|A [[Sniffer]] balloon, featured in the [[Trails & Tales Event]].
File:Camel Balloon (Trails and Tales Summer Event) Render.png|A balloon of a [[Camel]], featured in the Trails & Tales Event.
File:Balloon Bundle (Trails and Tales Summer Event) Render.png|Bundle of balloons from the Trails & Tales Event.
</gallery>{{Items}}
{{Entities}}
{{Education Edition}}

[[Category:Education Edition entities]]
[[Category:Education Edition items]]

[[de:Ballon]]
[[it:Palloncino]]
[[ja:風船]]
[[ko:풍선]]
[[pt:Balão]]
[[ru:Воздушный шар]]
[[zh:气球]]</li></ul>
March 7, 2016Jeb hints at a neutral mob with a light grey "base texture" color.
April 8, 2016Jeb tweets a picture of the polar bears.
16w20aPolar bears added.
1.10-pre1Adult polar bears will jump in water if on fire.
1.10-pre2Now have sounds: entity.polar_bear.baby_ambient, entity.polar_bear.ambient, entity.polar_bear.death, entity.polar_bear.hurt, entity.polar_bear.step, and entity.polar_bear.warning.

Gallery

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