A pufferfish is a poisonous food item that is used to brew Water Breathing potions.
Obtaining[]
Fishing[]
Pufferfish can be obtained through fishing. The pufferfish catch rate can be increased by Lure, which reduces wait time generally.
In Bedrock Edition, pufferfish can be caught only when fishing outside jungle biomes and its variants (i.e. everywhere except in jungles).
Mob loot[]
Guardians and elder guardians[]
Guardians and elder guardians have a 2.5% chance of dropping a random fish upon death. This has a 13% chance of being pufferfish (0.325% chance of dropping a pufferfish). The chance of getting a fish can be increased by 1% per level of Looting, but the type of fish is not affected.
Pufferfish[]
Pufferfish always drop 1 pufferfish in its item form when killed. This drop is not affected by the Looting enchantment.[1]
Usage[]
Food[]
Pufferfish restores 1 (
) hunger and 0.2 saturation, but inflicts Hunger III for 15 seconds, Poison II for 1 minute, and Nausea I[JE only] or II[BE only] for 15 seconds. Unlike rotten flesh, it is not helpful to eat pufferfish while starving because they inflict more hunger than they earn.
Brewing ingredient[]
| Name | Ingredients | Brewing recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Potion of Water Breathing | Pufferfish + Awkward Potion |
|
| Mundane Potion | Pufferfish + Water Bottle |
Trading[]
Master-level fisherman villagers buy 1~4[BE only] or four[JE only] pufferfish for an emerald.
Wolves[]
In Bedrock Edition, pufferfish can be used to feed a wolf, healing it by 1
, but only when the wolf is not at full health. Unlike other wolf food, pufferfish cannot be used to speed up the growth of baby wolves, and cannot be used to breed them.
Sounds[]
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eating | Players | While a player is eating something | entity | subtitles | varies [sound 1] | 0.8-1.2 | 16 | |
| Eating | Friendly Creatures | When a player finishes eating something | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.6-1.4 | 16 | |
| Burp | Players | When a player finishes eating something | entity | subtitles | 0.5 | 0.9-1.0 | 16 |
- ↑ Can be 0.5, 1.0, or 1.5
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | While a player is eating something | random | 0.5-1.1 | 0.8-1.2 | |
| Players | When a player finishes eating something | random | 0.5 | 0.9-1.0 |
Data values[]
ID[]
| Name | Identifier | Form | Item tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pufferfish | pufferfish | Item | fishes | item.minecraft.pufferfish |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pufferfish | pufferfish | 267 | Item | item.pufferfish.name |
Advancements[]
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Resource location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | A Furious Cocktail | Have every potion effect applied at the same time | Local Brewery | Have all of these 17 status effects applied to the player at the same time: The source of the effects is irrelevant for the purposes of this advancement. Other status effects may be applied to the player, but are ignored for this advancement. | nether/all_potions
|
| How Did We Get Here? | Have every effect applied at the same time | A Furious Cocktail | Have all of these 33 status effects applied to the player at the same time:
This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed. | nether/all_effects
|
 | Husbandry | The world is full of friends and food | — | Consume anything that can be consumed. | husbandry/root
|
| Fishy Business | Catch a fish | Husbandry | Use a fishing rod to catch any of these fishes:
| husbandry/fishy_business
|
| A Balanced Diet | Eat everything that is edible, even if it's not good for you | A Seedy Place | Eat each of these 40 foods:
| husbandry/balanced_diet
|
History[]
| Java Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.7.2 | 13w36a |  Added pufferfish.
| |||
| Added potions of Water Breathing, which can be brewed by adding a pufferfish to an Awkward Potion. | |||||
| 13w43a |  The texture of pufferfish has been changed. | ||||
| 1.8 | 14w25a | Pufferfish is now obtainable as a rare drop from guardians and elder guardians. | |||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | The different data values for the fish ID have now been split up into their own IDs.
| |||
| Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 349. | |||||
| 18w08b | Pufferfish (and other fish types) has been added as a mob, which drop its item form when killed. | ||||
 The texture of pufferfish has been changed. | |||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | The texture of pufferfish has accidentally been reverted. | |||
| 18w43b | The correct texture of pufferfish has been restored. | ||||
| 19w11a | Fisherman villagers now buy pufferfish. | ||||
| 1.16.2 | Pre-release 2 | The level of Nausea given by pufferfish has been reduced from II to I.[2] | |||
| 1.17 | 20w46a | The level of Poison given by pufferfish has been reduced from IV to II.[3] | |||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| v0.11.0 | build 1 | Added pufferfish. | |||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | Pufferfish now restore hunger instead of health. | |||
| Pufferfish can now be used to make potion of Water Breathing. | |||||
| v0.16.0 | build 1 | Pufferfish is now dropped by guardians and elder guardians. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.14.2 | Pufferfish has been added as a mob, which drop its item form when killed. | |||
| The texture of pufferfish has been changed. | |||||
| 1.8.0 | beta 1.8.0.8 | Pufferfish can now be used to feed ocelots to gain their trust. | |||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.4 | Pufferfish can now be sold to fisherman villagers. | |||
| 1.19.10 | beta 1.19.10.23 | The strength of the poison effect has been decreased from IV to II. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | 1.0.1 | Added pufferfish. |
| TU69 | 1.76 | Patch 38 | Pufferfish (and other fish types) has been added as a mob, which drop its item form when killed. | ||
| 1.90 | The texture of pufferfish has been changed. | ||||
Issues[]
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Trivia[]
- The consumption of pufferfish inflicting the player with Nausea and Poison is based on reality. Real pufferfish contain the dangerous tetrodotoxin within their organs, especially in the liver. Tetrodotoxin leads to quick death through respiratory paralysis. Muscle tissue and blood contain trace amounts. In East Asia, pufferfish are considered a delicacy known as fugu, as small parts of the fish are actually edible. Any chef preparing fugu must have special licensing/certification to prepare this dish.
Gallery[]
The result of eating pufferfish.
See also[]
References[]
External Links[]
- Taking Inventory: Pufferfish – Minecraft.net on October 14, 2020