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This article is about pufferfish in its food form. For the mob form of pufferfish, see Pufferfish. For other uses, see Fish.

A pufferfish is a poisonous type of fish 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.

Mob drops

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.

Fish

Pufferfish always drop 1 pufferfish in its item form when killed.

Usage

Food

Pufferfish restores 1 (🍗) and 0.2 saturation, but inflicts Hunger III for 15 seconds, Poison IV for 1 minute, and Nausea II for 15 seconds. Unlike rotten flesh, it is not helpful to eat pufferfish while starving because they inflict more health damage than they earn.

Cats

In Java Edition, they can also be used to gain an ocelot's trust.

Brewing ingredient

Name Ingredients Brewing recipe
Potion of Water Breathing Pufferfish +
Awkward Potion



Mundane Potion Pufferfish + Water Bottle



Trading

Master-level fisherman villagers buy one‌[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

Java Edition:

SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
EatingPlayersWhile a player is eating somethingentity.generic.eatsubtitles.entity.generic.eatvaries [sound 1]0.8-1.216
EatingFriendly CreaturesWhen a player finishes eating somethingentity.generic.eatsubtitles.entity.generic.eat1.00.6-1.416
BurpPlayersWhen a player finishes eating somethingentity.player.burpsubtitles.entity.player.burp0.50.9-1.016
  1. Can be 0.5, 1.0, or 1.5

Bedrock Edition:

SoundSourceDescriptionResource locationVolumePitch
PlayersWhile a player is eating somethingrandom.eat0.5-1.10.8-1.2
PlayersWhen a player finishes eating somethingrandom.burp0.50.9-1.0

Advancements

Icon Advancement In-game description Parent Actual requirements (if different) Resource location
Advancement-fancy-rawA Furious Cocktail
Have every potion effect applied at the same time Local BreweryHave all of these 13 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
Advancement-fancy-rawHow Did We Get Here?
Have every effect applied at the same time A Furious CocktailHave all of these 27 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.
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
Advancement-plain-rawHusbandry
The world is full of friends and food Consume anything that can be consumed.husbandry/root
Advancement-plain-rawFishy Business
Catch a fish HusbandryUse a fishing rod to catch any of these fishes:
husbandry/fishy_business
Advancement-fancy-rawA Balanced Diet
Eat everything that is edible, even if it's not good for you A Seedy PlaceEat each of these 40 foods: Other foods and consumables can be eaten, but are ignored for this advancement.husbandry/balanced_diet

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierTranslation key
Pufferfishpufferfishitem.minecraft.pufferfish

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID Translation key
Pufferfishpufferfish462item.pufferfish.name


History

Java Edition
1.7.213w36aFile:Pufferfish JE1.png Added pufferfish.
Added Potion of Water Breathing potions, which can be brewed by adding a pufferfish to an Awkward Potion.
13w43aFile:Pufferfish JE2 BE1.png The texture of pufferfish has been changed.
1.814w25aPufferfish is now obtainable as a rare drop from guardians and elder guardians.
1.1317w47aThe 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.
18w08bPufferfish (and other fish types) has been added as a mob, which drop its item form when killed.
File:Pufferfish JE3 BE2.png The texture of pufferfish has been changed.
18w43aFile:Pufferfish JE2 BE1.png The texture of pufferfish has accidently been reverted.
18w43bFile:Pufferfish JE3 BE2.png The correct texture of pufferfish has been restored.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.11.0build 1File:Pufferfish JE2 BE1.png Added pufferfish.
0.12.1build 1Pufferfish now restore hunger instead of health.
Pufferfish can now be used to make potion of water breathing.
0.16.0build 1Pufferfish is now dropped by guardians and elder guardians.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0beta 1.2.14.2Pufferfish has been added as a mob, which drop its item form when killed.
File:Pufferfish JE3 BE2.png The texture of pufferfish has been changed.
1.8.0beta 1.8.0.8Pufferfish can now be used to feed ocelots to gain their trust.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.4Pufferfish can now be sold to fisherman villagers.
Legacy Console Edition
TU31CU19 1.22 Patch 31.0.1File:Pufferfish JE2 BE1.png Added pufferfish.
TU69 1.76 Patch 38Pufferfish (and other fish types) has been added as a mob, which drop its item form when killed.
1.90 File:Pufferfish JE3 BE2.png The texture of pufferfish has been changed.

Issues

Issues relating to "Pufferfish (item)" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

  • The consumption of pufferfish inflicting the player with Nausea and Poison is actually based on reality, as real pufferfish contain the extremely dangerous toxin Tetrodotoxin within their organs, especially their 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.

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See also

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