Silverfish are small hostile mobs that infest stone and deepslate blocks in mountains, strongholds, igloo basements and woodland mansions. They crawl at their targets to bite them, and attacking them will incite other nearby silverfish to emerge from their blocks and attack the aggressor.
Spawning[]
Silverfish spawn from broken infested blocks, which generate in strongholds, underground in mountains and windswept hills biomes, in igloo basements and in woodland mansion false portal rooms. Silverfish do not appear if the block is broken with the Silk Touch enchantment.[1]
Silverfish spawners naturally generate in end portal rooms in strongholds. Silverfish can spawn from spawners only at light level 11 or lower, or on stone types they can enter (stone, cobblestone, stone bricks, etc.) at any light level, and cannot spawn within a 5 block distance of any player[verify]. This is the only renewable source of silverfish and infested blocks.
1-3 silverfish have a 5% chance of spawning from any entity affected by the new potion effect Infested that are hurt.
Drops[]
Silverfish have no drops other than 5 experience points when killed by a player or tamed wolf.
Behavior[]
Silverfish attack players, iron golems, snow golems and call other silverfish in the area upon being hit. Silverfish pathfind toward the player, and can see the player through walls.
When they suffer Poison damage or damage inflicted by the player and survive, they cause other silverfish within a 21×11×21 area to break out of their infested blocks. The player can prevent other silverfish from appearing by killing them in one shot.[2] If the game rule doTileDrops
is set to false
, the infested blocks are broken, but no silverfish spawn from them.
Silverfish, being arthropods, take extra damage from the Bane of Arthropods enchantment, and receive Slowness IV upon being hit.
When idle, silverfish enter a nearby deepslate, stone, cobblestone, stone bricks, mossy stone bricks, cracked stone bricks or chiseled stone bricks block, transforming it into the respective infested block if the game rule mobGriefing
is set to true
, as per default. They cannot infest mossy cobblestone,[3] despite being capable of infesting both mossy blocks and cobblestone, and they also cannot infest slab and stairs of these blocks.[4] They are also unable to infest andesite, diorite, granite or smooth stone.[5]
Sounds[]
Java Edition:
Silverfish use the Hostile Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.
Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Silverfish hisses | Hostile Creatures | Randomly | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | 16 | |
Silverfish dies | Hostile Creatures | When a silverfish dies | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | 16 | |
Silverfish hurts | Hostile Creatures | When a silverfish is damaged | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | 16 | |
Footsteps | Hostile Creatures | Unused sound event [sound 1] | entity | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 |
Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hostile Creatures | Randomly | mob | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | |
Hostile Creatures | When a silverfish dies | mob | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | |
Hostile Creatures | When a silverfish is damaged | mob | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | |
Hostile Creatures | While a silverfish is walking | mob | 0.35 | 1.0 |
Data values[]
ID[]
Name | Identifier | Entity tags (JE) | Translation key |
---|---|---|---|
Silverfish | silverfish | powder_snow_walkable_mobs | entity.minecraft.silverfish |
Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
---|---|---|---|
Silverfish | silverfish | 39 | entity.silverfish.name |
Entity data[]
Silverfish have entity data associated with them that contains various properties.
- Entity data
- Tags common to all entities
- Tags common to all mobs
Achievements[]
Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS4) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PS4 | Other | |||||
Monster Hunter | Attack and destroy a monster. | Kill a hostile mob or one of the following neutral mobs: an enderman, a piglin, a zombified piglin, a spider, or a cave spider. | 15G | Bronze |
Advancements[]
Video[]
History[]
Java Edition Beta | |||||
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1.7 | The texture (silverfish.png) has been added. However, the mob itself is not yet present. | ||||
1.8 | Pre-release | Added silverfish. | |||
Java Edition | |||||
1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2 | The health of silverfish has been reduced from 20 × 10 to 8. | |||
Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3 | Silverfish monster spawners are now found in end portal rooms in strongholds. | ||||
Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4 | Silverfish are now considered arthropods. | ||||
RC1 | Added sounds for silverfish. Before the update, silverfish used spider sounds. | ||||
1.3.1 | 12w26a | Silverfish now summon silverfish from nearby monster eggs whenever they take Poison damage. | |||
1.4.2 | 12w38a | Monster eggs containing silverfish can now generate underground in extreme hills biomes. | |||
1.7.2 | 13w36a | Silverfish can now possess cracked stone bricks, mossy stone bricks, and chiseled stone bricks. However, the first two do not actually generate within strongholds.[6] | |||
? | Silverfish can now rarely spawn inside cobblestone or stone brick blocks.[verify] | ||||
1.8 | 14w06a | Silverfish now pathfind, alert other silverfish of the player when hit, and stop occasionally before moving again (similar to most other mobs). | |||
1.9 | 15w43a | Silverfish can now be spawned from broken monster eggs in the basements of igloos. | |||
15w51b | Silverfish no longer enter into blocks if the game rule mobGriefing is false. | ||||
1.11 | 16w32a | The entity ID has been changed from Silverfish to silverfish . | |||
16w36a | Silverfish can now spawn from broken infested cobblestone in the fake portal room of woodland mansions. | ||||
Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
v0.9.0 | build 1 | Added silverfish. | |||
v0.12.1 | build 12 | Silverfish no longer make sounds while moving. | |||
Pocket Edition | |||||
1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Silverfish can now be spawned from broken monster eggs in the basements of igloos. | |||
1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | Silverfish can now spawn from broken infested cobblestone in the fake portal room of woodland mansions. | |||
? | ? | Silverfish once again make sounds while moving. | |||
Legacy Console Edition | |||||
TU5 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | Added silverfish. | |
New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
0.1.0 | Added silverfish. |
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Silverfish" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia[]
- In real life, silverfish are harmless small and wingless insects that are often found in dark areas in buildings and the wooden pilings of seaside piers and trees. They are infamous for damaging paper-based products.
- Silverfish appeared in the April Fools 2.0 update as the redstone bug.
Gallery[]
Screenshots[]
Silverfish spawner room in a stronghold.
In other media[]
Lego Minecraft Silverfish.
See also[]
References[]
External Links[]
- Mob Menagerie: Silverfish – Minecraft.net on May 4, 2023