Slimeball

This article is about the item. For the mob, see Slime. For other uses, see Slime (disambiguation).

Slimeball

Rarity color	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)

A slimeball is a crafting ingredient commonly dropped by slimes, and can be sneezed out by pandas.

Obtaining

Mob loot

Slimes

See also: Tutorials/Slime farming

If a slime's size is 1, it drops 0–2 slimeballs when killed. The maximum number of slimeballs is increased by 1 per level of Looting, for a maximum of 5 slimeballs with Looting III.

Pandas

Baby pandas have a chance of dropping one slimeball when sneezing.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Slime Block	9

Trading

Wandering traders sometimes offer to sell a slimeball for 4 emeralds.

Usage

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Lead	String + Slimeball	2
Magma Cream	Blaze Powder + Slimeball
Slime Block	Slimeball
Sticky Piston	Slimeball + Piston

Breeding

Slimeballs can be used to breed frogs and reduce the remaining growth duration of tadpoles by 10%. Frogs also follow a player holding a slimeball.

Video

Note: The video is outdated, as slimeballs can now also be used to craft leads and slime blocks, and they can now be obtained from baby pandas.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Slimeball	slime_ball	Item	item.minecraft.slime_ball

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Slimeball	slime_ball	388	Item	item.slime_ball.name

History

Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.11					Added slimeballs, which are dropped from slimes. At the moment, they serve no purpose.
Java Edition Beta
1.7					Slimeballs are now used to craft sticky pistons.
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2			Slimeballs are used to craft magma cream.
1.6.1		13w18a			Leads, which were originally implemented in the 13w16a snapshot, now have a crafting recipe that includes slimeballs.
1.8		14w02a			Nine slimeballs are now used to craft a slime block. Slime blocks also act as storage blocks, being able to craft back into 9 slimeballs.
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 341.
1.14		18w43a			The texture of slimeballs has been changed.
					Slimeballs can now be obtained when a baby panda sneezes.
		19w05a			Slimeballs can now be bought from wandering traders.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.19		22w11a			Slimeball can now used to breed frog.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0		build 1			Added slimeballs. They are currently unobtainable and serve no purpose.
v0.12.1		build 1			Added slimeballs to the creative inventory.
					Slimeballs can now be obtained by killing slimes.
					Slimeballs are now used to craft magma cream.
v0.14.0		build 1			Slimeballs are now used to craft slime blocks.
v0.15.0		build 1			Slimeballs are now used to craft sticky pistons and leads.
Bedrock Edition
1.8.0		beta 1.8.0.8			Slimeballs can now be obtained when a baby panda sneezes.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The texture of slimeballs has been changed.
					Slimeballs can now be obtained via trading with wandering traders.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added slimeballs.
TU3					Slimeballs are now used to craft sticky pistons.
		1.83			Slimeballs can now be obtained when a baby panda sneezes.
		1.90			The texture of slimeballs has been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added slimeballs.

Issues

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