A sniffer is a passive animal that digs seeds out of the ground and loves to sniff.
Spawning
Currently, sniffers can be spawned only by using a spawn egg or using commands.
Drops
When killed, sniffers drop:
- 1–3 experience points, if killed by a player or a tamed wolf.
- 10% chance of dropping a moss block if killed by a player or tamed wolf. Looting increases the chance by 2% per level, for a maximum of 16% with Looting III.[Java Edition only]
Upon successful breeding, 1–7 is dropped.
Behavior
Sniffers wander aimlessly, avoiding hazards and obstacles. They occasionally smell their surroundings and track seeds by pressing their nose to the ground and when they find a seed, they drop to the ground and use their noses to dig into the ground until they get torchflower seeds.
The following blocks are diggable by the sniffer:
Breeding
The player can feed the sniffers using torchflower seeds. When feeding them, the adult sniffers breed to create a snifflet. Parents have a five minute cooldown before they can breed again.
Healing
Sniffers are healed by 2
health points each time they are fed a torchflower seed.
Snifflets
A baby sniffer is called a snifflet and they have a bigger head in Bedrock Edition than they do in Java Edition.[1]
Sounds
Java Edition:
Sniffers use the Friendly Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sniffer grunts | Friendly Creatures | Randomly while idle | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7) | 16 | |
| Sniffer dies | Friendly Creatures | When a sniffer dies | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7) | 16 | |
| Sniffer hurts | Friendly Creatures | When a sniffer is damaged | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7) | 16 | |
| Sniffer delights | Friendly Creatures | When a sniffer stands up after finding a seed | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Sniffer eats | Friendly Creatures | When a sniffer is fed torchflower seeds [sound 1] | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | 16 | |
| Sniffer scents | Friendly Creatures | Randomly while idle | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Sniffer sniffs | Friendly Creatures | When a sniffer starts searching for a potential seed | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Sniffer searches | Friendly Creatures | While a sniffer is moving towards a potential seed's position | entity | subtitles | varies [sound 2] | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Sniffer digs [sound 3] | Friendly Creatures | When a sniffer digs | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Sniffer stands up | Friendly Creatures | When a sniffer stops digging | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Sniffer drops seed | Friendly Creatures | When a sniffer digs up a seed | entity | subtitles | 0.8 | varies [sound 4] | 16 | |
| Sniffer steps | Friendly Creatures | While a sniffer is walking | entity | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 |
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friendly Creatures | Randomly while idle | mob | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | |
| Friendly Creatures | Randomly when a sniffer dies | mob | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | |
| Friendly Creatures | When a sniffer is damaged | mob | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | |
| Friendly Creatures | When a sniffer stands up after finding a seed | mob | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | |
| Friendly Creatures | When a sniffer is fed torchflower seeds | mob | 0.7 | 0.8-1.2 | |
| Friendly Creatures | Randomly while idle | mob | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | |
| Friendly Creatures | When a sniffer starts searching for a potential seed | mob | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | |
| Friendly Creatures | While a sniffer is moving towards a potential seed's position | mob | varies [sound 1] | 0.8-1.2 | |
| Friendly Creatures | When a sniffer digs | mob | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | |
| Friendly Creatures | When a sniffer stops digging | mob | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | |
| Friendly Creatures | When a sniffer digs up a seed | mob | 0.8 | varies [sound 2] | |
| Friendly Creatures | While a sniffer is walking | mob | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
| Sniffer | sniffer | entity.minecraft.sniffer |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sniffer | sniffer | ? | entity.sniffer.name |
Entity data
Sniffers have entity data associated with them that contain various properties.
- Entity data
- Additional fields for mobs that can breed
- Tags common to all entities
- Tags common to all mobs
Advancements
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Resource location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | It Spreads | Kill a mob near a Sculk Catalyst | Monster Hunter | Kill one of these 70 mobs near a sculk catalyst:
| adventure/kill_mob_near_sculk_catalyst
|
![]() | The Parrots and the Bats | Breed two animals together | Husbandry | Breed a pair of any of these 25 mobs:
| husbandry/breed_an_animal
|
![]() | Two by Two | Breed all the animals! | The Parrots and the Bats | Breed a pair of each of these 24 mobs:
| husbandry/bred_all_animals
|
History
| October 4, 2022 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 16, 2022 | The sniffer wins the mob vote at Minecraft Live 2022. | ||||
| January 20, 2023 | |||||
| February 13, 2023 | |||||
| Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
| 1.20 (Experimental) | 23w07a | ||||
| Upcoming Bedrock Edition | |||||
| Sniffer (Experimental) | beta 1.19.70.23 | ||||
Gallery
Animations
Screenshots
Development images
Official artwork
- Sniffer-Valentine.jpeg
Sniffer artwork.
Issues
Issues relating to "Sniffer" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
References
- ↑ "When getting to know the final form of the sniffer, the first step is to ready yourself for an adventure. You’re going to have to set out into the Overworld and start searching. Sniffer eggs can be found in suspicious sand, which also contains other objects like pottery shards. Once you’ve unearthed your egg, it’s time to help it hatch! I implore you to pay close attention to this part of the process, because you have not lived until you have seen a snifflet burst out of its shell.
When your snifflet is born and you’ve stopped cooing over how cute it is, it will grow up into a sniffer. This mob is not only huge, but also helpful. Being a bit of a botanist, it will sniff out seeds that used to exist when they first roamed the Overworld! You can plant them to fill your game with the new unique decorative plants." – Minecraft.net




















