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Tropical fish is a food item that cannot be cooked.
Obtaining
Fishing
The most common way of obtaining tropical fish is fishing. The wait time of one being caught is decreased with the Lure enchantment and the chance of one being caught is slightly decreased with the Luck of the Sea enchantment (named as such because it increases treasure, not fish).
Tropical fish cannot be caught when fishing in jungle biome and variants.[Bedrock Edition only]
Mob drops
Guardians and elder guardians have a 2.5% chance of dropping a random fish upon death. This has a 2% chance of being tropical fish. The chance of getting the fish drop can be increased by 1% per level of Looting, but the type of fish is not affected.
Tropical fish always drop 1 tropical fish in its item form when killed.
Usage
Food
Tropical fish restores 0.2% hunger.
Cats
It can only help gain an ocelot's trust in Java Edition.
Trading
Expert-level fisherman villagers have a 1⁄7 chance to buy a single tropical fish for one emerald.[Bedrock Edition only]
Expert-level fisherman villagers always offer to buy 6 tropical fish for an emerald.[Java Edition only]
Wolves
In Bedrock Edition, tropical fish can be used to feed wolves, heal them by 1
. However, unlike other wolf food, tropical fish cannot be used to breed or speed up the growth of baby wolves. Tropical fish can be fed only to a wolf that is not at full health.
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 | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
| Tropical Fish | tropical_fish | item.minecraft.tropical_fish |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical Fish | clownfish | 461 | item.clownfish.name |
Achievements
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other | |||||
| Lion Hunter | Gain the trust of an Ocelot. | — | 15G | Bronze | ||
Advancements
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Resource location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 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
|
Video
- Note: This video is outdated in Java Edition, as raw fish, cooked fish and clownfish are now called raw cod, cooked cod, and tropical fish as of 1.13. Also, the video says tropical fish restore 0.5 (
) instead of the correct 1 (
).
History
| Java Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.7.2 | 13w36a | ||||
| 1.8 | 14w25a | Clownfish is now obtainable as a rare drop from guardians and elder guardians. | |||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | The different data values for the fish ID have been split up into their own IDs.
| |||
| Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 349. | |||||
| 18w08b | Tropical fish have been added as mobs, which drop clownfish as their item form when killed. | ||||
| 18w19a | Clownfish are now named Tropical fish. | ||||
| pre5 | The item ID has now been changed to tropical_fish. | ||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| 0.11.0 | build 1 | ||||
| 0.12.1 | build 1 | Clownfish now restore hunger instead of health. | |||
| 0.16.0 | build 1 | Clownfish can now be dropped by guardians and elder guardians. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.14.2 | Clownfish are now named Tropical fish. | |||
| Tropical Fish have been added as mobs, which drop tropical fish as their item form when killed. | |||||
| 1.8.0 | beta 1.8.0.8 | Tropical fish can now be used to fed ocelot to gain their trust. | |||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.4 | Tropical fish can now be sold to fisherman villagers. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | ||
| TU69 | 1.76 | Patch 38 | Clownfish are now named Tropical fish. | ||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 0.1.0 | |||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Tropical Fish (item)" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

