Pufferfish

A pufferfish is a poisonous food item 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 (i.e. everywhere except in jungles).

Mob loot[]

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.

Pufferfish[]

Pufferfish always drop 1 pufferfish in its item form when killed. This drop is not affected by the Looting enchantment.^[1]

Usage[]

Food[]

Pufferfish restores 1 () hunger and 0.2 saturation, but inflicts Hunger III for 15 seconds, Poison II for 1 minute, and Nausea I^{[JE only]} or II^{[BE only]} for 15 seconds. Unlike rotten flesh, it is not helpful to eat pufferfish while starving because they inflict more hunger than they earn.

Brewing ingredient[]

Trading[]

Master-level fisherman villagers buy 1~4‌^{[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:

Bedrock Edition:

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Advancements[]

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location
	A Furious Cocktail	Have every potion effect applied at the same time	Local Brewery	Have all of these 13 status effects applied to the player at the same time: Fire Resistance Invisibility Jump Boost Night Vision Poison Regeneration Resistance Slow Falling Slowness Speed Strength Water Breathing Weakness 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
	How Did We Get Here?	Have every effect applied at the same time	A Furious Cocktail	Have all of these 27 status effects applied to the player at the same time: Absorption Bad Omen Blindness Conduit Power Darkness Dolphin's Grace Fire Resistance Glowing Haste Hero of the Village Hunger Invisibility Jump Boost Levitation Mining Fatigue Nausea Night Vision Poison Regeneration Resistance Slow Falling Slowness Speed Strength Water Breathing Weakness Wither 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
	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: Cod Salmon Tropical Fish Pufferfish	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: Apple Baked Potato Beetroot Beetroot Soup Bread Carrot Chorus Fruit Cooked Chicken Cooked Cod Cooked Mutton Cooked Porkchop Cooked Rabbit Cooked Salmon Cookie Dried Kelp Enchanted Golden Apple Glow Berries Golden Apple Golden Carrot Honey Bottle Melon Slice Mushroom Stew Poisonous Potato Potato Pufferfish Pumpkin Pie Rabbit Stew Raw Beef Raw Chicken Raw Cod Raw Mutton Raw Porkchop Raw Rabbit Raw Salmon Rotten Flesh Spider Eye Steak Suspicious Stew Sweet Berries Tropical Fish Other foods and consumables can be eaten, but are ignored for this advancement.	husbandry/balanced_diet

History[]

Java Edition
1.7.2		13w36a			Added pufferfish.
					Added potions of Water Breathing, which can be brewed by adding a pufferfish to an Awkward Potion.
		13w43a			The texture of pufferfish has been changed.
1.8		14w25a			Pufferfish is now obtainable as a rare drop from guardians and elder guardians.
1.13		17w47a			The 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.
		18w08b			Pufferfish (and other fish types) has been added as a mob, which drop its item form when killed.
					The texture of pufferfish has been changed.
1.14		18w43a			The texture of pufferfish has accidentally been reverted.
		18w43b			The correct texture of pufferfish has been restored.
		19w11a			Fisherman villagers now buy pufferfish.
1.16.2		Pre-release 2			The level of Nausea given by pufferfish has been reduced from II to I.[2]
1.17		20w46a			The level of Poison given by pufferfish has been reduced from IV to II.[3]
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.11.0		build 1			Added pufferfish.
v0.12.1		build 1			Pufferfish now restore hunger instead of health.
					Pufferfish can now be used to make potion of Water Breathing.
v0.16.0		build 1			Pufferfish is now dropped by guardians and elder guardians.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0		beta 1.2.14.2			Pufferfish has been added as a mob, which drop its item form when killed.
					The texture of pufferfish has been changed.
1.8.0		beta 1.8.0.8			Pufferfish can now be used to feed ocelots to gain their trust.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.4			Pufferfish can now be sold to fisherman villagers.
1.19.10		beta 1.19.10.23			The strength of the poison effect has been decreased from IV to II.
Legacy Console Edition
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3	1.0.1	Added pufferfish.
TU69		1.76	Patch 38		Pufferfish (and other fish types) has been added as a mob, which drop its item form when killed.
		1.90			The texture of pufferfish has been changed.

Issues[]

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Trivia[]

• The consumption of pufferfish inflicting the player with Nausea and Poison is based on reality. Real pufferfish contain the dangerous tetrodotoxin within their organs, especially in the 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.

Gallery[]

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  The result of eating pufferfish.

See also[]

• Fishing

References[]

External Links[]

• Taking Inventory: Pufferfish – Minecraft.net on October 14, 2020