Redstone Bug

This article documents an April Fools' joke.

This feature was exclusively part of a joke version and is not currently planned for addition to regular Minecraft.
It is documented here on the wiki due to being officially-released content by Mojang Studios, even if not present in a final version.

This feature is exclusive to Java Edition.

A redstone bug was a hostile mob present in Java Edition 2.0, similar in form to a silverfish.

Spawn[]

Redstone bugs can spawn if a redstone wire increases the strength. The chance that they spawn is 1%. The chance increases for every redstone bug in a 7x7x7 area by 5%. The Color value of the bug can reach from 33292288 to 66846720.

Behavior[]

Redstone bugs, effectively being reskinned silverfish, shared all of their behavior.

Data values[]

ID[]

Name	Savegame ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Redstone Bug	`Silverfish`	`60`	`entity.Silverfish.name`

Entity data[]

Redstone bugs used the ID of silverfish, different from them only by a newly-added Color NBT, which could have any color applied to it via editing. The first byte defines the alpha value and the other three the rgb color.

History[]

Java Edition
2.0					Added the redstone bug.

Gallery[]

Redstone bugs glowing in the dark.

Entities