Monster Egg

Monster Egg

Transparency	No
Luminance	No
Blast resistance	3.75
Tool	Any tool
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Flammable	No
Drops	Spawns 1 Silverfish
Data value	dec: 97 hex: 61 bin: 1100001
Name	monster_egg

This article is about the block that spawns a silverfish when broken. For the egg that spawns mobs when used, see Spawn Egg.

A monster egg is a block that masquerades as a typical stone-type block, but which spawns silverfish when broken.

They are named <Block> Monster Egg in the Java and Pocket editions, and Silverfish <Block> in Console Edition, where <Block> is the name of the block they are disguised as.

Obtaining

Breaking

Monster eggs take the same amount of time to break with any tool. When the block is broken, whether by a player or by an explosion, a silverfish spawns where it was broken. Monster eggs will typically take longer to break than their normal stone counterparts, which may be helpful in identifying and avoiding them.

Block	Monster Egg
Hardness	0.75
Breaking time
Hand	1.15

Mining a monster egg with a Silk Touch tool drops the block that the monster egg is disguised as, and does not spawn the silverfish.

A silverfish will not drop if the block is destroyed by the ender dragon.

Natural generation

Stone brick, cracked stone brick, and mossy stone brick monster eggs are found in Strongholds and igloo basements, occasionally in place of normal stone bricks. Chiseled stone bricks monster eggs also spawn in igloos.

Stone monster eggs are rarely found in the Extreme Hills biome, generating below sea level in veins similar to ores.

Cobblestone monster eggs are found in the rarely generated "fake secret end portal" room of woodland mansions.

Creative mode

Monster eggs are available in the Creative inventory in the Java and Pocket editions.

When a monster egg is destroyed by a player in Creative mode, a silverfish is not spawned.

Usage

When mined, monster eggs will spawn a silverfish which will instantly attack the player. If the player attacks a silverfish directly with a sword, bow or potion of Harming, or when a silverfish takes poison damage, nearby monster eggs will break, spawning other aggressive silverfish. If the silverfish is killed in one hit, nearby monster eggs will not break, and no silverfish will spawn from them.

Data values

Block data

See also: Data values

	DV	Description
	0	Stone Monster Egg
	1	Cobblestone Monster Egg
	2	Stone Brick Monster Egg
	3	Mossy Stone Brick Monster Egg
	4	Cracked Stone Brick Monster Egg
	5	Chiseled Stone Brick Monster Egg

Block state

See also: Block states

Name	Value	Description
variant	stone	Stone Monster Egg
	cobblestone	Cobblestone Monster Egg
	stone_brick	Stone Brick Monster Egg
	mossy_brick	Mossy Stone Brick Monster Egg
	cracked_brick	Cracked Stone Brick Monster Egg
	chiseled_brick	Chiseled Stone Brick Monster Egg

History

Beta
1.8			1.8-pre1		Added Block 97.
Official release
1.3.1			12w17a		Block 97 is now labeled as stone monster egg, cobblestone monster egg, or stone brick monster egg depending on what kind of block it is.
			12w21b		Monster eggs are now available in the Creative mode inventory.
1.4.2			12w38a		Stone monster eggs will now rarely generate in extreme hills biomes.
1.6.1			13w17a		Silverfish will not cause monster eggs to break when gamerule "mobGriefing" is set to false.
1.7.2			13w36a		Added mossy stone brick monster egg, cracked stone brick monster egg and chiseled stone brick monster egg variants.
			?		Silverfish are now spawned when a monster egg is destroyed by an explosion.
1.8					Silverfish are no longer spawned when mining a monster egg with a Silk Touch tool.
					Silverfish are no longer spawned when destroying a monster egg in creative mode.
1.9			15w43a		Monster eggs now generate among the stone bricks of igloo basements, with either regular, cracked, mossy or chiseled stone brick appearance.
1.11			16w39a		Cobblestone monster eggs now generate in woodland mansions.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.9.0					Added monster eggs; the only way to create them in-game is with the help of silverfish.
0.11.0			build 1		Monster eggs now generate in extreme hills biomes.
0.16.0			build 1		Monster eggs are now available in the Creative inventory.
Pocket Edition
1.0			build 1		Monster eggs now generate among the stone bricks of igloo basements, with either regular, cracked, mossy or chiseled stone brick appearance.
1.1			build 1		Cobblestone monster eggs now generate in woodland mansions.
Console Edition
?	?	?	Patch 1		Added monster eggs.

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