Phantom

Phantom

Health points	Java and Bedrock 20 × 10 Legacy Console Edition 10
Behavior	Hostile
Attack strength	Java Edition Easy: 2 Normal: 2 Hard: 3 Bedrock and Legacy Console Edition Easy: 4 Normal: 6 Hard: 9
Size	Height: 0.5 + Size × 0.1 Blocks Width: 0.9 + Size × 0.2 Blocks
Spawn	In the Overworld at nighttime or during thunderstorms, when player has not entered a bed for 3+ ingame days
Common drops	Phantom Membrane (0–1)
Experience	5
Sounds	Idle Swoop Bite Hurt Death Wing Flapping
Internal ID	N/A
Namespaced ID	phantom

	“	This manta-ray–like monster is a flying creature that spawns at high altitudes. It is attracted to insomnia, and will find players who haven't slept for many days. It will swoop down in groups and bite your flesh.	„
		— Jens Bergensten

Phantoms are undead hostile mobs that only spawn when the player has not slept in over three in-game days.

Spawning

Two phantoms at night.

Phantoms spawn in the Overworld at night, or any time during a thunderstorm above the player if they have not entered a bed for at least three in-game days. Phantoms spawn more often the longer a player has gone without sleeping.

For phantoms to spawn, the player must be above sea level (y=64) and not have a block above their head which blocks light in any way (for example leaves prevent phantoms from spawning as they have a light opacity of 2, but glass does not, as its light opacity is 0).

If the conditions are met, a group of 1–6 phantoms attempt to spawn 20–34 blocks above the player, and off to the side by up to a taxicab distance of 9 blocks, every 1–2 minutes. The chance of a successful spawn is ^x−3⁄_x, where x is the number of nights since the player last entered a bed, which comes to a ¹⁄₄ chance on day 4, a ²⁄₅ chance on day 5, a ³⁄₆ (¹⁄₂) chance on day 6, etc.

Phantoms are counted towards the hostile mob cap, but don't adhere to it when spawning. Their spawning mechanic is based on the location of players in the world rather than by chance, unlike regular mob spawning.

Drops

Phantoms drop when killed:

• 0–1 phantom membranes when killed by a player or tamed wolf. Looting increases the maximum drops by 1 per level, for a maximum of 4 with Looting III.
• 5 experience orbs when killed by the player or a tamed wolf.

Behavior

A phantom swooping at the player.

When idle, phantoms fly around in a circle at a constant y-elevation, leaving a trail of gray smoke while doing so. They have a large search radius^{[more information needed]}, and occasionally swoop down or up quickly to attack their victim. If stopped or hurt during this action, the phantom retreats back to its original elevation.

Phantoms are able to move through water at their normal speed, and cannot drown.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

A phantom's body disappears when under the Invisibility effect, but its eyes and smoke particles are still visible.

Like zombies and skeletons, phantoms burn in sunlight.

Cats will hiss at phantoms that are currently attacking players, and phantoms will try to stay at least 16 blocks away from them. In Bedrock Edition, phantoms will also avoid ocelots in the same manner.

Undead

Like other undead mobs, phantoms are harmed by the Instant Health effect, healed by the Instant Damage effect, immune to the Poison and Regeneration effects, ignored by the wither, and affected by the smite enchantment.

Data values

See also: Chunk format

Phantoms have entity data associated with them that contain various properties of the mob.

• Entity data
  • Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template
  • Tags common to all mobs see Template:Nbt inherit/mob/template
  •  AX: The phantom, when not actively attacking, will attempt to circle around X,Y,Z = AX, AY, AZ. Appears to reset to a point above the target player every time the phantom flies up after a swoop. Set to spawn location if not specified.
  •  AY: See AX
  •  AZ: See AX
  •  Size: The size of the phantom. Ranges from 0 to 64, similarly to slimes. Unlike slimes, phantoms always have a constant 20 × 10 HP, and deal 6+Size damage. Naturally spawned phantoms are always size 0.

Advancements

Main article: Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Internal ID
	Adventure	Adventure, exploration, and combat	—	Kill any entity, or be killed by any entity.	minecraft:adventure/root
	Monster Hunter	Kill any hostile monster	Adventure	Kill one of these 25 mobs. Other mobs are ignored for this advancement.	minecraft:adventure/kill_a_mob
	Monsters Hunted	Kill one of every hostile monster	Monster Hunter	Kill each of these 25 mobs. Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for the advancement.	minecraft:adventure/kill_all_mobs
	Two Birds, One Arrow	Kill two Phantoms with a piercing arrow	Ol' Betsy	—	minecraft:adventure/two_birds_one_arrow

History

November 1, 2017					Phantoms are first shown on YouTube (back then only known as Mob B and The Monster of the Night Skies).
November 14, 2017					The article about the phantom was published, which introduced a community vote option for the phantom at MINECON Earth 2017.
November 18, 2017					The phantom wins the vote at MINECON Earth.
Java Edition
1.13		18w07a			Added phantoms with a placeholder drop of 1-4 leather.
		18w09a			Phantoms no longer spawn in the End.
					Phantoms now despawn at daytime.
		18w10a			The phantom's model and texture have now been changed.
		18w10c			Phantoms are now considered undead.
		18w10d			Phantoms now burn in sunlight like most undead mobs.
					Phantoms no longer despawn at daytime.
		18w14a			Phantoms now drop 0-1 phantom membrane, instead of leather.
		18w19a			The phantom's animation has now been changed to have the wings flap quicker and smoother.
					Phantoms now drop experience.
		pre1			Phantoms now have new flapping sounds.
1.14		18w44a			Phantoms are now afraid of cats.
		pre3			Phantom's damage reduced from 6 to 2.
Bedrock Edition
1.6.0		beta 1.6.0.1			Added phantoms with the health of 10, with a placeholder drop of 1-4 leather.[verify]
		beta 1.6.0.5			Phantoms now drop phantom membranes.
					The phantom's health has now been increased from 10 to 20 × 10.
					Phantoms are now considered undead mobs.
					Phantoms now burn in direct sunlight.
					Phantoms are now able to drown.
1.8.0		beta 1.8.0.8			Phantoms are now afraid of cats.
Legacy Console Edition
TU69		1.76	Patch 38		Added phantoms.

Issues

Issues relating to "Phantom" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

The red Phantom design that was scrapped because it looked like a Nether mob.

• The phantom was added into the game as a result of winning the MINECON Earth mob Twitter poll as "Mob B".
• Phantoms are currently the fastest non-boss mob in the game, traveling at speeds of up to 20.83 blocks per second.
• At one point before the release of 18w10a, the phantom texture was made red, but it was decided that it appeared too much like a Nether mob.
• The phantom was originally going to have a mouth, like the sketch shown during MINECON Earth, but it was eventually scrapped because "it looked so much like a muppet". Earlier designs can be seen on Minecraft's Instagram account.
• Phantoms are the second mobs to fear cats, with first being Creepers.

Gallery

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  All the changes to the phantom textures and models found on the Minecraft Instagram.

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  A phantom flying high in the air, using an unreleased model and texture. The smoke particles beside each of its wings can be seen.

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  A phantom under the Invisibility effect.

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  Phantoms exposed to sunlight and taking fire damage.

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  The particles produced by the phantom's wings can be clearly seen.

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  The phantom's poses from Jasper Boerstra's Twitter.

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  A phantom swooping down at a player at night leaving a trail of gray smoke.

References

Entities

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