Phantom

Phantom

Health points	20 × 10
Behavior	Hostile
Attack strength	Java Edition Easy: 2 Normal: 2 Hard: 3 Bedrock 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
Internal ID*	JE: ? BE: 58
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 spawn when the player has not slept in over three in-game days.

Spawning

Two phantoms at night.

Phantoms spawn unless the game rule doInsomnia is set to false. The spawning mechanics differ between Java and Bedrock editions. In both editions, they spawn in the Overworld above the player if the "since last rest" statistic is at least 1 hour (72000 ticks or 3 in-game days). This statistic is reset when the player enters a bed or dies. Furthermore, the player must not have a block overhead that 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. Phantoms do not spawn in spectator mode,‌^{[JE only]} but they do spawn in creative mode.

Bedrock Edition

Phantoms spawn if the player's Y-coordinate is between 1 and 129. They are rarer if the player is at the extreme ends of this range, and most common if the player is at Y=75.

Phantom spawning is similar to other monsters spawning; the spawn location must have a light level of 7 or less, and they spawn according to the hostile mob density cap. However, phantoms can spawn only on the surface, and they spawn 20-34 blocks above the spawn location rather than directly at it.

Java Edition

Phantoms attempt to spawn every 1–2 minutes. They spawn only if it is night or a thunderstorm is happening, the player is above sea level (y=64), and the local difficulty is greater than a randomly chosen value between 0.0 and 3.0. The chance of a successful spawn is ^x−72000⁄_x, where x is the number of ticks since the player last entered a bed or died. This roughly 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, ⁴⁄₇ chance on day 7, and so on.

If all conditions are met, a group of phantoms attempt to spawn 20–34 blocks above the player, and off to the side by a taxicab distance of up to 10 blocks. The number of phantoms spawned is 1-2 in Easy difficulty, 1-3 in Normal, and 1-4 in Hard.

Phantoms are counted toward the hostile mob cap, but they 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 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. When a path to its original elevation is obstructed by a block, the phantom continues attempting to return to its original elevation until it either attacks or moves out from under the block.

Phantoms are able to move through water at their normal speed and cannot drown.

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 hiss at phantoms that are currently attacking players, and phantoms try to stay at least 16 blocks away from them. In Bedrock Edition, phantoms 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.

Sounds

Sound	Subtitle	Namespaced ID	Subtitle ID	Source	Pitch	Volume	Attenuation distance
	Phantom screeches	entity.phantom.ambient	subtitles.entity.phantom.ambient	?	?	0.8	16
	Phantom bites	entity.phantom.bite	subtitles.entity.phantom.bite	?	?	?	16
	Phantom dies	entity.phantom.death	subtitles.entity.phantom.death	?	?	?	16
	Phantom flaps	entity.phantom.flap	subtitles.entity.phantom.flap	?	?	0.9	16
	Phantom hurts	entity.phantom.hurt	subtitles.entity.phantom.hurt	?	?	0.75	16
	Phantom swoops	entity.phantom.swoop	subtitles.entity.phantom.swoop	?	?	0.7	16

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, attempts 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, similar 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)	Namespaced ID
	Adventure	Adventure, exploration, and combat	—	Kill any entity, or be killed by any entity.	adventure/root
	Monster Hunter	Kill any hostile monster	Adventure	Kill one of these 25 mobs. ‌In Java Edition 1.16, elder guardians, ender dragons, endermites, hoglins, piglins, vexes, withers, and zoglins can also be killed for this advancement. Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for the advancement.	adventure/kill_a_mob
	Monsters Hunted	Kill one of every hostile monster	Monster Hunter	Kill each of these 25 mobs. ‌In Java Edition 1.16, elder guardians, ender dragons, endermites, hoglins, piglins, vexes, withers and zoglins are also required for the advancement. Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for the advancement.	adventure/kill_all_mobs
	Two Birds, One Arrow	Kill two Phantoms with a piercing arrow	Ol' Betsy	—	adventure/two_birds_one_arrow

History

November 1, 2017					Phantoms are first shown on YouTube (back then known only 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 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 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			The damage of phantoms has been reduced from 6 to 2 due to a bug.
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 been increased from 10 to 20 × 10.
					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 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 poll on Twitter 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 drawing 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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