Pufferfish (item)

Pufferfish

Rarity	Common
Restores	See § Food
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)

This article is about pufferfish in its food form. For the mob form of pufferfish, see Pufferfish. For other uses, see Fish.

A pufferfish is a poisonous type of fish 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.

Mob drops

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.

Fish

Pufferfish always drop 1 pufferfish in its item form when killed.

Usage

Food

Pufferfish restores 1 () and 0.2 saturation, but inflicts Hunger III for 15 seconds, Poison IV for 1 minute, and Nausea II (or Nausea I ‌in Java Edition 1.16.2‌^[upcoming]) for 15 seconds. Unlike rotten flesh, it is not helpful to eat pufferfish while starving because they inflict more health damage than they earn.

Cats

Pufferfish can be used to get cats off of chests, beds, etc., breed cats, make baby cats grow up faster by 10% of the remaining time. In Java Edition, they can also be used to gain an ocelot's trust.

Brewing ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Brewing recipe
Potion of Water Breathing	Pufferfish + Awkward Potion
Mundane Potion	Pufferfish + Water Bottle

Trading

Master-level fisherman villagers buy one‌^{[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:

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Eating	?	Eating one single food	entity.generic.eat	subtitles.entity.generic.eat	?	?	?
	Burp	?	Eating a singular food	entity.generic.burp	subtitles.entity.generic.burp	?	?	?
	Gear equipped	Players	Sometimes when eating in survival[until JE 1.16.2] See MC-97507	item.armor.equip_generic	subtitles.item.armor.equip	1.0	1.0	16

Advancements

Main article: Advancement

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Namespaced ID
	A Furious Cocktail	Have every potion effect applied at the same time	Local Brewery	Have all of these 13 potion effects applied to the player at the same time. Beacon effects also count for the purposes of this advancement. Other potion effects, if any, 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 26 effects applied to the player at the same time. Beacon effects also count for the purposes of this advancement. Other status effects, if any, 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.	nether/all_effects
	Husbandry	The world is full of friends and food	—	Eat anything that can be eaten.	husbandry/root
	Fishy Business	Catch a fish	Husbandry	Use a fishing rod to catch a fish.	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 39 foods. Other foods, if any, can be eaten, but are ignored for this advancement.	husbandry/balanced_diet

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Translation key
Pufferfish	pufferfish	item.minecraft.pufferfish

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Pufferfish	pufferfish	462	item.pufferfish.name

History

Java Edition
1.7.2		13w36a			Added pufferfish.
					Added Potion of Water Breathing potions, 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.
		18w43a			The texture of pufferfish has accidently been reverted.
		18w43b			The correct texture of pufferfish has been restored.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.16.2		Pre-release 2			The level of Nausea given by pufferfish has been reduced from II to I.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.11.0		build 1			Added pufferfish.
0.12.1		build 1			Pufferfish now restore hunger instead of health.
					Pufferfish can now be used to make potion of water breathing.
0.16.0		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.
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 actually based on reality, as real pufferfish contain the extremely dangerous toxin Tetrodotoxin within their organs, especially their 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

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