Pufferfish (item)

Pufferfish

Type	Food
Restores	See Food
Cookable	No
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Experience	1–6
Data values	See data values
Name	See data values

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

The easiest way to obtain pufferfish is fishing. The pufferfish catch rate can be increased by Lure (which reduces wait time) and decreased by Luck of the Sea (which increases treasure, decreases fish).

Mob drops

Guardians and Elder Guardians

Guardians and elder guardians drop a random fish as a rare drop besides the common raw cod drop. This has a 13% chance of being pufferfish. The chance of getting a fish can be increased with looting, but the type of fish is not affected.

Fish

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

Usage

Food

Pufferfish restores 1 () and 0.2 saturation, and inflicts Hunger III for 15 seconds, Poison IV for 1 minute, and Nausea II 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 tame ocelots,‌^{[Java and Legacy Console editions only][until JE 1.14]} get cats off of chests, beds, etc., breed cats, make baby cats grow up faster by 10% of the remaining time and gain an ocelot's trust.‌^{[Bedrock and PlayStation 4 editions only]}‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.14]}

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 pufferfish for an emerald.‌^{[upcoming: BE 1.11.0]}

Data values

ID

Item	ID Name	Numeral ID‌[Bedrock Edition only]
Pufferfish	pufferfish	?

Achievements

Main article: Achievements

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Availability				Xbox points earned	Trophy type (PS)
				Xbox	PS	Bedrock	Nintendo
	Lion Tamer	Tame an Ocelot.‌[Legacy Console Edition only] / Gain the trust of an Ocelot.‌[Bedrock Edition only]		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	15G	Bronze

Advancements

Main article: Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Internal ID
	Husbandry	The world is full of friends and food	—	Eat anything that can be eaten.	minecraft:husbandry/root
	Fishy Business	Catch a fish	Husbandry	Use a fishing rod to catch a fish.	minecraft: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 36 foods. Other foods, like cake, are ignored for the advancement.	minecraft:husbandry/balanced_diet

Video

Note: This video is outdated in Java Edition, as raw fish, cooked fish and clownfish are now called raw cod, cooked cod, and tropical fish as of 1.13. Also, the video says tropical fish restore 0.5 () instead of the correct 1 ().

History

Java Edition
1.7.2			13w36a		Added pufferfish.
					Potion of Water Breathing added; they can be brewed by adding a pufferfish to an Awkward Potion.
			13w43a		Changed pufferfish texture.
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 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 will drop its item form when killed.
					Changed pufferfish texture.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.11.0			build 1		Added pufferfish.
0.12.1			build 1		Pufferfish will 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 will drop its item form when killed.
					Updated the texture of pufferfish.
1.8.0			beta 1.8.0.8		Pufferfish can now be used to feed ocelots to gain their trust.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
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		Added pufferfish.
TU69	CU57	1.76	Patch 38		Pufferfish (and other fish types) has been added as a mob, which will drop its item form when killed.
					Updated the texture of pufferfish.

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 only 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 would have to have special licensing/certification to prepare this dish.

Gallery

• 

  The result of eating pufferfish.

See also

• Fishing

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