Panda

This article is about pandas. For other bears, see Bear.

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Health points	20HP × 10 10HP (Weak Panda)
Behavior	Neutral (adult) Passive (baby)
Mob type	Animal
Attack strength	Easy and Normal: 2HP Hard: 3HP Aggressive Panda: Easy: 4HP Normal: 6HP Hard: 9HP
Hitbox size	Adult: Height: 1.25 blocks Width: 1.3 blocks Baby: Height: 0.625 blocks Width: 0.65 blocks
Speed	0.15 0.07 (lazy panda)
Spawn	Jungle Bamboo Jungle Sparse Jungle‌[BE only]
Usable items	Bamboo Cake Golden Dandelion (baby only) Name Tag

A panda is a rare neutral mob that resides in jungles. Certain aspects of a panda's behavior and appearance vary depending on its personality.

Spawning

Pandas spawn rarely in groups of 1–2 in jungle biomes on grass blocks with at least a two-block space above them. They are slightly‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} or much‌^{[Java Edition only]} more common in bamboo jungles and have a 5% chance to spawn as a baby. They do not spawn on podzol.^[1]

Pandas spawn with a randomized personality, with the normal personality being the most common and the brown variant being the rarest. The personality depends on genes. Each gene has the same distribution on spawn as the mutated gene. So the probability of each personality is:

Personality	Probability
Normal	163⁄256 (63.7%)
Aggressive	1⁄16 (6.3%)
Lazy	1⁄16 (6.3%)
Worried	1⁄16 (6.3%)
Playful	1⁄16 (6.3%)
Weak	25⁄256 (9.8%)
Brown	1⁄64 (1.6%)

Panda spawns in:

Category: Creature	Java Edition			Bedrock Edition
Spawn area	Spawn weight	Spawn chance	Group size	Spawn weight	Group size
Bamboo Jungle	80⁄172	46.51%	1–2	40	1–2
Jungle	1⁄93	1.08%	1–2	10	1–2
Sparse Jungle	—	—	—	10	1–2

Drops

Breeding

Upon successful breeding, 1–7XP experience orbs are dropped.

On death

Java Edition:

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Bamboo[A]	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Bamboo[A]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Item		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Bamboo[A]	1	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)
		Average	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)

Killed		1
Item		Expected Drops
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Bamboo[A]	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00

Bedrock Edition:

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Bamboo	0–2	66.67%	1.00	0–3	66.67%	1.33	0–4	66.67%	1.67	0–5	66.67%	2.00

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Bamboo	0–2	2⁄3	1	0–3	2⁄3	4⁄3	0–4	2⁄3	5⁄3	0–5	2⁄3	2

Item		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Bamboo	0	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)
		1	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄6 (16.67%)	1⁄12 (8.33%)	1⁄18 (5.56%)
		2	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)	1⁄6 (16.67%)
		3	0	1⁄6 (16.67%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)	2⁄9 (22.22%)
		4	0	0	1⁄12 (8.33%)	1⁄6 (16.67%)
		5	0	0	0	1⁄18 (5.56%)
		Average	1 (1.00)	4⁄3 (1.33)	5⁄3 (1.67)	2 (2.00)

Killed		1
Item		Expected Drops
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Bamboo	1.00	1.33	1.67	2.00

• 1–3XP experience orbs are dropped if killed by a tamed wolf or the player.

Like other baby animals, killing a baby panda yields no items or experience.

Sneezing

Baby pandas have ¹⁄₇₀₀ chance to drop 1 slimeball after they sneeze. This means that, on average, a weak baby panda produces a slimeball every 4 hours, 51 minutes and 40 seconds, and any other baby panda produces 1 every 58 hours and 20 minutes.

Behavior

A panda tends to roll off cliffs while playing around. Pandas act similarly to other neutral mobs and attack when hurt but only once (similar to llamas and bees) except on Peaceful difficulty, in which pandas are passive. Attacking pandas are far more vicious in Java Edition.

Pandas follow any player that is carrying bamboo and stop following if the player moves beyond approximately 16 blocks away. Pandas produce a whimper sound effect if a thunderstorm is happening.

Adult pandas seek out bamboo and cake to eat.

Baby pandas have a ¹⁄₆₀₀₀ chance (0.016%) of sneezing every game tick. Weak baby pandas are more likely to sneeze with a ¹⁄₅₀₀ (0.2%) chance every tick. Sneezing makes all adult pandas within 10 blocks jump and rarely drops a slimeball. Baby pandas also occasionally roll over and jump around.

Pandas have one private inventory.

A lead cannot be used on a panda by normal means.^[2] However, a panda can be leashed using a map editor or NBT editor.

Pandas can be ridden by baby zombie variants.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Unlike other neutral mobs, pandas don't count toward the AngryAt tag.^[3][4][5]

Personalities

Pandas have seven different personalities: normal, lazy, worried, playful, aggressive, weak, and brown.

• Normal pandas:
  • Identifiable by their frown.
  • Do not have unique personality actions.

• Lazy pandas:
  • Identifiable by their smile.
  • Lie on their backs.
  • Are slower than normal pandas, making them the slowest land mob in the game.
  • Do not follow a player who is holding bamboo while they're lying on their back.‌^{[JE only]} In Bedrock Edition, if a player is holding bamboo, a lazy panda stops lying on its back and starts following that player.

• Worried pandas:

  

  • Identifiable by their worried expression.
  • In Java Edition, they avoid the player and most monsters except ghasts, hoglins, magma cubes, phantoms, shulkers, slimes, skeleton horses, zombie horses, zombie nautiluses, camel husks and the ender dragon.^[6] In Bedrock Edition, they avoid all non-panda mobs, including passive mobs.
  • Shake and hide their faces during thunderstorms.
  • Do not eat bamboo or cake items on their own.‌^{[JE only]}

• Playful pandas:

  

  • Identifiable by their tongues that stick out.
  • Roll over and jump around even as adults. The ability to roll may sometimes cause harm or kill the panda as it can accidentally roll off a cliff or into other environmental hazards.^[7]

• Aggressive pandas:
  • Identifiable by their thick eyebrows and tight frown.
  • When hit, an aggressive panda attacks the player and other mobs continuously until the target dies or goes beyond detection range, instead of only once. It also doesn't panic when harmed.
  • When nearby pandas are attacked, unless killed in one hit,‌^{[JE only]} aggressive pandas become hostile toward the attacker.

• Weak pandas:
  • Identifiable by their teary eyes and snotty noses.
  • Tend to sneeze more often as babies than regular baby pandas, and have half the health of other pandas.

• Brown pandas:
  • Identifiable by their brown color and frown.
  • Do not have unique personality actions, but are brown and white instead of the usual black and white.

Breeding

The panda is the only animal to have extra breeding conditions. In Java Edition, pandas enter love mode when fed with bamboo, but breed only if there is at least one bamboo plant (not including shoots) within a 7×7×3 area; otherwise the pandas briefly shake their heads and do not breed until that requirement is met. If only one panda is close to a bamboo plant, the other panda shakes its head, but a baby is born.

In Bedrock Edition, there must be at least 8 bamboo plants within a five-block radius of each panda in order for them to enter love mode. If a panda is fed without a sufficient amount of bamboo plants nearby, it sits and eats the bamboo instead of entering love mode.

Once pandas successfully breed, they produce a baby panda that remains neutral toward that player.

Cake cannot be used to breed pandas.

Jockey

This feature is exclusive to Bedrock Edition.

15% of nearby baby zombies, husks, frostbites or drowned may ride an adult panda to form a jockey. Pandas can still sit, sneeze, and even lie down and roll, if ridden.

Additionally, if a worried panda is mounted, and the baby zombie variant doesn't have a target, the worried panda keeps running as if trying get away from its passenger, since it avoids all mobs, including monsters.

Genetics

Each panda has two hidden values called "genes" or "alleles", as found in genetics. Pandas have a main gene and a hidden gene, each assigned to a particular trait. Normal, aggressive, lazy, worried, and playful personalities are dominant traits, while weak and brown personalities are recessive traits. If the main gene is a dominant gene, then it presents as the personality regardless of the hidden gene. If the main gene is recessive and the hidden gene is not the same trait, then a normal personality results. As recessive traits, weak and brown personalities occur if both the main and hidden genes of a panda are weak or brown, respectively. The hidden gene is relevant only for determining the panda's personality if the main gene is recessive.

When two pandas breed, each one passes one of their genes to their children, who then randomly mix both obtained genes as their respective main and hidden genes. There is also a ¹⁄₃₂ chance for each gene of the baby to mutate into another gene. Normal, weak, and brown traits more commonly result from mutations than other traits do. These probabilities also apply to naturally spawned pandas for their main and hidden genes.

Mutated Gene	Probability
Normal	5⁄16
Aggressive	1⁄16
Lazy	1⁄16
Worried	1⁄16
Playful	1⁄16
Weak	5⁄16
Brown	2⁄16

Panda Personality		Hidden Gene
		Normal	Aggressive	Lazy	Worried	Playful	Weak	Brown
Main Gene	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal
	Aggressive	Aggressive	Aggressive	Aggressive	Aggressive	Aggressive	Aggressive	Aggressive
	Lazy	Lazy	Lazy	Lazy	Lazy	Lazy	Lazy	Lazy
	Worried	Worried	Worried	Worried	Worried	Worried	Worried	Worried
	Playful	Playful	Playful	Playful	Playful	Playful	Playful	Playful
	Weak	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Weak	Normal
	Brown	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Brown

The only way to directly observe the hidden gene of a panda (if they are not weak or brown, in which case the genes are certain) is to use the command : /data get entity @e[type=minecraft:panda,limit=1] HiddenGene‌^{[Java Edition only]} or using third-party NBT editors.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Entity tags	Translation key
Panda	panda	followable_friendly_mobs	entity.minecraft.panda

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Family	Translation key
Panda	panda	113	mob panda panda_aggressive	entity.panda.name

Entity data

Panda have entity data associated with them that contains various properties.

Java Edition:

Gene	Data value
Normal	normal
Lazy	lazy
Worried	worried
Playful	playful
Brown	brown
Weak	weak
Aggressive	aggressive

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Zoologist	Breed two pandas with bamboo.	—	40	Gold
		It Spreads	Kill a mob next to a catalyst	Kill any mob that drops experience near a sculk catalyst, with the sole exception of the ender dragon. Mobs that drop no experience are ignored for this achievement.	10	Bronze

Achievements that apply to all mobs:

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Overkill	Deal nine hearts of damage in a single hit.	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have nine hearts of health overall.	30	Bronze
		Over-Overkill	Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have 50 hearts of health overall.	20	Silver
		Mob Kabob	Hit five mobs in the same Charge attack using the Spear	Armor stands and players also count for this achievement as they are technically mobs.	10	Bronze

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	It Spreads	Kill a mob near a Sculk Catalyst	Kill any mob that drops experience near a sculk catalyst, with the sole exception of the ender dragon. Mobs that drop no experience are ignored for this advancement.
	The Parrots and the Bats	Breed two animals together	Breed a pair of any of these 27 animals: Armadillo Axolotl Bee Camel Cat Chicken Cow Donkey Fox Frog Goat Hoglin Horse Llama Mooshroom Mule Nautilus Ocelot Panda Pig Rabbit Sheep Sniffer Strider Trader Llama Turtle Wolf A mule must be the result of breeding a horse and a donkey for this advancement as they are not breedable together. Other breedable mobs are ignored for this advancement.
	Two by Two	Breed all the animals!	Breed a pair of each of these 26 animals: Armadillo Axolotl Bee Camel Cat Chicken Cow Donkey Fox Frog Goat Hoglin Horse Llama Mooshroom Mule Nautilus Ocelot Panda Pig Rabbit Sheep Sniffer Strider Turtle Wolf A trader llama does not count as a llama, and a mule must be the result of breeding a horse and a donkey for this advancement as they are not breedable together. Other breedable mobs can be bred, but are ignored for this advancement.

Advancements that apply to all mobs:

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Adventure	Adventure, exploration and combat	Kill any mob, or be killed by any living entity.
	A Throwaway Joke	Throw a Trident at something. Note: Throwing away your only weapon is not a good idea.	Hit a mob with a thrown trident.
	Take Aim	Shoot something with an Arrow	Using a bow or a crossbow, shoot a mob with an arrow, tipped arrow, or spectral arrow.
	Mob Kabob	Hit five mobs in the same Charge attack using the Spear	Armor Stand and Mannequin also count for this advancement.
	Arbalistic	Kill five unique mobs with one crossbow shot	Armor Stand and Mannequin also count for this advancement. This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed.
	Over-Overkill	Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have 50 hearts of health overall.

History

Announcement

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.14			18w43a				Added pandas.
							Added baby pandas.
			19w08a				Pandas can no longer have armor equipped onto them with a dispenser.
							Naturally spawned pandas now have a 5% chance of being a baby.
1.16			20w10a				Firework damage now provokes pandas.[8]
1.21			24w21a				Pandas now only panic from cactus, freezing, fire and lightning bolt damage.
26.1			snap5				Added golden dandelions, which can be used to prevent baby pandas from growing up.
			snap8				The model and textures of baby pandas have been changed.
			snap11				The texture of brown baby pandas has been changed to be consistent with the other textures.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.8.0			beta 1.8.0.8				Added pandas.
							Added baby pandas.
			beta 1.8.0.10				Added sounds for pandas.
							Pandas can now directly be given bamboo to breed them.
							Aggressive pandas now deal more damage.
							Pandas now sit and snack, even if they're scared or angry at the player.
			beta 1.8.0.11				The textures of aggressive pandas have been changed from to to match Java Edition.
							All default pandas now bite once when attacked.
							Aggressive pandas now defend other pandas.
							Pandas now broadcast their anger to aggressive pandas.
							Aggressive pandas now have more attack damage when killing nearby players.
			beta 1.8.0.13				Pandas now more quickly return to their normal behavior after following a player holding bamboo.
1.21.20			Preview 1.21.10.23				Pandas now only panic from cactus, freezing, fire and lightning bolt damage.
26.10			Preview 26.10.21				Added golden dandelions, which can be used to prevent baby pandas from growing up.
			Preview 26.10.24				The model and textures of baby pandas have been changed.
26.40			Preview 26.40.20				Removed the non-existent sound references of nosebreath and pant sounds from the panda's idle and aggressive idle sound events.

PlayStation 4 Edition

PlayStation 4 Edition
1.83							Added pandas.
							Added baby pandas.

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  The first image of pandas, from MINECON Earth 2018.
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  A group of lazy pandas eating bamboo shown at MINECON Earth 2018.
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  An aggressive panda with its old texture.

Issues

Issues relating to "Panda" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• To create the in-game sounds for pandas, Mojang Studios' lead sound designer, Samuel Åberg, went to Guangzhou, China, to record real-life pandas.^[9] This was also done with dolphins.
  • The fourth bleat sound is the first aggressive ambient sound, but slightly modified.
• The brown panda, known as the Qinling panda, is actually a subspecies of the giant panda discovered in the 1960s.
• On September 21, 2018, the panda won a popularity poll teasing the announcement of a Chinese "national treasure" at MINECON Earth 2018. Other options included the Chinese alligator, the golden snub-nosed monkey, the white-lipped deer, and the baiji.^[10]
• The lazy panda is the slowest land mob in the game (not counting status effects such as Slowness).
• The rarest jockey in Bedrock Edition is a baby zombie with full enchanted diamond armor with an enchanted iron spear riding a baby brown panda.
• Pandas were originally a bit slimmer.^[11]

Gallery

Renders

Skins

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  A normal panda
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  A lazy panda
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  An aggressive panda
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  A worried panda
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  A playful panda
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  A weak panda
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  A brown panda
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  A sitting normal panda
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  A sitting lazy panda
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  A sitting aggressive panda
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  A sitting worried panda
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  A sitting playful panda
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  A sitting weak panda
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  A sitting brown panda
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  A sitting normal panda in Bedrock Edition
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  A sitting lazy panda in Bedrock Edition
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  A sitting aggressive panda in Bedrock Edition
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  A sitting worried panda in Bedrock Edition
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  A sitting playful panda in Bedrock Edition
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  A sitting weak panda in Bedrock Edition
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  A sitting brown panda in Bedrock Edition
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  A normal baby panda
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  A lazy baby panda
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  An aggressive baby panda
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  A worried baby panda
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  A playful baby panda
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  A weak baby panda
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  A brown baby panda
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  A normal baby panda sitting (pre-Tiny Takeover)
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  A lazy baby panda sitting (pre-Tiny Takeover)
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  An aggressive baby panda sitting (pre-Tiny Takeover)
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  A worried baby panda sitting (pre-Tiny Takeover)
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  A playful baby panda sitting (pre-Tiny Takeover)
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  A weak baby panda sitting (pre-Tiny Takeover)
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  A brown baby panda sitting (pre-Tiny Takeover)

Animations

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  A panda rolling
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  A panda lying on its back
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  A panda unhappy‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Screenshots

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  Two pandas sitting up, eating bamboo
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  A panda lying on its back
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  A worried panda on a beach
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  A worried panda in a thunderstorm
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  Panda eating a cake
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  A panda eating a spyglass before Java Edition 24w45a; this resulted in missing texture particles being produced^[12]
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  A close up of a lazy panda in a bamboo forest
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  A lazy panda featured on a Bedrock Edition panorama
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  A panda with several bamboo blocks
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  A naturally spawned brown panda
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  Multiple lazy baby pandas sitting (pre-Tiny Takeover): this is only possible in-game with commands

Mojang images

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  "A house built out of bamboo with a hanging bamboo sign that says "Welcome!" next to a Panda riding a raft made of bamboo."^[13]
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  A panda and two baby pandas in a bamboo jungle

Concept artwork

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  Early version of the panda
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  Panda with a slimmer model

Textures

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  Panda texture file
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  Lazy panda texture file
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  Worried panda texture file
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  Playful panda texture file
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  Aggressive panda texture file
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  Weak panda texture file
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  Brown panda texture file
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  Baby panda texture file
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  Baby lazy panda texture file
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  Baby worried panda texture file
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  Baby playful panda texture file
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  Baby aggressive panda texture file
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  Baby weak panda texture file
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  Baby brown panda texture file

In other media

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  Pandas in promotional artwork for Bedrock Edition 1.8
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  Lego Minecraft Panda Nursery set
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  Lego Panda Haven set
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  A panda eating bamboo while Zuri chops bamboo
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  A panda on a bamboo raft with Zuri
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  A panda sitting atop a bamboo house
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  Animated panda artwork
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  The Panda Mask, an item featured in the Trails & Tales Event
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  Secret Panda, featured in the Trails & Tales Event
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  The results of a popularity poll held in China teasing the announcement of a Chinese animal at MINECON Earth 2018
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  Panda image from the poll page
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  Two pandas appearing in the opening for Minecraft Live 2020
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  Pandas as they appear in Minecraft Dungeons
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  A panda as it appears in Minecraft Dungeons
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  Panda Plateau, a mission in Minecraft Dungeons centered around pandas
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  A secret statue of a panda in Minecraft Dungeons
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  The Diamond Level Panda, a premium action figure created for San Diego Comic Con 2023^[14]
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  The Diamond Level Panda's packaging
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  The Diamond Level Panda holding a cake
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  Lego Minecraft Panda
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  "Never Ending Adventure," an officially licensed cup featuring a panda
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  An officially licensed panda T-Shirt
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  Officially licensed panda desktop toy
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  Panda figure of Flippin' Figs
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  Pandas as seen in A Minecraft Movie
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  A baby panda in a cage made out of jungle trapdoors
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  Two pandas looking at the cake for Minecraft's 17th birthday being eaten with the text saying they told the viewer that 'guests' were coming
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  A brown panda in the Plastic Texture Pack
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  A sleeping baby panda wearing sleep mask
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  An action figure of a panda and a cartographer
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  The same figures, but unboxed

References

External links

• "Mob Menagerie: Panda" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, June 16, 2025.