Plaguewhale Slab

Not to be confused with Toxifin Slab.

This article documents an April Fools' Day joke as part of 24w14potato.

This feature was exclusively part of a joke version and is not currently planned for addition to regular Minecraft.

Plaguewhale Slab

Health points	80HP × 40
Behavior	Hostile
Mob type	Monster Aquatic
Attack strength	Laser: Poison for 1 second with a maximum of 2HP Wither for 4 seconds when fully charged with a maximum of 2HP Spikes: Wither for 2 seconds (HP)
Spawn	Colosseum When a Megaspud enters his ninth phase

A plaguewhale slab, also known as simply plaguewhale, is a modified version of the elder guardian with a purple body and a green eye found in April Fools' snapshot 24w14potato. It has the same width and length, but half the height as the elder guardian.

Spawning

Around 15 plaguewhale slabs spawn upon the generation of a colosseum. These plaguewhales can despawn under the same conditions as most hostile mobs.

An additional 9 are spawned by the mega spud when it enters its ninth phase.

Drops

On death

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Dent	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
	Dent	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Item		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Dent	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
	Dent	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00

Behavior

Plaugewhale slabs do not inflict Mining Fatigue. Their laser does not cause any direct damage, but it inflicts the Poison effect for 1 second constantly while hitting its target, and if fully charged, it adds the Wither effect for 4 seconds. Attacking the plaguewhale causes the player to gain Wither effect for 2 second.

Stacking

Sometimes a plaguewhale decides to ride another nearby plaguewhale, similar to how baby piglins ride baby hoglins. Two mobs stacked on top of each other closely resemble a single elder guardian, but their hitbox is still a bit smaller than that of elder guardian.

Sounds

Plaguewhale slabs use the Hostile Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.

Data values

Name	Identifier	Entity tags	Translation key
Plaguewhale Slab	plaguewhale	aquatic axolotl_always_hostiles can_breathe_under_water not_scary_for_pufferfish sensitive_to_impaling	entity.minecraft.plaguewhale

Issues

Issues relating to "Plaguewhale Slab" are not maintained on the bug tracker because it is an April Fools' joke, and is therefore not in the newest stable version or snapshot. Issues reported there are closed as "Invalid".

Gallery

Screenshots

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  A plaguewhale slab
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  Several plaguewhales spawned inside of a colosseum, together with mega spud
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  Two plaguewhales stacked on top of each other