Salmon

For other uses, see Fish (disambiguation).

Salmon

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Health points	3HP
Behavior	Passive
Mob type	Animal Aquatic
Hitbox size	In Java Edition: Small salmon: Height: 0.2 blocks Width: 0.35 blocks Medium salmon: Height: 0.4 blocks Width: 0.7 blocks Large salmon: Height: 0.6 blocks Width: 1.05 blocks In Bedrock Edition: Small salmon: Height: 0.25 blocks Width: 0.25 blocks Medium salmon: Height: 0.5 blocks Width: 0.5 blocks Large salmon: Height: 0.75 blocks Width: 0.75 blocks
Speed	0.7
Spawn	River Frozen River Cold Ocean Deep Cold Ocean Frozen Ocean Deep Frozen Ocean Ocean‌[BE only] Deep Ocean‌[BE only] Lukewarm Ocean‌[BE only] Deep Lukewarm Ocean‌[BE only]
Usable items	Water Bucket Name Tag

Salmon are common bucketable aquatic passive mobs found in oceans and rivers that are a source of raw salmon and, occasionally, bones‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} or bone meal.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Spawning

Salmon spawn in small, normal, and large sizes. 31.6% spawn as small, 52.6% spawn as normal, and 15.8% spawn as large.

Salmon spawns in:

Category: Water ambient‌[JE only] Water creature‌[BE only]	Java Edition			Bedrock Edition
Spawn area	Spawn weight	Spawn chance	Group size	Spawn weight	Group size
Frozen River	5⁄5	100%	1–5	16	3–5
Deep Frozen Ocean	15⁄15	100%	1–5	26	3–5
Frozen Ocean	15⁄15	100%	1–5	26	3–5
River	5⁄5	100%	1–5	16	3–5
Cold Ocean	15⁄30	50%	1–5	26	3–5
Deep Cold Ocean	15⁄30	50%	1–5	26	3–5
Deep Ocean	—	—	—	26	3–5
Ocean	—	—	—	26	3–5
Lukewarm Ocean	—	—	—	26	3–5
Deep Lukewarm Ocean	—	—	—	26	3–5

Java Edition

Salmon spawn in groups of 1–5 in cold or frozen oceans, as well as their deep variants, subject to fish spawning requirements. They also spawn in rivers and frozen rivers.

Bedrock Edition

Salmon spawn underwater at 12–32 blocks away from the player. They spawn in groups of 3–5 in lukewarm, cold, normal, frozen oceans, their deep variants, and rivers (including frozen rivers). In addition, salmon spawn on the surface (that is, there must not be a spawnable block above the spawn location with a non-solid block on top).

Drops

Java Edition:

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Raw Salmon[A]	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00
	Cooked Salmon[B]	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00
	Bone Meal	0–1	5.00%	0.05	0–1	5.00%	0.05	0–1	5.00%	0.05	0–1	5.00%	0.05

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Raw Salmon[A]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Cooked Salmon[B]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Bone Meal	0–1	1⁄20	1⁄20	0–1	1⁄20	1⁄20	0–1	1⁄20	1⁄20	0–1	1⁄20	1⁄20

Item		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Raw Salmon[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)
	Cooked Salmon[B]	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)
	Bone Meal	0	19⁄20 (95.00%)	19⁄20 (95.00%)	19⁄20 (95.00%)	19⁄20 (95.00%)
		1	1⁄20 (5.00%)	1⁄20 (5.00%)	1⁄20 (5.00%)	1⁄20 (5.00%)
		Average	1⁄20 (0.05)	1⁄20 (0.05)	1⁄20 (0.05)	1⁄20 (0.05)

Killed		1
Item		Expected Drops
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Raw Salmon[A]	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
	Cooked Salmon[B]	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
	Bone Meal	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05

Bedrock Edition:

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Raw Salmon[A]	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00
	Cooked Salmon[B]	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00
	Bone[C]	0–1	25.00%	0.25	0 / 2–3	26.00%	0.65	0 / 3–5	27.00%	1.08	0 / 4–7	28.00%	1.54
	Bone[D]	0–2	25.00%	0.38	0 / 2–4	26.00%	0.78	0 / 3–6	27.00%	1.22	0 / 4–8	28.00%	1.68

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Raw Salmon[A]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Cooked Salmon[B]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Bone[C]	0–1	1⁄4	1⁄4	0 / 2–3	13⁄50	13⁄20	0 / 3–5	27⁄100	27⁄25	0 / 4–7	7⁄25	77⁄50
	Bone[D]	0–2	1⁄4	3⁄8	0 / 2–4	13⁄50	39⁄50	0 / 3–6	27⁄100	243⁄200	0 / 4–8	7⁄25	42⁄25

Item		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Raw Salmon[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)
	Cooked Salmon[B]	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)
	Bone[C]	0	3⁄4 (75.00%)	37⁄50 (74.00%)	73⁄100 (73.00%)	18⁄25 (72.00%)
		1	1⁄4 (25.00%)	0	0	0
		2	0	13⁄100 (13.00%)	0	0
		3	0	13⁄100 (13.00%)	27⁄400 (6.75%)	0
		4	0	0	27⁄200 (13.50%)	7⁄150 (4.67%)
		5	0	0	27⁄400 (6.75%)	7⁄75 (9.33%)
		6	0	0	0	7⁄75 (9.33%)
		7	0	0	0	7⁄150 (4.67%)
		Average	1⁄4 (0.25)	13⁄20 (0.65)	27⁄25 (1.08)	77⁄50 (1.54)
	Bone[D]	0	3⁄4 (75.00%)	37⁄50 (74.00%)	73⁄100 (73.00%)	18⁄25 (72.00%)
		1	1⁄8 (12.50%)	0	0	0
		2	1⁄8 (12.50%)	13⁄200 (6.50%)	0	0
		3	0	13⁄100 (13.00%)	27⁄800 (3.38%)	0
		4	0	13⁄200 (6.50%)	81⁄800 (10.12%)	7⁄300 (2.33%)
		5	0	0	81⁄800 (10.12%)	7⁄100 (7.00%)
		6	0	0	27⁄800 (3.38%)	7⁄75 (9.33%)
		7	0	0	0	7⁄100 (7.00%)
		8	0	0	0	7⁄300 (2.33%)
		Average	3⁄8 (0.38)	39⁄50 (0.78)	243⁄200 (1.22)	42⁄25 (1.68)

Killed		1
Item		Expected Drops
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Raw Salmon[A]	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
	Cooked Salmon[B]	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
	Bone[C]	0.25	0.65	1.08	1.54
	Bone[D]	0.38	0.78	1.22	1.68

• 1–3XP when killed by a player or tamed wolf.

Behavior

Salmon tend to swim in schools with a maximum of 7 salmon per school.

They can swim up approximately 4–5 blocks in waterfalls, emulating the behavior of real-world salmon that leap into and over small waterfalls to reach their spawning ground.

The player may collect salmon by using a water bucket on it, which gives the player a bucket of salmon. Salmon placed with buckets do not despawn naturally. When the bucket of salmon is used against a block, it empties the bucket, placing water with the salmon swimming in it.

Salmon cannot be bred; they spawn naturally.

Some salmon may randomly leave their school swimming away and they may despawn.

Weaknesses

Salmon cannot survive out of water. Outside of water, they flop around for a while until they die from suffocation. Salmon flip around on their sides. In Bedrock Edition, they rotate when flipping. Salmon also cannot swim or breathe in cauldron water.^[1]

In Java Edition, salmon have a weakness to weapons that have the Impaling enchantment, which also affects other fish and water mobs except drowned.

Axolotls always attack salmon on sight but they will not attack another salmon for a few times after that.

Sounds

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Entity tags	Translation key
Salmon	salmon	aquatic axolotl_hunt_targets can_breathe_under_water not_scary_for_pufferfish sensitive_to_impaling	entity.minecraft.salmon

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Family	Translation key
Salmon	salmon	109	aquatic fish salmon	entity.salmon.name

Entity data

Salmon have entity data associated with them that contain various properties.

Java Edition:

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
		I am a Marine Biologist	Collect a fish in a bucket	Use a water bucket on any fish mob by right-clicking.	20	Bronze
		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.
	Tactical Fishing	Catch a Fish... without a Fishing Rod!	Use a water bucket on any fish mob.

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

Development

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.13			18w08b				Added salmon.
							Salmon have 20HP × 10 health.
			18w10a				The health of salmon has been changed to 3HP.[2]
			18w15a				Salmon now drop the cooked version of their item drops, if killed while on fire.
1.13.1			18w31a				Salmon now have a 5% chance of dropping bone meal when killed.
1.18			21w40a				Salmon now spawn only between y=50 and y=64.
1.21.2			24w33a				Added small and large salmon sizes.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.4.0			beta 1.2.14.2				Added salmon mobs, which come in 3 sizes; small, medium and large.
1.13.0			beta 1.13.0.9				Salmon now drop experience when killed.
1.16.100			beta 1.16.100.52				Salmon now drop cooked salmon when killed on fire.
1.17.10			beta 1.17.10.22				Salmon no longer can be picked up with an empty bucket.
1.18.0			beta 1.18.0.21				Salmon now spawn only between y=50 and y=64.
1.19.10			Preview 1.19.10.23				The health of salmon has been changed to 3HP.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Added small, medium and large salmon mobs.

Minecraft Education

Minecraft Education
1.4.0							Added salmon mobs.

Issues

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

Trivia

• The elongated green head and red body of salmon resemble that of Pacific migratory salmon (Oncorhynchus sp.), specifically sockeye salmon (O. nerka), king/chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha) or coho salmon (O. kisutch), in their spawning phase. However, they are not typically eaten in this state due to severely depleted energy reserves; most consumed salmon comes from the ocean, where they retain their more silvery appearance (akin to cod).

Gallery

Screenshots

• 
  A school of 3 salmon
• 
  A school of 4 salmon swimming in a frozen river
• 
  Different sizes of a school of salmon in Bedrock Edition

Other

• 
  A recreation of an early salmon spawn egg design^[3]
• 
  The salmon spawn egg in Bedrock Edition beta 1.2.14.2

Textures

• 
  Salmon texture file

Mojang images

• 
  A salmon posted on Instagram^[4]
• 
  A salmon on top of a cushion.

In other media

• 
  A salmon as seen in Minecraft Earth
• 
  A salmon as seen in Minecraft: Story Mode

See also

• Cod
• Tropical Fish
• Pufferfish

References

External links

• Salmonidae article on Wikipedia
• Mob Menagerie: Salmon — Minecraft.net on April 22, 2024