Aquatic

Some of the many aquatic mobs in Minecraft

All aquatic mobs

The term aquatic refers to an in-game group of mobs that live in oceans and rivers and are able to swim.

Properties

In Java Edition, aquatic mobs obligatorily share the property of being in the aquatic entity tag. This also causes them to take extra damage from the Impaling enchantment and being able to survive in land with the water breathing effect ‌^{[BE only]}.

Some or most aquatic mobs may also take suffocation damage when on land, not cause pufferfish to puff, and not take drowning damage, although this doesn't affect their classification.

List of mobs

Animal

• Axolotl
• Cod
• Dolphin
• Glow Squid
• Nautilus
• Pufferfish
• Salmon
• Squid
• Tadpole
• Tropical Fish
• Turtle

Monster

• Elder Guardian
• Guardian
• Zombie Nautilus

Jokes

• Pet Axolotl
• Pet Turtle
• Plaguewhale Slab
• Toxifin Slab

Jockeys

This jockey is comprised of one aquatic mob:

• Zombie Nautilus Jockey

Related mobs

These mobs are aquatic in nature, but are not under the aquatic category in the game code.

• Drowned
• Elder Guardian Ghost‌^{[BE only]}
• Frog

Related blocks

These blocks are based on real life aquatic organisms, but are not treated as such in the game code, due to being blocks.

• Coral
• Coral Blocks
• Coral Fans
• Kelp
• Lily Pad
• Sea Pickle
• Seagrass
• Sponge

Unimplemented

These community vote options are based on real life/fantasy organisms, but have not been added to the game.

• Barnacle
• Crab

History

Java Edition

Java Edition Beta
1.2							Added squid.
Java Edition
1.8			14w25a				Added guardians and elder guardians.
1.13			18w07a				Added turtles.
			18w08b				Added cod, salmon, and pufferfish.
			18w10a				Added tropical fish.
			18w15a				Added dolphins.
1.17			20w51a				Added axolotls.
			21w03a				Added glow squid.
1.19			22w11a				Added tadpoles.
1.21.11			25w41a				Added nautiluses and zombie nautiluses.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.11.0			build 1				Added squid.
v0.16.0			build 1				Added guardians and elder guardians.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0			beta 1.2.14.2				Added cod, salmon, pufferfish, and tropical fish.
			beta 1.2.20.1				Added dolphins.
1.5.0			beta 1.5.0.4				Added turtles.
1.16.210 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.16.210.59				Added glow squid through experimental gameplay.
			beta 1.16.210.60				Removed glow squid.
1.16.220 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.16.220.50				Readded glow squid through experimental gameplay.
1.17.0 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.16.230.52				Added axolotls.
1.18.10 Experiment Wild Update			beta 1.18.10.24				Added tadpoles.
1.21.70			Preview 1.21.70.23				Added aquatic mob family.
1.21.130			Preview 1.21.130.20				Added nautiluses and zombie nautiluses.
26.0			Preview 26.0.23				Aquatic mobs are now less likely to get stuck on block edges.
							When tempted, they navigate around obstacles instead of moving in a straight line toward the player.
							Aquatic mobs no longer spin while moving vertically.
							Aquatic mobs no longer move excessively slowly when moving vertically.

Minecraft Education

Minecraft Education
1.0.0							Added squid.
1.4							Added dolphins, cod, pufferfish, salmon, and tropical fish.
1.7							Added turtles.
1.17.30			1.17.30.2				Added glow squid and axolotls.
1.19.52			1.19.50.0				Added tadpoles.

Issues

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

Gallery

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  A deep lukewarm ocean with many glow squid
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  A guardian attacking a squid
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  Cods, tropical fish, turtles, and a squid next to plants
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  Many turtles on a lake
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  Dolphins chasing after a raw cod item
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  Dolphins in a Coral reef
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  Alex fighting the guardians for promotional artwork for the Boss Update
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  Squid making an 'ink cloud'

Renders

• 
  An axolotl
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  A cod
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  A dolphin
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  An elder guardian
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  A glow squid
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  A guardian
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  A nautilus
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  A pufferfish
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  A salmon
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  A squid
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  A tadpole
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  A tropical fish
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  A turtle
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  A zombie nautilus

See also

• Mob
• Animal
• Arthropod
• Illager
• Jockey
• Monster
• Undead