Dolphin

Dolphin

Health points	10HP
Behavior	Neutral (adult) Passive (baby)
Mob type	Animal, Aquatic
Attack strength	Easy: 2.5HP × 1.25 Normal: 3HP Hard: 4.5HP × 2.25
Hitbox size	Adult: Height: 0.6 blocks Width: 0.9 blocks Baby: Height: 0.39 blocks Width: 0.585 blocks
Speed	1.2
Spawn	Lukewarm Ocean Deep Lukewarm Ocean Ocean Deep Ocean Warm Ocean
Usable items	Lead Raw Cod Raw Salmon Tropical Fish Pufferfish

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Dolphins are neutral mobs that live in non-frozen oceans. They grant a speed boost to players that swim near them and follow the player while swimming.

Spawning

Dolphins are found in groups (pods) of 3–5 in all ocean biomes, excluding frozen oceans and cold oceans. They spawn exclusively between levels 50 and 64. Dolphins continuously spawn as long as their spawn requirements are met, and naturally despawn if no players are near by, similar to squid.

In Java Edition, dolphins and squids together make up the water creatures mob cap.

10% of dolphins spawn as babies.

Spawning information per biome

Category: Water Ambient	Java Edition		Bedrock Edition
Biome	Spawn weight	Group size	Spawn weight	Group size
	Cold Ocean	N/A	N/A	7⁄15	3-5
Deep Cold Ocean	N/A	N/A	7⁄15	3-5
Deep Lukewarm Ocean	2⁄10	1-2	7⁄15	3-5
Deep Ocean	1⁄2	1-2	7⁄15	3-5
Deep Warm Ocean	N/A	N/A	7⁄15	3-5
Lukewarm Ocean	2⁄12	1-2	7⁄15	3-5
Ocean	1⁄2	1-2	7⁄15	3-5
Warm Ocean	2⁄12	1-2	7⁄15	3-5

Drops

On death

Item		Roll Chance	Quantity (Roll Chance)
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Raw Cod	100%	0–1	0–2	0–3	0–4

• 1–3XP, if kill credit is given to the player.

Killing a baby dolphin yields neither items nor experience.

Behavior

Dolphins jumping in water.

Dolphins normally swim in pods, occasionally leaping out of the water to get air. They are also able to jump from one body of water to another. Additionally, they chase after players in boats but don't give the speed boost effect.

Players who sprint-swim within a 9 block spherical radius of a dolphin receive a swimming speed boost for 5 seconds, replenished as long as the player continues to sprint-swim within a 15 block spherical radius of a dolphin. Invisibility reduces both of these ranges like normal, based on the amount of armor the player is wearing. In Java Edition, the speed boost is granted by the Dolphin's Grace effect, while in Bedrock Edition the player simply gets the speed boost without a status effect. The dolphin keeps following the player as long as they are sprint-swimming, allowing the player to swim under the speed boost for long distances.

In Java Edition, dolphins are lured by dropped items that are inside nearby water blocks, knocking them around and chasing them. If the dolphin can not find a path to a dropped item, the dolphin may stay underwater to the point of drowning. If the dolphin is in, or on, a waterlogged bottom slab or chest with an air block above, or a bubble column, the dolphin is prevented from drowning.

When a player or another mob hits a dolphin (unless the dolphin is killed in one hit in Java Edition), the whole pod retaliates, attacking all at once, similar to wolves and zombified piglins. Hostile dolphins remain hostile even if they are fed fish. Hostile dolphins are far more vicious in Bedrock Edition.

Feeding dolphins raw cod or raw salmon improves their "trust" and interactions with the player, depending on the amount of fish fed.

When dolphins are fed raw cod or raw salmon, they swim to the nearest shipwreck or ocean ruins; in Java Edition, the structures a dolphin can locate are defined in the dolphin_located tag. Dolphins also avoid guardians and elder guardians.

Dolphins do not deal any damage in the Peaceful difficulty and are completely passive.

Weaknesses

If a dolphin leaves the water in dry weather, it starts taking suffocation damage after two minutes, and eventually dies. It takes no damage out of water during rain. Regardless of weather, a dolphin on land actively seeks out a body of water, or seeks its target if in a hostile state.

They cannot survive without air, so if they stay submerged for about four minutes, they begin drowning. The water breathing effect prevents them from drowning.

Like most other aquatic mobs, dolphins cannot ride boats.

Dolphins can be towed by a lead.

Because the dolphin is an aquatic mob, it is affected by the Impaling enchantment.‌

Sounds

Java Edition:
Dolphins use the Friendly Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Dolphin chirps	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while on land	entity.dolphin.ambient	subtitles.entity.dolphin.ambient​	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Dolphin whistles	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while in water	entity.dolphin.ambient_water	subtitles.entity.dolphin.ambient_water​	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Dolphin eats	Friendly Creatures	When a fish is fed to a dolphin	entity.dolphin.eat	subtitles.entity.dolphin.eat​	0.75	1.0	16
	​Dolphin attacks	Friendly Creatures	When a dolphin attacks something	entity.dolphin.attack	subtitles.entity.dolphin.attack​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Dolphin dies	Friendly Creatures	When a dolphin dies	entity.dolphin.death	subtitles.entity.dolphin.death​	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Dolphin hurts	Friendly Creatures	When a dolphin is damaged	entity.dolphin.hurt	subtitles.entity.dolphin.hurt​	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Dolphin jumps	Friendly Creatures	When a dolphin jumps	entity.dolphin.jump	subtitles.entity.dolphin.jump​	0.75	1.0	16
	​Dolphin plays	Friendly Creatures	Randomly when a dolphin finds an item	entity.dolphin.play	subtitles.entity.dolphin.play​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Dolphin splashes	Friendly Creatures	When a dolphin enters water	entity.dolphin.splash	subtitles.entity.dolphin.splash​	Around 0.1 or 0.02	0.6-1.4	16
	​Dolphin swims	Friendly Creatures	While a dolphin is swimming	entity.dolphin.swim	subtitles.entity.dolphin.swim​	Around 0.03	0.8-1.2	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while on land	mob.dolphin.idle	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	Randomly when in water	mob.dolphin.idle_water	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	Unused sound event	mob.dolphin.attack	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while on land	mob.dolphin.blowhole	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	When a dolphin dies	mob.dolphin.death	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	When a fish is fed to a dolphin	mob.dolphin.eat	0.7	1.0
	Friendly Creatures	When a dolphin is damaged	mob.dolphin.hurt	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	Unused sound event	mob.dolphin.jump	0.7	1.0
	Friendly Creatures	Unused sound event	mob.dolphin.play	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	When a dolphin enters water	mob.dolphin.splash	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	While a dolphin is swimming	mob.dolphin.swim	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Entity tags	[hide]Translation key
Dolphin	dolphin	aquatic not_scary_for_pufferfish sensitive_to_impaling	entity.minecraft.dolphin

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	[hide]Translation key
Dolphin	dolphin	31	entity.dolphin.name

Entity data

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

Java Edition:

• [NBT Compound / JSON Object] Entity data
  • Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template[show]
  • Tags common to all mobs see Template:Nbt inherit/mob/template[show]
  • [Int] Moistness: How moist this dolphin is. Set to 2400 when in water or rain. Decreases by 1 every tick otherwise. The dolphin takes damage when 0 or below.
  • [Byte] GotFish: 1 or 0 (true/false) - if true, this dolphin got fish from a player.

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Achievements

[hide]
Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Echolocation	Feed a dolphin fish to have it lead you to treasure	Feed a dolphin cod or salmon and have it lure you to treasure.	20	Silver
		It Spreads	Kill a mob next to a catalyst	—	10	Bronze
		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	—	20	Silver

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	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.
	Adventure	Adventure, exploration and combat	Kill any mob, or be killed by any living entity.
	Arbalistic	Kill five unique mobs with one crossbow shot	Armor Stand also counts 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.
	How Did We Get Here?	Have every effect applied at the same time	Have all of these 33 status effects applied to the player at the same time:[hide] The source of the effects is irrelevant for the purposes of this advancement. Other status effects may be applied to the player, but are ignored 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.
	It Spreads	Kill a mob near a Sculk Catalyst	Kill one of these 73 mobs near a sculk catalyst:[show] Mobs that drop no experience as well as the ender dragon are ignored for this advancement.
	Over-Overkill	Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace	–
	Take Aim	Shoot something with an Arrow	Using a bow or a crossbow, shoot a mob with an arrow, tipped arrow, or spectral arrow.

History

November 18, 2017							Dolphins were shown in a video clip during MineCon Earth.
[hide]Java Edition
1.13			18w15a				Added dolphins.
			18w19a				Dolphins now swim to the surface, if drowning.
							Dolphins now give the player the "Dolphin's Grace" status effect that allows the player to swim faster, if the player swims near them.
			18w19b				Dolphins now drop experience.
			18w20c				Dolphins on land now jump to try to get back into the water.
							Dolphins now survive for two minutes out of water, instead of ten seconds.
			18w21a				Dolphins now lead players to buried treasure.
							Dolphins can no longer wear armor.
			pre2				Dolphins can no longer sit in boats.
			pre6				Dolphins now bring the player to buried treasure more accurately.
1.14			19w08a				Dolphins can no longer have armor equipped onto them with a dispenser.
1.16			20w10a				Firework damage now provokes dolphins.
1.18			21w40a				Dolphins now spawn only between Y=50 and Y=64.
1.21.2			24w33a				Added baby variants of dolphins.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.4.0			beta 1.2.20.1				Added dolphins and baby dolphins.
			beta 1.2.20.2				The models of dolphins have been updated with minor adjustments to the orientation of their fins.
							Dolphins now have sounds.
1.5.0			beta 1.5.0.0				Dolphins now lead players to shipwrecks and underwater ruins.
1.16.100			beta 1.16.100.51				Dolphins now dry out at the same rate as they do in Java Edition; 120 seconds.
							Dolphins on land now try to get back into the water.
1.18.0			beta 1.18.0.21				Dolphins now spawn only between Y=50 and Y=64.
[hide]Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Added dolphins.
							Baby dolphins can be spawned when the player uses its spawn egg on a dolphin.
							The maximum number of dolphins in a world is 18.

Data History

[hide]Java Edition
1.21.5			25w07a				Removed TreasurePosX, TreasurePosY, TreasurePosZ fields. They where used to store the dolphin's X,Y and Z coordinate destination when leading a player to a treasure.

Issues

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

Trivia

• To create the sounds that the dolphins make in the game, Mojang Studios' lead sound designer, Samuel Åberg, went to Kolmården Wildlife Park to record real dolphins.
• Dolphins originally had a separate head and body when shown in a clip at MINECON 2017. It is also shown in artwork for Java Edition 1.13, the Bundles of Bravery trailer, and a video detailing AI.
• Real-life dolphins don't suffocate outside of water; they breathe air like all mammals, although they can die of dehydration out of water.
• In 2018, a prediction poll was held in which Chinese users could vote on which Chinese animal they expected to see in Minecraft, to promote the release of Minecraft China. One of the options for voting was the possibly extinct baiji dolphin. The panda won the poll and was announced days later at MINECON Earth 2018.
• During development, there were large disagreements between developers over how dolphins should behave.
• Mojang has considered and rejected the suggestion to allow dolphins to be tamed or ridden.
  • They also decided against adding behaviors that deviate significantly from real-life dolphins, such as fleeing from drowned.

Gallery

Screenshots

• 

  A pod of dolphins.

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  A dolphin taking damage because it is not in water.

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  2 dolphins leaping above the ocean at sunset.

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  4 dolphins swimming above an ocean ravine and a coral reef.

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  Dolphins chasing after a raw cod item.

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  A Dolphin seen underwater.

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  Several dolphins attacking the player, after the player hit one of them.

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  Dolphins swimming with the player.

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  A dolphin in bedrock edition.

Textures

• 

  Dolphin texture file.

In other media

• 

  Dolphins in promotional artwork for the Update Aquatic.

• 

  Official dolphin artwork.

• 

  Animated dolphin artwork.

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  Dolphin in official artwork.

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  Ari following a dolphin.

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  Lego Minecraft Dolphin.

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  A dolphin on the cover of Minecraft: Journey to the World's End.

• 

  Noor and Kai watching several dolphins.

• 

  Dolphin figure of Flippin' Figs

External links

• Meet the Dolphin – Minecraft.net on April 19, 2018