Panda

Panda

• Panda
• Baby

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Health points	20HP × 10 10HP (Weak Panda)
Behavior	Neutral
Mob type	Animal
Attack strength	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
Usable items	Bamboo Cake

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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 at a light level of 9‌ or 7‌ and more. They are slightly more common in bamboo jungles and have a 5% chance to spawn as a baby. They do not spawn on podzol.

Pandas spawn with a randomized personality, with the normal personality being the most common and the brown variant being the rarest.

Drops

Breeding

Upon successful breeding, 1–7XP is dropped.

On death

Item		Roll Chance	Quantity (Roll Chance)
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Bamboo(JE)	100%	1	1	1	1
	Bamboo(BE)	100%	0–2	0–3	0–4	0–5

• 1–3XP, 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

Pandas act similarly to other neutral mobs; they attack when hurt but only once, similar to llamas and bees. Pandas do not attack on Peaceful difficulty. Pandas follow any player that is carrying bamboo and stop following if the player moves beyond approximately 16 blocks away. They also whimper if a thunderstorm is happening in the area. 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.

Pandas can be ridden by baby zombie variants.‌

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

Hostile pandas are far more vicious in Java Edition.

Personalities

The different variations of pandas – from left to right: brown, lazy, worried, playful, weak, aggressive and normal.

Pandas have different personalities: normal, lazy, worried, playful, aggressive, weak, or 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.‌ In Bedrock Edition, if a player is holding bamboo, a lazy panda stops lying on its back and starts following that player.
• Worried pandas:

  

  A worried panda shaking and hiding its face during a thunderstorm.

  • Identifiable by their worried expression.
  • Avoid the player and most hostile mobs, except slimes, magma cubes, ghasts, shulkers, phantoms and the ender dragon.
  • Shake and hide their faces during thunderstorms.
  • Do not eat bamboo or cake items on their own.‌
• Playful pandas:

  

  A Playful panda rolling.

  • 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.
• 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,‌ aggressive pandas become hostile toward the attacker.
  • Are slow, but have reach rivaling that of the player.
• 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 plant 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.

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 or using third-party NBT editors.

Sounds

Java Edition:
Pandas 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
	​Panda pants	Friendly Creatures	Randomly	entity.panda.ambient	subtitles.entity.panda.ambient​	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Panda's nose tickles	Friendly Creatures	Before a baby panda sneezes	entity.panda.pre_sneeze	subtitles.entity.panda.pre_sneeze​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Panda sneezes	Friendly Creatures	When a baby panda sneezes	entity.panda.sneeze	subtitles.entity.panda.sneeze​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Panda dies	Friendly Creatures	When a panda dies	entity.panda.death	subtitles.entity.panda.death​	0.82	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Panda eats	Friendly Creatures	While a panda is eating an item	entity.panda.eat	subtitles.entity.panda.eat​	varies	0.8-1.2	16
	​Footsteps	Friendly Creatures	While a panda is walking	entity.panda.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16
	​Panda bleats	Friendly Creatures	When two pandas are fed too close together	entity.panda.cant_breed	subtitles.entity.panda.cant_breed​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Panda huffs	Friendly Creatures	Randomly from an aggressive personality panda	entity.panda.aggressive_ambient	subtitles.entity.panda.aggressive_ambient​	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Panda whimpers	Friendly Creatures	Randomly from a worried panda during a thunderstorm	entity.panda.worried_ambient	subtitles.entity.panda.worried_ambient​	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Panda hurts	Friendly Creatures	When a panda is damaged	entity.panda.hurt	subtitles.entity.panda.hurt​	0.82	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Panda bites	Friendly Creatures	When a panda attacks something	entity.panda.bite	subtitles.entity.panda.bite​	1.0	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Friendly Creatures	Randomly from an adult panda	mob.panda.idle	1.0	0.8-1.2
	Friendly Creatures	Randomly from a baby panda	mob.panda_baby.idle	1.0	1.2-1.8
	Friendly Creatures	Before a baby panda sneezes	mob.panda.presneeze	1.0	0.8-1.2
	Friendly Creatures	When a baby panda sneezes	mob.panda.sneeze	1.0	0.8-1.2
	Hostile Creatures	When a panda dies	mob.panda.death	0.82	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	While a panda is eating an item	mob.panda.eat	varies	0.8-1.2
	Friendly Creatures	While a panda is walking	mob.panda.step	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	When two pandas are fed too close together	mob.panda.cant_breed	1.0	0.8-1.2
	Friendly Creatures	Randomly from an aggressive personality panda	mob.panda.idle.aggressive	varies	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	Randomly from a worried panda during a thunderstorm	mob.panda.idle.worried	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Hostile Creatures	When a panda is damaged	mob.panda.hurt	0.82	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Hostile Creatures	When a panda attacks something	mob.panda.bite	1.0	0.8-1.2

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	[hide]Translation key
Panda	panda	entity.minecraft.panda

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	[hide]Translation key
Panda	panda	113	entity.panda.name

Entity data

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

Java Edition:

• [NBT Compound / JSON Object] Entity data
  • Additional fields for mobs that can breed see Template:Nbt inherit/breedable/template[show]
  • Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template[show]
  • Tags common to all mobs see Template:Nbt inherit/mob/template[show]
  • [String] HiddenGene: The secondary gene this panda has, that can transfer to the child.
  • [String] MainGene: The primary gene this panda has, that determines the behavior and appearance of the panda and that can transfer to the child.

Genes[show][edit]

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Achievements

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Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		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
		Zoologist	Breed two pandas with bamboo.	—	40	Gold

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.
	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.
	The Parrots and the Bats	Breed two animals together	Breed a pair of any of these 26 mobs:[hide] 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 25 mobs:[hide] 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.

History

April 9, 2012							Dinnerbone states that he wants to add pandas into the game once he is "used to skinning and animating things".
December 18, 2013							Dinnerbone again states that he wants to add pandas into the game.
September 29, 2018							Pandas are announced at MINECON Earth 2018.
[hide]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.
1.15			19w39a				Baby panda models have changed; the head is now detached from the body.
			19w40a				The baby panda model changes from the previous snapshot have been reverted.
1.16			20w10a				Firework damage now provokes pandas.
1.21			24w21a				Pandas now only panic from cactus, freezing, fire and lightning bolt damage.
[hide]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 .
							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.
[hide]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 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. This was also done with dolphins.
• 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.
• The lazy panda is the slowest land mob in the game (not counting status effects such as Slowness).
• The rarest mob in Bedrock Edition is a baby husk with equipment and armor riding a brown panda, which has a 2.88×10⁻¹³ percent (one in 3.472 trillion) chance of spawning.
• Pandas were originally a bit slimmer.

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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Animations

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  A panda rolling.

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  A panda lying.

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  A panda unhappy.‌

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. This results in missing texture particles being produced.

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  A close up of a lazy panda in a bamboo forest.

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  A 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.

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."

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.

In other media

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  Pandas in promotional artwork for Bedrock Edition 1.8.

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  Lego Minecraft Panda 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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  Pandas as they appear 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.

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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