Redstone Bug

Redstone Bug

Health points	8HP
Behavior	Hostile
Mob type	Arthropod, Monster
Attack strength	Easy and Normal: 1HP Hard: 1.5HP × 0.75
Hitbox size	Height: 0.3 Blocks Width: 0.4 Blocks
Spawn	When a redstone wire increases the strength

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            "label": "(link to Health article, displayed as Health points)"
        },
        {
            "field": "Hostile",
            "label": "Behavior"
        },
        {
            "field": "(link to Arthropod article, displayed as Arthropod), (link to Monster article, displayed as Monster)",
            "label": "(link to Mob article, displayed as Mob) type"
        },
        {
            "field": "Easy and Normal: 1<span class=\"hidden-alt-text\">HP</span><span class=\"nowrap mc-hearts\"><span class=\"iconbar pixel-image nowrap\" style=\"--icon-offset:-1px;\" title=\"0.5  hearts\">(link to File:Half Heart (icon).png article, displayed as 9px|link=|alt=&#9829)</span></span><br>Hard: 1.5<span class=\"hidden-alt-text\">HP</span><span class=\"nowrap mc-hearts\"><span class=\"iconbar pixel-image nowrap\" style=\"--icon-offset:-1px;\" title=\"1  heart\">(link to File:Heart (icon).png article, displayed as 9px|link=|alt=&#9829)</span> × 0.75</span>",
            "label": "Attack<br/>strength"
        },
        {
            "field": "Height: 0.3 Blocks<br>Width: 0.4 Blocks",
            "label": "(link to Hitbox article, displayed as Hitbox size)"
        },
        {
            "field": "When a redstone wire increases the strength",
            "label": "(link to Mob spawning article, displayed as Spawn)"
        }
    ],
    "invimages": [],
    "images": [
        "Redstone Bug.gif"
    ]
}

A redstone bug was a joke variant of silverfish present in the April Fool's Java Edition 2.0 update.

Spawn

Redstone bugs can spawn if a redstone wire increases the strength. The chance that they spawn is 1%. The chance increases for every redstone bug in a 7×7×7 area by 5%. The Color value of the bug can reach from 33292288 to 66846720.

Behavior

Redstone bugs, effectively being reskinned silverfish, shared all of their behavior.

Data values

ID

Name	Savegame ID	Numeric ID	[hide]Translation key
Redstone Bug	Silverfish	60	entity.Silverfish.name

Entity data

Redstone bugs used the ID of silverfish, different from them only by a newly-added Color NBT, which could have any color applied to it via editing. The first byte defines the alpha value and the other three the rgb color.

Gallery

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  Redstone bugs glowing in the dark.