Sniffer

Obtaining

A sniffer is an ancient passive mob that enters the world by hatching from a sniffer egg. The egg is found by brushing suspicious sand, while breeding two adults creates another egg as an item.

• Sniffer EggItem
• Suspicious SandBlock

Drops

The entity loot-table record is present, but it has no item pools in the local source snapshot. Item rewards are therefore shown through the separate digging table rather than being invented as a death drop.

• Torchflower SeedsItem
• Pitcher PodItem

Breeding

Two adult sniffers can be bred with torchflower seeds. A successful pairing lays a sniffer egg, then the parents enter a short breeding cooldown.

• Torchflower SeedsItem
• TorchflowerBlock

Behavior

The sniffer wanders passively, periodically searches the ground, and digs up ancient plants. The validated digging table chooses one reward from torchflower seeds and pitcher pods, while the `sniffer_diggable_block` tag defines which blocks can be searched. Digging is unavailable while the mob is in a boat or minecart, in water, leashed, tempted, or panicking. The AI applies a 9,600-tick sniff cooldown after a search; once digging starts, the reward is scheduled 120 ticks later, which keeps the visible digging animation and the item drop in step.

• Pitcher PodItem
• DirtBlock
• Grass BlockBlock
• Moss BlockBlock
• Coarse DirtBlock
• Rooted DirtBlock
• PodzolBlock
• MudBlock
• Muddy Mangrove RootsBlock
• Pale Moss BlockBlock

Data values

The mob uses the `minecraft:sniffer` identifier and eats the `#minecraft:sniffer_food` item tag. The local source also provides a separate `minecraft:gameplay/sniffer_digging` gift table for its excavation rewards.

• Torchflower SeedsItem
• Pitcher PodItem

Gallery

• Torchflower SeedsItem
• TorchflowerBlock

See also

• Mob catalogue
• Minecraft Wiki overview
• Sniffer EggItem
• Suspicious SandBlock
• Torchflower SeedsItem
• TorchflowerBlock

References

The Java snapshot keeps the sniffer entity state, brain activities, food and diggable-block tags, and both loot tables as separate source records. These records make the breeding, searching, and excavation loop auditable without guessing at death drops.

Data: References

Local source	Sniffersniffer
Entity implementation	`net/minecraft/world/entity/animal/sniffer/Sniffer.java`
AI activities	`net/minecraft/world/entity/animal/sniffer/SnifferAi.java`
Food tag	`data/minecraft/tags/item/sniffer_food.json`
Diggable blocks	`data/minecraft/tags/block/sniffer_diggable_block.json`
Entity loot	`data/minecraft/loot_table/entities/sniffer.json`
Digging gift table	`data/minecraft/loot_table/gameplay/sniffer_digging.json`

• Sniffer EggItem
• Torchflower SeedsItem
• Pitcher PodItem

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