Firefly (mob)

| Health points |
1HP |
|---|---|
| Behavior |
Passive |
| Mob type | |
| Hitbox size |
Height: 0.0625 blocks |
| Spawn |
{
"title": "Firefly",
"rows": [
{
"field": "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=♥)</span></span>",
"label": "(link to Health article, displayed as Health points)"
},
{
"field": "Passive",
"label": "Behavior"
},
{
"field": "(link to Arthropod article, displayed as Arthropod), (link to Animal article, displayed as Animal)",
"label": "(link to Mob article, displayed as Mob) type"
},
{
"field": "Height: 0.0625 blocks<br>Width: 0.125 blocks",
"label": "(link to Hitbox article, displayed as Hitbox size)"
},
{
"field": "<span class=\"nowrap\"><span class=\"sprite-file\" style=\"\">(link to File:BiomeSprite swamp.png article, displayed as 16x16px|link=Swamp|alt=|class=pixel-image|)</span>(link to Swamp article, displayed as <span class=\"sprite-text\">Swamp</span>)</span><br><span class=\"nowrap\"><span class=\"sprite-file\" style=\"\">(link to File:BiomeSprite mangrove-swamp.png article, displayed as 16x16px|link=Mangrove Swamp|alt=|class=pixel-image|)</span>(link to Mangrove Swamp article, displayed as <span class=\"sprite-text\">Mangrove Swamp</span>)</span>",
"label": "(link to Mob spawning article, displayed as Spawn)"
}
],
"invimages": [],
"images": [
"Firefly (mob).gif"
]
}
The firefly was a scrapped mob that would glow in the dark and be eaten by frogs that was featured in Minecraft Live 2021. It was later repurposed as a particle generated by firefly bushes.
Behavior
Fireflies were two pixels in size, rather than the single pixel size of the implemented firefly particle, which would have made them the smallest mob in the game. Fireflies were originally going to be the mob eaten by frogs to produce froglights, later being replaced by magma cubes in this role. Frogs eating fireflies was scrapped because some species of fireflies are poisonous to some species of frogs in real life.[1] Fireflies themselves were scrapped for being a "performance nightmare", which was not outweighed enough by its positive benefits for ambience.[2]
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
firefly | 135 | entity |
History
| October 16, 2021 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2022 | Fireflies are confirmed to have been scrapped. | ||||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.18.10 | beta 1.18.10.26 | Earliest known instance of firefly mentions in the code. | |||||
| 1.19.10 | Preview 1.19.10.20 | Removed fireflies from the code.[3] | |||||
Gallery
Development images
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Fireflies. -
Fireflies near frogs. -
A frog catching fireflies.
Concept artwork
-
Concept art of the mangrove swamp with many fireflies present. -
Concept art of the swamp at night with many fireflies present.
References
- ↑ https://youtube.com/watch?v=a5Wd9ciTmTI&t=544
- ↑ https://youtube.com/watch?v=5BSQAVOSYOA&t=445
- ↑ MCPE-155827 — "firefly" appears in target selector type argument suggestions — resolved as "Fixed".
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