Magma Cube

Magma Cube

Health points	Big: 16HP × 8 Medium: 4HP Small: 1HP
Armor points	Big: 12 ( × 6) Medium: 6 () Small: 3 ()
Behavior	Hostile
Mob type	Monster
Attack strength	Big: Easy: 4HP Normal: 6HP Hard: 9HP Medium: Easy: 3HP Normal: 4HP Hard: 6HP Small: Easy: 2.5HP × 1.25 Normal: 3HP Hard: 4.5HP × 2.25
Hitbox size	In Java Edition: Big: Height: 2.08 blocks Width: 2.0808 blocks Medium: Height: 1.04 blocks Width: 1.0404 blocks Small: Height: 0.52 blocks Width: 0.5202 blocks In Bedrock Edition: Big: Height: 2.08 blocks Width: 2.08 blocks Medium: Height: 1.04 blocks Width: 1.02 blocks Small: Height: 0.52 blocks Width: 0.52 blocks
Spawn	Nether Wastes Basalt Deltas Nether Fortress Bastion Remnant: from monster spawners.

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A magma cube is a hostile mob found in the Nether. A magma cube behaves similarly to a slime, but is fireproof, jumps higher and less often, and deals more damage.

Spawning

Magma cubes spawn in areas of the Nether at all light levels. The space they spawn in must be clear of solid obstructions and liquids. Due to being inherently fireproof, magma cubes can spawn on magma blocks.

Only sizes 1, 2 and 4 (NBT Size tag values 0, 1 and 3 respectively) spawn naturally. With use of /summon, magma cubes can potentially range from size 1 to 127 (NBT Size tag 0–126).

A magma cube needs a 2.08×2.08×2.08 free space to spawn. The area in which they spawn must be clear of solid or liquid obstructions. When a magma cube attempts to spawn, the game checks for the space requirement of a large magma cube, and the size is determined later. Therefore, since large magma cubes are slightly taller than 2 blocks, no magma cubes, regardless of size, are able to spawn at all in 2-block-high areas. Also, since large magma cubes are slightly wider than 2 blocks, and mobs spawn at the center of a block, having any block within the 2.08×2.08×2.08 area, even as thin as a glass pane, can prevent a magma cube of any size from spawning.

Magma cubes' size is affected by regional difficulty: chances range from 33% for each size at the low difficulty to 16% small, 33% medium, and 50% big with higher difficulty.

Magma Cube spawns in:

Category: Monster	Java Edition			Bedrock Edition
Spawn area	Spawn weight	Spawn Chance	Group size	Spawn weight	Group size
Basalt Deltas	100⁄140	71.43%	2–5	100	2–5
Nether Fortress	3⁄28	10.71%	4	3	2–3
Nether Wastes	2⁄168	1.19%	4	10	1–4

Nether Wastes

Magma cubes spawn uncommonly in Nether wastes in groups of 4 in Java Edition and 1 to 4 in Bedrock Edition.

Nether Fortresses

Magma cubes spawn commonly in Nether fortresses in groups of 4 in Java Edition and groups of 2-3 in Bedrock Edition.

Basalt Deltas

Magma cubes spawn commonly in basalt deltas, in groups of 2 to 5. They are also notably most dangerous in this biome, thanks to their knockback capabilities and the biome's many thin bridges between lava lakes.

Monster spawners

Magma cube monster spawners generate in the treasure room of bastion remnants.

Drops

On death

Java Edition:

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Magma Cream[A][B]	0–1	25.00%	0.25	0–2	62.50%	0.75	0–3	81.25%	1.25	0–4	87.50%	1.75
	Verdant Froglight[C]	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00
	Ochre Froglight[D]	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00
	Pearlescent Froglight[E]	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Magma Cream[A][B]	0–1	1⁄4	1⁄4	0–2	5⁄8	3⁄4	0–3	13⁄16	5⁄4	0–4	7⁄8	7⁄4
	Verdant Froglight[C]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Ochre Froglight[D]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Pearlescent Froglight[E]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Item		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Magma Cream[A][B]	0	3⁄4 (75.00%)	3⁄8 (37.50%)	3⁄16 (18.75%)	1⁄8 (12.50%)
		1	1⁄4 (25.00%)	1⁄2 (50.00%)	7⁄16 (43.75%)	7⁄24 (29.17%)
		2	0	1⁄8 (12.50%)	5⁄16 (31.25%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)
		3	0	0	1⁄16 (6.25%)	5⁄24 (20.83%)
		4	0	0	0	1⁄24 (4.17%)
		Average	1⁄4 (0.25)	3⁄4 (0.75)	5⁄4 (1.25)	7⁄4 (1.75)
	Verdant Froglight[C]	1	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)
		Average	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)
	Ochre Froglight[D]	1	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)
		Average	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)
	Pearlescent Froglight[E]	1	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)
		Average	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)

Killed		1
Item		Expected Drop
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Magma Cream[A][B]	0.25	0.75	1.25	1.75
	Verdant Froglight[C]	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
	Ochre Froglight[D]	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
	Pearlescent Froglight[E]	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00

Bedrock Edition:

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Magma Cream[A][B]	0–2	66.67%	1.00	0–3	66.67%	1.33	0–4	66.67%	1.67	0–5	66.67%	2.00
	Verdant Froglight[C]	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00
	Ochre Froglight[D]	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00
	Pearlescent Froglight[E]	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Magma Cream[A][B]	0–2	2⁄3	1	0–3	2⁄3	4⁄3	0–4	2⁄3	5⁄3	0–5	2⁄3	2
	Verdant Froglight[C]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Ochre Froglight[D]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Pearlescent Froglight[E]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Item		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Magma Cream[A][B]	0	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)
		1	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄6 (16.67%)	1⁄12 (8.33%)	1⁄18 (5.56%)
		2	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)	1⁄6 (16.67%)
		3	0	1⁄6 (16.67%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)	2⁄9 (22.22%)
		4	0	0	1⁄12 (8.33%)	1⁄6 (16.67%)
		5	0	0	0	1⁄18 (5.56%)
		Average	1 (1.00)	4⁄3 (1.33)	5⁄3 (1.67)	2 (2.00)
	Verdant Froglight[C]	1	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)
		Average	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)
	Ochre Froglight[D]	1	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)
		Average	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)
	Pearlescent Froglight[E]	1	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)
		Average	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)

Killed		1
Item		Expected Drop
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Magma Cream[A][B]	1.00	1.33	1.67	2.00
	Verdant Froglight[C]	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
	Ochre Froglight[D]	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
	Pearlescent Froglight[E]	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00

• Large magma cube:4XP experience and 2-4 medium magma cubes
• Medium magma cube: 2XP experience and 2-4 small magma cubes
• Small magma cube: 1XP experience

Behavior

A magma cube seeks out any player or an iron golem within a spherical distance of 16 blocks. If it finds no enemy, it changes direction every 40 to 100 ticks (2 to 5 seconds) and jumps forward every 40 to 120 ticks (2 to 6 seconds). If it finds a target, the delay before jumping is ¹⁄₃ as long (13 to 40 ticks), and the magma cube changes direction directly toward the target before jumping.

Magma cubes cannot be hurt by fall damage or burning, and are not slowed down by lava. They can swim upward in lava and leap above its surface.

Their jump height depends on their size (6 high for large). Their forward speed is twice that of most other mobs. They always make a distinct sound upon jumping up and landing, but no idle sounds.

When a magma cube is killed, it splits into 2-4 smaller magma cubes. Tiny magma cubes disappear when killed, like other mobs.

They can swim in water and attempt to stay on the surface. Like slimes, magma cubes starts taking drowning damage if submerged in water for 15 seconds, splitting into smaller cubes if possible.

Magma cubes take extra damage from powder snow, taking 5HP every two seconds, unlike 1HP for other mobs.

Unlike most mobs, magma cubes have no pathfinding ability, meaning that they do not avoid falling off cliffs and cannot go around walls, even when chasing a player. This behavior is shared by slimes.

When they are in lava, they hover and try to move to nearby land.

Combat

Magma cubes attack by jumping and attempting to land on the player, and cause damage when touched anywhere. As their jump rate is random, magma cubes can be hard to fight.

The health of a magma cube is its size squared; the attack strength is its size + 2, and the armor points are its size tripled.

A magma cube jumps a distance of approximately its length times 1.5 and a height equivalent to its size in blocks. This means that a large magma cube jumps 4 blocks in height and moves significantly quicker than a small magma cube, which jumps 2 blocks in height; while a tiny magma cube moves slowly and jumps 1 block in height.

Magma cubes continuously damage all players and iron golems‌ they collide with (although damage immunity reduces the actual damage to 1 attack every half second), equivalent to about twice as often as other mobs. Despite other mobs only damaging targets they specifically attack.^[1] This means that a large magma cube deals 12HP × 6 of damage per second on normal difficulty. Unlike slimes, tiny magma cubes can deal damage to the player.

Sounds

Java Edition:
Magma cubes use the Hostile Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Entity tags	Translation key
Magma Cube	magma_cube	fall_damage_immune freeze_hurts_extra_types frog_food non_controlling_rider	entity.minecraft.magma_cube

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
Magma Cube	magma_cube	42	entity.magma_cube.name

Entity data

Magma cubes have entity data associated with them that contains various properties.

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Achievements

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
		Monster Hunter	Attack and destroy a monster.	Kill a hostile mob or one of the following neutral mobs: an enderman, a piglin, a zombified piglin, a spider, or a cave spider.	15	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	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have 50 hearts of health overall.	20	Silver
		With Our Powers Combined!	Have all 3 froglights in your inventory	Acquire at least one of each pearlescent, verdant, and ochre froglights in your inventory at the same time.	30	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: Armadillo Axolotl Bee Blaze Bogged Breeze Camel Cat Cave Spider Chicken Cod Cow Creeper Donkey Dolphin Drowned Elder Guardian Enderman Endermite Evoker Fox Frog Ghast Goat Glow Squid Giant Guardian Hoglin Horse Husk Illusioner Llama Mooshroom Ocelot Panda Parrot Phantom Pig Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Polar Bear Pufferfish Rabbit Ravager Salmon Sheep Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Skeleton Horse Slime Sniffer Stray Spider Squid Strider Trader Llama Tropical Fish Turtle Vex Vindicator Warden Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Wolf Zoglin Zombie Zombie Horse Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Mobs that drop no experience as well as the ender dragon are ignored for this advancement.
	Monster Hunter	Kill any hostile monster	Kill one of these 37 mobs: Blaze Bogged Breeze Cave Spider Creaking (by destroying its creaking heart) Creeper Drowned Elder Guardian Ender Dragon Enderman Endermite Evoker Ghast Guardian Hoglin Husk Phantom Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Ravager Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Slime Spider Stray Vex Vindicator Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Zoglin Zombie Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for this advancement.
	Monsters Hunted	Kill one of every hostile monster	Kill each of these 37 mobs: Blaze Bogged Breeze Cave Spider Creaking (by destroying its creaking heart) Creeper Drowned Elder Guardian Ender Dragon Enderman Endermite Evoker Ghast Guardian Hoglin Husk Phantom Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Ravager Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Slime Spider Stray Vex Vindicator Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Zoglin Zombie Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for this advancement.
	Over-Overkill	Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have 50 hearts of health overall.
	Take Aim	Shoot something with an Arrow	Using a bow or a crossbow, shoot a mob with an arrow, tipped arrow, or spectral arrow.
	With Our Powers Combined!	Have all Froglights in your inventory	Have a pearlescent, ochre, and verdant froglight in the inventory at the same time.

History

Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease				Added magma cubes.
							“It started out as a retexturing of the Slime for the Nether - it was just going to be a Lava Slime. But then when I named it that, I felt it was a bit lazy to retexture a mob. I wanted to make it more unique. I can’t really remember how I came up with the idea to have a layered block, but it’s one of my favourite mobs now. It really intrigues me. It doesn’t stand out in any particular way - I just really like it! You can use Magma Cream [an item Magma cubes drop] to brew Fire Resistance potions.” -Jeb[2]
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2				Magma cubes have been made quite rare. Here are the current spawning rules for magma cubes. Big magma cubes require a 3×2½×3 space to spawn, small magma cubes require a 3×2×3 space, and tiny magma cubes require a 1×2×1 space (or 1×1×1 if the upper block is not opaque).[3]
			RC1				Magma cubes have been given sounds.
1.1			release				Large and small magma cubes now drop magma cream.
1.3.1			12w18a				Magma cubes no longer show their animation in singleplayer, due to singleplayer being a local server.
			12w23a				Magma cubes now show their animation in multiplayer.
1.8			14w06b				Magma cubes can now swim as a result of the update to the new AI.
							Magma cubes now randomly change direction every so often, reducing the chance of them getting stuck at walls or corners.
							Magma cubes now randomly despawn over time if no player is within a 32 block range.
							The jumping mechanics of magma cubes have been changed. How far they jump now corresponds to the length of their size; they jump approximately 1.5 times their current length. For example, a tiny size 1 magma cube jumps slowly, while a large size 4 magma cube jumps farther. Also, when attacking, magma cubes turn their whole body to face the player.
1.10			16w20a				Magma cubes now spawn almost twice as often in the general Nether (rate is now 2⁄153, was 1⁄151).
1.14			18w43a				Changed texture.
			18w44a				The model of the magma cubes have now slightly tweaked. The color channel of transparent pixels are now filled to black.
			19w08a				Hitbox side length for sizes 0, 1, 3 (small, medium, big) changed from 0.51, 1.02, 2.04 to 0.5202, 1.0404, 2.0808, respectively.
			19w12a				Magma cubes now hop on the surface of the lava instead of swim.
1.14.3			Pre-Release 4				Magma cubes now hover over the surface of the lava.
1.16			20w06a				Small cubes now have moving sounds again.[4]
			20w15a				Magma cubes now spawn in basalt deltas biome.
			20w16a				Magma cube spawners now generate in bastion remnants.
			?				Their spawning rules were changed.
1.17			21w13a				Magma cubes now take extra damage when freezing.
			Pre-release 1				Magma cubes no longer interact with the player.[5]
			Pre-release 2				Magma cubes now interact with the player again.[5]
1.19			22w11a				Magma cubes now drop froglights when killed by a frog.
1.20			23w18a				Magma cubes are now affected by the Jump Boost effect.[6]
1.20.2			23w33a				The sounds of magma cubes are now controlled by the "Hostile Creatures" instead of the "Friendly Creatures" sound slider.[7]
1.20.5			24w03a				Hitbox side length for sizes 0, 1, 3 (small, medium, big) changed from 0.5202, 1.0404, 2.0808 to 0.52, 1.04, 2.08, respectively.
1.21.4			24w44a				The magma cube texture layout has been changed as the texture's UV mapping has been updated.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.11.0			build 1				Added magma cubes.
							Magma cubes are currently unobtainable in-game without hacking.
			build 8				Magma cubes can now be spawned using spawn eggs.
v0.12.1			build 1				Magma cubes now spawn naturally.
							Magma cubes now split into smaller cubes when killed.
v0.14.0			build 1				Magma cube cores now glow from to .
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				Changed texture.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.57				Magma cubes now spawn in basalt deltas.
			beta 1.16.0.59				Magma cube spawners now generate in bastion remnants.
1.17.0			beta 1.16.230.54				Magma Cubes now take extra damage when freezing.
1.17.30			beta 1.17.30.20				Medium magma cubes hitboxes now corrected and matches Slime.[8]
1.18.10			beta 1.18.10.26				Magma cubes now drop froglights when killed by a frog behind the "Wild Update" experimental toggle.
1.18.20			Preview 1.18.20.28				Small magma cubes now deal 3HP damage instead of 2HP on normal mode.
1.20.10			Preview 1.20.10.20				Magma cubes are now affected by the Jump Boost effect.
1.21.80			Preview 1.21.80.20				A magma cube named with a name tag now produces smaller magma cubes with the same name when it dies.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU7	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added magma cubes.
							Magma cubes drop magma cream, a feature from Java Edition 1.1.
?	?	?	?	?			Magma cubes no longer visibly catch fire when going into fire or lava.
TU43	CU33	1.36	1.36	1.36	Patch 13		Magma cubes now spawn almost twice as often in the general Nether (rate is now 2⁄153, was 1⁄151).
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added magma cubes.

Data history

Issues

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

Trivia

• When a larger magma cube that has a name dies, the smaller magma cubes it spawns also have the same name, just like slimes.
• According to a minecraft.net article, magma cubes don't actually attack the player like other mobs, but instead, their heat is dangerous when close.^[9]
• Magma cube is the only mob native to the Nether that can truly swim in water.
  • Zombified piglins, skeletons, and wither skeletons sink in water.
  • Piglins, piglin brutes and hoglins sink in water and drown.
  • Endermen, blazes, and striders take damage in water immediately.

Gallery

Screenshots

• 
  Magma cubes.
• 
  Size comparison between a large magma cube and a player.
• 
  They emit the same flame particles as a mob spawner upon landing.
• 
  A group of small magma cubes.
• 
  A separated magma cube. Note the lava core.
• 
  A magma cube leaping out of lava.
• 
  A magma cube spawner inside a bastion remnant.
• 
  A magma cube spawner completely disabled with 9 solid blocks in Java Edition.
• 
  A magma cube spawner in a bastion remnant, being disabled with solid blocks.
• 
  A large number of magma cubes in a superflat world.

Textures

• 
  Magma cube texture file.

In other media

• 
  The magma cube page from the Mobestiary.
• 
  Lego Minecraft Magma cube.

References

External links

• Meet the Magma Cube – Minecraft.net on February 21, 2017

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Other entities Player Alex Ari Efe Kai Makena Noor Steve Sunny Zuri Blocks Falling Blocks Anvil Concrete Powder Dragon Egg Gravel Pointed Dripstone Sand Red Sand Scaffolding Suspicious Gravel Suspicious Sand Primed TNT BE & edu only Falling Block Deprecated Anvil Snow Primed Underwater TNT Vehicles Bamboo Raft Boat with Chest Minecart with Chest with Command Block with Hopper with TNT Java Edition only Minecart with Furnace with Monster Spawner Projectiles Fireball Small Dragon Launched Firework Rocket Llama Spit Shot Arrow Tipped Shulker Bullet Thrown Bottle o' Enchanting Thrown Egg Thrown Ender Pearl Thrown Eye of Ender Thrown Snowball Thrown Splash Potion Lingering Potion Thrown Trident Wind Charge Wither Skull Java Edition only Shot Spectral Arrow BE & EE only Thrown Ice Bomb Stationary objects Armor Stand End Crystal Leash Knot Painting Java Edition only Item Frame Glow Miscellaneous Area Effect Cloud Evoker Fangs Experience Orb Fishing Bobber Items Lightning Bolt Ominous Item Spawner BE & edu only Balloon Technical objects JE only Display Block Item Text Interaction Marker Joke Falling Block Gravtater Obsidian Boat Pink Wither Skull Mentioned Minecart with Dispenser Removed Shot Purple Arrow