Slimeball

Slimeball

Rarity tier	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)

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A slimeball is a crafting ingredient commonly dropped by slimes, and can be sneezed out by pandas.

Obtaining

Mob loot

Slimes

Java Edition:

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Slime[A]	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00
	Slime[B][C]	1–2	100.00%	1.50	2–4	100.00%	3.00	3–6	100.00%	4.50	4–8	100.00%	6.00

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Slime[A]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Slime[B][C]	1–2	1	3⁄2	2–4	1	3	3–6	1	9⁄2	4–8	1	6

Mob		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Slime[A]	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)
	Slime[B][C]	1	1⁄2 (50.00%)	0	0	0
		2	1⁄2 (50.00%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)	0	0
		3	0	1⁄2 (50.00%)	1⁄8 (12.50%)	0
		4	0	1⁄4 (25.00%)	3⁄8 (37.50%)	1⁄12 (8.33%)
		5	0	0	3⁄8 (37.50%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)
		6	0	0	1⁄8 (12.50%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)
		7	0	0	0	1⁄4 (25.00%)
		8	0	0	0	1⁄12 (8.33%)
		Average	3⁄2 (1.50)	3 (3.00)	9⁄2 (4.50)	6 (6.00)

Drops		1
Mob		Expected Number of Kill
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Slime[A]	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
	Slime[B][C]	0.67	0.33	0.22	0.17

Bedrock Edition:

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Slime[A]	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00
	Slime[B][C]	1–2	100.00%	1.50	2–4	100.00%	3.00	3–6	100.00%	4.50	4–8	100.00%	6.00

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Slime[A]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Slime[B][C]	1–2	1	3⁄2	2–4	1	3	3–6	1	9⁄2	4–8	1	6

Mob		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Slime[A]	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)
	Slime[B][C]	1	1⁄2 (50.00%)	0	0	0
		2	1⁄2 (50.00%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)	0	0
		3	0	1⁄2 (50.00%)	1⁄8 (12.50%)	0
		4	0	1⁄4 (25.00%)	3⁄8 (37.50%)	1⁄12 (8.33%)
		5	0	0	3⁄8 (37.50%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)
		6	0	0	1⁄8 (12.50%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)
		7	0	0	0	1⁄4 (25.00%)
		8	0	0	0	1⁄12 (8.33%)
		Average	3⁄2 (1.50)	3 (3.00)	9⁄2 (4.50)	6 (6.00)

Drops		1
Mob		Expected Number of Kill
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Slime[A]	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
	Slime[B][C]	0.67	0.33	0.22	0.17

Pandas

Baby pandas have a ¹⁄₇₀₀ chance of dropping one slimeball when sneezing.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Slime Block	9

Trading

Wandering traders sometimes offer to sell a slimeball for 4 emeralds.

Usage

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Magma Cream	Blaze Powder +
Slime Block
Sticky Piston	+ Piston

Breeding

Slimeballs can be used to breed frogs and reduce the remaining growth duration of tadpoles by 10%. Both mobs also follow a player holding a slimeball.

Video

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Slimeball	slime_ball	Item	item.minecraft.slime_ball

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Slimeball	slime_ball	388	Item	item.slime_ball.name

History

Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.11							Added slimeballs, which are dropped from slimes. At the time, they serve no purpose.
Java Edition Beta
1.7							Slimeballs are now used to craft sticky pistons.
Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2				Slimeballs are used to craft magma cream.
1.6.1			13w18a				Leads, which were originally implemented in the 13w16a snapshot, now have a crafting recipe that includes slimeballs.
1.8			14w02a				Nine slimeballs are now used to craft a slime block. Slime blocks also act as storage blocks, being able to craft back into 9 slimeballs.
1.14			18w43a				The texture of slimeballs has been changed.
							Slimeballs can now be obtained when a baby panda sneezes.
			19w05a				Slimeballs can now be bought from wandering traders.
1.19			22w11a				Slimeballs can now be used to breed frogs.
1.21.6			25w18a				Slimeballs can no longer be used to craft leads.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0							Added slimeballs. They are currently unobtainable and serve no purpose.
v0.12.1			build 1				Added slimeballs to the creative inventory.
							Slimeballs can now be obtained by killing slimes.
							Slimeballs are now used to craft magma cream.
v0.14.0			build 1				Slimeballs are now used to craft slime blocks.
v0.15.0			build 1				Slimeballs are now used to craft sticky pistons and leads.
Bedrock Edition
1.8.0			beta 1.8.0.8				Slimeballs can now be obtained when a baby panda sneezes.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of slimeballs has been changed.
							Slimeballs can now be obtained via trading with wandering traders.
1.21.90			Preview 1.21.90.21				Slimeballs can no longer be used to craft leads.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added slimeballs.
TU3							Slimeballs are now used to craft sticky pistons.
TU5							Slimeballs are found in the Miscellaneous tab in the Creative inventory.
TU7							Slimeballs are used to craft magma cream.
TU9							Moved slimeballs to the Materials tab in the Creative inventory.
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12			Slime balls are now used to craft lead.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Nine slimeballs are now used to craft a slime block. Slime blocks also act as storage blocks, being able to craft back into 9 slimeballs.
			1.83				Slimeballs can now be obtained when a baby panda sneezes.
			1.90				The texture of slimeballs has been changed.
			1.91				Slimeballs can now be bought from wandering traders.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added slimeballs.

Data history

Issues

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

Gallery

In other media

• 
  Slimeball on a plain background.

External links

• Taking Inventory: Slimeball – Minecraft.net on June 24, 2021

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