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Sniffer Egg

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Sniffer Egg

Sniffer Egg.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Sniffer Egg'

Sniffer Egg Slightly Cracked.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Sniffer Egg'

Sniffer Egg Very Cracked.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Sniffer Egg'

Sniffer Egg (item).png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Sniffer Egg'
Invicon Sniffer Egg.png: Inventory sprite for Sniffer Egg in Minecraft as shown in-game with description:
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A sniffer egg is a block that can be brushed out of suspicious sand in warm ocean ruins, or obtained by breeding two sniffers. It slowly hatches into a snifflet (baby sniffer) when placed.

Obtaining

Breaking

Sniffer eggs can be mined with any tool, even with bare hands, and always drop themselves. Unlike turtle eggs, Silk Touch is not needed.[1]

Block Sniffer Egg
Hardness 0.5
Breaking time (secs)
Default 0.75
Options
Haste
001
1JEBE
Legend
  • incorrect tool, drops nothing
  • correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
  • correct tool, drops the block itself
  • italicized can be instant mined

Mob loot

Sniffer eggs can also be obtained by breeding two sniffers with torchflower seeds. Unlike turtle eggs or frogspawn, which are placed into the world in block form, sniffer eggs are dropped as items, similar to chicken eggs.

Generated loot

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Sniffer Egg Warm ocean ruins Warm ruins suspicious sand 1 6.7%
{ "item": "Sniffer Egg", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.06666666666666665, "structure": "Warm ocean ruins", "container": "Warm ruins suspicious sand" }

Usage

Placing

Sniffer eggs can be placed in block form. Once placed, they slowly mature and hatch into snifflets.

Sniffer eggs do not require a supporting block below.[2] Unlike dragon eggs, they are not affected by gravity.

Hatching

Sniffer eggs crack over time and hatch after cracking twice. They hatch in 10 minutes when placed on moss blocks or 20 minutes when placed on any other block (including pale moss blocks).

Sniffer eggs do not need to receive random ticks to hatch in Java Edition. Therefore, the hatching speed of sniffer eggs is not affected by the randomTickSpeed game rule.[3]

Piston interactivity

Sniffer eggs can be pushed and pulled by pistons.[4]

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

BlockSprite block-of-gold.png: Sprite image for block-of-gold in Minecraft metal sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.metal.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break​1.01.216
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedblock.metal.placesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.01.216
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.metal.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.250.7516
​Something falls on a blockEntity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.metal.fallsubtitles.block.generic.fall​0.51.2516
​FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.metal.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.151.516

Bedrock Edition:

BlockSprite block-of-gold.png: Sprite image for block-of-gold in Minecraft metal sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokendig.stonesubtitles.block.generic.break​1.01.1–1.2
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placeduse.stonesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.01.2–1.25
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.stonesubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.30.75
​FootstepsPlayersFalling on the block with fall damagefall.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.41.0
​FootstepsPlayersWalking on the blockstep.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.351.0
​FootstepsBlocksJumping from the blockjump.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.121.0
​FootstepsBlocksFalling on the block without fall damageland.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.221.0

Unique

Java Edition

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Sniffer plopsFriendly MobsWhen a sniffer egg is laid by a snifferblock.sniffer_egg.plopsubtitles.block.sniffer_egg.plop​1.0varies[sound 1]16
​Sniffer Egg cracksBlocksWhen a sniffer egg's hatch state progressesblock.sniffer_egg.cracksubtitles.block.sniffer_egg.crack​0.70.72–0.8816
​Sniffer Egg hatchesBlocksWhen a sniffer egg hatchesblock.sniffer_egg.hatchsubtitles.block.sniffer.egg_hatch​0.70.72–0.8816
  1. ↑ Can be 0.18-0.42, 0.21-0.49, or 0.24-0.56

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​ ?Friendly MobsWhen a sniffer egg is laid by a sniffermob.sniffer.plop​ ?1.00.8–1.2
​ ?BlocksWhen a sniffer egg's hatch state progressesblock.sniffer_egg.crack​ ?0.850.8
​ ?BlocksWhen a sniffer egg hatchesblock.sniffer_egg.hatch​ ?0.850.8

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierForm Translation key
BlockSprite sniffer-egg.png: Sprite image for sniffer-egg in Minecraft Sniffer Eggsniffer_eggBlock & Item block.minecraft.sniffer_egg

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID FormItem ID[i 1] Translation key
BlockSprite sniffer-egg.png: Sprite image for sniffer-egg in Minecraft Sniffer Eggsniffer_egg-596Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3] tile.sniffer_egg.name
  1. ↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
  2. ↑ Available with /give command.
  3. ↑ The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.

Block states

Java Edition:

Name Default value Allowed values Description
hatch00
1
2		Determines how close an egg is to hatching; starts at 0 and is randomly incremented.

Bedrock Edition:

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits		 Description
cracked_stateNot Supportedno_cracksno_cracks
cracked
max_cracked		UnsupportedDetermines how close an egg is to hatching; starts at no cracks and is randomly incremented.

Advancements

IconAdvancementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)
Smells InterestingObtain a Sniffer EggHave a sniffer egg in the inventory.
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.

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.2023w12a Added sniffer eggs.
23w17aThe player now gets the advancement "Smells Interesting" when they obtain a sniffer egg.
1.21.224w33aThe rarity of sniffer eggs has been changed from "Common" to "Uncommon".

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.20.0Preview 1.20.0.20 Added sniffer eggs.
Currently, sniffer eggs cannot be found from brushing suspicious sand in ocean ruins, making them not naturally obtainable in survival.
Preview 1.20.0.22Can now be found in the suspicious sand loot table found at warm ocean ruins.
Now emits particles only when placed on moss blocks.
Preview 1.20.0.23Can now be placed into water or lava.
1.20.30Preview 1.20.20.21Increased the hardness and blast resistance of sniffer eggs from 0.4 to 0.5.
1.21.30Preview 1.21.30.21The rarity of sniffer eggs has been changed from "Common" to "Uncommon".
1.21.60Preview 1.21.60.24Sniffer eggs no longer provide side support to any block.
Sniffer eggs now provide only center support on top and bottom faces.[5]

Issues

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

Screenshots

  • A placed sniffer egg.
    A placed sniffer egg.

Mojang screenshots

  • Efe digging up a sniffer egg.
    Efe digging up a sniffer egg.
  • A player next to a sniffer egg in a lush cave.
    A player next to a sniffer egg in a lush cave.

In other media

  • The pixel art of the sniffer egg shown at Minecraft Live 2022
    The pixel art of the sniffer egg shown at Minecraft Live 2022
  • Sunny finding the sniffer egg in an ocean ruin and swimming away.
    Sunny finding the sniffer egg in an ocean ruin and swimming away.
  • Sunny watching the sniffer egg crack.
    Sunny watching the sniffer egg crack.
  • Wallpaper of Sunny watching a sniffer egg hatch.
    Wallpaper of Sunny watching a sniffer egg hatch.

References

  1. ↑ MC-261258 – Sniffer eggs do not need to be mined by the Silk Touch enchantment which is different from the turtle eggs – resolved as "Works As Intended".
  2. ↑ MC-263505 – Sniffers eggs don't require support and can float – resolved as "Works As Intended".
  3. ↑ MC-261250 – Sniffer Eggs are not affected by the "randomTickSpeed" game rule – resolved as "Invalid".
  4. ↑ MC-261168 – Sniffer eggs can be pushed and pulled by pistons – resolved as "Works As Intended".
  5. ↑ MCPE-169520 – Block placement on Sniffer Egg is inconsistent/doesn't match java – resolved as "Fixed".

Sources