Salmon
Passive (aquatic)Health: 3 (1.5 hearts)JavaBedrock
How to find Salmon
Cold waters: rivers, frozen rivers, and cold or frozen oceans with their deep variants (Bedrock also spawns salmon in normal and lukewarm oceans). They come in small, normal and large sizes.
Spawn conditions: Water in river, frozen river, cold ocean and frozen ocean biomes and their deep variants between Y 50 and 64: groups of 1-5 in Java and 3-5 in Bedrock, where they also spawn in normal and lukewarm oceans.
Drops
| Item | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Raw Salmon | 1 | Cooked salmon instead if killed on fire |
| Bone Meal | 0-1 | 5% chance - Java Edition only |
| Bone | 0-2 | 25% chance - Bedrock Edition only, large salmon drop 1-2 |
How to kill Salmon
One hit is enough - it only has 3 health. If you kill it while it is on fire it drops cooked salmon instead; in Java an Impaling trident deals extra damage to aquatic mobs.
Behavior
Swims upstream like a real salmon: it can jump up waterfalls 4-5 blocks high. Collect it with a water bucket for aquariums - bucketed salmon never despawn. Wild salmon come in three sizes: 31.6% small, 52.6% normal and 15.8% large.
Taming and breeding
Cannot be tamed or bred - salmon only appear through natural spawning. Size is cosmetic in Java, but in Bedrock large salmon drop more bones.
Related mobs: CodTropical FishSquidDolphin