Slime in Minecraft

Hostile

Lives in swamps and special deep underground chunks; splits into smaller ones upon death.

  • 20 health
  • 2 damage
  • 56 biomes
  • Minecraft 26.3
  • in English Slime
Slime in Minecraft
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At a glance

Chat command — below

  • Summon nearby.
    /summon minecraft:slime ~ ~ ~

Hostile mob: 10 hearts health, melee damage — 2. What drops from it and with what chance — see below.

How many hits without enchantments? Diamond Sword — 3 strikes; Netherite Sword — 3 strikes. With every weapon and enchantments — in the table.

Health and damage

20 health units. Hit — 2 damage on normal difficulty.

Damage shown for normal difficulty: less on easy, more on hard.

How many hits?

What to click onWithout enchantmentsCritSharpness V
Hand2014—
Wooden Sword543
Stone Sword433
Iron Sword433
Diamond Sword322
Netherite Sword322
Diamond Axe322
Netherite Axe222

Fully charged hits, accounting for the mob's armor. A critical hit lands while you are falling after a jump and multiplies weapon damage by one and a half, without multiplying the enchantment bonus. To choose your own weapon, Strength effect, and enchantment levels, use in the damage calculator.

What falls

ItemHow manyChanceCondition
Slimeball 1–2 — only with the smallest slime

The chance — per mob, without the 'Looting' enchantment. 'How many' — how many items drop if this item drops

Where does it spawn?

BiomeShareHow many times
Birch Forest 19% 4
Badlands 19% 4
Pale Garden 19% 4
Cherry Grove 19% 4
Windswept Savanna 19% 4
Eroded Badlands 19% 4
Windswept Gravelly Hills 19% 4
Windswept Hills 19% 4
Windswept Forest 19% 4
Frozen Peaks 19% 4
Lush Caves 19% 4
Snowy Taiga 19% 4
Snowy Plains 19% 4
Snowy Slopes 19% 4
Snowy Beach 19% 4
Jagged Peaks 19% 4
Stony Shore 19% 4
Stony Peaks 19% 4
Ice Spikes 19% 4
Forest 19% 4
Wooded Badlands 19% 4
Meadow 19% 4
Beach 19% 4
Sunflower Plains 19% 4
Desert 19% 4
Dappled Forest 19% 4
Plains 19% 4
Sparse Jungle 19% 4
Old Growth Spruce Taiga 19% 4
Old Growth Birch Forest 19% 4
Grove 19% 4
Savanna 19% 4
Savanna Plateau 19% 4
Taiga 19% 4
Dark Forest 19% 4
Flower Forest 19% 4
Swamp 19% 4
Frozen River 19% 4
Mangrove Swamp 19% 4
Bamboo Jungle 19% 4
Jungle 19% 4
Deep Frozen Ocean 19% 4
Deep Ocean 19% 4
Deep Lukewarm Ocean 19% 4
Deep Cold Ocean 19% 4
Frozen Ocean 19% 4
Ocean 19% 4
Lukewarm Ocean 19% 4
Warm Ocean 19% 4
Cold Ocean 19% 4
Old Growth Pine Taiga 19% 4
Dripstone Caves 16% 4
River 16% 4
Sulfur Caves 8% 1
Swamp less than 1% 1
Mangrove Swamp less than 1% 1

Fraction — how often the game selects this mob from its category when a new entity appears in a biome.

Numbers

WhatValue
Entityminecraft:slime
MoodHostile
Spawn categorymonster
Health20 (10 hearts)
Melee damage2
Scale0.52×0.52 block
Fire and lavaBurning

Frequently asked questions

How much health does a Slime have?

20 health points (10 hearts). Melee damage on Normal difficulty: 2.

How many hits does it take to defeat a Slime?

Without enchantments or critical strikes: Diamond Sword takes 3 hits, Netherite Sword takes 3 hits. Taking armor into account — according to in-game formula.

Where to find the Slime mob?

He appears in biomes: Birch Forest, Badlands, Pale Garden, Cherry Grove, Windswept Savanna, Eroded Badlands, and 50 more.

Other hostile mobs

All mobs Your mob in the constructorDamage Calculator Trial spawnerReady /summon commandsSlime farmSounds: SlimeSlime Spawn Egg: /give commandSlime — transparent PNGGrowth compared to other mobs

Data from Minecraft 26.3: Health, damage, and size — from game code, looting chance — from drop tables, where they appear — from biome files.