MinecraftMinecraft Silverfish
Silverfish has 8 health points (4 hearts). Find damage, all drops and their chances, spawn biomes, and ready-to-use /summon commands for Java and Bedrock here.
Built by Florian Galz
English: Silverfish · Data from Java 26.3 and Bedrock 1.26.50.4.
Want to test Silverfish? Try it on your own server with cheats enabled.
Health
Hostile8
Silverfish has 8 health points, or 4 hearts. Attacks you as soon as it sees you.
Damage
1
Melee, Normal
Attack
Melee
Armor
0
Spawns in
–
Damage by difficulty
Damage from one hit without armor, in health points.
- Easy
- 1
- Normal
- 1
- Heavy
- 1.5
Drops
This mob drops no items when it dies (only experience, if applicable).
Looting on your sword increases the quantity and chance with each level.
Spawn
From infested blocks, such as those in strongholds and mountains, and from Monster Spawners.
/summon command
Spawns the mob at your position. Works in chat with cheats enabled, or in the server console with coordinates instead of ~ ~ ~.
/summon minecraft:silverfish ~ ~ ~Discover more
More mobs: Hostile
Other mobs with the same behavior.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about Silverfish.
In Java Edition, Silverfish has 8 health points, or 4 hearts. In Bedrock, it has 8 health points.
When killed, Silverfish drops no items.
From infested blocks, such as those in strongholds and mountains, and from Monster Spawners.
With cheats enabled, enter /summon minecraft:silverfish ~ ~ ~ in Java Edition. In Bedrock, the command is /summon silverfish ~ ~ ~.
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