Tripodfish

Tripodfish are common bucketable passive aquatic mobs found in the Abyssal Chasm.

Cave Compendium Entry

"The Tripodfish is a bizzare [sic] fish found near the seafloor of the Abyssal Caves. [sic] Although they are decent swimmers, they can often be spotted resting above the seafloor on 3 large spines emerging from their fins. Tripodfish can be captured with a bucket of water, and if slain they can drop themselves. They can be cooked for a heartier meal."

- Dr. Prof. Alexander Caverns, PhD.

Spawning

Tripodfish spawn above muck blocks underwater in the Abyssal Chasm in groups of 1-2.

Drops

On death

Item	Roll Chance	Quantity (Default)	Quantity (Looting I)	Quantity (Looting II)	Quantity (Looting III)
Tripodfish [1]	100%	1	1	1	1

1. Dropped as Cooked Tripodfish if on fire when killed.

Behavior

Tripodfish will freely swim about in a random fashion, occasionally diving to the bottom of the water to stand on their fins for 15 seconds. They are usually 0.5 blocks tall, but extend to a height of 1.5 blocks when standing. A Tripodfish will always dive to the bottom if it spends more than 15 seconds swimming freely.

If attacked by a player or another mob, Tripodfish will flee from their attacker for 2 seconds.

Tripodfish cannot survive outside of water. If outside of water, they will flop around on their sides in an attempt to jump back in, taking 2 suffocation damage every second after 15 seconds.

Players can pick up Tripodfish with a Water Bucket, giving them a Bucket of Tripodfish. Tripodfish placed with buckets do not despawn naturally. When a Bucket of Tripodfish is used against a block, it empties the bucket, placing a water source block with a Tripodfish swimming in it.

As inhabitants of the Abyssal Chasm, Tripodfish do not sink in Muck.

Advancements

Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Namespaced ID
Buckets of Joy	Capture any abyssal sea creature in a bucket	Beyond the Sea	Have a Bucket of Gossamer Worm, Bucket of Lanternfish, Bucket of Sea Pig, or Bucket of Tripodfish in the inventory.	alexscaves:alexscaves/abyssal_bucket

History

1.0.0	Introduced.
1.1.5	Fixed Tripodfish suffocation bug.

Trivia

• Tripodfish are a part of the five mobs that had their texture changed between their implementation and the mod's release.
• Tripodfish are classified as "deep sea creatures" - they are functionally very similar to underground aquatic animals like the Glow Squid, but can only spawn in the Abyssal Chasm.
• Tripodfish use similar sounds to the vanilla fish, albeit slightly pitched down.

Gallery

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  Two tripodfish swimming.
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  A tripodfish uses its fins to rest on the ocean floor.