Tripodfish
Tripodfish are common bucketable passive aquatic mobs found in the Abyssal Chasm.
Cave Compendium Entry
"The Tripodfish is a bizzare fish found near the seafloor of the Abyssal Caves. 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 |
- 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 water with that tripodfish swimming in it.
As inhabitants of the Abyssal Chasm, tripodfish do not sink in muck.
History
| 1.0.0 | Introduced. |
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
Two tripodfish swimming.
A tripodfish uses its fins to rest on the ocean floor.
| Magnetic Caves | |
|---|---|
| Primordial Caves | |
| Toxic Caves | |
| Abyssal Chasm | |
| Forlorn Hollows | |
