Nautilus
The specific instructions are: New Bedrock Edition swimming animation.
| Health points |
15HP × 7.5 |
|---|---|
| Armor points |
0 () |
| Behavior |
Neutral (untamed) |
| Mob type | |
| Attack strength |
Easy: 2.5HP × 1.25 |
| Hitbox size |
Adult: |
| Speed |
6.5 m/s |
| Spawn |
|
| Usable items |
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A nautilus is a neutral mob that can be tamed, saddled, and ridden as an underwater mount that can dash and protects the rider from drowning. With no rider, it uses its dash to hunt pufferfish and to briefly retaliate if attacked. It can also be equipped with nautilus armor.
Spawning
[edit | edit source]Nautiluses spawn in all ocean biomes, in groups of 1-3. Nautiluses spawn between levels 38 and 58.
In Bedrock Edition, nautiluses have a 10% chance to spawn as a baby.
Nautiluses count towards the "water creature" mob cap and can despawn like other such mobs until the first time any player interacts with it, which at that point it becomes persistent and no longer counts towards any mob cap.
| Category: Water creature[JE only] Creature[BE only] | Java Edition | Bedrock Edition | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spawn area | Spawn weight | Spawn chance | Group size | Spawn weight | Group size |
| 3⁄6 | 50% | 1 | 8 | 1 | |
| 3⁄6 | 50% | 1–3 | 8 | 1–3 | |
| 3⁄6 | 50% | 1–3 | 8 | 1–3 | |
| 3⁄6 | 50% | 1–3 | 8 | 1–3 | |
| 10⁄22 | 45.45% | 1–3 | 8 | 1–3 | |
| 1⁄3 | 33.33% | 1–3 | 8 | 1–3 | |
| 1⁄3 | 33.33% | 1–3 | 8 | 1–3 | |
| 2⁄12 | 16.67% | 1–3 | 8 | 1–3 | |
| 2⁄14 | 14.29% | 1–3 | 8 | 1–3 | |
Drops
[edit | edit source]On death
[edit | edit source]| Item | Quantity / Chance / Average | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default | Looting I | Looting II | Looting III | ||||||||||
| Nautilus Shell | 0–1 | 5.00% | 0.05 | 0–1 | 6.00% | 0.06 | 0–1 | 7.00% | 0.07 | 0–1 | 8.00% | 0.08 | |
| Item | Quantity / Chance / Average | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default | Looting I | Looting II | Looting III | ||||||||||
| Nautilus Shell | 0–1 | 1⁄20 | 1⁄20 | 0–1 | 3⁄50 | 3⁄50 | 0–1 | 7⁄100 | 7⁄100 | 0–1 | 2⁄25 | 2⁄25 | |
| Item | Amount | Probability | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default | Looting I | Looting II | Looting III | |||
| Nautilus Shell | 0 | 19⁄20 (95.00%) | 47⁄50 (94.00%) | 93⁄100 (93.00%) | 23⁄25 (92.00%) | |
| 1 | 1⁄20 (5.00%) | 3⁄50 (6.00%) | 7⁄100 (7.00%) | 2⁄25 (8.00%) | ||
| Average | 1⁄20 (0.05) | 3⁄50 (0.06) | 7⁄100 (0.07) | 2⁄25 (0.08) | ||
| Killed | 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | Expected Drops | ||||
| Default | Looting I | Looting II | Looting III | ||
| Nautilus Shell | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.08 | |
- 1–3XP when killed by a player or tamed wolf.
- If equipped with a saddle or nautilus armor, they drop those items.
Behavior
[edit | edit source]Like its real-world namesake, a nautilus's mouth and tentacles face backward with respect to their movement direction. Being an aquatic mob, they are affected by the Impaling enchantment in Java Edition.
Nautiluses follow players holding any fish or bucket of fish within a 10-block radius.
Nautiluses are immune to the Poison effect.
Tamed nautiluses randomly swim around up to 32 blocks away, or 16 blocks if saddled.[verify][more information needed]
Attacking
[edit | edit source]Nautiluses occasionally dash toward and attack nearby pufferfish. They also retaliate against players and mobs if provoked, using their dash attack. When dashing toward a target on land, nautiluses can launch themselves out of the water and accidentally become beached on land, where they are unable to move.
They may also unintentionally attack a mob or player that stands between them and their target.
When they are hostile, nautiluses cannot be leashed.
Taming
[edit | edit source]Nautiluses can be tamed by being fed pufferfish or buckets of pufferfish. Each pufferfish or bucket of pufferfish has a 1⁄3 chance of taming the nautilus.
Healing and breeding
[edit | edit source]Adult nautiluses can be healed (or bred if at full health) by being fed any fish or any bucket of fish.
| Food | Heals | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2HP | Does not inflict Hunger, Poison, or Nausea. | |
| 4HP | ||
| 10HP | ||
| 12HP × 6 |
Baby nautiluses require 20 minutes (24000 game ticks) to grow up into adult nautiluses. This process can be sped up using any fish or any bucket of fish:
- in Bedrock Edition, it takes 10 fish or bucket of fish for a baby nautilus to become an adult;
- in Java Edition, each fish or bucket of fish fed to a baby nautilus reduces its remaining growth time by 10%.
Weaknesses
[edit | edit source]Nautiluses take suffocation damage on land, like most other aquatic mobs. Similarly to squid, nautiluses on land remain stationary rather than flopping around like fish. They can be controlled and even dash when on land, with their movement being much slower.
Usage
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Tamed and saddled nautiluses can be used as a means of underwater transportation. When ridden, the player is granted the Breath of the Nautilus effect, which pauses the oxygen bar while underwater, making it so resurfacing for air is no longer needed. The effect is ambient, meaning that the effect on the HUD has a blue outline, similar to effects from beacons.
Equipment
[edit | edit source]Tamed adult nautiluses have two equipment slots:
Saddle slot: for equipping a saddle.
Nautilus armor slot: for equipping nautilus armor.
Baby nautiluses cannot be equipped, as they cannot be ridden.
Equipment can be placed on a nautilus by holding it and then pressing the use control on the nautilus, or by accessing the nautilus's inventory. This can be done by pressing the use control on the nautilus while sneaking, or by mounting the nautilus and pressing the inventory control. A dispenser can also place a saddle or nautilus armor if it is facing a tamed nautilus.
The equipment can be removed by two methods:
- Removing the equipment from their slots in the nautilus's inventory.
- Using shears on the nautilus. If both a saddle and nautilus armor are equipped, they are removed one at a time. The first use removes the nautilus armor, and a second use removes the saddle.
Riding
[edit | edit source]Once a nautilus is tamed and saddled, the player can control it with the standard directional controls; pressing forward moves the nautilus in the direction the player is facing. The player dismounts using the dismount control. In Bedrock Edition, it is impossible for a player to use a Nether portal or End portal while on a nautilus.
A nautilus gradually gains speed while moving in a straight line, up to a swimming speed of 6.5 m/s. A nautilus can still move on land when controlled by a player, but is significantly slower, moving at a maximum of 0.88 m/s.
Saddled nautiluses also have the ability to dash. When the player rides them, the experience bar on the HUD is replaced by a dash charging bar. Dashing is done using the jump control: holding the control charges for a longer dash. When dashing, a nautilus launches up to about 12 blocks forward. A nautilus can dash every 2 seconds. Dashing while moving upward near the surface results in a quick breach, wherein the nautilus and its rider break the surface briefly.
Sounds
[edit | edit source]Adult
[edit | edit source]| Sounds | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Nautilus clacks | Friendly Mobs | Randomly when underwater | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Nautilus clacks | Friendly Mobs | Randomly when on land | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Nautilus swims | Friendly Mobs | When a nautilus swims | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| None[sound 2] | Friendly Mobs | While riding a nautilus underwater[sound 1] | entity | None[sound 2] | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Nautilus eats | Friendly Mobs | When a nautilus is fed | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Nautilus jets | Friendly Mobs | When a nautilus dashes underwater | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Nautilus jets | Friendly Mobs | When a nautilus dashes on land | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Nautilus recovers | Friendly Mobs | When a nautilus' dash ability resets underwater | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Nautilus recovers | Friendly Mobs | When a nautilus' dash ability resets on land | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Nautilus hurts | Friendly Mobs | When a nautilus is damaged underwater | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Nautilus hurts | Friendly Mobs | When a nautilus is damaged on land | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Nautilus dies | Friendly Mobs | When a nautilus dies underwater | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Nautilus dies | Friendly Mobs | When a nautilus dies on land | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Saddle equips | Friendly Mobs | When a saddle is equipped to a nautilus | item | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Saddle equips | Friendly Mobs | When a saddle is equipped to a nautilus underwater | item | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Saddle snips away | Friendly Mobs | When a saddle is removed from a nautilus using shears | item | subtitles | 0.5 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Nautilus Armor equips | Friendly Mobs | When a nautilus armor is equipped to a nautilus | item | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Nautilus Armor unequips | Friendly Mobs | When a nautilus armor is unequipped from a nautilus | subtitles | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
- ↑ Unlike in Bedrock Edition, this sound is only produced when riding a nautilus underwater.
- ↑ a b Reports on Mojira.
| Sounds | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions [upcoming] | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key [upcoming] | Volume | Pitch |
| Nautilus clacks | Friendly Mobs | Randomly when underwater | mob | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Nautilus clacks | Friendly Mobs | Randomly when on land | mob | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Nautilus swims | Friendly Mobs | When a nautilus swims | mob | subtitles | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| None[sound 2] | Friendly Mobs | While riding a nautilus[sound 1] | mob | None[sound 2] | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Nautilus eats | Friendly Mobs | When a nautilus is fed | mob | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Nautilus jets | Friendly Mobs | When a nautilus dashes | mob | subtitles | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Nautilus recovers | Friendly Mobs | When a nautilus' dash ability resets | mob | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Nautilus hurts | Friendly Mobs | When a nautilus is damaged on water | mob | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Nautilus hurts | Friendly Mobs | When a nautilus is damaged on land | mob | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Nautilus dies | Friendly Mobs | When a nautilus dies in water | mob | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Nautilus dies | Friendly Mobs | When a nautilus dies on land | mob | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Saddle equips | Friendly Mobs | When a saddle is equipped to a nautilus | mob | subtitles | 3.0 | 1.0 | |
| ? | Friendly Mobs | When a saddle is removed from a nautilus using shears | mob | ? | 0.5 | 1.0 | |
| Gear equips | Friendly Mobs | When a nautilus armor is equipped to a nautilus | armor | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Horse Armor snips away | Friendly Mobs | When a nautilus armor is unequipped from a nautilus | mob | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
- ↑ Unlike in Java Edition, riding a nautilus outside of water also procudes this sound.
- ↑ a b Reports on Mojira.
Baby
[edit | edit source]| Sounds | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Baby Nautilus chitters | Friendly Mobs | Randomly underwater | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Baby Nautilus chitters | Friendly Mobs | Randomly on land | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Baby Nautilus swims | Friendly Mobs | When a baby nautilus swims | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Baby Nautilus eats | Friendly Mobs | When a baby nautilus is fed | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Baby Nautilus hurts | Friendly Mobs | When a baby nautilus is damaged underwater | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Baby Nautilus hurts | Friendly Mobs | When a baby nautilus is damaged on land | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Baby Nautilus dies | Friendly Mobs | When a baby nautilus dies underwater | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Baby Nautilus dies | Friendly Mobs | When a baby nautilus dies on land | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Sounds | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions [upcoming] | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key [upcoming] | Volume | Pitch |
| ? | Friendly Mobs | Randomly | mob | ? | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| ? | Friendly Mobs | When a baby nautilus swims | mob | ? | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| ? | Friendly Mobs | When a baby nautilus is fed | mob | ? | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| ? | Friendly Mobs | When a baby nautilus is damaged | mob | ? | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| ? | Friendly Mobs | When a baby nautilus dies | mob | ? | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
Data values
[edit | edit source]ID
[edit | edit source]| Name | Identifier | Entity tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
nautilus | aquaticcan_breathe_under_watercan_equip_saddlecan_wear_nautilus_armornot_scary_for_pufferfishsensitive_to_impaling |
entity |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Family | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
nautilus | 149 |
aquaticnautilusmob | entity |
Entity data
[edit | edit source]Nautiluses have entity data associated with them that contain various properties.
- [NBT Compound / JSON Object] Entity data
- Additional fields for mobs that can breed see Template:Nbt inherit/breedable/template
- Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template
- Tags common to all mobs see Template:Nbt inherit/mob/template
Achievements
[edit | edit source]| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other | ||||||
| Free Diver | Stay underwater for 2 minutes | Drink a potion of water breathing that can last for 2 minutes or more, then jump into water; or activate a conduit; or sneak on a magma block underwater for 2 minutes; or ride a nautilus/zombie nautilus underwater for 2 minutes. | 20 | Silver | |||
| Sleep with the Fishes | Spend a day underwater. | Spend 20 minutes underwater without any air. Can be done with a conduit, water breathing potions, bubble columns, nautiluses, or zombie nautiluses. | 30 | Silver | |||
| It Spreads | Kill a mob next to a catalyst | Kill any mob that drops experience near a sculk catalyst, with the sole exception of the ender dragon. Mobs that drop no experience are ignored for this achievement. | 10 | Bronze | |||
Achievements that apply to all mobs:
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other | ||||||
| Overkill | Deal nine hearts of damage in a single hit. | Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have nine hearts of health overall. | 30 | Bronze | |||
| Over-Overkill | Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace | Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have 50 hearts of health overall. | 20 | Silver | |||
| Mob Kabob | Hit five mobs in the same Charge attack using the Spear. | Armor stands and players also count for this achievement as they are technically mobs. | 10 | Bronze | |||
Advancements
[edit | edit source]| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) |
|---|---|---|---|
![]() | How Did We Get Here? | Have every effect applied at the same time | Have all of these 34 status effects applied to the player at the same time:
The source of the effects is irrelevant for the purposes of this advancement. Other status effects may be applied to the player, but are ignored for this advancement. |
![]() | It Spreads | Kill a mob near a Sculk Catalyst | Kill any mob that drops experience near a sculk catalyst, with the sole exception of the ender dragon. Mobs that drop no experience are ignored for this advancement. |
![]() | The Parrots and the Bats | Breed two animals together | Breed a pair of any of these 27 animals:
|
![]() | Best Friends Forever | Tame an animal | Tame one of these 11 tameable animals:
|
![]() | Two by Two | Breed all the animals! |
Advancements that apply to all mobs:
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) |
|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Adventure | Adventure, exploration and combat | Kill any mob, or be killed by any living entity. |
![]() | A Throwaway Joke | Throw a Trident at something. Note: Throwing away your only weapon is not a good idea. | Hit a mob with a thrown trident. |
![]() | Take Aim | Shoot something with an Arrow | Using a bow or a crossbow, shoot a mob with an arrow, tipped arrow, or spectral arrow. |
![]() | Mob Kabob | Hit five mobs in the same Charge attack using the Spear. | |
![]() | Arbalistic | Kill five unique mobs with one crossbow shot | This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed. |
![]() | Over-Overkill | Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace | Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have 50 hearts of health overall. |
Videos
[edit | edit source]History
[edit | edit source]Announcement
[edit | edit source]| September 26, 2025 | Nautiluses are teased in a series of social media teasers. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 27, 2025 | |||||||
Java Edition
[edit | edit source]| Java Edition | |||||||
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| 1.21.11 | 25w41a | ||||||
| 25w42a | Nautiluses can now be controlled on land. | ||||||
| Nautiluses can now despawn. | |||||||
| Baby nautiluses can now be fed any type of fish. | |||||||
| Riding a nautilus underwater now plays an ambient sound. | |||||||
| 25w43a | Nautiluses can no longer be placed in boats. | ||||||
| Equipping a saddle to a nautilus now plays a unique sound () rather than the standard sound (). | |||||||
| 25w44a | Nautiluses now retaliate against any mob, not just against players. | ||||||
| Adult nautiluses now have unique swimming sounds () rather than fish swimming sounds (); baby nautiluses still use the fish swimming sounds. | |||||||
| Equipping a saddle to a nautilus now plays a different sound depending on whether the nautilus is underwater () or not (). | |||||||
| 25w45a | Now becomes persistent with any interaction from a player, not just riding them. | ||||||
| 25w46a | Nautiluses now play a dash sound when they perform their dash attack. | ||||||
| Added inventory UI for the nautilus. | |||||||
| pre1 | Updated baby nautilus texture to match Bedrock Edition. | ||||||
| The nautilus head now clips less through its shell. | |||||||
Removed baby_nautilus_ambient7.ogg ().
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| Added ambient, dash, recovering, hurting and dying sounds for when nautiluses and baby nautiluses are on land. | |||||||
| Changed the adult nautilus swimming sounds (from to ). | |||||||
| Baby nautiluses now play nautilus swimming sounds rather than fish swimming sounds. | |||||||
| The nautilus shell drop of nautiluses is now affected by Looting. | |||||||
| pre4 | Dispensers can now equip saddles and nautilus armor on tamed nautiluses. | ||||||
| Dismounting a nautilus while on land no longer places the player inside the nautilus if there is a valid block to place the player on. | |||||||
Bedrock Edition
[edit | edit source]| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.21.130 | Preview 1.21.130.20 | ||||||
| Preview 1.21.130.22 | A tamed nautilus will now be tempted by all fish. This includes buckets of fish. | ||||||
| Preview 1.21.130.24 | Nautiluses now retaliate against any mob, not just against players. | ||||||
| Preview 1.21.130.26 | |||||||
| Preview 1.21.130.27 | Equipping a saddle to a nautilus now plays a unique sound () rather than the standard sound (). | ||||||
| 26.0 | Preview 26.0.23 | Nautiluses now have swim sounds (). | |||||
| Nautiluses now also have alternative ambient (), hurt (), and death () sounds when on land. | |||||||
| Baby nautiluses now have unique swim sounds (), including alternative ambient (), hurt (), and death () sounds when on land. | |||||||
| Preview 26.0.27 | Equipping a saddle to a nautilus underwater now plays a unique sound () rather than the standard sound (). | ||||||
| Changed swimming animation. | |||||||
Issues
[edit | edit source]Issues relating to "Nautilus", "Nautiluses", or "Nautili" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Trivia
[edit | edit source]- Prior to their addition to the game, in a 2023 Taking Inventory article on Minecraft.net, Duncan Geere stated that nautiluses may have once existed in the Minecraft world but possibly became extinct.[1]
- While named after real-life nautiluses, the mob in the game is intended to be a "fantasy creature,"[2] with its design being inspired by ammonites and the pre-existing nautilus shell item.[3]
- The reasoning given for nautiluses pausing players' oxygen meters through the Breath of the Nautilus effect is that they eat pufferfish, which are used to brew potions of Water Breathing,[4] despite the fact that the fish is poisonous to their real-life namesakes.
- Minecraft's Instagram account used a freeze frame of the second upload of Nautilus JE1 BE2.png in one of its posts.[5]
Gallery
[edit | edit source]Renders
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Nautilus back side
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Nautilus back side with a saddle equipped
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Baby nautilus back side in Java Edition
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Baby nautilus back side in Bedrock Edition
Animations
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Nautilus breathing and swimming
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Nautilus swimming[BE only]
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Nautilus charging (this animation is not used in-game)[BE only]
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Baby nautilus breathing and swimming[JE only]
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Baby nautilus breathing[BE only]
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Baby nautilus swimming[BE only]
Nautilus with nautilus armor
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Nautilus with copper nautilus armor swimming
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Saddled nautilus with copper nautilus armor swimming
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Nautilus with iron nautilus armor swimming
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Saddled nautilus with iron nautilus armor swimming
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Nautilus with golden nautilus armor swimming
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Saddled nautilus with golden nautilus armor swimming
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Nautilus with diamond nautilus armor swimming
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Saddled nautilus with diamond nautilus armor swimming
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Nautilus with netherite nautilus armor swimming
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Saddled nautilus with netherite nautilus armor swimming
Development renders
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Nautilus charging (this animation is not used in-game and model used in Bedrock Edition from preview 1.21.130.20 to 1.21.130.26)
Mojang images
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A nautilus underwater
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An adult nautilus and baby nautilus
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A baby nautilus with a nautilus in the background
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A nautilus swimming in a kelp forest
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Zuri riding on a nautilus underwater
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Multiple nautiluses swimming around a coral reef.
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Some nautiluses with armors in a coral reef.
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Many nautiluses together
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Three nautiluses, two being babies
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Zuri riding a nautilus on the surface
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Nautiluses being shown on Minecraft Live
Textures
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Nautilus texture file
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Baby nautilus texture file
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Nautilus saddle texture file
In other media
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Nautilus in the ocean
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Ditto but cutaway of pufferfish controlling the nautilus
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Render of the nautilus used
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A nautilus named Egg.
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A nautilus statue at TwitchCon
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ "Taking Inventory: Nautilus Shell" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, October 16, 2023.
- ↑ "This was actually debated internally for a while, too. It was decided to make an exception, and turn a real-life animal to a fantasy creature in this case." – @jebox.bsky.social on Bluesky, September 29, 2025
- ↑ "Was very inspired by ammonites and other creatures! Real world nautiluses are very unique looking but I had wanted to also reflect the nautilus shell item already in-game that players are familiar with." – @sarahboev.bsky.social on Bluesky, September 27, 2025
- ↑ "FIRST LOOK : SPEAR AND NAUTILUS | Minecraft LIVE – September 2025" – Minecraft on YouTube, September 27, 2025
- ↑ "And inside a creeper is flint and steel held on a string above a block of TNT" @minecraft on Instagram, October 24, 2025
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