Minecraft slime guide: Spawning, behavior, and uses

Slime is a unique mob in Minecraft. Though it is hostile in nature, its overall appearance and face can look quite amusing to many players. These are some of the most difficult mobs to find in the game, simply because they do not spawn normally like other hostile creatures.

Here is everything to know about slimes in Minecraft, including their spawning mechanics and location, their behavior, and their use.

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Everything to know about slimes in Minecraft

Spawning

Slimes can either spawn in Swamps on full moon days or in dedicated slime chunks (Image via Sportskeeda Gaming || Mojang Studios || Chunkbase)

Slimes spawn in three different sizes: large, medium, and small. The largest slime needs at least 2.04x2.04x2.04 block space to spawn. They cannot spawn if spawn-proofing methods like torches, placing carpets, slabs, or glass blocks are used.

When it comes to location, slimes primarily spawn in two areas: Swamps at a particular time of day and underground caves in certain chunks.

In Swamps, slimes only spawn when there is a full-moon at night. This means that if you find a Swamp biome, you will have to wait for several days till the full-moon night arrives. Only then will slimes spawn on the surface of the biome. It is worth noting that if you place torches around the biome, slimes will not spawn there.

The next area is underground caves, anywhere below Y level 40. However, there is a catch since slimes will not spawn in any underground cave. They will only spawn in certain chunks that are called slime chunks by the community.

In these select chunks, slimes can spawn freely below Y level 40, regardless of lighting and weather. These chunks can be found with the help of seed map tools like Chunkbase.

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Appearance and behavior

Slimes will jump towards you and attack you (Image via Sportskeeda Gaming || Mojang Studios)

When you look at a slime, it might not even look hostile. It is essentially a green translucent cube that will jump up and down to move around. The mob will have a funny facial expression, with two dark green square eyes and one small square mouth at the bottom.

When it detects you, it will jump towards you to hunt you down. It is quite easy to evade the mob, but if it catches you, it will keep jumping adjacent to you, and start performing melee attacks. The larger the slime, the more damage it will inflict.

If you kill a large slime, it will divide itself into four medium slimes. If one medium slime is defeated, four small slimes will come out of it. Finally, small slimes can killed with one hit of a decent sword.

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What's slimes used for?

Slimes drop slime balls used for various purposes (Image via Sportskeeda Gaming || Mojang Studios)

When slimes are killed, they drop slimeball, which is a great item with several uses. Firstly, it can be used to create blocks like slime blocks and sticky pistons. These blocks are some of the most important components of countless redstone contraptions. Hence, to make useful redstone contraptions, killing slimes is a must and getting slime balls is a must.

Furthermore, slime balls can also be used to craft magma cream when the former is combined with blaze powder. If you are unable to find magma cubes in the Nether, this is a great way to get magma cream. Finally, slime balls can also be used to breed frogs.

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