Nautilus mob in Minecraft
The Nautilus is a shelled sea creature that you can tame, saddle and ride underwater. Tame it with pufferfish, and while you ride it your air bar stops dropping thanks to Breath of the Nautilus. It is the best mount for exploring the ocean floor.
- Health
- 157.5 hearts
- Behavior
- Neutral
- Food
+6 more- Found in
- 9 biomes
Nautilus stats
- Health
- 15 7.5 hearts
- Behavior
- Neutral
- Main drop
Nautilus Shell- Spawns in
- 9 biomes
- Size
- 0.875 × 0.95 blocks
- XP when killed
- 1 to 3none as a baby
- Speed
- 1
- Detection range
- 16 blocks
- Knockback resistance
- 30%
- Tempt range
- 10 blocks
// Experience drops only when a player kills it. Speeds are the game’s internal values, not blocks per second.
How much damage Nautilus deals
Damage to a player without armor, by world difficulty. 1 ♥ = 2 damage points.
// Armor, Protection and Resistance reduce these values. Base values read from the game code (26.3).
Where to find Nautilus
Biomes where it spawns naturally, with its share of the spawns in each group.
Deep Lukewarm OceanDeep OceanLukewarm OceanOcean
Warm OceanCold OceanDeep Cold Ocean
Deep Frozen OceanFrozen Ocean- Group size
- 1
Nautilus drops
Anything a player put on itAlways dropped: Copper Nautilus Armor, Diamond Nautilus Armor, Golden Nautilus Armor, Iron Nautilus Armor, Netherite Nautilus Armor and Saddle100%Health compared
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Nautilus and its family
Mobs built on the same base in the game code, compared on their game values.
| Mob | Health | Attack | XP | Speed | Burns in daylight | Ignores Poison and Regeneration | Inverted healing | Weak to Smite | Undead | Ignored by the Wither |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nautilus | 15 | 3 | 1–3 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
 Zombie Nautilus | 15 | 3 | 1–3 | 1.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Traits
Properties set in the game files.
Effects
Food and breeding
Items it eats, follows or breeds with.
Baby Nautilus
Bred with Raw CodCooked Cod
Raw SalmonCooked Salmon
Pufferfish
Tropical Fish
Bucket of PufferfishBucket of Cod All baby mobs → Gear and tools
Items it can wear, and items you use on it.
Advancements with Nautilus
Advancements whose criteria involve this mob, from the game files.
Command
/summon minecraft:nautilus ~ ~ ~Where to find a Nautilus
Nautiluses live in every kind of ocean, from frozen to warm. They are more common in regular, lukewarm and warm oceans, deep or not, and rarer in cold and frozen ones. A wild Nautilus is neutral: it leaves you alone as long as you leave it alone.
How to tame and ride a Nautilus
- Tame it with a Pufferfish or a Bucket of Pufferfish. These are the only two items that work.
- Saddle it: put a saddle on the tamed Nautilus, then mount it. A saddle is crafted from leather and an iron ingot.
- Dive: while you ride, you get Breath of the Nautilus, so your air bar does not go down underwater. You can stay at the bottom as long as you stay in the saddle.
- Jet forward: a Nautilus can dash in a sudden burst of speed, then needs a moment to recover before the next one.
Nautilus armor
A Nautilus can wear its own armor, in copper, iron, gold, diamond or netherite. You cannot craft the first four: look for them in the chests of shipwrecks, buried treasure and ocean ruins. The Netherite Nautilus Armor comes from upgrading the diamond one on a smithing table, with a Netherite Upgrade template and a netherite ingot.
Feeding and breeding
A Nautilus eats fish: raw or cooked cod and salmon, pufferfish and tropical fish, or any bucket of fish. Feed two adults to get a baby. Breeding is the easiest way to get more mounts once you have found a pair.
Nautilus Shells
A Nautilus killed by a player sometimes drops a Nautilus Shell. Rather than hunting them, you can fish shells up as treasure or buy them from the Wandering Trader. Eight shells around a Heart of the Sea craft a Conduit, which, set inside a prismarine frame, gives Conduit Power to players nearby underwater.
Do not confuse it with the Zombie Nautilus, its undead version.
✓ Checked in Java Edition 26.3 · updated 1 November 2026
Nautilus — FAQ
How do you tame a Nautilus?
Feed it a Pufferfish or a Bucket of Pufferfish. No other item tames it.
Can you breathe underwater while riding a Nautilus?
Yes. The rider gets Breath of the Nautilus, so the air bar does not go down while you ride underwater.
Where do you find Nautilus armor?
Copper, iron, gold and diamond Nautilus armor are found in shipwreck, buried treasure and ocean ruin chests. Netherite armor is an upgrade of the diamond one at a smithing table.
Where does the Nautilus spawn?
In 9 Overworld biomes, for example Deep Lukewarm Ocean, Deep Ocean and Lukewarm Ocean.
What does Nautilus drop?
Nautilus Shell. Only when killed by a player. It also drops anything a player put on it.
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