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Slime in Minecraft, 3D render (3/4 view)
Render by Blockaria from the Minecraft: Java Edition models and textures (Mojang).
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HOSTILE Present since 1.14 or earlier

Slime mob in Minecraft

The Slime is the bouncing green cube that splits into smaller copies each time you kill it. Only the smallest ones drop slimeballs, so a full Slime gives you a whole family to clear. It spawns in swamps at night and in hidden slime chunks deep underground.

Health
168 hearts
Behavior
Hostile
Main drop
SlimeballSlimeball
Found in
54 biomes

Slime stats

Health
16 8 hearts
Behavior
Hostile
Main drop
SlimeballSlimeball
Spawns in
54 biomes
Size
0.52 × 0.52 blocks
XP when killed
1 to 4equal to its size (1, 2 or 4)
Detection range
16 blocks

// Experience drops only when a player kills it.

Where to find Slime

Biomes where it spawns naturally, with its share of the spawns in each group.

BadlandsBadlandsBamboo JungleBamboo JungleBeachBeachBirch ForestBirch ForestCherry GroveCherry GroveCold OceanCold OceanDappled ForestDappled ForestDark ForestDark ForestDeep Cold OceanDeep Cold OceanDeep Frozen OceanDeep Frozen OceanDeep Lukewarm OceanDeep Lukewarm OceanDeep OceanDeep Ocean
All 54 biomes
DesertDesertDripstone CavesDripstone CavesEroded BadlandsEroded BadlandsFlower ForestFlower ForestForestForestFrozen OceanFrozen OceanFrozen PeaksFrozen PeaksFrozen RiverFrozen RiverGroveGroveIce SpikesIce SpikesJagged PeaksJagged PeaksJungleJungleLukewarm OceanLukewarm OceanLush CavesLush CavesMangrove SwampMangrove SwampMeadowMeadowOceanOceanOld Growth Birch ForestOld Growth Birch ForestOld Growth Pine TaigaOld Growth Pine TaigaOld Growth Spruce TaigaOld Growth Spruce TaigaPale GardenPale GardenPlainsPlainsRiverRiverSavannaSavannaSavanna PlateauSavanna PlateauSnowy BeachSnowy BeachSnowy PlainsSnowy PlainsSnowy SlopesSnowy SlopesSnowy TaigaSnowy TaigaSparse JungleSparse JungleStony PeaksStony PeaksStony ShoreStony ShoreSunflower PlainsSunflower PlainsSwampSwampTaigaTaigaWarm OceanWarm OceanWindswept ForestWindswept ForestWindswept Gravelly HillsWindswept Gravelly HillsWindswept HillsWindswept HillsWindswept SavannaWindswept SavannaWooded BadlandsWooded BadlandsSulfur CavesSulfur Caves
Spawning
Group size
41 to 4 · depends on the biome

Structures

Trial spawnerTrial Chambers

Slime drops

Slime dropsFrom the loot table · chance per kill
SlimeballSlimeball+1 per Looting level · Smallest size only · Not when eaten by a frog0–2
Health compared
Health vs other hostile mobshealth points
Bogged16
Magma Cube16
Parched16
Slime16
Vex14
Ghast10
Endermite8

Slime and its family

Mobs built on the same base in the game code, compared on their game values.

MobHealthAttackXPSpeedNo fall damageExtra freeze damageFrog foodImmune to OozingIgnored by pufferfish
Magma Cube 16—1–40.2 ✓✓✓··
Slime 16—1–4— ··✓✓·
Sulfur Cube 811–2— ····✓

Traits

Properties set in the game files.

Frog foodFrogs can eat it.
Immune to OozingNot affected by the Oozing effect.

Advancements with Slime

Advancements whose criteria involve this mob, from the game files.

Monster HunterKill any hostile monster Monsters HuntedKill one of every hostile monster

Command

Summon a Slime/summon →
/summon minecraft:slime ~ ~ ~

How a Slime splits

Smaller slimes appear just after a big Slime is killed with a sword Scene setup: Big Slime summoned with 1 health and frozen; the split is the game’s own. Sword and interface kept. In-game screenshot · Java Edition 26.3

Slimes come in three sizes. Kill a large one and it bursts into several medium Slimes. Each medium one splits into several small ones. Small Slimes do no damage to you and are the only ones that drop slimeballs. The fight is short if you stay calm: the big ones hit and push you around, so back off while the pieces scatter, then pick off the little ones.

Where Slimes spawn

  • Swamps at night. In Swamps and Mangrove Swamps, Slimes spawn on the surface in the dark. The phase of the moon matters: they are most common around the full moon and absent at new moon.
  • Slime chunks. About one chunk in ten, chosen by the world seed, spawns Slimes deep underground, below Y=40, whatever the light level. If you keep running into Slimes in the same cave, you are probably in one.
  • Elsewhere. They also appear in the Sulfur Caves and from trial spawners in Trial Chambers.

A slime chunk is the place for a slime farm: dig out a large dark room below Y=40 and let them spawn.

Frogs and slimeballs

Frogs eat small Slimes. A Slime eaten by a Frog always drops exactly one slimeball, instead of the usual zero to two. Frogs near a swamp slime spawn collect slimeballs for you.

What slimeballs are for

Nine slimeballs make a Slime Block, the bouncy redstone block that also brews the Potion of Oozing. A mob under Oozing releases Slimes when it dies. One slimeball on a piston makes a Sticky Piston, and one with Blaze Powder makes Magma Cream for fire resistance.

Its Nether cousin, the Magma Cube, splits the same way but drops magma cream instead.

✓ Checked in Java Edition 26.3 · updated 1 November 2026

Slime — FAQ

How do you find a slime chunk?

Watch where Slimes keep spawning underground, below Y=40, in any light. Slime chunks are fixed by the world seed, about one chunk in ten.

Why does a Slime not drop anything?

Only the smallest Slimes drop slimeballs. Large and medium ones split into smaller Slimes when they die.

Where does the Slime spawn?

In two places. Underground, in slime chunks below Y 40, whatever the light. And at night on the surface of Swamps and Mangrove Swamps, most often around the full moon and never at new moon.

What does a Slime drop?

Slimeball. Smallest size only.

How much health does a Slime have?

16 health points, which is 8 hearts.

Other hostile mobs

BlazeBoggedBreezeCreakingCreeperElder GuardianEndermiteEvokerFrostbiteGhastGuardianHoglin