Slime in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains all about slimes with screenshots and step-by-step instructions. Let's learn about slimes in Minecraft.

Supported Platforms

Slimes are available in the following versions of Minecraft:

Platform	Supported (Version*)
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	Yes
Pocket Edition (PE)	Yes (0.9.0)
Xbox 360	Yes
Xbox One	Yes
PS3	Yes
PS4	Yes
Wii U	Yes
Nintendo Switch	Yes
Windows 10 Edition	Yes
Education Edition	Yes

* The version that it was added or removed, if applicable.
NOTE: Pocket Edition (PE), Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Windows 10 Edition are now called Bedrock Edition. We will continue to show them individually for version history.

Background

The following is a picture of what a slime looks like in Minecraft:

Hostility Level (Hostile)

A slime is a hostile mob. The term mob is short for mobile and is used to refer to all living, moving creatures in the game such as chickens, creepers, and slimes. Because a slime is a hostile mob, it will attack you in Survival mode but not Creative mode.

Different Sizes of Slimes

There are three sizes of slimes in Minecraft - large, medium, and small. The larger the slime, the more damage it will do to you.

When you kill a large slime, it will drop medium slimes. When you kill a medium slime, it will drop small slimes. When you kill a small slime, it will drop slimeballs.

You never know what size of slime you will run into in Minecraft. It could be any size from a large slime to a small one.

Health Points

In Minecraft, a slime has different health depending on its size.

A large slime has 8 hearts for health. This gives a large slime 16 health points (because 1 heart = 2 health points). To kill a large slime, you need to inflict 16 points of damage to it.

A medium slime has 2 hearts for health. This gives a medium slime 4 health points (because 1 heart = 2 health points). To kill a medium slime, you need to inflict 4 points of damage to it.

A small slime has 0.5 hearts for health. This gives a small slime 1 health point (because 1 heart = 2 health points). To kill a small slime, you need to inflict 1 point of damage to it.

Where to Find Slimes

In Minecraft, you can find slimes in the Swamp biome in light levels of 8 or less.

Slimes will spawn in the dark, usually at night. Once a slime has spawned in the dark, it can survive in the daylight.

If you are having trouble finding a slime, you can summon a slime using a cheat or you can use a spawn egg.

Weapon

A slime does not carry a weapon.

Attack Method

In Minecraft, a slime will hop towards you and try to bump into you when it attacks. Because slimes come in different sizes, the larger the slime the more damage it will do to you.

Drops

When you kill a small slime in Minecraft, it will drop a slimeball.

Make sure you pick up any dropped items before they disappear. They are useful and should be kept in your inventory to be used later.

Experience Points

As you play the game, you will gain experience. The most common way to gain experience is by killing mobs. When a mob is killed you will see tiny green and yellow balls appear and move towards you.

These orbs represent experience points. When you kill a slime, you will gain experience points but it depends on the size of the slime. A large slime will give you 4 experience points, a medium slime will give you 2 experience points and a small slime will give you 1 experience point.

Spawn Egg for Slime

You can spawn a slime using the following spawn egg:

Command Examples

Here are some game command examples for a slime in Minecraft:

NBT Tags for Slime (Java Edition)

Here are the NBT tags that you can use in game commands for a slime in Java Edition:

Spawn Events for Slime (Bedrock/Education)

Here are the spawn events that you can use in game commands for a slime in Bedrock Edition and Education Edition:

Slime Seeds

You can use a seed to create a world where you spawn in a biome with slimes: