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Firefly (mob)

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This article is about the scrapped mob. For the bush that produces fireflies as particles, see Firefly Bush. For other uses, see Firefly (disambiguation).
This article documents a feature that has been officially scrapped.
 
This feature is unlikely to be added to the game in the foreseeable future.
This page describes content that has been removed and was only present in earlier versions of Bedrock Edition.
 
This feature was present in a private developer version, but it never saw public release before being scrapped.
Firefly
Health points 1HP👁 💔
Behavior Passive
Mob type 👁 Image
Arthropod

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Animal
Hitbox size Height: 0.0625 blocks
Width: 0.125 blocks
Spawn 👁 Image
Swamp

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Mangrove Swamp
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 "title": "Firefly",
 "rows": [
 {
 "field": "1<span class=\"hidden-alt-text\">HP</span><span class=\"nowrap mc-hearts\"><span class=\"iconbar pixel-image nowrap\" style=\"--icon-offset:-1px;\" title=\"0.5 hearts\">(link to File:Half Heart (icon).png article, displayed as 9px|link=|alt=💔)</span></span>",
 "label": "(link to Health article, displayed as Health points)"
 },
 {
 "field": "Passive",
 "label": "Behavior"
 },
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 "field": "<span class=\"nowrap\"><span class=\"sprite-file\" style=\"\">(link to File:EntitySprite arthropod.png article, displayed as 16x16px|link=Arthropod|alt=|class=pixel-image|)</span>(link to Arthropod article, displayed as <span class=\"sprite-text\">Arthropod</span>)</span><br><span class=\"nowrap\"><span class=\"sprite-file\" style=\"\">(link to File:EntitySprite animal.png article, displayed as 16x16px|link=Animal|alt=|class=pixel-image|)</span>(link to Animal article, displayed as <span class=\"sprite-text\">Animal</span>)</span>",
 "label": "(link to Mob type article, displayed as Mob type)"
 },
 {
 "field": "Height: 0.0625 blocks<br>Width: 0.125 blocks",
 "label": "(link to Hitbox article, displayed as Hitbox size)"
 },
 {
 "field": "<span class=\"nowrap\"><span class=\"sprite-file\" style=\"\">(link to File:BiomeSprite swamp.png article, displayed as 16x16px|link=Swamp|alt=|class=pixel-image|)</span>(link to Swamp article, displayed as <span class=\"sprite-text\">Swamp</span>)</span><br><span class=\"nowrap\"><span class=\"sprite-file\" style=\"\">(link to File:BiomeSprite mangrove-swamp.png article, displayed as 16x16px|link=Mangrove Swamp|alt=|class=pixel-image|)</span>(link to Mangrove Swamp article, displayed as <span class=\"sprite-text\">Mangrove Swamp</span>)</span>",
 "label": "(link to Mob spawning article, displayed as Spawn)"
 }
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 "invimages": [],
 "images": [
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}

The firefly was a scrapped mob that would glow in the dark and be eaten by frogs that was featured in Minecraft Live 2021. It was later repurposed as a particle generated by firefly bushes.

Behavior

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Fireflies were two pixels in size, rather than the single pixel size of the implemented firefly particle, which would have made them the smallest mob in the game. Fireflies were originally going to be the mob eaten by frogs to produce froglights, later being replaced by magma cubes in this role. Frogs eating fireflies was scrapped because some species of fireflies are poisonous to some species of frogs in real life.[1] Fireflies themselves were scrapped for being a "performance nightmare", which was not outweighed enough by its positive benefits for ambience.[2][3]

Data values

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Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID Translation key
👁 EntitySprite firefly.png: Sprite image for firefly in Minecraft
Firefly
firefly135 entity.firefly.name

History

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Development

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October 16, 2021👁 Image
Fireflies are announced at Minecraft Live 2021.
May 10, 2022Fireflies are confirmed to have been scrapped.

Bedrock Edition

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Bedrock Edition
1.18.10beta 1.18.10.26Earliest known instance of firefly mentions in the code.
1.19.10Preview 1.19.10.20Removed fireflies from the code.[4]

Gallery

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Development images

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Concept artwork

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References

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  1. "Minecraft Now: Frog February!" – Minecraft on YouTube, February 10, 2022
  2. "Notch Confirms: Minecraft 2 IS Happening" – ibxtoycat on YouTube, January 4, 2025
  3. "Hmm, the "poisonous to frogs" was about what they should eat, I think? Not a reason to delay the fireflies."@jebox.bsky.social on Bluesky, January 27, 2026
  4. MCPE-155827 – "firefly" appears in target selector type argument suggestions – resolved as "Fixed".

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