Pandas in Minecraft

Pandas are rare animals in the bamboo jungle of Minecraft with different personalities and unique behavior. They can be bred with bamboo - provided there is enough of it growing nearby.

Written on Mar 26, 2025

Properties

  • Lives - 20 (10 hearts)

  • Size - Wider than other passive animals

  • Behavior - Mostly peaceful, but will attack when angry

  • Spawn - Only on grass blocks with at least two bamboos nearby

Variants

Pandas have random personality traits that influence their behavior:

  • Normal - No special behavior

  • Playful - Often roll around

  • Lazy - Often lie on their backs

  • Fearful - Run away when players are nearby

  • Aggressive - Attack if they or other pandas are injured

  • Weak - Sneeze often and have less life

Benefit

  • Cute decoration for zoos or jungle bases

  • Interaction with bamboo creates a natural atmosphere

  • Can be bred (with restrictions)

Breeding

  • Food - Bamboo

  • Prerequisites - Two pandas must be near at least eight bamboo plants

  • After feeding, they show heart particles and a baby panda appears

  • The cub randomly inherits personality traits from the parents

Tips

  • Make sure there is enough bamboo around the pandas - otherwise the breeding will not work

  • Use name tags to mark special pandas

  • Weak pandas can be recognized by frequent sneezing - cute, but more vulnerable

Trivia

  • When a baby panda sneezes, there is a small chance that it will drop a ball of slime

  • Pandas can dance on fences if they stand on moving platforms (e.g. slime blocks)

  • Their animations and sounds are unique and make them one of the most charming animals in the game

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Overview

Developer

Mojang

Studio

Mojang

Release

May 17, 2009

Genres

Adventure, Open-World, Survival, Sandbox

Platforms

Linux, Windows, Mac OS X

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