by theygamesHow do you hatch a Minecraft Sniffer? This adorable, gentle giant only went ahead and stole our hearts with an overwhelming victory in the 2022 Minecraft Live mob vote. Over 50% of us (myself included) voted for this ancient mob to make its long-overdue return from extinction, with Mojang Studios bringing it back to life for the Minecraft 1.20 update. No doubt, part of the reason the sniffer won by a landslide is the new plant mechanics it enables.
While we still don’t know much about the Minecraft Sniffer, and the new mob is in very early development, a recent leak shows that this new Minecraft mobs is bigger than you might have expected but still just as cute. Of course, some Minecraft seeds might be better for you to find these elusive creatures than others, so while we hunt down the best one, here is everything we know about the Sniffer.
How to spawn a Minecraft Sniffer
Sniffers will not spawn naturally in the overworld like most Minecraft mobs, so you’ll need to hatch them from eggs instead. You can find these Sniffer eggs in suspicious sand tiles in the warm ocean underwater ruins. This is most likely due to the lore of the six-legged monster, which states that it is ancient and extinct. We’ll be tasked with bringing it back to life by hatching said eggs, presumably laid centuries ago.
Once two adult Sniffers are roaming the area, you can give them the new Torchflower seeds to make them breed. They will produce an egg that you can then hatch the same way as one found in ocean ruins.
How to hatch Sniffer eggs in Minecraft
Once you get a Minecraft Sniffer egg, return to the surface and place it on any block. It’ll crack twice before hatching 20 real-time minutes later. If you place a Sniffer egg on top of a moss block, this will take half the time, so it will take ten minutes to hatch instead.
Minecraft Sniffer behavior
We also know from the initial Sniffer reveal video that the new mob just loves plant life, and its powerful sniffing of local flora is probably how it got its name. It loves to hunt for Torchseeds, a new seed type that was thought long-extinct, just like the Sniffer itself. It’ll slump onto the ground and dig them up when it gets a whiff. If you’re quick enough, you can grab them before it snaffles them. You can plant these seeds to grow into plants that give you more Torchseeds, use them for breeding Sniffers or chickens, or perhaps even tame parrots.
Of course, there’s plenty of other stuff to check out in the survival game‘s latest update. We have guides on these new items and creatures, including the gorgeous new Minecraft cherry blossom biomes, the suspicious sand tiles, and the Minecraft camel that now roam desert villages.