Dolphins (Minecraft)

Dolphins are potential tritagonists in the sandbox video game Minecraft. They are aquatic mobs that the player can gain the trust of. They are the first aquatic utility mob added to the game, and start out neutral, but can still be helpful even when neutral to the player, just by being near them. Once trust is gained, they can assist players in finding underwater treasures.
They were added in version 1.13 in 2018, being a large part of "Update Aquatic".
==Spawning==
Dolphins always spawn in pods of three to five in all types of ocean biomes. The only variant of ocean biomes they don't spawn in or frozen or cold ones. They will always spawn between layers (z-level) of 50 and 64. In the console version of the game, there is a 10% chance for dolphins to spawn as a baby. They will despawn if players are no longer nearby.
==Personality==
Dolphins are portrayed as harmless, innocent, adorable, playful, energetic, curious and protective toward each other. When their trust is gained, they become benevolent, helpful and resourceful, as they always know the whereabouts of underwater treasures, and only travel to it when players feed them. When players attack them, they become justifyingly vengeful and relentlessly aggressive.
==Behavior==
Dolphins, like any other aquatic mob in the game, will aimlessly swim around any body of water they spawn in. A player being within nine blocks of a dolphin will grant the player a boost in their swimming speed. In the PC version, players receive a status effect called "Dolphin's Grace", while in the console version, the speed boost is still granted, but it won't be in the form of a status effect. If a player has an "Invisibility" status effect, dolphins won't notice the player, therefore not give the beneficial effect.
In the PC version, if an item is dropped in water and within a dolphin's field of view, dolphins will play with the item by pushing and chasing it around. Like dolphins in real life, they can stay underwater for a long time, which is four minutes, longer than any other non-aquatic mob in the game. If dolphins are stuck underwater for too long, they will drown. If they are stranded on land without being able to reach water, they will suffocate.
To gain the trust of dolphins, players must feed them raw cod or raw salmon. The more dolphins are fed, the more they trust the player. When fed enough, dolphins will decide to lead players to ancient shipwrecks, buried treasures or ocean ruins if they have treasure. Due to how aggressive, hostile and protective guardians and elder guardians are, dolphins will always try to avoid them. 
Dolphins, similar to wolves, start out as completely neutral to the player, but once one dolphin is attacked by the player, that dolphin plus any other nearby dolphin will retaliate and vengefully attack the player. Dolphins fed by players can still be hostile to said players, if the latter unjustly attacked dolphins. In the PC version, killing the dolphin in one hit somehow doesn't provoke the nearby dolphins.
==Heroic acts==
*Assisting players with swimming speed just by proximity.
*Leading players to very helpful treasures that greatly boost a player's progress.
*Rightfully protecting each other.
*Retaining the ability to speed up players' swimming even if provoked.
==Trivia==
*The amount of time dolphins can hold their breath in Minecraft is about half as much as in real life, where they can hold their breath from eight to ten minutes. Dolphins in real life also don't actually suffocate on air.
*Unlike most mobs (but like other aquatic mobs), they cannot be put into boats.
*The sounds of the dolphins were recording by the game's lead sound designer going to a wildlife park and recording real dolphin sounds.
==Gallery==
===Images===
mc_dolphin_promo.png|Dolphins seen in the promotion image for "Update Aquatic".
mc_dolphin_pod.jpg|Pod of dolphins.
mc_dolphin_sunset.jpg|Dolphins diving among the sunset.
mc_dolphin_farm.jpg|Dolphin diving around a farm.
mc_dolphin_ridemod.jpg|A mod allowing players to ride dolphins.
mc_dolphin_ridemod2.jpg|Ditto.
mc_dolphin_coral.jpg|Dolphins swimming near colorful coral.
===Videos===
Everything You Need To Know About DOLPHINS In Minecraft!
✔ Minecraft- 15 Things You Didn't Know About Dolphins
==External Links==
*Dolphins at the Minecraft Wiki
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