A Guide to the Minecraft Sniffer Mob

Firstly, you should realize that sniffers are extremely ancient and large creatures. These mobs resemble dinosaurs more than anything else in Minecraft, but they don’t behave like them. They are slow moving that love grass and dirt, as their job is to sniff out rare seeds for players to collect. These items can be used to grow amazing flowers that’ve been extinct for a long time. Besides this, there aren’t other uses for these creatures sadly. Perhaps in future updates you and others can ride them or get more resources from their digging activities.

Locating sniffers aren’t possible in Minecraft, but there’s another method to find them. This involves you searching warm oceans for ruined structures to grab their eggs. These items aren’t found in chests, but rather dug up from suspicious sand with brush tools. If you’re having trouble finding ruins in the ocean, keep in mind that warm parts of it have lighter colors. This change in contrast will help you quickly locate areas that may contain sniffer eggs.

Once you’ve found an ancient ruin in warm oceans, grab your potion of water breathing and dive towards it. Remember, you’re looking for suspicious sand to uncover the creature’s eggs. These blocks are found by its unique texture compared to its normal variant. Don’t break it, use the brush tool to slowly unearth the egg. However, you might end up pulling a completely different item. It all boils down to your luck and archeological skills.

Once you’ve obtained a sniffer egg, we encourage you to collect moss blocks. These are used to speed up the entire process, as it can take 10 or more minutes. Otherwise, you can use normal grass or anything else to hatch your creature. Simply place down the egg and wait until you see cracks, which slowly happens until you see a baby sniffer. Remember, these mobs are large when they reach adulthood, so try to build a suitable environment for it.

Sniffers slowly walk around while smelling the grass in hopes of unearthing rare seeds. These items include torchflowers and pitcher pods, which grow into amazing flowers. Once a sniffer locates a seed, they’ll slam on the ground and start digging for it. This won’t take too long, but waiting for them to search might be. In some cases, you may be waiting for 5 minutes just for one item. We encourage you to raise multiple sniffers to increase productivity.

After gathering some seeds, you can grow them into rare flowers! Only one of these can be placed in pots though, while the other is too large. Torchflowers are small and pitcher plants are tall, with both being colorful. This adds a unique aesthetic in your garden, house, or other structures. Instead of decorating your buildings, use torchflower seeds to breed your sniffers. At the moment, there are only two flowers to get from this mob, which may change later on in future Minecraft updates.