The mysterious Nautilus is making waves in Minecraft-an underwater creature you can now ride, race, and explore deep-sea secrets with alongside your friends, as Mojang introduces a stunning new twist to aquatic adventures.
Not the shell, but rather an adorable creature splashing deep under the sea. So, learn more about the Nautlius mob, and how it will redefine your underwater exploration and building as well.
Meet the Nautilus, Minecraft’s Underwater Mount
Glide through the ocean on the back of the Nautilus, a new Minecraft mob designed for underwater travel and races with friends. This gentle creature carries players across coral reefs, ravines, and sunken ruins with smooth, swift motion. With customizable shells and speed upgrades, it adds a fresh layer of multiplayer fun for those who love exploring the sea’s hidden corners together.
The Nautilus is an aquatic mob found deep in the Minecraft oceans. The best thing about them is that you can tame these mobs and ride them. To tame the Nautilus, you need to feed it some pufferfish, and voila, red hearts will appear, indicating that they love being friends with you.
In order to ride the Nautilus, players will require a saddle. Thanks to the Chase the Skies update, the saddles are now a craftable item, and you don’t need to loot village chests to get them. Once crafted, simply place the saddle on the tamed mob, and right-click on their body to ride them.
Nautilus Gives You Unlimited Underwater Breathing
Dascend with the Nautilus as you glide beneath the waves, sharing epic races with friends while mastering unlimited underwater breathing.
The Nautilus isn’t just about traversing the depths of the ocean. While riding them, you will gain a passive status effect called the “Breath of the Nautilus“. When this passive is active, your oxygen bar will be on pause, allowing you to breathe freely underwater while riding the new mob. Hence, it makes a perfect companion for all the builders who can now expand their creativity under the sea as well.
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Another cool feature of the Nautilub mob is its dashing ability. This allows you to surge forward at high speeds for a brief moment. So, if you aim towards the surface and dash forward, your Nautilus would leap out of the sea like a dolphin. You might even consider equipping the brand-new Spear weapon and dash towards other players in PvP scenarios.
If you ever want an army of Nautilus to raid the Ocean Monuments underneath the sea, try feeding them Pufferfish to breed and make a baby Nautilus. Finally, Mojang has thought about keeping our Nautilus safe by introducing their exclusive armor. These are available in Gold, Diamond, and other metals, and the amount of protection will vary based on that.
With all said and done, beware of the Zombie Nautilus that may sometimes have the Drowned mobs riding on top.
How do you tame a Nautilus step by step
Here is a simple step-by-step way to tame a Nautilus in Minecraft:
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Get pufferfish
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Catch pufferfish with a fishing rod or using a bucket of tropical fish in suitable ocean waters. Pufferfish or a bucket of pufferfish are what Nautilus prefers for taming.
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Find a Nautilus
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Search in ocean biomes below roughly y-level 38, where Nautilus groups commonly spawn in the Mounts of Mayhem update.
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Watch out for zombie Nautilus variants ridden by Drowned; these are hostile and more dangerous to approach.
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Approach safely
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Swim up to the Nautilus without attacking it; it is neutral and will not harm you unless provoked.
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Make sure you have enough air or water-breathing support until it is tamed so you do not drown while feeding it.
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Feed it pufferfish
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Hold the pufferfish (or pufferfish bucket) in your hand and right-click/use on the Nautilus repeatedly.
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Continue feeding until you see heart particles appear around it, which indicates the Nautilus is now tamed.
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Put a saddle on it
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With the Nautilus tamed, open its mount interface (same way as with a horse) and place a saddle in the saddle slot.
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Once saddled, you can ride and steer it like a horse, but underwater, using your normal movement keys.
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Optional: Equip Nautilus armor
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Craft or obtain Nautilus armor and place it in the armor slot in the Nautilus’s inventory to increase its durability and give it a unique appearance.
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Use Breath of the Nautilus effect
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When you ride your tamed Nautilus, you gain the “Breath of the Nautilus” effect, which pauses your oxygen bar so you can stay underwater far longer while mounted.
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Where to find Nautilus spawn locations by biome and depth
Nautilus mobs spawn in all ocean-type biomes, but are most common in colder water and mid-depth levels rather than right at the surface or on the seafloor. They usually appear in small groups, which makes spotting several at once fairly likely if you search the correct Y-range.
Best biomes
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Highest chance: Frozen Ocean, Cold Ocean, and their deep variants; these have roughly “50%” relative spawn weight in guides, making them the most reliable places to search.
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Lower chance but possible: Standard Ocean, Lukewarm Ocean, Warm Ocean, and their deep variants; Nautilus can appear here too, just less frequently.
Depth (Y-level) range
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Most guides and testing show Nautilus spawning between about Y 38 and Y 58, with ocean surface around Y 62 in typical worlds.
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Practically, this means you should look slightly below the surface down to mid-depth, not right on the ocean floor; sailing in a boat and looking down at that band is effective.
Group size and behavior
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Nautilus typically spawn in groups of 1-3 (sometimes 1-2 in wiki data), often with an occasional baby in the group.
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They swim freely in open water, often a bit above the seabed, so scanning horizontally across mid-depth water helps you notice their distinctive shelled shape.
