Hippo

Spawning

Hippos spawn in groups of 3-4 above grass blocks at a light level of 9 or more in savanna biomes near or in sources of water.

Spawn biomes can be edited with a data pack via adding or removing biomes from tags/worldgen/has_hippo.json in Naturalist’s data files.

Drops

An adult hippo drops upon death:

• 1–3 experience orbs if killed by a player or tamed wolf.
• 1–7 orbs upon breeding.

Item drops can be edited with a data pack via editing loot_tables/entities/animal.json in Naturalist’s data files.

Killing a baby hippo yields no items nor experience.

Behavior

Hippos aimlessly wander around the savannas, occasionally taking a dip in the cool water where they will randomly swim around.

Hippos attack boats as well as players who come into the water, but if you’re around them while on land you will be relatively safe unless they are chasing you out of the water or you have attacked one of them or their babies.

Hippos can be tempted and fed melon blocks. When doing so, they will go into a breeding mode and you will receive the Hungry Hungry Hippos advancement. They will only actually breed if they are in the water, however.

• When fed a Melon, they will render it in their mouths for a moment before chomping down with Melon breaking particles and a chomping sound.

Achievements

Hungry Hungry Hippos

Feed a melon block to a hippo to breed it when in water