Blaze
The 
blaze is a hostile levitating creature that appears in the nether dimension.
This mob has 20 (
× 10) health and will drop 
blaze rod when killed.
Contents
Spawning
The blaze can spawn anywhere in the nether, on 
netherrack.
Commands
A Blaze can be spawned in another way besides its respective spawn egg, with the command /summon blaze you can spawn it.
In addition to that you can add data tags to customize the blaze. examples:
/summon blaze 1 ~ ~ {name:"blaze powder", defaultDrops:0, drops:[{item:{id:"blaze_powder"}, quantity:3, onFire:1}]}
/summon blaze 1 ~ ~ {name:"blaze quantum", health:60, defaultDrops:false, drops:[{item:{id:"ender_pearl"}, quantity:1}]}
Drops
The blaze drops 
experience points when it dies.
When a blaze dies, it will drop 0-1 blaze rods, 0-3 
glowstone dust and 0-2 
charcoal.
Crafting
Crafting with the blaze drop:
| Blaze Powder | Brewing Stand | Glowstone | Torch |
|---|---|---|---|
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Behavior
Blazes can fly and randomly float around, aimlessly, giving off smoke particles. However, when they come into proximity of 
the player, their head will catch on 
fire, and they will start shooting 
fireballs at the player, which causing small explosions that do no damage to blocks, only entities (fireballs deal 7 (
) damage). They also have a melee attack, dealing half 2 () heart of damage a second.
Tasks
| Number | Icon[ng] | Name | Newgrounds name | Description [ng] | Objective | Points[ng] | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Slay a blaze | Kill a Blaze | They will shoot fireballs at you like crazy! | Kill a blaze | 5 |
History
| Version | Date | Changes |
|---|---|---|
| 1.23 | Oct 31, 2012 |
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| 1.27 | Nov 13, 2015 |
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| 1.28 | Oct 8, 2016 |
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| 1.30.3b | Nov 21, 2021 |
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Bugs
- 1.30: Blaze can drop Bedrock upon death, but cannot be picked up by the player.
Trivia
- The rods you get from killing a blaze are the rods that fly around it.
- The closer a blaze fires at you, the more damage the fireballs will do.
Gallery
A blaze shooting at a player.
