A prehistoric creature has returned to the sea, complete with taming, breeding, and a zombie variant that will carry drowned from the darkest depths. So, today, we explore the nautilus mob and zombie nautilus alongside their features, armor, and favorite food too.

Where to Find the Nautilus

Based on the real-world sea creature, the nautilus mob can be found in any ocean biome, swimming just above the ocean’s floor. Their large shells are white and orange, matching their orange-colored bodies, making them decently easy to spot as well. Nautilus mobs are passive but will defend themselves if attacked and can be led with a lead.

Nautilus Mob Taming, Breeding, & Riding

Taming a nautilus requires pufferfish, but outside of that, there are no special steps. Once hearts appear, indicating it is tamed, two can be bred using pufferfish or a bucket of pufferfish. Successfully breeding nautilus mobs produces a baby nautilus. Should your tamed nautilus find itself damaged, they can be fed any type of fish to recover. Tamed nautilus mobs can also be ridden after placing a saddle upon their shells. They go wherever the player guides and are fast, with the ability to dash with spacebar, allowing for greater ocean exploration. Additionally, riding a nautilus grants the “Breath of the Nautilus” status effect, which provides water breathing until the nautilus is dismounted.

Nautilus Armor

Nautilus armor functions identically to horse armor and has a variant for each resource tier up to diamond. However, this also means that it is not an item that can be crafted. Nautilus armor comes exclusively from the loot of shipwrecks, ocean ruins, and buried treasure. Should diamond nautilus armor be found, it can be upgraded to netherite using a smithing table, netherite upgrade template, and a netherite ingot.

Zombie Nautilus Mob

The zombie nautilus is a hostile mob that spawns in ocean biomes with a drowned riding upon its back. The drowned will guide the zombie nautilus towards players, allowing for a rapid approach and subsequent attack. Should the drowned rider spawn with a trident as well, they become an extremely dangerous combination that is hard to escape. However, once the drowned rider has been defeated, the zombie nautilus can be taken and used as a mount of your very own. It functions the same as a living nautilus, minus the ability to breed or be in direct sunlight.