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This Minecraft tutorial explains all about pandas with screenshots and step-by-step instructions. Let's learn about pandas in Minecraft.

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Supported Platforms
Hostility Level (Passive/Neutral)
Health Points
Where to Find Pandas
Attack Method
Experience Points
Types of Pandas
Basic Rules of Genes
Determine the Panda Type based on Genes
Panda Personality Tool
Spawn Egg for Panda
Command Examples
NBT Tags for Panda (Java Edition)
Spawn Events for Panda (Bedrock/Education)
Panda Seeds
How rare is a red panda in Minecraft?
Which pandas are rare in Minecraft?
Why is my panda crying in Minecraft?
What is the rarest panda Breed?

Supported Platforms

Pandas are available in the following versions of Minecraft:

Platform	Supported (Version*)
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	Yes (1.14)
Pocket Edition (PE)	Yes (1.8.0)
Xbox 360	No
Xbox One	Yes (1.8.0)
PS3	No
PS4	Yes (1.83)
Wii U	No
Nintendo Switch	Yes (1.8.0)
Windows 10 Edition	Yes (1.8.0)
Education Edition	Yes (1.9.0)

* The version that it was added or removed, if applicable.
NOTE: Pocket Edition (PE), Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Windows 10 Edition are now called Bedrock Edition. We will continue to show them individually for version history.

Background

The following is a picture of what a panda looks like in Minecraft:

Hostility Level (Passive/Neutral)

A panda is that is a normal, lazy, worried, playful, weak or brown panda type is a passive mob and will never attack you in the game (Creative or Survival mode). A panda that is an aggressive panda type is a neutral mob and will attack you in Survival mode if you attack first. It will never attack you in Creative mode.

The term mob is short for mobile and is used to refer to all living, moving creatures in the game such as chickens, creepers, and pandas.

Health Points

In Minecraft, a panda has 10 hearts

for health. This gives a panda 20 health points (because 1 heart = 2 health points). To kill a panda, you need to inflict 20 points of damage to the panda.

Where to Find Pandas

In Minecraft, you can find pandas in the Bamboo Jungle biome.

Pandas can be persuaded to follow you if you hold bamboo.

If you are having trouble finding a panda, you can summon a panda using a cheat or you can use a spawn egg.

Weapon

A panda does not carry a weapon.

Attack Method

You are safe to walk near a panda and it will not attack or cause you any damage. And if you attack a panda, it will just try to run away. It will not attack you back.

Drops

When you kill a panda in Minecraft, it may drop bamboo.

Make sure you pick up any dropped items before they disappear. They are useful and should be kept in your inventory to be used later.

Experience Points

As you play the game, you will gain experience. The most common way to gain experience is by killing mobs. When a mob is killed you will see tiny green and yellow balls appear and move towards you.

These orbs represent experience points. When you kill a panda, you will gain 1-3 experience points.

Types of Pandas

There are two NBT tags called MainGene and HiddenGene that determine the appearance and behavior of the panda (that will also be passed down to its offspring). There are 7 possible values for these NBT tags - normal, aggressive, lazy, worried, playful, weak, and brown.

These genes are either dominant or recessive (see table below). A dominant gene will always take priority over a recessive gene.

Based on the Main Gene and Hidden Gene, there are 7 dfferent pandas in Minecraft:

Basic Rules of Genes

If the Main Gene is dominant, the Hidden Gene (whether it is dominant or recessive) will be ignored and the Main Gene will always determine the panda's appearance and behavior.
If the Main Gene is recessive and the Hidden Gene is dominant, the Hidden Gene "wins" and determines the appearance and behavior of the panda.
If you want to guarantee that a recessive gene "wins", you should specify the recessive gene for both the Main Gene and the Hidden Gene. For example, if you want a brown and white panda, you should spawn the panda with "brown" as both the Main Gene and Hidden Gene.
If you have 2 recessive genes, the Main Gene "wins" and determines the appearance and behavior of the panda.

Determine the Panda Type based on Genes

Need help with Main and Hidden Genes? Try our tool below to see what type of panda you get when you enter a Main Gene and Hidden Gene:

Panda Personality Tool

Spawn Egg for Panda

You can spawn a panda using the following spawn egg:

Command Examples

Here are some game command examples for a panda in Minecraft:

NBT Tags for Panda (Java Edition)

Here are the NBT tags that you can use in game commands for a panda in Java Edition:

Spawn Events for Panda (Bedrock/Education)

Here are the spawn events that you can use in game commands for a panda in Bedrock Edition and Education Edition:

Panda Seeds

You can use a seed to create a world where you spawn in a biome with pandas:

Other Mobs

Here are some of the other mobs in Minecraft:

How rare is a red panda in Minecraft?

Red Pandas spawn in groups of one in bamboo jungle biomes, at the surface with grass blocks, and are more common then normal pandas. 30% percent of the time, a baby red panda and a grown red panda will spawn.

Which pandas are rare in Minecraft?

Brown Panda The panda is a rare neutral mob. Pandas can spawn with seven different personalities, the brown panda being the rarest of them all.

Why is my panda crying in Minecraft?

A weak panda will cry and have snot running down its nose. Weak Pandas tend to sneeze more than a baby panda would, and have half the health of all the other pandas. A worried panda will have big eyes.

What is the rarest panda Breed?

Spotting the albino panda is incredibly rare, given how infrequently albinism manifests. The giant panda, native to China, is the rarest species of bear, with fewer than 2,000 remaining in the wild.