Slimes are a species of cube slimes in the Minecraft universe.
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| General information | |||
| Universe | Minecraft | ||
| Aliases | Slime | ||
| Classification | Amoeba cubus | ||
| Species type | Blob | ||
| Homeworld | Overworld | ||
| Environment | Swamp | ||
| Intelligence | Non-sapient | ||
| Biochemistry | Carbon-based | ||
| Biological information | |||
| Reproduction | Asexual, fission | ||
| Locomotion | Hopping | ||
| Feeding behavior | Carnivore | ||
| Prey | Players | ||
| Predators | Frogs | ||
| Eye color | Black | ||
| Skin color | Green | ||
| Lineage information | |||
| Related species | Magma Cube | ||
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| Sociocultral characteristics | |||
| Scientific taxonomy | |||
| Domain | Eukaryota | ||
| Phylum | Amoebozoa | ||
| Class | Tubulinea | ||
| Order | Euamoebida | ||
| Family | Amoebidae | ||
| Genus | Amoeba | ||
| Species | A. cubus | ||
| Other information | |||
Slimes are amorphous creatures related to the Magma Cube. Their gel-like bodies are green. They grow as they age, and can be found both in small sizes as well as large sizes.
Unlike their Nether counterparts, Slimes move by shifting their mass into a spring-like shape, allowing them to more properly bounce around their dangerous environment. This movement is quite impressive, and will send a slime forward at twice the speed of most other creatures known to inhabit the Minecraft World. A cube's ability to leap is directly relevant to its actual size, and can be calculated to a distance of approximately 1.5x its length and a height equal to its own body mass. During this mass shift, their eyes are split into several sections, though it is unknown if this temporarily affects their vision or not. They can see roughly 48 feet away, indicating that they have particularly poor vision in the first place.
They have adapted greatly to life in the Overworld, and the gel that their body consists of has become flame retardant; this allows them to be immune to the lava flows that make up much of their realm's landscape. Not only can they not be gushed but they also are not slowed by traversing across lava, and in fact are known to move upward through lava at extremely swift speeds. Being made of gel, they are also immune to injury that may occur from falling.
When slain, Slimes can split into 1 to 4 smaller Cubes that then must also be dealt with, yet they have a limit to how small they can split off without perishing in the process. Their remains can be gathered as a creamy paste known as Slimeballs.