Entity Documentation - minecraft:behavior.move_to_water

Allows the mob to move back into water when on land.

Note

This behavior is used by aquatic and semi-aquatic mobs like axolotl, dolphin, and pregnant frogs. The entity will search for and move toward water blocks when on land.

Move To Water Behavior Properties

Name	Default Value	Type	Description	Example Values
goal_radius	0.5	Decimal number	Distance in blocks within the mob considers it has reached the goal. This is the "wiggle room" to stop the AI from bouncing back and forth trying to reach a specific spot	Frog: 1.5
priority	not set	Integer number	As priority approaches 0, the priority is increased. The higher the priority, the sooner this behavior will be executed as a goal.	Dolphin: 1, Frog: 3
search_count	10	Integer number	The number of blocks each tick that the mob will check within its search range and height for a valid block to move to. A value of 0 will have the mob check every block within range in one tick
search_height	1	Integer number	Height in blocks the mob will look for water to move towards	Dolphin: 5
search_range	0	Integer number	The distance in blocks it will look for water to move towards	Dolphin: 15, Frog: 20
speed_multiplier	1	Decimal number	Movement speed multiplier of the mob when using this AI Goal

Samples

Dolphin

"minecraft:behavior.move_to_water": {
  "priority": 1,
  "search_range": 15,
  "search_height": 5
}

Frog

"minecraft:behavior.move_to_water": {
  "goal_radius": 1.5,
  "priority": 3,
  "search_height": 5,
  "search_range": 20
}