Entity Documentation - minecraft:behavior.random_swim

Allows an entity to randomly move through water.

Entity Random Swim Behavior Properties

Name	Default Value	Type	Description	Example Values
avoid_surface	true	Boolean true/false	If true, the mob will avoid surface water blocks by swimming below them
control_flags	[]	Control Flags choices
interval	120	Integer number	A random value to determine when to randomly move somewhere. This has a 1/interval chance to choose this goal	Guardian: 80
priority	0	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: 5, Elder Guardian: 7
speed_multiplier	1	Decimal number	Movement speed multiplier of the mob when using this AI Goal	Elder Guardian: 0.5, Guardian: 1
xz_dist	10	Integer number	Distance in blocks on ground that the mob will look for a new spot to move to. Must be at least 1	Dolphin: 20
y_dist	7	Integer number	Distance in blocks that the mob will look up or down for a new spot to move to. Must be at least 1

Control Flags choices

Value	Title	Description
jump	Jump
look	Look
move	Move

Samples

Dolphin

"minecraft:behavior.random_swim": {
  "priority": 5,
  "interval": 0,
  "xz_dist": 20
}

Elder Guardian

"minecraft:behavior.random_swim": {
  "avoid_surface": false,
  "speed_multiplier": 0.5,
  "priority": 7
}

Guardian

"minecraft:behavior.random_swim": {
  "avoid_surface": false,
  "speed_multiplier": 1,
  "interval": 80,
  "priority": 7
}