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Redstone Bug

A redstone bug was an April Fools' variant of the silverfish introduced exclusively in Java Edition 2.0.

Redstone bugs can spawn if a redstone wire increases the strength. The chance that they spawn is 1%. The chance increases for every redstone bug in a 7×7×7 area by 5%. The Color value of the bug can reach from 33292288 to 66846720.

Redstone bugs, effectively being reskinned silverfish, shared all of their behavior.

Source: Minecraft Wiki cacheUpdated: 2026-05-11 Open Original

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