Animal in Minecraft, shown for the Smells Interesting advancement (Husbandry tab) — Animal in Minecraft, shown here for Smells Interesting in the Husbandry tab. Image: Armadillo.png from minecraft.wiki, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.

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Smells Interesting

Obtain a Sniffer Egg

Requirements: Find a sniffer egg by brushing suspicious sand in warm ocean ruins.

Smells Interesting advancement icon in Minecraft

Advancement Made!Smells Interesting

Overview

Smells Interesting is a task advancement in the Husbandry tab of Minecraft's advancement system, carrying the in-game description "Obtain a Sniffer Egg." It branches directly off Husbandry, so that earlier advancement is its prerequisite and must be earned first. The Husbandry tab covers advancements related to farming, animal breeding, food, and the natural world. Smells Interesting was added in Minecraft 1.20, from the Trails & Tales era, and is still in the 26.2 advancement set.

It is rated Medium difficulty on this site: requires some preparation or specific resources. Part of normal gameplay progression. It uses the standard task frame, meaning it is a normal step in the tree rather than a goal or challenge milestone. One further advancement, Little Sniffs, is gated behind it.

In tree terms, Smells Interesting sits first along its line: the full path from the Husbandry root reads Husbandry -> Smells Interesting. That means 1 advancement must be completed before this one becomes available, and Smells Interesting is one of 31 total advancements in the Husbandry tab. It shares its parent with 12 sibling advancements (Bee Our Guest, The Parrots and the Bats, Best Friends Forever, A Seedy Place, Fishy Business, Glow and Behold!, Whatever Floats Your Goat!, Total Beelocation, Bukkit Bukkit, You've Got a Friend in Me, Stay Hydrated!, and Uh Oh), all of which open from the same point in the tree.

How to Complete Smells Interesting

Earning Smells Interesting comes down to the following, performed in order:

Find a sniffer egg by brushing suspicious sand in warm ocean ruins.
The sniffer egg can be placed and will eventually hatch into a snifflet (baby sniffer).

Tips & Fastest Route

Fastest route: Brush suspicious sand in warm ocean ruins to obtain a sniffer egg.
Only warm ocean ruins contain the suspicious sand that yields sniffer eggs.
Place the egg on moss to speed up hatching into a snifflet.
Make sure Husbandry is already ticked off before you start, otherwise Smells Interesting will not be tracked even if you perform the steps correctly.
At Medium difficulty, Smells Interesting is a routine step once you have the prerequisites in hand; no special grinding is usually needed beyond the items the steps call for.

Common Mistakes

Remember that Smells Interesting will not appear as available until Husbandry is done, since the game only tracks an advancement once its parent has been unlocked.

Reward & What It Unlocks

Smells Interesting grants no experience directly; its value is progression rather than a point payout.

Earning it unlocks Little Sniffs, which becomes the next step along this branch of the tree.

Details

Advancement ID: minecraft:husbandry/obtain_sniffer_egg
Icon Item: Sniffer Egg
Category: Husbandry
Difficulty: Medium
XP Reward: None
Version Added: 1.20

Advancement Tree

Parent Advancement

Husbandry

The world is full of friends and food

Child Advancements (1)

Little Sniffs

Feed a Snifflet

Related Resources

Items Database Mobs Database Biomes Database Structures Database

Smells Interesting Advancement FAQ

How do you get Smells Interesting?

Brush suspicious sand in warm ocean ruins to obtain a sniffer egg. That is all Smells Interesting checks, and you earn it there.

When did Smells Interesting arrive?

Java Edition 1.20 added Smells Interesting, together with 7 others.

What hangs under Smells Interesting?

Little Sniffs, and only Little Sniffs. It stays hidden until Smells Interesting is done.

Why did Smells Interesting not pop?

Usually Husbandry. Until that is ticked, Smells Interesting records nothing.

What else branches with Smells Interesting?

12 others under Husbandry, among them Bee Our Guest and The Parrots and the Bats. All open when Husbandry does.

Worth knowing before Smells Interesting?

Only warm ocean ruins contain the suspicious sand that yields sniffer eggs.

Which advancement gates Smells Interesting?

Smells Interesting waits on Husbandry. Find a sniffer egg by brushing suspicious sand in warm ocean ruins.

Which branch holds Smells Interesting?

minecraft:husbandry/obtain_sniffer_egg is Smells Interesting, entry 25 in the Husbandry tab of 31.

How much XP does Smells Interesting give?

Smells Interesting awards zero. Access, not XP, is what Smells Interesting gives you.

Is Smells Interesting hard to get?

Medium on our scale. Smells Interesting shares that with 10 others of 31.

Smells Interesting data only: 0 XP, 31 advancements in its tab, added 1.20.