Axolotls are passive aquatic mobs.
Spawning
Axolotls do not spawn naturally in the world, being only available from buckets or spawn eggs in the Creative inventory.
Variants
Axolotls come in five different varieties: cyan, gold, lucy (pink), wild (brown), and blue. The first four varieties are equally common, while the blue variety is rarer. Specifically, the blue variant has a 1⁄1200 (~0.083%) chance, giving the common varieties a 1199⁄4800 (~24.98%) chance individually.
Axolotls picked up and re-spawned with a bucket will not preserve their color.[citation needed]
Behavior
Axolotls are passive to players. Axolotls are intended to give Regeneration and remove Mining Fatigue from a player kills a mob that an axolotl is in combat with, however, this currently does not work.[1]
Axolotls are always hostile to fish and squid and attack these mobs on sight. Axolotls can be commanded to attack drowned and guardians when tempted with tropical fish by a player. On the other hand, axolotls are passive to these hostile mobs when not actively commanded by the player. Drowned and guardians are always hostile to axolotls.
As axolotls are aquatic mobs, they take extra damage from tridents with the Impaling enchantment.
If an axolotl takes damage, it may pretend to be dead, dropping to the ground for 200 game ticks (10 seconds) and gaining the Regeneration I effect. Monsters will ignore recovering axolotls. For an axolotl to play dead, a few conditions must be true. First, there is a random 2⁄3 chance for the axolotl to not play dead. The damage must not be from drying out on land. In addition, either one or both of the following conditions must be true: A random integer from 0-2 (inclusive) is less than the amount in incoming damage, or the axolotls health before the damage is dealt is less than 50% of its maximum health. Axolotls will not play dead if the NoAI NBT is set to true. Internally, they will not attempt to play dead if the damage will kill them, though this has no effect since the axolotl will die either way.
On land, axolotls try to move to the nearest water source because they die outside of water after 5 minutes (6000 game ticks). Axolotls do not die on land if the weather is rain or thunder.
Axolotls can be attached to leads.
Breeding
Adult axolotls can be led and bred with tropical fish or buckets of tropical fish. After breeding, a baby axolotl spawns and the parents cannot breed again for 5 minutes and 1–7 experience is spawned. The baby axolotl has a 1⁄1200 chance to be the rare blue variant.[more information needed]
Sounds
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Axolotl attacks | Friendly Creatures | ? | entity | subtitles | ? | ? | ? | |
| Axolotl dies | Friendly Creatures | ? | entity | subtitles | ? | ? | ? | |
| Axolotl hurts | Friendly Creatures | ? | entity | subtitles | ? | ? | ? | |
| Axolotl chirps | Friendly Creatures | ? | entity | subtitles | ? | ? | ? | |
| Axolotl chirps | Friendly Creatures | ? | entity | subtitles | ? | ? | ? | |
| Axolotl splashes | Friendly Creatures | ? | entity | subtitles | ? | ? | ? | |
| Axolotl swims | Friendly Creatures | ? | entity | subtitles | ? | ? | ? |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
| Axolotl | axolotl | entity.minecraft.axolotl |
Entity data
Axolotls have entity data associated with them that contain various properties.
- Entity data
- Additional fields for mobs that can breed
- Tags common to all entities
- Tags common to all mobs
- FromBucket: 1 or 0 (true/false) – if true, indicates the axolotl has been released from a bucket.
- Variant: ID of the axolotl's variant.
Axolotl Variant
History
| October 3, 2020 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 3, 2020 | |||||
| Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
1.17{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Name Tag|Name Tag]]<br/>{{about|the item that gives names to mobs|the nameplate above a player's head|Player#Username}}
{{Item
| image = Name Tag.png
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}
A '''name tag''' is an [[item]] used to name [[mob]]s in the world and prevent them from despawning naturally.
== Obtaining ==
=== Chest loot ===
{{LootChestItem|name-tag}}
=== Fishing ===
Name tags can be caught from [[fishing]] as part of the treasure category with a {{frac|1|6}} chance after the 5% chance of being a treasure catch. The chance of catching treasure increases with the [[Luck of the Sea]] enchantment.
=== Trading ===
Master-level librarian [[villagers]] offer to sell a name tag for 20 [[emerald]]s as one of their available trades.
== Usage ==
To use a name tag, it must first be renamed with an [[anvil]], costing 1 [[experience]] level.
If it is not renamed, it has no effect when used on a mob. After the name tag is renamed, the player can {{control|use}} it on a mob to give it the name given to the name tag from the anvil. Mobs and name tags can be renamed any number of times. Name tags with the same name are stackable.
Once a mob is named, it keeps its name, and the name tag is consumed.
When a mob is named, it is excluded from the mob cap count.
Effects on various mobs:
* A named [[silverfish]] that goes into a block appears to lose its name because it is replaced by a newly generated unnamed silverfish when the block is broken.
* A baby (animal or villager) keeps its name when becoming an adult.
** A named [[villager]] keeps its name when transformed into a [[Zombie Villager|zombie villager]].
** A named zombie villager keeps its name when cured.
* [[Wandering Trader|Wandering trader]]s still despawn even if they are named, or in a [[minecart]] or [[boat]].
* A named [[wither]]'s boss bar displays its name instead of "Wither".
* Naming an [[ender dragon]] with commands also displays the name in the boss bar.
=== Limitations ===
Any mob can be named except for the [[ender dragon]] and [[player]]s.
A name tag can rename an [[armor stand]], though it does not show the nameplate above its head until <code>CustomNameVisible:1b</code> is set as an extra step.
{{control|Using|use}} a name tag on a villager renames the villager instead of opening the trading interface. A saddled pig is renamed instead of being ridden. Using a name tag on any other mob that can be interacted with performs the {{control|use}} action instead of being named. These mobs can be renamed if the player uses the name tag while crouching or standing in a [[nether portal]] because the portal suppresses the {{control|use}} action.
Once a name tag is used on a mob, it is impossible to remove the name of that mob without the use of commands or external modifications.
=== Behavior ===
Renamed mobs have their name displayed over their head in the same fashion as a mob named through a renamed [[spawn egg]]. Their names can be seen only if they are aimed at from four or fewer blocks away.
Mobs that are named using the name tag never despawn in the world, similar to tamed mobs.<ref>{{tweet|dinnerbone|327485109940916226}}</ref> The exceptions are [[wandering trader]]s or if the mob is hostile and the difficulty is switched to "[[Peaceful]]", causing any hostile mobs or any named hostile mobs to despawn immediately.
If a renamed mob kills a player, the custom name is used in the death message in place of the mob type name. For instance, if a vindicator named "Johnny" kills a player, the death message is "Player was slain by Johnny".
A renamed [[wither]] also has a renamed health bar, and the boss bar doesn't regenerate{{verify}}.
=== Easter eggs ===
* Any mob that receives the name "[[Easter eggs#Upside-down mobs|Dinnerbone]]" or "[[Easter eggs#Upside-down mobs|Grumm]]" is rendered upside down. This even includes the player in early versions of Bedrock Edition if the username is set to either of these and you are not signed into Xbox Live.
* Naming a [[sheep]] "[[Easter eggs#Jeb sheep|jeb_]]" causes its wool to fade between the dye colors, producing a rainbow effect. The [[wool]] that drops when the sheep is [[shear]]ed or killed is the original color of the sheep before the sheep was named.
* Naming a [[rabbit]] "[[Rabbit#Toast|Toast]]" causes it to have a special memorial skin of user xyzen420's girlfriend's [http://www.reddit.com/r/minecraftsuggestions/comments/27hjog/to_themogminer_my_bunny_is_missing_please_help_me/ missing rabbit].
* Naming a [[vindicator]] "Johnny" causes it to be aggressive and attack all [[mob]]s including the wither (except [[ghast]]s and other [[illager]]s). The hostility even extends to [[Ravager|ravagers]] in [[Java Edition|''Java Edition'']], as the "Johnny" vindicator can also attack the ravager while it's riding it.
== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
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|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Name Tag
|spritetype=item
|nameid=name_tag
|form=item
|foot=1}}
{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Name Tag
|spritetype=item
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|id=548
|form=item
|foot=1}}
== History ==
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.6.1|snap=13w16b|[[File:Name Tag JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added name tags. They can now be found in [[dungeon]] [[chest]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=13w25a|A [[mob]] named "Dinnerbone" or "Grumm" now renders upside down.}}
{{History||1.7.2|snap=13w36a|Name tags can now rarely be acquired by [[fishing]], making them [[renewable resource|renewable]].}}
{{History||1.7.4|snap=13w48b|A sheep named "jeb_" now fades between the [[dye]] colors.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w02a|Name tags can now be [[trading|bought]] from librarian [[villager]]s, at 20–22 [[emerald]]s for 1 name tag.}}
{{History|||snap=14w27a|[[Rabbit]]s have been added and naming one "Toast" gives it a special memorial skin.}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w44a|Added name tags to [[mineshaft]] [[chest]]s.
|The average yield of name tags in [[dungeon]] chests has been decreased.}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w39a|Name tags can now be found in the new [[woodland mansion]] chests.
|Added [[vindicator]]s, which attack almost all mobs if named "Johnny".}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 421.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Name Tag JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of name tags has been changed.}}
{{History||1.19|snap=Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1|Name tags now generate in [[ancient city]] chests.}}
{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.15.0|snap=build 1|[[File:Name Tag JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added name tags, and a new "Name" Interact button.
|A [[mob]] named "Dinnerbone" or "Grumm" renders upside down.
|A [[sheep]] named "jeb_" fades between the [[dye]] colors.
|Naming a [[rabbit]] "Toast" gives it a special memorial skin.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.4|snap=alpha 1.0.4.0|Name tags can now be [[trading|bought]] from librarian [[villager]]s for 20-22 [[emerald]]s as their last tier trade.}}
{{History||1.1.0|snap=alpha 1.1.0.0|Naming a [[vindicator]] "Johnny" now makes it hostile to any [[mob]], except other [[illager]]s.
|Name tags can now be found in [[woodland mansion]]s.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.4.0|snap=beta 1.2.14.2|Name tags can now be found in buried treasure [[chest]]s.}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Name Tag JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of name tags has been changed.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.4|Name tags [[trading|sold]] by librarian [[villager]]s now cost 20 [[emerald]]s.}}
{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU19|xbone=CU7|ps=1.12|wiiu=Patch 1|[[File:Name Tag JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added name tags.}}
{{History|PS4}}
{{History||1.90|[[File:Name Tag JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of name tags has been changed.}}
{{History|3ds}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Name Tag JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added name tags.}}
{{History|foot}}
== Issues ==
{{issue list}}
== Trivia ==
* Name tags were added at the request of [https://www.youtube.com/user/paulsoaresjr/ Paulsoaresjr].<ref>{{tweet|paulsoaresjr|326865482839883777}}</ref><ref>{{tweet|Dinnerbone|326812168630722561}}</ref>
* A stack of up to 64 name tags can be renamed at once. The cost is 1 [[experience]] level per stack, regardless of how many name tags were stacked.
* To name a [[mob]] “Name Tag” the player must give the name tag a random name, then rename it back to “Name Tag”.
* A [[villager]] with a name tag turned into a [[zombie villager]] by a [[zombie]] with a name tag does not despawn, but a villager with a name tag turned into a zombie by a zombie without a name tag does despawn.
* It is impossible to have a rainbow [[sheep]] upside-down, because it is impossible for it to be named “Jeb_” and “Dinnerbone” at the same time.
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
NameTag2.png|To use a name tag, the [[player]] must first rename it using an [[anvil]].
NameTag1.png|A [[wolf]] that has been renamed using a name tag.
RenamedCreeper.png|A [[creeper]] renamed using the name tag.
RenamedWither.png|A [[Wither Boss|wither]] renamed using a name tag. The custom name takes place of "Wither" over the [[health bar]] as well.
YoYo.png|How to use "Grumm" and "Dinnerbone" name tag [[easter egg]] and [[lead]] to make another animal Yo-yo.
Grumm Horse.png|A [[horse]] using the "Grumm" or "Dinnerbone" easter egg to be rendered upside-down.
MineshaftNameTag.png|Name Tag found in a mineshaft chest.
Pocket Edition Name Tag.jpg|First image of a name tag in bedrock edition.
</gallery>
== See also ==
* [[Spawn Egg]]
== References ==
{{reflist}}
== External Links ==
*[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/taking-inventory--name-tag Taking Inventory: Name Tag] – Minecraft.net on March 15, 2019
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[[Category:Renewable resources]]</li><li>[[Light Blue Dye|Light Blue Dye]]<br/>{{Item
| image = Light_Blue_Dye_JE2_BE2.png
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}
'''Light blue dye''' is a [[Dyeing#Quasi-Primary|quasi-primary dye]].
== Obtaining ==
=== Crafting ===
{{Crafting
|showname=0
|showdescription=1
|Blue Orchid
|Output=Light Blue Dye
|type=Material
|head=1
}}
{{Crafting
|Blue Dye
|White Dye
|Output=Light Blue Dye,2
|type=Material
}}
{{Crafting
|Lapis Lazuli;Blue Dye;Lapis Lazuli
|Bone Meal;Bone Meal;White Dye
|Output=Light Blue Dye,2
|type=Material
|description={{only|bedrock|education}}
|foot=1
}}
=== Loot chest ===
{{#invoke:LootChest|base3|light-blue-dye}}
=== Trading ===
[[Wandering trader]]s sell 3 light blue dye for an [[emerald]].
== Usage ==
{{dye usage}}
=== Crafting ingredient ===
{{crafting usage|ignore=Banner|continue=1}}
{{banner crafting usage}}
=== Loom ingredient ===
{{Banner loom usage|Light Blue Dye}}
=== Trading ===
Apprentice-level shepherd villagers have a 20%{{only|bedrock}} or {{frac|2|7}}{{only|java}} chance to buy 12 light blue dye for an emerald as part of their trades.
== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Light Blue Dye
|spritetype=item
|nameid=light_blue_dye
|form=item
|foot=1}}
{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|showaliasids=y
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Light Blue Dye
|spritetype=item
|nameid=light_blue_dye
|aliasid=dye / 12
|id=407
|form=item
|translationkey=item.dye.lightBlue.name
|foot=1}}
== Video ==
{{yt|IPQzg-zPJgk}}
== History ==
{{History|java beta}}
{{History||1.2|[[File:Light Blue Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added light blue dye.}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.4.2|snap=12w34a|Added the ability to [[Armor#Dyeing|dye]] leather [[armor]] and [[wolf]] collars.}}
{{History||1.4.6|snap=12w49a|Light blue dye can be [[crafting|crafted]] with gunpowder to create a [[firework star]].}}
{{History||1.6.1|snap=13w19a|[[Stained clay]] can now be crafted.}}
{{history||1.7.2|snap=13w36a|With the addition of new [[flower]]s, many secondary and tertiary dyes are now primary [[dye]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=13w41a|[[Stained glass]] can now be crafted.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w30a|Added [[banner]]s, which can be dyed.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|The different data values for the <code>dye</code> ID have now been split up into their own IDs.
|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 351.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|Light blue dye is now crafted using [[white dye|white]] and [[blue dye]]s, instead of [[bone meal]] and [[lapis lazuli]].
|[[File:Light_Blue_Dye_JE2_BE2.png|32px]] The texture of light blue dye has now been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=18w44a|Light blue dye can now change the text color on [[sign]]s to light blue.}}
{{History|||snap=19w05a|Added the [[wandering trader]], which sells light blue dye.}}
{{History|||snap=19w11a|Light blue dye can now be [[trading|bought]] by shepherd villagers.}}
{{History||1.17|snap=20w45a|Light blue dye can now be used to craft [[light blue candle]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=21w19a|Light blue dye can no longer be used to craft light blue candles.}}
{{History|||snap=Pre-release 1|Light blue dye can now once again be used to craft light blue candles.}}
{{History||1.20<br>(Experimental)|link=1.19.3|snap=22w42a|Light blue dye can now change the text color on [[hanging sign]]s to light blue.}}
{{History||1.20|snap=23w12a|Light blue dye can now be found in [[suspicious gravel]] and [[suspicious sand]] in [[trail ruins]].}}
{{History|||snap=23w16a|Light blue dye no longer generates in [[suspicious sand]] in [[trail ruins]].|Due to the split of the archaeological loot tables for the suspicious gravel within the [[trail ruins]]; light blue dye now is in the common loot.}}
{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.3.0|[[File:Light Blue Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added light blue dye. It is currently unobtainable and serves no purpose.}}
{{History||v0.4.0|Light blue dye is now craftable with [[lapis lazuli]] and [[bone meal]].
|Light blue dye can now be used to craft light blue wool.}}
{{History||v0.14.0|snap=build 1|Light blue dye can now be used to dye [[water]] in [[cauldron]]s.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=alpha 0.17.0.1|Light blue dye can now be used to dye [[shulker]]s.}}
{{History||1.1.0|snap=alpha 1.1.0.0|Light dye can now be used to craft [[concrete powder]] and dye [[shulker box]]es and [[bed]]s.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.2.0|snap=beta 1.2.0.2|Light blue dye can now be used to craft [[firework star]]s, [[stained glass]], and patterns on [[banner]]s.}}
{{History||1.4.0|snap=beta 1.2.20.1|Light blue dye can now be used to craft [[balloon]]s and [[glow stick]]s.}}
{{History||1.8.0|snap=beta 1.8.0.8|Light blue dye can now be used to dye [[cat]] collars.}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|Light blue dye is now [[trading|sold]] by [[wandering trader]]s.
|Light blue dye can now be used to dye white [[carpet]]s.
|[[File:Light_Blue_Dye_JE2_BE2.png|32px]] The texture of light blue dye has now been changed.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.4|Light blue dye can now be [[trading|sold]] to shepherd [[villager]]s.}}
{{History||1.16.100|snap=beta 1.16.100.56|The ID of light blue dye has been changed from <code>dye/12</code> to <code>light_blue_dye</code>.}}
{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps=1.00|switch=1.0.1|wiiu=Patch 1|[[File:Light Blue Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added light blue dye.}}
{{History|PS4}}
{{History||1.90|[[File:Light_Blue_Dye_JE2_BE2.png|32px]] The texture of light blue dye has now been changed.}}
{{History|new 3ds}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Light Blue Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added light blue dye.}}
{{History|foot}}
== Issues ==
{{issue list}}
{{Items}}
[[Category:Dyes]]
[[cs:Světle modré barvivo]]
[[de:Hellblauer Farbstoff]]
[[es:Tinte azul claro]]
[[fr:Teinture bleu clair]]
[[hu:Világoskék festék]]
[[ja:空色の染料]]
[[ko:하늘색 염료]]
[[nl:Lichtblauwe kleurstof]]
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[[Category:Renewable resources]]</li></ul> | 20w51a | ||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Axolotl" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia
- Axolotls are small Mexican salamanders which are critically endangered, following Mojang's trend of adding endangered species such as giant pandas and bees into the game for awareness purposes.
- Their regeneration abilities allude to their real-life regeneration capabilities, which are of major interest to science.
- Axolotls are the first amphibian mobs implemented into Minecraft.
- However, it was not the first announced one since frogs were announced at MINECON Live 2019.
- Blue is the only color variant of axolotls that are not based on real life.
Gallery
Axolotl concept art from Minecraft Live 2020.
A screenshot showcasing the addition of axolotls in 20w51a.
- Axolotl color variants.webp
All current axolotl variants. From left to right: blue, cyan, gold, wild, and lucy.


