Axolotls are passive aquatic amphibian 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.[1] Baby axolotls picked up and re-spawned with a bucket will not preserve their growth stage and turn into an adult stage.
Behavior
Axolotls are passive to players. Axolotls are intended to give Regeneration and remove Mining Fatigue when a player kills a mob that an axolotl is in combat with;[2] however, this currently does not work.[3]
Axolotls are always hostile to fish and squid and attack these mobs on sight. Axolotls will only attack drowned and guardians when tempted with tropical fish by a player. Drowned and guardians will always attack axolotls on sight.
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 if in water. Monsters will ignore recovering axolotls. For an axolotl to play dead, the damage must not be from drying out on land, and there is a random 2⁄3 chance for the axolotl to not play dead. In addition, if either a random integer from 0–2 (inclusive) is less than the amount of incoming damage, or the axolotl's health before the damage is dealt is less than 50% of its maximum health, it then plays dead. 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 6000 game ticks (5 minutes). 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; otherwise, one of the parents' variants will be selected at random.
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>[[Black Dye|Black Dye]]<br/>{{Item
| image = Black Dye.png
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}
'''Black dye''' is a [[Dye#Primary|primary color dye]] similar to an [[ink sac]].
== Obtaining ==
=== Trading ===
[[Wandering trader]]s have a chance to [[trading|trade]] 3 black dyes for 1 [[emerald]].{{only|java}}
=== Crafting ===
{{Crafting
|head=1
|showname=0
|Ink Sac
|Output=Black Dye
|type=Material
}}
{{Crafting
|Wither Rose
|Output=Black Dye
|type=Material
|foot=1
}}
== Usage ==
{{dye usage}}
=== Crafting ingredient ===
{{crafting usage|ignore=Banner|continue=1}}
{{banner crafting usage}}
=== Loom ingredient ===
{{Banner loom usage|Black Dye}}
=== Trading ===
Apprentice-level Shepherd villagers have a 20%{{only|bedrock}} or {{frac|2|7}}{{only|java}} chance to buy 12 black dye for an emerald.
== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Black Dye
|spritetype=item
|nameid=black_dye
|form=item
|foot=1}}
{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|showaliasids=y
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Black Dye
|spritetype=item
|nameid=black_dye
|aliasid=dye / 16
|id=395
|form=item
|translationkey=item.dye.black_new.name
|foot=1}}
== History ==
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Black Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added black dye.}}
{{History|||snap=18w44a|Black dyes now can changed the text color on the [[sign]]s to black.}}
{{History|||snap=19w05a|Added the [[wandering trader]], which sell black dyes.}}
{{History|||snap=19w11a|Black dyes can now be [[trading|bought]] by shepherd villagers.}}
{{History||1.15|snap=Pre-release 1|Black dye can now be used to craft [[prismarine|dark prismarine]], just like [[Bedrock Edition]].}}
{{History||1.17|snap=20w45a|Black dyes can now used to craft newly added [[black candle]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=21w19a|Black dyes can no longer used to craft black candles.}}
{{History|||snap=Pre-release 1|Black dyes can once again used to craft black candles.}}
{{History||1.20<br>(Experimental)|link=1.19.3|snap=22w42a|Black dyes now can change the text color on [[hanging sign]]s to black.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.8.0|snap=beta 1.8.0.10|[[File:Black Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added black dye.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.4|Black dye can now be [[trading|sold]] to shepherd [[villager]]s.}}
{{history||1.13.0|snap=beta 1.13.0.9|Black dye can now be [[crafting|crafted]] from [[flower|wither roses]].}}
{{History||1.16.100|snap=beta 1.16.100.56|The ID of black dye has been changed from <code>dye/16</code> to <code>black_dye</code>.}}
{{History|ps4}}
{{History||1.83|[[File:Black Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added black dye.}}
{{History|foot}}
== Issues ==
{{issue list}}
{{Items}}
[[Category:Dyes]]
[[Category:Renewable resources]]
[[de:Schwarzer Farbstoff]]
[[es:Tinte negro]]
[[fr:Teinture noire]]
[[ja:黒色の染料]]
[[ko:검은색 염료]]
[[pl:Czarny barwnik]]
[[pt:Corante preto]]
[[th:สีย้อมสีดำ]]
[[zh:黑色染料]]</li><li>[[:Category:Dyes|Category:Dyes]]<br/>These are items that can be used to dye sheep, wool blocks, or combined to make other dyes.
[[Category:Items]]
[[es:Categoría:Tintes]]
[[fr:Catégorie:Teinture]]
[[hu:Kategória:Festékek]]
[[zh:Category:染料]]</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.
- 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.


