Axolotls are aquatic passive mobs that attack most other underwater mobs.
Spawning
After the world generation, axolotls spawn individually below sea level (y63) in a water source in total darkness and where there is a block with base_stone_overworld tag (i.e. stone, deepslate, andesite, diorite, granite, or tuff) less than 5 blocks below the spawning space.
Creative mode
Axolotls can be spawned in Creative mode with a spawn egg, axolotl bucket, or with the /summon command.
Colors
Axolotls can be one of five colors: pink (leucistic, referred to as "lucy" in its texture file), brown (wild), yellow, cyan and blue. The blue variety cannot spawn naturally.
| Pose | Color | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucy | Wild | Gold | Cyan | Blue | |
| Ground crawling | |||||
| Ground stationary | |||||
| Swimming | |||||
| Water stationary | |||||
| Animation | Color | ||||
| Lucy | Wild | Gold | Cyan | Blue | |
| Ground crawling | |||||
Behavior
Axolotls are passive toward players and can be attached to leads. Axolotls give Regeneration I for 100 game ticks (5 seconds) per Axolotl in the fight, up to a duration of 2400 game ticks (2 minutes), and remove Mining Fatigue when a player kills a mob that is in combat with an axolotl.
Axolotls attack all aquatic mobs except turtles and dolphins. They also attack drowned. An axolotl deals 2
points of damage per attack.
After killing a non-hostile mob, there is a two minute cooldown before another non-hostile mob can be hunted. Axolotls prioritize attacking hostile mobs over non-hostile mobs.
If an axolotl takes damage underwater, it may play dead, dropping to the ground for 200 game ticks (10 seconds) while gaining Regeneration I. Hostile aquatic mobs ignore healing axolotls. There is a 1⁄3 chance for an axolotl to play dead to recover 4![]()
. 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 plays dead.
On land, axolotls move toward the nearest water source because they die outside of water after 6000 game ticks (5 minutes). Unlike fish, dolphins, and squid, axolotls do not die on land in rain or a thunderstorm.
Unlike most mobs, Axolotls cannot be moved by flowing water. However, they are still affected by Bubble Columns.
As aquatic mobs, they take extra damage from the Impaling enchantment. Unlike other aquatic mobs, they cause nearby pufferfish to inflate.
Axolotls picked up with a bucket and re-spawned do not despawn.
Breeding
Adult axolotls can be led and bred with buckets of tropical fish. After breeding, a baby axolotl spawns and 1-7 experience is generated. The parents cannot be bred again for 5 minutes. The baby axolotl has a 1⁄1200 chance to be the rare blue variant; otherwise, it inherits the color of one parent at random. Babies follow adults, and grow to adulthood in 20 minutes. The growth of baby axolotls can be accelerated using buckets of tropical fish; each use reduces the remaining growing time by 10%.
Sounds
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Axolotl attacks | Friendly Creatures | Attacking a mob | entity | subtitles | ? | ? | ? | |
| Axolotl dies | Friendly Creatures | Dying | entity | subtitles | ? | ? | ? | |
| Axolotl hurts | Friendly Creatures | Taking damage | entity | subtitles | ? | ? | ? | |
| Axolotl chirps | Friendly Creatures | Randomly when in water | entity | subtitles | ? | ? | ? | |
| Axolotl chirps | Friendly Creatures | Randomly when not in water | entity | subtitles | ? | ? | ? | |
| Axolotl splashes | Friendly Creatures | Entering water | entity | subtitles | ? | ? | ? | |
| Axolotl swims | Friendly Creatures | Moving through water | entity | subtitles | ? | ? | ? |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
| Axolotl | axolotl | entity.minecraft.axolotl |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Axolotl | axolotl | 130 | entity.axolotl.name |
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
Achievements
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other | |||||
| The Healing Power of Friendship! | Team up with an Axolotl and win a fight | Team up with an axolotl by fighting any hostile ocean mob | 30G | Silver | ||
Advancements
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Resource location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | The Cutest Predator | Catch an Axolotl in a Bucket | Tactical Fishing | Use a water bucket on an axolotl. | husbandry/axolotl_in_a_bucket
|
![]() | The Healing Power of Friendship! | Team up with an axolotl and win a fight | The Cutest Predator | Have the Regeneration effect applied from assisting an axolotl or it killing a mob. | husbandry/kill_axolotl_target
|
History
| October 3, 2020 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| They are shown to spawn in lush caves biomes. | |||||
| October 3, 2020 | |||||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.17 | 20w51a | ||||
| Axolotls do not avoid lava.[2] | |||||
| When an axolotl is held with a lead on the ground, it begins walking at an exaggeratedly fast speed.[3] | |||||
| 21w03a | Axolotls attack glow squids. | ||||
| 21w13a | |||||
| Axolotls now spawn naturally underwater in caves. | |||||
| Axolotls now give the player Regeneration I, as well as remove Mining Fatigue, when engaged in combat.[4] | |||||
| Axolotls now correctly attack elder guardians.[5] | |||||
| 21w20a | Axolotls now only play dead when in water. | ||||
| Axolotls can no longer be fed tropical fish. | |||||
| Pre-release 3 | Axolotls now only spawn in total darkness and where there's a block with base_stone_overworld tag less than 5 blocks below the spawning space. | ||||
| Baby Axolotls will no longer despawn.[6] | |||||
| Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
| 1.17.1 | Pre-release 1 | Blue axolotls no longer naturally spawn, and can only be obtained through breeding, matching Bedrock Edition. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.17.0 | beta 1.16.230.52 | ||||
| beta 1.17.0.50 | Axolotls now spawn naturally in underground water sources. | ||||
| Axolotls no longer get a regeneration effect after killing a mob on their own. | |||||
| beta 1.17.0.52 | Axolotls now spawn in any biome and up to Y-63 instead of Y-30. | ||||
| Axolotls are no longer available only through Experimental Gameplay. | |||||
| beta 1.17.0.56 | |||||
| Axolotls no longer attack invisible mobs. | |||||
| Bred axolotls now maintain their color after being placed from a bucket.[7] | |||||
| Upcoming Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.17.10 | beta 1.17.10.22 | Axolotls now only spawn in complete darkness. | |||
Axolotl concept art from Minecraft Live 2020.
Buckets of axolotl and powder snow in item frames.
A screenshot showcasing the addition of axolotls in 20w51a. A Sculk Sensor can also be seen.
Issues
Issues relating to "Axolotl" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia
- Axolotls are small salamanders that are endemic to Mexico, which are critically endangered, following Mojang Studios' trend of adding endangered species such as polar bears, giant pandas, sea turtles, and bees into the game for awareness purposes.[8][9]
- The probability of a blue axolotl spawning is 1 in 1200 because that is approximately the number of axolotls left in the wild in real life.[10]
- Axolotls can eat only buckets of tropical fish and not tropical fish items because axolotls in real life only eat living fish.[10]
- Axolotls are the first amphibian mobs implemented into Minecraft, although it was not the first announced amphibian because frogs were announced at MINECON Live 2019. In addition, Rana was based on a frog.
- Blue is the only color variant of axolotls not based on real life. The blue variant was a suggestion by user Darkiceflame on the r/minecraftsuggestions subreddit. It is a reference to Mudkip from the Pokémon series.[11]
- Even though they are not in the game, the green variant appears in the Caves & Cliffs Part I announcement trailer.[12] When asked on a livestream, Lady Agnes said she cannot say why the green variant was cut from the game.[13]
- Both the "play dead" behavior and the regeneration ability of axolotls are based on the abilities of real life axolotls.[10]
Gallery
Screenshots
In other media
Axolotl and Warden concept art.
An Axolotl in promotional artwork for the first Caves & Cliffs update.
References
- ↑ MC-208659
- ↑ MC-208601
- ↑ MC-208626
- ↑ MC-208703
- ↑ MC-208647
- ↑ MC-222223
- ↑ MCPE-123328
- ↑ "MINECON Live 2019" by Minecraft – youtube.com, September 28, 2019. "...since the bee population is decreasing in the world, which is a big problem, we really felt that we wanted to teach the players..." - Agnes Larsson
- ↑ "Minecraft Live: Caves & Cliffs - First Look" by Minecraft – youtube.com, October 3, 2020. "And then we also found out that axolotls are endangered in the real world, and we think it's good to add endangered animals to Minecraft to create awareness about that." - Agnes Larsson
- ↑ a b c "Dev Diaries: Caves & Cliffs Mobs"
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/minecraftsuggestions/comments/j58qmi/the_blue_axolotl_a_rare_gaming_reference/
- ↑ Caves & Cliffs Update: Part I - Official Trailer
- ↑ https://www.twitch.tv/cbsunstoppable/clip/YummyClumsyWoodcockBrainSlug-D8T140VjP-Ok2tCk
















