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A tadpole is the larval form of the frog. They mature into one of the three frog variants, depending on the biome in which they mature.

Spawning

Tadpoles hatch from frogspawn in groups of 2-5. Besides this, they don't spawn naturally.

Drops

As with other baby animals, tadpoles do not drop any items or experience on death.

Behavior

Tadpoles swim aimlessly in water. On land, they flop around like fish and seek out nearest water. They quickly die on land.

Unlike frogs, tadpoles are hunted by axolotls.

Tadpoles follow a player that is holding a slimeball.

A tadpole grows up into one of the variants of a frog depending on the tadpole's location, as shown on the table below. Tadpoles take one Minecraft day to grow up (20 minutes). Its growth may be accelerated by feeding it slimeballs. Each use reduces the remaining growth duration by 10%.

Variants

Temperate

Cold

Warm
Biomes
River
Beach
Taiga
Old Growth Pine Taiga
Old Growth Spruce Taiga
Birch Forest
Old Growth Birch Forest
Dark Forest
Forest
Flower Forest
Mushroom Fields
Meadow
Plains
Sunflower Plains
Swamp[n 1]
Windswept Hills
Windswept Gravelly Hills
Windswept Forest
Ocean
Dripstone Caves
Lush Caves
Stony Peaks[JE only]
Cold Ocean[JE only]
Deep Cold Ocean[JE only]
Lukewarm Ocean[JE only]
Deep Lukewarm Ocean[JE only]
The Void[JE only]
Frozen River
Snowy Beach
Grove
Frozen Peaks
Jagged Peaks
Snowy Plains
Ice Spikes
Snowy Slopes
Snowy Taiga
Frozen Ocean
Deep Frozen Ocean
The End
Deep Dark
End Barrens[JE only]
End Highlands[JE only]
End Midlands[JE only]
Small End Islands[JE only]
Cold Ocean[BE only]
Deep Cold Ocean[BE only]
Jungle
Bamboo Jungle
Sparse Jungle
Badlands
Eroded Badlands
Wooded Badlands
Desert
Savanna
Savanna Plateau
Windswept Savanna
Warm Ocean
Deep Lukewarm Ocean
Mangrove Swamp[n 1]
Basalt Deltas
Crimson Forest
Nether Wastes
Soul Sand Valley
Warped Forest
Stony Peaks[BE only]
Lukewarm Ocean[BE only]
Notes
  1. a b Frogs spawn naturally in this biome.

Sounds

Java Edition:

SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
Tadpole diesFriendly CreaturesWhen a tadpole diesentity.tadpole.deathsubtitles.entity.tadpole.death??16
Tadpole flopsFriendly CreaturesWhen a tadpole is outside of waterentity.tadpole.flopsubtitles.entity.tadpole.flop??16
None[sound 1]Friendly CreaturesWhen a tadpole grows up into a frogentity.tadpole.grow_upsubtitles.entity.tadpole.grow_up0.751.216
Tadpole hurtsFriendly CreaturesWhen a tadpole is damagedentity.tadpole.hurtsubtitles.entity.tadpole.hurt??16
Bucket emptiesFriendly CreaturesWhen a tadpole is placed from a bucketitem.bucket.empty_tadpolesubtitles.item.bucket.empty??16
Tadpole capturedFriendly CreaturesWhen a tadpole is collected into a bucketitem.bucket.fill_tadpolesubtitles.item.bucket.fill_tadpole??16

Bedrock Edition:

SoundSourceDescriptionResource locationVolumePitch
Friendly CreaturesWhen a tadpole diesmob.tadpole.death0.651.0
Friendly CreaturesWhen a tadpole is damagedmob.tadpole.hurt0.651.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierEntity tags (JE)Translation key
Tadpoletadpoleaxolotl_hunt_targetsentity.minecraft.tadpole

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID Translation key
Tadpoletadpole133entity.tadpole.name

Entity data

Tadpoles have entity data associated with them that contain various properties.

Java Edition:

Main article: Entity format
  • Entity data
    • Tags common to all entities
    • Tags common to all mobs
    •  Age: Represents the age of the tadpole in ticks. When greater than or equal to 24000 game ticks (20 minutes), the tadpole grows up to a frog.
    •  FromBucket: 1 or 0 (true/false) - Whether the tadpole had ever been released from a bucket.

Advancements

Icon Advancement In-game description Parent Actual requirements (if different) Resource location
Advancement-plain-rawBukkit Bukkit
Catch a Tadpole in a Bucket Husbandryhusbandry/tadpole_in_a_bucket

History

October 16, 2021Tadpole JE1 BE1 Tadpoles are announced at Minecraft Live 2021.
Java Edition
1.1922w11aTadpole JE1 BE1 Added tadpoles.
Pre-release 1Tadpoles no longer drop experience on death.
Tadpoles may now be tempted with slimeballs.
Bedrock Edition
Wild Update (experimental)beta 1.18.10.24Tadpole JE1 BE1 Added tadpoles behind the "Wild Update" experimental toggle. They can spawn naturally in swamp water sources.
beta 1.18.10.26Tadpoles now have their unique sounds.
beta 1.18.20.21Tadpole hitbox is now larger.
beta 1.18.20.23The health of tadpoles has been increased to 6♥♥♥.
1.19.0beta 1.19.0.20Tadpoles are now available without enabling experimental gameplay.
Tadpoles can no longer spawn naturally in swamp water sources.

Issues

Issues relating to "Tadpole" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

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