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%.
- Notes
Sounds
Tadpoles use the Friendly Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tadpole dies | Friendly Creatures | When a tadpole dies | entity | subtitles | ? | ? | 16 | |
| Tadpole flops | Friendly Creatures | When a tadpole is outside of water | entity | subtitles | ? | ? | 16 | |
| None[sound 1] | Friendly Creatures | When a tadpole grows up into a frog | entity | subtitles | 0.75 | 1.2 | 16 | |
| Tadpole hurts | Friendly Creatures | When a tadpole is damaged | entity | subtitles | ? | ? | 16 | |
| Bucket empties | Friendly Creatures | When a tadpole is placed from a bucket | item | subtitles | ? | ? | 16 | |
| Tadpole captured | Friendly Creatures | When a tadpole is collected into a bucket | item | subtitles | ? | ? | 16 | |
| Tadpole hatches | Blocks | When a frogspawn hatches into a tadpole | block | subtitles | 0.6 | 1.2 | 16 |
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friendly Creatures | When a tadpole dies | mob | 0.65 | 1.0 | |
| Friendly Creatures | When a tadpole is damaged | mob | 0.65 | 1.0 |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Entity tags (JE) | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tadpole | tadpole | axolotl_hunt_targets | entity.minecraft.tadpole |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tadpole | tadpole | 133 | entity.tadpole.name |
Entity data
Tadpoles have entity data associated with them that contain various properties.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Bukkit Bukkit | Catch a Tadpole in a Bucket | Husbandry | — | husbandry/tadpole_in_a_bucket
|
History
| October 16, 2021 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.19 | 22w11a | ||||
| 22w19a | Tadpole hitbox reduced from 0.5×0.4 to 0.4×0.3. | ||||
| Pre-release 1 | Tadpoles no longer drop experience on death. | ||||
| Tadpoles may now be tempted with slimeballs. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| Wild Update (experimental) | beta 1.18.10.24 | ||||
| beta 1.18.10.26 | Tadpoles now have their unique sounds. | ||||
| beta 1.18.20.21 | Tadpole hitbox is now larger. | ||||
| beta 1.18.20.23 | The health of tadpoles has been increased to 6 | ||||
| 1.19.0 | beta 1.19.0.20 | Tadpoles 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.
