Axolotl

An axolotl is a passive bucketable aquatic mob found in lush caves. Axolotls attack fish, squid, drowned, and guardians; this makes axolotls useful for assisting with aquatic combat. Axolotls grant players Regeneration.
== Spawning ==
Axolotls spawn underwater in the lush caves biome and when there is a clay block less than five blocks below the spawning space.
=== Colors ===
Axolotls can be one of five colors: pink (leucistic), brown (wild), gold, cyan, and blue.
When breeding axolotls, there is a (0.083%) chance of the offspring having the blue mutation, leaving (99.917%) chance of matching one of the parents (including blue parents).
Pose 	Color 	Color	Color	Color	Color
Pose 	Leucistic	Wild 	Gold 	Cyan 	Blue
Ground crawling 	 	 	 	 	
Ground stationary	 	 	 	 	
Swimming 	 	 	 	 	
Water stationary 	 	 	 	 	
Animation 	Color 	Color	Color	Color	Color
Animation 	Leucistic	Wild 	Gold 	Cyan 	Blue
Ground crawling 	 	 	 	 	
== Behavior ==
Axolotls are passive toward players and can be attached to leads. Axolotls give Regeneration I for per axolotl in the fight, up to a duration of , and remove Mining Fatigue when a player kills a mob that is in combat with an axolotl.
Axolotls attack all aquatic mobs except turtles, dolphins, frogs and other axolotls. They also attack the drowned. An axolotl deals points of damage per attack. However, axolotls do not attack the player.
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 while gaining Regeneration I. Hostile aquatic mobs ignore healing axolotls. There is a chance for an axolotl to play dead to recover . 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. 
Axolotls can leave the water and wander about on land. When an axolotl leaves the water, it wanders as far as 8 or 9 blocks beyond the water's edge before returning to the water, as long as there is water at least 2 blocks deep within 16 blocks of the axolotl. If 2-block-deep water is outside this range, the axolotl can wander off randomly on land in search of more deep water, and die after exposure out of water. Axolotls are not attracted to shallow (1 block deep) water. They require water at least 2 blocks deep within 16 blocks to pathfind to the water.
Axolotls can also die out of water as passengers in a boat. Unlike fish, dolphins, and squid, axolotls do not die on land in rain or in a thunderstorm.
Unlike most mobs, axolotls cannot be moved by flowing water. However, they are still affected by bubble columns.
As aquatic mobs, axolotls take extra damage from the Impaling enchantment. Unlike other aquatic mobs, they cause nearby pufferfish to inflate.
Axolotls can be renamed by placing a bucket of axolotl into an anvil, the same as if renaming any other item. Axolotls that are picked up with a water bucket and placed back into the world 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 or 1 minute . The baby axolotl has a 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 ==
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Axolotls use the Friendly Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.
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== Data values ==
=== ID ===
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=== Entity data ===
Axolotls have entity data associated with them that contain various properties.
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== Achievements ==
== Advancements ==
== History ==
== Issues ==
== Trivia ==
* In the release notes Minecraft Launcher there is an encrypted message T⍑ᒷ ᔑ ̇/𝙹ꖎ𝙹ℸ ̣ ꖎᓭ ᔑ∷ᒷ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ∴⍑ᔑℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ|| ᓭᒷᒷᒲ, which translates to "The Axolotls are not what they seem".
* 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 (no longer endangered as of 2022), sea turtles, and bees to the game in order to raise awareness among players. - Agnes Larsson - Agnes Larsson
* 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.
* Axolotls can eat only buckets of tropical fish and not tropical fish items because axolotls in real life eat only living fish.
* Even though they are not in the game, a green variant appears in the Caves & Cliffs: Part I announcement trailer and caves and cliffs recap. Caves & Cliffs Update: Part I - Official Trailer When asked on a livestream, Agnes said she cannot say why the green variant was cut from the game.https://www.twitch.tv/cbsunstoppable/clip/YummyClumsyWoodcockBrainSlug-D8T140VjP-Ok2tCk
* Both the "play dead" behavior and the regeneration ability of axolotls are based on the abilities of real life axolotls, who fake their death in the face of a predator or a threat.
* Because real axolotls do not actually vocalize, the sounds of axolotls were recorded from the incidental "hiccups" and "burps" real axolotls occasionally make when surfacing, as well as heavily edited dog sounds.
== Gallery ==
=== Animations ===
Axolotl Play Dead.png|An axolotl playing dead.
Axolotl Swim.gif|An axolotl swimming.
Axolotl Walk Floor Underwater.gif|An axolotl walking underwater.
Axolotl Walk Floor.gif|An axolotl walking in land.
Axolotl Idle Floor.gif|An axolotl idling. 
Axolotl Idle Floor Underwater.gif|An axolotl idling in underwater floor.
Axolotl Idle Underwater.gif|An axolotl underwater.
=== Screenshots ===
Axolotl color variants.png|All current axolotl variants. From left to right: blue, cyan, gold, brown, and leucistic.
Axolotls Java Edition.png|A baby axolotl on the side of a group.
Axolotl attack.jpg|Three axolotls attacking a glow squid underwater.
Axolotls in lush cave.png|All 5 types of axolotls swim in a lush cave.
=== Development images ===
JE 1.17 Development Axolotls.jpg|Multiple axolotls in a lush cave.
JE 1.17 Development Axolotl attack.jpg|Early axolotls attacking an elder guardian.
JE 1.17 Development Axolotl attack 2.jpg|A group of axolotls assisting the player in hunting an elder guardian. 
MCLive Summary Axolotls.jpg|Axolotl variants from development, including unreleased green one.
JE 1.17 Development Axolotl animation.jpg|The pose of the in development.
JE 1.17 Development Axolotl animation 2.jpg|An axolotl playing dead in development.
Cozy Cabin Axolotl Bucket 1.jpg|Buckets of axolotl and powder snow in item frames.
Cozy Cabin Axolotl Bucket 2.jpg|Ditto.
20w51a.jpg|A screenshot showcasing the addition of axolotls (and sculk sensors) in 20w51a.
Many Axolotls.png|Axolotls as seen during Minecraft Live 2020.
Chiwi Axolotls 1.jpg|Axolotls underwater.
Chiwi Axolotls 2.jpg|Axolotls breeding.
=== Concept artwork ===
Mariana-salimena-axolotl-meetingnotes.jpg|Concept art depicting other iterations for legs and frills, along with the unimplemented "suction" behavior.
Mariana-salimena-axolotl-patterns.jpg|"Axolotl Patterns" - Grayscale art of unimplemented axolotl patterns.
Mariana-salimena-axolotl-colors.jpg|"Axolotl Colors" 1 - Sketches for other axolotl colors.
Mariana-salimena-axolotl-colors-02.jpg|"Axolotl Colors" 2 - Flipped gold axolotl depicting a concept for its belly.
Mariana-salimena-axolotl-colors-03.jpg|"Axolotl Possible Combinations" - The unimplemented patterns mixed with various axolotl colors.
Axololt Leg Concept Art.jpg|Iterations of legs tested on the model.
Mariana-salimena-axolotl-legs.jpg|Other iterations of legs tested on the model.
Axolotl group concept art.jpg|"Having Fun!" - A group of axolotls swimming.
Axolotl concept art.jpg|"Cutie in a Bucket" - concept art for the bucket of axolotl.
Axolotl & Warden concept art.jpg|"Axolotl & Warden" - Sketches of the axolotl and warden.
Scale of cuteness concept art.jpg|"Scale of Cuteness" - sketches of the axolotl, goat, and warden.
Axololt Concept Art.jpg|An axolotl.
Crying Axolotl Concept Art.jpg|An axolotl crying.
=== In other media ===
Caves & Cliffs cover art.png|An Axolotl in promotional artwork for the Caves & Cliffs: Part I update.
Caves & Cliffs (Part II) Artwork.jpg|An axolotl in promotional artwork for the Caves & Cliffs: Part II update.
GOAT Update.jpg|An axolotl in promotional artwork for the GOAT Update.
Mobile, Multiplayer & More.png|Axolotls in promotional artwork for Mobile, Multiplayer & More.
MC-Caves-and-Cliffs Media-Block-Axolotl 475x322.png|Official axolotl artwork.
Five Axolotls.gif|All 5 variants of axolotls swimming.
Trailer Green Axolotl.png|The green axolotl in the Caves & Cliffs: Part I trailer.
File:MCLReturnofPiglinsCover.jpg|An axolotl as it appears on the cover of Minecraft Legends: Return of the Piglins.
CCGift-guide plushie axolotl.jpg|Axolotl plushie.
Lego Lucy Axolotl.png|Lego Minecraft Axolotl.
File:Axolotl Beanie.png|An official axolotl beanie.
File:Axoltol Outline.png|An officially licensed T-Shirt featuring outliens of three axolotls.
=== Textures ===
File:Lucy Axolotl (texture) JE1.png
File:Wild Axolotl (texture) JE1.png
File:Gold Axolotl (texture) JE1.png
File:Cyan Axolotl (texture) JE1.png
File:Blue Axolotl (texture) JE1.png
==References==
Category:Passive mobs
Category:Aquatic mobs
Category:Animal mobs
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