Axolotls

Axolotl

EDIT

This article is about the mob. For the music track, see Music § Underwater music.

Axolotl

Health points

14 × 7

Behavior

Passive, Hostile towards Fish, Drowneds, and Squid.

Attack strength

2 (Only with Fish, Squids, Glow Squids, Drowneds, Elder Guardians, and Guardians.)

Hitbox size

Height: 0.6 blocks

Width: 1.3 blocks

Items usable on

Bucket of Tropical Fish

Lead

Water Bucket

Bucket

An axolotl is an aquatic passive mob towards players but it attacks most other underwater mobs.

Contents

1 Spawning

1.1 Colors

2 Behavior

3 Breeding

4 Sounds

5 Data values

5.1 ID

5.2 Entity data

5.2.1 Axolotl color

6 Achievements

7 Advancements

8 History

9 Issues

10 Trivia

11 Gallery

11.1 Screenshots

11.2 In other media

12 References

Spawning

In Bedrock Edition, axolotls spawn underground (that is, below an opaque block) in water below sea level (Y=63). They spawn as herds of 1–4 individuals, in complete darkness. Due to a bug, axolotls can also spawn in The End and The Nether if there is a water source there (although, nether spawning is not possible without cheats).

In Java Edition, after the world generation axolotls spawn individually below sea level (y63) in water 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.

Colors

Axolotls can be one of five colors: pink (leucistic, referred to as "lucy" in its texture file), brown (wild), yellow (gold), cyan and blue.

When breeding Axolotls, there is a 1⁄1200 (0.083%) chance of the offspring having the blue mutation, leaving 1199⁄1200 (99.917%) chance of matching one of the parents (including blue parents).

Pose

Color

Leucistic

Wild

Gold

Cyan

Blue

Ground crawling

Ground stationary

Swimming

Water stationary

Animation

Color

Leucistic

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)‌[Java Edition only], 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 and other axolotls. 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). This also applies to axolotls that are passengers in a boat. 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.‌[Java Edition only]‌[until JE Edition Combat Tests] Unlike other aquatic mobs, they cause nearby pufferfish to inflate.

Axolotls picked up with a bucket and re-spawned do not despawn.

Axolotls can be renamed by placing a bucket of axolotl into an anvil, the same as if renaming any other item.

Breeding

Main article: 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 in Java Edition or 1 minute in Bedrock Edition. 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.axolotl.attack

subtitles.entity.axolotl.attack

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?

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Axolotl dies

Friendly Creatures

Dying

entity.axolotl.death

subtitles.entity.axolotl.death

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?

?

Axolotl hurts

Friendly Creatures

Taking damage

entity.axolotl.hurt

subtitles.entity.axolotl.hurt

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?

?

Axolotl chirps

Friendly Creatures

Randomly when in water

entity.axolotl.idle\_water

subtitles.entity.axolotl.idle\_water

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?

?

Axolotl chirps

Friendly Creatures

Randomly when not in water

entity.axolotl.idle\_air

subtitles.entity.axolotl.idle\_air

?

?

?

Axolotl splashes

Friendly Creatures

Entering water

entity.axolotl.splash

subtitles.entity.axolotl.splash

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?

?

Axolotl swims

Friendly Creatures

Moving through water

entity.axolotl.swim

subtitles.entity.axolotl.swim

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?

?

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name

Resource location

Translation key

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Axolotl

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axolotl

entity.minecraft.axolotl

Bedrock Edition:

Name

Resource location

Numeric ID

Translation key

```
Axolotl

```

axolotl

130

entity.axolotl.name

Entity data

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

Java Edition:

Main article: Entity format

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Entity data

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Additional fields for mobs that can breed[show]

Tags common to all entities[show]

Tags common to all mobs[show]

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FromBucket: 1 or 0 (true/false) – if true, indicates the axolotl has been released from a bucket.

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Variant: ID of the axolotl's variant.

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Axolotl color[show][edit]

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Achievements

Icon

Achievement

In-game description

Actual requirements (if different)

Gamerscore earned

Trophy type (PS4)

PS4

Other platforms

The Healing Power of Friendship!

Team up with an Axolotl and win a fight

Team up with an axolotl by attacking[verify] a hostile aquatic mob[verify] while the axolotl is fighting it

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

Java Edition

October 3, 2020

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 Axolotls are announced at Minecraft Live 2020.

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They are shown to spawn in lush caves biomes.

October 3, 2020

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An unreleased green variant was shown at the Minecraft Live 2020 recap, which was not shown on the live event.

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1.17

20w51a

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    Added axolotls.

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Axolotls do not avoid lava.

When an axolotl is held with a lead on the ground, it begins walking at an exaggeratedly fast speed.

21w03a

Axolotls attack glow squids.

21w13a

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   The texture of the axolotls for four variants except the wild has been changed.

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Axolotls now spawn naturally underwater in caves.

Axolotls now give the player Regeneration I, as well as remove Mining Fatigue, when engaged in combat.

Axolotls now correctly attack elder guardians.

Axolots spawned from buckets in the creative inventory spawn only as pink.

21w20a

Axolotls now play dead only when in water.

Axolotls can no longer be fed tropical fish.

Pre-release 3

Axolotls now spawn only in total darkness and where there's a block with base\_stone\_overworld tag less than 5 blocks below the spawning space.

Baby Axolotls no longer despawn.

1.17.1

Pre-release 1

Blue axolotls no longer naturally spawn, and can be obtained only through breeding.

Upcoming Java Edition

1.18

1.18 Experimental Snapshot 1

Axolotls will now only spawn in lush caves

Bedrock Edition

1.17.0

beta 1.16.230.52

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    Added axolotls.

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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

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   The texture of the axolotls for all variants except the wild has been changed.

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Axolotls no longer attack invisible mobs.

Bred axolotls now maintain their color after being placed from a bucket.

1.17.10

beta 1.17.10.22

Axolotls now spawn only in complete darkness.

Upcoming Bedrock Edition

1.17.20

beta 1.17.20.22

Axolotls now spawn only where there's a stone block less than 10 blocks below the spawning space.

With experimental gameplay enabled, axolotls will now only spawn in lush caves.

Axolotl concept art from Minecraft Live 2020.

Multiple axolotls in a lush cave.

An axolotl army attacking an Elder Guardian. Note the outdated texture.

Ditto.

Axolotl variants from development, including unreleased green one.

The pose of the no-pose in development.

An axolotl playing dead in development.

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

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".

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, axolotls were added to the game to raise awareness.

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.

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.

Even though they are not in the game, the green variant appears in the Caves & Cliffs Part I announcement trailer and caves and cliffs recap. When asked on a livestream, Lady Agnes said she cannot say why the green variant was cut from the game.

Both the "play dead" behavior and the regeneration ability of axolotls are based on the abilities of real life axolotls.

On the Axolotl texture file, there used to be a hidden mouth in the texture files before 21w18a. The mouth was wide open.

Gallery

Screenshots

All current axolotl variants. From left to right: blue, cyan, gold, wild, and leucistic.

A baby axolotl on the side of a group.

Three axolotls attacking a glow squid underwater.

In other media

Axolotl concept art.

More Axolotl concept art.

Axolotl and Warden concept art.

An Axolotl in promotional artwork for the first Caves & Cliffs update.

Official Axolotl artwork.

All 5 variants of axolotls swimming.

The green Axolotl in the Caves & Cliffs Part I trailer.

References

↑ MCPE-130734

↑ MC-208659

↑ MC-208601

↑ MC-208626

↑ MC-208703

↑ MC-208647

↑ MC-221656

↑ 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

↑ Jump up to: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