Axolotls, the friendly and fun creatures of Minecraft, are as rare as they come. While catching a few common variants of Axolotls is possible, breeding them is the key to obtaining all types, including the extremely rare blue Axolotls. They are easily your best partner for any adventure on the best Minecraft 1.20 servers on the land as well as underwater. The only one who can compete with them is the new Sniffer but even they can't survive a fight. So, let's dive in and learn how to breed Axolotls in Minecraft and make the most of these cute creatures.
Breed and Tame Axolotls in Minecraft (2023)
To make it easier for you, we have organized the process of breeding Axolotls into dedicated sections. You can explore these sections sequentially to avoid any errors.
How to Find Axolotls in Minecraft
Axolotl is passive mobs that exclusively spawn in the lush caves biome of Minecraft. So, you have to explore under areas of the overworld to find lush caves and then search within the waterlogged part of these caves to find axolotls.
If you don't mind some sacrifice, you can even breed frogs in Minecraft and use tadpoles as bait to lure axolotls out. Though, with our best Minecraft adventure seeds, it shouldn't be an issue.
Can You Tame Axolotl in Minecraft
Unfortunately, Minecraft doesn't allow you to tame axolotls despite their friendly nature. However, you can trap them in glass aquariums or tie them up with lead to keep them around. Even in their trapped forms, the axolotls are a great addition to your base in Minecraft. Plus, if you know how to breed axolotls in Minecraft to get their rare variants, things can't get any better.
Items Required to Breed Axolotls
You only need the following entities to breed axolotls in Minecraft:
- 2 Axolotls
- 2 Tropical Fishes
- 1 Bucket
- Pool of Water
While axolotls can survive on the land, they need to get back to water within 5 minutes or they start taking damage. This makes it essential to keep and breed them in or around water. So, we suggest you build a small pool for them in your base a dedicated breeding area.
An easy way to about it will be digging up a small pit and filling it up with water using buckets. You can use our guide to learn how to craft a bucket in Minecraft within no time. The same will come in handy during the rest of the breeding process as well.
What Do Axolotls Eat in Minecraft
Just like all the other passive mobs in Minecraft, axolotls require food to breed and their favorite cuisine is alive tropical fishes. Luckily, these fishes are quite easy to find within the warm and lukewarm oceans of Minecraft that are present throughout the overworld.
But, keep in mind that killing these little creatures will make them useless for your axolots. So, you have to carefully use a water bucket to pick up the tropical fish. Then, you can freely take them anywhere inside your inventory. For breeding axolotls in Minecraft, you need two buckets of tropical fish.
How to Breed Axolotls in Minecraft
With all the key items by your side, let's get your base ready for baby axolotls and bring them to life.
Breeding Area
Follow these steps to create a simple breeding area for axolotls:
1. First, create a 3x3 block area that's at least two blocks deep and fill it with water. The spot should be large enough for the axolotls to move freely.
2. Next, use a water bucket to pick up the axolotl. You only need two of them to get the process started.
3. Finally, bring empty the Buckets of Axolotl into the newly made breeding area.
Steps to Breed Axolotls in Minecraft
Once axolotls are settled in their new home, you just have to use Buckets of Tropical Fish to feed both of them. After being fed, the axolotls will get into "love mode" and spawn one baby axolotl. The babies keep following their parents around until they grow into adults within 20 minutes of spawning.
You can speed up the growth by feeding buckets of tropical fish to the baby axolotls. Moreover, once bred, the parent axolotl has a 10-minute cooldown in the Java edition and only a 1-minute cooldown in the Bedrock edition of Minecraft.
How to Get the Rare Blue Axolotls
When a new baby axolotl spawns it randomly inherits the color of its parent. But it also has a tiny 0.0008% chance of spawning as the extremely rare blue axolotl. This means that you might have to breed around "1200" of these creatures to get the blue variant.
Surprisingly, the 1200 quantity of axolotls is much larger than the amount of these creatures in the real world, as of 2020. That's partly why Minecraft included this unique color of axolotls that doesn't even exist in the natural world.
However, if you don't want to waste hours trying your luck at breeding then little cheating might take you a long way. You just have to turn on cheats in your world and use the following command to spawn a blue axolotl in Minecraft:
/summon minecraft:axolotl ~ ~ ~ {Variant:4}
Before you execute this command, keep in mind that using cheats turns off all the achievements in the game. Furthermore, they can even get you banned on some of the popular Minecraft survival servers.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Minecraft axolotl for?
The axolotls in Minecraft attack all aquatic mobs except turtles, dolphins, and frogs. You can use them to hunt underwater animals and even protect yourself from Drowned hostile mobs.
Do axolotls need air Minecraft?
Axolotls can stay on land as well as underwater. They need water that's at least two blocks deep to survive. But, if an axolotl remains outside water for five minutes or longer then it takes damage and eventually dies.
Will axolotls eat my fish in Minecraft?
You can only use buckets of tropical fish to feed an axolotl in Minecraft. They can't consume dead fish or any other food.
Breed and Tame Axolotls in Minecraft
With that, you are now ready to create your underwater army and take down all the hostile aquatic mobs in Minecraft. But, they can't protect you while you are on land. So, make sure to create an Iron Golem in Minecraft to be on your guard. Though, if you are planning to explore the best Minecraft mountain seeds, the snow can overwhelm your guardian in no time. In those areas, creating a snow golem in Minecraft might be a better pick. Having said that, how big are you planning to make your axolotl army in Minecraft? Vote your choice in our Discord server and find more admirers of this cute predator.