How to feed axolotl minecraft

The only food that you can feed your Axolotl in Minecraft is a Bucket of Tropical Fish. To make a Bucket of Tropical Fish, you’ll need to use a Water Bucket to scoop up a Tropical Fish.

All the Ways to Get a Bucket of Tropical Fish

The first and most straightforward way of getting a Bucket of Tropical Fish is to catch some Tropical Fish in a Water Bucket. Firstly, use an empty Bucket on some water to fill it up. Next, swim up to any Tropical Fish and use the Water Bucket on them to scoop them into it. Following this, you can feed the Tropical Fish that you caught to an Axolotl by using the Bucket of Tropical Fish on your amphibious friend.

Where Tropical Fish Spawn

Tropical Fish can spawn in Lukewarm Ocean and Warm Ocean biomes, in addition to the “Deep” variants of both. Overall, the best place to find Tropical Fish is in a Deep Warm Ocean biome, as they are guaranteed to spawn there.

Where to Buy a Bucket of Tropical Fish

You can occasionally meet a Wandering Trader who will sell you 1 Bucket of Tropical Fish for 5 Emeralds. However, the odds of them having this trade in the first place is only 20%.

Earlier this year, Minecraft announced that the Caves and Cliffs update would be launched in two separate parts. Fast forward to June 8, 2021, the first part of the Caves and Cliffs (1.17) update was launched. The second part would be launched later this year, as the development team is working remotely and it would buy them some more time. In the first part of their update, Minecraft has released "some cute and fun mobs, cool items, and new blocks" and one of them is Axolotls. Keep reading this article to know more about Axolotls and what do Axolotls eat in Minecraft.

What do Axolotls eat in Minecraft?

Axolotls is one of the new mobs added in Minecraft Caves and Cliffs. Minecraft players can now find Axolotls and interact with them. These mobs are found underwater and help a player in underwater exploration. These mobs will also help a player when indulged in an underwater battle with other hostile mobs. That is why a player might need to find some Axolotls in Minecraft and breed them. However, these creatures eat only a special type of food.

A lot of players are wondering about what do Axolotls eat in Minecraft and the answer is tropical fish. But keep in mind that Axolotls eat tropical fish and nothing else. These colourful fishes scare easy are found in the warm ocean biomes, so a player needs to be far from a water body unless the fish spawns. They can be collected by a player using a bucket full of water. Once collected, a player can feed the Axolotls with fish.

Axolotls breed with each other like other animals in the game. In order to breed them, a player must collect two or more tropical fishes using the method described above. Thereafter, find two Axolotls and feed them with the tropical fish. If they are adults, they shall breed after having the fishes. Another thing to keep in mind that when a baby Axolotls spawns, it takes about 20 minutes for it to grow up, and only then will it be able to breed. However, these cute little animals cannot be tamed like an Ocelot.

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Got questions about the new Minecraft axolotl mob? The new amphibious creature was added in part one of the Minecraft Caves & Cliffs update (opens in new tab). And while the new biomes aren't expected until later this year in part two, there's plenty to learn about the axolotl in the meantime. 

The Minecraft axolotl mob is just one of the new animals to be added with the 1.17 update, though you may want to be wary around goats, which will do their best to throw you from their mountainside homes (opens in new tab). Luckily, axolotls are far more friendly, so why not befriend these adorable creatures? Exactly. Here's everything we know about the Minecraft axolotl, including where to find them, how to tame them, and their many different colours.

How to spawn

Minecraft axolotl spawn location

Axolotls were originally said to spawn in one of the new cave biomes, Lush Caves. But since the new biomes aren't arriving in Minecraft until later this year, where can we find these fun fish?

Currently, axolotls can spawn in any underground water source, as long as it's in total darkness and below sea level (y63). I'll update this guide when the new biomes go live in update 1.18 to reflect any future spawn changes, but this is how you can find axolotls in the meantime.

How to tame

How to tame an axolotl in Minecraft

Axolotls can't technically be tamed, but they're not hostile towards players and can be scooped up into a bucket with ease. You can then carry them around with you or re-home them in a pond or lake nearer to your base.

You can also attach a lead to an axolotl if you don't have a bucket handy, but it will die if it's out of water for over five minutes, though not if it's raining or there's a thunderstorm.

How to breed

How to breed axolotl in Minecraft

Axolotls can be bred using buckets of tropical fish. Once you have two adult axolotls together, feed each using the tropical fish and you should see red hearts signalling that they've entered 'love mode'. How romantic.

The resulting baby axolotl will inherit the colour of one of its parents at random and take 20 in-game minutes to reach maturity. You can speed up the process by using more tropical fish.

Colours/blue axolotl

Minecraft axolotl colors: How to get the rare blue axolotl 

Minecraft axolotls come in the following colours:

• Lucy (pink)
• Wild (brown)
• Gold
• Cyan
• Blue

The blue axolotl is by far the rarest colour and has a 0.083% chance of spawning, either naturally or via the breeding of adults with other colours. So, if you've got your heart set on a blue axolotl, you'll need to have a lot of patience and more than a bit of luck. 

What they eat

What do axolotls eat? 

Axolotls eat tropical fish, which are generally found in ocean biomes. If you want to feed an axolotl, you'll need to use a bucket of tropical fish rather than single ones you've previously caught. 

As tropical fish tend to scare easily, they can be quite tricky to capture in a bucket, so patience is key. Otherwise, it's worth checking to see if the Wandering Trader has a bucket of tropical fish for sale.

Combat

Do axolotls attack other mobs? 

While these adorable creatures aren't hostile to players, they won't hesitate to attack seaborne threats. While they will leave dolphins and turtles alone, everything else is fair game—they'll even take on a Drowned. 

They also have a neat defence mechanism: If an axolotl takes damage while underwater, it will play dead and gain Regeneration. The Regeneration status effect can be transferred to a player temporarily when killing a mob the axolotl was fighting.