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Who this is for: Minecraft players wanting to breed axolotls for pets, farms, or collecting rare color variants.
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What You Need to Breed Axolotls
To breed axolotls in Minecraft, you’ll need two adult axolotls and tropical fish as their breeding item. You can use any tropical fish – either caught with a fishing rod or found in buckets. Raw cod and salmon won’t work for breeding, only tropical fish will trigger their love mode.
Step-by-Step Breeding Process
First, make sure you have at least two axolotls in a water-filled area. They need to be swimming in water blocks, not just standing on wet ground. Hold tropical fish in your hand and right-click (or use your interact button) on each axolotl you want to breed.
You’ll see red hearts appear above both axolotls when they enter love mode. They’ll swim toward each other and after a few seconds, a baby axolotl will spawn nearby. The parents will have a cooldown period of about 5 minutes before they can breed again.
Baby Axolotl Growth and Colors
Baby axolotls take 20 minutes to grow into adults naturally, but you can speed this up by feeding them more tropical fish. Each tropical fish reduces the growth time by 10% of the remaining time.
The baby’s color follows specific inheritance rules:
- Most of the time, the baby will randomly inherit one parent’s color
- There’s a small chance (about 1 in 1200) for a rare blue axolotl to spawn
- The five possible colors are leucistic (pink), wild (brown), gold, cyan, and the ultra-rare blue
Setting Up an Axolotl Farm
For efficient breeding, create a contained water area at least 2 blocks deep. Axolotls can jump out of shallow water, so deeper pools work better. You can use signs or other blocks to create air pockets if you need to work underwater.
Keep a steady supply of tropical fish by setting up a fishing area nearby or exploring warm ocean biomes where tropical fish naturally spawn. Some players prefer to keep tropical fish in buckets for easy storage and transport.
Remember that axolotls will attack most other aquatic mobs except turtles, dolphins, and other axolotls, so plan your farm layout accordingly. If you’re looking to explore more creative building projects and farming techniques, you might enjoy trying other minecraft games that offer similar sandbox experiences.
TL;DR
Breed axolotls by feeding tropical fish to two adults in water. Baby axolotls inherit parent colors randomly, with a rare chance for blue variants.
