Axolotl

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

Axolotl
Health	14 × 7
Behavior	Passive
Damage	2 (Only with fish, squids, drowneds and guardians.)
Usable items	Bucket of Tropical Fish Lead Tropical Fish Water Bucket
Details
Size	Height: 0.6 blocks Width: 1.3 blocks

Axolotls are aquatic passive mobs.

Spawning

Currently, Axolotls do not spawn naturally in the world, being only available from buckets or spawn eggs in the Creative inventory. They can also be obtained by the /summon command.

Axolotls despawn over time if not spawned by a bucket.

Colors

Axolotls come in five different varieties: cyan, gold/yellow, leucistic (pink), wild (brown), and blue. The first four varieties are equally common, while the blue variety is rarer. Specifically, the blue variant has a ¹⁄₁₂₀₀ (~0.083%) chance, giving the common varieties a ¹¹⁹⁹⁄₄₈₀₀ (~24.98%) chance individually.

Pose	Color
	Leucistic	Wild	Gold	Cyan	Blue
Ground crawling
Ground stationary
Swimming
Water stationary

Axolotls picked up and re-spawned with a bucket will not preserve their color. Baby axolotls picked up and re-spawned with a bucket will not preserve their growth stage and turn into an adult stage.

Behavior

Axolotls can be attached to leads and are passive to players. Axolotls were intended to give Regeneration and remove Mining Fatigue when a player kills a mob that an axolotl is in combat with; however, this currently does not work.

Axolotls are hostile to fish and squid. Axolotls will only attack drowned and guardians (but not elder guardians) when tempted with tropical fish by a player. Drowned and guardians will always attack axolotls on sight.

As axolotls are aquatic mobs, they take extra damage from tridents with the Impaling enchantment.

If an axolotl takes damage, it may pretend to be dead, dropping to the ground for 200 game ticks (10 seconds) and gaining Regeneration I if in water. Monsters will ignore recovering axolotls. For an axolotl to play dead, the damage must not be from drying out on land and there is a random ²⁄₃ chance for the axolotl to not play dead. 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 then plays dead. Internally, they will not attempt to play dead if the damage will kill them, though this has no effect since the axolotl will die either way.

On land, axolotls try to move to the nearest water source because they die outside of water after 6000 game ticks (5 minutes). Axolotls do not die on land if the weather is rain or thunder.

Breeding

Main article: Breeding

Adult axolotls can be led and bred with tropical fish or buckets of tropical fish.

After breeding, a baby axolotl spawns, the parents cannot breed again for 5 minutes and 1–7 experience is spawned. The baby axolotl has a ¹⁄₁₂₀₀ chance to be the rare blue variant; otherwise, it will inherit the variant from one of its parents at random.

Babies take 20 minutes to grow up and follow adults. The growth of baby axolotls can be slowly accelerated using tropical fish; each use takes 10% off of the remaining time to grow up.

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	?	?	?
	Axolotl dies	Friendly Creatures	Dying	entity.axolotl.death	subtitles.entity.axolotl.death	?	?	?
	Axolotl hurts	Friendly Creatures	Taking damage	entity.axolotl.hurt	subtitles.entity.axolotl.hurt	?	?	?
	Axolotl chirps	Friendly Creatures	Randomly when in water	entity.axolotl.idle_water	subtitles.entity.axolotl.idle_water	?	?	?
	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	?	?	?
	Axolotl swims	Friendly Creatures	Moving through water	entity.axolotl.swim	subtitles.entity.axolotl.swim	?	?	?

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Translation key
Axolotl	axolotl	entity.minecraft.axolotl

Entity data

See also: Chunk format

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

• Entity data
  • Additional fields for mobs that can breed
  • Tags common to all entities
  • Tags common to all mobs
  •  FromBucket: 1 or 0 (true/false) – if true, indicates the axolotl has been released from a bucket.
  •  Variant: ID of the axolotl's variant.

Axolotl Variant

Main article: Axolotl/DV

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History

October 3, 2020					Axolotls are announced at Minecraft Live 2020.
					They are shown to spawn in lush caves biomes.
October 3, 2020					An unreleased green variant was shown at the Minecraft Live 2020 recap, which was not shown on the live event.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.17 {{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Reality Vision|Reality Vision]]<br/>{{Joke feature}} {{Item | title = Reality Vision | image = Reality Vision.png | renewable = No | stackable = Yes (64) }} The '''Reality vision''' was a joke [[helmet]]. == Usage == Reality vision was equipped via the [[helmet]] slot. When equipped, it showed a [[wikipedia:Mini-map|minimap]] in the bottom-center of the screen (which moved when the [[player]]'s camera moves). The minimap showed all [[chunk]]s that were currently rendered. The player's location was represented by a green [[beacon]] beam marker on the map. It displayed a vision overlay (similar to the [[pumpkin]] overlay). The overlay would change to a new overlay if the player went into third person (unlike the pumpkin overlay), which made the screen appear like an old [[wikipedia:Television|television]] screen. The overlay was called <code>cantseeshit<!-- Do not change this; this is that word that is actually used-->captain.png</code> in the assets folder. It activated a [[Shaders|shader]] when equipped (<code>scan_pincushion</code>). == Sounds == {{Sound table |sound=Equipvr.ogg |subtitle=''None'' |source=player |description=When equipped |id=item.reality_vision.use |translationkey=''None'' |volume=1.0 |pitch=1.0 |distance=16 |foot=1}} == Data values == === ID === {{ID table |edition=java |shownumericids=y |showforms=y |generatetranslationkeys=y |displayname=Reality Vision |spritetype=item |nameid=reality_vision |id=500 |form=item |translationkey=item.realityVision.name |foot=1}} == History == {{History|java}} {{History||1.RV-Pre1|[[File:Reality_Vision_(item).png|32px]] [[File:Reality Vision.png|32px]] Added reality vision.}} {{History|foot}} == Issues == Reality Vision is an unsupported item due to being an [[Wikipedia:April Fools' Day|April Fools']] joke, and therefore such issues relating to them will not be fixed. == Trivia == * [[Sign]]s display the text "OBEY" while equipped, a reference to the movie [[wikipedia:They Live|''They Live'']]. == Gallery == <gallery> Sign2.png|The [[sign]] texture found in the game files. OBEY.png|OBEY seen in a sign. OBEY sign in 1.RV-Pre1..png|OBEY seen in a sign, but seen from a better perspective. TechGear.png|A [[player]] wearing reality vision, featured in this [[wikipedia:April Fools' Day|April Fools']] joke version. </gallery> {{Items}} {{Jokes}} [[Category:Non-renewable resources]] [[Category:Joke items]] [[pt:Visão da realidade]] [[es:Reality Vision]]</li><li>[[Shears|Shears]]<br/>{{Item | image = Shears.png | rarity = Common | renewable = Yes | durability = 238 | stackable = No }} '''Shears''' are tools required to obtain some organic blocks or otherwise mine them faster as well as to shear certain entities and blocks. ==Obtaining== ===Crafting=== {{Crafting |head=1 |showdescription=1 |B2= Iron Ingot |A3= Iron Ingot |Output= Shears |type= Tool }} {{crafting |foot=1 |ignoreusage=1 |Damaged Shears |Damaged Shears |Output= Shears |description= The durability of the two shears is added together, plus an extra 5% durability. |type= Tool }} Despite using [[Iron Ingot|iron]] in its crafting recipe, shears cannot be smelted into [[iron nugget]]s.<ref>{{bug|MC-111738}}</ref> ===Trading=== Novice-level Shepherd [[villager]]s have a 40% chance to sell shears for 2 [[emerald]]s in Java Edition. This trade is always offered in Bedrock Edition. ===Chest loot=== {{LootChestItem|shears}} ==Usage== ===Shearing=== Shears lose 1 [[durability]] when used to shear something. Shears can be {{Control|use|text=used}} on a [[sheep]] to remove its coat and drop 1–3 [[wool]] of the corresponding color. The same sheep can be sheared again after it eats from a [[grass block]] to regenerate its coat. Shearing a [[mooshroom]] drops 5 [[mushroom]]s of the corresponding color and irreversibly turns it into a normal [[cow]]. Shearing a [[snow golem]] irreversibly removes its pumpkin, dropping it and revealing its face. Shearing either a [[beehive]] or [[bee nest]] that is full of honey makes it drop 3 [[honeycomb]]s and resets it to honey level 0. The same beehive or bee nest can be sheared again if it is able to reach full honey again. If sheared by hand without a [[campfire]] below the hive or nest all bees within will exit and all nearby bees will attack the offending player. [[Dispenser]]s can use shears in any of the above listed ways, interacting with any valid block or entity in front of the dispenser's face. This decreases the shears' [[durability]]. A dispenser shearing a beehive or bee nest will not anger bees or cause them to leave even if there is not a campfire below it. Shearing a [[pumpkin]] turns it into a [[carved pumpkin]], dropping 4 [[pumpkin seeds]]. {{IN|java}}, shearing the tip of [[cave vines]], [[kelp]], [[weeping vines]], or [[twisting vines]] sets its age value to 25 and stops further growth. ===Breaking blocks=== Shears use 1 [[durability]] when is used to break any block, even if it [[instant mining|breaks instantly]] by hand. Shears can be used to harvest [[cobweb|cobwebs]], [[leaves]], [[grass|grass, tall grass]], [[seagrass|seagrass, tall seagrass]], [[fern|ferns, large fern]]s, [[dead bush]]es, [[nether sprouts]], [[vines]], [[glow lichen]] or [[hanging roots]] and obtain them in item form. They can also be used to break [[tripwire]] connected to a [[tripwire hook]] without activating it. When shears are used to break [[Weeping Vines|weeping vines]] or [[Twisting Vines|twisting vines]] they are guaranteed to drop in item form instead of the usual 33% chance. This only applies to vines directly broken by shears and not vines that are broken due to the destruction of their supporting vines. The following table shows information about blocks that can be broken with shears. Colors indicate what gets dropped when the block is broken: *White: The original block. *Blue: The block's normal drop (i.e. string, sticks, seeds, saplings, apples). *Red: Nothing. {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" data-description="Blocks broken with shears" ! !No shears breaking time !Shears breaking time |- ! style="text-align:left" |{{BlockLink|Cobweb}} | {{tc|no|20 s}}<ref group="note">Breaking cobwebs with a sword is as fast as breaking with shears, and yields string. This costs double durability.</ref> |0.4 s |- ! style="text-align:left" |{{BlockLink|Dead Bush}} | {{tc|planned|0 s}} |0 s |- ! style="text-align:left" |{{BlockLink|id=fern|Grass|Fern}} | {{tc|planned|0 s}} |0 s |- ! style="text-align:left" |{{BlockLink|Grass}} | {{tc|planned|0 s}} | 0 s |- ! style="text-align:left" |{{BlockLink|Nether Sprouts}} | {{tc|no|0 s}}<ref group="note">{{IN|bedrock}}, the item drops when breaking it with fists.</ref> |0 s |- ! style="text-align:left" |{{BlockLink|Leaves}} | {{tc|planned|0.35 s}} |0.05 s |- ! style="text-align:left" |{{BlockLink|id=tripwire|String#Tripwire|Tripwire}} |0 s |0 s<ref group="note">Using shears does not trigger a redstone pulse.</ref> |- ! style="text-align:left" |{{BlockLink|Vines}} | {{tc|no|0.35 s}} |0.35 s |- ! style="text-align:left" |{{BlockLink|Wool}} |1.25 s |0.25 s |- ! style="text-align:left" |{{BlockLink|Seagrass}} | {{tc|no|0 s}} |0 s |- ! style="text-align:left" | {{BlockLink|Glow Lichen}} | {{tc|no|0.3 s}} |0.3 s |- ! style="text-align:left" |{{BlockLink|Hanging Roots}} | {{tc|no|0 s}} |0 s |- ! style="text-align:left" |{{BlockSprite|Twisting Vines Plant}}{{BlockLink|Twisting Vines}}<br> {{BlockSprite|Weeping Vines Plant}}{{BlockLink|Weeping Vines}} |0 s |0 s<ref group="note">Using shears will increase the chance of dropping from 33% to 100%.</ref> |} {{notelist}} ===Enchantments=== Shears can receive the following [[Enchanting|enchantments]]: {| class="wikitable col-2-center col-3-right" |+ !Name ! Max Level ![[Enchanting|Method]] |- |[[Efficiency]] |V |{{Inventory slot|Anvil}} |- |[[Unbreaking]] | III |{{Inventory slot|Anvil}} |- |[[Mending]] |I |{{Inventory slot|Anvil}} |- |[[Curse of Vanishing]] |I |{{Inventory slot|Anvil}} |- |[[Silk Touch]]{{only|be|short=1}} |I |{{Inventory slot|Anvil}} |} {{notelist}} == Sounds == {{edition|java}}: {{Sound table |rowspan=4 |sound=Shear.ogg |subtitle=Shears click |source=player |description=When a mooshroom is sheared |id=entity.mooshroom.shear |translationkey=subtitles.item.shears.shear |volume=1.0 |pitch=1.0 |distance=16}} {{Sound table |subtitle=Shears click |source=player |description=When a sheep is sheared |id=entity.sheep.shear |translationkey=subtitles.item.shears.shear |volume=1.0 |pitch=1.0 |distance=16}} {{Sound table |subtitle=Shears click |source=player |description=When a snow golem is sheared |id=entity.snow_golem.shear |translationkey=subtitles.item.shears.shear |volume=1.0 |pitch=1.0 |distance=16}} {{Sound table |subtitle=Plant cropped |source=block |description=When a growing plant is cropped |id=block.growing_plant.crop |translationkey=subtitles.block.growing_plant.crop |volume=1.0 |pitch=1.0 |distance=16}} {{Sound table |sound=Beehive shear.ogg |source=block |subtitle=Shears scrape |description=When honeycombs are harvested from a beehive |id=block.beehive.shear |translationkey=subtitles.block.beehive.shear |volume=0.8 |pitch=1.0/0.8/0.9 |distance=16}} {{Sound table |sound=Pumpkin carve1.ogg |sound2=Pumpkin carve2.ogg |source=block |subtitle=Shears carve |description=When a pumpkin is carved |id=block.pumpkin.carve |translationkey=subtitles.block.pumpkin.carve |volume=1.0 |pitch=1.0 |distance=16}} {{Sound table |sound=Random break.ogg |subtitle=Item breaks |source=player |description=When a pair of shears' durability is exhausted |id=entity.item.break |translationkey=subtitles.entity.item.break |volume=0.8 |pitch=0.8-1.2 |distance=16 |foot=1}} {{edition|bedrock}}:<br> Pumpkins do not have carve sounds. {{Sound table |type=bedrock |sound=Shear.ogg |source=player |description=When something is sheared |id=mob.sheep.shear |volume=1.0 |pitch=1.0}} {{Sound table |sound=Beehive shear.ogg |source=block |description=When honeycombs are harvested from a beehive |id=block.beehive.shear |volume=0.8 |pitch=0.8-1.0}} {{Sound table |sound=Random break.ogg |source=player |description=When a pair of shears' durability is exhausted |id=random.break |volume=1.0 |pitch=0.9 |foot=1}} ==Data values== ===ID=== {{edition|java}}: {{ID table |edition=java |showforms=y |generatetranslationkeys=y |displayname=Shears |spritetype=item |nameid=shears |form=item |foot=1}} {{edition|bedrock}}: {{ID table |edition=bedrock |shownumericids=y |showforms=y |notshowbeitemforms=y |generatetranslationkeys=y |displayname=Shears |spritetype=item |nameid=shears |id=421 |form=item |foot=1}} ==Achievements== {{load achievements|Have a Shearful Day}}<div style="text-align:center"></div> ==History== {{History||June 3, 2011|link=https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/76570646074765312|Shears were first mentioned by [[Jeb]] on [[wikipedia:Twitter|Twitter]]. The tweet revealing Jeb's work on shears was written in Swedish (''Jag jobbar på shears nu''), which translates to "I'm working on shears now".}} {{History||June 7, 2011|link=https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/78154891637436416|Jeb tweets about how shears were originally planned as a way to defuse [[TNT]], but he dropped this shortly after deciding TNT would detonate only with [[redstone]] or [[fire]].}} {{History|java beta}} {{History||1.7|[[File:Shears JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added shears. |Before [[Beta 1.7]], [[sheep]] would drop 1-3 [[wool]] blocks at most when hit, but shears can harvest up to 4 wool blocks per sheep.}} {{History||1.8|snap=Pre-release|Shears can now be used to harvest a [[fern]], [[vines]] and [[grass]].}} {{History|java}} {{History||1.0.0|snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease|Shears now harvest [[red mushroom]]s from a [[mooshroom]] and turn it back into a normal [[cow]].}} {{History||1.1|snap=11w49a|[[Sheep]] now drop only 1-3 wool blocks when sheared, but they can also regrow their wool by eating [[grass block|grass]], which is part of a plan to have [[animal]]s stay in the game longer.<ref>{{Tweet|jeb|76647002317930496}}</ref>}} {{History||1.2.1|snap=12w05a|Shears can now be used to harvest [[dead bush]]es.}} {{History|||snap=12w06a|Shears are now [[renewable]], due to [[zombie]]s occassionally dropping iron ingots.}} {{History||1.3.1|snap=12w21a|Shears can now be [[trading|bought]] from farmer [[villager]]s for 3 [[emerald]]s each.}} {{History|||snap=12w22a|Shears can now be used to break [[tripwire]] string and not set it off.}} {{History||1.4.2|snap=12w38a|Added a [[sound]] when using shears on [[sheep]].}} {{History||1.4.6|snap=12w50a|Shears can now be [[enchanting|enchanted]].}} {{History||1.8|snap=14w02a|[[Trading]] has been changed: Shepherd [[villager]]s now [[trading|sell]] shears for 3–4 [[emerald]]s each. |Farmers no longer trade shears.}} {{History|||snap=pre1|Shears now lose [[item durability|durability]] when breaking [[wool]] blocks. In previous versions, shears would take [[item durability|durability]] [[damage]] only when destroyed or when breaking [[tall grass]] or [[leaves]], the damage remaining the same for all other [[block]]s.<ref>{{bug|MC-5313}}</ref>}} {{History||1.9|snap=15w34a|Shears may now be used in a crafting grid to zoom in [[map]]s.}} {{History|||snap=15w45a|Shears no longer zoom in maps.}} {{History|||snap=15w47b|Shears can no longer be enchanted with [[Silk Touch]]. |Shears now lose durability when used to break any block (formerly lost durability only from [[leaves]], [[web]], [[grass]], [[vines]], [[tripwire]] and [[wool]]).}} {{History|||snap=15w47c|Shears now harvest [[cobweb]] without requiring [[Silk Touch]].}} {{History|||snap=15w49a|[[Snow golem]]'s [[pumpkin]] can now be removed with shears.}} {{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|When shears are {{control|used}} on an un-carved [[pumpkin]], it now turns into a carved pumpkin and drops 4 [[pumpkin seeds]]. |Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 359.}} {{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|Shears placed in a [[dispenser]] can now shear [[sheep]]. |[[File:Shears JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of shears has been changed.}} {{History|||snap=18w49a|Shears can now be found in [[chest]]s in [[village]] shepherd houses.}} {{History||1.15|snap=19w34a|Shears can now be used on [[bee nest]]s and [[beehive]]s to harvest [[honeycomb]].}} {{History||1.16|snap=20w15a|Shears placed in a dispenser can now shear [[mooshrooms]] and [[snow golem]]s.}} {{History||1.16.2|snap=pre1|Shears are now required in order to pick up [[roots]].}} {{History||1.16.2|snap=pre2|Shears are no longer required to pick up [[roots]].}} {{History||1.17|snap=?|Shears are now required in order to pick up [[hanging roots]].}} {{History||1.18|snap=21w37a|Shears can now stop [[cave vines]], [[kelp]], [[weeping vines]], and [[twisting vines]] from aging.}} {{History||1.19|snap=22w11a|Shears are now required in order to pick up [[mangrove leaves]].}} {{History|pocket alpha}} {{History||v0.2.0|[[File:Shears JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added shears.}} {{History||v0.3.2|Survival [[player]]s no longer start out with infinite durability shears in the [[inventory]].}} {{History||v0.4.0|Removed shears from the creative inventory.}} {{History||v0.8.0|snap=build 3|Re-added shears to [[creative]] mode.}} {{History||v0.9.0|snap=build 1|Shears can now be used to transform [[mooshroom]]s into [[cow]]s.}} {{History||v0.12.1|snap=build 3|Shearing a [[snow golem]] now removes its [[pumpkin]]. |Shears can now be [[enchanting|enchanted]] in an [[anvil]].}} {{History||v0.13.0|snap=build 1|Shears can now be used to break [[tripwire]] string without triggering it.}} {{History||v0.15.0|snap=build 1|Shears now lose durability when used to break any [[block]].}} {{History|pocket}} {{History||1.0.4|snap=alpha 1.0.4.0|Shears can now be [[trading|bought]] from shepherd [[villager]]s.}} {{History||1.1.0|snap=alpha 1.1.0.0|Breaking a [[melon|melon block]] with shears now always drop 9 [[melon slice|melons]].}} {{History|bedrock}} {{History||1.4.0|snap=beta 1.2.13.8|Shears can now be used to turn un-carved [[pumpkin]]s into [[carved pumpkin]] and spit out 4 [[pumpkin seeds]].}} {{History||?|Shears now harvest [[cobweb]] without requiring [[Silk Touch]].}} {{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|Shears placed in a [[dispenser]] can now shear [[sheep]]. |[[File:Shears JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of shears has been changed.}} {{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.1|Shears can now be found in [[village]] shepherd houses.}} {{History|||snap=beta 1.11.0.4|Shears [[trading|sold]] by shepherd [[villager]]s now cost only 2 [[emerald]]s.}} {{History||1.14.0|snap=beta 1.14.0.1|Shears can now be used on [[bee nest]]s and [[beehive]]s to harvest [[honeycomb]].}} {{History|console}} {{History||xbox=TU3|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Shears JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added shears.}} {{History||xbox=TU69|xbone=none|ps=1.76|wiiu=Patch 38|switch=none|Shears can now be used to turn regular [[pumpkin]]s into [[carved pumpkin]]s.}} {{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Shears JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of shears has been changed. |Shears placed in a [[dispenser]] can now shear [[sheep]].}} {{History|New 3DS}} {{History||0.1.0|[[File:Shears JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added shears.}} {{History|foot}} ==Issues== {{issue list}} ==Gallery== <gallery> File:Enchanted Shears.gif|An enchanted pair of shears. </gallery> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/taking-inventory--shears Taking Inventory: Shears] – Minecraft.net on November 20, 2019 {{Items}} [[cs:Nůžky]] [[de:Schere]] [[es:Tijeras]] [[fr:Cisailles]] [[hu:Metszőolló]] [[it:Cesoie]] [[ja:ハサミ]] [[ko:가위]] [[nl:Schaar]] [[pl:Nożyce]] [[pt:Tesoura]] [[ru:Ножницы]] [[zh:剪刀]] [[Category:Renewable resources]]</li></ul>		20w51a			Added axolotls.

Issues

Issues relating to "Axolotl" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• Axolotls are small salamanders that are endemic to Mexico, which are critically endangered, following Mojang's trend of adding endangered species such as polar bears, giant pandas, sea turtles and bees into the game for awareness purposes.
  • Their regeneration abilities allude to their real-life regeneration capabilities, which are of major interest to science.
• Axolotls are the first amphibian mobs implemented into Minecraft.
  • However, it was not the first announced one since frogs were announced at MINECON Live 2019.
  • Unlike many amphibians, axolotls are effectively 100% aquatic and seldom require dry land, although they occasionally do surface for air.
• Blue is the only color variant of axolotls that are not based on real life.
• Interestingly, Leucistic is called "lucy" in the texture file.
• Despite being amphibians, axolotls are bred like mammals instead of laying eggs, similarly to chickens.

Gallery

• 

  Axolotl concept art from Minecraft Live 2020.

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  A screenshot showcasing the addition of axolotls in 20w51a. A Sculk Sensor can also be seen.

• Axolotl color variants.webp

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

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  A baby axolotl on the side of a group.

References

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