How To Catch An Axolotl In Minecraft Pe

How to detect, tame and breed Minecraft axolotls

(Prototype credit: Mojang)

The Minecraft axolotl is one of the best beasties y'all'll find around the biomes, small pinkish amphibians that primarily snuffle about the games caves and caverns, close to water if they tin. That's no coincidence; axolotls in Minecraft have to stay shut to water, or risk drying out and becoming axed a picayune. Merely if you can larn how they piece of work, y'all tin can find, brood and tame axolotls in Minecraft to make your very own fiddling entourage of affable amphibians. Detect out how they're plant and mastered in our simple guide below.

How to find axolotls in Minecraft

Where to find the Minecraft 1.17 axolotl mob — (Image credit: Mojang)

Unfortunately, finding a Minecraft axolotl is easier said than done. The axolotl is an aquatic cave animal, which means that they simply spawn in water, and in total darkness (lite level 0). Naturally, there must also be blocks covering over their habitat.

On the plus side, a Minecraft axolotl cave lake doesn't accept to exist deep (in that location must be a solid block no more than than five blocks below the axolotl spawn signal). Y'all don't necessarily accept to dig deep either, as the axolotl can spawn beneath y: 63. That means around ocean level or lower.

Note that only 1 to iv axolotls will spawn in one group. They come in 5 different colors, only the blue ones are extremely rare. Nigh 1 in 1200 axolotls are bluish, and so don't get your hopes upwardly if that'southward your favorite color.

How to capture and tame axolotls in Minecraft

capture and tame axolotls in Minecraft 1.17 — (Image credit: Mojang)

With such an ambrosial wait, it's only natural that Minecraft players desire to tame their ain axolotl pet. Unfortunately, you can't tame an axolotl like a cat or a wolf. Nevertheless, they are passive animals and tin can easily be captured and transported. So yes, you lot tin breed axolotl and brand your own axolotl zoo in Minecraft!

The easiest way to transport an axolotl is by using a Bucket on them. You can then accept the axolotl bucket with y'all wherever you become. Alternatively, yous can lure them with a bucket of tropical fish, or employ a pb. Be conscientious where yous drop your axolotl though; they will die afterwards spending more than than v minutes out of h2o.

How to breed axolotls in Minecraft

Minecraft axolotls will enter 'honey mode' if you give them a Bucket of Tropical Fish (you need the bucket here; simply the fish won't work). Of form, y'all need ii axolotls to make a new ane. A baby axolotl takes xx minutes to become fully grown.

If you want to spawn an axolotl in creative style, you can use the summon command, a spawn egg, or an axolotl bucket.

Axolotl armies in Minecraft

So, what are these creatures adept for, too beingness cute? The axolotl can actually exist quite useful if you desire to get angling or take on an underwater fight. First, you need to capture at to the lowest degree two axolotl and commencement breeding them. Once you accept a pretty big Minecraft axolotl regular army, you lot tin can put them all in buckets and take the buckets with you (or just lead them with a Saucepan of Tropical Fish). If you see an underwater enemy, but release the axolotl from their buckets. As long equally it'south non a dolphin or a turtle, they will kill anything for you.

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