As an avid Minecraft player and axolotl enthusiast with over 5 years of experience breeding axolotls in-game, I’m excited to share this comprehensive guide on raising these adorable aquatic creatures.
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Finding and Capturing Axolotls
Axolotls are amphibious mobs that spawn naturally in lush caves underground in darkness. They can be found swimming around in underground lakes and rivers within this biome.
To capture an axolotl, you’ll need an empty bucket. Sneak up on one and use the bucket on them to pick them up, then you can carry them around. Be careful not to leave them out of water for longer than 5 minutes or they will start to dry out and eventually die.
Once you’ve transported your new axolotl friend safely home in a bucket, it’s time to set up their new home aquarium!
Preparing the Axolotl Aquarium
Axolotls need a home aquarium with plenty of room to swim around and hide. Here are some tips:
- Use a minimum 10 gallon tank
- Fill with fresh water source blocks
- Add hiding spots like aquarium plants and décor
- Use smooth stone or sand for aquarium flooring
It’s important to not house axolotls with hostile mobs that may attack them or small passive mobs that they could prey upon. Good tank mates include other axolotls, turtles, dolphins or tropical fish.
Feeding Axolotls
In Minecraft, axolotls are carnivores that will hunt and eat live fish.
You can feed pet axolotls tropical fish by using a bucket of tropical fish on them. This will cause them to enter love mode and breed if there is another axolotl nearby.
Note: Axolotls can’t be fed seagrass or bone meal like turtles. They only eat live tropical fish to survive.
Breeding Axolotls
Breeding axolotls takes a bit of patience but allows you to produce more of these amazing creatures.
To breed axolotls, here’s what you need to do:
- Transport 2 axolotls to a home aquarium using buckets
- Feed each axolotl a bucket of tropical fish to trigger love mode
- Heart particles will appear, indicating they are ready to mate
- A baby axolotl will spawn and grow to adulthood within 20 minutes!
The baby axolotl will inherit a color from one of its parents. But there is a small chance it could turn out to be a rare blue variant!
Caring for Axolotls
Caring for pet axolotls is relatively simple. Just be sure to:
- Transport them using buckets to avoid drying out
- Keep them in fresh water source blocks
- Feed them a steady diet of tropical fish
- Give them plenty of room to swim around
With the proper habitat and care, axolotls can live a long, healthy life in Minecraft!
Fun Facts About Axolotls
Here are some additional fun facts about axolotls that make them fascinating aquatic creatures:
- Axolotls can fully regenerate limbs and damaged tissue over time
- Wild axolotls are critically endangered, but thrive easily in captivity
- Axolotls come in a variety of colors in Minecraft with blue being the rarest
- Axolotls can play dead as a defense mechanism against predators
- Real axolotls only eat live food and are carnivorous predators
So there you have it – everything you need to know to successfully breed and raise axolotl aquatic pets in Minecraft! Let me know if you have any other questions.
