Here’s where to find and how to tame Axolotls in Minecraft.

Instructions in this article apply to Minecraft on all platforms.

How Do You Tame an Axolotl?

Bucket in a Minecraft Crafting Table

Craft aBucketusing 3 Iron Ingots.

To make a Crafting Table, use 4 Wood Planks of any jot down.

you’re free to craft Iron Ingots from Blocks of Iron.

Collecting water in a Bucket in Minecraft

Fill the Bucket with water by using it on a water block.

Find a Tropical Fish.

Tropical Fish come in many types and tend to live deep under the ocean in warm biomes.

Collecting a Tropical Fish in a Water Bucket in Minecraft

Equip the Water Bucket, then use it on the Tropical Fish to catch it in the Bucket.

Axolotls only like live fish, so you must catch them in Water Buckets.

Tropical Fish you catch from fishing won’t work.

Giving a Bucket of Tropical Fish to an Axolotl in Minecraft

Find an Axolotl and equip the Bucket of Tropical Fish.

The Axolotl should swim right up to you.

Don’t actually give the Tropical Fish to the Axolotl.

Azalea trees in Minecraft

If you feed the Axolotl, it will lose interest and stop following you.

Where Can You Find an Axolotl in Minecraft?

Axolotls can be found in pools of water inside Lush Caves.

Axolotl on a leash in Minecraft

When you see Azalea trees, look for a cave entrance or start digging to find a Lush Cave.

Also, there must be a clay block below the water for them to spawn.

What Can You Do With Axolotls?

Collecting an Axolotl in a Water Bucket in Minecraft

Technically, Axolotls can’t be tamed in the same sense you cantame an Ocelotor some other animals.

The Axolotl will ignore you when you’re not holding what it wants.

Axolotls are not aggressive toward players, but they attack most other aquatic mobs.

Axolotls are picky eaters as they will only eat live Tropical Fish.

Axolotls can come on land, but they won’t travel more than a few blocks away from water.

Just keep in mind your Axolotl will perish if it spends too much time out of water.

Then, carry it wherever you want and use the Bucket to release your Axolotl.

To breed Axolotls, feed Tropical Fish to two adult Axolotl when they are near each other.

Give your baby Axolotl Tropical Fish to make it grow into an adult.

FAQ

If you’re trying to breed a blue axolotl, your odds are pretty low.

Blue axolotls have a one in 1,200 chance of appearing when you mate two adults.

But you might use console commands to get one immediately.

In Bedrock, use/summon axolotl ~ ~ ~ minecraft:entity_born.

Because they’re so hard to get, many players use console commands to spawn blue axolotls.

when you land one, however, your odds of getting another through breeding increase immensely.