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Minecraft Tadpoles

Tadpoles are here to accompany frogs as brand new mobs released in Minecraft’s 1.19 update to Java. In addition to the swamp-dwelling frog, its life cycle has also been implemented into the game in the form of tadpoles. Frogs will breed to lay frogspawn, frogspawn will eventually hatch into tadpoles, and tadpoles will eventually grow into frogs!


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How to Breed Tadpoles in Minecraft?


Tadpoles will grow from the frogspawn laid by frogs. Feed two frogs a slimeball to have them enter love mode, after which one of the frogs will be pregnant. After finding a suitable location, the frog will lay frogspawn in the water.


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Frogspawn cannot be obtained when broken, even with a Silk Touch enchanted tool. This spawn can take up to 10 minutes to hatch, but once it does, 2-6 tadpoles will spawn.


What do Tadpoles do in Minecraft?


Tadpoles are the key moment in the frog’s life cycle where the player can influence what color the frog will eventually grow up to be. Choosing whether the tadpole matures in a cold, temperate, or hot biome will determine which color of frog it becomes.


Temperate Frogs

These brown frogs are found in the median climate rather than hot or cold. You can get this color of frog by growing tadpoles in forests, non-frozen oceans, hills, caves, plains, rivers, beaches, and even the deep dark.



Cold Frogs

As the name implies, these green frogs are tadpoles that grew up in colder climates. You can obtain cold frogs by growing tadpoles in frozen rivers, peaks, oceans, taigas, slopes, and even in the End.


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Warm Frogs

You can find these white frogs by growing tadpoles in warmer biomes. As long as the tadpole grows up in a jungle, badlands, desert, savanna, warm ocean, or even in the Nether, the tadpole will grow into a white frog.



What do Tadpoles drop in Minecraft?


Like most baby animals in Minecraft, tadpoles will not drop anything on death. You will not even obtain experience for killing tadpoles.


FAQs


Q. Do Tadpoles need water to live?

A. Unfortunately, tadpoles will suffocate out of water. They will flop around like a fish and attempt to reach the nearest water source. However, they quickly die on land.


Q. Do Axolotls hunt tadpoles?

A. While frogs are not hunted by axolotls, tadpoles will be attacked by axolotls. Keep these two away from each other if you want to keep both of these animals.


Conclusion


Congratulations, you now know just about everything there is to know about tadpoles. It is important to understand that this stage of the frog’s life is where the player can decide what color of frog they want to obtain. Understanding the difference between tadpoles growing up in different biomes can help save a lot of time later in the game.





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