Tadpole
For the adult version, see Frog.
Tadpole
| Health points |
6HP |
|---|---|
| Behavior |
Passive |
| Mob type | |
| Hitbox size |
Height: 0.3 Blocks |
| Speed |
1 |
| Spawn |
From frogspawn |
| Usable items |
{
"title": "Tadpole",
"rows": [
{
"field": "6<span class=\"hidden-alt-text\">HP</span><span class=\"nowrap mc-hearts\"><span class=\"iconbar pixel-image nowrap\" style=\"--icon-offset:-1px;\" title=\"3 hearts\">(link to File:Heart (icon).png article, displayed as 9px|link=|alt=❤️)(link to File:Heart (icon).png article, displayed as 9px|link=|alt=❤️)(link to File:Heart (icon).png article, displayed as 9px|link=|alt=❤️)</span></span>",
"label": "(link to Health article, displayed as Health points)"
},
{
"field": "Passive",
"label": "Behavior"
},
{
"field": "<span class=\"nowrap\"><span class=\"sprite-file\" style=\"\">(link to File:EntitySprite animal.png article, displayed as 16x16px|link=Animal|alt=|class=pixel-image|)</span>(link to Animal article, displayed as <span class=\"sprite-text\">Animal</span>)</span> • <span class=\"nowrap\"><span class=\"sprite-file\" style=\"\">(link to File:EntitySprite aquatic.png article, displayed as 16x16px|link=Aquatic|alt=|class=pixel-image|)</span>(link to Aquatic article, displayed as <span class=\"sprite-text\">Aquatic</span>)</span>",
"label": "(link to Mob type article, displayed as Mob type)"
},
{
"field": "Height: 0.3 Blocks<br>Width: 0.4 Blocks<br>",
"label": "(link to Hitbox article, displayed as Hitbox size)"
},
{
"field": "1",
"label": "(link to Attribute#Movement_speed article, displayed as Speed)"
},
{
"field": "From (link to Frogspawn article, displayed as frogspawn)",
"label": "(link to Mob spawning article, displayed as Spawn)"
},
{
"field": "<span class=\"nowrap\"><span class=\"sprite-file\" style=\"\">(link to File:ItemSprite water-bucket.png article, displayed as 16x16px|link=Water Bucket|alt=|class=pixel-image|)</span>(link to Water Bucket article, displayed as <span class=\"sprite-text\">Water Bucket</span>)</span>\n* <span class=\"nowrap\"><span class=\"sprite-file\" style=\"\">(link to File:ItemSprite slimeball.png article, displayed as 16x16px|link=Slimeball|alt=|class=pixel-image|)</span>(link to Slimeball article, displayed as <span class=\"sprite-text\">Slimeball</span>)</span>",
"label": "Usable items"
}
],
"invimages": [
"Tadpole Spawn Egg",
"Bucket of Tadpole"
],
"images": [
"Tadpole swimming.gif"
]
}
A tadpole is a bucketable aquatic baby passive mob hatched from frogspawn. They mature into one of the three frog variants depending on the biome in which they mature.
Spawning
Tadpoles hatch from frogspawn in groups of 2-5.
Drops
As with other baby animals, tadpoles do not drop any items or experience on death.
Behavior
Tadpoles swim aimlessly in water. On land, they flop around like fish and seek out nearest water. They die in less than 20 seconds after being out of water.
Unlike frogs, tadpoles are hunted by axolotls.
Tadpoles follow a player that is holding a slimeball.
A player can pick up a tadpole with a bucket of water.
A tadpole grows up into one of the variants of a frog depending on the tadpole's location, as shown on the table below. Tadpoles take one Minecraft day to grow up (20 minutes). Its growth may be accelerated by feeding it slimeballs. Each use reduces the remaining growth duration by 10%.
- Notes
Sounds
| Sounds | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Tadpole dies | Friendly Mobs | When a tadpole dies | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | 16 | |
| Tadpole hurts | Friendly Mobs | When a tadpole is damaged | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | 16 | |
| Tadpole flops | Friendly Mobs | While a tadpole is on land | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | 16 | |
| Tadpole grows up | Friendly Mobs | When a tadpole grows up into a frog | entity | subtitles | 0.1125 | 1.2 | 16 | |
| Bucket empties | Friendly Mobs | When a tadpole is placed from a bucket | item | subtitles | 0.5 | 1.5 | 16 | |
| Tadpole captured | Friendly Mobs | When a tadpole is collected into a bucket | item | subtitles | 0.5 | 1.5 | 16 | |
| Tadpole hatches | Blocks | When a frogspawn hatches into a tadpole | block | subtitles | 0.6 | 1.2 | 16 | |
| Sounds | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
| Friendly Mobs | When a tadpole dies | mob | 0.65 | 1.3-1.7 | |
| Friendly Mobs | When a tadpole is damaged | mob | 1.0 | 1.3-1.7 | |
| Friendly Mobs | While a tadpole is on land | mob | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Friendly Mobs | When a tadpole grows up into a frog | mob | varies [sound 1] | varies [sound 2] | |
| Blocks | When a tadpole is placed from a bucket | bucket | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Blocks | When a tadpole is collected into a bucket | bucket | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Blocks | When a frogspawn hatches into a tadpole | hatch | 1.2 | 0.6 | |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Entity tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
 Tadpole | tadpole | aquaticaxolotl_hunt_targetscan_breathe_under_waternot_scary_for_pufferfishsensitive_to_impaling | entity |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tadpole | tadpole | 133 | entity |
Entity data
Tadpoles have entity data associated with them that contain various properties.
Main article: Entity format
- [NBT Compound / JSON Object] Entity data
- Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template
- Tags common to all mobs see Template:Nbt inherit/mob/template
- [Int] Age: Represents the age of the tadpole in ticks. When greater than or equal to 24000 game ticks (20 minutes), the tadpole grows up to a frog.
- [Byte] FromBucket: 1 or 0 (true/false) - Whether the tadpole had ever been released from a bucket.
Achievements
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other | ||||||
 |  | Overkill | Deal nine hearts of damage in a single hit. | Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have nine hearts of health overall. | 30 | Bronze | |
 |  | Over-Overkill | Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace | Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have 50 hearts of health overall. | 20 | Silver | |
Advancements
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Bukkit Bukkit | Catch a Tadpole in a Bucket | — |
Advancements that apply to all mobs:
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Adventure | Adventure, exploration and combat | Kill any mob, or be killed by any living entity. |
 | A Throwaway Joke | Throw a Trident at something. Note: Throwing away your only weapon is not a good idea. | Hit a mob with a thrown trident. |
 | Take Aim | Shoot something with an Arrow | Using a bow or a crossbow, shoot a mob with an arrow, tipped arrow, or spectral arrow. |
  | Mob Kabob[upcoming JE 1.21.11] | Hit five mobs in the same Charge attack using the Spear. |  Armor Stand and  Mannequin also count for this advancement. |
 | Arbalistic | Kill five unique mobs with one crossbow shot | Armor Stand and Mannequin also count for this advancement. This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed. |
 | Over-Overkill | Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace | Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have 50 hearts of health overall. |
History
Announcement
| October 16, 2021 |  Tadpoles are announced at Minecraft Live 2021. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Java Edition
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.19 | 22w11a | Added tadpoles. | |||||
| 22w19a | Tadpole hitbox reduced from 0.5×0.4 to 0.4×0.3. | ||||||
| Pre-release 1 | Tadpoles no longer drop experience on death. | ||||||
| Tadpoles may now be tempted with slimeballs. | |||||||
| 1.19.3 | 22w42a | Tadpoles now have a subtitle for growing up.[1] | |||||
Bedrock Edition
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.18.10 Experiment | beta 1.18.10.24 | Added tadpoles behind the "Wild Update" experimental toggle. They can spawn naturally in swamp water sources. | |||||
| beta 1.18.10.26 | Tadpoles now have their unique sounds. | ||||||
| 1.18.30 Experiment | beta 1.18.20.21 | Tadpole hitbox is now larger. | |||||
| Preview 1.18.20.24 | The health of tadpoles has been increased to 6HP.png){kind=small} . | ||||||
| 1.19.0 | Preview 1.19.0.21 | Tadpoles are now available without enabling experimental gameplay. | |||||
| Tadpoles can no longer spawn naturally in swamp water sources. | |||||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Tadpole" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Gallery
Screenshots
-
A tadpole at Minecraft Live 2022 -
Kai looking down at a tadpole.
Textures
-
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Tadpole texture file.
In other media
![Noor releasing a tadpole into a cave.[2]](./_assets_/5af80496508534f4cdd561aac15bbc50/See_ya%252C_goodbye.gif)
References
- ↑ MC-250311 — The minecraft:entity.tadpole.grow_up sound event doesn't have a translation key — resolved as "Fixed".
- ↑ "The Wild Update: Where Will You Wander? – Official Minecraft Trailer" – Minecraft on YouTube, June 6, 2022
External links
- "Mob Menagerie: Tadpole" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, December 7, 2023.
