Tadpole

Tadpole
Tadpole swimming.gif: Infobox image for Tadpole the entity in Minecraft
Invicon Tadpole Spawn Egg.png: Inventory sprite for Tadpole Spawn Egg in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Tadpole Spawn EggInvicon Bucket of Tadpole.png: Inventory sprite for Bucket of Tadpole in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Bucket of Tadpole
Health points

6HP♥♥♥

Behavior

Passive

Mob type

Animal, Aquatic

Hitbox size

Height: 0.3 Blocks
Width: 0.4 Blocks

Speed

1

Spawn

From frogspawn

Usable items

Water Bucket 

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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%.

Variants
EntitySprite temperate-frog.png: Sprite image for temperate-frog in Minecraft
Temperate 		EntitySprite cold-frog.png: Sprite image for cold-frog in Minecraft
Cold 		EntitySprite warm-frog.png: Sprite image for warm-frog in Minecraft
Warm
Biomes
River
Beach
Taiga
Old Growth Pine Taiga
Old Growth Spruce Taiga
Birch Forest
Old Growth Birch Forest
Dark Forest
Forest
Flower Forest
Mushroom Fields
Meadow
Cherry Grove
Plains
Sunflower Plains
Swamp[n 1]
Windswept Hills
Windswept Gravelly Hills
Windswept Forest
Ocean
Dripstone Caves
Lush Caves
Stony Shore
Stony Peaks‌
Cold Ocean‌
Deep Cold Ocean‌
Lukewarm Ocean‌
Deep Lukewarm Ocean‌
The Void‌ 		Frozen River
Snowy Beach
Grove
Frozen Peaks
Jagged Peaks
Snowy Plains
Ice Spikes
Snowy Slopes
Snowy Taiga
Frozen Ocean
Deep Frozen Ocean
The End
Deep Dark
End Barrens‌
End Highlands‌
End Midlands‌
Small End Islands‌
Cold Ocean‌
Deep Cold Ocean‌ 		Jungle
Bamboo Jungle
Sparse Jungle
Badlands
Eroded Badlands
Wooded Badlands
Desert
Savanna
Savanna Plateau
Windswept Savanna
Warm Ocean
Mangrove Swamp[n 1]
Basalt Deltas
Crimson Forest
Nether Wastes
Soul Sand Valley
Warped Forest
Stony Peaks‌
Lukewarm Ocean‌
Deep Lukewarm Ocean‌
Notes
  1. ↑ a b Frogs spawn naturally in this biome.

Sounds

Java Edition:
Tadpoles use the Friendly Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.

Sounds
SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Tadpole diesFriendly MobsWhen a tadpole diesentity.tadpole.deathsubtitles.entity.tadpole.death​1.00.8-1.216
​Tadpole hurtsFriendly MobsWhen a tadpole is damagedentity.tadpole.hurtsubtitles.entity.tadpole.hurt​1.00.8-1.216
​Tadpole flopsFriendly MobsWhile a tadpole is on landentity.tadpole.flopsubtitles.entity.tadpole.flop​1.00.8-1.216
​Tadpole grows upFriendly MobsWhen a tadpole grows up into a frogentity.tadpole.grow_upsubtitles.entity.tadpole.grow_up​0.11251.216
​Bucket emptiesFriendly MobsWhen a tadpole is placed from a bucketitem.bucket.empty_tadpolesubtitles.item.bucket.empty​0.51.516
​Tadpole capturedFriendly MobsWhen a tadpole is collected into a bucketitem.bucket.fill_tadpolesubtitles.item.bucket.fill_tadpole​0.51.516
​Tadpole hatchesBlocksWhen a frogspawn hatches into a tadpoleblock.frogspawn.hatchsubtitles.block.frogspawn.hatch​0.61.216

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
SoundSourceDescriptionResource locationVolumePitch
Friendly Creatures‌
Friendly Mobs​		When a tadpole diesmob.tadpole.death0.651.3-1.7
Friendly Creatures‌
Friendly Mobs​		When a tadpole is damagedmob.tadpole.hurt1.01.3-1.7
Friendly Creatures‌
Friendly Mobs​		While a tadpole is on landmob.fish.flop1.01.0
Friendly Creatures‌
Friendly Mobs​		When a tadpole grows up into a frogmob.tadpole.convert_to_frogvaries [sound 1]varies [sound 2]
BlocksWhen a tadpole is placed from a bucketbucket.empty_fish1.01.0
BlocksWhen a tadpole is collected into a bucketbucket.fill_fish1.01.0
BlocksWhen a frogspawn hatches into a tadpolehatch.frog_spawn1.20.6
  1. ↑ For volumes, idle1 and idle4 are 0.8, idle2 is 0.82, idle3 is 0.9, idle5 is 0.85, idle6 is 0.9, idle7 is 0.7, and idle8 is 0.3
  2. ↑ For pitches, idle1 and idle4 are 0.95, while all others are 0.9

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierEntity tagsTranslation key
EntitySprite tadpole.png: Sprite image for tadpole in Minecraft Tadpoletadpoleaquatic
axolotl_hunt_targets
can_breathe_under_water
not_scary_for_pufferfish
sensitive_to_impaling		entity.minecraft.tadpole

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID Translation key
EntitySprite tadpole.png: Sprite image for tadpole in Minecraft Tadpoletadpole133entity.tadpole.name

Entity data

Tadpoles have entity data associated with them that contain various properties.

Java Edition:

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

IconAchievementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)Gamerscore earnedTrophy type (PS)
PS4Other
OverkillDeal 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.30Bronze
Over-OverkillDeal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the MaceDamage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have 50 hearts of health overall.20Silver

Advancements

IconAdvancementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)
A Throwaway JokeThrow a Trident at something.
Note: Throwing away your only weapon is not a good idea.		Hit a mob with a thrown trident.
AdventureAdventure, exploration and combatKill any mob, or be killed by any living entity.
ArbalisticKill five unique mobs with one crossbow shotArmor Stand also counts 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.
Bukkit BukkitCatch a in a Bucket—
Over-OverkillDeal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the MaceDamage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have 50 hearts of health overall.
Take AimShoot something with an ArrowUsing a bow or a crossbow, shoot a mob with an arrow, tipped arrow, or spectral arrow.

History

October 16, 2021 Tadpoles are announced at Minecraft Live 2021.
Java Edition
1.1922w11a Added tadpoles.
22w19aTadpole hitbox reduced from 0.5×0.4 to 0.4×0.3.
Pre-release 1Tadpoles no longer drop experience on death.
Tadpoles may now be tempted with slimeballs.
1.19.322w42aTadpoles now have a subtitle for growing up.[1]
Bedrock Edition
1.18.10
Experiment
Wild Update		beta 1.18.10.24 Added tadpoles behind the "Wild Update" experimental toggle. They can spawn naturally in swamp water sources.
beta 1.18.10.26Tadpoles now have their unique sounds.
1.18.30
Experiment
Wild Update		beta 1.18.20.21Tadpole hitbox is now larger.
Preview 1.18.20.24The health of tadpoles has been increased to 6HP♥♥♥.
1.19.0Preview 1.19.0.21Tadpoles 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

Textures

  • Tadpole texture file.
    Tadpole texture file.

In other media

  • Noor rowing near several tadpoles.
    Noor rowing near several tadpoles.
  • Noor releasing a tadpole into a cave.[2]
    Noor releasing a tadpole into a cave.[2]

References

  1. ↑ MC-250311 — The minecraft:entity.tadpole.grow_up sound event doesn't have a translation key — resolved as "Fixed".
  2. ↑ "The Wild Update: Where Will You Wander? – Official Minecraft Trailer" – Minecraft on YouTube, June 6, 2022

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