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A simple guide to help you breed different colored frogs in Minecraft
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Written byTravis Boylls
Last Updated: February 13, 2024Fact Checked
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Frogs were introduced in version 1.19 (The Wild) of Minecraft. They eat slime and magma cubes. When they eat magma cubes, they produce froglight blocks, which have a light level of 15—on par with the brightest light sources in the game. Frogs are one of many animal mobs that can be bred in Minecraft. This wikihow article teaches you how to breed frogs in Minecraft.
Things You Should Know
- Feeding slimeballs to two frogs will put them in love mode. They will lay eggs in the nearest source of water. You can find frogs in swamp and mangrove swamp biomes.
- It takes approximately 3 - 6 minutes for frog eggs to hatch into tadpoles. It takes approximately 20 minutes for tadpoles to mature into frogs.
- Frogs spawned in temperate biomes are orange. Frogs spawned in hot biomes are white. Frogs spawned in cold biomes are green.
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Update Minecraft. Frogs were introduced in Minecraft version 1.19 (The Wild). If you don't have the latest version of Minecraft, be sure to update Minecraft.
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Gather slimeballs. You'll need slime to get frogs to breed. Slimeballs are dropped by slime mobs when slaughtered. You can find slime deep underground or in Swamp biomes.[1]
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Locate frogs. Frogs spawn in groups of two to five in swamp and mangrove swamp biomes.
- There are three different color variants for frogs, depending on what biome they are from. Frogs that spawn in temperate biomes are orange. Frogs that spawn in warm biomes are white. Frogs that spawn in cold climates are green.
- Orange frogs can be found in swamp biomes. White frogs can be found in mangrove swamp biomes. Green frogs do not spawn naturally in the overworld. You will need to breed frogs in a cold biome to produce green frogs.
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Equip slimeballs. Once you equip slime, frogs will follow you within 6 block spaces. You can get frogs to follow you anywhere, including into Nether portals or End portals.
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Feed slimeballs to two adult frogs. You just need to feed one slimeball to each frog. Press the left trigger on game consoles or the right mouse button on PC to feed the frogs slimeballs. This will put the frogs in love mode and cause them to breed. They will lay eggs in the nearest water source.
- Make sure there is a water source nearby for them to lay eggs in.
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Wait for the eggs to hatch. It takes approximately 3 - 6 minutes for the eggs to hatch. When the eggs hatch, they will spawn tadpoles.
- Make sure there are no axolotls around. They will attack tadpoles, but not frogs.[2]
- Tadpoles can be transported using a bucket. The adult frog's color will be determined when they mature into an adult frog.
- Make sure the tadpoles have plenty of water to swim around in.
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Wait for the frogs to mature into adults. It takes approximately 20 minutes for tadpoles to turn into adult frogs. You can speed up the process by feeding them slimeballs.[3]
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Getting frogs to eat magma cubes will get them to produce froglight cubes. Froglight cubes are among the brightest sources of light in Minecraft. To get a frog to eat a magma cube, you will need to lure them into the Nether using slimeballs.
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Different colored frogs will produce different colored froglight blocks when they eat magma cubes. Orange frogs will produce yellow froglight blocks. White frogs will produce purple froglight blocks. Green frogs will produce green froglight blocks.
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This article was co-authored by wikiHow staff writer, Travis Boylls. Travis Boylls is a Technology Writer and Editor for wikiHow. Travis has experience writing technology-related articles, providing software customer service, and in graphic design. He specializes in Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, and Linux platforms. He studied graphic design at Pikes Peak Community College.
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