You’ve seen blue axolotls in Minecraft videos. You want one for your base. You’ve bred 20 axolotls and gotten pink, brown, yellow, and cyan ones—but no blue.

What are you doing wrong?

Here’s the truth: Blue axolotls are the rarest mob in Minecraft, and you can’t breed them.

The Blue Axolotl Spawn Rate

Blue axolotls have only a 1 in 1,200 chance of spawning naturally.

That’s 0.083% chance. Incredibly rare.

The other colors spawn way more often:

• Pink (leucistic): Common
• Brown (wild): Common
• Yellow (gold): Common
• Cyan: Common

Blue: Extremely rare

Why Breeding Doesn’t Work

Here’s what confuses everyone: breeding two axolotls will NEVER produce a blue baby.

The game code specifically prevents this. When axolotls breed, the baby gets a random color from the common types only. Blue is completely excluded from the breeding pool.

What you get from breeding:

• Pink baby
• Brown baby
• Yellow baby
• Cyan baby
• Pink baby (again)
• Brown baby (again)
• Still no blue baby

You could breed 10,000 axolotls and never get a blue one. The game won’t allow it.

The Only Way to Get Blue Axolotls

You have one method that actually works:

Find Them in the Wild

Blue axolotls only spawn naturally in underground water sources.

Where to look:

• Underground lakes in caves
• Water-filled caverns below Y-level 0
• Lush cave biomes (slightly better odds here, but still rare)
• Any underground water source

What to do:

1. Explore caves with water
2. Look for axolotls spawning
3. Check their color
4. If it’s not blue, keep searching
5. Repeat until you find blue

The reality: This takes HOURS. Most players search for multiple real-world hours before finding one blue axolotl.

How to Speed Up Your Search

Since the odds are brutal, use these tricks to search faster.

Search in Lush Caves

Lush caves have more water sources and more axolotl spawns. This doesn’t increase the blue spawn rate, but it increases total spawns, giving you more chances.

How to find lush caves:

• Look for azalea trees on the surface
• Dig down beneath them
• Lush caves generate underneath

Use Creative Mode (If You Don’t Mind)

Switch to creative mode and fly through caves quickly checking water sources.

Pros: Way faster searching
Cons: Some players consider this cheating

Use Spawn Eggs in Creative

In creative mode, spawn eggs let you spawn specific colors.

How it works:

1. Get an axolotl spawn egg from the creative inventory
2. Right-click to spawn an axolotl
3. It picks a random color
4. If not blue, try again

The odds are the same (1 in 1,200), but you can spam-spawn them much faster than finding natural spawns.

Server Commands (If You Have Permission)

On servers where you have admin rights or in single-player with cheats enabled:

Command:

/summon minecraft:axolotl ~ ~ ~ {Variant:4}

This spawns a blue axolotl at your location.

Variant numbers:

• 0 = Pink
• 1 = Brown
• 2 = Yellow
• 3 = Cyan
• 4 = Blue

Note: This is considered cheating by most players. Only use it if you’re okay with that.

Why Blue Axolotls Are So Rare

Mojang made them rare on purpose to give players something special to hunt for.

In real life: Blue axolotls don’t exist. All the Minecraft colors except blue are based on real axolotl morphs.

The blue color is fantasy. Mojang created it specifically for Minecraft and made it ultra-rare to make finding one feel like a real achievement.

What To Do When You Find One

When you finally get a blue axolotl, protect it carefully.

Name It Immediately

Use a name tag right away. Named mobs never despawn, even if you travel far away.

How:

1. Get a name tag (find in chests or fish for them)
2. Use an anvil to name the tag
3. Right-click the blue axolotl with the named tag

Put It Somewhere Safe

Don’t leave it in a random cave. Bring it home.

Transport methods:

• Scoop it into a water bucket (right-click with bucket)
• Carry the bucket back to your base
• Place the bucket in your prepared tank

Build a Protected Habitat

What your blue axolotl needs:

• Water deep enough to swim
• Well-lit area (prevents hostile mob spawns)
• Enclosed space (walls so it can’t wander away)
• No drowned or guardians nearby (they’ll kill it)

Don’t Try to Breed More Blues

Remember: breeding a blue axolotl produces common colors only.

Even if you breed two blue axolotls together, the babies will be pink, brown, yellow, or cyan. Never blue.

The only way to get multiple blues is finding multiple in the wild (good luck) or using commands.

Java vs Bedrock Differences

Both versions have blue axolotls with the same rarity.

Java Edition: 1 in 1,200 chance, can’t breed blues

Bedrock Edition: 1 in 1,200 chance, can’t breed blues

No differences. Both versions work the same way.

Common Blue Axolotl Myths

Myth: “Breeding two cyan axolotls gives you blue babies”
Truth: Nope. Cyan parents produce common color babies, never blue.

Myth: “Blue axolotls spawn more often in ocean biomes”
Truth: Blue axolotls only spawn in underground water. They don’t spawn in oceans at all.

Myth: “You can increase blue spawn rates with luck potions”
Truth: Luck potions don’t affect mob spawn colors.

Myth: “Blue axolotls are stronger in combat”
Truth: All axolotl colors fight exactly the same. Blue is just cosmetic.

Myth: “Feeding axolotls tropical fish increases blue baby chances”
Truth: Tropical fish triggers breeding, but color is predetermined by game code, not food.

Is It Worth the Effort?

Depends on what you want.

Reasons to hunt for blue:

• Collection completion (gotta catch ’em all)
• Bragging rights (they’re genuinely rare)
• Unique base decoration
• Personal achievement

Reasons to skip the hunt:

• Takes hours of boring cave exploration
• Blue ones don’t work any differently than common colors
• Your time might be better spent on other projects
• You can always use commands if you just want the look

Honest take: If you enjoy exploration and hunting rare spawns, go for it. If you find that boring, don’t force yourself. It’s okay to use commands or just stick with the common colors.

Quick Summary

Blue axolotl spawn rate: 1 in 1,200 (0.083%)

Can you breed them? No, breeding never produces blue

Where do they spawn? Underground water sources only

Best place to search: Lush caves (more spawns overall)

Fastest method (survival): Explore underground water until you find one

Fastest method (creative): Spam spawn eggs until you get blue

Cheat method: /summon minecraft:axolotl ~ ~ ~ {Variant:4}

What to do when you find one: Name it, protect it, treasure it

Will it breed more blues? No, babies will be common colors

The blue axolotl is Minecraft’s way of giving dedicated players something special to discover. It’s rare enough to feel like a real achievement but not so rare that it’s impossible.

Happy hunting! And when you finally see that blue axolotl spawn, you’ll understand why players get so excited about finding them.