Frog

For the baby version, see Tadpole. For other uses, see Frog (disambiguation).

Frog

Health points	10HP
Behavior	Passive
Mob type	Animal
Attack strength	10HP‌[JE only] Instant kill‌[BE only] (Used only on small slimes and magma cubes)
Hitbox size	Height: 0.5 blocks Width: 0.5 blocks
Speed	1
Spawn	Swamp Mangrove Swamp When a Tadpole grows up
Usable items	Slimeball Lead Name Tag

A frog is a passive mob found in swamps and mangrove swamps. It performs large jumps, swims, and uses its long tongue to eat small slimes and small magma cubes. Froglights are created when frogs eat magma cubes; different frog types create different froglight colors.

Spawning

Frogs spawn in groups of two to five in swamp and mangrove swamp biomes.

Frog spawns in:

Category: Creature	Java Edition			Bedrock Edition
Spawn area	Spawn weight	Spawn chance	Group size	Spawn weight	Group size
Mangrove Swamp	10⁄10	100%	2–5	10	2–5
Swamp	10⁄50	20%	2–5	10	2–5

Variants

"Frog variant" redirects here. For the definition of frog variants in data packs, see Mob variant definitions § Frog.

Frogs have three variants: temperate, cold, and warm. The variant is determined by the biome the frog spawns in, both naturally and when growing from a tadpole.

Natural spawning
Temperate	Warm	Cold
Swamp	Mangrove Swamp	None[variants 1]
Other[variants 2]
Temperate	Warm	Cold
Beach Birch Forest Cherry Grove Dappled Forest Dark Forest Dripstone Caves Flower Forest Forest Lush Caves Meadow Mushroom Fields Ocean Old Growth Birch Forest Old Growth Pine Taiga Old Growth Spruce Taiga Pale Garden Plains River Stony Shore Sulfur Caves Sunflower Plains Taiga Windswept Forest Windswept Gravelly Hills Windswept Hills Cold Ocean‌[JE only] Deep Cold Ocean‌[JE only] Deep Lukewarm Ocean‌[JE only] Lukewarm Ocean‌[JE only] Stony Peaks‌[JE only] The Void‌[JE only]	Badlands Bamboo Jungle Basalt Deltas Crimson Forest Desert Eroded Badlands Jungle Nether Wastes Savanna Plateau Savanna Soul Sand Valley Sparse Jungle Warm Ocean Warped Forest Windswept Savanna Wooded Badlands Deep Lukewarm Ocean‌[BE only] Lukewarm Ocean‌[BE only]	Deep Frozen Ocean Frozen Ocean Frozen Peaks Frozen River Grove Ice Caves​[upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026] Ice Spikes Jagged Peaks Snowy Beach Snowy Plains Snowy Slopes Snowy Taiga The End Cold Ocean‌[BE only] Deep Cold Ocean‌[BE only] Stony Peaks‌[BE only] Deep Dark End Barrens‌[JE only] End Highlands‌[JE only] End Midlands‌[JE only] Small End Islands‌[JE only]

Notes

Drops

On death

Frogs drop 1–3XP when killed by a player or tamed wolf.

Breeding

1–7XP is dropped upon successful breeding.

Behavior

On land, frogs slowly wander, jumping at random. They can jump up to 8 blocks high and take 5HP less damage from falling than most other mobs. They prefer jumping on lily pads and big dripleaves, and usually jump to places that are higher up.

In water, frogs swim and move much faster. They generally swim upward and remain at the water's surface, but can swim downward if lured by a player. Frogs do not take drowning damage.

Occasionally, they may croak and inflate their vocal sac.

Breeding

Frogs follow any player holding a slimeball within 6 blocks of them.

Feeding two frogs a slimeball causes them to enter love mode, causing one of the frogs to become pregnant, similar to turtles. The pregnant frog then searches for a water block with at least one adjacent water block (flowing or source) with air above to lay their eggs, known as frogspawn. After 3-10 minutes, the frogspawn hatches and 2-5 tadpoles are spawned, which grow into frogs after 20 minutes.

Unlike all other mobs with baby variants, the tadpole is treated by the game as a completely different mob from the frog.

Furthermore, the biome in which the tadpoles grow into frogs determines their variant type, regardless of their parental variant type, a unique characteristic specific to frogs.

Attacking

Frogs attack by using their tongue to pull certain mobs into their mouth and "eat" them. If the mob dies from this attack, it instantly despawns without a death animation.

By default^[1], frogs only attack slimes and magma cubes, but they never attack any "cube mobs" (slimes, etc.) with a size other than 1. While trying to eat a mob, frogs walk or swim toward it slightly faster than they normally move.

The death loot tables for slimes and magma cubes define special drops for when the mob is killed specifically by a frog. Small slimes will always drop exactly one slimeball when killed by any frog, while magma cubes drop a froglight block. The color of froglight that drops depends on the variant of frog that eats the magma cube:

Frog variant	Froglight color
Temperate	Ochre
Warm	Pearlescent
Cold	Verdant

Since slimes and magma cubes only ever attack players and iron golems, frogs cannot be harmed by them, regardless of their size.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Entity tags	Translation key
Frog	frog	can_breathe_under_water	entity.minecraft.frog

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Family	Translation key
Frog	frog	132	frog mob	entity.frog.name

Entity data

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

Java Edition:

Variant	Data value
Temperate	minecraft:temperate
Warm	minecraft:warm
Cold	minecraft:cold

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		With Our Powers Combined!	Have all 3 froglights in your inventory	Acquire one of each froglight in your inventory at the same time.	30	Gold
		It Spreads	Kill a mob next to a catalyst	Kill any mob that drops experience near a sculk catalyst, with the sole exception of the ender dragon. Mobs that drop no experience are ignored for this achievement.	10	Bronze

Achievements that apply to all mobs:

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
		Mob Kabob	Hit five mobs in the same Charge attack using the Spear	Armor stands and players also count for this achievement as they are technically mobs.	10	Bronze

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	It Spreads	Kill a mob near a Sculk Catalyst	Kill any mob that drops experience near a sculk catalyst, with the sole exception of the ender dragon. Mobs that drop no experience are ignored for this advancement.
	The Parrots and the Bats	Breed two animals together	Breed a pair of any of these 27 animals: Armadillo Axolotl Bee Camel Cat Chicken Cow Donkey Fox Frog Goat Hoglin Horse Llama Mooshroom Mule Nautilus Ocelot Panda Pig Rabbit Sheep Sniffer Strider Trader Llama Turtle Wolf A mule must be the result of breeding a horse and a donkey for this advancement as they are not breedable together. Other breedable mobs are ignored for this advancement.
	Two by Two	Breed all the animals!	Breed a pair of each of these 26 animals: Armadillo Axolotl Bee Camel Cat Chicken Cow Donkey Fox Frog Goat Hoglin Horse Llama Mooshroom Mule Nautilus Ocelot Panda Pig Rabbit Sheep Sniffer Strider Turtle Wolf A trader llama does not count as a llama, and a mule must be the result of breeding a horse and a donkey for this advancement as they are not breedable together. Other breedable mobs can be bred, but are ignored for this advancement.
	When the Squad Hops into Town	Get each Frog variant on a Lead	The frogs don't need to be leashed at the same time.

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	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.

Videos

History

Announcement

January 5, 2016							Jason Major showed interest in adding frogs to Pocket Edition.
September 23, 2019							The swamp is announced as a contender for the Biome Vote at MINECON Live 2019. Frogs, boats with chests, and mangrove trees are announced.
September 28, 2019							The swamp comes in second place in the Biome Vote, setting the release date of new swamp content further than new mountain content.
October 16, 2021							Frogs are announced at Minecraft Live 2021.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.19			22w11a				Added frogs.
							Frogs can be tempted and bred using slimeballs.
1.21.2			24w33a				Frogs now make eating sounds when fed slimeballs.[2]

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.18.10 Experiment Wild Update			beta 1.18.10.24				Added frogs.
							Frogs can be tempted and bred using seagrass. This is confirmed to be a placeholder.
							When they are hit, they make the same sound as the player.
			beta 1.18.10.26				Frogs now have their unique sounds.
							Frogs now attack small magma cubes and drop a froglight depending on the type of frog.
							Frogs can now eat goats.
1.18.30 Experiment Wild Update			beta 1.18.20.21				Frogs that spawn on meadow biomes are now of the temperate rather than cold variety.
							Frogs can no longer eat goats.
			Preview 1.18.20.24				Frogs can now be bred and tempted by using slimeballs instead of seagrass and spawn in groups of two to five instead of one to four.
1.19.0			Preview 1.19.0.21				Frogs are now available without enabling experimental gameplay.

Data history

Issues

Issues relating to "Frog" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• The warm frog is based on the grey foam-nest tree frog, a real-life species of frog native to Africa.^[3]
• The temperate frog is based on brown bullfrogs.^[4][5]
• Originally, frogs were meant to eat fireflies, but this was scrapped as in real life some fireflies are poisonous to some frogs. Instead, now they can eat small slimes and small magma cubes.^[6]
• During the frog's early development, the developers didn't know what the frog was going to eat, so they made the mouth huge. Some early ideas for what the frog was going to eat included bees.^[7]
• At one point in Bedrock Edition's development, in beta 1.18.10.26, frogs could eat goats. However, this was later removed as it was leftover prototype code.^[8] This was later referenced in the trailer for Minecraft Live 2022, where a frog eats a goat.
• In Minecraft, all frogs are genderless and have vocal sacs. In real life, only male frogs can have vocal sacs.
• Frogs were first in the 2019 biome vote for swamps, but lost to the Mountains and swamp gained second place, then 2 years later at Minecraft Live 2021 they were announced to be coming to the game, and came to the game part of The Wild Update in 2022 3 years after being declined in the 2019 biome vote.

Gallery

Renders

Temperate

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  Croaking temperate frog
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  Walking temperate frog
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  Tongue temperate frog
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  Jumping temperate frog
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  Swimming temperate frog
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  Temperate frog idling in water

Warm

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  Croaking warm frog
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  Walking warm frog
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  Tongue warm frog
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  Jumping warm frog
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  Swimming warm frog
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  Warm frog idling in water

Cold

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  Croaking cold frog
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  Walking cold frog
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  Tongue cold frog
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  Jumping cold frog
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  Swimming cold frog
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  Cold frog idling in water

Development images

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  An early model of the frog
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  Old model and texture for a frog^[9]
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  Concept art of the frog
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  An early model of the frog
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  Ditto
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  An early model of the frog croaking
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  An early model of the frog flicking its tongue
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  Concept art for the frog
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  Concept art for the frog's limbs
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  Concept art for the frog's legs and movement
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  An unused concept of a blue frog
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  Concept art for the frog with closed eyes and tongue function
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  An early models of the frog
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  Another early model of the frog
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  Model with new texture
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  Early models of the frog compared to the player
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  Mangrove swamp concept art with a frog
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  The frog model in Blockbench, in which it was made
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  A screenshot in Blockbench showing the animation of the frog
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  Old model and texture for a cold biome frog^[10]

Mojang images

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  A giant frog
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  Animation of walking frogs posted on twitter by Brandon Pearce
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  Noor feeding a temperate frog in a custom made fountain in the shape of a frog
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  Two frogs in love
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  A frog at Minecraft Live 2021
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  An image of the final stage of the frog types after development
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  Frog doing the high jump
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  Frogs in a superflat world
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  "we have 3 new frogge friends!"

Screenshots

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  A temperate frog eating a slime
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  Two frogs: one swimming in water and the other one on land
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  Warm frogs standing on mud blocks, making them appear to sink into the ground
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  Dozens of frogs with different variants spawned in Bedrock Edition using repeating command blocks

Textures

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  Cold frog texture file
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  Temperate frog texture file
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  Warm frog texture file

In other media

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  Frog from the biome vote video
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  Frog idle animation
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  Frog jump animation
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  Ditto.
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  Frogs in official artwork for The Wild Update
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  A frog on a tree stump
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  A temperate frog sticking its tongue out
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  Render of a warm frog
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  Render of a temperate frog from behind
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  Noor with a frog
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  A gif of a frog spinning while sticking its tongue out
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  An animation of three frogs playing together^[11]
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  A frog eating a goat, from the Minecraft Live 2022 trailer
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  Kai and Makena running past a frog
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  A montage of frogs waddling^[12]
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  Frog sticker from 15 Year Journey
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  Lego Minecraft temperate frog
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  Lego Minecraft warm frog
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  Lego Minecraft cold frog
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  An official T-Shirt eponymously named after and featuring frogs
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  A collection of official plush toys, including one of a frog
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  Frog Hat, featured in the 2023 Mob Vote Event
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  Several frogs dancing, from the 2023 Mob Vote Event
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  A temperate frog from the Plastic Texture Pack
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  Froggy Shirt
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  A statue of a frog from A Minecraft Movie
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  Fearless Frog from Minecraft Legends
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  A frog with the caption "do u have instagram"

References

External links

• Frog article on Wikipedia
• Meet the Frog — Minecraft.net on May 30, 2022
• Which Frog Are You — Minecraft.net on June 13, 2022
• Mob Menagerie: Frog — Minecraft.net on November 22, 2022