Frogspawn

Not to be confused with Frog Spawn Egg.

Frogspawn

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	Any tool
Blast resistance	0
Hardness	0
Luminous	No
Transparent	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color	2 SAND
Note block instrument	Default (Harp)

Frogspawn is a non-solid block laid by frogs when they are bred, which hatches into tadpoles over time. It cannot be obtained as an item or moved by a piston.

Obtaining

Frogspawn is unobtainable as an item in Survival mode. When broken, it always drops nothing, even if mined with a Silk Touch tool.

Breaking

Block	Frogspawn
Hardness	0
Breaking time (secs)
Default	10.05 (JE) 0.05 (BE)

Legend

• incorrect tool, drops nothing
• correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
• correct tool, drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

Post-generation

Frogspawn is produced by one frog that has been bred with another. After two frogs are bred with slimeballs, one of them travels to the nearest water block or waterlogged block with air above, and lays a frogspawn block.

Usage

Hatching

A random number of ticks between 3600 (3 minutes) and 12000 (10 minutes) is picked as a hatching delay. After delay passes, 2–5 tadpoles are spawned.

The hatching speed of frogspawn is not affected by the game rule random_tick_speed.^[1]

Placement

Frogspawn can be placed only on top of a water source block with air above it.

In Java Edition, due to a bug^[2], frogspawn and lily pads can be placed on water even by players in Adventure game mode.

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

frogspawn sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.frogspawn.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	0.1	0.96	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.frogspawn.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	0.2	1.2	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	Not normally encounterable[sound 1]	block.frogspawn.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.075	0.65	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.frogspawn.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.15	0.975	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.frogspawn.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.045	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

frog_spawn sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​ ?	Blocks	Once the block has broken	break.frog_spawn	​ ?	0.3	0.9
	​ ?	Blocks	When the block is placed	break.frog_spawn	​ ?	0.2	1.5
	​ ?	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken​	step.frog_spawn	​ ?	0.3	1.3
	​ ?	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	step.frog_spawn	​ ?	0.3	1.3
	​ ?	Blocks	Walking on the block	step.frog_spawn	​ ?	0.3	1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	Jumping from the block	step.frog_spawn	​ ?	0.12	1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	step.frog_spawn	​ ?	0.14	1.0

Unique

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Frogspawn	frogspawn	Block & Item	block.minecraft.frogspawn

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Frogspawn	frog_spawn	723	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.frog_spawn.name

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.19			22w11a				Added frogspawn.
1.19.3			22w42a				Frogspawn is no longer translucent.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.18.10 Experiment Wild Update			beta 1.18.10.24				Added frog eggs behind the "Wild Update" experimental toggle.
1.18.30 Experiment Wild Update			beta 1.18.20.21				"Frog Egg" has been renamed to "Frog Spawn".
							The ID frog_egg has been changed to frog_spawn.
							The texture of frog spawn has been changed. Item form does not support translucency.
			Preview 1.18.20.24				Now breaks when pushed by a piston.
							Now destroyed when the water source beneath it is removed.
							Can now be placed on waterlogged blocks.
							Can no longer be placed above solid ground or underwater with the /fill command.
							Now destroyed by falling blocks.
1.19.0			Preview 1.19.0.21				Frog spawn are now available without enabling experimental gameplay.
			Preview 1.19.0.25				"Frog Spawn" has been renamed to "Frogspawn".

Issues

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

References