Frogs in Minecraft

Frogs are passive animals with a unique life cycle - from egg to tadpole to frog. Depending on the rearing biome, a different color variant is created, which produces bright frog lights in magma cubes.

Written on Apr 3, 2025

Properties

  • Life - 10 (5 hearts)

  • Behavior - Bouncy, slow on land, faster in water

  • Sounds - Quacking, snapping

  • Can cross boulders like water lilies and live on land or in water

Variants

There are three frog variants, depending on the biome in which they grow:

  • White frogs (warm, e.g. jungle, desert)

  • Green frogs (cold, e.g. snow, taiga)

  • Orange frogs (temperate, e.g. swamp, plains)

  • The color is determined by the biome in which a tadpole grows - not by the parents!

Breeding

  • Food - Slime balls

  • Feeding two frogs → Heart particles → A frog lays frog eggs in the water

  • The eggs hatch into tadpoles (after a few minutes)

  • Tadpoles grow into frogs in the water

Benefit

  • Eat small slimes → drop slime balls

  • Eat small magma cubes → create frog lights (new, glowing blocks)

  • Orange frog → Ochre frog light

  • White frogs → Mother-of-pearl frog light

  • Green frogs → Green frog light

Tips

  • Hold tadpoles with a bucket of water to breed specific color variations

  • Use frogs to produce frog light (e.g. with magma cube farms in the Nether)

  • Provide nearby water areas for egg laying and breeding

Trivia

  • Frogs can jump over blocks like fences

  • They are the first animals with a complete life cycle (egg → tadpole → frog)

  • The inspiration for frogs comes from tropical species with different colors

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Overview

Developer

Mojang

Studio

Mojang

Release

May 17, 2009

Genres

Adventure, Open-World, Survival, Sandbox

Platforms

Linux, Windows, Mac OS X

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