Many gamers adore Minecraft because it gives them the opportunity to build and explore virtual worlds according to their choice. One such feature is the ability to breed two mobs of the same species to produce offspring in the game.
However, breeding fish in Minecraft is not as straightforward as breeding other animals like cows or pigs. Sometimes, the players’ spawn goes far away from the coral biome. Thus, they cannot get the fish back in their buckets.
This article will explore the process of breeding fishes in Minecraft so that you do not have to return to the coral biome after your fishes die.
Can You Breed Fish in Minecraft?
No, you cannot breed fish in Minecraft. There are no Baby fish in Minecraft. Fish spawn naturally in Ocean biomes, similar to passive mobs that spawn on land.
The Official Minecraft Wiki does not mention anything regarding fish being able to breed, and nothing about fish breeding is mentioned in the spawning section of Minecraft Wiki.
According to Minecraft Wiki on Fish (mob), Fishes can only spawn underwater at a Y level of 12-32. Cods breed in normal, cold, and lukewarm oceans and their deep variants spawn in groups of 4 to 7.
The Pufferfish spawn in the lukewarm, warm, and deep lukewarm ocean in a group of 3 to 5 Pufferfish. Tropical Fishes can only spawn in a warm sea in groups of 3 to 5 Tropical Fishes.
Salmon spawn in groups of 3 to 5 Salmons in cold and frozen oceans, and their deep variants breed in normal and chilled rivers. They can reproduce in 3 sizes, which are small, regular, and large.
So, you cannot breed fish in Minecraft. You can spawn them with a spawn egg, or they might spawn naturally in the game. You can manually spawn a fish in the creative mode in the game with fish spawn eggs.
You would require specific spawn eggs for distinctive fishes. For example, you would need a spawn egg of a Salmon Fish to breed a Salmon Fish and a Pufferfish spawn egg to spawn a Pufferfish. Left-click on the desired location to spawn the desired fish.
Let us now discuss if there is any process of breeding tropical fish in Minecraft.
Can You Breed Tropical Fish in Minecraft?
Currently, there is no method of breeding tropical fish in the Minecraft game. You can obtain the tropical fish mob by diving into the depth of the oceans.
Luckily, it is a cakewalk to find any of 2700 naturally occurring variants of tropical fishes in the game, given that you know how to identify them. Tropical fish tend to live in the specified zones, generated randomly wherever the following ideal conditions exist:
| Areas | Habitat Requirements |
| Lukewarm Oceans | 50 <= Y-Level <= 63 |
| Warm Oceans | 50 <= Y-Level <= 63 |
| Lush Caves | Any Level |
FAQs
Here are the answers to some frequently asked questions you may be interested in-
What Do You Feed Fish in Minecraft to Breed?
Fish Food is a consumable item made to feed fish. It enables the player to restore the fish’s health and breed them. You can use a bucket of cod, tropical fish, salmon, and eight bone meal to craft the Fish Food in Minecraft.
You can use the fish food to heal or breed the following fishes in Minecraft:
- Cod
- Salmon
- Pufferfish
- Tropical Fish – Cichlid and Clownfish
- Cave Fish
- Squid
- Lobster
You cannot use fish food to feed Killer Fish or Skeleton Fish.
How to Get Fish Eggs in Minecraft?
Fish are mobs added by Mo’Creatures mod, which consists of many animals, like Sharks, Dolphins, etc. When you kill them in the game, there is a chance of them dropping a fish egg. When you get that fish egg, you can hold it in one of your hands and right-click on it to spawn a tiny egg mob. However, it is only available in Creative mode (not Survival mode) through the Creative Inventory menu.
How Do You Keep Fish Alive in Minecraft?
You can keep a fish alive and prevent them from de-spawning in Minecraft in two ways. You can spawn them from a bucket rather than an egg or name them with a name tag. Another way to keep the fish alive in Minecraft is by keeping it in the water. You can keep the fish in an aquarium built for funsies. Put sand floor with corals to keep the fish happy and alive. To take the fish with you, you need a water bucket. Take the water bucket to the location of the fish, hold it in your, and press the right click on the fish with the water bucket in your hand.
Can You Breed Dolphins in Minecraft?
You can breed Dolphins in Minecraft, though you must give a cooked fish to each dolphin. Unlike horses, dolphins cannot become sterile and may spawn indefinitely. After 5 minutes, there will be a baby dolphin.
If the two dolphins are of the same breed, they will always have a baby of that breed. Or their total genetic value (TGV). TGV is the sum of individual genetic values of bred dolphins, which determines the chance of getting a specific breed and which breed will be born.
How Do You Keep Fish Alive in Minecraft?
You can keep a fish alive and prevent them from de-spawning in Minecraft in the following ways:
- You can spawn them from a bucket rather than an egg.
- Name them with a name tag, or put the fish in a large enough water body.
- Keep the fish alive in Minecraft by keeping it in the water.
- You can keep the fish in an aquarium built for funsies. Put sand floor with corals to keep the fish happy and alive.
However, you require a water bucket to take the fish with you. Take the water bucket to the location of the fish, hold it in your, and press the right click on the fish with the water bucket in your hand.
Can You Breed Axolotls in Minecraft?
You can breed axolotls in Minecraft. To breed axolotls, you must build a secure animal farm from which axolotls cannot escape. The farm must have water inside it because axolotl will die if it runs out of water for a long time.
To breed axolotls, you must also catch some tropical fish with a bucket, available in ocean biomes. Once you have captured the tropical fish, feed it to the axolotls so they can enter the love mode. Once the axolotls enter the love mode, a baby axolotl will spawn within a few seconds.
That was about our guide on breeding fish in Minecraft. We hope it was able to answer your questions.
