Overview
Froglights come from a Frog eating a small magma cube, and there is no other way to get the block in the entire game. That single interaction is why players build frog pens in the Nether: a Frog flicks out its tongue, swallows a small magma cube whole, and produces one froglight whose colour depends on which variant of Frog did the eating — pearlescent from the warm variant, verdant from the cold one, ochre from the temperate. Three variants exist and none of them is decided by where the Frog lives now. It is decided by the biome temperature where its tadpole grew up, so you produce a colour by carrying a bucket of Tadpole to a desert or a snowy biome and waiting. Frogs themselves have 10 health, do not attack players, take no fall damage, and jump far further than their size suggests. They also eat small slimes, which makes a swamp Frog a mild nuisance near a slime farm. Breed two with slime balls and one lays frogspawn on shallow water, which hatches into tadpoles about ten minutes later. They cannot be tamed and drop nothing when killed.
Froglights. A Frog that swallows a small magma cube drops one froglight — a full-bright decorative block available no other way — and the variant determines whether it is ochre, pearlescent or verdant.
Frogs hop about, croak, and flick out their tongue to swallow small slimes and small magma cubes whole. Eating a magma cube produces a froglight, whose colour depends on the frog variant, and this is the only way to obtain the block. They lay frogspawn on shallow water after breeding, which hatches into tadpoles. Frogs cannot be tamed, take no fall damage, and jump much further than their size suggests.
Frog sits under Passive mobs in Minecraft 1.21.4. Health sits at 10 points (5 hearts). Killing one drops 3 experience.
Properties
Frog has 10 health, which is 5 hearts. It drops up to 3 experience when a player kills it. Its hitbox is 0.5 blocks wide and 0.5 tall, which is what decides whether it fits through a gap or a one-block-high opening.
- Added in
- 1.19
- Breedable
- Yes
Spawns in
Spawns naturally in swamps and mangrove swamps. Tadpoles grow into a variant determined by the biome temperature where they mature: temperate, warm (in warm biomes) or cold (in snowy ones).
It is restricted to Swamp and Mangrove Swamp, so it will never turn up outside those biomes however dark it gets.
- Dimension
- Overworld
- Biomes
- Swamp, Mangrove Swamp
- Added in
- 1.19
Dimension: Overworld · Added in 1.19
How it behaves
The Frog never attacks. The only reason to be careful around one is that killing it is often not what you want: breeding it is worth more than the drop.
Killed by a player it drops up to 3 experience; killed any other way it drops none.
Command
In a world with cheats on, this spawns one Frog where you are standing.
Summon
/summon minecraft:frog ~ ~ ~Guides and tools that cover this
Frequently asked questions
How do you get froglights?
Let a Frog eat a small magma cube. It drops a froglight of the colour matching that frog's variant.
How many frog variants are there?
Three — temperate, warm and cold — set by the biome temperature where the tadpole grew into an adult.
What do frogs eat?
Slime balls are the breeding item. In the world they swallow small slimes and small magma cubes.
Do frogs take fall damage?
No. Frogs are immune to fall damage and can be dropped from any height safely.
How much health does the Frog have in Minecraft?
The Frog has 10 health points, which is 5 hearts.
What does the Frog drop?
It drops no items, only 3 experience.
Where does the Frog spawn?
Spawns naturally in swamps and mangrove swamps. Tadpoles grow into a variant determined by the biome temperature where they mature: temperate, warm (in warm biomes) or cold (in snowy ones).
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How to get it
Frogs spawn naturally in swamp and mangrove swamp biomes, and hatch from frogspawn laid after breeding 2 adults with slime balls. Tadpoles take roughly 20 minutes to mature, and the biome they mature in sets the variant.
Tips
- Move tadpoles in a bucket to a desert for warm frogs or a snowy biome for cold ones before they mature.
- Build the magma cube feeder in a basalt delta, where small magma cubes spawn densely and froglight output is highest.
- Keep frogs away from a slime farm: they eat small slimes and will quietly consume your slimeball supply.
- Breed with slime balls on shallow water, since frogspawn can only be laid on a water surface one block deep.