Axolotl

Axolotl

Type	Item
Stackable	Yes (64)
Resource location	matcha:axolotl
Base item	minecraft:chicken_spawn_egg
Defined in	axolotl.json

An axolotl is a fishing junk item that the junk table gives in Dripstone Caves and Lush Caves. Using it spawns an axolotl, like a spawn egg. The junk table's axolotl doesn't stack.

Obtaining

Fishing

The junk table lists it at 10 of 88 junk weight in those biomes: 11.36% of junk, about 1.14% of all catches in open water. Catching one plays its own sound.

Usage

Placing it spawns an axolotl. Using it on a spawner destroys every spawner and trial spawner within 16 blocks and deals 1 damage to the player (outside Creative).

History

1.12.2	The Angler's Almanac entry can be unlocked. In 1.12.1-alpha it checked for an item ID, axolotl, that doesn't exist. Using it spawns an axolotl. In 1.12.1-alpha the fished item had no entity data, so, as a chicken spawn egg, it spawned a chicken.
1.12.4	Can't be caught: the junk table can't be loaded.
1.12.5	Can be caught again: the junk table loads.

Trivia

• It is a chicken spawn egg with its entity data set to an axolotl.
• The datapack also has a loot table of its own for the axolotl, minecraft:gameplay/fishing/fish/axolotl, which no other table or function uses. Its axolotl has no stack size set, so it stacks to 64 like other spawn eggs.
• Its almanac entry reads: "You were fishing for fish. The axolotl has decided that technicalities are beneath it."