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Registry record · minecraft:tropical_fish

Tropical Fish

Items Food

Tropical fish are colorful reef fish harvested from warm oceans, used primarily for axolotl breeding.

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Versioned source data

Edition availability

01

Java Edition

Source version 26.1
Registry ID
1060
Source display name
Tropical Fish
Maximum stack
64

Bedrock Edition

Source version 1.26.60
Registry ID
266
Source display name
Tropical Fish
Maximum stack
64
Component-based
No
Source version tag
legacy
Java food metadata

1 hunger points · 0.2 saturation

Recipe information · Java 26.1

No Java recipe recorded

Not recorded

No recipe for this item is recorded in the selected Java source snapshot. This does not establish that no recipe exists in other versions or editions. Bedrock recipe data is not included, so its recipe availability cannot be determined here.

Field guide

Item details

How to obtain

  • Dropped by defeated tropical fish swimming in warm ocean biomes and mangrove swamps. Source
  • Caught as an uncommon fish category catch using a fishing rod. Source

Practical uses

  • Used to breed axolotls when collected live in a water bucket. Source
  • Can be eaten to restore 1 hunger point and 0.2 saturation, or traded to fisherman villagers. Source

Mechanics

  • Comes in over 3,000 distinct visual color and pattern variants in natural warm ocean reefs. Source

Reverse recipe lookup · Java · 26.1

Used In · Crafting recipes

0 outputs

No Java crafting outputs using Tropical Fish are recorded in the selected source snapshot. This does not establish that the item has no other uses. Bedrock recipe data is not included.