Give an Axolotl in a Bucket

Get a bucketed axolotl companion

✅ Verified for Java 26.2 · Bedrock 26.32 — checked June 2026

Gives an axolotl in a bucket, ready to release wherever you like. Axolotls fight drowned and guardians alongside you and even grant Regeneration when they help you win a fight. Bucketed ones never despawn.

/give @p axolotl_bucket

23 characters

Java: yes
Bedrock: yes
Command block: yes
Needs cheats / OP: yes

How to use

Open chat (T on Java, / on Bedrock).
Paste the command and press Enter.
Release the axolotl near water — it fights hostile water mobs for you.
Re-scoop it with the empty bucket to move it.

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