Two by Two: How to Breed Every Animal in Minecraft

Two by Two requires you to breed every type of breedable animal in Minecraft. As of 1.21, that means successfully breeding around 25 different mob types. Some are straightforward, but others like pandas, frogs and sniffers require specific conditions or rare items. This guide covers every animal, where to find them and exactly how to breed each one.

Complete list of breedable animals

Here is every mob you need to breed, along with the food item that triggers breeding:

Common farm animals

• Cow: Wheat
• Sheep: Wheat
• Pig: Carrots, Potatoes, or Beetroots
• Chicken: Seeds (any type)
• Rabbit: Carrots, Golden Carrots, or Dandelions
• Goat: Wheat

Tameable and special animals

• Wolf: Any raw or cooked meat (must be tamed first)
• Cat: Raw Cod or Raw Salmon (must be tamed first)
• Horse: Golden Apple or Golden Carrot (must be tamed first)
• Donkey: Golden Apple or Golden Carrot (must be tamed first)
• Llama: Hay Bale (must be tamed first)
• Mule: Cannot breed mules. Breed a Horse with a Donkey to produce a mule, this counts.

Ocean and swamp animals

• Turtle: Seagrass
• Axolotl: Bucket of Tropical Fish
• Frog: Slimeballs

Nether animals

• Hoglin: Crimson Fungus
• Strider: Warped Fungus

Rare and special cases

• Panda: Bamboo (requires at least 8 bamboo blocks within 5 blocks of both pandas)
• Fox: Sweet Berries
• Bee: Any flower (must not be angry)
• Camel: Cactus
• Sniffer: Torchflower Seeds
• Armadillo: Spider Eye

Finding rare animals

Pandas

Pandas spawn only in Jungle and Bamboo Jungle biomes. They are rare and spawn in groups of 1-2. You need two pandas and at least 8 bamboo blocks placed near them. Without the bamboo blocks nearby, pandas refuse to breed even if you feed them. Grow a small bamboo patch first, then lure the pandas into it with bamboo held in your hand.

Axolotls

Axolotls spawn in Lush Caves below y=63 in water. They are not particularly rare but you need Buckets of Tropical Fish to breed them, not just any fish. Tropical fish spawn in Warm Ocean and Lukewarm Ocean biomes. Catch them with a water bucket.

Frogs

Frogs spawn in Swamp and Mangrove Swamp biomes. Feed two frogs Slimeballs and one will lay frogspawn in nearby water. The frogspawn hatches into tadpoles, which then grow into frogs. The advancement counts when the breeding animation completes, you do not need to wait for the tadpoles.

Sniffers

Sniffers do not spawn naturally. You must find Sniffer Eggs in Suspicious Sand in Ocean Ruins (warm variant). Brush the sand with a Brush tool to get the egg. Place two eggs, wait for them to hatch, then breed the two adult Sniffers with Torchflower Seeds. Grow Torchflower Seeds by letting Sniffers dig in dirt or grass blocks.

Setting up a breeding station

Build a centralized breeding area near your base. Create separate pens for each animal type with the following:

• Fenced enclosures at least 5x5 blocks.
• Water sources for turtles, axolotls and frogs.
• Bamboo planted near the panda pen.
• Name tags on every animal to prevent despawning (passive mobs should not despawn, but name tags are insurance).

Common mistakes

• Forgetting the bamboo requirement for pandas. Pandas will eat bamboo you give them but will not enter love mode without bamboo blocks nearby.
• Using regular fish for axolotls. Only Buckets of Tropical Fish work. Raw tropical fish does not count.
• Not taming animals before breeding. Wolves, cats, horses, donkeys and llamas must be tamed first.
• Skipping the mule. Breeding a horse with a donkey to produce a mule counts as a separate breeding event.
• Forgetting Nether mobs. Hoglins and Striders are easy to overlook. Bring Crimson and Warped Fungus to the Nether.

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