How to Get Froglights in Minecraft (All 3 Colors)

Guide Java Bedrock

Quick answer: Feed small magma cubes to frogs: when a frog eats a tiny magma cube it drops a froglight. The color depends on the frog - warm (white) frogs drop pearlescent, temperate (orange) frogs drop ochre, and cold (green) frogs drop verdant froglights.

What you need

At least one frog (tadpole + water bucket works)
Slimeballs for breeding and leading frogs
Access to the Nether (basalt deltas for magma cubes)
Boats or leads for transport

Step by step

Get frogs: find frogspawn in swamps and mangrove swamps, or breed two frogs with slimeballs. Scoop tadpoles up with a water bucket to move them.
Pick your color by biome: a tadpole's variant is set by the temperature of the biome where it grows up. Grow it in a cold biome (snowy plains, frozen peaks) for a green cold frog, a temperate biome (swamp, plains) for an orange frog, or a warm biome (jungle, badlands, savanna) for a white frog.
Find magma cubes: they spawn in the Nether, most commonly in basalt deltas. Only the smallest size drops a froglight.
Move the frogs to the Nether (or the cubes to the frogs): lead frogs with slimeballs or transport them in boats through a portal. Building a small pen next to a basalt delta works best.
Feed time: when a frog eats a tiny magma cube, it drops one froglight of its variant color - pearlescent from warm frogs, ochre from temperate frogs, verdant from cold frogs.
Harvest and place: froglights break instantly with any tool or by hand, emit the maximum light level of 15, and can be placed in three orientations like logs. They melt snow layers within 3 blocks and ice within 4.
New in 26.2: sulfur cubes can absorb all three froglight types, gaining the golf ball / fast flat effect.

Java vs Bedrock

Froglight mechanics are identical in Java and Bedrock: variant color comes from the frog, drop comes from the tiny magma cube, light level 15. In Bedrock, froglights can be placed sideways since the Wild Update previews - both editions support all orientations today.

Versions: Added in Java 1.19 (22w11a, The Wild Update) and Bedrock 1.18.10 behind the Wild Update experimental toggle, fully released with 1.19.0.

Frequently asked questions

How do you get froglights in Minecraft?

Let a frog eat a tiny magma cube - the smallest magma cube size. The frog drops one froglight, and the color matches the frog's variant: warm frogs give pearlescent, temperate give ochre, cold give verdant.

Which frog gives which froglight?

White (warm) frogs drop pearlescent froglights, orange (temperate) frogs drop ochre, and green (cold) frogs drop verdant. A tadpole's variant depends on the biome temperature where it grows into a frog.

Are froglights the best light source?

They share the maximum light level (15) with glowstone, sea lanterns, shroomlights and lava, and they're fully solid blocks that can be placed in three orientations. They also melt nearby snow and ice.