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Hunger is a major mechanic in Minecraft. Consequently, food is very important. This page describes some methods of getting food.
Several animals found wandering around will drop meat when they are killed, and if they are killed with fire they will drop cooked meat which is more nourishing. Note that this includes salmon and cod, which are especially plentiful in rivers or oceans.
This list shows mobs, food from them when they are killed with and without fire:
| Mob | Food when they are
killed without fire |
Food when they are
killed with fire |
|---|---|---|
| 👁 Image Cow |
1-3 👁 Image Raw Beef |
1-3 👁 Image Steak |
| 👁 Image Mooshroom[1] |
1-3 👁 Image Raw Beef |
1-3 👁 Image Steak |
| 👁 Image Pig |
1-3 👁 Image Raw Porkchop |
1-3 👁 Image Cooked Porkchop |
| 👁 Image Hoglin |
2-4 👁 Image Raw Porkchop |
2-4 👁 Image Cooked Porkchop |
| 👁 Image Chicken |
1 👁 Image Raw Chicken |
1 👁 Image Cooked Chicken |
| 👁 Image Sheep |
1-2 👁 Image Raw Mutton |
1-2 👁 Image Cooked Mutton |
| 👁 Image Rabbit |
1 👁 Image Raw Rabbit |
1 👁 Image Cooked Rabbit |
| 👁 Image Salmon |
1 👁 Image Raw Salmon |
1 👁 Image Cooked Salmon |
| 👁 Image Cod |
1 👁 Image Raw Cod |
1 👁 Image Cooked Cod |
| 👁 Image Dolphin |
0-1 👁 Image Raw Cod |
0-1 👁 Image Cooked Cod |
| 👁 Image Guardian |
0-1 👁 Image Raw Cod |
0-1 👁 Image Cooked Cod |
| 👁 Image Elder Guardian |
0-1 👁 Image Raw Cod |
0-1 👁 Image Cooked Cod |
| 👁 Image Polar Bear |
0-2 👁 Image Raw Cod |
0-2 👁 Image Cooked Cod |
Cooked meats have better saturation and restore more hunger than raw meat. Player can kill mobs with fire using Fire Aspect or Flame enchantments, flint and steel, fire charges, lava (although this may burn the items that are dropped from the mob) or some naturally generated fire in the Nether. Most fish can be tricky to set alight (being underwater) but it can be easily done with a fire aspect sword. While building a furnace is an option, if you only need to cook a few items or you're low on fuel, you may be better off making a campfire.
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Villages offer many food sources: Depending on the biome, most have hay bales lying around, which can be crafted into wheat, then bread (1 Hay Bale = 9 Wheat = 3 Bread = 15 (👁 🍗
× 7.5) food points). Those which don't have hay bales may have pumpkins or melons instead (see below). Their farms offer all four of the basic crops, and the chests in their houses can offer several food items. Some of the items found will be more nourishing if you can manage to cook them; the village may well have a furnace, smoker, or campfire for the purpose. Village farms have 25% to have wheat, beetroots, carrots and potatoes. A regular farm has 19 crops each, while a large farm has 38.
These food items can be found in the village chests:
| Item | Stack Size | Chance | Average | Place | Restored Hunger
After Eating Food |
Effects |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 👁 Image Potato |
1-7 | 74.2% | 2.968 | Plains Village Chest | 1 (👁 🍖 ) |
No |
| 👁 Image Bread[Bedrock Edition only] |
1-7 | 69.3% | 2.772 | Taiga House Chest | 5 (👁 🍖 👁 🍗 👁 🍗 ) |
No |
| 👁 Image Potato[Bedrock Edition only] |
1-7 | 69.3% | 2.772 | Taiga House Chest | 1 (👁 🍖 ) |
No |
| 👁 Image Potato |
1-7 | 66.3% | 2.652 | Snowy House Chest | 1 (👁 🍖 ) |
No |
| 👁 Image Potato[Java Edition only] |
1-7 | 65.6% | 2.624 | Taiga House Chest | 1 (👁 🍖 ) |
No |
| 👁 Image Bread |
1-4 | 89.3% | 2.2325 | Village Temple Chest | 5 (👁 🍖 👁 🍗 👁 🍗 ) |
No |
| 👁 Image Rotten Flesh |
1-4 | 89.3% | 2.2325 | Village Temple Chest | 4 (👁 🍗 👁 🍗 ) |
Has 80% chance to give 👁 Image Hunger I for 30 seconds when eaten. |
| 👁 Image Apple |
1-5 | 74.2% | 2.226 | Plains Village Chest | 4 (👁 🍗 👁 🍗 ) |
No |
| 👁 Image Bread |
1-4 | 80.6% | 2.015 | Desert House Chest | 5 (👁 🍖 👁 🍗 👁 🍗 ) |
No |
| 👁 Image Bread |
1-4 | 80.6% | 2.015 | Armorer Chest | 5 (👁 🍖 👁 🍗 👁 🍗 ) |
No |
| 👁 Image Bread |
1-4 | 74.2% | 1.855 | Plains Village Chest | 5 (👁 🍖 👁 🍗 👁 🍗 ) |
No |
| 👁 Image Bread |
1-4 | 71.7% | 1.7925 | Savana House Chest | 5 (👁 🍖 👁 🍗 👁 🍗 ) |
No |
| 👁 Image Bread |
1-4 | 66.3% | 1.6575 | Snowy House Chest | 5 (👁 🍖 👁 🍗 👁 🍗 ) |
No |
| 👁 Image Bread[Java Edition only] |
1-4 | 65.6% | 1.64 | Taiga House Chest | 5 (👁 🍖 👁 🍗 👁 🍗 ) |
No |
| 👁 Image Sweet Berries[Java Edition only] |
1-7 | 40.6% | 1.624 | Taiga House Chest | 2 (👁 🍗 ) |
No |
| 👁 Image Bread |
1-4 | 62.8% | 1.57 | Tannery Chest | 5 (👁 🍖 👁 🍗 👁 🍗 ) |
No |
| 👁 Image Bread |
1-4 | 62.2% | 1.555 | Mason Chest | 5 (👁 🍖 👁 🍗 👁 🍗 ) |
No |
| 👁 Image Bread |
1-4 | 61.2% | 1.53 | Cartographer Chest | 5 (👁 🍖 👁 🍗 👁 🍗 ) |
No |
| 👁 Image Raw Beef |
1-4 | 48.6% | 1.215 | Butcher Chest | 3 (👁 🍖 👁 🍗 ) |
No |
| 👁 Image Raw Porkchop |
1-4 | 48.6% | 1.215 | Butcher Chest | 3 (👁 🍖 👁 🍗 ) |
No |
| 👁 Image Raw Mutton |
1-4 | 48.6% | 1.215 | Butcher Chest | 2 (👁 🍗 ) |
No |
| 👁 Image Bread |
1-3 | 59.8% | 1.196 | Weaponsmith Chest | 5 (👁 🍖 👁 🍗 👁 🍗 ) |
No |
| 👁 Image Apple |
1-3 | 59.8% | 1.196 | Weaponsmith Chest | 4 (👁 🍗 👁 🍗 ) |
No |
| 👁 Image Raw Cod |
1-3 | 43.0% | 0.86 | Fisherman Chest | 2 (👁 🍗 ) |
No |
| 👁 Image Raw Salmon |
1-3 | 24.2% | 0.484 | Fisherman Chest | 2 (👁 🍗 ) |
No |
| 👁 Image Pumpkin Pie[Bedrock Edition only] |
1 | 10.7% | 0.107 | Taiga House Chest | 8 (👁 🍗 👁 🍗 👁 🍗 👁 🍗 ) |
No |
| 👁 Image Beetroot Soup |
1 | 9.9% | 0.099 | Snowy House Chest | 6 (👁 🍗 👁 🍗 👁 🍗 ) |
No |
| 👁 Image Pumpkin Pie[Java Edition only] |
1 | 9.7% | 0.097 | Taiga House Chest | 8 (👁 🍗 👁 🍗 👁 🍗 👁 🍗 ) |
No |
You can also trade with the villagers for food. If you have at least two flint, and the village is not in the middle of the desert (because you will need wood), you can make a infinite source of food quickly in the village. Do the following steps:
Another way to find food in a village is to look for a farm. This is the fastest way to obtain food, as the crops are outside the houses and can be collected quickly with any tool. However, it is not renewable, unless you have enough bonemeal to grow more crops from the seeds. Farms will also have hay bales, melons or pumpkins, depending on the biome. This is a list of the food itens that can be found in village farms:
| Item | Chance of
Spawning |
Restored
Hunger |
|---|---|---|
| Beetroot | 20% | 1 |
| Melon | 8% | 2 |
| Carrot | 30% | 3 |
| Potato | 72% | If raw 1. If baked 5. |
| Wheat | 72% | Ingredient for bread (5) |
| Pumpkin | 30% | Ingredient for pumpkin pie (8) |
You can often find shipwrecks in any ocean- or beach-type biome. If the "bow" (front) of the ship is present, the "supply" chest within can have a decent amount of food, or at least wheat to make bread. The list of food items that can be found in shipwrecks:
| Item | Stack Size | Chance | Average | Place | Restored Hunger
After Eating Food |
Effects |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 👁 Image Suspicious Stew |
1 | 57.4% | 0.774 | Supply Chest | 6 (👁 🍗 👁 🍗 👁 🍗 ) |
Suspicious Stew/Effects |
| 👁 Image Carrot |
4-8 | 42.1% | 3.250 | Supply Chest | 3 (👁 🍖 👁 🍗 ) |
No |
| 👁 Image Poisonous Potato |
2-6 | 42.1% | 2.167 | Supply Chest | 2 (👁 🍗 ) |
Have 60% chance to give 👁 Image Poison for 5 seconds. |
| 👁 Image Potato |
2-6 | 42.1% | 2.167 | Supply Chest | 1 (👁 🍖 ) |
No |
| 👁 Image Rotten Flesh |
5-24 | 32.2% | 5.610 | Supply Chest | 4 (👁 🍗 👁 🍗 ) |
Have 80% chance to give 👁 Image Hunger for 30 seconds. |
Note that each suspicious stew will have one of six random effects; most of these will pass within a few seconds, and are only an issue if you're currently in a fight. But there are equal chances of getting poison (which can do up to 4HP👁 ❤️
👁 ❤️
damage), or saturation (bonus saturation restoration, effectively maxing out your food gauges).
| Item | Stack Size | Chance | Average | Place | Food That can be
Crafted From Item |
Restored Hunger
After Eating Food |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 👁 Image Wheat |
8-21 | 44.9% | 4.390 | Supply Chest | Bread | 5 (👁 🍖 👁 🍗 👁 🍗 ) |
There are several food items that can be gathered from the landscape with varying degrees of ease. Which of these are available will depend on the biomes you pass through. Note that except for mushroom stew and suspicious stew, these foods aren't exactly the greatest, filling your hunger bar but offering little saturation to back it up. That said, they'll keep you from starvation until you can find something better.
Brown and red mushrooms can be found in various places throughout the world, mostly under trees or in caves. They are also common in the Nether. A bit of wood allows you to craft bowls, and with a bowl and both mushroom types, you can easily craft mushroom stew, without even needing a crafting table. If you happen to be in the rare mushroom fields, you can also get mushroom stew by "milking" a mooshroom with an empty bowl, though the mushrooms themselves will also be plentiful. (In the mushroom fields, the wood for a bowl might be the hardest to find!) This is one of the best foraged foods, with value comparable to some cooked meats. Its main drawback is that once crafted, it is unstackable. However, the ingredients are stackable, and three slots will hold the makings for 64 bowls of stew. Note that you do get the bowl back when you eat the stew, so it's perfectly reasonable to carry a large amount of each mushroom type, and a batch of 4 bowls to fill as needed.
Adding a flower to the mushroom-stew recipe will instead produce suspicious stew, which is just as nourishing and also grants a brief status effect. It matters a lot which flower you use, as some of them produce bad effects:
Spawning in/near a taiga biome allows you to get early access to sweet berries, which are a weak but plentiful food source and easy to farm. However, the bushes can be hazardous — avoid walking through them.
Glow Berries
When exploring a lush cave, you will stumble upon large amounts of cave vines, with many containing glow berries. It refills the same hunger and saturation as sweet berries, though being harder to reach and posing a fall damage hazard for unskilled players
When cutting down oak or dark oak trees, a few of the leaves (1 in 200 of the blocks) will drop apples as they decay. You can also manually break the leaf blocks. They will break faster when hit with a hoe.
In jungles, you can likely find melon blocks, which can be broken into melon slices. It's a rather weak food, but very plentiful, since a single watermelon block drops 3-7 slices with no enchantments. Any uneaten slices can be crafted into seeds to grow even more melons.
If you happen to have the ingredients, pumpkin pie is a relatively cheap and filling food item, crafted with only one pumpkin, sugar (from sugar cane), and an egg. All of these can be farmed in mass quantities. One thing troublesome is finding the pumpkins in the first place, but once that's done, there are no real challenges. They can also be crafted without a crafting table, requiring only three ingredients.
Rotten flesh is one of the most common and least-valued items in the game. Most often found after killing zombies and their various relatives (or waiting for them to burn in the morning), it can also show up chest loot. It is a bottom-tier food, which furthermore has an 80% chance to inflict "food poisoning" – 30 seconds of the Hunger effect. However, that duration doesn't accumulate, and it doesn't cost all that much hunger. So, if you eat several pieces at once, you can fill up your hunger gauge, perhaps heal a bit, and only lose a little saturation "off the top". Also, you can stay still while the Hunger effect is active. Drinking milk right after eating rotten flesh will also cancel the effect.
It is challenging to find food in the Nether, but there are still some (if not somewhat unreliable) available food sources within the "bowels of hell."
A bastion remnant is a fairly rare structure, but loaded with chests if you do happen to find one. The chests within include pork, and (in Java Edition) golden carrots and golden apples. Note that piglins will object to your looting or breaking chests -- of course, they'll be attacking you anyway unless you are wearing golden armor (see their page for details), and the piglin brutes won't even care about the armor. The easiest option is likely to just block them out of the room -- if you are wearing even one piece of golden armor, the non-brutes will calm down after about 30 seconds.
| Item | Stack Size | Chance | Average | Restored Hunger
After Eating Food |
Effects |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 👁 Image Golden Carrot [Java Edition only] |
8-17 | 11.4% | 1.425 | 6 (👁 🍗 👁 🍗 👁 🍗 ) |
No |
| 👁 Image Cooked Porkchop [Bedrock Edition only] |
2-5 | 26.2% | 0.917 | 8 (👁 🍗 👁 🍗 👁 🍗 👁 🍗 ) |
No |
| 👁 Image Raw Porkchop [Bedrock Edition only] |
2-5 | 26.2% | 0.917 | 3 (👁 🍖 👁 🍗 ) |
No |
| 👁 Image Cooked Porkchop [Java Edition only] |
2-5 | 22.8% | 0.798 | 8 (👁 🍗 👁 🍗 👁 🍗 👁 🍗 ) |
No |
| 👁 Image Raw Porkchop [Java Edition only] |
2-5 | 22.8% | 0.798 | 3 (👁 🍖 👁 🍗 ) |
No |
| 👁 Image Golden Apple [Java Edition only] |
1 | 11.4% | 0.114 | 4 (👁 🍗 👁 🍗 ) |
Gives 👁 Image Absorption I for 2 minutes and 👁 Image Regeneration II for 5 seconds. |
| Item | Stack Size | Chance | Average | Restored Hunger
After Eating Food |
Effects |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 👁 Image Golden Carrot [Java Edition only] |
6-7 | 13.5% | 0.8775 | 6 (👁 🍗 👁 🍗 👁 🍗 ) |
No |
| 👁 Image Cooked Porkchop [Java Edition only] |
1 | 24.4% | 0.244 | 8 (👁 🍗 👁 🍗 👁 🍗 👁 🍗 ) |
No |
| 👁 Image Golden Apple [Java Edition only] |
1 | 10.1% | 0.101 | 4 (👁 🍗 👁 🍗 ) |
Gives 👁 Image Absorption I for 2 minutes and 👁 Image Regeneration II for 5 seconds. |
| Item | Stack Size | Chance | Average | Restored Hunger
After Eating Food |
Effects |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 👁 Image Enchanted Golden Apple [Java Edition only] |
1 | 6.5% | 0.065 | 4 (👁 🍗 👁 🍗 ) |
Gives 👁 Image Absorption IV for 2 minutes, 👁 Image Regeneration II for 30 seconds, 👁 Image |
The End is a very hostile place, and it is extremely hard to find decent food there. You should bring plenty of food with you whenever venturing into the End; the only edible thing you'll find there is chorus fruit; it grows only on the outer islands, but is plentiful there. It does have a little side effect....
They only grow on the outer end islands, so you'll need to kill the ender dragon first to get them. They restore four food points, but can also teleport you to a random location, up to 8 blocks away. This can either be a great convenience or an annoyance. The trees are very common in the End islands, and with a little effort you can easily farm them as well.