Carrot on a Stick

"Carrots on sticks! Get on your pig and tell it where to go!"

- The Pretty Scary Update promo poster

A carrot on a stick is an item that can be used to control saddled pigs.

Crafting
The carrot must be placed at a diagonal below the fishing rod. It is possible to craft a carrot on a stick without a crafting table.

Riding a pig
To use a carrot on a stick, the player must first saddle a pig. The pig will then move in the direction that the carrot on a stick points to. Also, if the player holds a carrot on a stick, all pigs will follow the player.

To make the pig run faster, the player can press while holding the carrot on a stick. This is called "boosting." Each boost costs 7 durability. If the carrot on a stick has less than 7 durability, the boost cannot be used. After a boost is used, the player may switch to another item while retaining the boost. If the carrot on a stick's durability is depleted, it turns back into a fishing rod. However, since a carrot on a stick cannot be used if it has less than 7 durability, it cannot normally be broken.

The speed of a mounted pig is 2.42 m/s. Boosting a pig causes its speed to slowly ramp up until it reaches 2.15 times it's normal speed, 5.20 m/s. Then speed slowly declines until the pig reaches normal speed again. The boost lasts between 140 and 980 game ticks (7 seconds and 49 seconds respectively), chosen randomly. No matter how many ticks the boost lasts, the average speed of pig during a full boost cycle is roughly 4.19 m/s. These boosted speeds are only applied while holding the carrot on a stick. These speeds are affected by the speed effect.

Enchantments
A carrot on a stick can receive the following enchantments, but only through an anvil:


 * Unbreaking
 * Mending
 * Curse of Vanishing