This article is about a item. For a enchantent, see Feather Falling.
Feathers are items dropped by chickens and parrots, as well as tamed cats as morning gifts.
Obtaining[]
Mob loot[]
Adult chickens drop 0–2 feathers upon death. The maximum is increased by 1 per level of Looting, for a maximum of 0–5 with Looting III.
Parrots drop 1–2 feathers upon death. The maximum is increased by 1 per level of Looting, for a maximum of 1–5 with Looting III.
A fox sometimes spawns holding a feather, which always drops upon death. Alternatively, the player can drop a food item, causing the fox to drop the feather in favor of the food.
Natural generation[]
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | ||||
| Feather | Shipwreck | Map chest | 1–5 | 60% |
| Village | Fletcher's chest | 1–3 | 55.8% | |
| Plains house chest | 1 | 12.1% | ||
| Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Feather | Shipwreck | Map chest | 1–5 | 60% |
| Village | Fletcher's chest | 1–3 | 55.8% | |
| Plains house chest | 1 | 12.1% | ||
Cat gifts[]
Main article: Cat § Gifts
Tamed cats have a 70% chance of giving the player a "morning gift", and the gift has a 16.13% chance to be a feather.
Usage[]
Helmet[]
While a feather cannot be equipped in the head slot in Survival mode, equipping it using commands causes it to appear completely upright unlike other items.
Crafting ingredient[]
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arrow | Flint + Stick + Feather |
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| Book and Quill | Book + Ink Sac + Feather |
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| Brush | Feather + Copper Ingot + Stick |
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| Firework Star | Gunpowder + Matching Dye + Feather + Glowstone Dust + Diamond |
Up to eight dyes can be added. One head, gold nugget, feather, or fire charge can be added. Both the diamond and the glowstone dust can be added with any of the other ingredients. | |
| White Firework Star or Blue Firework Star or Brown Firework Star or Black Firework Star |
Gunpowder + Bone Meal or Lapis Lazuli or Cocoa Beans or Ink Sac + Feather + Glowstone Dust + Diamond |
[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only] Up to eight dyes can be added. One head, gold nugget, feather, or fire charge can be added. Both the diamond and the glowstone dust can be added with any of the other ingredients. |
Trading[]
Expert-level fletcher villagers buy 24 feathers for an emerald as part of their trade.
Data values[]
ID[]
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feather | feather | Item | item.minecraft.feather |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feather | feather | 327 | Item | item.feather.name |
History[]
| Java Edition Indev | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.31 | 20100130 |  Added feathers. | |||
| Feathers can be used to craft arrows. | |||||
| Feathers are dropped by every mob in quantities of 0 to 2. | |||||
| 20100206 |  The feather's texture has been changed; it is now not as straight anymore. | ||||
| 20100219 | Zombies are now the only mob that can drop feathers. This was a placeholder as Notch has stated he currently doesn't know what else they should drop.[1] | ||||
| Java Edition Alpha | |||||
| v1.0.14 | Chickens now drop 0–2 feathers upon death. | ||||
| Java Edition Beta | |||||
| 1.8 | Pre-release | Zombies now drop rotten flesh, instead of feathers. | |||
| Chickens are now the only source of feathers. | |||||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.3.1 | 12w17a | Feathers are now used to craft book and quills. | |||
| 1.4.6 | 12w49a | Feathers are now used to craft a firework star with a burst effect. | |||
| 1.12 | 17w13a | Parrots now drop feathers. | |||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 288. | |||
| 18w11a | Feathers now generate in shipwreck chests. | ||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a |  The texture of feathers has been changed. | |||
| 18w44a | Cats now offer feathers as gifts. | ||||
| 18w48a | Feathers can now be found in chests in plains village houses. | ||||
| 18w50a | Feathers can now be found in chests in fletcher houses. | ||||
| 19w07a | Added foxes, which sometimes spawn with feather in their mouths. | ||||
| 19w11a | Fletcher villagers now buy feathers. | ||||
| 1.20 (Experimental) | 1.19.4 Pre-release 1 | Feathers can now be used to craft brushes. | |||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| v0.2.0 | Added feathers. They are currently unobtainable and serve no purpose. | ||||
| v0.3.3 | Chickens now drop 0–2 feathers upon death. | ||||
| Feathers can now be used to craft arrows. | |||||
| v0.5.0 | Feathers can now be obtained after activating the nether reactor. | ||||
| v0.11.0 | build 1 | Zombies now drop rotten flesh, instead of feathers. | |||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | Feathers are no longer available from the nether reactor. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.2.0 | beta 1.2.0.2 | Feathers can now be used to craft book and quills. | |||
| Added parrots, which drop feathers. | |||||
| Feathers can now be used as an ingredient to craft a firework star. | |||||
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.14.2 | Feathers can now be found in shipwreck chests. | |||
| 1.8.0 | beta 1.8.0.8 | Feathers can now be given as a gift to the player by tamed cats. | |||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | The texture of feathers has been changed. | |||
| Feathers can now be found in the new plains village house. | |||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | Feathers can now be found in village fletcher chests. | |||
| beta 1.11.0.4 | Feathers can now be sold to fletcher villagers. | ||||
| 1.13.0 | beta 1.13.0.1 | Added foxes, which can drop feathers. | |||
| 1.20.0 (Experimental) | beta 1.19.80.20 | Feathers can now be used to craft brushes. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | Added feathers. | |
| PlayStation 4 Edition | |||||
| 1.90 | The texture of feathers has been changed. | ||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 0.1.0 | Added feathers. | ||||
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Feather" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
References[]
External Links[]
- Taking Inventory: Feather – Minecraft.net on March 3, 2019