| Health points |
10 |
|---|---|
| Behavior |
Neutral |
| Attack strength |
Adult |
| Hitbox size |
Adult: |
| Spawn | |
| Items usable on |
A goat is a neutral mob found in mountains biomes. Goats perform high jumps and are a source of milk and goat horns.[only upcoming Bedrock Edition 1.17.20] [planned for Java Edition]
Contents
Spawning[]
Groups of two to three goats spawn above opaque blocks on mountains at the surface at a light level of 7 or higher. Goats spawn individually and more uncommonly after the world generation. There is a 5% chance for a goat to spawn as a baby goat. When a goat is spawned, it has a 2% chance of being a screaming goat[note 1], They look identical to all other goats, the only difference being that they make screaming sounds and ram more often. There is also a 2% chance of a screaming goat being born from two non-screamers.
Drops[]
In Bedrock Edition 1.18.0[upcoming], goats drop a goat horn when they charge into a solid block. Up to two horns can be dropped per goat.
A goat when both horns are knocked off.
Adult goats drop upon death 1–3 when killed by a player or tamed wolf, while 1–7 is dropped upon successful breeding. Killing a baby goat yields no items or experience.
Behavior[]
A goat that is not on a honey block can jump up to 10 blocks high and 5 blocks wide (on an even surface). This usually happens if the goat is trying to cross an obstacle like a small hole in the ground or powder snow, sometimes even in a narrow jumping area. Goats take 10
less fall damage and avoid walking into powder snow. Once a goat performs its long jump, it cannot perform another for 30 to 60 seconds.
Every 30 to 300 seconds, if a goat has seen a mob (except for other goats and ghasts) or player who has not moved during the checking interval, it attacks by ramming from up to 16 blocks away (goats do not ram players when playing on the peaceful difficulty, or while a player is watching them). Goats need 4 blocks of empty space between them and a potential target to ram them. The goat performs a small charging animation and bleats differently after choosing something to quickly ram against, dealing nine blocks of knockback from the collision. The player can suffer a damaging or even fatal fall when the attack knocks the player off a peak. Baby goats deal a knockback of four and a half blocks. In the case that a goat is a screaming goat, its ramming cooldown is only 5 to 15 seconds. Mobs knocked back by goats do not retaliate.
Goats flee like most passive mobs when harmed, but they can deal direct damage to the player under certain conditions.
Milking[]
A goat can be milked by using a bucket on it, yielding a milk bucket, which is used for baking cakes and to remove status effects.
Breeding[]
Goats follow players that are within ten blocks who are holding wheat. If adult goats are fed wheat, they enter love mode and breed; the player is granted one to seven experience orbs. The growth time of a baby goat can be accelerated by 10% each time it is fed wheat.
Sounds[]
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goat bleats | Friendly Creatures | Randomly from regular goat | entity.goat.ambient | subtitles.entity.goat.ambient | ? | ? | ? | |
| Goat bellows | Friendly Creatures | Randomly from screaming goat | entity.goat.screaming.ambient | subtitles.entity.goat.screaming.ambient | ? | ? | ? | |
| Goat dies | Friendly Creatures | Regular goat dying | entity.goat.death | subtitles.entity.goat.death | ? | ? | ? | |
| Goat dies | Friendly Creatures | Screaming goat dying | entity.goat.screaming.death | subtitles.entity.goat.death | ? | ? | ? | |
| Goat hurts | Friendly Creatures | Regular goat gets hurt | entity.goat.hurt | subtitles.entity.goat.hurt | ? | ? | ? | |
| Goat hurts | Friendly Creatures | Screaming goat gets hurt | entity.goat.screaming.hurt | subtitles.entity.goat.hurt | ? | ? | ? | |
| Goat leaps | Friendly Creatures | Regular goat long jumps | entity.goat.long_jump | [more information needed] | ? | ? | ? | |
| Goat leaps | Friendly Creatures | Screaming goat long jumps | entity.goat.screaming.long_jump | [more information needed] | ? | ? | ? | |
| Goat gets milked | Friendly Creatures | Player milks regular goat | entity.goat.milk | subtitles.entity.goat.milk | ? | ? | ? | |
| Goat gets milked | Friendly Creatures | Player milks screaming goat | entity.goat.screaming.milk | subtitles.entity.goat.milk | ? | ? | ? | |
| Goat eats | Friendly Creatures | Regular goat eats | entity.goat.eat | subtitles.entity.goat.eat | ? | ? | ? | |
| Goat eats | Friendly Creatures | Screaming goat eats | entity.goat.screaming.eat | subtitles.entity.goat.eat | ? | ? | ? | |
| Footsteps | Friendly Creatures | Walking | entity.goat.step | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | ? | ? | ? | |
| Goat stomps | Hostile Creatures | Regular goat preparing ram | entity.goat.prepare_ram | [more information needed] | ? | ? | ? | |
| Goat stomps | Hostile Creatures | Screaming goat preparing ram | entity.goat.screaming.prepare_ram | [more information needed] | ? | ? | ? | |
| Goat rams | Hostile Creatures | Regular goat impacts mob after ramming | entity.goat.ram_impact | [more information needed] | ? | ? | ? | |
| Goat rams | Hostile Creatures | Screaming goat impacts mob after ramming | entity.goat.screaming.ram_impact | [more information needed] | ? | ? | ? |
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friendly Creatures | Randomly from regular goat | mob.goat.ambient | ? | ? | |
| Friendly Creatures | Randomly from screaming goat | mob.goat.ambient.screamer | ? | ? | |
| Friendly Creatures | Regular goat dying | mob.goat.death | ? | ? | |
| Friendly Creatures | Screaming goat dying | mob.goat.death.screamer | ? | ? | |
| Friendly Creatures | Regular goat gets hurt | mob.goat.hurt | ? | ? | |
| Friendly Creatures | Screaming goat gets hurt | mob.goat.hurt.screamer | ? | ? | |
| Friendly Creatures | Regular and screaming goat long jumps | component.jump_to_block | ? | ? | |
| Friendly Creatures | Player milks regular goat | mob.mooshroom.suspicious_milk | ? | ? | |
| Friendly Creatures | Player milks screaming goat | mob.goat.milk.screamer | ? | ? | |
| Friendly Creatures | Regular and screaming goat eats | mob.goat.eat | ? | ? | |
| Friendly Creatures | Walking | mob.goat.step | ? | ? | |
| Hostile Creatures | Regular goat preparing ram | mob.goat.prepare_ram | ? | ? | |
| Hostile Creatures | Screaming goat preparing ram | mob.goat.prepare_ram.screamer | ? | ? | |
| Hostile Creatures | Regular goat impacts mob after ramming | mob.goat.ram_impact | ? | ? | |
| Hostile Creatures | Screaming goat impacts mob after ramming | mob.goat.ram_impact.screamer | ? | ? |
Data values[]
ID[]
| Name | Resource location | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
| Goat | goat | entity.minecraft.goat |
| Name | Resource location | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goat | goat | 128 | entity.goat.name |
Entity data[]
Goats have entity data associated with them that contain various properties.
- Entity data
- Additional fields for mobs that can breed
- Tags common to all entities
- Tags common to all mobs
- IsScreamingGoat: 1 or 0 (true/false) – if true, indicates this is a screaming goat.
Achievements[]
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other platforms | |||||
| Whatever Floats Your Goat | Get in a boat and float with a Goat | Use a boat and put a goat inside that boat, then ride it | 20G | Bronze | ||
Advancements[]
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Resource location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Whatever Floats Your Goat! | Get in a Boat and float with a Goat | Husbandry | Enter a boat with a goat. | husbandry/ride_a_boat_with_a_goat
|
History[]
| September 28, 2019 | Goats are announced to be part of the mountains biome in the biome vote at MINECON Live 2019. The goat is the fourth mob added as a result of a community vote, the others being the phantom, fox and glow squid. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountains wins the biome vote, including goats in the planned biome. | |||||
| October 3, 2020 | In-game footage of goats are shown at Minecraft Live 2020, to be released in the Caves & Cliffs update. | ||||
| March 31, 2021 | Goat was shown off on a tweet by Henrik Kniberg. | ||||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.17 | 21w13a |  Added goats.
| |||
| Goats have a 2% chance of spawning as a screaming goat, they are visually indistinguishable from regular goats, but make different sounds. | |||||
| Goats are completely passive. | |||||
| Goats currently do not drop any items. | |||||
| 21w15a | Goats now ram other mobs as well as armor stands. | ||||
| Creepers rammed by goats no longer retaliate. | |||||
| Goats now avoid powder snow. | |||||
| 21w18a | Screaming goats use their ram attack more often than regular goats. | ||||
| Two ear textures have been changed to mirror properly. | |||||
| Pitch for the sound of baby goats ramming into stuff has been increased. | |||||
| Baby goats now follow their parents. | |||||
| Goats can no longer make long jumps on honey blocks. | |||||
| Pre-release 3 | Mobs rammed by goats no longer retaliate. | ||||
| 1.17.1 | Pre-release 1 | Breeding common goats now have a 2% chance to produce screaming goats. | |||
| Status effects on goats now also apply when the goat is jumping or ramming. | |||||
| Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
| 1.18 | Experimental Snapshot 1 | Goats now only spawn in the newly added snowy slopes biome. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| Caves & Cliffs (experimental) | beta 1.16.200.52 | Added goats and baby goats, which are available only via Experimental Gameplay. | |||
| Goats make the sound of a player being hit. | |||||
| Goats currently use the vex's charging sound as a placeholder when preparing to ram charge.[1] | |||||
| beta 1.16.210.51 | Goats now drop only 2 goat horns each. | ||||
| Goats now drop 1-2 mutton. | |||||
 Goats now show missing goat horns in the model. | |||||
| Baby goats now have half knockback when using a ram attack. | |||||
| Goats no longer attack armor stands.[2] | |||||
| Goats now attack shulkers. | |||||
| Goats now produce only one baby goat at a time when breeding. | |||||
| beta 1.16.210.53 | Goats now avoid walking onto powder snow while path-finding. | ||||
| beta 1.16.220.50 | Goats now spawn only in the Snowy Slopes mountain biome. | ||||
| 1.17.0 | beta 1.16.230.54 | Goats now spawn in the Extreme Hills biome instead of the Snowy Slopes biome.[3] | |||
| beta 1.17.0.52 | Goats are no longer available only through Experimental Gameplay. | ||||
| Changelog states that goats no longer drop mutton, though this is not the case. | |||||
| beta 1.17.0.54 | Goats now have sounds. | ||||
| Added screaming goats. | |||||
| Increased chances of getting screaming goat by breeding screaming goat with non-screaming goat. | |||||
| Goats no longer drop mutton when killed. | |||||
| 1.17.10 | beta 1.17.10.22 | Mobs rammed by goats no longer retaliate. | |||
| Upcoming Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.17.20 | beta 1.17.20.20 | Baby goats no longer have horns. | |||
| beta 1.17.20.22 | Goats now only spawn in mountain meadows if the Caves & Cliffs experimental gameplay toggle is enabled. | ||||
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Goat" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia[]
- The model for goats was made in Blockbench.[4]
- The goat is based on the mountain goat, hence why they spawn on mountain biomes.
- Goat sounds were recorded from real domestic goats.[5] The same is true for pandas and dolphins.
Gallery[]
Screenshots[]
In other media[]
Goat concept art.
A Goat in promotional artwork for the first Caves & Cliffs update.
Official Goat artwork.
Goat plushie.
References[]
- ↑ Called screaming goat in Java Edition and screamer goat in Bedrock Edition, based on internal files.
- ↑ MCPE-104156
- ↑ MCPE-104159 – "Goat attacks armor stands" – resolved as "Fixed"
- ↑ MCPE-124286
- ↑ "Goats, made in Blockbench:" – @blockbench on Twitter
- ↑ "Getrud and her bröther." – @slamp0000 on Twitter
