A golden carrot is a valuable food item and brewing ingredient. It provides the second most saturation in the game, behind suspicious stew crafted with either a dandelion or blue orchid.
Obtaining[]
Chest loot[]
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | ||||
| Golden Carrot | Ancient City | Ice box chest | 1–10 | 54.9% |
| Bastion remnant | Hoglin stable chest | 8–17 | 11.4% | |
| Generic chest | 6–17 | 13.5% | ||
| Ruined portal | Chest | 4–12 | 7.3% | |
| Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Golden Carrot | Ancient City | Ice box chest | 1–10 | 54.9% |
| Bastion remnant | Hoglin stable chest | 8–17 | 11.4% | |
| Generic chest | 6–17 | 13.5% | ||
| Ruined portal | Chest | 4–12 | 7.3% | |
Crafting[]
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Gold Nugget + Carrot |
Trading[]
Master-level farmer villagers have a 50% chance to sell 3 golden carrots for 3 emeralds in Bedrock Edition, and always offer the same trade in Java Edition.
Usage[]
Food[]
To eat a golden carrot, press and hold use while it is selected in the hotbar. Eating one restores 6 (
) and 14.4 saturation points.
Animal food[]
Golden carrots are used to tame, breed, grow, and heal horses, donkeys, and mules, and to breed, lead, and grow rabbits.
Brewing ingredient[]
| Name | Ingredients | Brewing recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Potion of Night Vision | Golden Carrot + Awkward Potion |
 |
Sounds[]
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eating | ? | Eating one single food | entity.generic.eat | subtitles.entity.generic.eat | ? | ? | ? | |
| Burp | ? | Eating a singular food | entity.generic.burp | subtitles.entity.generic.burp | ? | ? | ? |
Bedrock Edition:[more information needed]
Data values[]
ID[]
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Carrot | golden_carrot | Item | item.minecraft.golden_carrot |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Carrot | golden_carrot | 283 | Item | item.golden_carrot.name |
Achievements[]
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other | |||||
| Artificial Selection | Breed a mule from a horse and a donkey. | — | 30G | Bronze | ||
| Oooh, shiny! | Distract a Piglin using gold | Give a piglin a gold item while it is aggressive toward the player. | 30G | Silver | ||
Advancements[]
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Resource location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Oh Shiny | Distract Piglins with gold | Nether | Give a piglin one of these 24 gold-related items in the #piglin_loved item tag, while not wearing any golden armor:
| nether/distract_piglin
|
| Husbandry | The world is full of friends and food | — | Consume anything that can be consumed. | husbandry/root
|
 | A Balanced Diet | Eat everything that is edible, even if it's not good for you | A Seedy Place | Eat each of these 40 foods:
| husbandry/balanced_diet
|
Video[]
- Note: this video is outdated; it does not mention that golden carrots can be used as animal food.
History[]
| Java Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.4.2 | 12w34a |  Added golden carrots.
| |||
| The new Potion of Night Vision is brewed by adding a golden carrot to an Awkward Potion. | |||||
| 12w36a |  The texture of golden carrots has been changed. | ||||
| 12w37a |  The texture of golden carrots has been changed in order to match the new carrot texture. The item sprite no longer has a dark outline. | ||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 396. | |||
| 1.14 | 18w43a |  The texture of golden carrots has been changed. | |||
| 19w11a | Farmer villagers now sell golden carrots. | ||||
| 1.16 | 20w16a | Golden carrots can now be found in ruined portal chests. | |||
| 1.16.2 | 20w30a | Golden carrots can now be found in bastion remnant chests. | |||
| 1.19 | 22w13a | Golden carrots may now be found in ancient city chests. | |||
Golden carrot no longer generate in chests on ancient_city/city_center/city_center_2. | |||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | Added golden carrots. | |||
| v0.13.0 | build 1 | Golden carrots can now be used to feed rabbits. | |||
| v0.15.0 | build 1 | Golden carrots can now be used to feed horses and donkeys. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | The texture of golden carrots has been changed. | |||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.4 | Golden carrots can now be bought from farmer villagers. | |||
| 1.13.0 | beta 1.13.0.9 | Trading has been changed, master-level farmer now has 1⁄3 chance to sell golden carrots. | |||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.57 | Golden carrots now generate in ruined portal chests. | |||
| Golden carrots trade offering chance changed to 50%. | |||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU14 | CU1 | 1.04 | Patch 1 | Added golden carrots. | |
| 1.90 | The texture of golden carrots has been changed. | ||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 0.1.0 | Added golden carrots. | ||||
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Golden Carrot" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
