Golden Carrot

Golden Carrot

Rarity color	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Restores	6 ()

A golden carrot is a valuable food item and brewing ingredient. It provides more saturation than any other item in the game.

Obtaining

Chest loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Golden Carrot	Bastion remnant	Generic chest	6–17	13.5%
		Hoglin stable chest	8–17	11.4%
	Ruined portal	Chest	4–12	7.3%
Bedrock Edition
Golden Carrot	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. This makes it the most nutritious food in the game.

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

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	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

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Form	Translation key
Golden Carrot	golden_carrot	Item	item.minecraft.golden_carrot

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Golden Carrot	golden_carrot	396	Item	item.golden_carrot.name

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
		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)	Namespaced ID
	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: Bell Block of Gold Block of Raw Gold ‌[upcoming: JE 1.17] Clock Enchanted Golden Apple Gilded Blackstone Glistering Melon Slice Gold Ingot Gold Ore Golden Apple Golden Axe Golden Boots Golden Carrot Golden Chestplate Golden Helmet Golden Hoe Golden Horse Armor Golden Leggings Golden Pickaxe Golden Shovel Golden Sword Light Weighted Pressure Plate Nether Gold Ore Deepslate Gold Ore ‌[upcoming: JE 1.17] Raw Gold ‌[upcoming: JE 1.17] If this advancement is attempted while the player is wearing golden armor but piglin(s) are still aggressive toward them, the advancement does not trigger. Other gold-related items, if any, may be used, but are ignored for this advancement and by the piglin.	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:‌[upcoming: JE 1.17] Apple Baked Potato Beetroot Beetroot Soup Bread Carrot Chorus Fruit Cooked Chicken Cooked Cod Cooked Mutton Cooked Porkchop Cooked Rabbit Cooked Salmon Cookie Dried Kelp Enchanted Golden Apple Glow Berries‌[upcoming: JE 1.17] Golden Apple Golden Carrot Honey Bottle Melon Slice Mushroom Stew Poisonous Potato Potato Pufferfish Pumpkin Pie Rabbit Stew Raw Beef Raw Chicken Raw Cod Raw Mutton Raw Porkchop Raw Rabbit Raw Salmon Rotten Flesh Spider Eye Steak Suspicious Stew Sweet Berries Tropical Fish Other foods, if any, can be eaten, but are ignored for this advancement.	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 due to comments that the texture was suggestive.
		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.
1.16		20w16a			Golden carrots now generate in ruined portal chests.
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

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See also

• Carrot
• Golden Apple

References

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