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Template:Food

A golden carrot is a valuable food item and brewing ingredient.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Gold Nugget +
Carrot

{{Crafting |A1= Iron Nugget |B1= Iron Nugget |C1= Iron Nugget |A2= Iron Nugget |B2= Carrot |C2= Iron Nugget |A3= Iron Nugget |B3= Iron Nugget |C3= Iron Nugget |Output= Iron Carrot |type=Foodstuff

Trading

Master-level farmer villagers have a 13 chance to sell 3 golden carrots for 3 emeralds in Bedrock Edition, and will 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, the highest saturation restoration value of any food currently 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

Sound Subtitle Namespaced ID Subtitle ID Source Pitch Volume Attenuation distance
Eating entity.generic.eat subtitles.entity.generic.eat ? ? ? 16
Burp entity.player.burp subtitles.entity.player.burp ? ? ? 16

Achievements

Icon Achievement In-game description Actual requirements (if different) Gamerscore earned Trophy type (PS4)
PS4 Other
Artificial SelectionBreed a mule from a horse and a donkey.30GBronze

Advancements

Icon Advancement In-game description Parent Actual requirements (if different) Resource location
Advancement-plain-rawHusbandry
The world is full of friends and food Consume anything that can be consumed.husbandry/root
Advancement-fancy-rawA Balanced Diet
Eat everything that is edible, even if it's not good for you A Seedy PlaceEat each of these 40 foods: Other foods and consumables 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Note: this video is outdated; it does not mention that golden carrots can be used as animal food.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
1.4.212w34aFile:Golden Carrot Revision 1.png Added golden carrots.
The new Potion of Night Vision is brewed by adding a golden carrot to an Awkward Potion.
12w36aFile:Golden Carrot Revision 2.png The texture of golden carrots has now been changed due to comments that the texture was suggestive.[citation needed]
12w37aFile:Golden Carrot Revision 3.png The texture of golden carrots has now been changed in order to match the new carrot texture. The item sprite no longer has a dark outline.
1.1317w47aPrior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 396.
1.1418w43aGolden Carrot The texture of golden carrots has now been changed.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.12.1build 1File:Golden Carrot Revision 3.png Added golden carrots.
0.13.0build 1 Golden carrots can now be used to feed rabbits.
0.15.0build 1Golden carrots can now be used to feed horses and donkeys.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3Golden Carrot The texture of golden carrots has now been changed.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.4Golden carrots can now be bought from farmer villagers.
Legacy Console Edition
TU14CU1 1.04 Patch 1File:Golden Carrot Revision 3.png Added golden carrots.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90Golden Carrot The texture of golden carrots has now been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0File:Golden Carrot Revision 3.png Added golden carrots.

Issues

Issues relating to "Golden Carrot" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

See also

Trivia

  • Golden carrots being used for potions of night vision is based on the common misconception that eating carrots can improve one's vision; this is only true if one has vitamin A deficiency.


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