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This article is about a sheep variant in Minecraft Earth. For the name tag Easter egg, see Sheep § jeb_ sheep easter egg.
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’’Bored of single, solid colors? The Rainbow Sheep grows wool with not one, not two, but SEVEN bold hues to make rainbow-tastic creations.’’

Player Journal Description

The Rainbow Sheep is a rainbow variant of the sheep found only in Minecraft Earth.

Appearance

Rainbow sheep are a rainbow-colored variant of the normal sheep. It bears similarities to the sheep nametag Easter Egg in the base game, where it emanates a lot of colors, but unlike it, the sheep already has a set coat of colors. Its wool goes in a rainbow pattern with the red section being the biggest one and covers the front part of the sheep, orange wool covering its lower front legs, and yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet stripes run along its body. The wool on its hind legs are violet in color.

Behavior

The Rainbow sheep behaves the same as a normal sheep, walking aimlessly and avoiding cliffs and lava. It can be sheared for rainbow wool and it will regrow it’s wool when it eats grass. [more information needed]

Obtaining

As of now, the Rainbow Sheep can be obtained as a reward in Season 5 by having a bone block, coal block, and red sandstone in the Journal, and buildplate “Colorful Cottage”. It is of epic rarity, though you cannot actually get it through any tappables, as it is an event only mob like the Jolly Llama.

Drops

When sheared, the Rainbow Sheep will drop Rainbow Wool. [more information needed]. When killed, it can drop:

History

Trivia

  • The Rainbow Sheep is the second mob variant in Minecraft Earth that drops new items, with the Moobloom being the first one, with its buttercups.
  • The Rainbow Sheep was first found datamined in the game files, with its menu sprite found within it.
  • The Rainbow Sheep is the second mob variant with an epic rarity with the Muddy Pig being the first one.
  • The Season 5 prize map shows its rarity as rare, though it is actually epic.
  • The Rainbow Sheep is the second rarest sheep variant with a low chance of 1.5% of obtaining from sheep tappables.
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