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Rotten flesh is a food item which can be eaten by the player, but with the risk of food poisoning.
Obtaining
Zombies
Rotten flesh is dropped by all kinds of zombies, and zombie pigmen. Zombies drop from 0 to 2 units of rotten flesh, and zombie pigmen drop from 0 to 1. A single rotten flesh is also dropped by zombie horses, but they can only be summoned with commands.
Fishing
Rotten flesh can be obtained as a "junk" item while fishing.
Natural generation
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | ||||
| Rotten Flesh | Dungeon | Chest | 1–8 | 57.8% |
| Desert temple | Chest | 3–7 | 28.7% | |
| Chest | 1–8 | 59% | ||
| Igloo | Chest | 1 | 55.3% | |
| Jungle temple | Chest | 3–7 | 53.4% | |
| Shipwreck | Supply chest | 5–24 | 32.2% | |
| Underwater ruins | Small ruins chest | 1 | 59.6% | |
| Village | Temple chest | 1–4 | 89.3% | |
| Woodland mansion | Chest | 1–8 | 57.8% | |
| Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Rotten Flesh | Dungeon | Chest | 1–8 | 57.8% |
| Desert temple | Chest | 3–7 | 28.7% | |
| Chest | 1–8 | 59% | ||
| Igloo | Chest | 1 | 55.3% | |
| Jungle temple | Chest | 3–7 | 53.3% | |
| Shipwreck | Supply chest | 5–24 | 32.2% | |
| Underwater ruins | Small ruins chest | 1 | 59.6% | |
| Village | Temple chest | 1–4 | 89.3% | |
| Woodland mansion | Chest | 1–8 | 57.8% | |
Usage
To eat rotten flesh, press and hold use while rotten flesh is selected in the hotbar.
Eating rotten flesh restores 4 (![]()
) hunger and 0.8 hunger saturation, but has an 80% chance of inflicting food poisoning for 30 seconds (a Hunger effect). Drinking milk will end the food poisoning immediately.
Rotten flesh can be used to heal or breed tamed wolves without risk of food poisoning.
Trading
Cleric villagers buy 36-40 rotten flesh for an emerald as part of their first tier trades.
Achievements
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other | |||||
| Iron Belly | Stop starvation using Rotten Flesh. | Eat a piece of rotten flesh while starving (zero hunger points). | 20G | Bronze | ||
Video
- Note: The video is outdated, as rotten flesh can now be also gained from fishing, trading, or loot chests.
Rotten Flesh/video
History
| beta | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8 | Added rotten flesh. Zombies and zombie pigmen now drop rotten flesh instead of feathers and cooked porkchops respectively. | ||||
| r | |||||
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9-pre2 | Food poisoning can now be stopped by drinking milk. | |||
| 1.2.5 | Eating rotten flesh on peaceful mode will not cause food poisoning. | ||||
| 1.3.1 | 12w21a | Rotten flesh can now be found inside chests in desert temples or jungle temples. | |||
| 1.7.2 | 13w36a | Rotten flesh can be obtained as one of the "junk" items by fishing. | |||
| 1.8 | 14w02a | Rotten flesh can now be traded with priest villagers. | |||
| pocketa | |||||
| 0.11.0 | build 1 | Added rotten flesh. As the hunger bar has not yet been added, it inflicts poison rather than hunger. | |||
| build 11 | Can now be used to feed wolves. | ||||
| 0.12.1 | build 1 | Eating rotten flesh now gives the player the Hunger status effect. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU5 | Added rotten flesh. | ||||
Issues
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