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This article is about the natural spawning of players and mobs. For mob spawners, see Monster Spawner. For the player, see The Player.

Spawning refers to players and mobs being created and placed in the game world. Players will respawn at their spawn point, or at the bed they last slept in upon death. Mobs will despawn upon death.

Player spawning

For a more precise explanation of player spawning in multiplayer, see: Spawn/Multiplayer Details.

Since Minecraft version 1.3, players in both singleplayer and multiplayer will spawn, by default, anywhere within a 20x20 area centered at the world spawn point. An individual player can change their spawn point by merely lying in a bed—they do not have to go to sleep (which can only happen if all players use a bed at the same time). Unlike spawning at the world spawn, a player's spawn point is set at specific coordinates; the player will always respawn on the same block. This block is also where the player is placed when the player gets out of the bed. If there are transparent blocks over the spawn block, the player will be respawned on top on the blocks, but will get out of bed inside of them on the same level as the bed.

On multiplayer servers, a 33x33 block area centered at the default spawn point, and spanning the full height of the map, is "protected". Players, other than server operators, cannot place or destroy blocks in the protected area, use doors, activate switches other than pressure plates, or open chests or other blocks which contain items. Creepers can still destroy terrain in the protected area and TNT placed outside of the protected area will destroy surrounding blocks as usual. Along with this, portals from the Nether can connect to the protected area, water/lava/fire can spread from outside into the protected area, and pistons can push blocks inside as well. Players can place blocks on the edge of the protected area if placed against the side of a block on the outside of the area. However, if the edges of the protected area are avoided, small, indestructible structures can be built. Paintings that are put up can be removed by players in the safe zone.

Animal spawning

Approximately one in ten newly generated chunks will contain mobs, usually in packs of up to four of the same species. They will always spawn on the highest available block in a column i.e. the one that can see the sky. For an animal to spawn on it, this block must be opaque and the two blocks above it must be transparent. The block does not need to be grass nor does it need to be illuminated (as it does with Mob Spawning).

Animals do not spawn in desert or ocean biomes, with the exception of squid.

CowInATree

A cow that generated with the map inside a tree's leaves and could not escape, a common sight in forested hill areas.

Randomness for animal spawning is derived from the world seed, which means that worlds with the same seed will generate chunks with the same animals in the same places.

Very rarely, new animals can spawn in already generated chunks, just like monsters do. When animals spawn in this way, they do so only on grass blocks with light level 9 or greater above them. This is also a requirement for animals spawning from monster spawners. Unlike monsters, animals do not spontaneously despawn, except for wild ocelots and wolves (which can despawn only when they are hostile).

Mob spawning

Mobs are broadly divided into four categories: hostile, friendly, water (i.e. Squid) and ambient (i.e. Bat). Hostile mobs have a spawning cycle once every game tick (1/20th of a second). Friendly and water mobs have only one spawning cycle every 400 ticks (20 seconds). Because of this, hostile mobs can spawn at any time, but animals spawn very rarely. Instead, most animals spawn within chunks when they are generated.

Mobs spawn naturally within a square group of chunks centered on the player. In single-player mode, this area will be 15×15 chunks (240×240 blocks), but in multi-player mode the size can vary with the server settings. When there are multiple players, mobs can spawn within the given distance of any of them. However, hostile mobs (and some others) that move farther than 128 blocks from any player will soon despawn (see Despawning), so even with a larger chunk loading radius, the mob spawning area is more-or-less limited to spheres with a radius of 128 blocks, centered at each player.

Mob caps are directly proportional to the total number of chunks eligible for spawning. To calculate the cap, the spawning area is expanded by one chunk in every direction (so the default gives 17×17 chunks), then the total number of chunks is plugged into the following formula:

 cap = constant * chunks / 256

Each mob category has a separate cap and a different constant in the formula:

 Hostile = 70
 Passive = 10
 Ambient (Bats) = 15
 Water = 5

In single player mode, the chunk count is 17×17 = 289, and the caps work out to:

 Hostile = 79
 Passive = 11
 Ambient = 16
 Water = 5

In multiplayer, chunks that are in range of multiple players are only counted once. So the more spread out the players are, the more chunks will be covered and the higher the caps will be.

The cap is checked once at the beginning of each spawning cycle. If the number of living mobs in a category is over its cap, the entire spawning cycle for that category is skipped.

Spawning science

Example of a mob pack spawning. The 41×1×41 spawning area is shaded blue (not to scale). The yellow figures represent the actual positions that mobs could spawn in after checking the environment. Note that the mobs can spawn inside torch and ladder blocks. But they can't spawn on top of glass because it's not opaque. The red cube is the center of the pack, which must be an air block, but the blocks above and below it can be anything.

Spawning requirements

Requirements for the spawning location of individual mobs

For each spawning cycle, one attempt is made to spawn a pack of mobs in each eligible chunk. A random location in the chunk is chosen to be the center point of the pack. For the pack to spawn at all, the center block must be water for water mobs and air for all other mobs. Note that in the latter case, it must actually be an air block. Any other block, even a non-colliding one, will prevent the entire pack from spawning.

If the pack location is suitable, 12 attempts are made to spawn up to 4 mobs (8 for Wolves, 1 for Ghasts) within a 41×1×41 area centered at that block (that's a 41×41 square that is one block high). Mobs will spawn with the lowest part of their body inside this area. For each spawn attempt, a block location within the pack area is chosen at random. Though the pack area extends 21 blocks out from the center, the random location is heavily skewed toward the center of the pack. Approximately 85% of spawns will be within 5 blocks of the pack center, and 99% within 10 blocks of the center.

All mobs within a pack are the same species. The species for the entire pack is chosen randomly from those eligible to spawn at the location of the first spawn attempt in the pack:

Each individual spawn attempt succeeds only if all of the following conditions are met:

  • There must be no players and no player spawn points within a 24 block distance (spherical) of the spawning block
  • If it's a squid, then...
    • the spawning block must contain liquid (water or lava)
    • the spawning block must be between level 46 and 62, inclusive
    • the spawning mob must not be obstructed by other mobs
  • If it's not a squid, then...
    • the spawning block itself must be non-opaque and non-liquid
    • the block directly below it must be opaque or upside down slabs / stairs and may not be bedrock
    • the block directly above it must be non-opaque
    • the spawning mob must not be obstructed by solid blocks, other mobs or liquids
  • If it's an animal, then...
    • the block directly below the spawning block must be grass
    • the light level of the spawning block must be 9 or brighter
  • if it's an ocelot, then...
    • the spawning block must be above level 62
    • the block directly below the spawning block must be grass or leaves
    • there is a 1/3 chance the spawn will fail
  • If it's a hostile mob in the overworld, then...
    • the light level of the spawning block must be 7 or darker, and more light increases the chance that the spawn will fail
    • sunlight falling on the spawning block further increases the chance that the spawn will fail, by up to 50%
  • If it's a Slime, then...
    • the spawning block must be in a chunk eligible to spawn slimes (see the Slime page for details)
    • the spawning block must be below level 40
    • if the spawn is in a swamp biome, the light level just has to be low
    • there is an additional 90% chance the spawn will fail, thus slimes only spawn 1/10th as often as other mobs, all other things being equal
  • If it's a Ghast, then there is a 95% chance the spawn will fail, thus ghasts only spawn 1/20th as often as other mobs

If all of these conditions are met then the mob is spawned. The pack is complete when 4 mobs have spawned (or 8 wolves, or 1 ghast), or 12 attempts have been made, whichever comes first. The exception(s) to these rules is the Enderdragon or the Wither

Notes

  • Due to the general block checks, all mobs besides squid must spawn on top of an opaque block with at least two blocks of headroom, even ghasts, etc. However, short mobs can spawn in a one block high space if the block above is transparent, like a glass block or piston.
  • While individual mobs can spawn inside signs, pressure plates, and other non-opaque blocks, packs cannot. They need a completely empty block in the center. Since a pack spawns all at one level, there needs to be some air blocks right above a flat surface to allow mobs to spawn on it, and more air blocks will always allow more spawning.
  • Similarly, buildings surrounded by air will spawn more mobs inside than underground rooms because packs that spawn outside of the building can spawn mobs inside it.
  • The mob caps tend to be reached in seconds. Because of this, mobs can be funneled into a spawning room by preventing them from spawning outside of it.
  • The caps also mean that the faster mobs are killed, the faster they will spawn.
  • Because the caps are only checked at the beginning of a spawn cycle, they can be dramatically exceeded when a large number of mobs spawn in a single cycle. This happens often with squid, which have a fairly low cap (5 in single player) but can spawn in the hundreds in a single cycle, in an area with lots of water.
  • In multiplayer, mob caps are shared by all players, no matter where they are. If one player can make a lot of mobs spawn near them, say, with a mob farm, players elsewhere in the world will see fewer mobs of the same category. Likewise, if a player can prevent mobs from spawning near them, perhaps by hanging around a large body of water and illuminating nearby caves, they will effectively dump their mobs on everyone else.
  • Mobs used to not spawn above y co-ordinate 240 due to a bug, but as of 1.4.6 this is fixed and mobs now can spawn above level 240.
  • In multiplayer, if the server.properties file has "view-distance=9" or below, mob spawning is severely reduced (or they de-spawn too quickly), and may result in the player encountering no mobs at all. Set the view distance to 10 or higher to ensure mobs spawn correctly.

History

classic
?The spawning area used to be 17x17 chunks rather than 15x15. The area was reduced, but the old size is still used to calculate mob caps.
It was not always possible to funnel mobs into a spawning room by preventing them from spawning elsewhere. Some older sources of information about spawning might make reference to this.
Large amounts of empty space used to encourage spawning in the general area. This remains true on a smaller scale, and only horizontally, due to pack spawning.
alpha
0.2.0
{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Minecart with Command Block|Minecart with Command Block]]<br/>{{ItemEntity
|renewable=No
|stackable=No
|size=Height: 0.7 Blocks<br>Width: 0.98 Blocks
|image=Minecart with Command Block.gif
|image2=Minecart with Command Block BE.gif
|invimage1=Minecart with Command Block
|networkid=10
|drops={{drop|Item|Minecart|1}}
|health={{hp|6}}
|rarity=Epic
}}

A '''minecart with command block''' is an impulse{{only|java|short=y}} or repeating{{only|bedrock|education|short=y}} [[command block]] inside a [[minecart]].

== Obtaining ==

The minecart with command block is obtainable only using the [[command]] {{cmd|give @s command_block_minecart}}, as it does not appear in the creative inventory{{only|BE}} and has no [[crafting]] recipe. It can also be summoned using the command {{cmd|summon command_block_minecart}}. It can be broken like any other minecart, but only the minecart is retained, while the command block is lost.

== Usage ==
{{main|Command Block}}
The minecart with command block combines the functionalities of both minecarts and command blocks. Although the minecart visually contains an impulse command block, it functions more similarly to a repeating command block, and runs its command once every four game [[tick]]s when on an active [[activator rail]]. When it passes over a [[detector rail]] with a [[comparator]] connected next to it, it outputs the command block's result.

== Sounds ==
{{Edition|Java}}:<br>
Minecarts with command blocks use the Friendly Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.<ref group="sound" name="rollsource">{{bug|MC-42132}}</ref>
{{Sound table
|sound=Minecart rolling.ogg
|subtitle=Minecart rolls
|source=Friendly Creatures <ref group=sound name=rollsource/>
|overridesource=1
|description=While a minecart with command block is moving
|id=entity.minecart.riding
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.minecart.riding
|volume=0.0-0.35 <ref group=sound>Relates linearly with horizontal velocity (max 0.5)</ref>
|pitch=0.0-1.0 <ref group=sound>Will increase by 0.0025 per tick if the minecart's horizontal velocity is more than 0.01</ref>
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

{{Edition|Bedrock}}:
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=Minecart rolling.ogg
|source=neutral
|description=While a minecart with command block is moving
|id=minecart.base
|foot=1}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
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{{ID table
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{{edition|bedrock}}:
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=== Entity data ===
Minecarts with command blocks have entity data associated with them that contain various properties of the entity. 

{{el|java}}:
{{main|Entity format}}
{{/ED}}

{{el|bedrock}}:
: See [[Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format]].

== History ==
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.7.2|snap=13w39a|[[File:Minecart with Command Block JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Minecart with Command Block (item) JE1 BE2.png|32px]] Added minecart with command block.}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w34a|[[File:Minecart with Command Block JE2.png|32px]] The texture of the [[command block]] in the [[minecart]] has been removed due to the new texture and types for the command block.}}
{{History|||snap=15w35a|[[File:Minecart with Command Block JE3.png|32px]] The texture of the command block has been changed.}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w32a|The [[entity]] ID has been changed from <code>MinecartCommandBlock</code> to <code>commandblock_minecart</code>.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 422.}}
{{History|||snap=pre5|The entity ID has been changed to <code>command_block_minecart</code>.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Minecart with Command Block JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Minecart with Command Block (item) JE2 BE3.png|32px]] The textures of the minecart with command block has been changed.}}
{{History||1.17|snap=21w20a|Minecart with command block [[Rarity|rarity color]] was changed from common to epic.}}
{{History||1.19.3|snap=22w44a|Minecart with command block is now available in the creative inventory, but only if cheats are enabled.}}
{{History|||snap=22w45a|Moved the minecart with command block behind the Operator Utilities tab in the creative inventory. The tab is only available if cheats are enabled and the "Operator Items Tab" option in the controls menu is turned on.}}

{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.5|snap=alpha 1.0.5.0|[[File:Minecart with Command Block BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Minecart with Command Block (item) BE1.png|32px]] Added minecart with command block. The [[minecart]] has a [[repeating command block]] in it, instead of an impulse command block.}}
{{History||1.1.0|snap=alpha 1.1.0.0|The entity ID has been changed from <code>minecartcommandblock</code> to <code>command_block_minecart</code>.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Minecart with Command Block BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Minecart with Command Block (item) JE2 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of the minecart with command block has been changed. Also the item texture has been changed to match {{el|je}}'s.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-42990}}</ref>}}
{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=?|xbone=?|ps=?|wiiu=?|switch=?|Added minecart with command blocks. This only exists as an item, as placing it will result in a normal minecart being placed. The command block in the minecart cannot be modified via NBT editing and it has an unused tooltip stating "Used to execute commands on the move!".}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==

{{issue list}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Minecart with command block 13w39b.png|A minecart with command block in [[1.16.4]].
File:A minecart command block testing the block in the red bucket with air.png|A minecart command block testing the block in the red area with [[air]].
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Items}}

{{Entities}}

[[de:Befehlsblocklore]]
[[fr:Wagonnet à bloc de commande]]
[[it:Carrello da miniera]]
[[ja:コマンドブロック付きのトロッコ]]
[[nl:Mijnkar met opdrachtblok]]
[[pl:Wagonik z blokiem poleceń]]
[[pt:Carrinho de mina com bloco de comando]]
[[ru:Вагонетка с командным блоком]]
[[uk:Вагонетка з командним блоком]]
[[zh:命令方块矿车]]</li><li>[[Sweet Berries|Sweet Berries]]<br/>{{Block
| title = Sweet Berries
| image = <gallery>
Sweet Berry Bush Age 0.png| Age 0
Sweet Berry Bush Age 1.png| Age 1
Sweet Berry Bush Age 2.png| Age 2
Sweet Berry Bush Age 3.png| Age 3
</gallery>
| image2 = Sweet Berries JE1 BE1.png
| transparent = Yes
| light = No
| tool = Any
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
| heals = {{hunger|2}}
| flammable = Yes (60 java, 30 bedrock)
| lavasusceptible = No
}}

'''Sweet berries''' are a [[food]] [[item]] obtained from sweet berry bushes and are used to plant them.

'''Sweet berry bushes''' are quick-growing, [[Bone Meal|bonemealable]] [[Plant|plants]] that grow sweet berries, and damage and slow [[Player|players]] and most [[Mob|mobs]] moving through them. They can be found naturally in [[taiga]] and [[Snowy Taiga|snowy taiga]] biomes.

== Obtaining ==

=== Breaking ===
{{See also|Fortune#Discrete random}}
Sweet berry bushes can be mined instantly with any tool or by hand. A mature sweet berry bush yields 2–3 sweet berries. On its third growth stage, it yields 1–2 sweet berries. Each level of [[Fortune]] can increase the amount of drops by 1.

{{IN|ps4}}, the sweet berries drop into the player's inventory. In other editions, they drop on the ground.

=== Natural generation ===
Berry bushes commonly generate in [[taiga]] and [[snowy taiga]] biomes. Each [[chunk]] has {{frac|1|12}} chance to generate sweet berry bushes in [[random patch]]es. They also generate in both [[old growth pine taiga]] and [[old growth spruce taiga]].

=== Chest loot ===
{{LootChestItem|sweet-berries}}

=== Post-generation ===
Sweet berries can be collected from a sweet berry bush by {{control|using}} or {{control|breaking}} it, which yield 1–2 sweet berries in its third growth stage, and 2–3 sweet berries in its final growth stage.

== Usage ==
=== Placement ===
Placing [[sweet berries]] on a [[grass block]], [[dirt]], [[podzol]], [[coarse dirt]], [[farmland]]{{Only|Java}}, or [[moss block]] creates a small sweet berry bush that eventually becomes a fully grown sweet berry bush.

=== Growth ===
A sweet berry bush grows through four stages after it is planted. Its first growth stage is a small bush without any berries. It becomes a grown plant in its second stage, and produces berries in its third and fourth growth stage. The bush needs to be in light level 9 or greater to grow. {{control|Using}} [[bone meal]] on it increases its growth stage by one, and at full maturity, ejects the sweet berry item. The bush can be placed on a 1 block high space, but it cannot grow with a full, non-transparent block immediately above it.

=== Food ===

To eat sweet berries, press and hold {{control|use}} while it is selected in the hotbar. Eating one restores {{hunger|2}} [[hunger]] and 0.4{{only|je|short=1}} / 1.2{{only|be|short=1}} hunger [[saturation]].

=== Composting ===
Placing sweet berries into a [[composter]] has a 30% chance of raising the compost level by 1.

=== Breeding ===
Sweet berries can be fed to [[fox]]es to [[breeding|breed]] them. Foxes are similar to cats when being fed as a wild animal; a sudden movement by the [[player]] may cause the fox to flee even if the player holds sweet berries. A baby fox bred by a [[player]] trusts the player and does not flee.

=== Trading ===
Master-level butcher [[villager]]s offer to [[trading|buy]] 10 sweet berries for an [[emerald]].

=== Entity movement ===

A sweet berry bush (at any stage) slows down all [[entity|entities]] (except [[Item (entity)|items]]) passing through it. At stage 1 and higher, it causes damage. [[Fox]]es are immune to both characteristics, however. Sweet berry bushes deal {{hp|1}} [[damage]] every 0.5 seconds, only if the entity is moving in the hitbox of the bush. Entities that move through sweet berry bushes slow down to about 34.05% of their normal speed, similar to how a [[cobweb]] slows down mobs to 15% of normal speed. This makes it impossible to jump a full [[block]] while inside the bush.

Mobs at standard block height in a [[minecart]] are not damaged when the minecart is pushed through sweet berries. Players in a sweet berry bush take no damage except from horizontal movement, but are unable to jump out of the bush, similar to a cobweb.

=== Bees ===
[[Bee]]s pollinate sweet berry bushes, and then increase the honey level in [[beehive]]s and bee nests by 1.{{only|java}}

== Sounds ==
=== Generic ===
==== Block ====
{{Sound table/Block/Sweet berry bush}}
==== Item ====
{{Sound table/Entity/Food}}
=== Unique ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{Sound table
|rowspan=2
|sound=Berries pick1.ogg
|sound2=Berries pick2.ogg
|subtitle=Berries pop
|source=block
|description=When sweet berries are picked by a player
|id=block.sweet_berry_bush.pick_berries
|translationkey=subtitles.item.berries.pick
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.8-1.2
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|subtitle=Berries pop
|source=block
|description=When sweet berries are picked by a fox
|id=block.sweet_berry_bush.pick_berries
|translationkey=subtitles.item.berries.pick
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Player hurt sweet berry bush1.ogg
|sound2=Player hurt sweet berry bush2.ogg
|subtitle=Player hurts
|source=player
|description=When a player is damaged by touching a sweet berry bush
|id=entity.player.hurt_sweet_berry_bush
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.player.hurt
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.8-1.2
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=Berries pick1.ogg
|sound2=Berries pick2.ogg
|source=block
|description=When sweet berries are picked
|id=block.sweet_berry_bush.pick
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Player hurt sweet berry bush1.ogg
|sound2=Player hurt sweet berry bush2.ogg
|source=block
|description=When a player is damaged by touching a sweet berry bush
|id=block.sweet_berry_bush.hurt
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|foot=1}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
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|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
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|spritetype=block
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|blocktags=azalea_log_replaceable, bee_growables
|form=block}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Sweet Berries
|spritetype=item
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|itemtags=fox_food
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{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
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{{ID table
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=== Block states ===
{{see also|Block states}}
{{/BS}}

==Advancements==
{{Load advancements|Husbandry;A Balanced Diet;The Parrots and the Bats;Two by Two}}

== History ==
{{History||September 26, 2018|link={{tweet|minecraft|1044587405779451906}}|Berries are announced to be part of the [[biome]] vote at [[MINECON Earth 2018]].}}
{{History||September 29, 2018|link={{tweet|minecraft|1046097775199498245}}|[[Taiga]] wins the [[biome]] vote, meaning berries are to be added to the game first.}}

{{History|java}}
{{History||December 3, 2018|link={{tweet|cojomax99|1069586461173919745}}|[[Cojomax99]] tweets an image of some berries.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w49a|[[File:Sweet Berry Bush Age 0 JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Sweet Berry Bush Age 1 JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Sweet Berry Bush Age 2 JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Sweet Berry Bush Age 3 JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added sweet berry bushes.|
[[File:Sweet Berries JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added sweet berries.}}
{{History|||snap=18w50a|Sweet berries can now be found within [[taiga]] [[village]] loot [[chest]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=19w03a|Placing a sweet berry into the new [[composter]] has a 10% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
|Added [[sound]]s for sweet berry bushes.}}
{{History|||snap=19w05a|Sweet berries now have a 30% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.
|The [[sound]] for planting sweet berries has been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=19w07a|Sweet berries can now be fed to [[fox]]es to [[breeding|breed]] them.}}
{{History|||snap=19w11a|Butcher [[villager]]s now [[trading|buy]] sweet berries.}}
{{History||1.15|snap=19w34a|[[Bee]]s can now pollinate sweet berry bushes.}}
{{History|||snap=Pre-Release 2|Sweet berries now generate in [[giant tree taiga]] biomes.}}
{{History||1.16|snap=Pre-release 1|Sweet berry bushes no longer prevent mob spawning inside them.}}
{{History||1.17|snap=21w20a|The sound event for picking berries has been changed as to align better with that of glow berries.<ref>{{bug|MC-220063}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.18|snap=1.18-pre5|Sweet berry bushes in taigas are about 4 times more common than in previous snapshots.}}

{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Sweet Berries JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added sweet berries, which are available only through Experimental Gameplay.|[[File:Sweet Berry Bush Age 0 JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Sweet Berry Bush Age 1 JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Sweet Berry Bush Age 2 JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Sweet Berry Bush Age 3 JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added sweet berry bushes, available only through Experimental Gameplay.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.1|Sweet berries can now be used to fill [[composter]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.11.0.3|Sweet berries and sweet berry bushes have been fully implemented and are now separate from Experimental Gameplay.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.11.0.4|Sweet berries can now be [[trading|sold]] to butcher [[villager]]s.}}
{{History||1.13.0|snap=beta 1.13.0.1|Sweet berries can now be fed to [[fox]]es to [[breeding|breed]] them.}}
{{History||1.14.0|snap=beta 1.14.0.1|[[Bee]]s can now pollinate sweet berry bushes.}}
{{History||1.16.100|snap=beta 1.16.100.54|Sweet berry bushes now properly damage entities.<ref>{{Bug|MCPE-56142}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.17.0|snap=beta 1.17.0.56|Bees no longer gather nectar from sweet berry bushes.}}

{{History|PS4}}
{{History||1.91|[[File:Sweet Berries JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added sweet berries.|[[File:Sweet Berry Bush Age 0 JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Sweet Berry Bush Age 1 JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Sweet Berry Bush Age 2 JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Sweet Berry Bush Age 3 JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added sweet berry bushes.}}
{{History|foot}}

=== Sweet berry bush "item" ===
{{:Technical blocks/Sweet Berry Bush}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list|berry|berries|sweet berry|sweet berries|berry bush|sweet berry bush}}

==Trivia==
* {{IN|java}}, sweet berry bushes absorb [[fall damage]] like [[water]].<ref>{{bug|MC-149990|||WAI}}</ref>
* Foxes harvest mature sweet berry bushes that have grown into their third or fourth stage. Unlike how carrots eaten by rabbits are destroyed and not dropped as items, sweet berry bushes harvested by foxes drop as items, although the fox may pick up one of the dropped berries. The bush remains intact, allowing for automatic sweet berry farms.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Berry Bush.png|A close-up look of a sweet berry bush.
Naturally generated berry bushes.png|A naturally generated sweet berry bush.
Multiplebushes.png|Multiple bushes of sweet berries in Taiga biome.
BerryBushCloseToRavine.png|A berry bush that is close to a ravine.
Cozy Cabin Berries.jpg|Berry bushes near a cozy cabin.
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Blocks|vegetation}}
{{Items}}

[[Category:Food]]
[[Category:Plants]]
[[Category:Non-solid blocks]]
[[Category:Natural blocks]]
[[Category:Flammable blocks]]

[[cs:Sladké bobule]]
[[es:Bayas dulces]]
[[de:Süßbeeren]]
[[fr:Baies sucrées]]
[[ja:スイートベリー]]
[[ko:달콤한 열매]]
[[pl:Słodkie jagody]]
[[pt:Bagas doces]]
[[ru:Сладкие ягоды]]
[[th:เบอร์รีหวาน]]
[[zh:甜浆果]]</li></ul>
The chunk 0,0 (X 0-16 and Z 0-16) is no longer always the first chunk evaluated for mob spawning. If one built a dark room inside that chunk, all mobs would spawn inside that room and nowhere else.
beta
1.8
{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Raw Iron|Raw Iron]]<br/>{{Item
| image = Raw Iron.png
| renewable = No
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}
'''Raw iron''' is a raw metal resource obtained from mining [[iron ore]].

== Obtaining ==
=== Mining ===
[[Iron ore]] and [[deepslate iron ore]] mined with a [[stone pickaxe]] or higher drops 1 unit of raw iron. If the pickaxe is enchanted with [[Fortune]], it can drop an extra unit per level of Fortune, allowing for a maximum of 4 with Fortune III. If the ore is mined using a pickaxe enchanted with [[Silk Touch]], it drops the ore block instead.

=== Crafting ===
{{Crafting
|showname=1
|Block of Raw Iron
|Output=Raw Iron,9
|type=Material
|foot=1
}}

== Usage ==
The primary usage of raw iron is smelting it into [[iron ingot]]s.

=== Crafting ===
{{crafting usage}}

=== Smelting ingredient ===
{{Smelting
|showname=2
|Raw Iron
|Iron Ingot
|0.7
}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showitemtags=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Raw Iron
|spritetype=item
|nameid=raw_iron
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Raw Iron
|spritetype=item
|nameid=raw_iron
|form=item
|id=505
|foot=1}}

== History ==
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.17|snap=21w14a|[[File:Raw Iron JE1.png|32px]] Added raw iron.}}
{{History|||snap=April 13, 2021|slink={{Tweet|JasperBoerstra|1381991999952277513}}|[[File:Raw Iron JE2.png|32px]] [[JAPPA]] shows a new raw iron texture.}}
{{History|||snap=21w15a|[[File:Raw Iron JE2.png|32px]] The texture of raw iron has been changed.
|Raw iron can now be used to craft [[block of raw iron]].}}
{{History|||snap=April 16, 2021|slink={{Tweet|JasperBoerstra|1383047666037325829}}|[[File:Raw Iron (pre-release).png|32px]] [[JAPPA]] shows a new raw iron texture again.}}
{{History|||snap=21w16a|[[File:Raw Iron JE3.png|32px]] The texture of raw iron has been changed.}}
{{History|Bedrock}}
{{History||1.17.0|snap=beta 1.17.0.50|[[File:Raw Iron JE2.png|32px]] Added raw iron.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.17.0.52|Raw iron are now available without enabling [[experimental gameplay]].}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.17.0.54|[[File:Raw Iron JE3.png|32px]] The texture of raw iron has been changed.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{Issue list}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
JE 1.17 Dev Raw Metals.jpg|Jappa shows raw ore textures.
Jappa Raw Ores 1.jpg|Jappa shows raw ore textures.
Jappa Raw Ores 2.png|Jappa shows raw ore textures.
Jappa Raw Ores 3.jpg|Jappa shows raw ore textures.
Jappa Raw Ores 4.jpg|Jappa shows raw ore textures.
Jappa Raw Ores 5.jpg|Jappa shows raw ore textures.
</gallery>

{{Items}}

[[Category:Non-renewable resources]]

[[de:Roheisen]]
[[es:Hierro en bruto]]
[[fr:Fer brut]]
[[it:Ferro grezzo]]
[[ja:鉄の原石]]
[[lzh:砂鐵]]
[[pl:Surowe żelazo]]
[[pt:Ferro bruto]]
[[ru:Необработанное железо]]
[[uk:Необроблене залізо]]
[[zh:粗铁]]</li><li>[[Shears|Shears]]<br/>{{Item
| image = Shears.png
| rarity = Common
| renewable = Yes
| durability = 238
| stackable = No
}}

'''Shears''' are tools required to obtain some organic blocks or otherwise mine them faster as well as to shear certain entities and blocks.

==Obtaining==

===Crafting===

{{Crafting
|head=1
|showdescription=1
|B2= Iron Ingot
|A3= Iron Ingot
|Output= Shears
|type= Tool
}}
{{crafting
|foot=1
|ignoreusage=1
|Damaged Shears
|Damaged Shears
|Output= Shears
|description= The durability of the two shears is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.
|type= Tool
}}
Despite using [[Iron Ingot|iron]] in its crafting recipe, shears cannot be smelted into [[iron nugget]]s.<ref>{{bug|MC-111738}}</ref>

===Trading===

Novice-level Shepherd [[villager]]s have a 40% chance to sell shears for 2 [[emerald]]s in Java Edition. This trade is always offered in Bedrock Edition.

===Chest loot===

{{LootChestItem|shears}}

==Usage==

===Shearing===
Shears lose 1 [[durability]] when used to shear something.

Shears can be {{Control|use|text=used}} on a [[sheep]] to remove its coat and drop 1–3 [[wool]] of the corresponding color. The same sheep can be sheared again after it eats from a [[grass block]] to regenerate its coat.

Shearing a [[mooshroom]] drops 5 [[mushroom]]s of the corresponding color and irreversibly turns it into a normal [[cow]].

Shearing a [[snow golem]] irreversibly removes its pumpkin, dropping it and revealing its face.

Shearing either a [[beehive]] or [[bee nest]] that is full of honey makes it drop 3 [[honeycomb]]s and resets it to honey level 0. The same beehive or bee nest can be sheared again if it is able to reach full honey again. If sheared by hand without a [[campfire]] below the hive or nest all bees within will exit and all nearby bees will attack the offending player. 

[[Dispenser]]s can use shears in any of the above listed ways, interacting with any valid block or entity in front of the dispenser's face. This decreases the shears' [[durability]]. A dispenser shearing a beehive or bee nest will not anger bees or cause them to leave even if there is not a campfire below it.

Shearing a [[pumpkin]] turns it into a [[carved pumpkin]], dropping 4 [[pumpkin seeds]] {{in|java}} or 1-3 pumpkin seeds {{in|bedrock}}.

{{IN|java}}, shearing the tip of [[cave vines]], [[kelp]], [[weeping vines]], or [[twisting vines]] sets its age value to 25 and stops further growth.

===Breaking blocks===
Shears use 1 [[durability]] when is used to break any block, even if it [[instant mining|breaks instantly]] by hand.

Shears can be used to harvest [[cobweb|cobwebs]], [[leaves]], [[grass|grass, tall grass]], [[seagrass|seagrass, tall seagrass]], [[fern|ferns, large fern]]s, [[dead bush]]es, [[nether sprouts]], [[vines]], [[glow lichen]] or [[hanging roots]] and obtain them in item form. They can also be used to break [[tripwire]] connected to a [[tripwire hook]] without activating it.

When shears are used to break [[Weeping Vines|weeping vines]] or [[Twisting Vines|twisting vines]] they are guaranteed to drop in item form instead of the usual 33% chance. This only applies to vines directly broken by shears and not vines that are broken due to the destruction of their supporting vines.

The following table shows information about blocks that can be broken with shears. Colors indicate what gets dropped when the block is broken:

*White: The original block.
*Blue: The block's normal drop (i.e. string, sticks, seeds, saplings, apples).
*Red: Nothing.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" data-description="Blocks broken with shears"
!
!No shears breaking time
!Shears breaking time
|-
! style="text-align:left" |{{BlockLink|Cobweb}}
| {{tc|no|20 s}}<ref group="note">Breaking cobwebs with a sword is as fast as breaking with shears, and yields string. This costs double durability.</ref>
|0.4 s
|-
! style="text-align:left" |{{BlockLink|Dead Bush}}
| {{tc|planned|0 s}}
|0 s
|-
! style="text-align:left" |{{BlockLink|id=fern|Grass|Fern}}
| {{tc|planned|0 s}}
|0 s
|-
! style="text-align:left" |{{BlockLink|Grass}}
| {{tc|planned|0 s}}
| 0 s
|-
! style="text-align:left" |{{BlockLink|Nether Sprouts}}
| {{tc|no|0 s}}<ref group="note">{{IN|bedrock}}, the item drops when breaking it with fists.</ref>
|0 s
|-
! style="text-align:left" |{{BlockLink|Leaves}}
| {{tc|planned|0.35 s}}
|0.05 s
|-
! style="text-align:left" |{{BlockLink|id=tripwire|String#Tripwire|Tripwire}}
|0 s
|0 s<ref group="note">Using shears does not trigger a redstone pulse.</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:left" |{{BlockLink|Vines}}
| {{tc|no|0.35 s}}
|0.35 s
|-
! style="text-align:left" |{{BlockLink|Wool}}
|1.25 s
|0.25 s
|-
! style="text-align:left" |{{BlockLink|Seagrass}}
| {{tc|no|0 s}}
|0 s
|-
! style="text-align:left" | {{BlockLink|Glow Lichen}}
| {{tc|no|0.3 s}}
|0.3 s
|-
! style="text-align:left" |{{BlockLink|Hanging Roots}}
| {{tc|no|0 s}}
|0 s
|-
! style="text-align:left" |{{BlockSprite|Twisting Vines Plant}}{{BlockLink|Twisting Vines}}<br> {{BlockSprite|Weeping Vines Plant}}{{BlockLink|Weeping Vines}}
|0 s
|0 s<ref group="note">Using shears will increase the chance of dropping from 33% to 100%.</ref>
|}

{{notelist}}

===Enchantments===

Shears can receive the following [[Enchanting|enchantments]]:

{| class="wikitable col-2-center col-3-right"
|+
!Name
! Max Level
![[Enchanting|Method]]
|-
|[[Efficiency]]
|V
|{{Inventory slot|Anvil}}
|-
|[[Unbreaking]]
| III
|{{Inventory slot|Anvil}}
|-
|[[Mending]]
|I
|{{Inventory slot|Anvil}}
|-
|[[Curse of Vanishing]]
|I
|{{Inventory slot|Anvil}}
|-
|[[Silk Touch]]{{only|be|short=1}}
|I
|{{Inventory slot|Anvil}}
|}

{{notelist}}

== Sounds ==
{{edition|java}}:
{{Sound table
|rowspan=4
|sound=Shear.ogg
|subtitle=Shears click
|source=player
|description=When a mooshroom is sheared
|id=entity.mooshroom.shear
|translationkey=subtitles.item.shears.shear
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|subtitle=Shears click
|source=player
|description=When a sheep is sheared
|id=entity.sheep.shear
|translationkey=subtitles.item.shears.shear
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|subtitle=Shears click
|source=player
|description=When a snow golem is sheared
|id=entity.snow_golem.shear
|translationkey=subtitles.item.shears.shear
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|subtitle=Plant cropped
|source=block
|description=When a growing plant is cropped
|id=block.growing_plant.crop
|translationkey=subtitles.block.growing_plant.crop
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Beehive shear.ogg
|source=block
|subtitle=Shears scrape
|description=When honeycombs are harvested from a beehive
|id=block.beehive.shear
|translationkey=subtitles.block.beehive.shear
|volume=0.8
|pitch=1.0/0.8/0.9
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Pumpkin carve1.ogg
|sound2=Pumpkin carve2.ogg
|source=block
|subtitle=Shears carve
|description=When a pumpkin is carved
|id=block.pumpkin.carve
|translationkey=subtitles.block.pumpkin.carve
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Random break.ogg
|subtitle=Item breaks
|source=player
|description=When a pair of shears' durability is exhausted
|id=entity.item.break
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.item.break
|volume=0.8
|pitch=0.8-1.2
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:<br>
Pumpkins do not have carve sounds.
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=Shear.ogg
|source=player
|description=When something is sheared
|id=mob.sheep.shear
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Beehive shear.ogg
|source=block
|description=When honeycombs are harvested from a beehive
|id=block.beehive.shear
|volume=0.8
|pitch=0.8-1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Random break.ogg
|source=player
|description=When a pair of shears' durability is exhausted
|id=random.break
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.9
|foot=1}}

==Data values==
===ID===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Shears
|spritetype=item
|nameid=shears
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Shears
|spritetype=item
|nameid=shears
|id=421
|form=item
|foot=1}}

==Achievements==

{{load achievements|Have a Shearful Day}}<div style="text-align:center"></div>

==History==
{{History||June 3, 2011|link=https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/76570646074765312|Shears were first mentioned by [[Jeb]] on [[wikipedia:Twitter|Twitter]]. The tweet revealing Jeb's work on shears was written in Swedish (''Jag jobbar på shears nu''), which translates to "I'm working on shears now".}}
{{History||June 7, 2011|link=https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/78154891637436416|Jeb tweets about how shears were originally planned as a way to defuse [[TNT]], but he dropped this shortly after deciding TNT would detonate only with [[redstone]] or [[fire]].}}
{{History|java beta}}
{{History||1.7|[[File:Shears JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added shears.
|Before [[Beta 1.7]], [[sheep]] would drop 1-3 [[wool]] blocks at most when hit, but shears can harvest up to 4 wool blocks per sheep.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=Pre-release|Shears can now be used to harvest a [[fern]], [[vines]] and [[grass]].}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease|Shears now harvest [[red mushroom]]s from a [[mooshroom]] and turn it back into a normal [[cow]].}}
{{History||1.1|snap=11w49a|[[Sheep]] now drop only 1-3 wool blocks when sheared, but they can also regrow their wool by eating [[grass block|grass]], which is part of a plan to have [[animal]]s stay in the game longer.<ref>{{Tweet|jeb|76647002317930496}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.2.1|snap=12w05a|Shears can now be used to harvest [[dead bush]]es.}}
{{History|||snap=12w06a|Shears are now [[renewable]], due to [[zombie]]s occassionally dropping iron ingots.}}
{{History||1.3.1|snap=12w21a|Shears can now be [[trading|bought]] from farmer [[villager]]s for 3 [[emerald]]s each.}}
{{History|||snap=12w22a|Shears can now be used to break [[tripwire]] string and not set it off.}}
{{History||1.4.2|snap=12w38a|Added a [[sound]] when using shears on [[sheep]].}}
{{History||1.4.6|snap=12w50a|Shears can now be [[enchanting|enchanted]].}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w02a|[[Trading]] has been changed: Shepherd [[villager]]s now [[trading|sell]] shears for 3–4 [[emerald]]s each. 
|Farmers no longer trade shears.}}
{{History|||snap=pre1|Shears now lose [[item durability|durability]] when breaking [[wool]] blocks. In previous versions, shears would take [[item durability|durability]] [[damage]] only when destroyed or when breaking [[tall grass]] or [[leaves]], the damage remaining the same for all other [[block]]s.<ref>{{bug|MC-5313}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w34a|Shears may now be used in a crafting grid to zoom in [[map]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=15w45a|Shears no longer zoom in maps.}}
{{History|||snap=15w47b|Shears can no longer be enchanted with [[Silk Touch]].
|Shears now lose durability when used to break any block (formerly lost durability only from [[leaves]], [[web]], [[grass]], [[vines]], [[tripwire]] and [[wool]]).}}
{{History|||snap=15w47c|Shears now harvest [[cobweb]] without requiring [[Silk Touch]].}}
{{History|||snap=15w49a|[[Snow golem]]'s [[pumpkin]] can now be removed with shears.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|When shears are {{control|used}} on an un-carved [[pumpkin]], it now turns into a carved pumpkin and drops 4 [[pumpkin seeds]].
|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 359.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|Shears placed in a [[dispenser]] can now shear [[sheep]].
|[[File:Shears JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of shears has been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=18w49a|Shears can now be found in [[chest]]s in [[village]] shepherd houses.}}
{{History||1.15|snap=19w34a|Shears can now be used on [[bee nest]]s and [[beehive]]s to harvest [[honeycomb]].}}
{{History||1.16|snap=20w15a|Shears placed in a dispenser can now shear [[mooshrooms]] and [[snow golem]]s.}}
{{History||1.16.2|snap=pre1|Shears are now required in order to pick up [[roots]].}}
{{History||1.16.2|snap=pre2|Shears are no longer required to pick up [[roots]].}}
{{History||1.17|snap=?|Shears are now required in order to pick up [[hanging roots]].}}
{{History||1.18|snap=21w37a|Shears can now stop [[cave vines]], [[kelp]], [[weeping vines]], and [[twisting vines]] from aging.}}
{{History||1.19|snap=22w11a|Shears are now required in order to pick up [[mangrove leaves]].}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.2.0|[[File:Shears JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added shears.}}
{{History||v0.3.2|Survival [[player]]s no longer start out with infinite durability shears in the [[inventory]].}}
{{History||v0.4.0|Removed shears from the creative inventory.}}
{{History||v0.8.0|snap=build 3|Re-added shears to [[creative]] mode.}}
{{History||v0.9.0|snap=build 1|Shears can now be used to transform [[mooshroom]]s into [[cow]]s.}}
{{History||v0.12.1|snap=build 3|Shearing a [[snow golem]] now removes its [[pumpkin]].
|Shears can now be [[enchanting|enchanted]] in an [[anvil]].}}
{{History||v0.13.0|snap=build 1|Shears can now be used to break [[tripwire]] string without triggering it.}}
{{History||v0.15.0|snap=build 1|Shears now lose durability when used to break any [[block]].}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.4|snap=alpha 1.0.4.0|Shears can now be [[trading|bought]] from shepherd [[villager]]s.}}
{{History||1.1.0|snap=alpha 1.1.0.0|Breaking a [[melon|melon block]] with shears now always drop 9 [[melon slice|melons]].}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.4.0|snap=beta 1.2.13.8|Shears can now be used to turn un-carved [[pumpkin]]s into [[carved pumpkin]] and spit out 4 [[pumpkin seeds]].}}
{{History||?|Shears now harvest [[cobweb]] without requiring [[Silk Touch]].}} 
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|Shears placed in a [[dispenser]] can now shear [[sheep]].
|[[File:Shears JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of shears has been changed.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.1|Shears can now be found in [[village]] shepherd houses.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.11.0.4|Shears [[trading|sold]] by shepherd [[villager]]s now cost only 2 [[emerald]]s.}}
{{History||1.14.0|snap=beta 1.14.0.1|Shears can now be used on [[bee nest]]s and [[beehive]]s to harvest [[honeycomb]].}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU3|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Shears JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added shears.}}
{{History||xbox=TU69|xbone=none|ps=1.76|wiiu=Patch 38|switch=none|Shears can now be used to turn regular [[pumpkin]]s into [[carved pumpkin]]s.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Shears JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of shears has been changed.
|Shears placed in a [[dispenser]] can now shear [[sheep]].}}

{{History|New 3DS}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Shears JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added shears.}}
{{History|foot}}

==Issues==
{{issue list}}

==Gallery==

<gallery>
File:Enchanted Shears.gif|An enchanted pair of shears.
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/taking-inventory--shears Taking Inventory: Shears] – Minecraft.net on November 20, 2019

{{Items}}

[[cs:Nůžky]]
[[de:Schere]]
[[es:Tijeras]]
[[fr:Cisailles]]
[[hu:Metszőolló]]
[[it:Cesoie]]
[[ja:ハサミ]]
[[ko:가위]]
[[nl:Schaar]]
[[pl:Nożyce]]
[[pt:Tesoura]]
[[ru:Ножницы]]
[[zh:剪刀]]
[[Category:Renewable resources]]</li></ul>
The spawn location is no longer always on sand or gravel, even if it wasn't on a beach.
release
1.0.0
{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[A Very Fine Item|A Very Fine Item]]<br/>{{Joke feature}}
{{Item
| image = A Very Fine Item.png
| renewable = No
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}

'''A very fine item''' was a joke item from [[Java Edition 20w14∞]], found only in the {{code|isolation}} dimension.

== Appearance ==
The texture of a very fine item resembles the side face of a grass block with the words "Home Sweet Home" written on it. Unlike most items, its texture is 64x64 pixels, rather than the usual 16x16.

== Obtaining ==
=== Dimension ===
A very fine item can only be obtained from an item frame in the {{Code|isolation}} dimension. There is a maximum of 1 fine item that can be found legitimately in any world.

=== Cheats/Creative mode ===
This item can't be found in the creative inventory, but it can be middle-click duplicated in creative mode or given with the {{Code|code=give <target> minecraft:fine_item <amount>}} command.

== Usage ==
This item cannot be placed or used in any way other than a trophy. It can still be inserted and/or rotated inside of an item frame.

== Data values ==

=== ID ===
{{ID table
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=java
|displayname=A Very Fine Item
|spritetype=item
|nameid=fine_item
|form=item
|foot=1}}

== History ==
{{History|java}}
{{History||20w14∞|[[File:A Very Fine Item.png|32px]] Added a very fine item.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:isolation biome.png|The Easter Egg dimension that the item spawns in.
</gallery>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Items}}
{{Jokes}}

[[Category:Non-renewable resources]]
[[Category:Joke items]]

[[es:A Very Fine Item]]
[[pt:Um item muito bom]]</li><li>[[Golden Apple|Golden Apple]]<br/>{{Distinguish|Enchanted Golden Apple}}
{{Item
| image = Golden Apple.png
| rarity = Rare
| heals = {{hunger|4}}
|effects=: {{EffectLink|Absorption}} (2:00)
: {{EffectLink|Regeneration}} II (0:05)
|renewable = Yes
|stackable = Yes (64)
}}

A '''golden apple''' is a [[food]] item that bestows beneficial effects when consumed, and is also used to cure a [[Zombie Villager|zombie villager]] under the [[Weakness]] effect into a normal [[villager]].

== Obtaining ==
=== Crafting ===
{{Crafting
|A1= Gold Ingot
|B1= Gold Ingot
|C1= Gold Ingot
|A2= Gold Ingot
|B2= Apple
|C2= Gold Ingot
|A3= Gold Ingot
|B3= Gold Ingot
|C3= Gold Ingot
|Output= Golden Apple
|type= Foodstuff
}}

=== Chest loot ===
On the base of <code>ancient_city/city_center/city_center_2</code>, a single golden apple is contained in the [[chest]]. Eating it at that location unlocks the [[piston]] doors to the [[redstone]] labs beneath.
{{LootChestItem|golden-apple}}

== Usage ==
{{see also|Tutorials/Hunger management|title1=Hunger management}}

To eat a golden apple, press and hold {{control|use}} while it is selected in the hotbar. It restores {{hunger|4}} points of hunger and 9.6 hunger [[Hunger#Mechanics|saturation]].

Unlike most foods, golden apples can be eaten when the hunger bar is full.

The golden apple provides: 
*[[Absorption]] I for 2 minutes (providing {{hp|4|absorption=1}} points of absorption health)
*[[Regeneration]] II ({{hp|1}} every 25 ticks, {{hp|2|notag=1}} × 0.4 per second) for 5 seconds (long enough to heal {{hp|4}} points of damage)

=== Curing zombie villagers ===
{{main|Zombie Villager#Curing}}

A golden apple and a [[potion of weakness]] can be used to convert a [[zombie villager]] into a regular [[villager]].

=== Horses ===
Golden apples can be used for improving the chances of taming a [[horse]] by 10%, for [[breeding]] and leading horses, and for speeding up the growth of baby horses by 4 minutes.

===Piglins===
{{EntityLink|Piglin|Piglins}} are attracted to golden apples. They run toward any golden apples on the ground, and inspect it for 6 to 8 seconds before putting it in their inventory. However, piglins do not eat golden apples (or any [[food]]).

== Sounds ==
{{Sound table/Entity/Food}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Golden Apple
|spritetype=item
|nameid=golden_apple
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Golden Apple
|spritetype=item
|nameid=golden_apple
|id=258
|form=item
|foot=1}}

== Achievements ==
{{load achievements|Zombie Doctor;Oooh, shiny!}}

== Advancements ==
{{load advancements|Zombie Doctor;Oh Shiny;A Furious Cocktail;How Did We Get Here;Husbandry;A Balanced Diet}}

== History ==
{{History|java infdev}}
{{History||February 23, 2010|link=http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/2750582-the-secret-history-of-minecraft/|A [[player]] named JTE put a [[crafting]] recipe for golden apples as a joke at the bottom of a crafting guide she made. The recipe used [[gold ingot]]s instead of [[block of gold|gold blocks]].}}
{{History||20100227-1|[[File:Golden Apple JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added golden apples. 
|Golden apples heal a full {{hp|20}} [[health]] points, making them the best [[food]] in the entire game. 
|Golden apples are [[crafting|crafted]] with an [[apple]] and eight [[gold block|blocks of gold]].
|However, since apples were not yet obtainable in normal gameplay, golden apples were not obtainable either.}}
{{History||20100625-2|Golden apples can now be rarely found in [[dungeon]]s, making them obtainable in normal gameplay.}}
{{History|java beta}}
{{History||1.8|snap=Pre-release|Due to the addition of [[hunger]], golden apples have been changed so that they restore {{hunger|10}}, instead of {{hp|20}} [[health]] points, but also give [[Regeneration]] for 30 seconds.
|[[Apple]]s can now be found in [[stronghold]] storeroom [[chest]]s, making golden apples craftable in normal gameplay for the first time.}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2|Golden apples have been given 'glint' (animated purple glow) when viewed from the [[player]]'s [[inventory]], and its tooltip has now changed from the standard white to a magenta color.}}
{{History|||snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3|Golden apples can now be found in the new [[stronghold]] altar [[chest]]s.}}
{{History||1.1|snap=11w48a|Golden apples are now easier to [[crafting|craft]]. Standard [[apple]]s now rarely [[drops|drop]] from oak [[leaves]], meaning that [[player]]s no longer need to venture into [[stronghold]]s/[[dungeon]]s to find one.
|As [[gold]] is also renewable via [[Zombified Piglin|zombie pigmen]], golden apples have become a [[renewable resource]].}}
{{History|||snap=release|Golden apples have been changed, so that they now restore {{hunger|4}} and give only 4 seconds of [[Regeneration]]. 
|The [[crafting]] recipe of golden apples has been modified, requiring 8 [[gold nugget]]s instead of 8 [[blocks of gold]] to craft. Although its natural spawn is rare, it is easier to obtain through crafting.}}
{{History||1.3.1|snap=12w21a|With the addition of [[enchanted golden apple]]s, which got a purple tooltip, the standard golden apple's tooltip changed to blue. However, the standard golden apple's effects remain unchanged.}}
{{History||1.4.2|snap=12w32a|Golden apples can now be fed to [[zombie villager]]s with the [[Weakness]] debuff causing them to revert to [[villager]]s after a delay of about 3 minutes.}}
{{History||1.6.1|snap=13w23a|Golden apples now use 8 [[gold ingot]]s instead of 8 [[gold nugget]]s.
|The [[Regeneration]] effect of golden apples has been slowed down.}}
{{History|||snap=13w23b|Golden apples now give the player [[Health Boost]] for 1:30 and [[Regeneration]] II for 0:10. This temporarily gives the [[player]] 4 extra base [[health]] points, and it heals a total of {{hp|4}} health points.}}
{{History|||snap=13w24b|The Health Boost effect has been replaced with [[Absorption]], lasting 1:30.}}
{{History|||snap=13w25a|Absorption from golden apples now lasts 2:00.}}
{{History|||snap=?|Golden apples can now be used to tame, breed and heal horses and donkeys.}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w37a|The [[Regeneration]] effect from golden apples has been reduced to Regeneration I (from II in [[Java Edition 1.8]]).}}
{{History|||snap=15w43a|A single golden apple can now sometimes be found in [[igloo]] [[chest]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=15w43b|A single golden apple is now always found in igloo chests.}}
{{History|||snap=15w44a|The [[Regeneration]] effect from golden apples has been returned to Regeneration II, as it had been in [[Java Edition 1.8|1.8]].
|The average yield of golden apples from [[dungeon]] chests has been increased.
|Golden apples have been added to [[desert temple]] and [[mineshaft]] chests.}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w39a|Golden apples are now found in the new [[woodland mansion]] chests.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|The names and IDs have been split into golden apple and enchanted golden apple.
|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 322.}}
{{History|||snap=18w09a|Golden apples can now generate in the [[chest]]s of [[underwater ruins]].}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Golden Apple JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture for golden apples has been changed.}}
{{History||1.16|snap=20w16a|Golden apples can now be found inside [[ruined portal]] chests.}}
{{History|||snap=20w18a|Golden apples are now less common in ruined portal [[chest]]s.}}
{{History||1.16.2|snap=20w30a|Golden apples are now found in [[bastion remnant]] chests.}}
{{History||1.18|snap=experimental snapshot 6|Horses, donkeys and mules now follow players holding golden apples.}}
{{History||1.19|snap=22w14a|A single golden apple may now be found in the chest at {{cd|city_center_2}} in [[Ancient City|ancient cities]].}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.12.1|snap=build 1|[[File:Golden Apple JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added golden apples.}}
{{History|||snap=build 3|A [[crafting]] recipe has been added for golden apples.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.4.0|snap=beta 1.2.20.1|Golden apples can now generate in the [[chest]]s of [[underwater ruins]].}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Golden Apple JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture for golden apples has been changed.}}
{{History||1.16.0|snap=beta 1.16.0.57|Golden apples can now be found inside [[ruined portal]] chests.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Golden Apple JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added golden apples.}}
{{History||xbox=TU5|Due to the addition of [[hunger]], golden apples have been changed, so that they restore {{hunger|10}} instead of {{hp|20}} health points, but also give [[Regeneration]] for 30 seconds.}}
{{History||xbox=TU19|xbone=CU7|ps=1.12|Golden apples now give extra "[[Absorption]]" health for a short period.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Golden Apple JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture for golden apples has been changed.}}

{{History|New 3DS}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Golden Apple JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added golden apples.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== Trivia ==
Prior to [[Java Edition Beta 1.8]], the golden apple outwardly restored the player's full {{hp|20}} health points; Internally however, it is set to restore over double that, at {{hp|42}} health points. This is most likely a reference to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy], making it restore (the meaning of) life, 42 (health points). This is far before either the [[Absorption]] or [[Health Boost]] effects, causing this reference go unnoticed.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:GoldenAppleComparison.png|A comparison of the two golden apple variations.
File:Golden apple in dungen 2013.png|A golden apple found in a dungeon.
File:Notch Apple In Mansion Chest.png|An extremely rare occasion where a regular golden apple and an enchanted apple being found in the same woodland mansion chest {{in|ee}}.
File:GoldenAppleDungeonChest.png|Golden apple in a [[dungeon]] chest, prior to 1.3.1. It resembles the enchanted golden apple.
File:Golden Apple Mineshaft Loot.png|A golden apple was found in a minecart chest in an abandoned mineshaft.
</gallery>

{{Items}}

[[Category:Renewable resources]]
[[Category:Food]]

[[cs:Zlaté jablko]]
[[de:Goldener Apfel]]
[[es:Manzana dorada]]
[[fr:Pomme dorée]]
[[hu:Aranyalma]]
[[it:Mela d'oro]]
[[ja:金のリンゴ]]
[[ko:황금 사과]]
[[nl:Gouden appel]]
[[pl:Złote jabłko]]
[[pt:Maçã dourada]]
[[ru:Золотое яблоко]]
[[th:แอปเปิ้ลทอง]]
[[tr:Altın Elma]]
[[uk:Золоте яблуко]]
[[zh:金苹果]]</li></ul>
Previously, spawn was determined by light level rather than the current chunk properties. This was no longer the case in 1.0.0. In a Beta world, hostile mobs would spawn in light level 7 or lower while friendly mobs would spawn in light levels 9 or higher. Because of this, hostile mobs had a slight chance of spawning even though it was light due to them spawning in the air where there was little light. If you had a lot of torches down, go down to your mine, then return, you would have a tendency to find your house having some cows, pigs, chickens or sheep running about.

Issues

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

Other types of spawning

A Monster Spawner causes mobs to spawn constantly in the area around it.

A thrown chicken egg has a 1 in 8 chance of spawning a chicken, and an additional 1 in 32 chance of spawning 4 chickens from a single egg, so there is a total of 1 in 256 chance for a single thrown egg to spawn 4 chickens.

Cows, chickens, pigs, sheep, mooshrooms, villagers, ocelots and wolves can breed. All of this requires a player to breed them except for villagers.

Two snow blocks in the overworld placed on top of each other, with a pumpkin or Jack 'o' Lantern, causes a Snow Golem to spawn. Likewise, replacing the snow blocks with iron blocks (with an extra one on opposite sides of the higher block) will cause an Iron Golem to spawn. Iron Golems can also spawn in villages (though the algorithm that causes this has not yet been determined). Withers can also be spawned by placing blocks.

In Creative, the player can use Spawn Eggs to spawn most mobs. When mobs are spawned this way, all normal spawning requirements, such as light level and block type, are ignored.

Siege: Zombies can spawn in villages. This is not natural spawning, as it can happen in mushroom biomes or if /gamerule doMobSpawning false is set.

A Monster Egg will spawn a silverfish if broken, or if a nearby silverfish is attacked.

A single Ender Dragon spawns in The End.

Killing medium and large slimes and magma cubes will spawn more of them, but in a smaller size.

Zombie Pigmen can spawn from Nether portals in the Overworld. This is meant to imply they are coming from the Nether, but in fact is a true spawn. While Zombie Pigmen (like any other mob) can also travel through such portals in either direction, they do need to come from a loaded chunk. For them to appear in the Overworld in single-player, the player must be in the Overworld, so the Nether side of the portal is not in an loaded chunk. Note that after passing through a portal, non-player mobs cannot re-enter the portal for some time (even after the chunk later gets loaded), and Overworld-spawned Zombie Pigmen are likely under the same restriction.

When a pig gets struck by lightning, it turns into a zombie pigman.

Despawning

Mob spawning ranges

Various mob spawning ranges, illustrated

Monsters (not holding items or wearing armor) and squid (but not animals), including hostile wolves as of 1.1, can cease to exist, or "despawn", under certain conditions:

  • A mob will immediately despawn if there is no player within 128 blocks of it. Note that this is a Euclidean sphere, not a cylinder from map top to bottom and not a taxicab sphere (which is more of a diamond). Example: A mob at 0/y/0 will despawn if the player moves to 91/y/91, but will remain if the player moves to 64/y/64.
  • A mob that has had no player within 32 blocks of it for more than 30 seconds has a 1 in 800 chance of despawning on each game tick (1/20th of a second). Therefore, the half-life of monsters not within 32 blocks of a player is 27.73 seconds, after the initial 30 seconds have elapsed.
  • All hostile mobs (including those that are holding items) in a world will despawn if the difficulty is set to peaceful, regardless as to where the player is positioned in the world.

In multiplayer, despawning does not occur while there are no players in the game.

Trivia

  • Sometimes it is possible for the world spawn to be underground or in the ocean.
  • World spawns can even be inside a dungeon or a village. (very rarely)
  • Sometimes the spawn point of a world is supposed to be right next to a block, but rarely a glitch occurs and the spawn point is in the block.

External links

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