A spawn egg[a] is an item used to spawn mobs directly.
Obtaining[]
Spawn eggs can be obtained only in Creative mode or using commands. In Creative mode, the player can press pick block on an existing mob to obtain their respective egg. Spawn eggs are also available in the Creative inventory. There are 77 spawn eggs in Bedrock Edition and 75 spawn eggs in Java Edition.
Usage[]
A spawn egg is used by pressing use on any surface (top, bottom, or side) with the egg. When used on a top surface, the egg's mob appears with its feet immediately adjacent to the surface, and its ambient sound is played.
Spawn eggs are not thrown (unlike normal eggs); the player must be within normal range of the block to use the spawn egg. Ocelot and all monster mobs (except shulkers, piglins, hoglins; and in Bedrock Edition, also include vindicators, evokers, zoglins, piglin brutes) spawned while on Peaceful difficulty get created and immediately deleted from the world.
The surfaces of blocks are prioritized for spawning; if none are within reach, mobs can also be spawned in water.
Dispensers[]
A spawn egg fired from a dispenser spawns the mob directly in front of the dispenser. The spawn egg is consumed when fired.
Baby mobs[]
If the player uses a spawn egg on the type of mob it spawns, and that mob has a baby form, the egg spawns a baby version of the mob. In mobs that can breed, the baby is created by breeding the clicked mob to itself. For instance, using a sheep spawn egg on a sheep makes a baby sheep with the same wool color.[Java Edition only]
Other mobs such as evokers, vindicators, vexes, piglin brutes, ravagers, phantoms, skeletons, pillagers, creepers and wither skeletons do not have a baby variant, so the egg still spawns an adult.
Monster spawners[]
All spawn eggs can also be used on a monster spawner to change the mob the monster spawner spawns. In Bedrock Edition, spawn eggs for any of the fish mobs spawn them only if the monster spawner is waterlogged.
Renaming[]
A spawn egg can be renamed on an anvil, and when used it spawns a mob with that name appearing over its head. The name can be seen only by aiming at the mob from four or fewer blocks away. This name also appears in death messages from the mob killing a player. If the player renames a spawn egg by the names described below, the mob appears described below. If the player renames a rabbit spawn egg "Toast", the secret skin of the rabbit appears when the egg is used. Naming a spawn egg "Dinnerbone" or "Grumm" causes the mob to appear upside down and show the given name above it. Renaming a vindicator "Johnny" causes it to act hostile to all mobs except for other illagers. Renaming a sheep "jeb_" makes the sheep's wool color cycle in a rainbow loop. This doesn't change the color of the wool the sheep drops. Renaming a spawn egg of a hostile mob with an anvil and then spawning the hostile mob with the renamed spawn egg does not prevent the hostile mob from despawning, unlike using a name tag on the mob.
Survival mode[]
Mobs can be spawned with spawn eggs in Survival mode, but spawn eggs are not obtainable in Survival without cheats; they can be obtained only using the Creative menu or commands. Unlike in creative, spawn eggs are consumed when used in survival.
List of spawn eggs[]
There is a spawn egg for almost every mob in the game; exceptions are listed below this table.
Egg | Spawns | Notes | |
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Hostile and neutral mobs | |||
Bee | Bees have 5% chance of spawning as a baby. | ||
Blaze | |||
Bogged | |||
Breeze | |||
Cave Spider | Cave spiders have a 1% chance of spawning a Cave Spider Jockey.[Bedrock Edition only] | ||
Creaking | |||
Creeper | Creepers can never spawn charged. | ||
Dolphin | In Bedrock Edition, dolphins have 10% chance of spawning as a baby. | ||
Drowned | Drowned can spawn holding tridents, fishing rods, or nautilus shells. Drowned have 5% chance of spawning as a baby.[1] | ||
Elder Guardian | |||
Ender Dragon | Only accessible via commands to prevent accidental destruction of player builds. | ||
Enderman | Endermen spawn neutral and not holding a block. | ||
Endermite | |||
Evoker | |||
Ghast | |||
Goat | Goats spawn with two horns and have a 5% chance spawning as a baby, and a 2% chance of spawning as a screaming goat. | ||
Guardian | |||
Hoglin | Hoglins have 5% chance of spawning as a baby. | ||
Husk | Husks have a 5% chance of spawning as a baby. Baby husks have a 5%[JE only] or 15%[BE only] chance of spawning as a Chicken Jockey. There is also a chance of them holding tools, weapons or armor. Baby variants are randomly spawned.[1] | ||
Iron Golem | These golems are neutral like the village golems. | ||
Llama | Llamas spawn untamed and have a 10% chance of spawning as a baby. | ||
Magma Cube | Magma cubes spawn with a random size. | ||
Panda | Pandas spawn with a random personality and have a 5% chance of spawning as a baby. | ||
Phantom | |||
Piglin | Piglins have a 25%[JE only] or 5%[BE only] chance of spawning as a baby. They may also spawn with an enchanted crossbow or golden sword and golden armor. | ||
Piglin Brute | Piglin brutes never spawn with armor. | ||
Pillager | Pillagers have a chance of spawning with an enchanted crossbow. | ||
Polar Bear | Polar bears have a 10% chance of spawning as a baby. | ||
Ravager | Ravagers never spawn being ridden by illagers. | ||
Shulker | Shulkers spawn undyed. Their orientation is also dependent on where the shulker is placed. | ||
Silverfish | |||
Skeleton | Skeleton eggs used in the Overworld and the End always spawn regular skeletons. In Bedrock Edition, eggs used in the Nether have an 80% chance to spawn wither skeletons. In Bedrock Edition, eggs used in Snowy Tundra, Ice Spikes, Snowy Mountains, Frozen River, Frozen Ocean, Deep Frozen Ocean and Legacy Frozen Ocean biomes have an 80% chance to spawn strays, if spawned with a clear view of the sky. They may also spawn with an enchanted bow and armor. | ||
Slime | Slimes spawn with a random size. | ||
Spider | Spiders have a 1% chance to spawn a Spider Jockey. | ||
Stray | Strays may spawn with an enchanted bow and armor. | ||
Trader Llama | |||
Vex | |||
Vindicator | Vindicators never spawn as captains.[Bedrock Edition only] They may spawn with an enchanted axe. | ||
Warden | |||
Witch | |||
Wither | Only accessible via commands to prevent accidental destruction of player builds. | ||
Wither Skeleton | |||
Wolf | Wolves spawn untamed and neutral. Wolves have a 5% chance of spawning as a baby. | ||
Zoglin | |||
Zombie | Zombies do not spawn as zombie villagers, but they have a 5% chance of spawning as a baby.[1] There is also a chance of them holding tools, weapons or armor. A baby zombie has a 5%[JE only] or 15%[Bedrock Edition only] chance of spawning as a Chicken Jockey. | ||
Zombie Villager | Zombie villagers' professions are randomized.[Java Edition only] Their outfit depends on the biome, and they have a 5% chance of spawning as a baby.[1] A baby zombie villager has a 5%[JE only] or 15%[Bedrock Edition only] chance of spawning as a Chicken Jockey.
In Bedrock Edition, they never spawn with equipment. | ||
Zombified Piglin | Zombified piglins spawn neutral and have a 5% chance of spawning as a baby.[1] A baby zombified piglin has a 5% chance of spawning as a Chicken Jockey.[JE only] They may also spawn with an enchanted sword. | ||
Passive mobs | |||
Agent | |||
Allay | |||
Armadillo | |||
Axolotl | Axolotls' skins are randomized and have a 5% chance of spawning as a baby. | ||
Bat | If the player is far enough away when using the spawn egg on the bottom of an opaque block, the bat hangs upside down from it. | ||
Camel | |||
Cat | Cats' skins are randomized and always spawn stray cats. Cats have a 25% chance of spawning as a baby. | ||
Chicken | Chickens have a 5% chance of spawning as a baby. | ||
Cod | Cods have a 0% chance of spawning as a baby. Baby cods can only be found naturally. | ||
Cow | Cows have a 5% chance of spawning as a baby. | ||
Donkey | Donkeys spawn untamed and have a 20% chance of spawning as a baby. | ||
Fox | Foxes spawn untrusting, with their skins depending on the biome. They can spawn holding items and have 5% chance of spawning as a baby. | ||
Frog | Frog skins are biome-dependent. | ||
Glow Squid | In Bedrock Edition, glow squids have a 5% chance of spawning as a baby. | ||
Horse | Horses spawn untamed and have a 20% chance of spawning as a baby. | ||
Mooshroom | Mooshrooms always spawn red and have a 5% chance of spawning as a baby. | ||
Mule | Mules have a 20% chance of spawning as a baby. | ||
NPC | There is an equal chance of spawning each of the 5 variants of this mob from the egg. | ||
Ocelot | Ocelots spawn untrusting. 1⁄7 of the time (14.3%), an ocelot spawns with two ocelot kittens. | ||
Parrot | Parrots spawn untamed and with a random color. | ||
Pig | Pigs spawn without a saddle and have a 5% chance of spawning as a baby. | ||
Pufferfish | |||
Rabbit | Rabbit skins are random and biome-dependent. The black-and-white rabbit spawns only if the spawn egg is renamed Toast . Rabbits have a 25% chance of spawning as a baby.
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Salmon | In Bedrock Edition, salmon spawn with a random size. | ||
Sheep | Sheep spawn with the colors that can appear naturally; see Sheep § Spawning for details. Sheep have a 5% chance of spawning as a baby. | ||
Skeleton Horse | Skeleton horses have a 20% chance of spawning as a baby and never spawn as a skeleton trap. | ||
Sniffer | Baby sniffers can also be spawned by the sniffer egg. | ||
Snow Golem | |||
Squid | In Bedrock Edition, squid have a 5% chance of spawning as a baby. | ||
Strider | Striders have a 1⁄10 chance of spawning ridden by a baby strider and a 1⁄30 chance of spawning ridden by a zombified piglin. | ||
Tadpole | Also spawned from frogspawn. | ||
Tropical Fish | Shapes, colors, and patterns are randomized, though 90% of the time the tropical fish will spawn as 1 of the 22 uniquely-named variants. | ||
Turtle | Turtles have a 10% chance of spawning as a baby. | ||
Villager | Villagers' professions are randomized[BE only][2] or unemployed[JE only], but their outfit is biome-dependent. They have a 5% chance of spawning as a baby. | ||
Wandering Trader | In Bedrock Edition, wandering traders always spawn with two leashed trader llamas. | ||
Zombie Horse | Zombie horses have a 20% chance of spawning as a baby. |
Mobs without spawn eggs[]
The following mobs do not have explicitly defined spawn eggs. Custom spawn eggs can be created with a custom NBT tag that changes the spawned entity, however no spawn egg explicitly associated with any of the mobs exist.
Mob | Reason |
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Variants | |
Brown Mooshroom | Shares ID with red variant |
Other mobs | |
Giant | Unused[3] |
Illusioner | Unused[4] |
Education Edition spawn eggs[]
These spawn eggs exist in Minecraft Education and in Bedrock Edition:
The NPC and agent can both be spawned in Bedrock Edition, however, the agent is not visible or interactable in any way, though it still prevents the placing of blocks and entities.
Minecraft Earth spawn eggs[]
These unused spawn egg textures existed in Minecraft Earth:
April Fools spawn eggs[]
Sounds[]
When a mob is spawned, it immediately makes its ambient sound.
Data values[]
ID[]
Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
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Allay Spawn Egg | allay_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.allay_spawn_egg |
Armadillo Spawn Egg | armadillo_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.armadillo_spawn_egg |
Axolotl Spawn Egg | axolotl_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.axolotl_spawn_egg |
Bat Spawn Egg | bat_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.bat_spawn_egg |
Bee Spawn Egg | bee_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.bee_spawn_egg |
Blaze Spawn Egg | blaze_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.blaze_spawn_egg |
Bogged Spawn Egg | bogged_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.bogged_spawn_egg |
Breeze Spawn Egg | breeze_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.breeze_spawn_egg |
Camel Spawn Egg | camel_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.camel_spawn_egg |
Cat Spawn Egg | cat_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.cat_spawn_egg |
Cave Spider Spawn Egg | cave_spider_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.cave_spider_spawn_egg |
Chicken Spawn Egg | chicken_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.chicken_spawn_egg |
Cod Spawn Egg | cod_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.cod_spawn_egg |
Cow Spawn Egg | cow_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.cow_spawn_egg |
Creaking Spawn Egg | creaking_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.creaking_spawn_egg |
Creeper Spawn Egg | creeper_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.creeper_spawn_egg |
Dolphin Spawn Egg | dolphin_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.dolphin_spawn_egg |
Donkey Spawn Egg | donkey_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.donkey_spawn_egg |
Drowned Spawn Egg | drowned_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.drowned_spawn_egg |
Elder Guardian Spawn Egg | elder_guardian_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.elder_guardian_spawn_egg |
Ender Dragon Spawn Egg | ender_dragon_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.ender_dragon_spawn_egg |
Enderman Spawn Egg | enderman_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.enderman_spawn_egg |
Endermite Spawn Egg | endermite_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.endermite_spawn_egg |
Evoker Spawn Egg | evoker_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.evoker_spawn_egg |
Fox Spawn Egg | fox_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.fox_spawn_egg |
Frog Spawn Egg | frog_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.frog_spawn_egg |
Ghast Spawn Egg | ghast_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.ghast_spawn_egg |
Glow Squid Spawn Egg | glow_squid_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.glow_squid_spawn_egg |
Goat Spawn Egg | Goat_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.Goat_spawn_egg |
Guardian Spawn Egg | guardian_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.guardian_spawn_egg |
Hoglin Spawn Egg | hoglin_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.hoglin_spawn_egg |
Horse Spawn Egg | horse_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.horse_spawn_egg |
Husk Spawn Egg | husk_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.husk_spawn_egg |
Iron Golem Spawn Egg | iron_golem_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.iron_golem_spawn_egg |
Llama Spawn Egg | llama_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.llama_spawn_egg |
Magma Cube Spawn Egg | magma_cube_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.magma_cube_spawn_egg |
Mooshroom Spawn Egg | mooshroom_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.mooshroom_spawn_egg |
Mule Spawn Egg | mule_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.mule_spawn_egg |
Ocelot Spawn Egg | ocelot_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.ocelot_spawn_egg |
Panda Spawn Egg | panda_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.panda_spawn_egg |
Parrot Spawn Egg | parrot_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.parrot_spawn_egg |
Phantom Spawn Egg | phantom_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.phantom_spawn_egg |
Pig Spawn Egg | pig_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.pig_spawn_egg |
Piglin Spawn Egg | piglin_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.piglin_spawn_egg |
Piglin Brute Spawn Egg | piglin_brute_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.piglin_brute_spawn_egg |
Pillager Spawn Egg | pillager_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.pillager_spawn_egg |
Polar Bear Spawn Egg | polar_bear_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.polar_bear_spawn_egg |
Pufferfish Spawn Egg | pufferfish_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.pufferfish_spawn_egg |
Rabbit Spawn Egg | rabbit_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.rabbit_spawn_egg |
Ravager Spawn Egg | ravager_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.ravager_spawn_egg |
Salmon Spawn Egg | salmon_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.salmon_spawn_egg |
Sheep Spawn Egg | sheep_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.sheep_spawn_egg |
Shulker Spawn Egg | shulker_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.shulker_spawn_egg |
Silverfish Spawn Egg | silverfish_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.silverfish_spawn_egg |
Skeleton Spawn Egg | skeleton_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.skeleton_spawn_egg |
Skeleton Horse Spawn Egg | skeleton_horse_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.skeleton_horse_spawn_egg |
Slime Spawn Egg | slime_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.slime_spawn_egg |
Sniffer Spawn Egg | sniffer_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.sniffer_spawn_egg |
Snow Golem Spawn Egg | snow_golem_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.snow_golem_spawn_egg |
Spider Spawn Egg | spider_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.spider_spawn_egg |
Squid Spawn Egg | squid_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.squid_spawn_egg |
Stray Spawn Egg | stray_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.stray_spawn_egg |
Strider Spawn Egg | strider_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.strider_spawn_egg |
Tadpole Spawn Egg | tadpole_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.tadpole_spawn_egg |
Trader Llama Spawn Egg | trader_llama_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.trader_llama_spawn_egg |
Tropical Fish Spawn Egg | tropical_fish_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.tropical_fish_spawn_egg |
Turtle Spawn Egg | turtle_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.turtle_spawn_egg |
Vex Spawn Egg | vex_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.vex_spawn_egg |
Villager Spawn Egg | villager_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.villager_spawn_egg |
Vindicator Spawn Egg | vindicator_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.vindicator_spawn_egg |
Wandering Trader Spawn Egg | wandering_trader_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.wandering_trader_spawn_egg |
Warden Spawn Egg | warden_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.warden_spawn_egg |
Witch Spawn Egg | witch_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.witch_spawn_egg |
Wither Spawn Egg | wither_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.wither_spawn_egg |
Wither Skeleton Spawn Egg | wither_skeleton_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.wither_skeleton_spawn_egg |
Wolf Spawn Egg | wolf_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.wolf_spawn_egg |
Zoglin Spawn Egg | zoglin_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.zoglin_spawn_egg |
Zombie Spawn Egg | zombie_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.zombie_spawn_egg |
Zombie Horse Spawn Egg | zombie_horse_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.zombie_horse_spawn_egg |
Zombie Villager Spawn Egg | zombie_villager_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.zombie_villager_spawn_egg |
Zombified Piglin Spawn Egg | zombified_piglin_spawn_egg | Item | item.minecraft.zombified_piglin_spawn_egg |
Name | Identifier | Alias ID | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
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item.spawn_egg.name | spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 0 | 718 | Item | — |
Spawn Agent | agent_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 56 | 489 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.agent.name |
Spawn Allay | allay_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 134 | 639 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.allay.name |
Spawn Armadillo | armadillo_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / ? | ? | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.armadillo.name |
Spawn Axolotl | axolotl_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 130 | 503 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.axolotl.name |
Spawn Bat | bat_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 19 | 455 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.bat.name |
Spawn Bee | bee_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 122 | 496 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.bee.name |
Spawn Blaze | blaze_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 43 | 458 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.blaze.name |
Spawn Bogged | bogged_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / ? | ? | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.bogged.name |
Spawn Breeze | breeze_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / ? | ? | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.breeze.name |
Spawn Camel | camel_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 138 | 663 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.camel.name |
Spawn Cat | cat_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 75 | 490 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.cat.name |
Spawn Cave Spider | cave_spider_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 40 | 459 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.cave_spider.name |
Spawn Chicken | chicken_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 10 | 437 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.chicken.name |
Spawn Cod | cod_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 112 | 482 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.cod.name |
Spawn Cow | cow_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 11 | 438 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.cow.name |
Spawn Creaking | creaking_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / ? | ? | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.creaking.name |
Spawn Creeper | creeper_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 33 | 443 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.creeper.name |
Spawn Dolphin | dolphin_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 31 | 486 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.dolphin.name |
Spawn Donkey | donkey_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 24 | 467 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.donkey.name |
Spawn Drowned | drowned_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 110 | 485 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.drowned.name |
Spawn Elder Guardian | elder_guardian_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 50 | 473 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.elder_guardian.name |
Spawn Ender Dragon | ender_dragon_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 53 | 508 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.ender_dragon.name |
Spawn Enderman | enderman_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 38 | 444 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.enderman.name |
Spawn Endermite | endermite_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 55 | 462 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.endermite.name |
Spawn Evoker | evoker_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 104 | 477 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.evocation_illager.name |
Spawn Fox | fox_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 121 | 492 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.fox.name |
Spawn Frog | frog_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 132 | 636 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.frog.name |
Spawn Ghast | ghast_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 41 | 456 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.ghast.name |
Spawn Glow Squid | glow_squid_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 129 | 505 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.glow_squid.name |
Spawn Goat | goat_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 128 | 504 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.goat.name |
Spawn Guardian | guardian_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 49 | 463 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.guardian.name |
Spawn Hoglin | hoglin_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 124 | 498 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.hoglin.name |
Spawn Horse | horse_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 23 | 460 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.horse.name |
Spawn Husk | husk_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 47 | 465 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.husk.name |
Spawn Iron Golem | iron_golem_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 20 | 506 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.iron_golem.name |
Spawn Llama | llama_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 29 | 475 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.llama.name |
Spawn Magma Cube | magma_cube_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 42 | 457 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.magma_cube.name |
Spawn Mooshroom | mooshroom_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 16 | 442 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.mooshroom.name |
Spawn Mule | mule_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 25 | 468 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.mule.name |
Spawn NPC | npc_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 51 | 472 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.npc.name |
Spawn Ocelot | ocelot_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 22 | 453 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.ocelot.name |
Spawn Panda | panda_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 113 | 491 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.panda.name |
Spawn Parrot | parrot_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 30 | 480 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.parrot.name |
Spawn Phantom | phantom_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 58 | 488 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.phantom.name |
Spawn Pig | pig_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 12 | 439 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.pig.name |
Spawn Piglin Brute | piglin_brute_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 127 | 501 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.piglin_brute.name |
Spawn Piglin | piglin_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 123 | 499 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.piglin.name |
Spawn Pillager | pillager_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 114 | 493 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.pillager.name |
Spawn Polar Bear | polar_bear_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 28 | 474 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.polar_bear.name |
Spawn Pufferfish | pufferfish_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 108 | 483 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.pufferfish.name |
Spawn Rabbit | rabbit_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 18 | 461 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.rabbit.name |
Spawn Ravager | ravager_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 59 | 495 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.ravager.name |
Spawn Salmon | salmon_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 109 | 484 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.salmon.name |
Spawn Sheep | sheep_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 13 | 440 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.sheep.name |
Spawn Shulker | shulker_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 54 | 471 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.shulker.name |
Spawn Silverfish | silverfish_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 39 | 445 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.silverfish.name |
Spawn Skeleton Horse | skeleton_horse_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 26 | 469 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.skeleton_horse.name |
Spawn Skeleton | skeleton_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 34 | 446 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.skeleton.name |
Spawn Slime | slime_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 37 | 447 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.slime.name |
Spawn Sniffer | sniffer_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 139 | 502 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.sniffer.name |
Spawn Snow Golem | snow_golem_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 21 | 507 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.snow_golem.name |
Spawn Spider | spider_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 35 | 448 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.spider.name |
Spawn Squid | squid_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 17 | 452 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.squid.name |
Spawn Stray | stray_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 46 | 464 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.stray.name |
Spawn Strider | strider_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 125 | 497 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.strider.name |
Spawn Tadpole | tadpole_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 133 | 637 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.tadpole.name |
Spawn Trader Llama | trader_llama_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 157 | 656 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.trader_llama.name |
Spawn Tropical Fish | tropical_fish_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 111 | 481 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.tropicalfish.name |
Spawn Sea Turtle | turtle_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 74 | 487 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.turtle.name |
Spawn Vex | vex_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 105 | 478 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.vex.name |
Spawn Villager | villager_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 15, 115 | 451 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.villager_v2.name item.spawn_egg.entity.villager.name |
Spawn Vindicator | vindicator_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 57 | 476 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.vindicator.name |
Spawn Wandering Trader | wandering_trader_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 118 | 494 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.wandering_trader.name |
Spawn Warden | warden_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 131 | 640 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.warden.name |
Spawn Witch | witch_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 45 | 454 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.witch.name |
Spawn Wither | wither_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 52 | 509 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.wither.name |
Spawn Wither Skeleton | wither_skeleton_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 48 | 466 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.wither_skeleton.name |
Spawn Wolf | wolf_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 14 | 441 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.wolf.name |
Spawn Zoglin | zoglin_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 126 | 500 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.zoglin.name |
Spawn Zombie Horse | zombie_horse_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 27 | 470 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.zombie_horse.name |
Spawn Zombified Piglin | zombie_pigman_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 36 | 450 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.zombie_pigman.name |
Spawn Zombie | zombie_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 32 | 449 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.zombie.name |
Spawn Zombie Villager | zombie_villager_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 44, 116 | 479 | Item | item.spawn_egg.entity.zombie_villager_v2.name item.spawn_egg.entity.zombie_villager.name |
Item data[]
- tag: The item's tag tag.
- EntityTag: Stores entity data that is applied to the entity when created.
- See Entity Format.
- EntityTag: Stores entity data that is applied to the entity when created.
- In Bedrock Edition, spawn eggs have no additional tags.
- See Bedrock Edition level format/Item format.
History[]
Java Edition | |||||
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1.1 | 11w49a | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
The spawn egg has a single texture file, which is tinted different colors. | |||||
12w01a | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
1.2.1 | 12w03a | Spawn eggs can now be placed into a dispenser. Activating the dispenser spawns the mob, instead of dispensing the egg as an item. | |||
Spawn eggs are now stackable, which allows dispensers to hold more than nine of them at one time. | |||||
12w04a | ![]() | ||||
Before 1.2, edited spawn eggs for snow golems, ender dragons and giants (and other "unspawnable" mobs) produced mobs of their types. Now, this is restricted to those eggs available in the creative inventory. | |||||
1.3.1 | 12w18a | Villagers spawned from spawn eggs were always farmers before this update and now their professions are randomized. | |||
1.4.2 | 12w32a | Zombie villagers can now be spawned using zombie spawn eggs. | |||
Sheep from spawn eggs can now spawn naturally-colored sheep (white, gray, brown, pink, etc.). | |||||
12w36a | Wither skeletons now have a high chance to spawn from a skeleton spawn egg, if the player is in the Nether. | ||||
Skeletons on spider jockeys can now be replaced with wither skeletons when using spider spawn eggs in the Nether. | |||||
12w38a | ![]() ![]() | ||||
1.4.4 | pre | Baby mobs are now spawn-able by right-clicking a mob with a corresponding mob egg. Although, this doesn't work with zombies. | |||
1.5 | January 7, 2013 | Dinnerbone tweeted the first image of a renamed mob appearing in a death message. | |||
13w02a | Mobs spawned from renamed eggs now have the name of the egg and the names appear in death messages. | ||||
Mobs can now display their custom name as nametag using an NBT tag. | |||||
1.6.1 | 13w16a | ![]() | |||
13w24a | Spawn eggs now work on water. | ||||
1.6 | Renaming a spawn egg "Dinnerbone" or "Grumm" now cause the mob to spawn upside-down. | ||||
1.7.4 | 13w48b | Renaming a sheep or sheep spawn egg "jeb_" give it a rainbow wool changing effect. This does not affect the wool dropped after death or shearing, however. | |||
1.8 | 14w11a | ![]() | |||
14w25a | ![]() | ||||
14w27a | ![]() | ||||
14w28b | Spawn eggs can now be used to program monster spawner blocks. | ||||
1.9 | 15w31a | ![]() | |||
15w33a | Spawn eggs can no longer be addressed by numeric data id, like: give @p spawn_egg 1 50 . The spawnable entity from a spawn egg is now addressed by a datatag: /give @p spawn_egg 1 0 {EntityTag:{id:"Creeper"}} . | ||||
1.10 | 16w20a | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
pre2 | Removed spawn eggs for wither skeletons, strays, husks, elder guardians, cats, donkeys, mules, skeleton horses and zombie horses that were added in 16w20a. | ||||
1.11 | 16w32a | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
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Using a spawn egg on top of a block such as a fence no longer cause the spawned mob to fall inside the fence.[5] | |||||
16w32b | The zombie villager spawn egg now spawns different zombie professions. | ||||
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1.12 | 17w13a | ![]() | |||
1.13 | 17w47a | The different EntityTag entity IDs for the spawn_egg ID have now been split up into their own IDs.
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Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 383. | |||||
18w07a | ![]() ![]() | ||||
18w08b | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
18w10a | ![]() | ||||
18w11a | ![]() | ||||
18w15a | ![]() | ||||
18w19a | ![]() | ||||
The "puffer fish" spawn egg has been renamed to "pufferfish" spawn egg. | |||||
18w20a | "Spawn x" has been changed to "x Spawn Egg". | ||||
1.14 | 18w43a | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
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19w05a | The "illager beast" spawn egg has been renamed to "ravager" spawn egg. | ||||
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19w07a | ![]() | ||||
1.15 | 19w34a | ![]() | |||
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19w46a | Drowned, husk, zombie, and zombie villager spawn eggs can now be used on adult versions of these mobs to spawn baby variants. | ||||
Pre-release 1 | Zombie pigmen spawn eggs can now be used on adult zombie pigmen to spawn the baby variant. | ||||
September 28, 2019 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
1.16 | 20w06a | ![]() | |||
Currently, the hoglin spawn egg substitutes the zombie pigman's spawn egg texture. | |||||
20w07a | ![]() | ||||
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20w09a | "Zombie Pigman Spawn Egg" has been renamed to "Zombified Piglin Spawn Egg". | ||||
20w13a | ![]() | ||||
20w14a | ![]() | ||||
1.16.2 | 20w27a | ![]() | |||
October 6, 2020 | ![]() | ||||
1.17 | 20w51a | ![]() | |||
21w03a | ![]() | ||||
21w13a | ![]() | ||||
October 16, 2021 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
1.19 | Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1 | ![]() | |||
22w11a | ![]() ![]() | ||||
As with the warden itself, warden spawn eggs are not added in this snapshot. | |||||
22w12a | ![]() | ||||
22w13a | ![]() | ||||
1.20 (Experimental) | 22w42a | ![]() | |||
22w43a | ![]() | ||||
1.19.3 | 22w44a | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
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1.20 (Experimental) | 23w07a | ![]() | |||
1.19.4-pre1 | ![]() | ||||
1.20 | 23w12a | Camel and sniffer spawn eggs are now available without using the "Update 1.20" experimental datapack. | |||
Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
v0.7.0 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
v0.7.0 | All spawn eggs with damage/metadata values 30 and higher, would display a unique texture. | ||||
v0.8.0 | build 1 | The texture of the default spawn egg is now ![]() | |||
v0.9.0 | build 1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
Spawn eggs now have the correct name in the inventory. | |||||
build 2 | ![]() | ||||
Spawn eggs can now be used to program monster spawner blocks. | |||||
v0.11.0 | All spawn eggs that are obtained in this version with an invalid damage/metadata value would result in the name of that spawn egg displaying as the following: item.monsterPlacer.name.name. | ||||
v0.11.0 | build 1 | ![]() ![]() | |||
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build 3 | Added cave spider spawn eggs to the creative mode inventory. | ||||
build 8 | Added magma cube spawn eggs to the creative mode inventory. | ||||
v0.12.1 | build 1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
Added ghast spawn eggs to the creative mode inventory. | |||||
Wither skeletons now have a high chance to spawn from an skeleton spawn egg, if the player is in the Nether. | |||||
build 9 | Mobs spawned from renamed eggs now have the name of the egg and the names appear in death messages. | ||||
build 12 | Zombie villagers can now be spawned using zombie spawn eggs. | ||||
v0.13.0 | build 1 | ![]() | |||
v0.14.0 | build 1 | ![]() | |||
v0.15.0 | build 1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
v0.15.1 | build 1 | The texture of the default spawn egg has been changed from ![]() ![]() | |||
The empty spawn egg named "Spawn" is now available through inventory editing, but crashes the game.[more information needed] | |||||
v0.16.0 | build 1 | ![]() | |||
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build 2 | The NPC spawn egg has been removed from the creative inventory. | ||||
build 4 | The NPC spawn egg has been removed completely. | ||||
build 5 | ![]() | ||||
Pocket Edition | |||||
1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
alpha 1.1.0.9 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
Bedrock Edition | |||||
1.2.0 | beta 1.2.0.2 | ![]() ![]() | |||
1.4.0 | beta 1.2.13.8 | ![]() | |||
beta 1.2.14.2 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
beta 1.2.20.1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
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1.5.0 | beta 1.5.0.4 | ![]() | |||
1.6.0 | beta 1.6.0.1 | ![]() | |||
1.8.0 | beta 1.8.0.8 | ![]() ![]() | |||
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1.9.0 | beta 1.9.0.0 | ![]() | |||
1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | The old villager and old zombie villager spawn eggs have been removed. | |||
"Spawn Illager Beast" has been renamed to "Spawn Ravager". | |||||
1.13.0 | beta 1.13.0.1 | ![]() | |||
1.14.0 | beta 1.14.0.1 | ![]() | |||
1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.51 | ![]() ![]() | |||
"Spawn Zombie Pigman" has been renamed to "Spawn Zombified Piglin". | |||||
beta 1.16.0.57 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
beta 1.16.0.59 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
1.16.20 | beta 1.16.20.50 | ![]() | |||
1.16.100 | beta 1.16.100.56 | The different entity IDs for the spawn_egg ID have now been split up into their own IDs.
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Unused spawn eggs (such as Iron Golem, End Crystal and Wither) are completely removed. Attempts to put such spawn eggs in an inventory gives the default spawn egg instead. | |||||
The texture of the default spawn egg is now ![]() | |||||
1.16.200 | beta 1.16.200.52 | ![]() | |||
beta 1.16.210.51 | ![]() | ||||
1.16.210 | beta 1.16.210.59 | ![]() | |||
beta 1.16.210.60 | Glow squid spawn egg is temporarily removed. | ||||
1.16.220 | beta 1.16.220.50 | ![]() | |||
1.17.0 | beta 1.16.230.52 | ![]() | |||
beta 1.17.0.52 | Goat, glow squid and axolotl spawn eggs are now available without enabling experimental gameplay. | ||||
1.18.10 | beta 1.18.10.24 | ![]() ![]() | |||
1.18.30 | beta 1.18.30.22 | ![]() | |||
beta 1.18.30.32 | ![]() | ||||
1.19.0 | beta 1.19.0.20 | Both spawn eggs mentioned above are now available without enabling experimental gameplay. | |||
1.19.10 | beta 1.19.10.20 | ![]() | |||
Next Major Update (Experimental) | beta 1.19.50.21 | ![]() | |||
beta 1.19.50.22 | ![]() | ||||
1.19.60 | beta 1.19.60.20 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
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beta 1.19.60.25 | The wither and ender dragon spawn eggs are no longer available in the creative inventory, only via commands. | ||||
Sniffer (Experimental) | beta 1.19.70.23 | ![]() | |||
1.20.0 | beta 1.20.0.20 | Sniffer spawn eggs are now available without using the "Sniffer" experimental toggle. | |||
beta 1.20.0.21 | Camel spawn eggs are now available without using the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle. | ||||
Legacy Console Edition | |||||
TU9 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Spawn eggs can now be placed into a dispenser. Activating the dispenser spawns the mob, instead of dispensing the egg as an item. | |||||
TU11 | Added a message when the user tries to spawn a hostile mob from a spawn egg in Peaceful difficulty. | ||||
TU12 | ![]() | ||||
TU19 | CU7 | 1.12 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
TU46 | CU36 | 1.38 | Patch 15 | ![]() | |
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TU54 | CU44 | 1.52 | Patch 24 | 1.0.4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
TU69 | 1.76 | Patch 38 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
1.83 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
1.90 | ![]() | ||||
1.91 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
0.1.0 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
1.7.10 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
1.9.19 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
Education Edition | |||||
1.0 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
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1.9 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
1.12.0 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
1.14.31 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
1.17.30 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
Minecraft Earth | |||||
Release | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
0.4.0 | ![]() |
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Spawn Egg" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Gallery[]
Screenshots[]
Notes[]
- ↑ Known as <Mob> Spawn Egg in Java Edition and Spawn <Mob> in Bedrock Edition, where <Mob> is the name of the mob it spawns.
References[]
- ↑ a b c d e MC-167377
- ↑ MCPE-46034
- ↑ MC-257115 — resolved as "Works As Intended".
- ↑ MC-257115 — resolved as "Works As Intended".
- ↑ MC-88096 — When using spawn eggs on fences the mobs fall through – resolved as "Fixed"
- ↑ MC-242097 — "Ghast and Polar Bear Spawn Eggs are nearly indistinguishable" — resolved as "Fixed".
External Links[]
- Taking Inventory: Spawn Egg – Minecraft.net on January 6, 2022