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You know what would be fun? If every single animal in minecraft came from eggs.

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Spawn eggs on display.

A Spawn Egg is an item that may be used to spawn mobs directly. It is available to regular players in Creative Mode and to server operators in both Creative and Survival Mode. It allows the player to spawn a variety of mobs on command, although some mobs are not available for certain reasons.There are 23 eggs available in total without mods or hacking.

Use

A spawn egg is used by the use command (normally right-clicking) on a surface with the egg. The egg's mob will appear with its feet immediately adjacent to the surface. Unlike chicken eggs and Ender pearls, spawn eggs are not thrown; the player must be within normal range of the block. Hostile and neutral mobs (except wolves) spawned while on the Peaceful difficulty setting will spawn but instantly deleted from the world, just like mobs from monster spawners. The player may also place them in dispensers, which will spawn the mob directly in front of the dispenser itself. This would be useful for adventure maps and traps. In Creative Mode, the player can use "pick block" on a mob to obtain their respective egg, provided one already exists.

Spawn eggs renamed by anvils will spawn animals with that name attached to them as an NBT tag. This name will also appear in death messages.

Ability to spawn

Egg Spawns Notes Entity ID
Monsters
File:Grid Spawn Blaze.png Blaze 61
File:Grid Spawn Cave Spider.png Cave Spider 59
File:Grid Spawn Creeper.png Creeper Creepers are never spawned charged. 50
File:Grid Spawn Enderman.png Enderman Endermen are spawned neutral without blocks being held by them. 58
File:Grid Spawn Ghast.png Ghast 56
File:Grid Spawn Magma Cube.png Magma Cube Magma Cubes are spawned with random sizes. 62
File:Grid Spawn Silverfish.png Silverfish 60
File:Grid Spawn Skeleton.png Skeleton
Wither Skeleton
Skeleton eggs used in The Overworld and The End will always spawn regular skeletons.
Eggs used in The Nether spawn Wither Skeletons 80% of the time.
51
File:Grid Spawn Slime.png Slime Slimes are spawned with random sizes. 55
File:Grid Spawn Spider.png Spider Spiders have a 1% chance to spawn Spider Jockeys.
They are the only way to spawn Wither Skeletons riding spiders without the use of mods.
52
File:Grid Spawn Witch.png Witch 66
File:Grid Spawn Zombie.png Zombie Zombies have a 5% chance of spawning as a Zombie Villager and there's a chance of holding tool or weapons. 54
File:Grid Spawn Pig Zombie.png Zombie Pigman Zombie Pigmen are spawned neutral. 57
Animals
File:Grid Spawn Bat.png Bat Bats will hang upside down on a block if you stay off a certain distance and use the spawn egg underneath a opaque block 65
File:Grid Spawn Chicken.png Chicken 93
File:Grid Spawn Cow.png Cow 92
File:Grid Spawn Horse.png Horse 100
File:Grid Spawn Mooshroom.png Mooshroom 96
File:Grid Spawn Ocelot.png Ocelot Ocelots are spawned untamed.
About 14% of the time (1/7) an ocelot is spawned with two ocelot kittens.
98
File:Grid Spawn Pig.png Pig Pigs are spawned without a saddle on the back. 90
File:Grid Spawn Sheep.png Sheep Sheep are spawned with the colors that can spawn naturally. See sheep page for details. 91
File:Grid Spawn Squid.png Squid Squids would not survive on land when spawned. 94
File:Grid Spawn Wolf.png Wolf Wolves are spawned neutral. 95
NPCs
File:Grid Spawn Villager.png Villager Villagers professions are randomized (although green robe villagers cannot be spawned without the use of third party programs or hacking). 120

Notes:

  • All mobs with baby counterparts will spawn as adults unless the spawn egg is used on its corresponding mob (adult or baby) which will cause its baby counterpart to spawn instead.
  • Any entity not in the list above, such as paintings, entity blocks, or primed TNT, cannot be created with spawn eggs, even if set to the relevant Entity ID value by SMP commands or hacking. The hacked egg is colored gray (File:Spawn Null.png) and doesn't work.

Renaming

If you rename a spawn egg in an anvil then spawn that mob that entity will have the name you renamed the spawn egg. This gives the ability to rename Wolves and Ocelots in creative mode. But since certain mobs cannot be spawned using a spawn egg, the following cannot be renamed on a anvil:

Getting eggs using commands

File:Spawn Null.png

Spawn eggs can be obtained by ops using the command /give. When using this method, the damage value of the egg spawned pertains to the Entity ID of the entity it makes (see table above). However, any spawn eggs not listed in the above table cannot spawn entities. (It will just make a sound as though an arrow has been shot.) These eggs will be the default color, white with gray spots. When a player hovers over the image with their mouse the name of the egg is "Spawn". This egg has no specific properties and can not spawn any mob.

The format for the /give command is:

/give <PLAYERNAME> 383 <AMOUNT> <ENTITY ID>

Example: /give <PLAYERNAME> 383 1 120 would give a player a single villager spawn egg.

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Issues

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

Trivia

  • Mobs spawned via this item act the same as normally spawned ones. As such, hostile mobs will despawn if the player ventures too far.
  • Although hostile mobs spawned on peaceful difficulty will despawn almost instantly, it is possible for Iron Golems to attack the mob before it is gone. In some cases, they might manage to kill it.
  • In Creative mode, one spawn egg can be used to spawn mobs infinite times; however, in Survival mode, spawn eggs will be used up (e.g. one Spider spawn egg will only spawn one Spider; it will then be used up; a stack will spawn sixty-four).
  • When spawning an Enderman using a spawn egg on peaceful mode, it can exist long enough to pick up a block.
  • If a Zombie picks up a spawn egg, the egg will turn plain white, regardless of type.
  • When using /give or a 3rd party program to spawn in spawn eggs with incorrect data values over 23, the spawn eggs may claim to spawn other entities (such as the Enderdragon). When used, nothing will happen.

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