How do you get Bread in Minecraft?

Bread is crafted from Wheat at a Crafting Table, in a single step. It also comes from trading (Farmer), Bread from Village chest loot, and Bread from Dungeon chest loot, not just the recipe above.

Where do you find Bread in chests?

Bread is chest loot in village temple chests (about 89%, 1 to 4 at a time), village toolsmith chests (about 81%, 1 to 3 at a time), village armorer chests (about 81%, 1 to 4 at a time), and desert village houses (about 81%, 1 to 4 at a time). It shows up in 18 kinds of chest in total. Those odds are per chest, and Luck does not move them.

How many Bread can you stack?

64 Bread fit one slot, and eating all 64 is 16 full bars of hunger. A shulker box of Bread comes to 1,728, over 27 slots.

How long does it take to eat Bread?

1.6 seconds for one Bread, 4 Bread for an empty bar, 6.4 seconds for the two multiplied out. Split differently: 5 hunger a bite, 6 saturation a bite, 4 bites to fill up.

When was Bread added to Minecraft?

Bread was added in the 1.0 full release.

What is Bread used for?

Bread is eaten to restore 5 hunger and 6 saturation, helping you keep your hunger bar full and regenerate health.

FoodCraftable

Bread

A simple and reliable food source crafted from wheat. One of the easiest renewable foods to produce.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Bread at a glance

Crafting, trading (Farmer), Village chest loot, and Dungeon chest loot give you Bread, a food item filed under Food. Carrying Bread is cheap: 64 to a slot, 576 across the hotbar, 1728 in a chest. 2.5 drumsticks back per Bread: 5 hunger points and 6 saturation.

Restoring 5 hunger and 6 saturation, Bread keeps your hunger bar topped up so natural health regeneration can continue, and the 6 is the part that decides how long it takes before you reach for Bread again. Of the 18 kinds of generated chest that can hold Bread, village temple chests are the best bet at about 89% per chest. It sits between Beetroot Soup and Cake in Food, number 5 of 37 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
Wheat
Wheat
Wheat
Bread
Recipe data from Astroworld Crafting, where Bread has the grid for Bread

How to obtain

Crafting
Trading (Farmer)
Village chest loot
Dungeon chest loot

Food value

Hunger Restored

5 (2.5 drumsticks)

Saturation

Time to Eat

1.6 seconds

Eat On A Full Bar

Eating

4 helpings clear an empty hunger bar, at 1.6 seconds each, which is 6.4 seconds before Bread has done the job. The saturation behind each point is 1.2, so Bread holds the bar steady that much longer after the meal. On saturation Bread lands at 14 of 37, just under Baked Potato and just over Cooked Cod.

Notes

One of the most common trading items from farmer villagers.

Frequently asked questions about Bread

How do you get Bread in Minecraft?
Bread is crafted from Wheat at a Crafting Table, in a single step. It also comes from trading (Farmer), Bread from Village chest loot, and Bread from Dungeon chest loot, not just the recipe above.
Where do you find Bread in chests?
Bread is chest loot in village temple chests (about 89%, 1 to 4 at a time), village toolsmith chests (about 81%, 1 to 3 at a time), village armorer chests (about 81%, 1 to 4 at a time), and desert village houses (about 81%, 1 to 4 at a time). It shows up in 18 kinds of chest in total. Those odds are per chest, and Luck does not move them.
How many Bread can you stack?
64 Bread fit one slot, and eating all 64 is 16 full bars of hunger. A shulker box of Bread comes to 1,728, over 27 slots.
How long does it take to eat Bread?
1.6 seconds for one Bread, 4 Bread for an empty bar, 6.4 seconds for the two multiplied out. Split differently: 5 hunger a bite, 6 saturation a bite, 4 bites to fill up.
When was Bread added to Minecraft?
Bread was added in the 1.0 full release.
What is Bread used for?
Bread is eaten to restore 5 hunger and 6 saturation, helping you keep your hunger bar full and regenerate health.

Building with it

Three wheat give one bread, five hunger, and it is the most efficient use of a wheat farm there is. No furnace, no fuel, and it stacks to 64, which is why almost every early world runs on bread until animals are farmed properly.

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