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Carrot
Food

Carrot

A vegetable that restores 3 hunger points. It is used to craft golden carrots.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Food

Version Added

1.4.2

Item ID

carrot

Carrot at a glance

Food holds Carrot: a food item out of harvesting carrot crops, killing zombies (rare drop), chest loot, and trading (Farmer). A slot of Carrot holds 64, nine slots hold 576, and 1728 fill a chest. 1.5 drumsticks back per Carrot: 3 hunger points and 3.6 saturation.

Eating Carrot puts 3 hunger and 3.6 saturation back on the clock, and while the hunger number fills the bar in front of you, the saturation is what keeps it working for you long afterwards. It additionally serves as a crafting ingredient for Golden Carrot and Rabbit Stew. Of the 2 kinds of generated chest that can hold Carrot, pillager outpost chests are the best bet at about 57% per chest. It sits between Cake and Chorus Fruit in Food, number 7 of 37 there.

Used to craft

Follow Carrot forward and you land on 2 recipes: 2 in Food, the rest spread over that one category, Golden Carrot through Rabbit Stew. The links below go straight to the recipes that take Carrot.

How to obtain

  • Harvesting carrot crops
  • Killing zombies (rare drop)
  • Chest loot
  • Trading (Farmer)

Food value

Hunger Restored

3 (1.5 drumsticks)

Saturation

3.6

Time to Eat

1.6 seconds

Eat On A Full Bar

No

Mobs that drop it

You can get Carrot off 3 mobs, and the richest of them give 1 per kill.

Eating

Count 11.2 seconds to eat back a whole bar with Carrot: 7 helpings at 1.6 seconds each. Per point of hunger you get 1.2 saturation out of Carrot, and saturation is what drains before hunger does. On saturation Carrot lands at 17 of 37, just under Pumpkin Pie and just over Spider Eye.

Notes

Used to breed and lead pigs and rabbits, and to plant carrot crops.

Frequently asked questions about Carrot

  1. Harvesting carrot crops leading to Carrot, the way this answer says Carrot arrives

    How do you get Carrot in Minecraft?

    Carrot is obtained through harvesting carrot crops, Carrot from killing zombies (rare drop), Carrot from chest loot, and Carrot from trading (Farmer). You never craft Carrot; 2 recipes spend it.

  2. Carrot turning into Golden Carrot and Rabbit Stew, two of the recipes it feeds

    What is Carrot used for?

    Carrot is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Golden Carrot and Rabbit Stew.

  3. Several Carrot at once, the way a kill drops them

    Which mobs drop Carrot?

    You can get Carrot off 3 mobs, and the richest of them give 1 per kill.

  4. Carrot coming forward out of the past, in the game since 1.4.2

    When was Carrot added to Minecraft?

    Carrot was added in version 1.4.2.

  5. Carrot beside the 3 hunger points one helping restores

    How long does it take to eat Carrot?

    Hold right click 1.6 seconds for one Carrot, 7 times for a full bar, 11.2 seconds for that meal of Carrot. Among the 37 foods on this site that puts Carrot at 17 for saturation and 22 for hunger.

  6. 64 Carrot drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Carrot can you stack?

    64 Carrot go in a slot, and eaten out again that is 9.6 bars. A double chest of Carrot comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.

  7. A chest beside Carrot, the loot this answer lists

    Where do you find Carrot in chests?

    Carrot is chest loot in pillager outpost chests (about 57%, 3 to 5 at a time) and shipwreck supply chests (about 42%, 4 to 8 at a time). Those odds are per chest, and Luck does not move them.

Building with it

Carrots give three hunger raw, breed pigs and rabbits, and turn into golden carrots with gold nuggets. They come from village farms and from zombie drops, and once you have one, a farm plot turns it into an endless supply.