How do you get Egg in Minecraft?

Egg is obtained through mob drops. No crafting grid makes Egg, and 2 recipes take it as an ingredient.

Where do you find Egg in chests?

Egg is chest loot in one place and one only: village fletcher chests (about 23%, 1 to 3 at a time). No other generated chest lists Egg, so for Egg that single structure is the whole search, and every other chest in the game will disappoint you.

When was Egg added to Minecraft?

Egg was added in the early Alpha development period.

What is Egg used for?

Egg is a crafting ingredient, and Egg goes into Cake and Pumpkin Pie.

How many Egg can you stack?

Egg at 16 a slot, and Cake takes 1 Egg per craft, so 16 Egg is 16 Cake and nothing left over. A shulker box of Egg is 432 Egg, over 27 slots of Egg.

Miscellaneous

Egg

A throwable item laid periodically by chickens. Thrown eggs have a small chance to spawn a chick on impact.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Egg at a glance

Egg, an item out of mob drops, sits under Miscellaneous, and this page covers Egg on its own. A single slot takes 16 Egg, a hotbar row 144 Egg, and 864 Egg fill a double chest of Egg.

Egg additionally serves as a crafting ingredient for Cake and Pumpkin Pie. Generated chests only ever hold Egg in one place: village fletcher chests (about 23%, 1 to 3 at a time). Egg sits between Echo Shard and Emerald in Miscellaneous, number 37 of 147 there.

What Egg is used to craft

2 items take Egg on the crafting grid, Cake and Pumpkin Pie among them, with Food accounting for 2. Each link below opens that recipe with Egg in the grid.

How to obtain Egg

Mob drops

Notes on Egg

Laid by chickens roughly every 5 to 10 minutes. Used as an ingredient in cake and pumpkin pie. Cannot be eaten directly.

Frequently asked questions about Egg

How do you get Egg in Minecraft?
Egg is obtained through mob drops. No crafting grid makes Egg, and 2 recipes take it as an ingredient.
Where do you find Egg in chests?
Egg is chest loot in one place and one only: village fletcher chests (about 23%, 1 to 3 at a time). No other generated chest lists Egg, so for Egg that single structure is the whole search, and every other chest in the game will disappoint you.
When was Egg added to Minecraft?
Egg was added in the early Alpha development period.
What is Egg used for?
Egg is a crafting ingredient, and Egg goes into Cake and Pumpkin Pie.
How many Egg can you stack?
Egg at 16 a slot, and Cake takes 1 Egg per craft, so 16 Egg is 16 Cake and nothing left over. A shulker box of Egg is 432 Egg, over 27 slots of Egg.

Building with Egg

Chickens lay an egg every few minutes, which makes eggs the most passively renewable item in the game. Thrown they occasionally hatch a chick, and in the kitchen they go into cake and pumpkin pie, so one small coop supports a bakery.

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