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Enchanted Golden Apple
Food

Enchanted Golden Apple

The rarest food item in the game. Grants powerful effects including Absorption IV, Regeneration II, Resistance, and Fire Resistance.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Food

Version Added

1.0

Item ID

enchanted_golden_apple

Enchanted Golden Apple at a glance

Dungeon chest loot, Mineshaft chest loot, Desert Temple chest loot, Woodland Mansion chest loot, and Ancient City chest loot give you Enchanted Golden Apple, a food item filed under Food. A slot of Enchanted Golden Apple holds 64, nine slots hold 576, and 1728 fill a chest. It is worth 4 hunger and 9.6 saturation, which reads as 2 drumsticks.

4 hunger back per Enchanted Golden Apple keeps natural regeneration running, and the 9.6 saturation behind it is what buys you the time until the next meal, rather longer than the hunger number on its own suggests. Of the 8 kinds of generated chest that can hold Enchanted Golden Apple, ominous trial chamber vaults are the best bet at about 30% per chest. It sits between Dried Kelp and Golden Apple in Food, number 17 of 37 there.

How to obtain

  • Dungeon chest loot
  • Mineshaft chest loot
  • Desert Temple chest loot
  • Woodland Mansion chest loot
  • Ancient City chest loot

Food value

Hunger Restored

4 (2 drumsticks)

Saturation

9.6

Time to Eat

1.6 seconds

Eat On A Full Bar

Yes

Eating

Count 8 seconds to eat back a whole bar with Enchanted Golden Apple: 5 helpings at 1.6 seconds each. Every hunger point Enchanted Golden Apple gives back carries 2.4 saturation with it, which is what decides how long you stay full. On saturation Enchanted Golden Apple lands at 7 of 37, just under Cooked Salmon and just over Golden Apple. A full bar is no obstacle here, because Enchanted Golden Apple can be eaten at any point. Swallowing Enchanted Golden Apple comes with Regeneration II for 20 seconds, Resistance for five minutes, Fire Resistance for five minutes, and Absorption IV for two minutes.

Notes

Cannot be crafted since 1.9. Grants Absorption IV (2:00), Regeneration II (0:20), Resistance (5:00), and Fire Resistance (5:00).

Frequently asked questions about Enchanted Golden Apple

  1. Dungeon chest loot leading to Enchanted Golden Apple, the way this answer says Enchanted Golden Apple arrives

    How do you get Enchanted Golden Apple in Minecraft?

    Enchanted Golden Apple is obtained through Dungeon chest loot, Enchanted Golden Apple from Mineshaft chest loot, Enchanted Golden Apple from Desert Temple chest loot, Enchanted Golden Apple from Woodland Mansion chest loot, and Enchanted Golden Apple from Ancient City chest loot. There is no recipe: Enchanted Golden Apple is found, and ominous trial chamber vaults give the best chance at about 30%.

  2. Enchanted Golden Apple with the glow of the effect it hands you

    What effects does Enchanted Golden Apple give you?

    Every time: Regeneration II for 20 seconds, Resistance for five minutes, Fire Resistance for five minutes, and Absorption IV for two minutes.

  3. Enchanted Golden Apple beside the 4 hunger points one helping restores

    How long does it take to eat Enchanted Golden Apple?

    1.6 seconds for one Enchanted Golden Apple, 5 Enchanted Golden Apple for an empty bar, 8 seconds for the two multiplied out. You can spend those seconds on a full bar too, which is rare: Enchanted Golden Apple does not need you to be hungry.

  4. Enchanted Golden Apple on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Enchanted Golden Apple used for?

    Enchanted Golden Apple is eaten to restore 4 hunger and 9.6 saturation, helping you keep your hunger bar full and regenerate health.

  5. 64 Enchanted Golden Apple drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Enchanted Golden Apple can you stack?

    One slot takes 64 Enchanted Golden Apple: eat the lot and that is 12.8 bars. A double chest of Enchanted Golden Apple comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.

  6. A chest beside Enchanted Golden Apple, the loot this answer lists

    Where do you find Enchanted Golden Apple in chests?

    Enchanted Golden Apple is chest loot in ominous trial chamber vaults (about 30%), ancient city chests (roughly 1 in 12, 1 to 2 at a time), bastion treasure chests (roughly 1 in 19), and woodland mansion chests (roughly 1 in 27). It shows up in 8 kinds of chest in total. Those odds are per chest, and Luck does not move them.

  7. Enchanted Golden Apple coming forward out of the past, in the game since 1.0

    When was Enchanted Golden Apple added to Minecraft?

    Enchanted Golden Apple was added in the 1.0 full release.

Building with it

The enchanted golden apple cannot be crafted any more: every one in a world came out of a chest, most often in a mineshaft, dungeon, temple or bastion. It gives regeneration, resistance, fire resistance and four layers of absorption, which is enough to survive fights nothing else would.