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Raw Chicken
Food

Raw Chicken

Uncooked chicken dropped by chickens. It restores 2 hunger points but has a 30% chance to inflict Hunger.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Food

Version Added

1.0

Item ID

raw_chicken

Raw Chicken at a glance

Food holds Raw Chicken: a food item out of killing chickens. A single slot takes 64 Raw Chicken, a hotbar row 576, and 3456 fill a double chest. 1 drumstick back per Raw Chicken: 2 hunger points and 1.2 saturation.

Restoring 2 hunger and 1.2 saturation, Raw Chicken keeps your hunger bar topped up so natural health regeneration can continue, and the 1.2 is the part that decides how long it takes before you reach for Raw Chicken again. It sits between Raw Beef and Raw Cod in Food, number 27 of 37 there.

How to obtain

  • Killing chickens

Food value

Hunger Restored

2 (1 drumsticks)

Saturation

1.2

Time to Eat

1.6 seconds

Eat On A Full Bar

No

Mobs that drop it

Chicken drops 1 of them. Looting III turns Chicken into 4 Raw Chicken instead of 1, 1 per level.

Eating

Eating Raw Chicken takes 1.6 seconds a helping, and 10 of them fill an empty bar, so 16 seconds of chewing takes you from starving to full. Per point of hunger you get 0.6 saturation out of Raw Chicken, and saturation is what drains before hunger does. Number 27 of 37 for saturation: Honey Bottle at 1.2 does better, Raw Mutton at 1.2 does worse. Eating Raw Chicken also hands you Hunger for 30 seconds, but only 30 times out of 100.

Notes

Eating has a 30% chance to apply Hunger for 30 seconds. Smelts into cooked chicken.

Frequently asked questions about Raw Chicken

  1. Killing chickens leading to Raw Chicken, the way this answer says Raw Chicken arrives

    How do you get Raw Chicken in Minecraft?

    Raw Chicken is obtained through killing chickens. Crafting is not an option for Raw Chicken; that route does not exist.

  2. Raw Chicken on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Raw Chicken used for?

    Raw Chicken is eaten to restore 2 hunger and 1.2 saturation, helping you keep your hunger bar full and regenerate health.

  3. 64 Raw Chicken drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Raw Chicken can you stack?

    64 Raw Chicken fit one slot, and eating all 64 is 6.4 bars of hunger. A double chest of Raw Chicken comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.

  4. Several Raw Chicken at once, the way a kill drops them

    Which mobs drop Raw Chicken?

    Chicken drops 1 of them. Looting III turns Chicken into 4 Raw Chicken instead of 1, 1 per level.

  5. Raw Chicken coming forward out of the past, in the game since 1.0

    When was Raw Chicken added to Minecraft?

    Raw Chicken was added in the 1.0 full release.

  6. Raw Chicken beside the 2 hunger points one helping restores

    How long does it take to eat Raw Chicken?

    1.6 seconds for one Raw Chicken, and an empty bar of Raw Chicken means 10 of those, or 16 seconds in total. Split differently: 2 hunger a bite, 1.2 saturation a bite, 10 bites to fill up.

  7. Raw Chicken with the glow of the effect it hands you

    What effects does Raw Chicken give you?

    Roughly 30 percent of the time you also catch Hunger, and then it holds for 30 seconds.

Building with it

Raw chicken restores two hunger and carries a real chance of food poisoning, which drains the hunger bar afterwards. Cooking removes the risk entirely, and since chickens are the easiest animal to farm, there is never a reason to eat one raw.