Wheat
A farming product harvested from fully grown wheat crops. It is used to craft bread, cake and cookies, to breed cows, sheep and goats, and to craft hay bales.
Stack Size
Stack Size64
Durability
DurabilityN/A
Category
CategoryMiscellaneous
Version Added
Version AddedAlpha
Item ID
Item IDwheat
Overview
Wheat is an item in the Miscellaneous category of Minecraft, obtained through farming and natural world generation. A single inventory slot holds a full stack of 64 Wheat.
Wheat is also a hub ingredient, feeding into 5 different recipes in this catalogue, so keeping a stock on hand unlocks a wide range of crafts. Of the 10 kinds of generated chest that can hold it, small underwater ruin chests are the best bet at about 82% per chest.
Used to Craft
Wheat is a crafting ingredient for 5 other items in Minecraft. Each one links to its own recipe and details page.
Bread
Cake
Cookie
Hay Bale
Packed MudHow to Obtain
- Farming
- Natural generation
Notes
Not a block. Harvested from mature wheat crops planted from wheat seeds. Nine wheat craft a hay bale, which can be uncrafted back into wheat. Also found in chest loot.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you get Wheat in Minecraft?
Wheat is obtained through farming and natural world generation. You never craft Wheat; 5 recipes spend it.
What is Wheat used for?
Wheat is a crafting ingredient used to make Bread, Cake, Cookie, Hay Bale, and Packed Mud.
How many Wheat can you stack?
Wheat stacks up to 64 per inventory slot, so a full stack is 64 and a double chest holds 3,456 of them.
Where do you find Wheat in chests?
Wheat is chest loot in small underwater ruin chests (about 82%, 2 to 3 at a time), desert village houses (about 81%, 1 to 7 at a time), large underwater ruin chests (about 79%, 2 to 3 at a time), and pillager outpost chests (about 73%, 3 to 5 at a time). It shows up in 10 kinds of chest in total. Those odds come from the loot tables themselves, so they are per chest, without any Luck.
When was Wheat added to Minecraft?
Wheat was added in the early Alpha development period.