Where to Find Enchanted Golden Apple in Minecraft

The Food category of Minecraft holds Enchanted Golden Apple, a rare treasure item, and this guide sets out the 7 locations, the 2 methods behind it, and the quickest way to hold Enchanted Golden Apple yourself. Desert Temples, Dungeons, Mineshafts, Ruined Portals, Ancient Cities, Woodland Mansions, and Trial Chambers: that is where Enchanted Golden Apple comes from, and found only in structure chests (cannot be crafted since 1.9). On our five point scale Enchanted Golden Apple sits at 5, very hard, because it sits among the hardest items in the game to acquire, usually saved for the late game.

Biomes & Dimensions

• Desert Temples
• Dungeons
• Mineshafts
• Ruined Portals
• Ancient Cities
• Woodland Mansions
• Trial Chambers

All Methods

1. 1Found only in structure chests (cannot be crafted since 1.9)
2. 2Rarest food item in the game

• Desert Temples have the highest chance of containing one (2.6%)
• Ancient Cities (Deep Dark biome, Y -51) also have a decent chance
• Dungeon chests near mob spawners occasionally contain them
• Provides Absorption IV, Regeneration II, Resistance I, and Fire Resistance I
• Cannot be crafted in Java or Bedrock Edition; loot-only since 1.9

• Crafting recipe removed in Java 1.9; became chest-only loot

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

An enchanted golden apple cannot be crafted any more, so every one in the game came out of a chest: bastion remnants, mineshafts, desert temples, dungeons, ruined portals and woodland mansions. That makes it loot to hunt rather than gold to spend, and most players save theirs for a raid or a Warden encounter.

There is no recipe any more, so every enchanted golden apple comes from a chest: mineshafts, dungeons, desert temples, bastions and ruined portals. Ruined portals are the most reliable source by far, and they are common enough that a Nether trip usually passes several.