Behavior
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Sheep act like most passive mobs; they wander around aimlessly, usually avoiding falling off cliffs high enough to cause damage, and usually staying out of water. They can be heard bleating occasionally. They will try to jump over obstacles one block high, which causes strange and somewhat humorous behavior near fences Fence Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 15 (Wood) 30 (Nether Brick) Tools Renewable Wood: Yes Nether Brick: No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable Wood: Yes Nether Brick: No Drops Itself Data values See Data values , walls and similar blocks. Sheep will follow a player holding wheat, but will cease following if the player moves more than approximately 5 blocks away from the sheep.
Sheep`s wool can be dyed by pressing the use key while holding any dye Dyes Type Items Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) First appearances See history Data value dec: 351 hex: 15F bin: 101011111 Name dye Dyes are a set of 16 items used to change the color of wool, , and can be sheared the same way when holding shears. Sheared sheep cannot be dyed until they grow their wool back.
Sheep will eat grass blocks Grass Block Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 3 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Dirt (1) Data value dec: 02 hex: 2 bin: 10 Name grass See the dirt block with (turning them into dirt) and tall grass Grass Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 0 Tool Renewable Grass, Fern, Double variants: Yes Shrub: No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable Yes Drops Seeds (0–1) Data values Grass, Fern or Shrub dec: 31 hex: 1F bin: 11111 Double (destroying them). When they do this, their wool grows back. This means that if there is no grass anywhere, a sheep cannot regain its wool after being sheared. They will retain their wool color if it has been dyed before it was sheared, although the wool patches seen on a sheared sheep will be white regardless of their actual color. Be that as it may, in the Pocket Edition Pocket Edition Author(s) Mojang AB Jens Bergensten Aron Nieminen Daniel Kaplan Tommaso Checchi Shoghi Cervantes Jason Major Daniel Wustenhoff Tomas Alaeus Mikael "Slicedlime" Hedberg @@@#@@@Microsoft(microsoft.com)###@### Studios 1] Platform(s) Written in C++ 2] Latest version 1.1.2 , they will be dyed accordingly, and the white patches on the face will also be dyed.
If a sheep is named jeb_, its wool will smoothly cycle through all dye colors in a similar manner to prismarine Prismarine Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 30 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data value dec: 168 hex: A8 bin: 10101000 Name prismarine See the block. For the item used . This is only a visual effect, as when it is sheared, the sheep will drop the same color of wool that it actually is.
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Sheep are passive mobs "Monster" redirects here. For the mob called "monster" in the code, see Human. Mobs are living, moving game entities. The term "mob" is short for "mobile". 1] Contents 1 Spawning 2 Behavior 3 List of that supply wool Wool Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 4 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64), same color only Flammable Yes Drops Itself Data value dec: 35 hex: 23 bin: 100011 Name wool Wool is a block derived from sheep and mutton Mutton may refer to either of these meats: Raw Mutton – a food item dropped by sheep, restoring 2 () hunger. Cooked Mutton – a food item obtained when a raw mutton is cooked in .
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- If a sheep spawner is placed via
/setblock
, there will be a black sheep model spinning inside, and it will spawn only naturally spawning sheep colors; unless you add custom NBT tags to determine color. If custom NBT tags are added to determine color a white sheep still has the usual chance of being a different color. - Sheep can eat grass through partial blocks, and also while moving in minecarts.
- Sheep cannot fit through the gap if the 90 degree intersection of two fences is removed whereas the player (and most other mobs) can get through easily.
- A dead sheep can be "killed again" before its body turns into smoke and disappears, causing it to drop wool and mutton a second time.
- When a sheep is spawned on a fence, it will not fall off the fence but it can move to any adjacent fences. You can make it fall off the fence by leading it off with wheat.
- When a sheep is spawned on a wall, it will fall into it.
Spawning
The majority of sheep are white, with an 81.836% chance of spawning. The light gray, dark gray, and black sheep have a 5% chance of spawning. Using a spawn egg Spawn Egg Type Items Durability N/A Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Yes (16) (Console Edition) First appearances See History Data value dec: 383 hex: 17F bin: 101111111 Name spawn_egg “ You know what would be fun? If every to get one of these sheep types lies at a reasonable 15%. Brown sheep have an uncommon 3% chance to spawn. Pink sheep have a rare 0.164% chance of naturally spawning.
Natural generation
Sheep spawn on grass blocks Grass Block Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 3 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Dirt (1) Data value dec: 02 hex: 2 bin: 10 Name grass See the dirt block with at light level of 9 or higher with at least 2 block space above. They often spawn in flocks of 4 during world generation.
Drops
Sheep drop 1 wool Wool Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 4 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64), same color only Flammable Yes Drops Itself Data value dec: 35 hex: 23 bin: 100011 Name wool Wool is a block derived from sheep when killed, while shearing Shears Type Tools Durability 238 Renewable Yes Stackable No First appearances See History Data value dec: 359 hex: 167 bin: 101100111 Name shears Shears are a tool used primarily to shear sheep and mine a few types of woolly sheep will drop 1 to 3 wool. The wool dropped will be the same color as the sheep`s wool. The rates and amounts of both drops is not affected by looting.
Sheep also drop 1⃢₀ₓ2 raw mutton Raw Mutton Type Food Restores 2 () Cookable Yes Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Experience Cooked: 0.35 First appearances See History Data value dec: 423 hex: 1A7 bin: 110100111 Name PC: mutton PE: muttonraw Raw mutton is a . The maximum amount of meat dropped can be increased by 1 per level of Looting "Flame" redirects here. For the non-solid damage-dealing block, see Fire. “ How does enchanting work in Minecraft? Well, you open a magical book and pick a random spell, not quite sure knowing what it will , up to a maximum of 5 when using Looting III. If the sheep dies while on fire, the mutton will be cooked Cooked Mutton Type Food Restores 6 () Cookable No Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) First appearances See history Data value dec: 424 hex: 1A8 bin: 110101000 Name PC: cooked_mutton PE: muttoncooked This page or section has been suggested .
Sheep will also drop 1 to 7 experience when breeding and 1 to 3 experience upon death.
Lambs, like other baby animals, do not drop items or experience. They also cannot be sheared for their wool.
Breeding
Sheep can be bred with wheat, after which they spawn a baby sheep (or lamb), and cannot breed for 5 minutes. If the parents have `compatible` wool colors (meaning that the corresponding dye Dyes Type Items Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) First appearances See history Data value dec: 351 hex: 15F bin: 101011111 Name dye Dyes are a set of 16 items used to change the color of wool, items could be combined into a third dye color), the resulting lamb will be a mix of their colors (e.g., blue sheep + white sheep = light blue lamb). Else, the lamb will be the same color as one of the parents, chosen at random. It doesn`t matter if either parent has been sheared.
The growth of baby sheep can be slowly accelerated using wheat. Each use takes 10% off the remaining time to grow up.
In Pocket Edition the sheep will always share its color with one of its parents.
Data values
Sheep have entity data associated with them that contain various properties of the mob. Their entity ID is sheep
.
Entity data- Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template
- Tags common to all mobs see Template:Nbt inherit/mob/template
- Additional fields for mobs that can breed see Template:Nbt inherit/breedable/template
Sheared: 1 or 0 (true/false) - true if the sheep has been shorn.
Color: 0 to 15 - see wool data values for a mapping to colors.
Advancements
Icon | Advancement Java Edition Only “ The system as a whole is called "advancements", which is aimed at guiding & tracking players progress through the game (in vanilla survival and any custom additions by mapmakers or mods). | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Internal ID |
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The Parrots and the Bats | Breed two animals together | Husbandry | Breed a pair of one of these 10 mobs. Other breedable mobs, if any, are ignored for the advancement. | minecraft:husbandry/breed_an_animal | |
Two by Two | Breed all the animals! | The Parrots and the Bats | Breed pairs of each of these 10 mobs. Other tamable mobs, if any, are ignored for the advancement. | minecraft:husbandry/breed_all_animals |
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History
Sheep colors before 1.12
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An adult sheep measures about 1.25 blocks tall, 0.625 blocks wide, and 1.4375 blocks long. Like sheep in the real world, they walk on all fours. Sheep naturally spawn with white, Brown, Black, Gray, Light Gray, and very rarely, Pink wool. However, the majority of sheep spawn with white wool. In order of rarity, natural sheep colors occur as follows:
- White (82.8%)
- Brown (3%)
- Black (5%)
- Light Gray (5%)
- Gray (5%)
- Pink (0.2%)
Through Dyeing, it is also possible for sheep to come in the following additional colors:
- Red
- Orange
- Yellow
- Lime Green
- Cactus Green
- Light Blue
- Cyan
- Blue
- Magenta
- Purple
Rainbow Sheep
Sheep named "jeb_" with a Name Tag are a new type of sheep released in update 1.7.4. Disco sheep (also called Jeb sheep and rainbow sheep) can be created when a player names a spawn egg "jeb_", or by using a name tag to name an existing sheep "jeb_". When the sheep spawns, it`s wool will constantly cycle through the 16 possible colors with a fading rainbow effect.
Despite popular rumors, the color of wool a disco sheep will drop is unaffected by its rainbow coloring. Instead, it will drop wool of its original color before the rainbow effect was added.
Behavior
Sheep are passive mobs that wander around the overworld. When they encounter an obstacle, they will often try to jump over it (sometimes even when the obstacle cannot be overcome). They run away when attacked. They will make no attempt to stay out of Water, and it is common to see several sheep bobbing in the water, along with other animals. Sheep often Spawn in groups of 2-8. All sheep behave the same, regardless of color, except when struck by Lightning.
Naturally, sheep will roam around and eat Grass. When a sheep eats grass, they make a crunching sound similar to that of placing down or walking on a Dirt block. After consuming grass, the block the sheep has eaten from will become bare dirt, until grass regrows on it. In the case of Tall Grass, the block will just vanish. However, if /gamerule mobGriefing
is set to false, the block will stay as grass and not change to dirt.
Farming
Sheep can easily be farmed by placing them within a Fenced area since they cannot jump out. Sheep will follow a player while is held in their hand. They can be difficult to `corral` into a fenced area without wheat because they tend to run to the nearest opening in the fence or exit through a hole. WheatOne method to capturing sheep is to dig a 2-block-deep hole. Make it as wide as desired. Sheep can be pushed in, led in with wheat, or one can simply wait for them to fall in themselves. Lure them to an underground producing station (or somewhere with a roof over it) to keep wolves away. Pigs, cows, and many other land mobs can be caught in this way as well.
When a sheep is sheared, their skin will be exposed and polka-dotted white. The patches are always white, regardless of the color of the wool. Their ears are also exposed at the sides of their heads. Sheep will regrow their wool sometime after they have been sheared, though, in order for them to do this, they will need to eat grass or tall grass. Sunlight must also reach the area where they are penned in. It can easily be told when a sheep has re-grown its wool as its appearance will change from the patchy "shorn" look to normal.
Dyes can be applied directly to sheep, and shearing colored sheep produces dyed wool blocks of the corresponding color. This can be a more efficient method for dyeing wool for building projects since sheep drop up to three wool blocks when sheared. Sheep can be dyed any color by right-clicking them while dye is held in hand.
Breeding
Lamb (baby sheep) | |
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Health Points: | 4HP₠(2x ) |
Attack Strength: | None |
Drops: | Nothing |
Location: | Bred from adult sheep, by giving them wheat |
Network ID: | 91 |
Savegame ID: | Sheep |
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Sheep can be multiplied by feeding two sheep, that are standing close to each other, . A baby Lamb is produced, which has a big head and small body, like other baby mobs. If killed, lambs drop nothing, and wool can only be obtained from them after they grow into adults. If two parent sheep are of the same color, they produce a lamb of the same color. For example, if two sheep are dyed WheatRed,and they are bred then their lamb will be a red sheep as well. Breeding two different colored sheep will either create a white sheep, a sheep of one the parent`s colors, or a mixture of the two.Drops
- 1 Wool when killed by a player, 3 if sheared
- ( Raw Mutton