Cows also provide leather, which can be made into armour, and is essential for crafting books. Cows can be milked by right-clicking on them whilst holding a bucket.
Sheep provide wool, which is used to make beds, banners and can be used as a building block.
Pigs can be ridden, after a fashion, but you would be better off with a horse
The same techniques also apply to chickens, but they also lay eggs, which is an easier way to increase their numbers. You can farm chickens the same way as other animals (see the basic tutorial), but you might want to use an improved farm design that collects the eggs for you.
The essential thing you will need for farming is food for the animals. Get some of that before you start!
Cows and sheep eat wheat. Pigs eat carrots, potatoes or beetroot. Chickens eat seeds (most easily obtained from wheat or long grass, but they will eat any kind of seed, such as pumpkin or melon seeds).
You will also want to harvest some wood to construct fences and gates to build enclosures.
How to Breed Cows in Minecraft (All Versions)
Required Materials to Breed Cows
In Minecraft, these are the materials you can use to breed cows:
First, you will need to find two cows to breed.
If you are having trouble finding cows, you can summon a cow using a cheat or you can use a spawn egg.
Your cows will need to be close together when breeding, so we have built a fence to keep our two cows from running away.
Next, with the wheat selected in your hot bar, you will need to feed the wheat to each of the cows, one at a time.
The game control to use/feed the wheat to the cows depends on the version of Minecraft:
As you feed the wheat to the cows, you will see red hearts appear over their heads. Each of these cows is entering love mode.
Once you have fed both cows, they will turn to each other and red hearts will continue to appear over their heads.
After a moment, the red hearts will disappear and a cute baby calf will be standing there.
Now you will have two adult cows and one baby cow.
Congratulations, you just learned how to breed cows in Minecraft!
Spawning[]Main article:
Cows spawn above grass blocks in small herds during world generation or individually afterwards and their spawn rate varies per biome.
In Java Edition, herds of four cows spawn on grass blocks at a light level of 7 or higher with at least two blocks of space above, except in snowy plains, meadows, mangrove swamps and wooded badlands.
Also, a cow sometimes spawns inside animal pens and butchers houses in villages.
Shearing a mooshroom turns it into a cow and drops five mushrooms corresponding to the type of mooshroom.
Most cows spawn as adults, but they have a 5% chance of spawning as a calf (baby cow).
Achievements[]
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other | |||||
| Cow Tipper | Harvest some leather. | Pick up leather from the ground. | 15G | Bronze | ||
| Repopulation | Breed two cows with wheat. | Breed two cows or two mooshrooms. | 15G | Bronze | ||
FAQ
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