Carrot on a Stick

For other uses, see Carrot (disambiguation) and Stick (disambiguation).

Carrot on a Stick

Rarity tier	Common
Durability	JE: 25 BE: 26
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No

A carrot on a stick is a tool that can be used to control saddled pigs.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Notes
Fishing Rod or  Damaged Fishing Rod + Carrot		The fishing rod must be diagonally above the carrot to craft the carrot on a stick.

Usage

Riding a pig

To use a carrot on a stick, the player must first saddle a pig, and ride it while holding the carrot on a stick. The pig then moves in the direction of the carrot. Also, if the player holds a carrot on a stick, all nearby pigs (but not rabbits^[1][2]) follow the player, but they can't breed using a carrot on a stick.

To make the pig run faster, the player can press use while holding the carrot on a stick. This is called "boosting". Each boost costs 7 durability in Java Edition, or 2 durability in Bedrock Edition. If the carrot on a stick's durability is depleted, it turns back into a fishing rod.

The speed of a mounted pig is 2.42 m/s. Boosting a pig causes its speed to slowly ramp up until it reaches 2.15 times its normal speed, 5.20 m/s. Then speed slowly declines until the pig reaches normal speed again. The boost lasts between 140 and 980 game ticks (7 seconds and 49 seconds respectively), chosen randomly. No matter how many ticks the boost lasts, the average speed of pig during a full boost cycle is roughly 4.19 m/s. These boosted speeds are applied only while holding the carrot on a stick. These speeds are affected by the Speed effect.

Repairing

Combining

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Notes
Damaged Carrot on a Stick		The durability of the two carrots on sticks is added together, plus an extra point of durability.

Ingredients	Grinding recipe	Notes
2× Damaged Carrot on a Stick		The durability of the two carrots on sticks is added together, plus an extra point of durability.

Unit repair

Ingredients	Anvil recipe
Damaged Carrot on a Stick	Carrot on a Stick

A carrot on a stick can be combined with another carrot on a stick in an anvil, preserving the enchantments of both.

Enchantments

A carrot on a stick can receive the following enchantments:

Name	Description	Max Level	Method	Weight
Unbreaking	Grants a chance to negate durability consumption.	III	Anvil	5
Mending	Repairs the carrot on a stick when obtaining experience.	I	Anvil	2
Curse of Vanishing	The carrot on a stick vanishes on death, not dropping as an item.	I	Anvil	1

Sounds

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Carrot on a Stick	carrot_on_a_stick	Item	item.minecraft.carrot_on_a_stick

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Carrot on a Stick	carrot_on_a_stick	carrotonastick	517	Item	item.carrotOnAStick.name

Videos

History

Development

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.4.2			12w36a				Added carrot on a stick.
							The player does not get back a fishing rod once the carrot on a stick is used up.
			12w37a				Carrot on a stick now have a durability meter, and can be used to give saddled pigs a burst of speed when right-clicked. The carrot on a stick no longer needs to be held when pigs have the burst of speed.
			12w38a				The durability of carrot on a stick has been increased from 20 to 25.
							Using up a carrot on a stick now returns a fishing rod.
1.4.6			12w50a				A carrot on a stick can now be enchanted with Unbreaking via an enchanted book and an anvil.
1.8.2			pre7				Crafting a carrot on a stick now removes all enchantments on the original fishing rod.
1.9			16w05b				Durability is no longer reduced merely by riding a pig, but only by using the speed boost.
1.13			17w47a				Crafting a carrot on a stick no longer requires the fishing rod to be at full durability.[7]
1.13.1			18w30b				The durability of carrot on a stick has been reduced from 26 to 25 due to the fix of a bug.[8]
1.14			18w43a				The texture of carrot on a stick has been changed.
1.16			20w06a				Carrot on a stick can now be used up.[9]

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.15.0			build 1				Added carrot on a stick.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of carrot on a stick has been changed.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU14	CU1	1.04	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added carrot on a stick.
			1.90				The texture of carrot on a stick has been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added carrot on a stick.

Data history

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Issues

Issues relating to "Carrot on a Stick" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• The name of this item may be derived from the English idiom carrot and stick, referring to the use of reward and threat as simultaneous motivators.

Gallery

Mojang images

• 
  First image of carrot on a stick released by Dinnerbone
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  Pigs can climb stairs and slabs
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  Jeb riding a pig^[11]
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  Image from Grum of a carrot on a stick's texture changing with its durability
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  Another image showing the same
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  Another image
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  Ari, Efe, and Noor riding pigs

Sprites

• 
  Unused sprite of a partly eaten carrot
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  Ditto

In other media

• 
  A carrot on a stick as it appeared in Minecraft Earth
• 
  A carrot on a stick at Meet the Mobs

See also

• Warped Fungus on a Stick

References