Feather

For other uses, see Feather (disambiguation).

Feather

Rarity tier	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)

Feathers are items dropped by chickens and parrots, and can be found in loot chests of certain structures. Tamed cats may give players feathers as morning gifts.

Obtaining

Mob loot

Java Edition:

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Chicken	0–2	66.67%	1.00	0–3	83.33%	1.50	0–4	91.67%	2.00	0–5	94.44%	2.50
	Parrot	1–2	100.00%	1.50	1–3	100.00%	2.00	1–4	100.00%	2.50	1–5	100.00%	3.00

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Chicken	0–2	2⁄3	1	0–3	5⁄6	3⁄2	0–4	11⁄12	2	0–5	17⁄18	5⁄2
	Parrot	1–2	1	3⁄2	1–3	1	2	1–4	1	5⁄2	1–5	1	3

Mob		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Chicken	0	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄6 (16.67%)	1⁄12 (8.33%)	1⁄18 (5.56%)
		1	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)	1⁄6 (16.67%)
		2	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)	5⁄18 (27.78%)
		3	0	1⁄6 (16.67%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)	5⁄18 (27.78%)
		4	0	0	1⁄12 (8.33%)	1⁄6 (16.67%)
		5	0	0	0	1⁄18 (5.56%)
		Average	1 (1.00)	3⁄2 (1.50)	2 (2.00)	5⁄2 (2.50)
	Parrot	1	1⁄2 (50.00%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)	1⁄8 (12.50%)	1⁄12 (8.33%)
		2	1⁄2 (50.00%)	1⁄2 (50.00%)	3⁄8 (37.50%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)
		3	0	1⁄4 (25.00%)	3⁄8 (37.50%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)
		4	0	0	1⁄8 (12.50%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)
		5	0	0	0	1⁄12 (8.33%)
		Average	3⁄2 (1.50)	2 (2.00)	5⁄2 (2.50)	3 (3.00)

Drops		1
Mob		Expected Number of Kills
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Chicken	1.00	0.67	0.50	0.40
	Parrot	0.67	0.50	0.40	0.33

Bedrock Edition:

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Chicken	0–2	66.67%	1.00	0–3	66.67%	1.33	0–4	66.67%	1.67	0–5	66.67%	2.00
	Parrot	1–2	100.00%	1.50	1–2	100.00%	1.50	1–2	100.00%	1.50	1–2	100.00%	1.50

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Chicken	0–2	2⁄3	1	0–3	2⁄3	4⁄3	0–4	2⁄3	5⁄3	0–5	2⁄3	2
	Parrot	1–2	1	3⁄2	1–2	1	3⁄2	1–2	1	3⁄2	1–2	1	3⁄2

Mob		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Chicken	0	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)
		1	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄6 (16.67%)	1⁄12 (8.33%)	1⁄18 (5.56%)
		2	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)	1⁄6 (16.67%)
		3	0	1⁄6 (16.67%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)	2⁄9 (22.22%)
		4	0	0	1⁄12 (8.33%)	1⁄6 (16.67%)
		5	0	0	0	1⁄18 (5.56%)
		Average	1 (1.00)	4⁄3 (1.33)	5⁄3 (1.67)	2 (2.00)
	Parrot	1	1⁄2 (50.00%)	1⁄2 (50.00%)	1⁄2 (50.00%)	1⁄2 (50.00%)
		2	1⁄2 (50.00%)	1⁄2 (50.00%)	1⁄2 (50.00%)	1⁄2 (50.00%)
		Average	3⁄2 (1.50)	3⁄2 (1.50)	3⁄2 (1.50)	3⁄2 (1.50)

Drops		1
Mob		Expected Number of Kills
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Chicken	1.00	0.75	0.60	0.50
	Parrot	0.67	0.67	0.67	0.67

A fox sometimes spawns holding a feather, which always drops upon death. Alternatively, the player can drop a food item, causing the fox to drop the feather in favor of the food.

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Feather	Shipwreck	Map chest	1–5	60% { "item": "Feather", "stacksize": "1–5", "chance": 0.5999416824610002, "structure": "Shipwreck", "container": "Map chest" }
	Village	Fletcher's chest	1–3	55.8% { "item": "Feather", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.5583399765985125, "structure": "Village", "container": "Fletcher's chest" }
		Plains house chest	1	12.1% { "item": "Feather", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.12068353467250137, "structure": "Village", "container": "Plains house chest" }

Cat gifts

Tamed cats have a 70% chance of giving the player a "morning gift", and the gift has a 16.13% chance to be a feather.

Usage

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Notes
Arrow	Flint + Stick + Feather	4
Book and Quill	Book + Ink Sac + Feather
Brush	Feather + Copper Ingot + Stick
Gray Firework Star	Gunpowder + Matching Dye + Extra ingredients (optional)		More dyes (up to a total of eight) can be added for a mixed color. One head, gold nugget, feather, or fire charge can be added. Both the diamond and the glowstone dust can be added with any of the other ingredients.

Trading

Villager		Probability		Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
		JE	BE
Fletcher	Expert	100%	100%	24 × Feather	Emerald	16	30	0.05

Helmet

This feature is exclusive to Java Edition.

Although a feather cannot be equipped in the head slot in Survival mode, equipping it using commands causes it to appear to be rotated upright unlike other items.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Feather	feather	Item	item.minecraft.feather

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Feather	feather	327	Item	item.feather.name

History

Java Edition

Java Edition Indev
0.31			20100130				Added feathers.
							Feathers can be used to craft arrows.
							Feathers are dropped by every mob in quantities of 0 to 2.
20100206-2034							The feather's texture has been changed; it is now not as straight anymore.
20100219							Zombies are now the only mob that can drop feathers. This was a placeholder as Notch has stated he currently doesn't know what else they should drop.[1]
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.14							Chickens now drop 0–2 feathers upon death.
Java Edition Beta
1.8			Pre-release				Zombies now drop rotten flesh instead of feathers.
							Chickens are now the only source of feathers.
Java Edition
1.3.1			12w17a				Feathers are now used to craft book and quills.
1.4.6			12w49a				Feathers are now used to craft a firework star with a burst effect.
1.12			17w13a				Parrots now drop feathers.
1.13			18w11a				Feathers now generate in shipwreck chests.
1.14			18w43a				The texture of feathers has been changed.
			18w44a				Cats now offer feathers as gifts.
			18w48a				Feathers can now be found in chests in plains village houses.
			18w50a				Feathers can now be found in chests in fletcher houses.
			19w07a				Added foxes, which sometimes spawn with feathers in their mouths.
			19w11a				Fletcher villagers now buy 24 feathers for 1 emerald.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			pre1				Feathers can now be used to craft brushes.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0							Added feathers. They are currently unobtainable and serve no purpose.
v0.3.3							Chickens now drop 0–2 feathers upon death.
							Feathers can now be used to craft arrows.
v0.4.0							Zombies now drop a feather upon death.
v0.5.0							Feathers can now be obtained after activating the nether reactor.
v0.11.0			build 1				Zombies now drop rotten flesh instead of feathers.
v0.12.1			build 1				Feathers are no longer available from the nether reactor.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0			beta 1.2.0.2				Feathers can now be used to craft book and quills.
							Added parrots, which drop feathers.
							Feathers can now be used as an ingredient to craft a firework star.
1.4.0			beta 1.2.14.2				Feathers can now be found in shipwreck chests.
1.8.0			beta 1.8.0.8				Feathers can now be given as a gift to the player by tamed cats.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of feathers has been changed.
							Feathers can now be found in chests in plains village houses.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.1				Feathers can now be found in chests in fletcher houses.
			beta 1.11.0.4				Fletcher villagers now buy feathers.
1.13.0			beta 1.13.0.1				Added foxes, which sometimes spawn with feathers in their mouths.
1.19.80 Experiment Next Major Update			Preview 1.19.80.20				Feathers can now be used to craft brushes.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added feathers.
TU5							Zombies now drop rotten flesh instead of feathers.
							Chickens are now the only source of feathers.
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12			Feathers are now used to craft a firework star with a burst effect.
TU25	CU14	1.17	1.17	1.17			Feathers are now used to craft book and quills.
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Parrots now drop feathers.
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Feathers can now be found in shipwreck chests.
			1.83				Feathers can now be given as a gift to the player by tamed cats.
			1.90				The texture of feathers has been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added feathers.

Data history

Issues

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

Gallery

In other media

• 
  A feather as it appears in Minecraft Earth

References

External links

• "Taking Inventory: Feather" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, March 3, 2019.