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Raw Chicken

Raw Chicken

Raw chicken is a food item that can be eaten by the player. It can be cooked in a furnace, smoker, or a campfire to make cooked chicken.

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Contents (25)
  1. Obtaining
  2. Mob loot
  3. Cat gifts
  4. Usage
  5. Food
  6. Smelting ingredient
  7. Wolves
  8. Trading
  9. Sounds
  10. Data values
  11. ID
  12. Advancements
  13. Videos
  14. History
  15. Reveal
  16. Java Edition
  17. Bedrock Edition
  18. Legacy Console Edition
  19. New Nintendo 3DS Edition
  20. Data history
  21. Texture history
  22. Issues
  23. Gallery
  24. Mojang screenshots
  25. References
Raw Chicken
Raw Chicken.png: Infobox image for Minecraft item 'Raw Chicken'
Invicon Raw Chicken.png: Inventory sprite for Raw Chicken in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Raw Chicken
Rarity tier
  Common
Consumption time 32 game ticks (1.6 seconds)
Hunger 2 (🍗)
Saturation 1.2 (🍖)
Saturation boost‌[JE only] Heals: 0.8HP❤️ × 0.4
Duration: 0.4 seconds
Status effects Hunger (0:30) (30% chance)
Always consumable No
Renewable Yes
Stackable Yes (64)

Raw chicken is a food item that can be eaten by the player. It can be cooked in a furnace, smoker, or a campfire to make cooked chicken.

Obtaining

Mob loot

Java Edition:

MobQuantity / Chance / Average
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Chicken[A]1100.00%1.001–2100.00%1.501–3100.00%2.001–4100.00%2.50
MobQuantity / Chance / Average
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Chicken[A]1111–213⁄21–3121–415⁄2
MobAmountProbability
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Chicken[A]11 (100.00%)1⁄2 (50.00%)1⁄4 (25.00%)1⁄6 (16.67%)
201⁄2 (50.00%)1⁄2 (50.00%)1⁄3 (33.33%)
3001⁄4 (25.00%)1⁄3 (33.33%)
40001⁄6 (16.67%)
Average1 (1.00)3⁄2 (1.50)2 (2.00)5⁄2 (2.50)
Drops1
MobExpected Number of Kills
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Chicken[A]1.000.670.500.40
  1. ↑ Only when not on fire and not killed with a weapon enchanted with Fire Aspect.

Bedrock Edition:

MobQuantity / Chance / Average
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Chicken[A]1100.00%1.001–2100.00%1.501–3100.00%2.001–4100.00%2.50
MobQuantity / Chance / Average
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Chicken[A]1111–213⁄21–3121–415⁄2
MobAmountProbability
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Chicken[A]11 (100.00%)1⁄2 (50.00%)1⁄4 (25.00%)1⁄6 (16.67%)
201⁄2 (50.00%)1⁄2 (50.00%)1⁄3 (33.33%)
3001⁄4 (25.00%)1⁄3 (33.33%)
40001⁄6 (16.67%)
Average1 (1.00)3⁄2 (1.50)2 (2.00)5⁄2 (2.50)
Drops1
MobExpected Number of Kills
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Chicken[A]1.000.670.500.40
  1. ↑ Only when not on fire.

Cat gifts

Main article: Cat § Gifts

Tamed cats have a 70% chance to give the player a gift as they wake up from a bed, and the gift has a 16.13% chance to be raw chicken.

Usage

Food

To eat raw chicken, press and hold use while it is selected in the hotbar. Eating one restores 2 (🍗) hunger and 1.2 hunger saturation, but has a 30% chance of inflicting food poisoning (the Hunger effect for 30 seconds).

Smelting ingredient

Name Ingredients Smelting recipe
Cooked Chicken Raw Chicken +
Any fuel
Invicon Raw Chicken.png: Inventory sprite for Raw Chicken in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Raw Chicken
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Invicon Cooked Chicken.png: Inventory sprite for Cooked Chicken in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cooked Chicken with description: Cooked Chicken0.35

Wolves

Raw chicken can be used to breed and heal tamed wolves, lead them around, and make baby tamed wolves grow up faster by 10% of the remaining time.

Wolves are at no risk of food poisoning.

Trading

VillagerProbabilityVillager wantsPlayer receivesTrades in
stock		Villager
experience		Price
multiplier
JEBE
Butcher Novice50%33%14 × Raw ChickenEmerald1620.05
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Sounds

Java Edition:

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​EatingPlayersWhile a player is eating somethingentity.generic.eatsubtitles.entity.generic.eat​varies[sound 1]0.8–1.216
​EatingFriendly MobsWhen a player finishes eating somethingentity.generic.eatsubtitles.entity.generic.eat​1.00.6–1.416
​Burp​[until: JE 26.4]PlayersWhen a player finishes eating somethingentity.player.burpsubtitles.entity.player.burp​0.50.9–1.016
  1. ↑ Can be 0.5, 1.0, or 1.5

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​EatingPlayersWhile a player is eating somethingrandom.eatsubtitles.entity.generic.eat​0.5–1.10.8–1.2
​BurpPlayersWhen a player finishes eating somethingrandom.burpsubtitles.entity.player.burp​0.50.9–1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierForm Translation key
ItemSprite raw-chicken.png: Sprite image for raw-chicken in Minecraft Raw ChickenchickenItem item.minecraft.chicken

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID Form Translation key
ItemSprite raw-chicken.png: Sprite image for raw-chicken in Minecraft Raw Chickenchicken275Item item.chicken.name

Advancements

IconAdvancementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)
How Did We Get Here?Have every effect applied at the same time

The source of the effects is irrelevant for the purposes of this advancement. Other status effects may be applied to the player, but are ignored for this advancement.

This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed.
HusbandryThe world is full of friends and foodConsume anything that can be consumed, except for cake.
A Balanced DietEat everything that is edible, even if it's not good for you Other foods and consumables can be eaten, but are ignored for this advancement.
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Videos

History

Reveal

July 19, 2011 A teaser image for cooked chicken is revealed by Jeb.
July 19, 2011 Jens reveals raw chicken with changed texture based on feedback, saying "the chicken may be too smooth compared to other MC items."[1]

Java Edition

Java Edition Beta
1.8Pre-release Added raw chicken.
Raw chicken is a new drop, obtained by killing a chicken, usually along with a feather.
Java Edition
1.2.112w03a Raw chicken can now be used to breed wolves.
1.3.112w21a Raw chicken can now be sold to farmer villagers, at 14–17 raw chicken for 1 emerald.
1.4.212w37a The texture of raw chicken has been changed, so that it no longer has a dark outline.
1.814w02a Trading has been changed: butcher villagers now buy 14–18 raw chicken for 1 emerald.
Farmer villagers no longer trade raw chicken.
1.915w43a Chickens can now drop several raw chicken, if killed with a Looting-enchanted weapon.
1.1418w43a The texture of raw chicken has been changed.
18w44a Cats now offer raw chicken as gifts.
19w11a Butcher villagers now buy 14 raw chicken for 1 emerald.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.4.0 Added raw chicken.
v0.5.0 Raw chicken now restores 2HP❤️ instead of 1HP💔.
v0.8.0build 1 The texture of raw chicken has been changed, so that it no longer has a dark outline.
v0.11.0build 1 Raw chicken now sometimes inflicts the hunger effect, despite the hunger bar not existing yet.
v0.12.1build 1 Raw chicken now restores hunger instead of health.
Chickens can now drop several raw chicken, if killed with a Looting-enchanted weapon.
Pocket Edition
1.0.4alpha 1.0.4.0 Butcher villagers now buy 14-18 raw chicken for one emerald.
Bedrock Edition
1.7.0beta 1.7.0.2 Raw chicken can now be eaten in Creative mode and on Peaceful difficulty.
1.8.0beta 1.8.0.8 Tamed cats can now give the player raw chicken as a gift.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 The texture of raw chicken has been changed.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.4 Butcher villagers now have 1⁄3 of a chance to buy 14 raw chicken.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU5CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1 Added raw chicken.
TU12 The texture of raw chicken has been changed, so that it no longer has a dark outline.
TU141.04 Raw chicken can now be sold to farmer villagers, at 14–17 raw chicken for 1 emerald.
TU31CU191.221.221.22Patch 3 Trading has been changed: butcher villagers now buy 14–18 raw chicken for 1 emerald.
Farmer villagers no longer trade raw chicken.
1.83 Tamed cats can now give the player raw chicken as a gift.
1.90 The texture of raw chicken has been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0 Added raw chicken.

Data history

Java Edition
1.1317w47a Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 365.

Texture history

Texture
Edition showed since since since
Java Edition 2011-07-19 Beta 1.8 pre-release 1.4.2 12w37a 1.14 18w43a
2011-09-09 2012-09-13 2018-10-24
Pocket/Bedrock Edition – v0.4.0 v0.8.0 build 1 beta 1.10.0.3
2012-09-06 2013-11-18 2019-01-30
Xbox 360 Edition – TU5 TU12 –
2012-10-16 2013-07-23
Xbox One Edition – – CU1 –
2014-09-05
PS3 Edition – – 1.00 –
2013-12-17
PS4 Edition – – 1.00 1.90
2014-09-04 2019-04-15
PS Vita Edition – – 1.00 –
2014-10-14
Wii U Edition – – Patch 1 –
2015-12-17
Nintendo Switch Edition – – 1.0.1 –
2017-05-11
New Nintendo 3DS Editon – – 0.1.0 –
2017-09-13

Issues

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

Mojang screenshots

  • First image of raw chicken
    First image of raw chicken

References

  1. ↑ "As you say, the chicken may be too smooth compared to other MC items. Thanks for the C&C!" – @jeb_ (Jens Bergensten) on X (formerly Twitter), July 19, 2011
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