Sheep

Sheep
Health points	8HP
Behavior	Passive
Mob type	Animal
Hitbox size	Adult:; Height: 1.3 blocks; Width: 0.9 blocks; Baby:; Height: 0.65 blocks; Width: 0.45 blocks
Speed	0.23
Spawn	Grass blocks with at least two blocks of space above in most Overworld biomes.
Usable items	Lead; Name Tag; Shears; Wheat; Dye; Golden Dandelion (baby only); Bone Meal ‌[BE & edu only]; Ink Sac ‌[BE & edu only]; Lapis Lazuli ‌[BE & edu only]; Cocoa Beans ‌[BE & edu only];

A sheep is a common passive mob that supplies wool and raw mutton and is found in most grassy biomes.

Spawning

The sheep color is determined by the type of biome the sheep spawns in.

Biome	Common (81.836%)	Uncommon (15%, or 5% for each color)	Rare (3%)	Epic (0.164%)
Temperate Plains Sunflower Plains Forest Flower Forest Birch Forest Old Growth Birch Forest Dark Forest Swamp Cherry Grove Meadow Wooded Hills‌^{[BE only]} Birch Forest Hills‌^{[BE only]} Tall Birch Hills‌^{[BE only]} Dark Forest Hills‌^{[BE only]} Swamp Hills‌^{[BE only]} Ocean^{[note 1]} Deep Ocean^{[note 1]} Mushroom Fields^{[note 1]} Pale Garden^{[note 1]} River^{[note 1]} Beach^{[note 1]} Stony Shore^{[note 1]} Dripstone Caves^{[note 1]} Lush Caves^{[note 1]} Sulfur Caves^{[note 1]} The Void‌^{[JE only]}^{[note 1]} Mushroom Field Shore‌^{[BE only]}^{[note 1]}	White	Light Gray Gray Black	Brown	Pink
Cold Taiga Snowy Taiga Old Growth Pine Taiga Old Growth Spruce Taiga Windswept Hills Windswept Gravelly Hills Windswept Forest Dappled Forest Taiga Hills‌^{[BE only]} Taiga Mountains‌^{[BE only]} Snowy Taiga Hills‌^{[BE only]} Snowy Taiga Mountains‌^{[BE only]} Giant Tree Taiga Hills‌^{[BE only]} Giant Spruce Taiga Hills‌^{[BE only]} Gravelly Mountains+‌^{[BE only]} Mountain Edge‌^{[BE only]} Snowy Plains^{[note 1]} Ice Spikes^{[note 1]} Frozen Peaks^{[note 1]} Jagged Peaks^{[note 1]} Stony Peaks^{[note 1]} Snowy Slopes^{[note 1]} Frozen Ocean^{[note 1]} Deep Frozen Ocean^{[note 1]} Cold Ocean^{[note 1]} Deep Cold Ocean^{[note 1]} Grove^{[note 1]} Deep Dark^{[note 1]} Frozen River^{[note 1]} Snowy Beach^{[note 1]} The End^{[note 1]} End Highlands‌^{[JE only]}^{[note 1]} End Midlands‌^{[JE only]}^{[note 1]} Small End Islands‌^{[JE only]}^{[note 1]} End Barrens‌^{[JE only]}^{[note 1]} Snowy Mountains‌^{[BE only]}^{[note 1]} Legacy Frozen Ocean‌^{[BE only]}^{[note 1]}	Black	White Light Gray Gray	Brown	Pink
Warm Savanna Savanna Plateau Windswept Savanna Jungle Sparse Jungle Bamboo Jungle Badlands Eroded Badlands Wooded Badlands Shattered Savanna Plateau‌^{[BE only]} Jungle Hills‌^{[BE only]} Modified Jungle‌^{[BE only]} Modified Jungle Edge‌^{[BE only]} Bamboo Jungle Hills‌^{[BE only]} Badlands Plateau‌^{[BE only]} Modified Badlands Plateau‌^{[BE only]} Modified Wooded Badlands Plateau‌^{[BE only]} Warm Ocean^{[note 1]} Lukewarm Ocean^{[note 1]} Deep Lukewarm Ocean^{[note 1]} Mangrove Swamp^{[note 1]} Desert^{[note 1]} Nether Wastes^{[note 1]} Crimson Forest^{[note 1]} Warped Forest^{[note 1]} Soul Sand Valley^{[note 1]} Basalt Deltas^{[note 1]} Deep Warm Ocean‌^{[BE only]}^{[note 1]} Desert Hills‌^{[BE only]}^{[note 1]} Desert Lakes‌^{[BE only]}^{[note 1]}	Brown	White Light Gray Gray	Black	Pink

If a monster spawner is set to spawn sheep, the sheep model spinning inside appears with one of the six naturally spawning colors. Independently from the displayed color, all six variants are able to spawn and the usual chances apply. To guarantee that sheep always spawn with the desired color, additional NBT tags can be applied to the monster spawner, utilizing the Color tag.

Natural generation

In Java Edition, 4 sheep may spawn above grass blocks at a light level of 9 and higher, even in snowy taigas, but not in pale gardens.

In Bedrock Edition, 2 to 3 sheep spawn during the world generation on grass blocks at the surface with at least a 2 block space above at a light level of 7 and higher, except in pale gardens, snowy plains, ice spikes, or wooded badlands. They later spawn individually on grassy biomes.

Two sheep sometimes spawn in shepherd houses, butcher houses, and animal pens in villages.

Sheep spawns in:

Category: Creature	Java Edition			Bedrock Edition
Spawn area	Spawn weight	Spawn chance	Group size	Spawn weight	Group size
Cherry Grove	²⁄₅	40%	4	2	2–3
Meadow	²⁄₅	40%	4	2	2–3
Dark Forest	¹²⁄₄₀	30%	4	12	2–3
Old Growth Birch Forest	¹²⁄₄₀	30%	4	12	2–3
Birch Forest	¹²⁄₄₀	30%	4	12	2–3
Flower Forest	¹²⁄₄₄	27.27%	4	12	2–3
Windswept Gravelly Hills	¹²⁄₄₅	26.67%	4	12	2–3
Forest	¹²⁄₄₅	26.67%	4	12	2–3
Windswept Hills	¹²⁄₄₅	26.67%	4	12	2–3
Windswept Forest	¹²⁄₄₅	26.67%	4	12	2–3
Sunflower Plains	¹²⁄₄₆	26.09%	4	12	2–3
Plains	¹²⁄₄₆	26.09%	4	12	2–3
Eroded Badlands	¹²⁄₄₆	26.09%	4	12	2–3
Badlands	¹²⁄₄₆	26.09%	4	12	2–3
Wooded Badlands	¹²⁄₄₈	25%	4	12	2–3
Swamp	¹²⁄₅₀	24%	4	12	2–3
Dappled Forest	¹²⁄₅₂	23.08%	4	12	2–3
Savanna	¹²⁄₅₂	23.08%	4	12	2–3
Windswept Savanna	¹²⁄₅₂	23.08%	4	12	2–3
Sparse Jungle	¹²⁄₅₈	20.69%	4	12	2–3
Old Growth Spruce Taiga	¹²⁄₆₀	20%	4	12	2–3
Snowy Taiga	¹²⁄₆₀	20%	4	12	2–3
Taiga	¹²⁄₆₀	20%	4	12	2–3
Old Growth Pine Taiga	¹²⁄₆₀	20%	4	12	2–3
Savanna Plateau	¹²⁄₆₈	17.65%	4	12	2–3
Jungle	¹²⁄₉₃	12.9%	4	12	2–3
Bamboo Jungle	¹²⁄₁₇₂	6.98%	4	12	2–3

Drops

On death

Java Edition:

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
Item		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Raw Mutton^[A]	1–2	100.00%	1.50	1–3	100.00%	2.00	1–4	100.00%	2.50	1–5	100.00%	3.00
	Cooked Mutton^[B]	1–2	100.00%	1.50	1–3	100.00%	2.00	1–4	100.00%	2.50	1–5	100.00%	3.00
	Wool^[C]	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
Item		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Raw Mutton^[A]	1–2	1	³⁄₂	1–3	1	2	1–4	1	⁵⁄₂	1–5	1	3
	Cooked Mutton^[B]	1–2	1	³⁄₂	1–3	1	2	1–4	1	⁵⁄₂	1–5	1	3
	Wool^[C]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Item		Amount	Probability
Item		Amount	Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Raw Mutton^[A]	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)
	Cooked Mutton^[B]	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)
	Wool^[C]	1	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)
	Wool^[C]	Average	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)

Item		Expected Drops
Killed		1
Item		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Raw Mutton^[A]	1.50	2.00	2.50	3.00
	Cooked Mutton^[B]	1.50	2.00	2.50	3.00
	Wool^[C]	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00

↑ Only when not on fire and not killed with a weapon enchanted with Fire Aspect.
↑ Only when on fire or killed with a weapon enchanted with Fire Aspect.
↑ Color of dropped wool corresponds to color of sheep. A sheared sheep does not drop wool when killed.

Bedrock Edition:

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
Item		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Raw Mutton^[A]	1–2	100.00%	1.50	1–3	100.00%	2.00	1–4	100.00%	2.50	1–5	100.00%	3.00
	Cooked Mutton^[B]	1–2	100.00%	1.50	1–3	100.00%	2.00	1–4	100.00%	2.50	1–5	100.00%	3.00
	Wool^[C]	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
Item		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Raw Mutton^[A]	1–2	1	³⁄₂	1–3	1	2	1–4	1	⁵⁄₂	1–5	1	3
	Cooked Mutton^[B]	1–2	1	³⁄₂	1–3	1	2	1–4	1	⁵⁄₂	1–5	1	3
	Wool^[C]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Item		Amount	Probability
Item		Amount	Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Raw Mutton^[A]	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)
	Cooked Mutton^[B]	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)
	Wool^[C]	1	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)
	Wool^[C]	Average	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)

Item		Expected Drops
Killed		1
Item		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Raw Mutton^[A]	1.50	2.00	2.50	3.00
	Cooked Mutton^[B]	1.50	2.00	2.50	3.00
	Wool^[C]	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00

↑ Only when not on fire.
↑ Only when on fire.
↑ Color of dropped wool corresponds to color of sheep. A sheared sheep does not drop wool when killed.

1–3XP experience orbs if killed by a player or tamed wolf.

Killing a baby sheep yields no items nor experience.

Shearing

When sheared, sheep give 1–3 wool and do not take any damage. This is not affected by Fortune or Looting.

Breeding

Upon successful breeding, 1–7XP is dropped.

Behavior

Sheep wander aimlessly and individually or in small flocks of two to four. Sheep avoid cliffs and hazardous areas if it warrants damage. Sheep emit hoarse bleats in mostly random patterns and especially when attacked. If harmed, sheep flee for a few seconds, but make no special attempt to avoid wolves.

Sheep do not usually interact with players or other mobs, but follow a player holding wheat within a six blocks radius. Adult sheep cannot fit through a gap of the 90-degree intersection of two fences when the corner fence is removed, whereas the player and most other mobs can fit through easily (although mobs won't path-find through this gap).

A sheared sheep eating grass and regrowing its wool

Sheep graze short grass, short dry grass, tall dry grass, and ferns (but not tall grass or large ferns), making them disappear, and grass blocks, changing them into dirt blocks. Baby sheep graze grass much more often than adults and mature 1 minute faster when grazing. Sheep can eat grass through blocks that are lower than a full block, including extremities such as honey blocks, as well as from inside minecarts. A sheared sheep only regrows its wool after grazing. Therefore, if no grass is available, a sheep cannot regrow its wool after being sheared. If an adult sheep has the opportunity, the chance of eating grass is ¹⁄₅₀₀ every other game tick (¹⁄₂₅ for baby sheep). If /gamerule mobGriefing is set to false, grass blocks remain, but the sheep still regrow their wool.^[1]

Dyeing

A sheep's wool can be dyed by pressing the use key or the interact button while holding any dye. A sheared sheep cannot be dyed until its wool grows back after eating a grass block. Dyeing changes the color of the sheep's wool until the sheep is dyed again. The new wool colors are inherited by baby sheep.

If a sheep is dyed and then sheared, it retains its new dyed wool color after the wool regrows.

Breeding

An example of how a bred sheep inherits a mixture of its parents' colors when possible

Sheep can be bred using wheat, after which they spawn a baby sheep. They cannot breed for five minutes after the baby sheep appears.

The 20-minute growth of a baby sheep can be slightly accelerated using wheat. Each use takes 10% off the remaining time to grow up. A baby sheep can also accelerate its own growth by eating grass.

If the parents have compatible wool colors (meaning that the corresponding dye items could be combined into a third dye color), the resulting baby sheep inherits a mix of their colors (e.g., blue sheep + white sheep = light blue baby sheep). If the dye colors cannot normally be mixed, the baby sheep spawns with the same color as one of the parents, chosen randomly, regardless of whether one or both parents have been sheared. Resulting colors from every possible pair of sheep can be seen in the table below.

Color mixing from sheep breeding
Parents	White	Gray	Black	Red	Yellow	Green	Blue	Purple	Pink	Other
White	—	Light Gray	Gray	Pink	—	Lime	Light Blue	—	—	—
Gray	Light Gray	—	—	—		—	—
Black	Gray						—
Red	Pink				Orange		Purple
Yellow	—			Orange	—		—
Green	Lime			—			Cyan
Blue	Light Blue			Purple		Cyan	—
Purple	—			—		—			Magenta
Pink								Magenta	—
Other								—	—

Easter eggs

An evoker can change a sheep's wool color if the evoker isn't engaged in combat and /gamerule mobGriefing is set to true. If that condition is met, it can change the wool color of any blue sheep within 16 blocks to red. It signals the spell by producing orange color particles () and making a "wololo" sound. This is a reference to the priest unit of the 1997 game Age of Empires. This will still work if they are named jeb_.

If a sheep is named jeb_, its wool cycles through all dye colors in order. This is purely a visual effect. A sheep named jeb_ can still be dyed without changing the rainbow effect, and any wool obtained from one of these sheep has the most recent color as if the sheep was not named. The name tag jeb_ is an easter egg toward Jens Bergensten, one of the developers, or "Jeb" as he is called online.

This feature was added in version 1.7.4.

Jockey

This feature is exclusive to Bedrock Edition.

15% of baby zombies, husks, or drowned may ride a nearby sheep to form a jockey.

[not_burn_or_fire_aspect-2] Only when not on fire and not killed with a weapon enchanted with Fire Aspect.

[burn_or_fire_aspect-3] Only when on fire or killed with a weapon enchanted with Fire Aspect.

[wool-4] Color of dropped wool corresponds to color of sheep. A sheared sheep does not drop wool when killed.

[not_burn_only-5] Only when not on fire.

[burn_only-6] Only when on fire.

[wool-7] Color of dropped wool corresponds to color of sheep. A sheared sheep does not drop wool when killed.

[note 1]

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[B]

[C]

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[B]

[C]

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Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Sheep baahs	Friendly Mobs	Randomly	`entity.sheep.ambient`	`subtitles.entity.sheep.ambient`	1.0	0.8–1.2 (Baby: 1.3–1.7)	16
	Sheep dies	Friendly Mobs	When a sheep dies	`entity.sheep.death`	`subtitles.entity.sheep.death`	1.0	0.8–1.2 (Baby: 1.3–1.7)	16
	Sheep hurts^{[until: JE 26.4]}	Friendly Mobs	When a sheep is damaged	`entity.sheep.hurt`	`subtitles.entity.sheep.hurt`	1.0	0.8–1.2 (Baby: 1.3–1.7)	16
	Footsteps	Friendly Mobs	While a sheep is walking	`entity.sheep.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16
	Shears click	Players^(player) Blocks^(dispenser)	When a sheep is sheared	`entity.sheep.shear`	`subtitles.item.shear`	1.0	1.0	16
	Block broken^{[sound 1]}	Blocks	When a sheep grazes grass	`block.grass.break`^{[sound 1]}	`subtitles.block.generic.break`^{[sound 1]}	1.0	0.8	16
	Dye stains	Friendly Mobs	When a sheep is dyed	`item.dye.use`	`subtitles.item.dye.use`	1.0	1.0/0.9/0.95/1.1	16

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	Sheep baahs	Friendly Mobs	Randomly	`mob.sheep.say`	`subtitles.entity.sheep.ambient`	1.0	0.8–1.2 (Baby: 1.3–1.7)
	Sheep baahs	Friendly Mobs	When a sheep dies	`mob.sheep.say`	`subtitles.entity.sheep.ambient`	1.0	0.8–1.2 (Baby: 1.3–1.7)
	Sheep baahs	Friendly Mobs	When a sheep is damaged	`mob.sheep.say`	`subtitles.entity.sheep.ambient`	1.0	0.8–1.2 (Baby: 1.3–1.7)
	Footsteps	Friendly Mobs	While a sheep is walking	`mob.sheep.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.4	1.0
	Shears click	Friendly Mobs	When a sheep is sheared	`mob.sheep.shear`	`subtitles.item.shears.shear`	1.0	1.0
	Block broken	Blocks	When a sheep grazes grass	`dig.grass`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	0.7	0.8–1.0
	Dye stains	Friendly Mobs	When a sheep is dyed	`item.dye.use`	`subtitles.item.dye.use`	1.0	1.0/0.9/0.95/1.1

ID	Name	Java Edition color code		Bedrock Edition color code
ID	Name	Dec	Hex	Dec	Hex
0	`white`	15132390	#E6E6E6	-^{[note 2]}
1	`orange`	12214293	#BA6015	16351261	#F9801D
2	`magenta`	9779853	#953A8D	13061821	#C74EBD
3	`light_blue`	2852515	#2B86A3	3847130	#3AB3DA
4	`yellow`	12493357	#BEA22D	16701501	#FED83D
5	`lime`	6329623	#609517	8439583	#80C71F
6	`pink`	11954303	#B6687F	15961002	#F38BAA
7	`gray`	3488573	#353B3D	4673362	#474F52
8	`light_gray`	7697777	#757571	10329495	#9D9D97
9	`cyan`	1078645	#107575	1481884	#169C9C
10	`purple`	6694282	#66258A	8991416	#8932B8
11	`blue`	2962303	#2D337F	3949738	#3C44AA
12	`brown`	6438693	#623F25	8606770	#835432
13	`green`	4611344	#465D10	6192150	#5E7C16
14	`red`	8659484	#84221C	11546150	#B02E26
15	`black`	1381656	#151518	1908001	#1D1D21


Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
		Have a Shearful Day	Use Shears to obtain wool from a sheep.	—	15	Bronze
		Rainbow Collection	Gather all 16 colors of wool.	All the colors of wool do not have to be in the inventory at the same time, but must have been picked up by the player at least once.	30	Silver
		It Spreads	Kill a mob next to a catalyst	Kill any mob that drops experience near a sculk catalyst, with the sole exception of the ender dragon. Mobs that drop no experience are ignored for this achievement.	10	Bronze


Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
		Overkill	Deal nine hearts of damage in a single hit.	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have nine hearts of health overall.	30	Bronze
		Over-Overkill	Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have 50 hearts of health overall.	20	Silver
		Mob Kabob	Hit five mobs in the same Charge attack using the Spear	Armor stands and players also count for this achievement as they are technically mobs.	10	Bronze

Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
It Spreads	Kill a mob near a Sculk Catalyst	Kill any mob that drops experience near a sculk catalyst, with the sole exception of the ender dragon. Mobs that drop no experience are ignored for this advancement.
The Parrots and the Bats	Breed two animals together	Breed a pair of any of these 27 animals: Armadillo Axolotl Bee Camel Cat Chicken Cow Donkey Fox Frog Goat Hoglin Horse Llama Mooshroom Mule Nautilus Ocelot Panda Pig Rabbit Sheep Sniffer Strider Trader Llama Turtle Wolf A mule must be the result of breeding a horse and a donkey for this advancement as they are not breedable together. Other breedable mobs are ignored for this advancement.
Two by Two	Breed all the animals!	Breed a pair of each of these 26 animals: Armadillo Axolotl Bee Camel Cat Chicken Cow Donkey Fox Frog Goat Hoglin Horse Llama Mooshroom Mule Nautilus Ocelot Panda Pig Rabbit Sheep Sniffer Strider Turtle Wolf A trader llama does not count as a llama, and a mule must be the result of breeding a horse and a donkey for this advancement as they are not breedable together. Other breedable mobs can be bred, but are ignored for this advancement.

Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
Adventure	Adventure, exploration and combat	Kill any mob, or be killed by any living entity.
A Throwaway Joke	Throw a Trident at something. Note: Throwing away your only weapon is not a good idea.	Hit a mob with a thrown trident.
Take Aim	Shoot something with an Arrow	Using a bow or a crossbow, shoot a mob with an arrow, tipped arrow, or spectral arrow.
Mob Kabob	Hit five mobs in the same Charge attack using the Spear	Armor Stand and Mannequin also count for this advancement.
Arbalistic	Kill five unique mobs with one crossbow shot	Armor Stand and Mannequin also count 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.
Over-Overkill	Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have 50 hearts of health overall.

October 25, 2009							First showcase of sheep on The Word of Notch. Red cloth as a drop can be seen.
October 25, 2009							Notch uploaded a video to YouTube of a sheep test.

Java Edition Classic
0.28		Added sheep.
		Sheep currently drop cloth and mushrooms when killed.
		Sheep can graze grass, turning it into dirt. After eating a random amount of blocks, they regrow their cloth.
0.30		Sheep can now be spawned legitimately in Survival, as previous versions required modifying the game to be in Survival to allow them to spawn.
Java Edition Indev
0.31	20091223-0040	Sheep no longer spawn naturally.
	20100202	Sheep now spawn naturally again.
		Sheep now spawn without cloth.
		Sheep now drop either 1 flint and steel, or 1–3 string, sulphur, or feathers. These drops were the same for the other mobs.
		Sheep no longer drop mushrooms.
		Sheep no longer graze grass.
20100211-2327		Sheep now have unique idle and hurt sounds. Previously, they have no idle sounds, and use the player's hurt sound.
		Sheep now spawn with cloth again.
		Sheep now drop 1–3 white, dark gray and light gray cloth upon being hit.
20100219		Sheep now do not drop anything when killed.
20100223		Sheep now drop only light gray cloth when hit.
Java Edition Infdev
20100624		Sheep now drop white instead of light gray cloth.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.2.2		In Survival multiplayer, hitting a sheep drops unobtainable cloth. However, casting a fishing rod drops obtainable cloth, while the sheep still appears to have cloth.
Java Edition Beta
1.2		Sheep can now be dyed - players can now dye sheep to make light gray, gray, black, brown, red, orange, yellow, lime, green, cyan, light blue, blue, purple, magenta, and pink sheep.
		Colored sheep now drop their corresponding wool color.
		Sheep can now spawn in the color gray, light gray, or black.
1.4		Sheep can now rarely spawn in the color pink or brown.
1.7		Sheep now drop 2–4 wool when sheared.
		Sheep no longer drop wool when hit.
		Sheep now drop one wool block when killed while not sheared.
1.8	Pre-release	Sheep now flee when attacked.
Java Edition
1.0.0	Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3	Added baby sheep.
		Sheep can now breed.
		Sheep now have 4 hearts of health (formerly 5 hearts).
	Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6	Baby sheep from dyed parents are now born dyed instead of always being white.
1.1	11w49a	Sheep can now graze grass blocks again, turning them into dirt to regrow their wool. They can additionally now graze grass, destroying it. Their wool now regrows each time a block is grazed.
		Grazing speeds up the growth of baby sheep by 1 minute (1200 ticks).
		Shearing a sheep now yields 1–3 wool blocks instead of 2–4.^[2]
		Spawn eggs are available for sheep in creative mode.
	11w50a	Baby sheep now graze more than adult sheep.
1.2.1	12w07b	The sheep eating animation in multiplayer has been fixed.
1.2.1	12w07b	Sheep now have a new AI.
1.4.2	12w32a	Sheep from spawn eggs can now spawn naturally-colored sheep (white, gray, brown, pink, etc.)
	12w38a	Added new step sounds to sheep.
		Added a sound for shearing sheep.
		Sheep idle sounds now play entirely. Previously, say3 was cut.
1.4.4	1.4.3	Baby sheep now have a mix of the parents' colors, if the parents' colors are 'compatible' (able to be crafted together as dyes).
1.4.4	1.4.3	Changed the color of sheep except for white.
1.6.1	13w16a	Added leads, which can be used to leash sheep.
1.7.4	13w48b	Sheep named 'jeb_' now cycle through all possible colors in a fading rainbow effect. They still drop the wool color they were last dyed with.
1.8	14w02a	Baby sheep's growth can now be accelerated using wheat.
	14w05b	Sheep's wool is no longer visible when they have the Invisibility effect.^[3]
	June 30, 2014	Ryan Holtz announces that he's adding mutton as a new drop from sheep.
	14w27a	Sheep now drop raw mutton and—if killed with fire—they drop cooked mutton.
1.10	16w20a	Sheep no longer spawn in ice plains biomes.
1.11	16w39a	Added evokers which automatically turn blue sheep into red sheep.
1.12	17w06a	Sheep now look different when dyed to comply with the wool color changes.
1.12	17w06a	Changed the color of baby sheep.
1.14	18w43a	Changed the texture of sheep.
		Changed the texture of baby sheep.
		Sheep can now be sheared using dispensers.
1.15	19w37a	5% of sheep now spawn as babies.
1.17	21w03a	Added a sound for dyeing sheep.
1.18	experimental snapshot 2	Sheep now spawn in meadows.
1.18	21w39a	Sheep now eat half as often, due to the chance to start eating being evaluated every other game tick rather than every game tick.^[4]
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20	23w07a	Sheep now spawn in cherry groves.
1.21.5	25w02a	Sheep can now spawn in wooded badlands. Technically, they are also allowed to spawn in badlands and eroded badlands, but cannot spawn there naturally as these biomes do not generate grass blocks.
	25w06a	Sheep can now graze on short dry grass and tall dry grass.
	25w07a	Changed the rules for sheep coloring to be based on which biome they spawn in.
		In temperate biomes, the common sheep color is white, while uncommon sheep colors are black, gray, light gray and brown.
		In cold biomes, the common sheep color is black, while uncommon sheep colors are light gray, light blue, blue and cyan.
		In warm biomes, the common sheep color is brown, while uncommon sheep colors are gray, yellow, orange and red.
		In all biomes, the rare sheep color is pink.
	25w08a	The undercoats of sheep are now colored when dyed, to match Bedrock Edition.
		Light blue, blue, cyan, yellow, orange, and red sheep no longer spawn naturally.
		White, black, brown, gray, and light gray sheep spawn in all biomes again. White, black, and brown remain the common sheep colors in temperate, cold, and warm biomes respectively.
		Sheep can now graze on ferns.
		Changed the texture of sheep spawn eggs.
	25w10a	Its wool texture has been tweaked to remove the stark line at the back.
1.21.6	25w15a	Sheep now have their legs mirrored.
1.21.9	25w32a	Sheep now eat more frequently again, due to MC-257540 being fixed.
26.1	snap2	The model and textures of baby sheep have been changed.
	snap2	The model and textures of baby jeb sheep have also been changed.
	snap5	Added golden dandelions, which can be used to prevent baby sheep from growing up.

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0		Added sheep.
		Sheep can be sheared.
		Baby sheep have also been added, though there is currently no way to get them to spawn.
		Different colors of sheep exist, however there is no visual difference to indicate this, and it can only be found out by shearing and noticing the colors of the dropped items.
v0.6.0		Added the overlay part of the sheep with wool on its head and body.
		Sheep now display their colors and can be dyed.
		Baby sheep now spawn naturally.
v0.6.1		The model of the sheep's wool has been changed.^[5]
v0.7.0		Sheep spawn eggs are now in creative mode.
v0.8.0	build 1	If a sheep is dyed a color other than white, the wool color on its face also changes to match the rest of its body.
		When a sheep is sheared, the spots on its body now also change color (currently an exclusive feature).
		Sheep can now breed.
		The sheep's AI has been improved.
v0.9.0	build 3	Sheep can now graze on short grass.
v0.9.2		The health of sheep has been reduced from 16HP × 8 to 8HP.
v0.11.0	build 1	Sheep's coloration is now applied through shaders, rather than different textures.
v0.12.0		Sheep are no longer bred using a Feed button as of the release of the Windows 10 Edition.
v0.14.0	build 1	Baby zombie jockeys now check for a nearby sheep to mount prior to attacking the player, villager or golem.
v0.14.0	build 1	Sheep no longer spawn in the snowy plains biome and its variants.
v0.15.0	build 1	Sheep now drop raw mutton and if killed with fire, they drop cooked mutton.
		Sheep named as 'jeb_' cycle now through all possible sheep colors in a fading rainbow effect. They still drop the color wool they were dyed last.
		Baby husks can now mount sheep.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0	alpha 0.17.0.1	Sheep are now dyed using a Dye button.
1.1.0	alpha 1.1.0.0	The textures of sheep have been changed. Sheep now look different when dyed to comply with the wool color changes.
1.1.0	alpha 1.1.0.0	The textures of baby sheep have been changed.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0	beta 1.10.0.3	Changed the texture of sheep.
		Changed the texture of sheep named "jeb_".
		Changed the texture of baby sheep.
		Sheep now spawn in desert village shepherd houses.
1.11.0	beta 1.11.0.1	Sheep can now spawn in plains, savanna, taiga, snowy taiga and snowy tundra village shepherd houses, butcher houses, and animal pens.
1.18.30	Preview 1.18.20.28	Sheep no longer spawn in snowy taigas.
1.18.30	release	Reverted the sheep spawning change made in Preview 1.18.20.28.
1.21.60	Preview 1.21.60.21	Baby sheep now have a mix of the parents' colors, if the parents' colors are 'compatible' (able to be crafted together as dyes).
1.21.70	Preview 1.21.70.22	Sheep now graze on short dry grass and tall dry grass.
	Preview 1.21.70.23	Changed the rules for sheep coloring to be based on which biome they spawn in.
		In temperate biomes, the common sheep color is white, while uncommon sheep colors are black, gray, light gray and brown.
		In cold biomes, the common sheep color is black, while uncommon sheep colors are light gray, light blue, blue and cyan.
		In warm biomes, the common sheep color is brown, while uncommon sheep colors are gray, yellow, orange and red.
		In all biomes, the rare sheep color is pink.
	Preview 1.21.70.25	Sheep wool texture has been tweaked to remove stark line at the back.
		Light blue, blue, cyan, yellow, orange, and red sheep no longer spawn naturally.
		White, black, brown, gray, and light gray sheep spawn in all biomes again. White, black, and brown remain the common sheep colors in temperate, cold, and warm biomes respectively.
1.21.80	Preview 1.21.80.21	The sheep's inner texture has been changed to match Java Edition.
1.21.90	Preview 1.21.90.23	Due to a bug, the sheep's old inner texture and stark line is now back.^[6]^[7]
26.0 Experiment Drop 1 of 2026	Preview 26.0.27	The model and textures of baby sheep have been changed.
26.10	Preview 26.10.20	All features behind the "Drop 1 of 2026" experimental toggle are fully implemented.
26.10	Preview 26.10.21	Added golden dandelions, which can be used to prevent baby sheep from growing up.

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 sheep.
TU1							Sheep can be sheared.
TU3							Sheep now drop 2-4 wool when sheared.
							Sheep no longer drop wool when hit.
							Sheep now drop one wool block when killed while not sheared.
TU5							Sheep now run away when attacked.
TU7							Added baby sheep.
TU7							Sheep can now be bred using wheat.
TU9							Sheep now eat grass blocks and short grass in order to re-grow their wool. As a counterbalance, shearing a sheep yields 1-3 wool blocks instead of 2-4.
TU9							Spawn eggs are now available for sheep in Creative mode.
TU14		1.04					Baby sheep can now be spawned by using on that mob using its spawn egg.
TU14		1.04					Baby sheep now have a mix of the parents' colors, if the parents' colors are 'compatible' (able to be crafted together as dyes).
TU24	CU12	1.16	1.16	1.16			Sheep named as 'jeb_' cycles now through all possible sheep colors in a fading rainbow effect. They still drop the color wool they were dyed last.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Sheep now drop raw mutton. If killed with fire, they drop cooked mutton.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Baby sheep's growth can now be accelerated using wheat.
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Added evokers which automatically turn blue sheep into red sheep.
			1.90				Sheep can now be sheared using dispensers.

Color	Chance	Percentage	Adult	Baby
Total	-	100%	95%	5%
White	82/100 × 499/500	81.836%	77.7442%	4.0918%
Black	5/100	5%	4.75%	0.25%
Gray	5/100	5%	4.75%	0.25%
Light gray	5/100	5%	4.75%	0.25%
Brown	3/100	3%	2.85%	0.15%
Pink	82/100 × 1/500	0.164%	0.1558%	0.0082%

Java Edition
1.11	16w32a	The entity ID has been changed from `Sheep` to `sheep`.
1.13	17w47a	Prior to The Flattening, this entity's numeral IDs was 91.
1.21.2	24w35a	Sheep's default death loot table is no longer controlled by `entities/sheep/<color>` and is now controlled by `entities/sheep`.

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Jockey

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