A spawn egg is an item used to instantly spawn mobs.
Obtaining
Spawn eggs can be obtained only in Creative mode or using commands. In Creative mode, the player can press pick block on an existing mob to obtain their respective egg. In Java Edition, spawn eggs have their own tab in the Creative inventory, while in Bedrock Edition, they are grouped at the bottom of the Nature tab. There are 88 spawn eggs in Java Edition and 91 spawn eggs in Bedrock Edition.
Wither and ender dragon spawn eggs can be obtained only with commands such as /give @s ender_dragon_spawn_egg. In Bedrock Edition, the agent and NPC spawn eggs may be obtained with an alias ID (see the table below), spawn_egg amount 56 and spawn_egg amount 51 respectively. Invalid alias IDs yield a generic item.spawn_egg.name instead, which uses the old chicken spawn egg texture and has no effect.
Usage
A spawn egg is used by pressing use on any surface (top, bottom, or side) with the egg. When used on a top surface, the egg's mob appears with its feet immediately adjacent to the surface, and its ambient sound is played.
Spawn eggs are not thrown (unlike normal eggs); the player must be within normal range of the block to use the spawn egg. All monster mobs (except undead animals, shulkers, piglins, hoglins and ender dragons) spawned while on Peaceful difficulty get created and immediately deleted from the world.
The surfaces of blocks are prioritized for spawning; if none are within reach, mobs can also be spawned in water or lava sources.
Dispensers
A spawn egg fired from a dispenser spawns the mob directly in front of the dispenser. The spawn egg is consumed when fired.
Baby mobs
If the player uses a spawn egg on the type of mob it spawns, and that mob has a baby form, the egg spawns a baby version of the mob. For instance, using a sheep spawn egg on a sheep makes a baby sheep with the same wool color.
Monster spawners
All spawn eggs can also be used on a monster spawner or trial spawner to change the mob that spawns. In Bedrock Edition, spawn eggs for any of the fish mobs spawn them only if the monster spawner is waterlogged.
Renaming
A spawn egg can be renamed on an anvil, and when used it spawns a mob with that name appearing over its head, similar to a mob that has been named with a name tag. Unlike a name tag, this method of naming does not prevent hostile mobs from despawning. The mob's name can be seen only by aiming at the mob from four or fewer blocks away. This name also appears in death messages from the mob killing a player.
Certain names have special effects on mobs, so a spawn egg with the name spawns a mob with the effect. A rabbit spawn egg named "Toast" spawns a rabbit with the secret skin. A spawn egg named "Dinnerbone" or "Grumm" spawns a mob that appears upside down. A vindicator from a spawn egg named "Johnny" acts hostile to all mobs except for other illagers. A sheep from a spawn egg named "jeb_" appears to change colors over time; this doesn't affect the color of the wool the sheep drops.
Survival mode
Players in Survival mode can use spawn eggs normally, though spawn eggs are not obtainable in Survival. They can be obtained only using the Creative menu or commands. Just like other items, spawn eggs are consumed when used in Survival mode.
List of spawn eggs
There is a spawn egg for almost every mob in the game; exceptions are listed below this table. The spawn eggs are thematically sorted in the creative inventory in different categories. The categories do not affect actual mob type classifications.
Depending on the mob, spawn eggs appear as one of three sizes: small, medium or large. The spawn egg’s size is purely a visual effect and does not affect its functionality.
| Egg | Mob | Size | Notes |
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| Farm animals | |||
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Small | Chickens have a 5% chance to spawn as a baby. Chickens are temperate, warm, or cold depending on the biome, baby chickens also spawn from eggs. | |
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Large | Cows have a 5% chance to spawn as a baby. Cows are temperate, warm, or cold depending on the biome. | |
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Medium | Pigs spawn without a saddle and have a 5% chance to spawn as a baby. Pigs are temperate, warm, or cold depending on the biome. | |
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Medium | Sheep spawn with the colors that can appear naturally; see Sheep § Spawning for details. If the spawn egg is renamed jeb_, a jeb_ sheep spawns instead. Sheep have a 5% chance to spawn as a baby.
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| Mounts | |||
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Large | Camels spawn unsaddled and have a 5% chance to spawn as a baby. | |
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Large | Donkeys spawn untamed and have a 20% chance to spawn as a baby. | |
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Large | Horses spawn untamed and their skins are randomized. They have a 20% chance to spawn as a baby. | |
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Large | Mules have a 20% chance to spawn as a baby. | |
| Pets | |||
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Small | Cats' skins are randomized and they always spawn as stray cats. Cats have a 25% chance to spawn as a baby. | |
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Small | Parrots spawn untamed and their color is randomized. | |
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Medium | Wolves spawn untamed and neutral, and their skins are biome-dependent. They also spawn with a random sound variant. They have a 5% chance to spawn as a baby. | |
| Wild animals | |||
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Small | In Bedrock Edition, armadillos have a 5% chance to spawn as a baby. | |
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Small | If the player is far enough away when using the spawn egg on the bottom of an opaque block, the bat hangs upside down from it. | |
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Small | Bees spawn neutral, and have a 5% chance to spawn as a baby. | |
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Small | Foxes spawn untrusting, and as either red or snowy depending on the biome. They can spawn holding items and have a 5% chance to spawn as a baby. | |
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Medium | Goats spawn with two horns and have a 5% chance spawning as a baby, and a 2% chance to spawn as a screaming goat. | |
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Large | Llamas spawn untamed and their color is randomized. They have a 10% chance to spawn as a baby. | |
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Small | Ocelots spawn untrusting. | |
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Large | Pandas spawn with a random personality and have a 5% chance to spawn as a baby. | |
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Large | Polar bears spawn neutral and have a 10% chance to spawn as a baby. | |
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Small | Rabbit skins are random and biome-dependent, except for the black-and-white “Toast” rabbit, which spawns only if the spawn egg is renamed Toast. Rabbits have a 25% chance to spawn as a baby. Spawn eggs never spawn a killer rabbit.
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| Aquatic | |||
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Small | Axolotls' color is randomized and they have a 5% chance to spawn as a baby. | |
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Small | ||
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Large | Dolphins spawn neutral, and have a 10% chance to spawn as a baby. | |
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Small | Frogs are temperate, warm, or cold depending on the biome. | |
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Medium | Glow squids have a 5% chance to spawn as a baby. | |
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Large | Nautiluses spawn untamed and neutral. In Bedrock Edition, they have a chance to spawn as a baby. | |
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Small | ||
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Small | Salmon spawn with a random size. | |
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Medium | Squids have a 5% chance to spawn as a baby. | |
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Small | ||
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Small | Shapes, colors, and patterns are randomized, although 90% of the time the tropical fish spawn as one of the 22 uniquely-named variants. | |
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Medium | Turtles have a 10% chance to spawn as a baby. | |
| Miscellaneous | |||
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Small | Allays never spawn holding an item. | |
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Large | Mooshrooms always spawn red and have a 5% chance to spawn as a baby. | |
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Large | Sniffers have a chance to spawn as snifflets. | |
| Medium | Sulfur cubes spawn at a random size when spawned with a spawn egg. | ||
| Golems | |||
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Small | The spawned copper golem is unoxidized and unwaxed, and does not spawn holding an item. Does not spawn a copper chest alongside the golem. | |
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Large | Iron golems spawn uncracked, these golems are neutral, like villager-summoned golems. | |
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Medium | Snow golems never spawn sheared. | |
| Villagers | |||
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Large | Trader llamas spawn untamed and their color is randomized. Unlike trader llamas spawned alongside wandering traders, they have a 10% chance to spawn as a baby. | |
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Medium | In Java Edition, villagers spawn unemployed; in Bedrock Edition, their professions are randomized.[1] Their outfit is biome-dependent. They have a 5% chance to spawn as a baby. | |
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Medium | In Bedrock Edition, wandering traders always spawn with two leashed trader llamas. In Java Edition, wandering traders spawned via spawn eggs do not automatically despawn after 48000 ticks. | |
| Undead | |||
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Medium | Bogged may spawn with an enchanted bow and armor. | |
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Large | Camel husks never spawn with any riders or as a baby, even if the spawn egg is used on another camel husk. | |
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Medium | Drowned can spawn holding tridents, fishing rods, or nautilus shells. Drowned have a 5% chance to spawn as a baby. In Java Edition, a baby drowned has a 5% chance to spawn as a chicken jockey. | |
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Medium | Frostbites can spawn holding ice balls. | |
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Medium | Husks may spawn with tools, weapons or armor, and have a 5% chance to spawn as a baby. They cannot spawn as a camel husk jockey. In Java Edition, baby husks have a 5% chance to spawn as a chicken jockey. In Bedrock Edition, a baby husk has a 15% chance to find a mount, becoming a jockey. | |
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Medium | Parched may spawn with an enchanted bow and armor. | |
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Medium | Skeletons may spawn with an enchanted bow and armor. | |
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Large | Skeleton horses have a 20% chance to spawn as a baby and never spawn as a skeleton trap. | |
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Medium | Strays may spawn with an enchanted bow and armor. | |
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Medium | Zombies do not spawn as zombie villagers, but they have a 5% chance to spawn as a baby. They may spawn with tools, weapons or armor. In Java Edition, a baby zombie has a 5% chance to spawn as a chicken jockey. In Bedrock Edition, a baby zombie has a 15% chance to find a mount, becoming a jockey. | |
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Large | Zombie horses have a 20% chance to spawn as a baby, and never spawn with any riders. | |
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Large | Zombie nautiluses spawn untamed and neutral, and never spawn with any riders. They spawn as the coral variant when spawned in warm oceans. | |
| Medium | Zombie villagers' professions are randomized. Their outfit depends on the biome, and they have a 5% chance to spawn as a baby. They may spawn with tools, weapons or armor. In Java Edition, a baby zombie villager has a 5% chance to spawn as a chicken jockey. | ||
| Spiders | |||
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Small | In Bedrock Edition, cave spiders have a 1% chance to spawn as a cave spider jockey. | |
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Medium | Spiders have a 1% chance to spawn as a spider jockey. | |
| Monsters | |||
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Medium | ||
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Large | Creakings spawned with a spawn egg aren’t protected by a creaking heart, and have 1HP health. | |
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Medium | Creepers can never spawn charged. | |
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Large | ||
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Medium | ||
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Medium | ||
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Small | Silverfish are also spawned from infested blocks. | |
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Large | Slimes spawn with a random size, excluding the unique size found in trial chambers. | |
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| Illagers | |||
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Medium | In Java Edition, evokers have a chance to spawn as a raid captain. | |
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Medium | Pillagers may spawn with an enchanted crossbow. In Java Edition, they also have a chance to spawn as a raid captain. | |
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Large | Ravagers never spawn being ridden by illagers. | |
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Small | Vexes never spawn with enchanted swords. | |
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Medium | Vindicators may spawn with an enchanted axe. In Java Edition, they also have a chance to spawn as a raid captain. | |
| The Nether | |||
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Medium | ||
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Large | ||
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Large | Happy ghasts spawn without a harness. In Bedrock Edition, the happy ghast spawn egg has a 5% chance to spawn a ghastling. | |
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Large | Hoglins have a 5% chance to spawn as a baby, and baby hoglins never spawn as a hoglin jockey. | |
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Large | Magma cubes spawn with a random size. | |
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Medium | Piglins spawn neutral and have a 25%[JE only] or 5%[BE only] chance to spawn as a baby. They have a 50% chance to spawn with a crossbow, a 45% chance to spawn with a golden sword, and a 5% chance to spawn with a golden spear. The weapon may be enchanted. They may also spawn with enchanted golden armor. | |
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Medium | Piglin brutes used to spawn with an enchanted axe. | |
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Medium | Striders have a 1⁄10 chance to spawn ridden by a baby strider. They also have a 1⁄30 chance to spawn wearing a saddle and ridden by a zombified piglin as a strider jockey. | |
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Large | Zoglins have a chance to spawn as a baby. | |
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Medium | Zombified piglins spawn neutral and have a 5% chance to spawn as a baby. In Java Edition, a baby zombified piglin has a 5% chance to spawn as a chicken jockey. They may spawn with either a golden sword or golden spear, which may be enchanted. | |
| The End | |||
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Large | Endermen spawn neutral and not holding a block. | |
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Small | ||
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Medium | Shulkers spawn undyed. Their orientation is also dependent on where the shulker is placed. | |
| Unavailable in creative inventory | |||
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Small | Agent spawned by its spawn egg is not visible or interactable in Bedrock Edition. | |
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Large | Accessible only via commands or pick block to prevent accidental destruction of player builds.[2] | |
| - | Available only in Editor mode. | ||
| Medium | NPCs always spawn with the first default skin. | ||
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Large | Accessible only via commands or pick block to prevent accidental destruction of player builds. | |
Mobs without spawn eggs
The following mobs do not have explicitly defined spawn eggs. Custom spawn eggs can be created with a custom data component[JE only] or item component[BE only] that changes the spawned entity, but no spawn egg explicitly associated with any of the mobs exist.
Giant[JE only][3]
Elder Guardian Ghost[BE only]
Illusioner[JE only][3]
Old Villager[BE only]
Old Zombie Villager[BE only]
Removed spawn eggs
In Bedrock Edition:
In Java Edition as part of April Fools' jokes for 23w13a_or_b and 24w14potato:
Sounds
When a mob is spawned, it immediately makes its ambient sound.
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
allay_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
armadillo_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
axolotl_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
bat_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
bee_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
blaze_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
bogged_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
breeze_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
camel_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
camel_husk_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
cat_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
cave_spider_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
chicken_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
cod_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
copper_golem_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
cow_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
creaking_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
creeper_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
dolphin_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
donkey_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
drowned_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
elder_guardian_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
ender_dragon_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
enderman_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
endermite_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
evoker_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
fox_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
frog_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
frostbite_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
ghast_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
glow_squid_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
goat_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
guardian_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
happy_ghast_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
hoglin_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
horse_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
husk_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
iron_golem_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
llama_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
magma_cube_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
mooshroom_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
mule_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
nautilus_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
ocelot_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
panda_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
parched_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
parrot_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
phantom_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
pig_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
piglin_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
piglin_brute_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
pillager_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
polar_bear_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
pufferfish_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
rabbit_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
ravager_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
salmon_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
sheep_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
shulker_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
silverfish_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
skeleton_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
skeleton_horse_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
slime_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
sniffer_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
snow_golem_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
spider_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
squid_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
stray_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
strider_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
sulfur_cube_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
tadpole_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
trader_llama_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
tropical_fish_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
turtle_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
vex_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
villager_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
vindicator_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
wandering_trader_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
warden_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
witch_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
wither_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
wither_skeleton_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
wolf_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
zoglin_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
zombie_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
zombie_horse_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
zombie_nautilus_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
zombie_villager_spawn_egg | Item | item | |
zombified_piglin_spawn_egg | Item | item |
| Name | Identifier | Alias ID | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
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spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 0 | 805 | Item | — | |
agent_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 56 | 489 | Item | item | |
allay_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 134 | 639 | Item | item | |
armadillo_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 142 | 706 | Item | item | |
axolotl_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 130[a] | 503 | Item | item | |
bat_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 19 | 455 | Item | item | |
bee_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 122 | 496 | Item | item | |
blaze_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 43 | 458 | Item | item | |
bogged_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 144 | 466 | Item | item | |
breeze_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 140 | 704 | Item | item | |
camel_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 138 | 663 | Item | item | |
camel_husk_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 152 | 669 | Item | item | |
cat_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 75 | 490 | Item | item | |
cave_spider_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 40 | 459 | Item | item | |
chicken_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 10 | 437 | Item | item | |
cod_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 112 | 482 | Item | item | |
copper_golem_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 148 | 746 | Item | item | |
cow_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 11 | 438 | Item | item | |
creaking_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 146 | 725 | Item | item | |
creeper_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 33 | 443 | Item | item | |
dolphin_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 31 | 486 | Item | item | |
donkey_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 24 | 467 | Item | item | |
drowned_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 110 | 485 | Item | item | |
elder_guardian_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 50 | 473 | Item | item | |
ender_dragon_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 53 | 508 | Item | item | |
enderman_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 38 | 444 | Item | item | |
endermite_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 55 | 462 | Item | item | |
evoker_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 104 | 477 | Item | item | |
fox_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 121 | 492 | Item | item | |
frog_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 132 | 636 | Item | item | |
frostbite_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 155 | ? | Item | item | |
ghast_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 41 | 456 | Item | item | |
glow_squid_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 129 | 505 | Item | item | |
goat_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 128 | 504 | Item | item | |
guardian_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 49 | 463 | Item | item | |
happy_ghast_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 147 | 729 | Item | item | |
hoglin_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 124 | 498 | Item | item | |
horse_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 23 | 460 | Item | item | |
husk_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 47 | 465 | Item | item | |
iron_golem_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 20 | 506 | Item | item | |
llama_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 29 | 475 | Item | item | |
magma_cube_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 42 | 457 | Item | item | |
mooshroom_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 16 | 442 | Item | item | |
mule_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 25 | 468 | Item | item | |
nautilus_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 149 | 758 | Item | item | |
npc_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 51 | 472 | Item | item | |
ocelot_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 22 | 453 | Item | item | |
panda_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 113 | 491 | Item | item | |
parched_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 151 | 760 | Item | item | |
parrot_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 30 | 480 | Item | item | |
phantom_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 58 | 488 | Item | item | |
pig_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 12 | 439 | Item | item | |
piglin_brute_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 127 | 501 | Item | item | |
piglin_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 123 | 499 | Item | item | |
pillager_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 114 | 493 | Item | item | |
polar_bear_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 28 | 474 | Item | item | |
pufferfish_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 108 | 483 | Item | item | |
rabbit_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 18 | 461 | Item | item | |
ravager_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 59 | 495 | Item | item | |
salmon_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 109 | 484 | Item | item | |
sheep_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 13 | 440 | Item | item | |
shulker_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 54 | 471 | Item | item | |
silverfish_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 39 | 445 | Item | item | |
skeleton_horse_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 26 | 469 | Item | item | |
skeleton_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 34 | 446 | Item | item | |
slime_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 37 | 447 | Item | item | |
sniffer_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 139 | 502 | Item | item | |
snow_golem_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 21 | 507 | Item | item | |
spider_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 35 | 448 | Item | item | |
squid_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 17 | 452 | Item | item | |
stray_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 46 | 464 | Item | item | |
strider_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 125 | 497 | Item | item | |
sulfur_cube_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 153 | 767 | Item | item | |
tadpole_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 133 | 637 | Item | item | |
trader_llama_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 157 | 656 | Item | item | |
tropical_fish_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 111 | 481 | Item | item | |
turtle_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 74 | 487 | Item | item | |
vex_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 105 | 478 | Item | item | |
villager_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 15 115 | 451 | Item | itemitem | |
vindicator_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 57 | 476 | Item | item | |
wandering_trader_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 118 | 494 | Item | item | |
warden_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 131 | 640 | Item | item | |
witch_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 45 | 454 | Item | item | |
wither_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 52 | 509 | Item | item | |
wither_skeleton_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 48 | 466 | Item | item | |
wolf_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 14 | 441 | Item | item | |
zoglin_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 126 | 500 | Item | item | |
zombie_horse_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 27 | 470 | Item | item | |
zombie_nautilus_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 150 | 759 | Item | item | |
zombie_pigman_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 36 | 450 | Item | item | |
zombie_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 32 | 449 | Item | item | |
zombie_villager_spawn_egg | spawn_egg / 44 116 | 479 | Item | itemitem |
Item data
When using commands to give a player a spawn egg there is an option to add custom data to said item to spawn a different entity than is normally expected i.e /give @p villager_spawn_egg[entity_data={id:"minecraft:cat"}] 1, which turns a normal villager spawn egg into a cat spawn egg.
- [NBT Compound / JSON Object] components: the item's components tag.
- [NBT Compound / JSON Object] minecraft:entity_data: NBT applied to an entity when created from an item.
- [String] id: The resource location of the entity. If the item is a spawn egg and this id is
falling_block,command_block_minecart, orspawner_minecart, this component adds a red message to the item's tooltip (for operator players only) warning the player that using it may result in command execution. Define the generating entity by spawn egg. For other items, it must be equal to the id of the entity generated by the item; otherwise, the component is not effective. - [Undefined] <any field>: Optional. See Entity format for effective fields, excludes
id,UUIDandPassengers. Applies the NBT tag to the entity if it is valid and applicable. Other fields can be added, but they have no effect.
- [String] id: The resource location of the entity. If the item is a spawn egg and this id is
- [NBT Compound / JSON Object] minecraft:entity_data: NBT applied to an entity when created from an item.
- In Bedrock Edition, spawn eggs have no additional tags.
History
Java Edition
| Java Edition | |||||||
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| 1.1 | 11w49a | ||||||
| The spawn egg has a single texture file, which is tinted different colors. | |||||||
| 12w01a | |||||||
| 1.2.1 | 12w03a | Spawn eggs can now be placed into a dispenser. Activating the dispenser spawns the mob, instead of dispensing the egg as an item. | |||||
| Spawn eggs are now stackable. | |||||||
| 12w04a | |||||||
| Before 1.2, edited spawn eggs for snow golems, ender dragons and giants (and other "unspawnable" mobs) produced mobs of their types. Now, this is restricted to those eggs available in the Creative inventory. | |||||||
| 1.3.1 | 12w18a | Villagers spawned from spawn eggs were always farmers before this update, now their professions are randomized. | |||||
| 1.4.2 | 12w32a | Zombie villagers can now be spawned using zombie spawn eggs. | |||||
| Sheep from spawn eggs can now spawn naturally-colored sheep (white, gray, brown, pink, etc.). | |||||||
| 12w36a | Wither skeletons now have a high chance to spawn from skeleton spawn eggs when used in the Nether. | ||||||
| Skeletons on spider jockeys can now be replaced with wither skeletons when using spider spawn eggs in the Nether. | |||||||
| 12w38a | |||||||
| 1.4.4 | pre | Baby mobs are now spawn-able by right-clicking a mob with a corresponding mob egg. Unlike other mobs, this does not work with zombies and zombie pigmen. | |||||
| 1.5 | January 7, 2013 | Dinnerbone tweeted the first image of a renamed mob appearing in a death message. | |||||
| 13w02a | Mobs spawned from renamed eggs now have the name of the egg and the names appear in death messages. | ||||||
| Mobs can now display their custom name as nametag using an NBT tag. | |||||||
| 1.6.1 | 13w16a | ||||||
| 13w24a | Spawn eggs now work on water. | ||||||
| 1.6 | Renaming a spawn egg "Dinnerbone" or "Grumm" now cause the mob to spawn upside-down. | ||||||
| 1.7.2 | 13w43a | Spawn eggs now work on lava. | |||||
| 1.7.4 | 13w48b | Renaming a sheep or sheep spawn egg "jeb_" gives it a rainbow wool changing effect. This does not affect the wool dropped after death or shearing, however. | |||||
| 1.8 | 14w02a | Using a spawn egg on water or lava now spawns the mob at the center of the block instead of the north-west corner. | |||||
| 14w11a | |||||||
| 14w25a | |||||||
| 14w27a | |||||||
| 14w28b | Spawn eggs can now be used to program monster spawner blocks. | ||||||
| 1.9 | 15w31a | ||||||
| 1.10 | 16w20a | ||||||
| pre2 | Removed all spawn eggs added in 16w20a except the polar bear spawn egg. | ||||||
| 1.11 | 16w32a | ||||||
| Using a spawn egg by aiming at the top face of a block now always spawns the mob on the ground. This prevents it from spawning too high on non-full blocks such as slabs or soul sand and prevents it from falling through fences.[4] | |||||||
| Spawn eggs can no longer randomly spawn other variants of that mob, instead their own spawn egg must be used. This means that horse spawn eggs no longer have a chance to spawn donkeys, skeleton spawn eggs no longer have a chance to spawn wither skeletons in the Nether or strays in cold biomes and zombie spawn eggs no longer have a chance to spawn husks in desert biomes or randomly spawn zombie villagers. | |||||||
| Spawn Eggs are now sorted alphabetically in the Creative inventory. Prior to this they were sorted by the entity IDs of the corresponding mobs. | |||||||
| 16w32b | The zombie villager spawn egg now spawns different zombie professions. | ||||||
| 16w39a | |||||||
| 1.12 | 17w13a | ||||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Using a spawn egg on a block without collision now spawns the mob inside of that block instead of next to it. | |||||
| 18w07a | |||||||
| 18w08b | |||||||
| 18w10a | |||||||
| 18w11a | |||||||
| 18w15a | |||||||
| 18w19a | |||||||
| 18w20a | "Spawn <Mob>" has been changed to "<Mob> Spawn Egg". | ||||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | ||||||
| 18w44a | |||||||
| 19w05a | The "illager beast" spawn egg has been renamed to "ravager" spawn egg. | ||||||
| 19w07a | |||||||
| 1.15 | 19w34a | ||||||
| 19w37a | Using an ocelot spawn egg no longer has a chance to spawn 2 baby ocelots in addition to an adult ocelot.[5] | ||||||
| Horse, donkey, mule, skeleton horse, zombie horse, llama and trader llama spawn eggs no longer have a random chance to spawn baby mobs when not used on that type of mob.[6] | |||||||
| 19w41a | |||||||
| 19w46a | Drowned, husk, zombie, and zombie villager spawn eggs can now be used on these mobs to spawn their baby variant. | ||||||
| pre1 | Zombie pigman spawn egg can now be used on zombie pigmen to spawn their baby variant. | ||||||
| September 28, 2019 | |||||||
| 1.16 | 20w06a | ||||||
| Currently, the hoglin spawn egg substitutes the zombie pigman's spawn egg colors. | |||||||
| 20w07a | |||||||
| 20w09a | "Zombie Pigman Spawn Egg" has been renamed to "Zombified Piglin Spawn Egg". | ||||||
| 20w13a | |||||||
| 20w14a | |||||||
| 1.16.2 | 20w27a | ||||||
| October 6, 2020 | |||||||
| 1.17 | 20w51a | ||||||
| 21w03a | |||||||
| 21w13a | |||||||
| October 16, 2021 | |||||||
| 1.19 | Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1 | ||||||
| 22w11a | |||||||
| As with the warden itself, warden spawn eggs do not exist in this snapshot. | |||||||
| 22w12a | |||||||
| 22w13a | |||||||
| 1.19.3 Experiment | 22w42a | ||||||
| 22w43a | |||||||
| 1.19.3 | 22w44a | ||||||
| 22w46a | Iron golem, snow golem, wither and ender dragon spawn eggs from before the Flattening are now converted to the newly reimplemented spawn eggs.[8] Previously, they would convert to pig spawn eggs with extra NBT. | ||||||
| 1.19.4 Experiment | 23w07a | ||||||
| pre1 | |||||||
| 1.20 | 23w12a | Camel and sniffer spawn eggs are now available without using the "Update 1.20" experimental data pack. | |||||
| 1.20.3 Experiment | 23w45a | ||||||
| 1.20.5 | 23w51a | ||||||
| 24w03a | |||||||
| 1.20.5 Experiment | 24w07a | ||||||
| 1.20.5 | 24w10a | Iron golem and snow golem spawn eggs from before 1.13 no longer upgrade correctly as they did in 1.19.3.[9] | |||||
| 1.21 | 24w18a | Breeze and bogged spawn eggs are now available without using the "Update 1.21" experimental data pack. | |||||
| 24w19a | Iron golem and snow golem spawn eggs from before 1.13 once again upgrade correctly as they did in 1.19.3. | ||||||
| 1.21.2 Experiment | 24w40a | ||||||
| 1.21.4 | 24w44a | Creaking spawn eggs are now available without using the "Winter Drop" experimental data pack. | |||||
| pre1 | Similar to block items, spawn eggs for entities that could execute operator-only commands now have a warning in tooltip. | ||||||
| 1.21.5 | 25w08a | ||||||
| They can be one of three different “sizes” based on the mob: “Small”, “Medium” or “Large”. | |||||||
| pre1 | Spawn eggs now use their old textures if the Programmer Art resource pack is enabled. This includes spawn eggs for mobs added after the Texture Update, up to the creaking. | ||||||
| March 22, 2025 | |||||||
| 1.21.6 | 25w15a | ||||||
| 1.21.9 | 25w31a | ||||||
| Monster spawn eggs now have a tooltip warning when the difficulty is set to Peaceful. | |||||||
| 25w33a | The mob no longer spawns for one tick when an attempt is made to use the spawn egg in Peaceful. | ||||||
| 1.21.11 | 25w41a | ||||||
| 25w42a | The zombie horse and zombie nautilus spawn eggs now work in Peaceful worlds. | ||||||
| 25w44a | |||||||
| 25w46a | Spawn eggs are now sorted thematically in the Creative inventory, according to the following categories: Overworld mobs (Farm animals, mounts, pets, wild animals, aquatic, miscellaneous, golems, villagers, undead, spiders, monsters, Illagers), The Nether mobs and The End mobs. | ||||||
| 26.2 | snap1 | ||||||
| Upcoming Java Edition | |||||||
| 26.4 | snap3 | ||||||
Bedrock Edition
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v0.7.0 | |||||||
Due to MCPE-4935, it is possible to obtain a spawn egg labeled Spawn .name< by firing a bow and quickly switching to a regular spawn egg in the hotbar. | |||||||
| v0.8.0 | build 1 | The texture of the default spawn egg is now | |||||
| v0.9.0 | build 1 | ||||||
| Spawn eggs now have the correct name in the inventory. | |||||||
| build 2 | |||||||
| Spawn eggs can now be used to program monster spawner blocks. | |||||||
| v0.11.0 | build 1 | It is no longer possible to obtain invalid spawn eggs via MCPE-4935. | |||||
| build 3 | Added cave spider spawn eggs to the creative mode inventory. | ||||||
| build 8 | Added magma cube spawn eggs to the creative mode inventory. | ||||||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | ||||||
| Added ghast spawn eggs to the creative mode inventory. | |||||||
| Wither skeletons now have a high chance to spawn from an skeleton spawn egg, if the player is in the Nether. | |||||||
| build 9 | Mobs spawned from renamed eggs now have the name of the egg and the names appear in death messages. | ||||||
| build 12 | Zombie villagers can now be spawned using zombie spawn eggs. | ||||||
| v0.13.0 | build 1 | ||||||
| v0.14.0 | build 1 | ||||||
| v0.14.2 | |||||||
| v0.15.0 | build 1 | ||||||
| v0.15.1 | build 1 | The texture of the default spawn egg has been changed from | |||||
| The empty spawn egg named "Spawn" is now available through inventory editing, but crashes the game. | |||||||
| v0.16.0 | build 1 | ||||||
| The tripod camera spawn egg was replaced with the camera block. | |||||||
| build 2 | The NPC spawn egg has been removed from the Creative inventory. | ||||||
| build 4 | The NPC spawn egg has been removed completely. | ||||||
| build 5 | |||||||
| Pocket Edition | |||||||
| 1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | ||||||
| 1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | ||||||
| alpha 1.1.0.9 | |||||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.2.0 | beta 1.2.0.2 | ||||||
| 1.2.13 Experiment | beta 1.2.13.8 | ||||||
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.14.2 | ||||||
| beta 1.2.20.1 | |||||||
| 1.5.0 | beta 1.5.0.0 | Drowned spawn eggs are now available without using the experimental gameplay toggle. | |||||
| beta 1.5.0.4 | |||||||
| 1.6.0 | beta 1.6.0.1 | ||||||
| 1.8.0 | beta 1.8.0.8 | ||||||
| 1.9.0 Experiment | beta 1.9.0.0 | ||||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | ||||||
| Pillager spawn eggs are now available without using the experimental gameplay toggle. | |||||||
| 1.10.0 Experiment | beta 1.10.0.3 | ||||||
| 1.11.0 Experiment | beta 1.11.0.1 | The (old) villager and (old) zombie villager spawn eggs have been replaced by the new ones in Creative inventory. | |||||
| "Spawn Illager Beast" has been renamed to "Spawn Ravager". | |||||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.3 | Ravager spawn eggs are now available without using the experimental gameplay toggle. | |||||
| beta 1.11.0.4 | Wandering trader spawn eggs are now available without using the experimental gameplay toggle. | ||||||
| 1.13.0 | beta 1.13.0.1 | ||||||
| 1.14.0 | beta 1.14.0.1 | ||||||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.51 | ||||||
| From now on new spawn eggs are generated using the mask spawn egg texture defining base and overlay colors. | |||||||
| "Spawn Zombie Pigman" has been renamed to "Spawn Zombified Piglin". | |||||||
| beta 1.16.0.57 | |||||||
| beta 1.16.0.59 | |||||||
| 1.16.20 | beta 1.16.20.50 | ||||||
| 1.16.100 | beta 1.16.100.55 | Tripod cameras have been removed completely, including its spawn egg. | |||||
| beta 1.16.100.56 | Although not mentioned in any changelog, all spawn eggs are now split up into their own IDs named <mob>_spawn_egg. The spawn_egg ID is retained as an alias. | ||||||
| Unused spawn eggs (such as Iron Golem, End Crystal and Wither) are completely removed. Attempts to put such spawn eggs in an inventory gives the default spawn egg instead. | |||||||
| The texture of the default spawn egg is now | |||||||
| 1.16.200 Experiment | beta 1.16.200.52 | ||||||
| 1.16.210 Experiment | beta 1.16.210.51 | ||||||
| beta 1.16.210.59 | |||||||
| beta 1.16.210.60 | Glow squid spawn egg is temporarily removed. | ||||||
| 1.16.220 Experiment | beta 1.16.220.50 | ||||||
| 1.17.0 Experiment | beta 1.16.230.52 | ||||||
| 1.17.0 | beta 1.17.0.52 | Goat, glow squid and axolotl spawn eggs are now available without using the "Caves and Cliffs" experimental toggle. | |||||
| 1.18.10 Experiment | beta 1.18.10.24 | ||||||
| 1.18.30 Experiment | Preview 1.18.30.23 | ||||||
| Preview 1.18.30.33 | |||||||
| 1.19.0 | Preview 1.19.0.21 | Frog, tadpole, allay, and warden spawn eggs are now available without using the "Wild Update" experimental toggle. | |||||
| 1.19.10 | Preview 1.19.10.20 | ||||||
| 1.19.50 Experiment | Preview 1.19.50.21 | ||||||
| Preview 1.19.50.22 | |||||||
| 1.19.60 | Preview 1.19.60.20 | ||||||
| It now uses the mask spawn egg texture to generate its appearance. | |||||||
| Preview 1.19.60.25 | The wither and ender dragon spawn eggs are no longer available in the Creative inventory, only via commands. | ||||||
| 1.19.70 Experiment | Preview 1.19.70.23 | ||||||
| 1.20.0 | Preview 1.20.0.20 | Sniffer spawn egg is now available without using the "Sniffer" experimental toggle. | |||||
| Preview 1.20.0.21 | Camel spawn egg is now available without using the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle. | ||||||
| 1.20.60 Experiment | Preview 1.20.60.20 | ||||||
| 1.20.60 Experiment | Preview 1.20.60.23 | ||||||
| 1.20.70 Experiment | Preview 1.20.70.20 | ||||||
| 1.20.70 | Preview 1.20.70.21 | Changed the name of every spawn egg from the format of "Spawn <Mob>" to "<Mob> Spawn Egg". | |||||
| 1.20.70 Experiment | Preview 1.20.70.24 | ||||||
| 1.20.80 | Preview 1.20.80.20 | Armadillo spawn egg is now available without using the "Armadillo and Wolf Armor" experimental toggle. | |||||
It displays the in-game name item.spawn_egg.entity.editor:map_marker.name and can be obtained via the Creative inventory and the /give command; it exists in Editor Mode only when using the Bedrock Editor and cannot be accessed in standard gameplay worlds.[10] | |||||||
| 1.21.0 | Preview 1.21.0.22 | Bogged and breeze spawn eggs are now available without using the "Update 1.21" experimental toggle. | |||||
| 1.21.30 | Preview 1.21.30.22 | Renamed "Sea Turtle Spawn Egg" to "Turtle Spawn Egg" to match Java Edition. | |||||
| 1.21.50 | Preview 1.21.50.20 | ||||||
| 1.21.70 | Preview 1.21.70.24 | ||||||
| 1.21.80 Experiment | Preview 1.21.80.25 | ||||||
| 1.21.90 | Preview 1.21.90.20 | Happy ghast spawn egg is now available without using the "Drop 2 2025" experimental toggle. | |||||
| Preview 1.21.90.25 | |||||||
| Preview 1.21.90.28 | |||||||
| 1.21.100 Experiment | Preview 1.21.100.23 | ||||||
| 1.21.111 | Preview 1.21.110.20 | Copper golem spawn egg is now available without using the "Drop 3 2025" experimental toggle. | |||||
| 1.21.130 | Preview 1.21.130.20 | ||||||
| Preview 1.21.130.24 | |||||||
| Preview 1.21.130.26 | |||||||
| Preview 1.21.130.27 | Spawn eggs are now sorted thematically in the Creative inventory, according to the following categories: Overworld mobs (Farm animals, mounts, pets, wild animals, aquatic, miscellaneous, golems, villagers, undead, spiders, monsters, Illagers), The Nether mobs and The End mobs. | ||||||
| 26.0 | Preview 26.0.27 | Using a spawn egg on the corresponding mob now spawns the baby form of that mob. | |||||
| 26.20 Experiment | Preview 26.20.23 | ||||||
| 26.30 | Preview 26.30.20 | Sulfur Cube spawn egg is now available without using the "Drop 2 of 2026" experimental toggle. | |||||
| Upcoming Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 26.60 Experiment | Preview 26.60.29 | ||||||
Legacy Console Edition
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU9 | CU1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | |
| Spawn eggs can now be placed into a dispenser. Activating the dispenser spawns the mob, instead of dispensing the egg as an item. | |||||||
| Spawn eggs are stackable to 16. | |||||||
| TU11 | Added a message when the player tries to spawn a hostile mob from a spawn egg in Peaceful difficulty. | ||||||
| The message for attempting to spawn something when the spawn limit is reached now appears only for the player attempting to spawn something. | |||||||
| TU12 | |||||||
| TU14 | 1.04 | Baby mobs are now spawn-able by right-clicking a mob with a corresponding mob egg. Unlike other mobs, this does not work with zombies and zombie pigmen. | |||||
| TU19 | CU7 | 1.12 | 1.12 | 1.12 | |||
| Spawn eggs now work on water. | |||||||
| TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | 1.22 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | ||
| Spawn eggs now work on lava. | |||||||
| Using a spawn egg on water now spawns the mob at the center of the block instead of the north-west corner. | |||||||
| Spawn eggs can now be used to program monster spawner blocks. | |||||||
| ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Spawn eggs no longer work on water and lava. |
| TU43 | CU33 | 1.36 | 1.36 | 1.36 | Patch 13 | 1.0.1 | |
| TU46 | CU36 | 1.38 | 1.38 | 1.38 | Patch 15 | ||
| TU54 | CU44 | 1.52 | 1.52 | 1.52 | Patch 24 | 1.0.4 | |
| Spawn eggs can no longer randomly spawn other variants of that mob, instead their own spawn egg must be used. This means that horse spawn eggs no longer have a chance to spawn donkeys, skeleton spawn eggs no longer have a chance to spawn wither skeletons in the nether, or strays in cold biomes and zombie spawn eggs no longer have a chance to spawn husks in desert biomes or randomly spawn zombie villagers. | |||||||
| Using a spawn egg by aiming at the top face of a block now always spawns the mob on the ground. This prevents it from spawning too high on non-full blocks such as slabs or soul sand and prevents it from falling through fences. | |||||||
| TU56 | CU47 | 1.55 | 1.55 | 1.55 | Patch 26 | 1.0.6 | |
| TU60 | CU51 | 1.64 | ? | 1.64 | Patch 30 | 1.0.11 | Spawn eggs are now stackable to 64. |
| TU69 | 1.76 | 1.76 | 1.76 | Patch 38 | |||
| Spawn eggs now work on water again. | |||||||
| 1.83 | |||||||
| 1.90 | |||||||
| 1.91 | |||||||
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1.0 | |||||||
| 1.3.12 | |||||||
| 1.7.10 | |||||||
| 1.9.19 | |||||||
Minecraft Education
| Minecraft Education | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | |||||||
| 1.4 | |||||||
| 1.7 | |||||||
| 1.9 | 1.8.0 | ||||||
| 1.12.0 | |||||||
| 1.14.31 | 1.14.30 | ||||||
| 1.17.30 | 1.17.30.2 | ||||||
| 1.19.52 | 1.19.50.0 | ||||||
| 1.20.12 | 1.20.10.0 | ||||||
| 1.21.03 | Preview 1.20.60.0 | ||||||
| Preview 1.20.70.0 | |||||||
| 1.21.91 | Preview 1.21.50.1 | ||||||
| Preview 1.21.80.1 | |||||||
| They can be one of three different “sizes” based on the mob: “Small”, “Medium” or “Large”. | |||||||
| Preview 1.21.90.1 | |||||||
| 1.21.132 | Preview 1.21.110.1 | ||||||
| Preview 1.21.131.1 | |||||||
Data history
Java Edition
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.9 | 15w33a | Spawn eggs can no longer be addressed by numeric metadata, like: give @p spawn_egg 1 50. The spawnable entity from a spawn egg is now addressed by a datatag: /give @p spawn_egg 1 0 {EntityTag:{id:"Creeper"}}. | |||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | The different [NBT Compound / JSON Object] EntityTag entity IDs for the spawn_egg ID have been split up into their own IDs.
| |||||
| Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 383. | |||||||
| pre5 | evocation_illager_spawn_egg and vindication_illager_spawn_egg have been respectively changed to evoker_spawn_egg and vindicator_spawn_egg. | ||||||
Bedrock Edition
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v0.7.0 | All spawn eggs with damage/metadata values 30 and higher, would display a unique texture. | ||||||
| v0.11.0 | build 3 | All spawn eggs that are obtained in this version with an invalid damage/metadata value would result in the name of that spawn egg displaying as the following: item.monsterPlacer.name.name. | |||||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | Invalid spawn eggs now display the following in-game name: item.monsterPlacer.entity.unknown.name. | |||||
| v0.15.0 | build 1 | Invalid spawn eggs have had their default name changed once again to the following: Spawn. | |||||
| Pocket Edition | |||||||
| 1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Wither spawn eggs have had their damage/metadata value changed from 52 to 308. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.2.3 | beta 1.2.3.3 | Wither spawn eggs have had their damage/metadata value reverted back to 52. | |||||
| 1.6.0 | beta 1.6.0.1 | Falling block spawn eggs spawn falling block entities with random data. | |||||
| 1.16.100 | beta 1.16.100.56 | The different entity IDs for the spawn_egg ID have been split up into their own IDs. | |||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Spawn Egg" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Gallery
Icons
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![Agent Spawn Egg[BE & edu only]](https://minecraft.wiki/images/thumb/Agent_Spawn_Egg_BE2.png/120px-Agent_Spawn_Egg_BE2.png?f5405)
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Allay Spawn Egg -
Armadillo Spawn Egg -
Axolotl Spawn Egg -
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Blaze Spawn Egg -
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Breeze Spawn Egg -
Camel Spawn Egg -
Camel Husk Spawn Egg -
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Cave Spider Spawn Egg -
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Cod Spawn Egg -
Copper Golem Spawn Egg -
Cow Spawn Egg -
Creaking Spawn Egg -
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Donkey Spawn Egg -
Drowned Spawn Egg -
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Fox Spawn Egg -
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Glow Squid Spawn Egg -
Goat Spawn Egg -
Guardian Spawn Egg -
Happy Ghast Spawn Egg -
Hoglin Spawn Egg -
Horse Spawn Egg -
Husk Spawn Egg -
Iron Golem Spawn Egg -
Llama Spawn Egg -
Magma Cube Spawn Egg -
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Mooshroom Spawn Egg -
Mule Spawn Egg -
Nautilus Spawn Egg -
![NPC Spawn Egg[BE & edu only]](https://minecraft.wiki/images/thumb/NPC_Spawn_Egg_BE1.png/120px-NPC_Spawn_Egg_BE1.png?d996b)
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Salmon Spawn Egg -
Sheep Spawn Egg -
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Skeleton Horse Spawn Egg -
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Sniffer Spawn Egg -
Snow Golem Spawn Egg -
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Turtle Spawn Egg -
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Villager Spawn Egg -
Vindicator Spawn Egg -
Wandering Trader Spawn Egg -
Warden Spawn Egg -
Witch Spawn Egg -
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Wither Skeleton Spawn Egg -
Wolf Spawn Egg -
Zoglin Spawn Egg -
Zombie Spawn Egg -
Zombie Horse Spawn Egg -
Zombie Nautilus Spawn Egg -
Zombie Villager Spawn Egg -
Zombified Piglin Spawn Egg
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Spawn Egg (texture) -
Mask Spawn Egg (texture) -
Firefly Spawn Egg -
Cod Spawn Egg (BE beta 1.2.14.2) -
Pufferfish Spawn Egg (BE beta 1.2.14.2) -
Salmon Spawn Egg (BE beta 1.2.14.2) -
Tropical Fish Spawn Egg (BE beta 1.2.14.2) -
Spawn Egg (texture) -
Prototype Salmon Spawn Egg. This was made before the Spring to Life drop. -
Stalker Spawn Egg recreation from photos
Screenshots
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Various spawn eggs utilizing their old color scheme before 12w01a -
Two mobs spawned with the names "Grumm" and "Dinnerbone", respectively
Mojang screenshots
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First screenshot relating to a named mob shown, through a spawn egg -
Many spawn eggs with their respective mob -
Several spawn eggs -
Cow, pig and sheep spawn eggs -
New spawn eggs -
Spawn eggs in a green field -
Spawn eggs in item frames -
Ari spawning a number of cats -
Axolotl near its spawn egg -
Creaking near its spawn egg -
Frog near its spawn egg -
Panda near its spawn egg -
Skeleton near its spawn egg -
Turtle near its spawn egg
In other media
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Several spawn eggs as they appeared in Minecraft Earth -
An unused spawn egg icon for the moolip -
An unused spawn egg icon for the albino cow -
An unused spawn egg icon for the piebald pig -
An unused spawn egg icon for the bronzed chicken -
An unused spawn egg icon for the moobloom -
An unused spawn egg texture for the jumbo rabbit -
An unused spawn egg texture for the horned sheep -
An unused spawn egg texture for the cluckshroom -
An unused spawn egg icon for the wooly cow -
Spawn eggs in a basket -
Illustration of a creeper spawn egg from a cover for Minecraft: The Story of Mojang -
A blaze spawn egg from Minecraft: Story Mode -
A creeper spawn egg from Minecraft: Story Mode -
A spider spawn egg from Minecraft: Story Mode -
A horse spawn egg from Minecraft: Story Mode -
A sheep spawn egg from Minecraft: Story Mode -
A ocelot spawn egg from Minecraft: Story Mode -
An unused enderman spawn egg from Minecraft: Story Mode
Notes
- ↑ Using
/givegives a bucket of axolotl instead of the spawn egg.
References
- ↑ MCPE-46034 – Villagers spawned with a spawn egg have professions
- ↑ "Minecraft Java Edition 1.19.3" – Minecraft.net.
- ↑ a b MC-257115 – There are no spawn eggs for giants and illusioners – resolved as "Works As Intended".
- ↑ MC-88096 – When using spawn eggs on fences the mobs fall through – resolved as "Fixed".
- ↑ MC-160999 – resolved as "Works As Intended".
- ↑ MC-160945 – resolved as "Works As Intended".
- ↑ MC-242097 – Ghast and Polar Bear Spawn Eggs are nearly indistinguishable – resolved as "Fixed".
- ↑ MC-257113 – resolved as "Fixed".
- ↑ MC-270988 – Iron golem and snow golem spawn eggs from before 1.13 do not upgrade to 1.20.5 correctly – resolved as "Won't Fix".
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xcJicVnNXU
- ↑ MCPE-190635
- ↑ MCCE-4989 – resolved as "Fixed".
External links
- "Taking Inventory: Spawn Egg" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, January 6, 2022.
See also
- Mob spawning - general mob spawning mechanics.








