Overview
A Carrot restores 3 hunger and 3.6 saturation raw, needs no cooking at all, and is the single most useful vegetable in the game because of what it turns into. Eight gold nuggets make it a Golden Carrot, the best saturation food and the Night Vision brewing ingredient. A carrot on a fishing rod makes a Carrot on a Stick for steering pigs. Carrots breed pigs and rabbits, tame nothing but attract plenty, and a farmer villager will happily buy them by the stack. Getting the first one is the awkward part: carrots do not drop from grass, so they come from village farm plots or from the small chance a zombie drops one when killed. Once you have a single carrot the problem is solved forever, since each mature plant yields 1 to 4 more. Growth needs light and hydrated farmland like any crop, and bone meal speeds it along. For a new world, raiding a village garden for carrots and potatoes is worth a detour of several hundred blocks. Finding the first one is the only hard part of the whole chain.
Food you can eat without cooking, the base for golden carrots and carrot on a stick, and the breeding item for pigs and rabbits. One vegetable, four separate uses.
Carrot is a food item that restores hunger when eaten. One serving is worth 3 hunger and 3.6 saturation. A full stack holds 64.
It is used to craft Carrot on a Stick, Golden Carrot, and Rabbit Stew.
How to get it
Take them from village farm plots, or kill zombies — they drop a carrot at about a 2.5% chance. Each mature plant yields 2 to 5 carrots when harvested.
Tips
- One carrot is all you need — plant it, harvest 1 to 4, and the supply becomes self-sustaining immediately.
- Carrots never drop from grass, so a village garden or a lucky zombie kill is the only way to start.
- Convert surplus to golden carrots once gold is flowing; the saturation difference is enormous.
- Farmer villagers buy carrots for emeralds, which turns a big field into a trading income.
Properties
Eating it restores 3 hunger and 3.6 saturation — a ratio of 1.2, which is what decides how long you stay full rather than how fast the bar refills. One inventory slot holds 64, so a double chest holds 3,456.
- Renewable
- Yes
- Category
- Food
Dropped by blocks
Mining Carrots drops Carrot.
Used to craft
Carrot is an ingredient in 3 recipes, producing Carrot on a Stick, Golden Carrot, and Rabbit Stew.
How it compares to other foods
Sorted by saturation ratio, Carrot is 18 of 41 foods in the game. Ratio is saturation divided by hunger restored: it is what decides how long the hunger bar stays still, not how fast it refills.
Golden Carrot leads the list at a ratio of 2.4, and anything at or above 1.6 is worth carrying on a long trip.
| Item | Hunger restored | Saturation | Saturation ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baked Potato | 5 | 6 | 1.2 |
| Cooked Rabbit | 5 | 6 | 1.2 |
| Carrot ← | 3 | 3.6 | 1.2 |
| Beetroot | 1 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Pumpkin Pie | 8 | 4.8 | 0.6 |
| Apple | 4 | 2.4 | 0.6 |
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Frequently asked questions
How do you make Carrot in Minecraft?
Carrot is not crafted — you get it by breaking Carrots.
What is the stack size of Carrot?
Carrot stacks to 64.
Is Carrot worth eating?
It restores 3 hunger and 3.6 saturation, a ratio of 1.2. Anything above a ratio of 1.6 keeps you full longer per slot, so treat this as a stopgap rather than a staple.
