Overview
A Golden Carrot restores 6 hunger points and 14.4 saturation, the highest saturation of any food in the game, which makes it the single most efficient thing you can eat. Saturation is the hidden bar behind hunger: it drains first, and while it is above zero your hunger bar does not move at all. Eating golden carrots therefore means eating far less often than a diet of steak, and that matters on long trips where every inventory slot counts. Beyond food, it is the brewing ingredient for a Potion of Night Vision, which is the practical reason most players keep a stack, and it is one of the best breeding items for horses, donkeys and llamas. The recipe wants 8 gold nuggets rather than ingots, so it costs a single ingot's worth of gold per carrot — cheap once piglin bartering or a nether gold farm is running. Villagers also sell them, and a farmer villager with a carrot farm makes them effectively renewable. There is no better item to fill a food slot with. Once a gold supply exists, there is little reason to fill a food slot with anything else.
The most saturating food in the game, the brewing ingredient for Night Vision, and the best breeding item for horses and llamas. One item covers food, brewing and breeding.
Golden Carrot is edible, and how much it is worth depends on its saturation as much as its hunger value. Eating it restores 6 hunger points and 14.4 saturation. It is one of the better foods to carry on a long trip.
A full stack holds 64. It is crafted from Gold Nugget and Carrot. Nothing on the crafting grid is made from it.
How to get it
Craft 1 from 8 Gold Nuggets and 1 Carrot — 1 gold ingot makes 9 nuggets, so the gold cost is under one ingot per carrot.
Tips
- Saturation of 14.4 means far fewer meals per trip; compare foods on the food comparison tool.
- Brew Night Vision with a golden carrot and an awkward potion before an ocean monument or a deep cave trip.
- Breed horses with golden carrots and golden apples for the fastest foals; ordinary carrots do not work for breeding horses.
- Read hunger and saturation explained to see why the second number matters more.
Properties
Eating it restores 6 hunger and 14.4 saturation — a ratio of 2.4, 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.
- Stack size
- 64
- Hunger restored
- 6
- Saturation
- 14.4
- Saturation ratio
- 2.4
- Category
- Food
Crafting recipe
Crafting Table
Golden Carrot
How it compares to other foods
Sorted by saturation ratio, Golden Carrot is 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Carrot ← | 6 | 14.4 | 2.4 |
| Golden Apple | 4 | 9.6 | 2.4 |
| Enchanted Golden Apple | 4 | 9.6 | 2.4 |
| Cooked Porkchop | 8 | 12.8 | 1.6 |
| Steak | 8 | 12.8 | 1.6 |
| Cooked Salmon | 6 | 9.6 | 1.6 |
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Frequently asked questions
How do you make Golden Carrot in Minecraft?
Golden Carrot is crafted from Gold Nugget and Carrot.
What is the stack size of Golden Carrot?
Golden Carrot stacks to 64.
Is Golden Carrot worth eating?
It restores 6 hunger and 14.4 saturation, a ratio of 2.4. That puts it among the best foods in the game for keeping the hunger bar still.
