Overview
A Goat is the only mob that will knock you off a mountain for no reason at all. Stand still anywhere near one and it lowers its head, charges, and launches you a considerable distance — at 10 health it does 2 damage on Normal, which is nothing, but the fall afterwards is frequently fatal on a jagged peak. It also leaps five blocks straight up and takes reduced fall damage itself, so terrain that stops you does not stop it. The reason to seek one out is the goat horn, and the way to get one is deliberately odd: a horn is not a death drop. You bait a Goat into ramming a solid block such as stone or a log, and it loses one of its two horns on impact, which you then pick up. Each Goat carries two, so one animal yields two horns before it runs dry. Roughly one Goat in fifty is a screaming variant that bleats constantly, rams far more often, and is the only source of the rarer horn sounds, which makes a screaming Goat worth leading home on a lead. They spawn on stone, snow and powder snow in mountain biomes above roughly Y=100.
Goat horns, obtained by making a Goat ram a solid block rather than by killing it. Horns play one of eight distinct sounds usable as a long-range signal, and screaming goats carry the rare variants.
Goats leap five blocks vertically, take reduced fall damage, and will charge any mob or player standing still nearby, launching them a long way, which is genuinely lethal on a cliff edge. About one in fifty is a screaming goat that bleats constantly, rams far more often, and is the only variant that drops the rarer horn types. Ram a goat into a hard block and it loses a goat horn you can pick up.
Goat sits under Neutral mobs in Minecraft 1.21.4. Health sits at 10 points (5 hearts). It deals 2 damage on Normal difficulty.
Expect 3 experience per kill.
Properties
Goat has 10 health, which is 5 hearts. It drops up to 3 experience when a player kills it. Its hitbox is 0.9 blocks wide and 1.3 tall, which is what decides whether it fits through a gap or a one-block-high opening.
- Dimension
- Overworld
- Added in
- 1.17
- Breedable
- Yes
Damage by difficulty
Goat hits for 1 on Easy, 2 on Normal and 3 on Hard — the site's stat strip shows the Normal figure, which is the one most guides quote.
A full set of diamond armour cuts that by up to 80% against a small hit and less against a large one, and Protection IV on all four pieces — 16 EPF — takes a further 64% off what is left.
| Difficulty | Attack damage | Hearts |
|---|---|---|
| Easy | 1 | 0.5 |
| Normal | 2 | 1 |
| Hard | 3 | 1.5 |
Spawns in
Spawns on stone, snow and powder snow in mountain biomes above roughly Y=100.
It is restricted to Snowy Slopes, Jagged Peaks, Frozen Peaks, and Stony Peaks, so it will never turn up outside those biomes however dark it gets.
- Dimension
- Overworld
- Light level
- Any
- Biomes
- Snowy Slopes, Jagged Peaks, Frozen Peaks, Stony Peaks
- Added in
- 1.17
Dimension: Overworld · Added in 1.17
Drops
Killing Goat drops Goat Horn, plus up to 3 experience. Looting raises the maximum on most of these by one per level.
- Goat Horn: 1 — Not a death drop. A goat that rams into a solid block such as stone or a log drops one of its two horns.
How it behaves
The Goat ignores you until provoked, and once provoked it usually stays provoked — often for the whole group, which is what makes a single mistake expensive.
Killed by a player it drops up to 3 experience; killed any other way it drops none.
Command
In a world with cheats on, this spawns one Goat where you are standing.
Summon
/summon minecraft:goat ~ ~ ~Guides and tools that cover this
Frequently asked questions
How do you get a goat horn?
Make a Goat ram into a solid block such as stone or a log. It drops one of its two horns on impact; killing it gives nothing.
What is a screaming Goat?
A rare variant, roughly 1 in 50, that bleats constantly, rams far more frequently, and drops the rarer horn sounds.
Where do goats spawn?
Mountain biomes above roughly Y=100 — snowy slopes, jagged peaks, frozen peaks and stony peaks.
How high can a Goat jump?
About five blocks vertically, and it takes reduced fall damage on the way down.
How much health does the Goat have in Minecraft?
The Goat has 10 health points, which is 5 hearts.
What does the Goat drop?
It drops Goat Horn, plus 3 experience when killed by a player.
Where does the Goat spawn?
Spawns on stone, snow and powder snow in mountain biomes above roughly Y=100.
How much damage does Goat do?
2 on Normal difficulty — 1 hearts — with 1 on Easy and 3 on Hard.
Related pages
How to get it
Goats spawn on snowy slopes, jagged peaks, frozen peaks and stony peaks above roughly Y=100 at any light level. Bait one into ramming a solid block to knock loose 1 of its 2 goat horns; breeding uses wheat.
Tips
- Stand in front of a stone wall and wait: the charge knocks a horn loose against the block, not against you.
- Lead a screaming Goat home on a lead, because it is roughly 1 in 50 and carries the rarer horn sounds.
- Never stand still on a cliff edge near one — the ram itself is 2 damage, but the fall very often is not.
- Each Goat has exactly 2 horns, so expect two pickups per animal before it has nothing left to drop.