Rabbit

Overview

Rabbit's feet brew Potions of Leaping, and that is very nearly the entire reason anyone hunts a Rabbit. The drop rate is 10% on a player kill, improved by Looting, which means a stack of Leaping potions is a genuine afternoon of hopping across a snowy plain with a sword. The rest is scenery: 3 health, no attack, erratic hopping that makes them awkward to hit, reduced fall damage, and a coat colour that matches the biome — sandy in deserts, white or black-and-white in snow, brown everywhere else. They eat mature carrot crops straight out of an unfenced farm, which is the only harm they do, and they flee from players and wolves alike. Breeding runs on carrots, golden carrots or dandelions. There is one variant you will never meet in an ordinary world: the Killer Bunny, a white rabbit with red eyes that attacks relentlessly for 8 damage and exists only through commands. Ordinary rabbits also drop 0 to 1 raw rabbit, which cooks into a 5-hunger meal, and 0 to 1 rabbit hide — four hides craft into leather, which is a useful fallback where cows are scarce.

Rabbit's feet for Potions of Leaping, rabbit hide that crafts into leather four at a time, and raw rabbit for rabbit stew — the only recipe that uses a cooked rabbit.

Rabbits hop erratically, flee from players and wolves, and eat mature carrot crops right out of your farm, which is the only harm they do. Their feet brew Leaping potions and are the reason anyone hunts them. A hidden variant, the Killer Bunny, exists only via commands and attacks relentlessly for 8 damage. Rabbits take reduced fall damage and breed on carrots, golden carrots or dandelions.

Rabbit is a passive mob in Minecraft Java Edition 1.21.4. You will need to deal 3 damage — 1.5 hearts — to kill one. It is worth 3 XP.

Properties

Rabbit has 3 health, which is 1.5 hearts. It drops up to 3 experience when a player kills it. Its hitbox is 0.4 blocks wide and 0.5 tall, which is what decides whether it fits through a gap or a one-block-high opening.

Added in: 1.8
Breedable: Yes

Spawns in

Coat colour matches the biome: sandy in deserts, white or black-and-white in snow, brown elsewhere.

It is restricted to Desert, Snowy Plains, Snowy Taiga, Grove, Snowy Slopes and 4 more, so it will never turn up outside those biomes however dark it gets.

Dimension: Overworld
Light level: ≥ 9
Biomes: Desert, Snowy Plains, Snowy Taiga, Grove, Snowy Slopes, Meadow, Taiga, Old Growth Pine Taiga, Flower Forest
Added in: 1.8

Dimension: Overworld · Added in 1.8

Drops

Killing Rabbit drops Raw Rabbit, Rabbit Hide, and Rabbit's Foot, plus up to 3 experience. Looting raises the maximum on most of these by one per level.

Raw Rabbit: 0–1
Rabbit Hide: 0–1
Rabbit's Foot: 1 (10%) — Only when killed by a player.

How it behaves

The Rabbit never attacks. The only reason to be careful around one is that killing it is often not what you want: breeding it is worth more than the drop.

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 Rabbit where you are standing.

Summon

/summon minecraft:rabbit ~ ~ ~

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Frequently asked questions

How do you get a rabbit's foot?

Kill a Rabbit yourself. The base drop chance is 10%, raised by each level of Looting.

What is a rabbit's foot for?

Brewing the Potion of Leaping, which increases jump height and reduces fall damage.

Why is my Rabbit white?

Coat colour matches the biome: white or black-and-white in snow, sandy in deserts, brown elsewhere.

What do rabbits eat?

Carrots, golden carrots and dandelions. They will also eat mature carrot crops out of an unfenced farm.

How much health does the Rabbit have in Minecraft?

The Rabbit has 3 health points, which is 1.5 hearts.

What does the Rabbit drop?

It drops Raw Rabbit, Rabbit Hide, and Rabbit's Foot, plus 3 experience when killed by a player.

Where does the Rabbit spawn?