In Minecraft, numerous mobs inhabit all three dimensions. While farm animals like cows and sheep commonly graze on grass in the Overworld, players can also feed various mobs to breed or tame them. The act of feeding mobs is an essential mechanic in the game, although some mobs cannot be tamed outright. Instead, players can gain their trust by providing the correct food item.
Below is a comprehensive list of all the Minecraft mobs that can consume items fed to them by players.
The Complete List of Mobs That Eat in Minecraft
Most passive mobs can be fed by players, and some neutral mobs will also eat from players’ hands. Among the many hostile mobs, players can only feed hoglins, which require crimson fungi to breed.
Refer to the following list:
- Cows: Wheat
- Sheep: Wheat
- Pigs: Carrots, Potatoes, Beetroot
- Chickens: Seeds
- Horses, Donkeys, Mules: Golden Apples/Golden Carrots (for breeding), Hay Bales, Apples, Sugar, Wheat, Bread (for healing and taming)
- Rabbits: Carrots, Golden Carrots, Dandelions
- Llamas : There are Bales
- Wolves: Bones (for taming), Any raw/cooked meat (for breeding and healing)
- Ocelots/Cats: Raw Tropical Fish, Salmon, or Cod
- Parrots: Seeds (including Wheat Seeds, Pumpkin Seeds, Melon Seeds, Beetroot Seeds)
- Turtles: Seagrass
- Pandas: Bamboo
- Foxes: Sweet Berries
- Bees: Flowers
- Axolotls: Tropical Fish (in buckets)
- Polar Bears: Raw Cod or Salmon
- Goats: Wheat
- Dolphins: Fish
- Armadillo: Spider Eyes
- Camel: Cactus
- Frog: Slimeball, smallest Magma Cubes
- Sniffer: Torchflower Seeds
- Strider: Warped Fungus
- Tadpole: Slimeball
- Zombie Villager: Golden Apple
- Hoglin: Crimson Fungi
How Villagers Technically Eat Food in Minecraft
Among all the mobs in the game, the villagers present some of the most fascinating behaviors. Similar to regular humans, villagers follow a daily routine and have specific tasks during both day and night. Although they are not commonly seen eating, farmer villagers possess the ability to plant and harvest crops for themselves or for players.
When players offer villagers food items like bread, carrots, potatoes, or beetroots, the villagers will collect these items, which makes them more willing to mate and produce additional villagers. While they maintain an invisible inventory, it is reasonable to conclude that by directly picking up food items, villagers consume them to enhance their willingness to breed.
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