Egg

An egg is an item that can be used to craft food items, or thrown for a chance to spawn chicks on impact.

Obtaining[]

Mob loot[]

A chicken drops an egg item every 5–10 minutes. The theoretical average would be expected at 1 egg every 7.5 minutes, or 0.1333 eggs per minute.

A fox sometimes spawns holding an egg, which it always drops upon death. Alternatively, a player dropping a food item causes the fox to drop the egg.

Chest loot[]

Usage[]

Crafting ingredient[]

Combat[]

Players are able to throw eggs and deal knockback to mobs (but not other players‌^{[JE only][1]}‌^{[until JE Combat Tests]}), but no damage is dealt, similar to a snowball. Likewise, throwing eggs at neutral mobs provokes them. Eggs can also be fired from dispensers and are affected by gravity.

Spawning chickens[]

When thrown by a dispenser or by pressing the use button, an egg has a ¹⁄₈ (12.5%) chance of spawning a chick. If this occurs, there is a ¹⁄₃₂ (3.125%) chance of spawning three additional chicks (on average, 1 out of every 256 eggs spawns 4 chicks). In other words, whenever an egg is thrown, there is a ³¹⁄₂₅₆ chance of spawning 1 chick and a ¹⁄₂₅₆ chance of spawning four chicks.

The expected value of the number of chicks an egg produces is ³⁵⁄₂₅₆ or 13.7%. This means that on average, a chick is spawned every 7.3 eggs, a stack of 16 eggs spawns 2.188 chicks, and a full inventory including the hotbar and off-hand (37 * 16 = 592 eggs) is expected to spawn approximately 81 chicks.

Sounds[]

Java Edition:
Thrown eggs use the Friendly Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.

Bedrock Edition:

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Entity Data[]

Thrown eggs have entity data that define various properties of the entity.

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Achievements[]

Advancements[]

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location
	Bullseye	Hit the bullseye of a Target block from at least 30 meters away	Take Aim	Be at least 30 blocks away horizontally when the center of a target is shot with a projectile by the player.	adventure/bullseye

Video[]

History[]

Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.14					Added eggs.
					Eggs currently have no purpose.
Java Edition Beta
1.0					Eggs are now throwable at the request of a fan as the result of a Twitter conversation about a man eating his USB, if Notch added egg throwing.[2]
1.2					Eggs are now used to craft cakes.
					Eggs can now be thrown by dispensers.
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2			Breeding has been added, making eggs easier to obtain.
		RC1			Thrown eggs now hatch chicks instead of adult chickens.
					The egg's throw sound has been changed.
1.4.2		12w37a			Eggs are now used to craft pumpkin pies.
1.9		15w32a			Eggs no longer damage the ender dragon.
		15w36b			Eggs now produce particles when thrown at an entity.
		15w49a			Eggs, like all throwable projectiles, now take the thrower's motion into account when fired.
1.11		16w32a			The entity ID has now been changed from ThrownEgg to egg.
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 344.
1.14		18w43a			The texture of eggs has been changed.
		18w50a			Eggs can now be found in chests in village fletcher houses.
					Therefore, chickens are no longer the only source of eggs.
		19w07a			Added foxes, which sometimes spawn with eggs in their mouths.
1.16.2		Pre-Release 1			Eggs are now affected by bubble columns.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.4.0					Added eggs. They are currently unobtainable.
					Eggs are throwable, but are unable to spawn chickens.
v0.7.0					Chickens now occasionally lay eggs.
					Eggs can be used to craft cake.
					Thrown eggs now have a chance of spawning adult chickens.
v0.8.0		build 1			Eggs are now used to craft pumpkin pies.
		build 3			Thrown eggs now have a chance of spawning chicks instead of adult chickens.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			The entity ID has now been changed from thrownegg to egg.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0					Eggs now deal knockback to players.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The texture of eggs has been changed.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			Eggs can now be found in village fletcher chests.
		beta 1.11.0.4			Eggs can now be sold to farmer villagers.
1.13.0		beta 1.13.0.1			Added foxes, which can drop eggs.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.57			Trading has now been changed, eggs can no longer be sold to farmer villagers.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1		Added eggs.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90					The texture of eggs has been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added eggs.

Issues[]

Issues relating to "Egg" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia[]

• Eggs break mid-fall if hit by another projectile; the chance of spawning a chick is not affected.
• Throwing an egg at a nether portal breaks the egg when it hits the portal.
• A thrown egg faces toward the player in first-person view, while it appears rotated horizontally in third-person view. This is the case for all throwable items (ender pearls, eggs, snowballs, and all throwable potions).

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