The golden carrot is made with 8 Golden Gems and 1 carrot on a workbench. It is used to mix night vision potions, to equip your character with the best saturation of the game, and to have the horses. Also, take a look at the tier list of foods Minecraft for comparison.
How do you make a golden carrot in Minecraft?
It exists three ways to obtain a golden carrot: craft it on a workbench, trade for it with a villager, or find it in a chest. The craft is still the simplest method.
Crafter a golden carrot
The manufacturing A golden carrot requires only 2 ingredients on the workbench:
- 8 Golden Gems
- 1 carrot
Arrange the 8 Golden Gems all around the carrot, placed at the center of the 3×3 grid. You get your golden carrot.
Gold nuggets can be found all over the world. You can also turn 1 gold bar containing 9 nuggets directly from the workbench or your inventory. To smelt your gold faster, a blast furnace will be twice as fast as a conventional oven.
How to Get Golden Carrots Without Crafting
No carrots or gold nuggets? You have two other options.
The first one is the trade with the villagers. In Java Edition, the farmer from master's level I'll trade with you 3 golden carrots for 3 emeralds. In Bedrock edition, that same offer only appears with 50 % chances.
The second option is to explore the Bastion remains in the Nether. The chests there sometimes contain golden carrots, but it's random. You need a little chance.
Gold ore from the Nether is also a great source of gems to fuel your manufacturing.
Uses of the Golden Carrot in Minecraft
The golden carrot relates to three aspects The game's themes: food, alchemy, and animal reproduction.
The Golden Carrot as Food
When eaten, the golden carrot restores 6 hunger points (that's 3 pieces on your food bar). Most importantly, it offers 14.4 saturation points, the best saturation value in the entire game. There saturation, that's what keeps you from having to eat every two minutes.
This is the food the most effective way to Minecraft to last a long time without needing to be replenished. Its only drawback is the cost in gold. No other food lasts as long in terms of’food.
The golden carrot also contributes to progress A Balanced Diet, which requires you to eat all the edible food in the game.
The Golden Carrot in Alchemy: The Night Vision Potion
The Golden Carrot is a alchemical ingredient essential. It is used to create the night vision potion, which is very useful for exploring caves or the Nether in the dark.
The golden carrot is the only ingredient needed for this brew: you add it directly to a strange potion in your still. The golden carrot is thus an ingredient in’alchemy that can be used directly onto a vial of strange potion.
To obtain the strange potion, place a Nether Wart above a potion of’water in the still. The night vision potion The carrot-based potion can then be extended or transformed into an invisibility potion using other ingredients of alchemy.
In summary, the supply chain of’alchemy for the night vision is: water potion + Nether Wart = strange potion, then strange potion + golden carrot = night vision potion.
The Golden Carrot for Horse Breeding
The golden carrot allows you to enter the horses in love mode. Right-clicking with a golden carrot on each horse starts breeding. If you want to tame a horse Before having it reproduced, this is a step you shouldn't skip.
To get a mule, crosses a horse with a donkey. The golden carrot is only valid on the horses. To get a donkey into "love mode," you need a golden apple. Mules do not breed with each other, so this is the only way to get one.
Other animals such as the llamas have their own food sources for reproduction. The golden carrot does not apply to them.
History of the Golden Carrot in Minecraft
The golden carrot was added by Mojang in the snapshot version 12w34a of Minecraft Java, before being officially integrated into the 1.4.2. Since the golden carrot was added, it has been available on all versions of the game, as well as Java that Bedrock (PC, Xbox, and consoles).
Its English name is golden carrot. The’item Minecraft golden carrot (Where golden carrot (in English) has had a change made to its texture in the version 12w36a, in order to adapt it to the carrot's new texture and improve its visual appeal. The golden carrot looks like a normal carrot with a golden hue characteristic.
Mojang also classified the golden carrot as a object “piglin loved” by not wearing any gold armor: the piglins are interested in it, but the golden carrot can't be traded with them. Only a gold bar will do to succeed Bling-bling.
Success and Progress Linked to the Golden Carrot
The golden carrot contributes to several success and progress in Minecraft :
- Artificial Selection : Activates "love mode" in horses using the golden carrot. To get a mule, the donkey must also be lured, but with a golden apple.
- A Balanced Diet : Eat all the edible food in the game, including the golden carrot.
- Agriculture : Can be obtained by eating any food, including the golden carrot.
Note: Success Bling-bling is obtained by subtracting a piglin with gold. Only a gold bar is valid. The golden carrot is not recognized as a valid object for this progress, even though it is classified as an object piglin loved.
Golden Carrot: Summary of Characteristics
| Features | Value |
|---|---|
| English name | Golden Carrot |
| Manufacturing Ingredients | 8 gold nuggets + 1 carrot |
| Hunger Points Restored | 6 points |
| Saturation | 14.4 (game high) |
| Use in alchemy | Night Vision Potion |
| Use of animals | Horse Breeding |
| Addition Version (Java) | 1.4.2 (snapshot 12w34a) |
| Available on Bedrock | Yes (PC, Xbox, consoles) |
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