Foods are consumable items that restore hunger points when eaten, and are essential to The Player's survival. Most foods are eaten by holding Use Item. Cake must instead be placed, like other blocks, on a surface before being eaten. A Survival Mode player must eat food items regularly, or they will begin losing health and die soon after.
With the exception of Golden Apples, food may not be eaten when the hunger bar is completely full. Except for milk, cake, and mushroom stew, food items and ingredients can be stacked in inventory slots. Food is very important in Minecraft! If you don't eat, you will starve to death, and that's not good.
Select a food item in the toolbar, then hold down the right button to eat. Om nom nom nom nom!
There are lots of types of food. The first you will find is most likely apples, then you will grow wheat and make bread. Since you will probably want a chicken farm for experience and feathers, chicken will most likely be your staple diet.
There are lots of types of food. The first you will find is most likely apples, then you will grow wheat and make bread. Since you will probably want a chicken farm for experience and feathers, chicken will most likely be your staple diet.
Wheat is used to make bread, and is necessary for farming animals. Although it can be found in chests in dungeons, you will mostly need to farm it yourself.
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Players have two different food statistics, only one of which is visible: The hunger level (visible), and the saturation level (invisible).
The saturation level is a primarily invisible statistic. Saturation is the first statistic to decrease when a player performs energy-intensive actions, and it must be completely depleted before the visible hunger meter begins decreasing. Although the current saturation level is generally hidden, you can tell that your saturation level is completely depleted if the visible hunger meter begins displaying a jittering effect. Eating food restores both hunger and saturation points in varying ratios, depending on the food item eaten. A player's current saturation level can never exceed their current hunger level. A player at a hunger level of 5, for example, can only be at a maximum of 5 saturation. This is important to remember when choosing which foods to eat for the most efficient use of food: Highly saturating foods/low hunger-restoring foods should be eaten when the hunger bar is more full, especially when the bar has begun jittering. If you eat highly saturating foods when the bar is low, saturation points are likely wasted, since saturation level can never exceed hunger level. The "nourishment" table below can help by categorizing foods by their saturation-to-hunger restoration ratios. See the more detailed Foods table for the exact hunger and saturation statistics of each food.
Melons are easily farmed. Each slice only gives you one food point, which makes them useful for topping off your hunger bar rather than filling up if you're really hungry.
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Red apples grow on trees, specifically oak trees (which should maybe be called apple trees instead!). Each time a leaf block from an oak tree is destroyed, there is a 1/200 chance of producing a red apple. Since you'll be cutting down trees for wood anyway, apples are a useful byproduct!
Confusingly, there are two types of golden apples! Normal golden apples have a green tooltip label, whereas enchanted apples have a purple label, and an animated glow effect as shown.
Normal golden apples are crafted from a red apple plus 8 gold nuggets. In addition to restoring two hunger points, golden apples increase your rate of health regeneration for 4 seconds! This makes them the best food choice if you need a snack whilst fighting, but better results can be had with potions.
Carrots and potatoes are found in villages, or dropped by zombies. They can be planted in irrigated farmland and grown.
Carrots can be turned into golden carrots by crafting them with gold nuggets, although this is more useful for making potions than food.
Potatoes can be baked in a furnace to make them more nutritious. A small percentage of potatoes are poisonous and best avoided.
Carrots can be turned into golden carrots by crafting them with gold nuggets, although this is more useful for making potions than food.
Potatoes can be baked in a furnace to make them more nutritious. A small percentage of potatoes are poisonous and best avoided.