Carrot Wiki Guide
This Minecraft tutorial explains how to craft a carrot with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.
In Minecraft, a carrot is a food item that you can not make with a crafting table or furnace. Instead, you need to find and gather this item in the game.
Let’s explore how to add a carrot to your inventory.
Where to find a Carrot in Creative Mode
Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)
Here is where you can find a carrot in the Creative Inventory menu:
| Platform | Version(s) | Creative Menu Location |
|---|---|---|
 Java Edition (PC/Mac) |
1.8 – 1.19 |  Foodstuffs |
| Java Edition (PC/Mac) |
1.19.3 |  Food & Drinks |
- Platform is the platform that applies.
- Version(s)Â is the Minecraft version numbers where the item can be found in the menu location listed (we have tested and confirmed this version number).
- Creative Menu Location is the location of the item in the Creative Inventory menu.
How to get a Carrot in Survival Mode
There are 2 ways to add a carrot to your inventory in Survival mode.
1. Find a Village
In Minecraft, you can add a carrot to your inventory by finding a village and harvesting the carrots from a garden. So, let’s get started!
Villages are found in different biomes in Minecraft. Here is an example of what some of the villages look like:
Plains Village
Desert Village
Once you’ve found a village, look for the gardens in the village. It is within the gardens that you will find rows of carrots to dig up.
The game control to dig up the carrot depends on the version of Minecraft:
- For Java Edition (PC/Mac), left click and hold on the carrot plants.
- For Pocket Edition (PE), you tap and hold on the carrot plants.
- For Xbox 360 and Xbox One, press and hold the RT button on the Xbox controller.
- For PS3 and PS4, press and hold the R2 button on the PS controller.
- For Wii U, press and hold the ZR button on the gamepad.
- For Nintendo Switch, press and hold the ZR button on the controller.
- For Windows 10 Edition, left click and hold on the carrot plants.
- For Education Edition, left click and hold on the carrot plants.
The carrot plant will break and a smaller carrot will float on the ground. Make sure you pick up the carrot before it disappears.
Once you pick up the carrot, it will appear in your hotbar.
A carrot is a useful item and should be kept in your inventory to be used later.
2. Find and Kill a Zombie
You sometimes get a carrot in Minecraft by killing a zombie, so you need to find a zombie to kill. You can find zombies in most Overworld biomes in light levels of 7 or less. Zombies will spawn in the dark, usually at night.
When you attack the zombie, it will turn pink as it takes damage.
Continue to chase and attack the zombie. Once you have killed the zombie, it can drop items such as rotten flesh, carrots, or potatoes.
Make sure you pick up the dropped items before they disappear. In this example, rotten flesh was dropped when we killed the zombie.
The zombie could also have dropped carrots or potatoes.
Rotten flesh, carrots, and potatoes are items that you can keep in your inventory to be used later.
Item ID and Name
Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)
In Minecraft, a carrot has the following Name, ID and DataValue:
| Description (Minecraft ID Name) |
Minecraft ID |
Data Value | Stack Size | Platform | Version(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrot (minecraft: |
391 | 0 | 64 | Java |
1.8 – 1.12 |
| Carrot (minecraft: |
391 | 64 | Java |
1.13 – 1.19.3 |
- Description is what the item is called and (Minecraft ID Name) is the string value that is used in game commands.
- Minecraft IDÂ is the Internal number for the item.
- Data Value (or damage value) identifies the variation of the block if more than one type exists for the Minecraft ID.
- Stack Size is the maximum stack size for this item. While some items in Minecraft are stackable up to 64, other items can only be stacked up to 16 or 1. (NOTE: These stack sizes are for vanilla Minecraft only. If you are running a mod, some mods may change the stack size for an item.)
- Platform is the platform that applies.
- Version(s)Â is the Minecraft version numbers that the Minecraft ID and Name are valid for.
Give Command for Carrot
Give Command in Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)
In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19 and 1.19.3, the /give command for Carrot is:
/give @p carrot 1
In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11 and 1.12, the /give command for Carrot is:
/give @p carrot 1 0
Things to Make with Carrots
You can use carrots to make items in Minecraft such as:
How to make a Golden Carrot
How to make Rabbit Stew
How to make a Carrot on a Stick
Things to Do with Carrots
Here are some activities that you can do with carrots in Minecraft:
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