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For other uses, see Wheat (disambiguation).
Wheat
Wheat.png: Infobox image for Minecraft item 'Wheat'
Invicon Wheat.png: Inventory sprite for Wheat in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wheat
Rarity tier
  Common
Renewable Yes
Stackable Yes (64) 
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Wheat is an item primarily obtained by harvesting fully-grown wheat crops. It is used for crafting as well as to feed certain animals.

Obtaining

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Farming

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Main article: Tutorial:Crop farming

When a fully-grown wheat crop is harvested, it drops 1 wheat and 1 to 4 wheat seeds (2 5⁄7 per crop harvested on average). A wheat crop has a total of eight stages (0-7) from the time it is planted until it can be harvested. If a crop is harvested before it is fully grown, it just drops one seed. Wheat needs a light level of at least 9 to grow in Java Edition, while in Bedrock Edition it needs an internal light level of 9; a seed is destroyed if planted without light.‌[Java Edition only] Harvesting with a Fortune-enchanted tool increases the number of seeds dropped but does not increase the yield of wheat.

Crafting

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Ingredients Crafting recipe
Hay Bale
Invicon Hay Bale.png: Inventory sprite for Hay Bale in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Hay Bale with description: Hay Bale
Invicon Wheat.png: Inventory sprite for Wheat in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wheat9

Generated loot

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Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
Wheat Monster Room Chest 1–4 34.1%
{ "item": "Wheat", "stacksize": "1–4", "chance": 0.34095616000000006, "structure": "Monster Room", "container": "Chest" }
Cold Ocean Ruins Cold ruins suspicious gravel 1 13.3%
{ "item": "Wheat", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.1333333333333333, "structure": "Cold Ocean Ruins", "container": "Cold ruins suspicious gravel" }
Igloo Chest 2–3 55.3%
{ "item": "Wheat", "stacksize": "2–3", "chance": 0.5529977744943003, "structure": "Igloo", "container": "Chest" }
Pillager Outpost Chest 3–5 72.5%
{ "item": "Wheat", "stacksize": "3–5", "chance": 0.7252188072460819, "structure": "Pillager Outpost", "container": "Chest" }
Shipwreck Supply chest 8–21 42.1%
{ "item": "Wheat", "stacksize": "8–21", "chance": 0.42061090139687074, "structure": "Shipwreck", "container": "Supply chest" }
Trail Ruins Suspicious gravel 1 4.4%
{ "item": "Wheat", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.0444444444444444, "structure": "Trail Ruins", "container": "Suspicious gravel" }
Ocean Ruins Big ruins chest 2–3 78.9%
{ "item": "Wheat", "stacksize": "2–3", "chance": 0.7892910312294528, "structure": "Ocean Ruins", "container": "Big ruins chest" }
Small ruins chest 2–3 82.1%
{ "item": "Wheat", "stacksize": "2–3", "chance": 0.8206719358982734, "structure": "Ocean Ruins", "container": "Small ruins chest" }
Village Desert house chest 1–7 80.6%
{ "item": "Wheat", "stacksize": "1–7", "chance": 0.8060478337988324, "structure": "Village", "container": "Desert house chest" }
Butcher's chest 1–3 48.6%
{ "item": "Wheat", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.4862627922889272, "structure": "Village", "container": "Butcher's chest" }
Shepherd's chest 1–6 55.8%
{ "item": "Wheat", "stacksize": "1–6", "chance": 0.5583399765985125, "structure": "Village", "container": "Shepherd's chest" }
Warm ocean ruins Warm ruins suspicious sand 1 13.3%
{ "item": "Wheat", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.1333333333333333, "structure": "Warm ocean ruins", "container": "Warm ruins suspicious sand" }
Woodland Mansion Chest 1–4 25.5%
{ "item": "Wheat", "stacksize": "1–4", "chance": 0.25488446480633076, "structure": "Woodland Mansion", "container": "Chest" }
Java Edition 26.3
Wheat Abandoned Camp Barrel 1–4 35.5%
{ "item": "Wheat", "stacksize": "1–4", "chance": 0.35542388369628897, "structure": "Abandoned Camp", "container": "Barrel" }
Bedrock Edition
Wheat Monster Room Chest 1–4 34.1%
{ "item": "Wheat", "stacksize": "1–4", "chance": 0.34095616000000006, "structure": "Monster Room", "container": "Chest" }
Cold Ocean Ruins Cold ruins suspicious gravel 1 13.3%
{ "item": "Wheat", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.1333333333333333, "structure": "Cold Ocean Ruins", "container": "Cold ruins suspicious gravel" }
Igloo Chest 2–3 55.3%
{ "item": "Wheat", "stacksize": "2–3", "chance": 0.5529977744943003, "structure": "Igloo", "container": "Chest" }
Pillager Outpost Chest 3–5 72.5%
{ "item": "Wheat", "stacksize": "3–5", "chance": 0.7252188072460819, "structure": "Pillager Outpost", "container": "Chest" }
Shipwreck Supply chest 8–21 42.1%
{ "item": "Wheat", "stacksize": "8–21", "chance": 0.42061090139687074, "structure": "Shipwreck", "container": "Supply chest" }
Trail Ruins Suspicious gravel 1 4.4%
{ "item": "Wheat", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.0444444444444444, "structure": "Trail Ruins", "container": "Suspicious gravel" }
Ocean Ruins Big ruins chest 2–3 78.9%
{ "item": "Wheat", "stacksize": "2–3", "chance": 0.7892910312294528, "structure": "Ocean Ruins", "container": "Big ruins chest" }
Small ruins chest 2–3 82.1%
{ "item": "Wheat", "stacksize": "2–3", "chance": 0.8206719358982734, "structure": "Ocean Ruins", "container": "Small ruins chest" }
Village Desert house chest 1–7 80.6%
{ "item": "Wheat", "stacksize": "1–7", "chance": 0.8060478337988324, "structure": "Village", "container": "Desert house chest" }
Butcher's chest 1–3 48.6%
{ "item": "Wheat", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.4862627922889272, "structure": "Village", "container": "Butcher's chest" }
Shepherd's chest 1–6 55.8%
{ "item": "Wheat", "stacksize": "1–6", "chance": 0.5583399765985125, "structure": "Village", "container": "Shepherd's chest" }
Warm ocean ruins Warm ruins suspicious sand 1 13.3%
{ "item": "Wheat", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.1333333333333333, "structure": "Warm ocean ruins", "container": "Warm ruins suspicious sand" }
Woodland Mansion Chest 1–4 31.9%
{ "item": "Wheat", "stacksize": "1–4", "chance": 0.31944467965399737, "structure": "Woodland Mansion", "container": "Chest" }
Bedrock Edition 26.50
Wheat Abandoned Camp Barrel 1–4 33.6%
{ "item": "Wheat", "stacksize": "1–4", "chance": 0.3358200203334857, "structure": "Abandoned Camp", "container": "Barrel" }

Mob loot

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A fox sometimes spawns holding wheat, which it drops upon death. Alternatively, the player can drop a food item, causing the fox to drop the wheat.

Usage

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Animal food

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Using wheat to lead a cow.

When wheat is held, it causes nearby cows, sheep, goats and mooshrooms to follow the player, until either the player stops holding the wheat or goes too far away from the animal, thus causing them to lose interest.

Wheat may be used to breed cows, sheep, goats, and mooshrooms by first herding two of them together and then using the wheat on them to begin "Love Mode."

Wheat can heal a horse 1HP💔 health or lower its temper by 3% when attempting to tame it. It can also decrease the time it takes for a foal to grow by 20 seconds. In Java Edition, due to a bug, skeleton horses (in their hostile state; being ridden by skeletons) can also be fed wheat.[1]

Similarly, wheat can heal a llama 2HP❤️ health, and it decreases the time it takes a baby llama to grow by 10 seconds.

Crafting ingredient

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Name Ingredients Crafting recipe Notes
Bread Wheat
Invicon Wheat.png: Inventory sprite for Wheat in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: WheatInvicon Wheat.png: Inventory sprite for Wheat in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: WheatInvicon Wheat.png: Inventory sprite for Wheat in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wheat
Invicon Bread.png: Inventory sprite for Bread in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Bread with description: Bread
Cake Milk Bucket +
Sugar +
Any Egg +
Wheat
Invicon Milk Bucket.png: Inventory sprite for Milk Bucket in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Milk Bucket with description: Milk BucketInvicon Milk Bucket.png: Inventory sprite for Milk Bucket in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Milk Bucket with description: Milk BucketInvicon Milk Bucket.png: Inventory sprite for Milk Bucket in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Milk Bucket with description: Milk BucketInvicon Sugar.png: Inventory sprite for Sugar in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Sugar with description: SugarInvicon Egg.png: Inventory sprite for Egg in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Egg with description: EggInvicon Blue Egg.png: Inventory sprite for Blue Egg in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Blue Egg with description: Blue EggInvicon Brown Egg.png: Inventory sprite for Brown Egg in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Brown Egg with description: Brown EggInvicon Sugar.png: Inventory sprite for Sugar in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Sugar with description: SugarInvicon Wheat.png: Inventory sprite for Wheat in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: WheatInvicon Wheat.png: Inventory sprite for Wheat in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: WheatInvicon Wheat.png: Inventory sprite for Wheat in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wheat
Invicon Cake.png: Inventory sprite for Cake in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cake with description: Cake
 After crafting the cake, the empty buckets remain in the crafting grid in Java Edition, or are moved to the first available inventory slot in Bedrock Edition.
Cookie Wheat +
Cocoa Beans
Hay Bale Wheat
Invicon Wheat.png: Inventory sprite for Wheat in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: WheatInvicon Wheat.png: Inventory sprite for Wheat in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: WheatInvicon Wheat.png: Inventory sprite for Wheat in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: WheatInvicon Wheat.png: Inventory sprite for Wheat in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: WheatInvicon Wheat.png: Inventory sprite for Wheat in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: WheatInvicon Wheat.png: Inventory sprite for Wheat in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: WheatInvicon Wheat.png: Inventory sprite for Wheat in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: WheatInvicon Wheat.png: Inventory sprite for Wheat in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: WheatInvicon Wheat.png: Inventory sprite for Wheat in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wheat
Invicon Hay Bale.png: Inventory sprite for Hay Bale in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Hay Bale with description: Hay Bale
Packed Mud Mud +
Wheat
Invicon Mud.png: Inventory sprite for Mud in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Mud with description: MudInvicon Wheat.png: Inventory sprite for Wheat in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wheat
Invicon Packed Mud.png: Inventory sprite for Packed Mud in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Packed Mud with description: Packed Mud

Trading

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VillagerProbabilityVillager wantsPlayer receivesTrades in
stock		Villager
experience		Price
multiplier
JEBE
Farmer Novice40%25%20 �� WheatEmerald1620.05

Composting

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Placing wheat into a composter has a 65% chance of raising the compost level by 1. A stack of wheat yields an average of 5.94 bone meal.

Achievements

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IconAchievementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)Gamerscore earnedTrophy type (PS)
PS4Other
RepopulationBreed two cows with wheat.Breed two cows or two mooshrooms.15Bronze
Bake BreadTurn wheat into bread.Pick up bread from a crafting table output.15Bronze
The LieBake a cake using: wheat, sugar, milk, and eggs.Pick up a cake from a crafting table output.30Bronze

Advancements

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IconAdvancementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)
The Parrots and the BatsBreed two animals together A mule must be the result of breeding a horse and a donkey for this advancement as they are not breedable together. Other breedable mobs are ignored for this advancement.
A Seedy PlacePlant a seed and watch it growPlant one of these 7 crops:
Other crops and plants can be planted, but are ignored for this advancement.
Two by TwoBreed all the animals! A trader llama does not count as a llama, and a mule must be the result of breeding a horse and a donkey for this advancement as they are not breedable together. Other breedable mobs can be bred, but are ignored for this advancement.

Data values

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ID

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Java Edition:

NameIdentifierForm Translation key
ItemSprite wheat.png: Sprite image for wheat in Minecraft WheatwheatItem item.minecraft.wheat

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID Form Translation key
ItemSprite wheat.png: Sprite image for wheat in Minecraft Wheatwheat334Item item.wheat.name

Videos

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Note: the narrator demonstrates at 0:56 that walking over wheat can destroy the crop and un-till the land. This is outdated: since version JE 1.1, wheat can be destroyed only by a player or mob jumping on it or falling on it.

History

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Java Edition

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Java Edition Indev
20100206-2034 Added wheat.
Wheat can be used to craft bread.
20100223 Bread now requires 3 wheat (1 row of 3) instead of 6 (2 rows of 3) to be crafted.
Java Edition Infdev
20100625-1917 Wheat can now be found in the new dungeon chests.
Java Edition Beta
1.2 Wheat can now be used to craft cake.
1.4 Wheat can now be used to craft cookies.
Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2 Wheat can now be used in breeding.
1.3.112w21a Wheat can now be sold to farmer villagers, at 18–21 wheat for 1 emerald.
1.4.212w36a Chickens and pigs no longer use wheat to breed.
1.6.113w16a Horses can now be healed by being fed wheat.
Foals can now have their growth increased by being fed wheat.
13w17a Horses can now have their tempers lowered with wheat.
13w18a Nine wheat can now be crafted to make a hay bale.
1.814w02a Trading has been changed: farmer villagers now buy 18–22 wheat for 1 emerald.
1.915w43a Wheat may now be found in igloo basement chests.
15w44a The average yield of wheat in dungeon chests has been decreased.
1.1116w39a Wheat can now be found in the new woodland mansion chests.
1.1318w09a Wheat can now generate in the chests of underwater ruins.
18w11a Wheat can now generate in shipwreck chests.
1.1418w43a The texture of wheat has been changed.
18w47a Wheat can now generate inside of loot chests on top of pillager outposts.
18w49a Wheat can now generate in chests in village butcher and shepherd houses.
18w50a Wheat can now generate in chests in desert village houses.
19w03a Placing wheat into the new composter has a 50% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
19w05a Wheat now has a 65% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.
19w07a Added foxes, which sometimes spawn with wheat in their mouths.
19w11a Farmer villagers now buy 20 wheat for 1 emerald.
1.1721w13a Wheat can now be used to breed goats.
1.1922w11a Wheat can now be used to craft packed mud.
1.2023w12a Wheat can now be found in suspicious gravel and suspicious sand in cold and warm ocean ruins and in trail ruins.
23w16a Wheat no longer generates in suspicious sand in trail ruins.
Due to the split of the archaeological loot tables for suspicious gravel within trail ruins, wheat is now common loot.
Upcoming Java Edition
26.3snap1 Wheat can now be found in abandoned camps in barrels.

Bedrock Edition

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Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0 Added wheat. It is currently unobtainable and serves no purpose.
v0.4.0 Wheat is now obtainable via farming and can be used to craft bread.
v0.7.0 Wheat can now be used to craft cake.
v0.8.0build 1 Wheat can now be used to breed cows and sheep.
Wheat can now be used to craft hay bales.
v0.9.0build 1 Wheat can now by obtained by harvesting wheat crops in villages.
Wheat can now be used to craft cookies.
v0.15.0build 1 Wheat can now be used to grow, increase tame and heal horses, donkeys and mules.
v0.16.2 Wheat can now be found in the chests inside of large houses in ice plains and cold taiga villages.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0alpha 0.17.0.1 Wheat can now be found in igloo basement chests.
1.0.4alpha 1.0.4.0 Farmer villagers now buy 18–22 wheat for 1 emerald.
1.1.0alpha 1.1.0.0 Wheat can now be found in the new woodland mansion chests.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0beta 1.2.14.2 Wheat can now be found inside shipwreck chests.
beta 1.2.20.1 Wheat can now be found inside underwater ruins chests.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 Wheat can now be found in pillager outpost chests.
The texture of wheat has been changed.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.1 Wheat can now be found in desert village house chests, village shepherd and butcher house chests.
Wheat can now be used to fill up composters.
beta 1.11.0.4 Trading has changed, farmer villagers now have a 25% chance to buy 20 wheat for one emerald as part of their first tier trade.
1.13.0beta 1.13.0.1 Added foxes, which sometimes spawn with wheat in their mouths.
1.16.200beta 1.16.200.52 Wheat can now be used to breed goats.
1.19.0beta 1.19.0.20 Wheat can now be used to craft packed mud.
1.20.0
(Experimental)		Preview 1.19.80.21 Wheat can now be found in suspicious gravel and suspicious sand in cold and warm ocean ruins.
Preview 1.19.80.22 Wheat can now be found in suspicious gravel and suspicious sand in trail ruins.
1.20.0Preview 1.20.0.22 Wheat no longer generates in suspicious sand in trail ruins.
Due to the split of the archaeological loot tables for suspicious gravel within trail ruins, wheat is now common loot.
26.40
Experiment
Drop 3 of 2026		Preview 26.40.27 Wheat can now be found in abandoned camps in barrels.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
26.50Preview 26.50.22 All features from the "Drop 3 of 2026" experiment have been fully implemented.

Legacy Console Edition

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Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU1CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1 Added wheat.
TU7 Wheat can now be used in breeding.
TU141.04 Wheat can now be sold to farmer villagers, at 18–21 wheat for 1 emerald.
Wheat can no longer be used to breed pigs.
TU19CU71.121.121.12 Nine wheat can now be crafted to make a hay bale.
Horses can now be healed by being fed wheat.
Foals can now have their growth increased by being fed wheat.
Horses can now have their tempers lowered with wheat.
TU31CU191.221.221.22Patch 3 Trading has been changed: farmer villagers now buy 18–22 wheat for 1 emerald.
TU43CU331.361.361.36Patch 13 Wheat may now be found in igloo basement chests.
TU54CU441.521.521.52Patch 241.0.4 Wheat can now be found in the new woodland mansion chests.
TU69 1.761.761.76Patch 38 Wheat can now be found inside shipwreck chests.
Wheat can now be found inside underwater ruins chests.
1.90 The texture of wheat has been changed.
1.91 Wheat can now be found in pillager outpost chests.
Wheat can now be used to fill up composters.
Trading has changed, farmer villagers now have a chance to buy 20 wheat for one emerald as part of their first tier trade.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

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New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0 Added wheat.
1.9.19 Wheat can now be found in the new woodland mansion chests.

Data history

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Java Edition
1.1317w47a Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 296.

Issues

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Issues relating to "Wheat" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

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Mojang images

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In other media

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References

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  1. ↑ MC-304372 – Skeleton horses can be interacted when ridden by hostile mobs
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