The textures of baby sheep have been changed. The textures of sheep named 'jeb_' have been changed. The colors of baby sheep have been changed. Sheep now look different when dyed to comply with the wool color changes. The entity ID has been changed from Sheep to sheep. Sheep no longer spawn in ice plains biomes. Sheep now drop raw mutton and-if killed with fire-they drop cooked mutton. Ryan Holtz announces that he's adding mutton as a new drop from sheep. Sheep's wool is no longer visible when they have the Invisibility effect. They still drop the color wool they were dyed last.īaby sheep growth can now be accelerated using wheat. Sheep named as 'jeb_' cycles now through all possible sheep colors in a fading rainbow effect. Sheep from spawn eggs can now spawn naturally-colored sheep (white, gray, brown, pink, etc.)īaby sheep now have a mix of the parents' colors, if the parents' colors are 'compatible' (able to be crafted together as dyes). The sheep eating animation in multiplayer has been fixed. Spawn eggs are available for sheep in creative mode.īaby sheep now eat more than adult sheep.

Shearing sheep now yields 1-3 wool blocks instead of 2-4. Sheep now eat grass blocks and tall grass in order to re-grow their wool again. Sheep now have 4 hearts of health (formerly 5 hearts).īaby sheep from dyed parents are now born dyed instead of always being white. Sheep now drop one wool block when killed while not sheared. Sheep can now rarely spawn in the color pink or brown. Sheep can now spawn in the color gray, light gray, or black. Sheep can now be dyed - players can now dye sheep to make orange, magenta, light blue, yellow, lime, pink, gray, light gray, cyan, purple, blue, green, brown, red and black sheep.Ĭolored sheep now drop their corresponding wool color. However, casting a fishing rod drops obtainable wool, while the sheep still appears to have wool.

In survival multiplayer, hitting sheep drops unobtainable wool. Sheep now drop white instead of gray wool. Sheep now drop 1-3 gray wool upon being hit.

Previously, they have no idle sounds, and use the player's hurt sound. Sheep now have unique idle and hurt sounds. After eating a random amount of blocks, they regrow their wool. Sheep eat grass blocks, turning them into dirt. Sheep currently drop mushrooms when killed. Notch uploaded a video to YouTube of a sheep test. Jeb sheep for 17w06a and Pocket 1.1.0 Alpha 1.1.0.0.įirst showcase of sheep on The Word of Notch.Please remove this notice once you've added suitable isometric renders to the article. See Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format. Sheep have entity data associated with them that contain various properties. Sheep are nonchalant to players or other mobs, but follow a player holding wheat within a six blocks radius.Īdult sheep cannot fit through a gap if the 90-degree intersection of two fences is removed whereas the player and most other mobs can get through easily. If harmed, sheep flee for a few seconds, but make no special attempt to avoid wolves. Sheep emit hoarse bleats in mostly random patterns and especially when attacked. Sheep avoid cliffs and hazardous areas if it warrants damage. Sheep wander aimlessly and individually or in small flocks of two to four. Killing a baby sheep yields no items nor experience. Upon successful breeding, 1–7 is dropped. When sheared, sheep give 1–3 wool and do not take any damage. 1–3 experience orbs if killed by a player or tamed wolf.The maximum amount is increased by 1 per level of Looting, for a maximum of 1–5 with Looting III. 1–2 raw mutton ( cooked mutton if killed while on fire or when in water using a sword with fire aspect).Sheep that have not regrown their wool do not drop wool. Two sheep sometimes spawn in shepherd houses, butcher houses and animal pens in villages. They later spawn individually on grassy biomes. In Bedrock Edition, 2 to 3 sheep spawn during the world generation on grass blocks at the surface at a light level of 7 or higher with at least a 2 block space above, except in snowy taigas, snowy plains, ice spikes or wooded badlands.

In Java Edition, 4 sheep may spawn above grass blocks, at a light level of 9 or higher, even on snowy taigas. To guarantee that sheep always spawn with the desired color, additional NBT tags can be applied to the spawner, utilizing the Color tag. Independently from the displayed color, all six variants are able to spawn, the usual chances apply. If a sheep spawner is placed via / setblock, the sheep model spinning inside appears with one of the six naturally spawning colors. Pink sheep have a rare chance of 0.164% of spawning naturally. Brown sheep have an uncommon 3% chance to spawn. The light gray, gray and black sheep each have a 5% chance of spawning, or a 15% chance collectively. The majority of sheep are white, with an 81.836% chance of spawning.

Dark sheep head art