Goat

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Goats are a source of red meat , fat , hide , horns , bones , and milk . Like sheep , goats can be domesticated.

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Goat
Type	Land , hooved
Behavior	Passive[[::Category:Passive_creatures| ]]
Spawn	Light level: 10 Blocks: tallgrass, shallow snow, air

Spawning

Worldgen spawn conditions

• Goats (including ox) spawn in grass , shallow snow, or air, only on the world's surface .
• An adult male might spawn alone, or with one or more females and/or kid(s), with an average group size of 2, ±3.
• Some goat species are only found at extreme elevations or in warmer climates.

Regional conditions

Variant	Minimum temperature	Maximum temperature	Minimum rain	Maximum Rain	Minimum forestation	Maximum forestation	Minimum elevation	Maximum elevation
Angora goat	-5	12	0	0.5	0	0.4 forest, 0.8 shrub	1.4	1.8
Alpine ibex	-15	5	0	0.7	0	0.2 forest, 0.8 shrub	1.4	1.9
Nubian ibex	20	40	0	0.4	0	0.1 forest, 0.8 shrub	1.1	1.4
Markhor goat	0	15	0	0.6	0	0.3 forest, 0.8 shrub	1.4	1.9
Mountain goat	-19	1	0	0.8	0	0.2 forest, 0.8 shrub	1.5	1.99
Musk ox	-30	-10	0	0.8	0	0.4 forest, 0.8 shrub	0.9	1.2
Nubian goat	19	30	0	0.3	0.1	0.4 forest, 0.8 shrub	1.0	1.4
Sirohi goat	20	30	0.3	0.6	0.2	0.5 forest, 0.8 shrub	0.9	1.3
Takin gold goat	0	14	0.1	0.7	0	0.4 forest, 0.8 shrub	1.4	1.8
Turdag goat	4	18	0	0.9	0	0.3 forest, 0.8 shrub	1.4	1.9
Valais goat	-5	10	0	0.5	0	0.4 forest, 0.8 shrub	1.1	1.5

Runtime spawn conditions

• Goats (including ox) can spawn in grass, shallow snow, and air during Runtime in light level 10 or higher. The average group size is 2, with a maximum group size of 4. The chance is 0.005.

Despawn conditions

Goats might despawn if in the dark (below light level 8) for 5 minutes and at least 8 blocks away from the player.

Variants

There are 11 types of goat:

Angora goat Health Health (Male) 19 Health (Female) 17 Health (Kid) 10 Attack Base Attack (Male) 7 Base Attack (Female) 3 Base Attack (Kid) 0.6 Behavior Multiply Drops Red meat 9 - 15* Raw Hide (Medium) 1.7 - 1.7* Fat 0.9 - 1.5* Animals	Alpine ibex Health Health (Male) 19 Health (Female) 17 Health (Kid) 10 Attack Base Attack (Male) 7.5 Base Attack (Female) 3 Base Attack (Kid) 0.6 Behavior Multiply Drops Red meat 9 - 15* Raw Hide (Medium) 1.7 - 1.7* Fat 1.5 - 2.1* Animals	Nubian ibex Health Health (Male) 19 Health (Female) 17 Health (Kid) 10 Attack Base Attack (Male) 7.5 Base Attack (Female) 3 Base Attack (Kid) 0.6 Behavior Multiply Drops Red meat 9 - 15* Raw Hide (Medium) 1.7 - 1.7* Fat 0.7 - 1.7* Animals
Markhor goat Health Health (Male) 20 Health (Female) 17 Health (Kid) 10 Attack Base Attack (Male) 8 Base Attack (Female) 3 Base Attack (Kid) 0.6 Behavior Multiply Drops Red meat 9 - 15* Raw Hide (Medium) 1.7 - 1.7* Fat 1.5 - 2.1* Animals	Mountain goat Health Health (Male) 19 Health (Female) 17 Health (Kid) 10 Attack Base Attack (Male) 7.5 Base Attack (Female) 3 Base Attack (Kid) 0.6 Behavior Multiply Drops Red meat 9 - 15* Raw Hide (Medium) 1.7 - 1.7* Fat 1.7 - 2.3* Animals	Musk ox Health Health (Male) 25 Health (Female) 17 Health (Kid) 10 Attack Base Attack (Male) 9.5 Base Attack (Female) 3 Base Attack (Kid) 0.6 Behavior Multiply Drops Red meat 13 - 19* Raw Hide (Large) 1.7 - 1.7* Fat 2.7 - 3.3* Animals
Nubian goat Health Health (Male) 19 Health (Female) 17 Health (Kid) 10 Attack Base Attack (Male) 6 Base Attack (Female) 3 Base Attack (Kid) 0.6 Behavior Multiply Drops Red meat 9 - 15* Raw Hide (Medium) 1.7 - 1.7* Fat 0.9 - 1.5* Animals	Sirohi goat Health Health (Male) 19 Health (Female) 17 Health (Kid) 10 Attack Base Attack (Male) 6 Base Attack (Female) 3 Base Attack (Kid) 0.6 Behavior Multiply Drops Red meat 9 - 15* Raw Hide (Medium) 1.7 - 1.7* Fat 0.9 - 1.5* Animals	Takin gold goat Health Health (Male) 25 Health (Female) 17 Health (Kid) 10 Attack Base Attack (Male) 9 Base Attack (Female) 3 Base Attack (Kid) 0.6 Behavior Multiply Drops Red meat 13 - 19* Raw Hide (Large) 1 - 1* Fat 1.5 - 2.1* Animals
Turdag goat Health Health (Male) 20 Health (Female) 17 Health (Kid) 10 Attack Base Attack (Male) 7.5 Base Attack (Female) 3 Base Attack (Kid) 0.6 Behavior Multiply Drops Red meat 9 - 15* Raw Hide (Medium) 1.7 - 1.7* Fat 1.5 - 2.1* Animals	Valais goat Health Health (Male) 19 Health (Female) 17 Health (Kid) 10 Attack Base Attack (Male) 7 Base Attack (Female) 3 Base Attack (Kid) 0.6 Behavior Multiply Drops Red meat 9 - 15* Raw Hide (Medium) 1.7 - 1.7* Fat 0.9 - 1.5* Animals

Note:

• Damage tier: 2.
• Their seeking range is 14.
• The drop values above are for adults. Kids give only 1 - 3* red meat and 0.5 - 1.5* raw hide (small) when harvested.
• The run speed of kids is 0.04.
• The swim speed of kids is 0.03.

Behavior

• Adult females try to stay near a male, and kids try to stay near a female.
• Goats eat unprotected player-planted crops.

Trapping

• Wild kids and kids below generation 5 can be captured in a reed basket trap , with bait such as dry grass or grain.
• Kids of at least generation 5 can be transported in a reed chest .
• Other methods can be employed, such as chasing a kid into a pit or fenced enclosure. Because kids are coded to stay near adult females, trapping a nanny goat can help you to also trap nearby kids.

Domestication

See Animal Husbandry for an overview of raising livestock.

• Female goats will require a male goat to get pregnant in the enclosure.
• They will also need to have eaten 10 portions of food from a large trough.
• Their pregnancy will last for 20 days.
• They can give birth only to 1 kid at the same time.
• There is 4 to 11 days between pregnancies.
• After the birth of their kid, female goats can be milked if they are sufficiently domesticated.
• It will take 336 hours (14 days) for the kid to become an adult.
• You can use to pet goats when they are generation 1 or higher. Petting causes the animal to stand peacefully.

Food

Goats like to eat:

• Dry grass
• Vegetables (except parsnips)
• Grain (except rice)
• Fruit mash

Harvesting

• Goats do not drop any bones. Harvested corpses leave behind bony carcasses, which the player can break to obtain bones.
• Unharvested goat corpses decay into bony carcasses after 4 days.
• If an adult male has horns when killed, the horns can be harvested from its corpse.

Horns

• Adult male goats (including ox) grow horns over the course of 12 months.
• They do not shed horns annually.

Goat horns

Variant	Final phase	Total phases	Mounted
Angora goat		9
Alpine ibex		7
Nubian ibex		9
Markhor goat		9
Mountain goat		6
Musk ox		5
Nubian goat		4
Sirohi goat		4
Takin gold goat		5
Turdag goat		7
Valais goat		8

History

• Goats were added in version 1.19.0-rc.1.
• Milking and multiply behavior was added later.

Trivia

When a player is killed by a goat, here is the message displayed in the chat window:

• Muskox: "Player xxx was killed by the GOAT goat."
• Takin: "Player xxx's life was taken by a takin."
• Other goats: "Player xxx was killed by a baaaad goat."