Michael Davis
Mooshrooms, or mushroom cows, are a rare type of cow that only spawns in mushroom biomes. They are red and white, with red mushrooms growing on their backs. Mooshrooms can be sheared, which causes them to drop 5 red mushrooms and turn into regular cows. They can also be milked, yielding either milk or mushroom stew. When killed, mooshrooms drop raw beef or steak if killed while on fire. They can also drop 0-2 leather, with the maximum amount increased by 1 per level of Looting, up to a maximum of 0-5 with Looting III.
| Characteristics | Values |
|---|---|
| Items dropped when sheared | 5 red mushrooms |
| Items dropped when killed | 1 raw beef or steak (if killed while on fire); 0-2 leather; 1-7 items upon successful breeding |
| Items dropped when milked | Milk bucket; mushroom stew; suspicious stew (brown mooshroom only) |
| Colour | Red or brown |
| Spawn conditions | In mushroom fields biomes in herds of 4-8 when the light level is 9 or higher and on mycelium or grass |
| Spawn method | Feeding a cow mushrooms; lightning strike on a mooshroom to switch its colour |
Explore related products
What You'll Learn
Shearing a mushroom cow
To shear a mooshroom, you can use shears or silk touch to get the mushrooms. Normal mining has a chance to drop more mushrooms as well. Mooshrooms can be bred with other cows, but only if the mooshroom has been sheared first. The offspring will either be a baby cow or a baby mooshroom. Baby mooshrooms do not have mushrooms on their backs; they appear once the baby grows into an adult.
Mushroom King: Who is the Ruler?
You may want to see also
Items dropped by baby mushroom cows
Baby mushroom cows, or baby mooshrooms, do not yield any items or experience when killed. They are a variant of cows exclusive to the rare mushroom fields biome. They behave similarly to cows, but it is important to note that they are not the same as cows. They have the same AI behaviour as cows: they walk around slowly and aimlessly, huffing and mooing occasionally. They avoid danger such as cliffs, fire, or lava, but make no attempt to stay out of water.
Baby mooshrooms do not have mushrooms on their backs. Mushrooms appear once the baby grows into an adult mooshroom. An adult mooshroom can be sheared, which causes it to drop 5 mushrooms of the corresponding colour and turns it into a normal cow. The mushrooms do not grow back.
Adult mooshrooms can be milked by using a bucket on them, yielding a milk bucket. They can also be milked using bowls to get mushroom stew. When a small flower is used on a brown mooshroom, it will produce a suspicious stew related to that small flower the next time it is milked with a bowl. Red mooshrooms do not produce suspicious stew.
Magic Mushroom Decriminalization: Which State Made the Move?
You may want to see also
How to breed mushroom cows
Mooshrooms, or mushroom cows, are a rare type of cow that only spawns in mushroom biomes. They are red and white, with red mushrooms growing on their backs. They can also be brown, but brown mooshrooms never spawn naturally—they are created when a red mooshroom is struck by lightning.
To breed mooshrooms, you will first need to find two mooshrooms to breed. If you are having trouble finding mooshrooms, you can summon a mooshroom using a cheat or a spawn egg. Your mooshrooms will need to be close together when breeding, so you may want to build a fence to keep them from running away. Next, with the wheat selected, feed the wheat to each of the mooshrooms one at a time. The game control to use/feed the wheat to the mooshrooms depends on the version of Minecraft: For Java Edition (PC/Mac), right-click on the mooshroom one at a time.
It is also possible to breed mooshrooms with regular cows, but only if the mooshroom has been sheared. The offspring will either be a baby cow or a baby mooshroom. When breeding two red mooshrooms, there is a 1 in 1024 chance of spawning a brown baby variant, and vice versa. When breeding a red and a brown mooshroom, there is a 50% chance of the baby mooshroom being either red or brown.
Mushroom Cravings: What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
You may want to see also
Explore related products
Colour-changing mushroom cows
Mooshrooms, also known as mushroom cows, are a rare type of cow that only spawns in mushroom biomes. They are characterised by their red and white colouration, with red mushrooms growing on their backs. These mushrooms can be sheared, causing the mooshroom to drop 5 red mushrooms and transform into a regular cow.
The colour of mooshroom cows is not static; they can change from red to brown or brown to red when struck by lightning. This colour-changing ability is unique to mooshrooms and adds to their distinctiveness within the game.
The mushrooms on mooshrooms' backs have culinary uses. Mooshrooms can be milked using bowls to produce mushroom stew. Interestingly, when fed a small flower, brown mooshrooms will produce a suspicious stew the next time they are milked. This effect is temporary, and the brown mooshroom will revert to producing mushroom stew until it is fed another flower.
In terms of breeding, mooshrooms can be bred by feeding them wheat. They breed with other mooshrooms or cows, and the offspring can be either a baby cow or baby mooshroom. When two red mooshrooms breed, there is a 1 in 1024 chance of spawning a brown baby variant, and vice versa. When a red and brown mooshroom breed, there is a 50% chance of the baby being either red or brown.
Overall, the colour-changing ability of mushroom cows adds an intriguing dynamic to the game, and their ability to produce different types of stew provides players with unique culinary options.
Mushrooms: A Surprising Source of Protein?
You may want to see also
Milking mushroom cows
In Minecraft, mooshrooms are mushroom-covered variants of cows exclusive to the rare mushroom fields biome. They are also referred to as mushroom cows. They are typically red and white, with red mushrooms growing on their backs.
Mushroom cows, or mooshrooms, can be milked using buckets to obtain milk buckets. They can also be milked using bowls, which will yield mushroom stew. If a brown mooshroom is fed a small flower, it will produce suspicious stew the next time it is milked with a bowl.
To obtain a brown mooshroom, you can strike a red mooshroom with lightning, which will transform it into a brown mooshroom. Alternatively, you can breed two red mooshrooms, which have a 1 in 1024 chance of spawning a brown baby variant.
Mooshrooms can be bred by feeding them wheat and will follow a player holding wheat. They can also be bred with regular cows, with the offspring being either a baby cow or baby mooshroom.
Mushrooms: A Fungi Family Member?
You may want to see also
Frequently asked questions
Mushroom cows, also known as mooshrooms, are mushroom-covered variants of cows. They are exclusive to the rare mushroom fields biome. They are red and white, with red mushrooms growing on their backs.
Shearing a mushroom cow will cause it to drop 5 red mushrooms. The mushroom cow will then turn into a normal cow and won't change back.
Mushroom cows can be milked using buckets to obtain milk buckets. They can also be milked using bowls to obtain mushroom stew.
Baby mushroom cows do not yield any items or experience when killed.
Upon successful breeding, mushroom cows drop 1-7 items.
