Sheep

Sheep
Type:	Passive
Drops:	Raw mutton, wool (depending on the color of sheep), Mustache (if spawned with it)
Identifier:	sheep

The sheep is a passive and common mob that is found in the world of mine blocks aimlessly.

Spawning

Sheep spawn on grass blocks in the Overworld. They can spawn with wool of a variety of colors, most commonly white, however also black, gray, light gray, brown and most rarely, pink.

They can also be spawned from a spawn egg in creative.

Commands

A sheep can be spawned in another way besides its respective spawn egg, with the command /summon sheep you can spawn it.

In addition to that you can add data tags to customize the sheep. examples:

• /summon sheep 1 ~ ~ {name:"Diamond Woolly", defaultDrops:0, drops:[{item:{id:"diamond"}, color:"lightblue"}]}

• /summon sheep 1 ~ ~ {name:"Mystical Wool", health:30, drops:[{item:{id:"diamond_sword", name:"Magic Blade", enchantments:["sharpness4", "smite4", "baneOfArthropods3", "knockback3", "fireAspect", "looting3"], damage:-3}}]}

Drops

When killed, they drop 1-2 raw mutton or 1-2 cooked mutton (if it dies while on fire). It also drops wool if it still has its coat.

When sheared with shears, the sheep drops 1-4 wool. This is usually gives more wool than killing the sheep, and also has the advantage of the sheep being able to regrow it later to be sheared again.

A sheep can spawn with a mustache, this makes the sheep drop the mustache once sheared.

Behavior

Like all passive mobs, if hit, the sheep will attempt to escape from the player for a short period of time.

When a sheep loses its wool (primarily by means of shears), it will eventually eat a grass block (turning it into dirt) in order to regrow its coat. This allows it to be sheared again.

Dyeing

A sheep can be dyed any color by using dyes on a sheep. When sheared, the sheep will drop wool with the color it was dyed with. If two dyes sheep are bred, the offspring will be a combination of the colors, for example a red and yellow sheep make a orange sheep.

Tasks

Number	Icon[ng]	Name	Newgrounds name	Description [ng]	Objective	Points[ng]	Requirements
15		Slay a sheep	Kill a Sheep	Bahhh! They drop wool.	Kill a sheep	5

History

Version	Date	Changes
1.7.15	Day 29	Added sheep.
1.8.8	Day 30	Fixed a sheep glitch
1.19.0	Nov 19, 2011.	Updated the texture of the sheep.
1.24	Dec 22, 2012	Sheep shed wool only when sheared or killed. Sheep can regrow wool by eating grass
1.25	May 11, 2013	Fixed sheep not dropping white wool on death.
1.28	Oct 08, 2016	Can change sheep color. Sheep spawn with different colors
1.29.0	Sep 27, 2019	Sheep no longer spontaneously die.
1.29.1	Oct 05, 2019	Sheep can no longer move while eating.
1.29.2	Oct 20, 2019	Added "color" mob data tag for sheep wool and wolf collars.

Gallery

None.

See also

• Shears
• Wool
• Mobs