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Carrot on a Stick

Rarity tier	Common
Durability	In Java Edition: 25 In Bedrock Edition: 26
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No

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A carrot on a stick is an item that can be used to control saddled pigs.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	[hide]Description
Fishing Rod or Damaged Fishing Rod + Carrot		The fishing rod must be diagonally above the carrot to craft the carrot on a stick.

Usage

Riding a pig

To use a carrot on a stick, the player must first saddle a pig, and ride it while holding the carrot on a stick. The pig then moves in the direction of the carrot. Also, if the player holds a carrot on a stick, all nearby pigs (but not rabbits) follow the player, but they can't breed using a carrot on a stick.

To make the pig run faster, the player can press use while holding the carrot on a stick. This is called "boosting". Each boost costs 7 durability in Java Edition, or 2 durability in Bedrock Edition. If the carrot on a stick's durability is depleted, it turns back into a fishing rod.

The speed of a mounted pig is 2.42 m/s. Boosting a pig causes its speed to slowly ramp up until it reaches 2.15 times its normal speed, 5.20 m/s. Then speed slowly declines until the pig reaches normal speed again. The boost lasts between 140 and 980 game ticks (7 seconds and 49 seconds respectively), chosen randomly. No matter how many ticks the boost lasts, the average speed of pig during a full boost cycle is roughly 4.19 m/s. These boosted speeds are applied only while holding the carrot on a stick. These speeds are affected by the speed effect.

Repairing

Combining

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	[hide]Description
Damaged Carrot on a Stick		The durability of the two carrots on sticks is added together, plus an extra point of durability.

Ingredients	Grinding recipe	[hide]Description
2× Damaged Carrot on a Stick		The durability of the two carrots on sticks is added together, plus an extra point of durability.

Unit repair

Ingredients	[hide]Anvil recipe
Damaged Carrot on a Stick	Carrot on a Stick

A carrot on a stick can be combined with another carrot on a stick in an anvil, preserving the enchantments of both.

Enchantments

A carrot on a stick can receive the following enchantments:

Name	Description	Max Level	Method	Weight
Unbreaking	Grants a chance to negate durability consumption.	III	Anvil	5
Mending	Repairs the carrot on a stick when obtaining experience.	I	Anvil	2
Curse of Vanishing	The carrot on a stick vanishes on death, not dropping as an item.	I	Anvil	1

Sounds

Java Edition

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Item breaks	Players	When a carrot on a stick's durability is exhausted	entity.item.break	subtitles.entity.item.break​	0.8	0.8-1.2	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Players	When a carrot on a stick's durability is exhausted	random.break	1.0	0.9

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	[hide]Translation key
Carrot on a Stick	carrot_on_a_stick	Item	item.minecraft.carrot_on_a_stick

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	[hide]Translation key
Carrot on a Stick	carrot_on_a_stick	carrotonastick	517	Item	item.carrotOnAStick.name

History

[hide]Java Edition
August 28, 2012							Dinnerbone released images of saddled pigs being controlled with carrots. They start slow but end up traveling up to 5 blocks per second. Wheat was considered as a "fuel" along with carrots, and Dinnerbone eventually decided upon carrots.
1.4.2			12w36a				Added carrot on a stick.
							The player does not get back a fishing rod once the carrot on a stick is used up.
			12w37a				Carrots on sticks now have a durability meter, and can be used to give saddled pigs a burst of speed when right-clicked. The carrot on a stick no longer needs to be held when pigs have the burst of speed.
			12w38a				Using up a carrot on a stick now returns a fishing rod.
1.4.6			12w50a				A carrot on a stick can now be enchanted with Unbreaking via an enchanted book and an anvil.
1.8.2			pre7				Crafting a carrot on a stick now removes all enchantments on the original fishing rod.
1.9			16w05b				Durability is no longer reduced merely by riding a pig, but only by using the speed boost.
1.13			17w47a				Crafting a carrot on a stick no longer requires the fishing rod to be at full durability.
1.14			18w43a				The texture of carrot on a stick has been changed.
1.16			20w06a				Carrot on a stick can now be used up.
[hide]Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.15.0			build 1				Added carrot on a stick.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of carrot on a stick has been changed.
[hide]Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU14	CU1	1.04	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added carrot on a stick.
			1.90				The texture of carrot on a stick has been changed.
[hide]New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added carrot on a stick.

Data history

[hide]Java Edition
1.13			17w47a				Crafting a carrot on a stick no longer requires the fishing rod to be at full durability.
							Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 398.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.16.100			beta 1.16.100.56				The ID of carrot on a stick has been changed from carrotonastick to carrot_on_a_stick.

Issues

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

Java Edition

• MC-182489 – Crafting a Warped Fungus/Carrot on a Stick using a cursed Fishing Rod removes the curses
• MC-207993 – Rabbits don't follow players holding carrots on sticks
• MC-113002 – Carrot on a stick acts client-side always as if it was not successfully used
• MC-200318 – Pigs can be controlled without carrot on a stick when in a minecart
• MC-201156 – Pigs with carrot on stick do not slide on ice when stopped
• MC-217170 – Can't use fungus or carrot on a stick as fuel source in furnace but can with fishing rod
• MC-222850 – Riding pigs while holding carrot on a stick makes the pig bounce up lower on a slime block

Bedrock Edition

• MCPE-89655 – Swords, fishing rods, and carrots on sticks are missing some pixels when held while in the inventory with Pocket UI
• MCPE-178492 – Carrot on a Stick negates the slowness / speed effect for pigs
• MCPE-179614 – Carrots on a stick and Warped Fungus on a stick cannot be used as a fuel source.

Trivia

• The name of this item may be derived from the English idiom carrot and stick, referring to the use of reward and threat as simultaneous motivators.

Gallery

Mojang images

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  First image of carrot on a stick released by Dinnerbone.

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  Pigs can climb stairs and slabs.

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  Jeb riding a pig.

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  Image from Grum of a carrot on a stick's texture changing with its durability.

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  Another image showing the same.

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  Another image.

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See also

• Warped fungus on a stick