Earth:Rainbow Sheep

The rainbow sheep was a rainbow variant of the sheep found only in Minecraft Earth.

Rainbow Sheep

Health points	8HP
Behavior	Passive
Mob type	Animal
Hitbox size	Height: 1.3 blocks Width: 0.9 blocks
Spawn	Plains
Rarity	Epic
Player journal description Bored of single, solid colors? The Rainbow Sheep grows wool with not one, not two, but SIX bold hues to make rainbow-tastic creations.

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It was also planned to appear in Minecraft Legends.

Behavior

Rainbow sheep behaved the same as a normal sheep, walking aimlessly and avoiding cliffs and lava.

Obtaining

Rainbow sheep were obtainable as a reward in Season 5 by having a bone block, coal block, and red sandstone in the Journal. They were also obtainable by buying the "Colorful Cottage" buildplate. They were of epic rarity, and were obtainable via sheep tappables with a 1.7% chance of getting one.

Drops

When sheared, rainbow sheep dropped 3 Rainbow Wool.

When killed, they dropped:

• 1 Rainbow Wool
• 1 Mutton (Cooked Mutton if killed while on fire)

Sounds

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Description	Resource location
	Death	SFX_rainbow_sheep_death
	Ambient/Hurt	SFX_rainbow_sheep_say
	Shearing	mob.sheep.shear
	When a rainbow sheep grazes a grass block	dig.grass
	Step sparkle	SFX_rainbow_sheep_step_sparkle

Data values

ID

Name	Identifier	[hide]Numeric ID
Rainbow Sheep	rainbow_sheep	5027

Challenges

Challenge	Description	Reward	[hide]Rarity
Baaaaaaaa	Collect 1 sheep	30XP
Building a farm	Place 5 mobs on buildplates	50XP	Common
Start a zoo	Place 15 mobs on a buildplate	150XP	Uncommon
Zoo keeper	Collect 25 mobs	150XP	Rare
On the farm	Collect 1 mob
Home on the range	Collect 1 cow or sheep
Adding life	Place 1 mob on a buildplate
Baaaa!	Collect 1 sheep
Home farm	Collect 1 mob
Mob booster	Collect 1 mob while xp boosted
Mob coaster	Place 1 mob in a minecart on a buildplate
Fire attack	Defeat 1 mob in an adventure with fire
Molten doom	Defeat 1 mob in an adventure with lava
Boom box	Defeat 1 mob with tnt
Lucky find	Collect 1 epic mob
Farm time	Place 1 epic mob on a buildplate

History

[hide]Minecraft Earth
0.21.0							Added rainbow sheep.

Trivia

• Rainbow sheep were first found datamined in the game files, with their menu sprite found within it.
• Rainbow sheep were the rarest sheep variant, with a low 1.0% chance of obtaining it from tappables.
• Rainbow sheep have made appearances in promotional material for Minecraft Legends, despite not appearing in-game.

Gallery

Minecraft Earth

• 

  Overview of the rainbow sheep.

• 

  An early version of the rainbow sheep with white hooves.

• 

  Rainbow Sheep journal icon.

• 

  The Rainbow Sheep texture.

• 

  Rainbow Sheep in the header for season 5.

• 

  A statue of a rainbow sheep, as it appears in Realms Celebration.

Minecraft Legends

• 

  Two rainbow sheep as seen in key artwork.

• 

  A rainbow sheep jumping in a trailer.

• 

  The jumping sheep behind Foresight and Action.

• 

  Ditto.