Feather

Feather

Rarity tier	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)

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        },
        {
            "field": "Yes",
            "label": "(link to Renewable resource article, displayed as Renewable)"
        },
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            "field": "Yes (64)",
            "label": "Stackable"
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        "Feather.png"
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Feathers are items dropped by chickens and parrots, as well as tamed cats as morning gifts.

Obtaining

Mob loot

Adult chickens drop 0–2 feathers upon death. The maximum is increased by 1 per level of Looting, for a maximum of 0–5 with Looting III.

Parrots drop 1–2 feathers upon death. The maximum is increased by 1 per level of Looting, for a maximum of 1–5 with Looting III.

A fox sometimes spawns holding a feather, which always drops upon death. Alternatively, the player can drop a food item, causing the fox to drop the feather in favor of the food.

Source	Roll Chance	Quantity (Roll Chance)
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
Chicken	100%	0–2	0–3	0–4	0–5
Parrot	100%	1–2	1–3	1–4	1–5

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	[hide]Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Feather	Shipwreck	Map chest	1–5	60% { "item": "Feather", "stacksize": "1–5", "chance": 0.5999416824610002, "structure": "Shipwreck", "container": "Map chest" }
	Village	Fletcher's chest	1–3	55.8% { "item": "Feather", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.5583399765985125, "structure": "Village", "container": "Fletcher's chest" }
		Plains house chest	1	12.1% { "item": "Feather", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.12068353467250137, "structure": "Village", "container": "Plains house chest" }

Cat gifts

Tamed cats have a 70% chance of giving the player a "morning gift", and the gift has a 16.13% chance to be a feather.

Usage

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	[hide]Description
Arrow	Flint + Stick + Feather	4
Book and Quill	Book + Ink Sac + Feather
Brown Firework Star	Gunpowder + Bone Meal or Lapis Lazuli or Cocoa Beans or Ink Sac + Feather + Glowstone Dust + Diamond		‌ Up to eight dyes can be added. One head, gold nugget, feather, or fire charge can be added. Both the diamond and the glowstone dust can be added with any of the other ingredients.
Brush	Feather + Copper Ingot + Stick
Gray Firework Star	Gunpowder + Matching Dye + Extra ingredients (optional)		Up to eight dyes can be added. One head, gold nugget, feather, or fire charge can be added. Both the diamond and the glowstone dust can be added with any of the other ingredients.

Trading

Villager	Probability		Villager wants	Player receives
	JE	BE
Expert Fletcher	100%	100%	24 × Feather	Emerald

Helmet

Although a feather cannot be equipped in the head slot in Survival mode, equipping it using commands causes it to appear to be rotated upright unlike other items.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	[hide]Translation key
Feather	feather	Item	item.minecraft.feather

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	[hide]Translation key
Feather	feather	327	Item	item.feather.name

History

[hide]Java Edition Indev
0.31			20100130				Added feathers.
							Feathers can be used to craft arrows.
							Feathers are dropped by every mob in quantities of 0 to 2.
20100206-2034							The feather's texture has been changed; it is now not as straight anymore.
20100219							Zombies are now the only mob that can drop feathers. This was a placeholder as Notch has stated he currently doesn't know what else they should drop.
[hide]Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.14							Chickens now drop 0–2 feathers upon death.
[hide]Java Edition Beta
1.8			Pre-release				Zombies now drop rotten flesh instead of feathers.
							Chickens are now the only source of feathers.
[hide]Java Edition
1.3.1			12w17a				Feathers are now used to craft book and quills.
1.4.6			12w49a				Feathers are now used to craft a firework star with a burst effect.
1.12			17w13a				Parrots now drop feathers.
1.13			18w11a				Feathers now generate in shipwreck chests.
1.14			18w43a				The texture of feathers has been changed.
			18w44a				Cats now offer feathers as gifts.
			18w48a				Feathers can now be found in chests in plains village houses.
			18w50a				Feathers can now be found in chests in fletcher houses.
			19w07a				Added foxes, which sometimes spawn with feathers in their mouths.
			19w11a				Fletcher villagers now buy 24 feathers for 1 emerald.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			Pre-release 1				Feathers can now be used to craft brushes.
[hide]Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0							Added feathers. They are currently unobtainable and serve no purpose.
v0.3.3							Chickens now drop 0–2 feathers upon death.
							Feathers can now be used to craft arrows.
v0.4.0							Zombies now drop a feather upon death.
v0.5.0							Feathers can now be obtained after activating the nether reactor.
v0.11.0			build 1				Zombies now drop rotten flesh instead of feathers.
v0.12.1			build 1				Feathers are no longer available from the nether reactor.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.2.0			beta 1.2.0.2				Feathers can now be used to craft book and quills.
							Added parrots, which drop feathers.
							Feathers can now be used as an ingredient to craft a firework star.
1.4.0			beta 1.2.14.2				Feathers can now be found in shipwreck chests.
1.8.0			beta 1.8.0.8				Feathers can now be given as a gift to the player by tamed cats.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of feathers has been changed.
							Feathers can now be found in chests in plains village houses.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.1				Feathers can now be found in chests in fletcher houses.
			beta 1.11.0.4				Fletcher villagers now buy feathers.
1.13.0			beta 1.13.0.1				Added foxes, which sometimes spawn with feathers in their mouths.
1.19.80 Experiment Next Major Update			Preview 1.19.80.20				Feathers can now be used to craft brushes.
[hide]Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added feathers.
TU5							Zombies now drop rotten flesh instead of feathers.
							Chickens are now the only source of feathers.
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12			Feathers are now used to craft a firework star with a burst effect.
TU25	CU14	1.17	1.17	1.17			Feathers are now used to craft book and quills.
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Parrots now drop feathers.
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Feathers can now be found in shipwreck chests.
			1.83				Feathers can now be given as a gift to the player by tamed cats.
			1.90				The texture of feathers has been changed.
[hide]New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added feathers.

Data history

[hide]Java Edition
1.13			17w47a				Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 288.

Issues

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

External links

• Taking Inventory: Feather – Minecraft.net on March 3, 2019