Mooshroom

Mooshroom

• Red
• Brown

Adult

Baby (Java Edition)

Adult

Baby (Java Edition)

Health points	10HP
Behavior	Passive
Mob type	Animal
Hitbox size	In Java Edition: Adult: Height: 1.4 blocks Width: 0.9 blocks Baby: Height: 0.7 blocks Width: 0.45 blocks In Bedrock Edition: Adult: Height: 1.3 blocks Width: 0.9 blocks Baby: Height: 0.65 blocks Width: 0.45 blocks
Speed	0.2
Spawn	Mushroom Fields
Usable items	Bucket Bowl Shears Wheat Flowers Lead

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A mooshroom is a mushroom-covered variant of a cow exclusive to the rare mushroom fields biome.

Spawning

Red mooshrooms can spawn in mushroom fields biomes in herds of 4–8 on mycelium blocks with a light level 9 or higher. They do not naturally spawn in any other biome.

Red mooshrooms have a 5% chance of spawning as babies.

A red mooshroom transforms into a brown mooshroom, and vice versa, when it is struck by lightning. Brown mooshrooms never spawn naturally.

Breeding

A pair of mooshrooms can breed when being given wheat. A mooshroom cannot be bred with a cow.

Breeding two red mooshrooms has a ¹⁄₁₀₂₄ chance to spawn a brown baby variant and vice versa. When breeding a red mooshroom and a brown mooshroom together, the baby has a ¹⁄₂ chance of being either variant.

Feeding wheat to a baby mooshroom shortens its growing time by 10% of the remaining time. Baby mooshrooms do not have mushrooms on their backs; they appear once the baby grows to an adult.

Drops

Breeding

1–7XP upon successful breeding

On death

Item		Roll Chance	Quantity (Roll Chance)
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Raw Beef	100%	1–3	1–4	1–5	1–6
	Leather	100%	0–2	0–3	0–4	0–5

• 1–3XP (when killed by a player or tamed wolf)

Shearing a mooshroom drops 5 corresponding mushrooms and turns the mooshroom into a normal cow, emitting a smaller version of the explosion particle. The mushrooms do not grow back.

Like other baby animals, killing a baby mooshroom yields no items or experience.

Behavior

Mooshrooms have the same AI behavior 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.

A mooshroom follows a player holding wheat. A lightning strike 4 blocks within a mooshroom switches its color, from red to brown, and vice versa. Mooshrooms do not take damage from lightning during this transformation.

Milking

A mooshroom can be milked by using a bucket on it, yielding a milk bucket. Mooshrooms can also be milked using bowls to get mushroom stew.

When a small flower is used on a brown mooshroom, the brown mooshroom produces a suspicious stew related to that small flower the next time it is milked with a bowl. Red mooshrooms do not produce suspicious stew. The brown mooshroom returns to producing mushroom stew until fed another small flower. The small flowers produce the suspicious stew with the following effects.

Sounds

Java Edition:
Mooshrooms use the Friendly Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Cow moos	Friendly Creatures	Randomly	entity.cow.ambient​​	subtitles.entity.cow.ambient​​​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Cow dies	Friendly Creatures	When a mooshroom dies	entity.cow.death​​	subtitles.entity.cow.death​​​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Cow hurts	Friendly Creatures	When a mooshroom is damaged	entity.cow.hurt​​	subtitles.entity.cow.hurt​​​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Footsteps	Friendly Creatures	While a mooshroom is walking	entity.cow.step​​	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16
	​Mooshroom transforms	Friendly Creatures	When a mooshroom is struck by lightning	entity.mooshroom.convert	subtitles.entity.mooshroom.convert​	1.5	1.0	16
	​Mooshroom eats	Friendly Creatures	When a brown mooshroom is fed a flower	entity.mooshroom.eat	subtitles.entity.mooshroom.eat​	2.0	varies	16
	​Cow gets milked	Friendly Creatures	When a mooshroom is milked	entity.cow.milk​​	subtitles.entity.cow.milk​​​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Mooshroom gets milked	Friendly Creatures	When a mooshroom is milked with a bowl	entity.mooshroom.milk	subtitles.entity.mooshroom.milk​	1.0	varies	16
	​Mooshroom gets milked suspiciously	Friendly Creatures	When a brown mooshroom is milked with a bowl after being fed a flower	entity.mooshroom.suspicious_milk	subtitles.entity.mooshroom.suspicious_milk​	1.0	varies	16
	​Shears click	Friendly Creatures	When a mooshroom is sheared	entity.mooshroom.shear	subtitles.item.shear​	1.0	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Friendly Creatures	Randomly	mob.cow.say	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	When a mooshroom dies	mob.cow.hurt	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	When a mooshroom is damaged	mob.cow.hurt	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	While a mooshroom is walking	mob.cow.step	0.65	0.9-1.1
	Friendly Creatures	When a mooshroom is struck by lightning	mob.mooshroom.convert	0.75	1.0
	Friendly Creatures	When a brown mooshroom is fed a flower	mob.mooshroom.eat	1.0/0.95/1.05	0.8-1.2
	Friendly Creatures	When a mooshroom is milked	mob.cow.milk	1.0	1.0
	Friendly Creatures	When a mooshroom is milked with a bowl	mob.mooshroom.suspicious_milk	1.0/0.9/1.1	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	[hide]Translation key
Mooshroom	mooshroom	entity.minecraft.mooshroom

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	[hide]Translation key
Mooshroom	mooshroom	16	entity.mooshroom.name

Entity data

Mooshrooms have entity data associated with them that contain various properties.

Java Edition:

• [NBT Compound / JSON Object] Entity data
  • Additional fields for mobs that can breed see Template:Nbt inherit/breedable/template[show]
  • Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template[show]
  • Tags common to all mobs see Template:Nbt inherit/mob/template[show]
  • [NBT List / JSON Array] stew_effects: The effects applied to the suspicious stew from milking the mooshroom.
    • [NBT Compound / JSON Object]
      • [String] id: Optional. The Effect identifier of the status effect the brown mooshroom may give to a suspicious stew.
      • [Int] duration: Optional. An integer indicating the duration of the status effect the brown mooshroom may give to a suspicious stew.
  • [String] Type: ID of the mooshroom's type.

Mooshroom type[show][edit]

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Achievements

[hide]
Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Cow Tipper	Harvest some leather.	Pick up leather from the ground or via fishing.	15	Bronze
		It Spreads	Kill a mob next to a catalyst	—	10	Bronze
		Overkill	Deal nine hearts of damage in a single hit.	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have nine hearts of health overall.	30	Bronze
		Over-Overkill	Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace	—	20	Silver
		Repopulation	Breed two cows with wheat.	Breed two cows or two mooshrooms.	15	Bronze

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	A Throwaway Joke	Throw a Trident at something. Note: Throwing away your only weapon is not a good idea.	Hit a mob with a thrown trident.
	Adventure	Adventure, exploration and combat	Kill any mob, or be killed by any living entity.
	Arbalistic	Kill five unique mobs with one crossbow shot	Armor Stand also counts for this advancement. This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed.
	It Spreads	Kill a mob near a Sculk Catalyst	Kill one of these 73 mobs near a sculk catalyst:[show] Mobs that drop no experience as well as the ender dragon are ignored for this advancement.
	Over-Overkill	Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace	–
	Take Aim	Shoot something with an Arrow	Using a bow or a crossbow, shoot a mob with an arrow, tipped arrow, or spectral arrow.
	The Parrots and the Bats	Breed two animals together	Breed a pair of any of these 26 mobs:[hide] A mule must be the result of breeding a horse and a donkey for this advancement as they are not breedable together. Other breedable mobs are ignored for this advancement.
	Two by Two	Breed all the animals!	Breed a pair of each of these 25 mobs:[hide] A trader llama does not count as a llama, and a mule must be the result of breeding a horse and a donkey for this advancement as they are not breedable together. Other breedable mobs can be bred, but are ignored for this advancement.

History

[hide]Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease				Added mooshrooms.
							They cannot be milked with a bucket like regular cows can. Right clicking on a mooshroom with more than one bowl equipped turns the whole stack into just one bowl of mushroom stew.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2				Breeding a cow with a mooshroom may result in either, chosen randomly. The offspring may be more likely to be the kind the player gave wheat to first, similarly to sheep.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3				The mooshroom's horns have been moved.
							The mooshroom udder's model is changed, but the texture isn't changed to match the new model, resulting in the texture on the udder being off-placed.
							Added baby mooshrooms.
							Mooshrooms can now be bred with wheat.
1.2.1			12w07a				Mooshrooms can no longer breed with cows.
			12w07b				Mooshrooms have a new AI system.
1.4.2			12w38a				Added new step, hurt, and idle sounds for mooshroom.
1.8			14w02a				Baby mooshroom growth can now be accelerated using wheat.
			14w05b				Mooshroom's mushrooms are no longer visible when they have the Invisibility effect.
			14w26b				Mooshrooms now require mycelium, not grass, for random spawning and spawning from mob spawners.
1.8.2			pre5				Fixed mooshroom udder texture not displaying correctly.
							Fixed mooshrooms incorrectly displaying custom mushroom models.
							Changed Mooshroom's Mushroom model.
1.9			15w31a				It is no longer possible to get stew from mooshrooms in Creative mode.
			15w39a				Mooshrooms are now slightly taller (1.4 blocks tall rather than 1.3, with babies 0.7 blocks tall rather than 0.65).
MINECON Earth 2018							The Mojang panel debates whether to add brown mooshrooms.
1.14			18w43a				The textures of the mooshroom and baby mooshroom have been changed.
			19w08a				Added the brown mooshroom variant, which spawns when a regular mooshroom is struck by lightning.
							Brown mooshrooms give the player suspicious stew when fed a flower.
							Breeding two red mooshrooms has a 1⁄1024 chance to spawn a brown baby variant, and vice versa.
1.15			19w39a				The textures of the mushrooms on mooshrooms have been flipped.
							The model of baby mooshrooms have been changed.
1.16			20w15a				Mooshrooms can now be sheared by dispensers.
			Pre-release 1				It is once again possible to get stew from mooshrooms in Creative mode.
1.21.2			24w33a				Due to a bug, the baby red and brown mooshroom models are currently broken.
			24w34a				The baby red and brown mooshroom models are now been fixed.
[hide]Upcoming Java Edition
1.21.5			25w05a				The red and brown mooshroom models have been updated to include an extruded snout and mirrored legs.
							Other than being resized, the texture itself hasn't changed, meaning the extruded snout is not visible by default.
			25w07a				The textures for both variants have been updated.
			25w10a				The red and brown baby models now have their heads positioned correctly.
[hide]Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0			build 1				Added mooshrooms and their baby variant.
v0.14.0			build 1				Baby zombies jockeys can now mount mooshrooms when trying to attack players, villagers, or golems.
v0.15.0			build 1				Baby husks can now mount mooshrooms.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The textures of mooshrooms and baby mooshrooms have been changed.
1.13.0			beta 1.13.0.9				Added brown mooshrooms.
1.21.30			Preview 1.21.30.22				Mooshrooms now spawn at light level 9 or above.
[hide]Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.21.70			Preview 1.21.70.23				The textures of mooshrooms have been changed. Most notably, the nose now extrudes from their models.
[hide]Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU7	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added mooshrooms and baby mooshrooms.
							Mooshrooms can be bred using wheat.
TU11							Mooshrooms can no longer be sheared if the spawn limit for animals is reached.
TU12							Mooshrooms can no longer breed with cows.
TU14		1.04					Using a mooshroom spawn egg, baby mooshrooms can now be spawned by using // on a mooshroom.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Baby mooshroom growth can now be accelerated using wheat.
							The sounds of mooshrooms have been updated.
TU34	CU22	1.25	1.25	1.25	Patch 4		Mooshrooms now have seperate spawn limits.
TU56	CU47	1.55	1.55	1.55	Patch 26	1.0.6	Mooshrooms can now be milked in Creative mode.
[hide]New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added mooshrooms.

• 

  Glitched red mooshroom in 19w38a

• 

  Glitched brown moohroom in 19w38a

Data history

[hide]Java Edition
1.11			16w32a				The entity ID of the mooshroom has now been changed from MushroomCow to mooshroom.
1.13			17w47a				Numeric IDs for entities were presumably deprecated in this version.​
[hide]Pocket Edition
1.1.0			alpha 1.1.0.0				The entity ID of mooshrooms has now been changed from mushroomcow to mooshroom.

Issues

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

Trivia

The moobloom in Minecraft Earth

• In Minecraft Earth, there was a buttercup-covered variant of mooshrooms known as "mooblooms". This variant was also part of the Minecraft Live 2020 Mob Vote. It came last and there are currently no known plans to add it to the game.

Gallery

Screenshots

• 

  The new Mooshroom design

• 

  The new baby Mooshroom design

• 

  A dying mooshroom

• 

  A series of mooshrooms spawned on top of a huge red mushroom

• 

  A baby mooshroom

• 

  A few mooshrooms next to a lake

• 

  A mooshroom in a minecart

• 

  Adult and baby forms of the red and brown mooshrooms

Mojang screenshots

• 

  A red mooshroom.

• 

  A brown mooshroom.

Development images

• 

  The first image released of the mooshroom.

Mojang artwork

• 

  "A close-up of a mooshroom".

Textures

• 

  Mooshroom texture file

• 

  New Mooshroom texture file ​

• 

  Brown mooshroom texture file

• 

  New brown mooshroom texture file​

In other media

• 

  Artwork of a mooshroom

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  The brown mooshroom face

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  A gif of the two varieties of mooshrooms' faces

• 

  Mooshroom figure of Flippin' Figs

External links

• Cordyceps fungi
• "Mob Menagerie: Mooshroom" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, January 11, 2025.