{{About|chicken eggs|the similar item that spawns mobs|Spawn egg|other uses}}
{{ItemEntity
|image=Egg.png
|renewable=Yes
|stackable=Yes (16)
|size=Height: 0.25 Blocks<br>Width: 0.25 Blocks
}}

An '''egg''' is an [[item]] that can be used to craft [[food]] items, or thrown for a chance to spawn [[chick]]s on impact.

== Obtaining ==
=== Mob loot ===
{{see also|Tutorials/Egg farming}}
A [[chicken]] drops an egg item every 5–10 minutes. The theoretical average would be expected at 1 egg every 7.5 minutes, or 0.1333 eggs per minute.

A [[fox]] sometimes spawns holding an egg, which it always drops upon death. Alternatively, a player dropping a food item causes the fox to drop the egg.

=== Chest loot ===
{{LootChestItem|egg}}

== Usage ==

=== Crafting ingredient ===
{{crafting usage}}

=== Combat ===
Players are able to throw eggs and deal knockback to [[mob]]s (but not other players{{only|JE|short=1}}<ref>{{bug|MC-3179|||WAI}}</ref>{{until|JE Combat Tests}}), but no damage is dealt, similar to a [[snowball]]. Likewise, throwing eggs at [[neutral mobs]] provokes them. Eggs can also be fired from [[dispenser]]s and are affected by gravity.

=== Spawning chickens ===
When thrown by a dispenser or by pressing the {{control|use}} button, an egg has a {{fraction|1|8}} (12.5%) chance of spawning a [[chick]]. If this occurs, there is a {{fraction|1|32}} (3.125%) chance of spawning three additional chicks (on average, 1 out of every 256 eggs spawns 4 chicks). In other words, whenever an egg is thrown, there is a {{fraction|31|256}} chance of spawning 1 chick and a {{fraction|1|256}} chance of spawning four chicks.

The expected value of the number of chicks an egg produces is {{fraction|35|256}} or 13.7%. This means that on average, a chick is spawned every 7.3 eggs, a stack of 16 eggs spawns 2.188 chicks, and a full inventory including the hotbar and off-hand (<code>37 * 16 = 592</code> eggs) is expected to spawn approximately 81 chicks.

== Sounds ==
{{Edition|Java}}:<br>
Thrown eggs use the Friendly Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.
{{Sound table
|rowspan=2
|sound=Bow shoot.ogg
|subtitle=Egg flies
|source=player
|description=When an egg is thrown
|id=entity.egg.throw
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.egg.throw
|volume=0.5
|pitch={{frac|1|3}}-0.5
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|subtitle=Dispensed item
|source=block
|description=When a dispenser shoots an egg
|id=block.dispenser.launch
|translationkey=subtitles.block.dispenser.dispense
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.2
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Chicken plop.ogg
|subtitle=Chicken plops
|source=Friendly Creatures
|description=When an egg is laid by a chicken
|id=entity.chicken.egg
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.chicken.egg
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.8-1.2
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

{{Edition|Bedrock}}:
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|rowspan=2
|sound=Bow shoot.ogg
|source=player
|description=When an egg is thrown
|id=random.bow
|volume=0.5
|pitch=0.33-0.5}}
{{Sound table
|source=player
|description=When a dispenser shoots an egg
|id=random.bow
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.83-1.25}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Chicken plop.ogg
|source=neutral
|description=When an egg is laid by a chicken
|id=mob.chicken.plop
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.8-1.2
|foot=1}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Egg
|spritetype=item
|nameid=egg
|form=item
|foot=1}}
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showentitytags=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Thrown Egg
|spritetype=entity
|spritename=Egg
|nameid=egg
|entitytags=impact_projectiles
|foot=1}}
{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Egg
|spritetype=item
|nameid=egg
|id=390
|form=item
|foot=1}} 
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Egg
|spritetype=entity
|nameid=egg
|id=82
|foot=1}}

=== Entity Data ===

Thrown eggs have entity data that define various properties of the entity.

{{el|java}}:
{{main|Entity format}}
{{/ED}}

{{el|bedrock}}:
: See [[Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format]].

== Achievements ==
{{load achievements|The Lie}}

==Advancements==
{{Load advancements|Bullseye}}

== Video ==
<div style="text-align:center">{{yt|8rDbF8UYuTc}}</div>

== History ==
{{History|java alpha}}
{{History||v1.0.14|[[File:Egg JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added eggs.
|Eggs currently have no purpose.}}
{{History|java beta}}
{{History||1.0|Eggs are now throwable at the request of a fan as the result of a [[wikipedia:Twitter|Twitter]] conversation about a man eating his [[wikipedia:USB|USB]], if [[Notch]] added egg throwing.<ref>{{tweet|notch|11773078791000065}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.2|Eggs are now used to craft [[cake]]s.
|Eggs can now be thrown by [[dispenser]]s.}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2|[[Breeding]] has been added, making eggs easier to obtain.}}
{{History|||snap=RC1|Thrown eggs now hatch chicks instead of adult chickens.
|The egg's throw [[sound]] has been changed.}}
{{History||1.4.2|snap=12w37a|Eggs are now used to craft [[pumpkin pie]]s.}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w32a|Eggs no longer [[damage]] the [[ender dragon]].}}
{{History|||snap=15w36b|Eggs now produce particles when thrown at an entity.}}
{{History|||snap=15w49a|Eggs, like all throwable projectiles, now take the thrower's motion into account when fired.}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w32a|The [[entity]] ID has now been changed from <code>ThrownEgg</code> to <code>egg</code>.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 344.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Egg JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of eggs has been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=18w50a|Eggs can now be found in [[chest]]s in [[village]] fletcher houses.
|Therefore, chickens are no longer the only source of eggs.}}
{{History|||snap=19w07a|Added [[fox]]es, which sometimes spawn with eggs in their mouths.}}
{{History||1.16.2|snap=Pre-Release 1|Eggs are now affected by [[bubble column]]s.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.4.0|[[File:Egg JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added eggs. They are currently unobtainable.
|Eggs are throwable, but are unable to spawn chickens.}}
{{History||v0.7.0|[[Chicken]]s now occasionally lay eggs.
|Eggs can be used to craft [[cake]].
|Thrown eggs now have a chance of spawning adult chickens.}}
{{History||v0.8.0|snap=build 1|Eggs are now used to craft [[pumpkin pie]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=build 3|Thrown eggs now have a chance of spawning chicks instead of adult chickens.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.1.0|snap=alpha 1.1.0.0|The [[entity]] ID has now been changed from <code>thrownegg</code> to <code>egg</code>.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.2.0|Eggs now deal knockback to [[player]]s.}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Egg.png|32px]] The texture of eggs has been changed.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.1|Eggs can now be found in [[village]] fletcher [[chest]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.11.0.4|Eggs can now be [[trading|sold]] to farmer [[villager]]s.}}
{{History||1.13.0|snap=beta 1.13.0.1|Added [[fox]]es, which can [[drops|drop]] eggs.}}
{{History||1.16.0|snap=beta 1.16.0.57|[[Trading]] has now been changed, eggs can no longer be [[trading|sold]] to farmer [[villager]]s.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|[[File:Egg JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added eggs.}}
{{History|PS4}}		
{{History||1.90|[[File:Egg JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of eggs has been changed.}}

{{History|New 3DS}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Egg JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added eggs.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== Trivia ==
* Eggs break mid-fall if hit by another projectile; the chance of spawning a chick is not affected.
* Throwing an egg at a [[nether portal]] breaks the egg when it hits the portal.
* A thrown egg faces toward the [[player]] in first-person view, while it appears rotated horizontally in third-person view. This is the case for all throwable [[item]]s ([[ender pearl]]s, eggs, [[snowball]]s, and all throwable [[potion]]s).

== References ==
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