Spawn Egg

A Spawn Egg

A spawn egg is an item used to spawn mobs directly.

Contents

• 1Obtaining
• 2Usage
  • 2.1Dispensers
  • 2.2Baby mobs
  • 2.3Monster spawners
  • 2.4Renaming
  • 2.5Survival mode
• 3List of spawn eggs
  • 3.1Mobs without spawn eggs
  • 3.2Education Edition spawn eggs
  • 3.3Minecraft Earth spawn eggs
• 4Sounds
• 5Data values
  • 5.1ID
  • 5.2Item data
• 6History
• 7Issues
• 8Gallery
  • 8.1Screenshots
• 9Notes
• 10References
• 11External Links

Obtaining

Spawn eggs can be obtained only in Creative mode or using commands. In Creative mode, the player can press pick block on an existing mob to obtain their respective egg. Spawn eggs are also available in the Creative inventory. There are 70 (71‌^{[upcoming: BE 1.19.70]}) spawn eggs in Bedrock Edition and 68 (69‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.19.4]}) spawn eggs in Java Edition.

It is also possible to find a spawn egg that spawns the Wither boss within the Switch version's Mario Mashup template map. The egg is labeled "item.spawn_egg.entity.wither.name", however it works just like a normal spawn egg.

Usage

A spawn egg is used by pressing use on any surface (top, bottom, or side) with the egg. When used on a top surface, the egg's mob appears with its feet immediately adjacent to the surface, and its ambient sound is played.

Spawn eggs are not thrown (unlike normal eggs); the player must be within normal range of the block to use the spawn egg. Ocelot and all monster mobs (except shulkers, piglins, hoglins; and in Bedrock Edition, also include vindicators, evokers, zoglins, piglin brutes) spawned while on Peaceful difficulty get created and immediately deleted from the world.

The surfaces of blocks are prioritized for spawning; if none are within reach, mobs can also be spawned in water.

Dispensers

A spawn egg fired from a dispenser spawns the mob directly in front of the dispenser. The spawn egg is consumed when fired.

Baby mobs

If the player uses a spawn egg on the type of mob it spawns, and that mob has a baby form, the egg spawns a baby version of the mob. In mobs that can breed, the baby is created by breeding the clicked mob to itself. For instance, using a sheep spawn egg on a sheep makes a baby sheep with the same wool color.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Other mobs such as evokers, vindicators, vexes, piglin brutes, ravagers, phantoms, skeletons, pillagers, creepers and wither skeletons do not have a baby variant, so the egg still spawns an adult.

Monster spawners

All spawn eggs can also be used on a monster spawner to change the mob the monster spawner spawns. In Bedrock Edition, spawn eggs for any of the fish mobs spawn them only if the monster spawner is waterlogged.

Renaming

A spawn egg can be renamed on an anvil, and when used it spawns a mob with that name appearing over its head. The name can be seen only by aiming at the mob from four or fewer blocks away. This name also appears in death messages from the mob killing a player. If the player renames a spawn egg by the names described below, the mob appears described below. If the player renames a rabbit spawn egg "Toast", the secret skin of the rabbit appears when the egg is used. Naming a spawn egg "Dinnerbone" or "Grumm" causes the mob to appear upside down and show the given name above it. Renaming a vindicator "Johnny" causes it to act hostile to all mobs except for other illagers. Renaming a sheep "jeb_" makes the sheep's wool color cycle in a rainbow loop. This doesn't change the color of the wool you get from the sheep. Renaming a spawn egg of a hostile mob with an anvil and then spawning the hostile mob with the renamed spawn egg does not prevent the hostile mob from despawning, unlike using a name tag on the mob.

Survival mode

Mobs can be spawned with spawn eggs in Survival mode, but spawn eggs are not obtainable in Survival without cheats; they can be obtained only using the Creative menu or commands.

List of spawn eggs

There is a spawn egg for almost every mob in the game; exceptions are listed below this table.

Egg	Spawns	Notes
Hostile and neutral mobs
	Bee	Bees have 5% chance of spawning as a baby.
	Blaze
	Cave Spider	Cave spiders have a 1% chance of spawning a Cave Spider Jockey. ‌[Bedrock Edition only]
	Creeper	Creepers can never spawn charged.
	Dolphin	In Bedrock Edition, dolphins have 10% chance of spawning as a baby.
	Drowned	Drowned can spawn holding tridents, fishing rods, or nautilus shells. Drowned have 5% chance of spawning as a baby.
	Elder Guardian
	Ender Dragon	Only accessible via commands to prevent accidental destruction of player builds.
	Enderman	Endermen spawn neutral and not holding a block.
	Endermite
	Evoker
	Ghast
	Goat	Goats spawn with two horns and have a 5% chance spawning as a baby, and a 2% chance of spawning as a screaming goat.
	Guardian
	Hoglin	Hoglins have 5% chance of spawning as a baby.
	Husk	Husks have a 5% chance of spawning as a baby. Baby husks have a 5%‌[JE only] or 15%‌[BE only] chance of spawning as a Chicken Jockey. There is also a chance of them holding tools, weapons or armor. Baby variants are randomly spawned.
	Iron Golem	These golems are neutral like the village golems.
	Llama	Llamas spawn untamed and have a 10% chance of spawning as a baby.
	Magma Cube	Magma cubes spawn with a random size.
	Panda	Pandas spawn with a random personality and have a 5% chance of spawning as a baby.
	Phantom
	Piglin	Piglins have a 25%‌[JE only] or 5%‌[BE only] chance of spawning as a baby. They may also spawn with an enchanted crossbow or golden sword and golden armor.
	Piglin Brute	Piglin brutes never spawn with armor.
	Pillager	Pillagers have a chance of spawning with an enchanted crossbow.
	Polar Bear	Polar bears have a 10% chance of spawning as a baby.
	Ravager	Ravagers never spawn being ridden by illagers.
	Shulker	Shulkers spawn undyed. Their orientation is also dependent on where the shulker is placed.
	Silverfish
	Skeleton	Skeleton eggs used in the Overworld and the End always spawn regular skeletons. In Bedrock Edition, eggs used in the Nether have an 80% chance to spawn wither skeletons. In Bedrock Edition, eggs used in Snowy Tundra, Ice Spikes, Snowy Mountains, Frozen River, Frozen Ocean, Deep Frozen Ocean and Legacy Frozen Ocean biomes have an 80% chance to spawn strays, if spawned with a clear view of the sky. They may also spawn with an enchanted bow and armor.
	Slime	Slimes spawn with a random size.
	Spider	Spiders have a 1% chance to spawn a Spider Jockey.
	Stray	Strays may spawn with an enchanted bow and armor.
	Trader Llama
	Vex
	Vindicator	Vindicators never spawn as captains.‌[Bedrock Edition only] They may spawn with an enchanted axe.
	Warden
	Witch
	Wither	Only accessible via commands to prevent accidental destruction of player builds.
	Wither Skeleton
	Wolf	Wolves spawn untamed and neutral. Wolves have a 5% chance of spawning as a baby.
	Zoglin
	Zombie	Zombies do not spawn as zombie villagers, but they have a 5% chance of spawning as a baby. There is also a chance of them holding tools, weapons or armor. A baby zombie has a 5%‌[JE only] or 15%‌[Bedrock Edition only] chance of spawning as a Chicken Jockey.
	Zombie Villager	Zombie villagers' professions are randomized.‌[Java Edition only] Their outfit depends on the biome, and they have a 5% chance of spawning as a baby. A baby zombie villager has a 5%‌[JE only] or 15%‌[Bedrock Edition only] chance of spawning as a Chicken Jockey. In Bedrock Edition, they never spawn with equipment.
	Zombified Piglin	Zombified piglins spawn neutral and have a 5% chance of spawning as a baby. A baby zombified piglin has a 5% chance of spawning as a Chicken Jockey.‌[JE only] They may also spawn with an enchanted sword.
Passive mobs
	Agent
	Allay
	Axolotl	Axolotls' skins are randomized and have a 5% chance of spawning as a baby.
	Bat	If the player is far enough away when using the spawn egg on the bottom of an opaque block, the bat hangs upside down from it.
	Camel‌[upcoming: JE 1.20 & BE 1.20.0]
	Cat	Cats' skins are randomized and always spawn stray cats. Cats have a 25% chance of spawning as a baby.
	Chicken	Chickens have a 5% chance of spawning as a baby.
	Cod
	Cow	Cows have a 5% chance of spawning as a baby.
	Donkey	Donkeys spawn untamed and have a 20% chance of spawning as a baby.
	Fox	Foxes spawn untrusting, with their skins depending on the biome. They can spawn holding items and have 5% chance of spawning as a baby.
	Frog	Frog skins are biome-dependent.
	Glow Squid	In Bedrock Edition, glow squids have a 5% chance of spawning as a baby.
	Horse	Horses spawn untamed and have a 20% chance of spawning as a baby.
	Mooshroom	Mooshrooms always spawn red and have a 5% chance of spawning as a baby.
	Mule	Mules have a 20% chance of spawning as a baby.
	NPC
	Ocelot	Ocelots spawn untrusting. 1⁄7 of the time (14.3%), an ocelot spawns with two ocelot kittens.
	Parrot	Parrots spawn untamed and with a random color.
	Pig	Pigs spawn without a saddle and have a 5% chance of spawning as a baby.
	Pufferfish
	Rabbit	Rabbit skins are random and biome-dependent. The black-and-white rabbit spawns only if the spawn egg is renamed Toast. Rabbits have a 25% chance of spawning as a baby.
	Salmon	In Bedrock Edition, salmon spawn with a random size.
	Sheep	Sheep spawn with the colors that can appear naturally; see Sheep § Spawning for details. Sheep have a 5% chance of spawning as a baby.
	Skeleton Horse	Skeleton horses have a 20% chance of spawning as a baby and never spawn as a skeleton trap.
	Sniffer‌[upcoming: JE 1.20 & BE 1.20.0]
	Snow Golem
	Squid	In Bedrock Edition, squid have a 5% chance of spawning as a baby.
	Strider	Striders have a 1⁄10 chance of spawning ridden by a baby strider and a 1⁄30 chance of spawning ridden by a zombified piglin.
	Tadpole
	Tropical Fish	Shapes, colors, and patterns are randomized, though 90% of the time the tropical fish will spawn as 1 of the 22 uniquely-named variants.
	Turtle	Turtles have a 10% chance of spawning as a baby.
	Villager	Villagers' professions are randomized‌[BE only] or unemployed‌[JE only], but their outfit is biome-dependent. They have a 5% chance of spawning as a baby.
	Wandering Trader	In Bedrock Edition, wandering traders always spawn with two leashed trader llamas.
	Zombie Horse	Zombie horses have a 20% chance of spawning as a baby.

Mobs without spawn eggs

The following mobs do not have explicitly defined spawn eggs. Custom spawn eggs can be created with a custom NBT tag that changes the spawned entity, however no spawn egg explicitly associated with any of the mobs exist.

Mob	Justification	Intended?	Notes
Variants
Brown Mooshroom	Shares ID with red variant	Possibly not
Other mobs
Illusioner	Unused	Yes

Education Edition spawn eggs

These spawn eggs exist in Minecraft Education and in Bedrock Edition:

• Agent
• NPC
• Spawn Egg Mask

The NPC and agent can both be spawned in Bedrock Edition, however, the agent is not visible or interactable in any way, though it still prevents the placing of blocks and entities.

Minecraft Earth spawn eggs

These unused spawn egg textures exist in Minecraft Earth:

• Cluckshroom
• Horned Sheep
• Jumbo Rabbit
• Moobloom

Sounds

When a mob is spawned, it immediately makes its ambient sound.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Allay Spawn Egg	allay_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.allay_spawn_egg
Axolotl Spawn Egg	axolotl_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.axolotl_spawn_egg
Bat Spawn Egg	bat_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.bat_spawn_egg
Bee Spawn Egg	bee_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.bee_spawn_egg
Blaze Spawn Egg	blaze_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.blaze_spawn_egg
Cave Spider Spawn Egg	cave_spider_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.cave_spider_spawn_egg
Cat Spawn Egg	cat_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.cat_spawn_egg
Chicken Spawn Egg	chicken_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.chicken_spawn_egg
Cod Spawn Egg	cod_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.cod_spawn_egg
Cow Spawn Egg	cow_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.cow_spawn_egg
Creeper Spawn Egg	creeper_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.creeper_spawn_egg
Dolphin Spawn Egg	dolphin_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.dolphin_spawn_egg
Donkey Spawn Egg	donkey_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.donkey_spawn_egg
Drowned Spawn Egg	drowned_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.drowned_spawn_egg
Elder Guardian Spawn Egg	elder_guardian_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.elder_guardian_spawn_egg
Ender Dragon Spawn Egg	ender_dragon_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.ender_dragon_spawn_egg
Enderman Spawn Egg	enderman_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.enderman_spawn_egg
Endermite Spawn Egg	endermite_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.endermite_spawn_egg
Evoker Spawn Egg	evoker_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.evoker_spawn_egg
Fox Spawn Egg	fox_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.fox_spawn_egg
Frog Spawn Egg	frog_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.frog_spawn_egg
Ghast Spawn Egg	ghast_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.ghast_spawn_egg
Glow Squid Spawn Egg	glow_squid_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.glow_squid_spawn_egg
Guardian Spawn Egg	guardian_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.guardian_spawn_egg
Hoglin Spawn Egg	hoglin_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.hoglin_spawn_egg
Horse Spawn Egg	horse_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.horse_spawn_egg
Husk Spawn Egg	husk_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.husk_spawn_egg
Iron Golem Spawn Egg	iron_golem_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.iron_golem_spawn_egg
Llama Spawn Egg	llama_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.llama_spawn_egg
Magma Cube Spawn Egg	magma_cube_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.magma_cube_spawn_egg
Mooshroom Spawn Egg	mooshroom_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.mooshroom_spawn_egg
Mule Spawn Egg	mule_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.mule_spawn_egg
Ocelot Spawn Egg	ocelot_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.ocelot_spawn_egg
Panda Spawn Egg	panda_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.panda_spawn_egg
Parrot Spawn Egg	parrot_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.parrot_spawn_egg
Phantom Spawn Egg	phantom_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.phantom_spawn_egg
Pig Spawn Egg	pig_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.pig_spawn_egg
Piglin Spawn Egg	piglin_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.piglin_spawn_egg
Piglin Brute Spawn Egg	piglin_brute_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.piglin_brute_spawn_egg
Pillager Spawn Egg	pillager_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.pillager_spawn_egg
Polar Bear Spawn Egg	polar_bear_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.polar_bear_spawn_egg
Pufferfish Spawn Egg	pufferfish_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.pufferfish_spawn_egg
Rabbit Spawn Egg	rabbit_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.rabbit_spawn_egg
Ravager Spawn Egg	ravager_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.ravager_spawn_egg
Salmon Spawn Egg	salmon_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.salmon_spawn_egg
Sheep Spawn Egg	sheep_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.sheep_spawn_egg
Shulker Spawn Egg	shulker_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.shulker_spawn_egg
Silverfish Spawn Egg	silverfish_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.silverfish_spawn_egg
Skeleton Spawn Egg	skeleton_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.skeleton_spawn_egg
Skeleton Horse Spawn Egg	skeleton_horse_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.skeleton_horse_spawn_egg
Slime Spawn Egg	slime_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.slime_spawn_egg
Snow Golem Spawn Egg	snow_golem_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.snow_golem_spawn_egg
Spider Spawn Egg	spider_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.spider_spawn_egg
Squid Spawn Egg	squid_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.squid_spawn_egg
Stray Spawn Egg	stray_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.stray_spawn_egg
Strider Spawn Egg	strider_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.strider_spawn_egg
Tadpole Spawn Egg	tadpole_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.tadpole_spawn_egg
Trader Llama Spawn Egg	trader_llama_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.trader_llama_spawn_egg
Tropical Fish Spawn Egg	tropical_fish_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.tropical_fish_spawn_egg
Turtle Spawn Egg	turtle_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.turtle_spawn_egg
Vex Spawn Egg	vex_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.vex_spawn_egg
Villager Spawn Egg	villager_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.villager_spawn_egg
Vindicator Spawn Egg	vindicator_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.vindicator_spawn_egg
Wandering Trader Spawn Egg	wandering_trader_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.wandering_trader_spawn_egg
Warden Spawn Egg	warden_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.warden_spawn_egg
Witch Spawn Egg	witch_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.witch_spawn_egg
Wither Spawn Egg	wither_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.wither_spawn_egg
Wither Skeleton Spawn Egg	wither_skeleton_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.wither_skeleton_spawn_egg
Wolf Spawn Egg	wolf_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.wolf_spawn_egg
Zombie Spawn Egg	zombie_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.zombie_spawn_egg
Zombie Horse Spawn Egg	zombie_horse_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.zombie_horse_spawn_egg
Zombie Villager Spawn Egg	zombie_villager_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.zombie_villager_spawn_egg
Zombified Piglin Spawn Egg	zombified_piglin_spawn_egg	Item	item.minecraft.zombified_piglin_spawn_egg

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
item.spawn_egg.name	spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 0	636	Item	item.spawn_egg.name
Spawn Agent	agent_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 56	487	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.agent.name
Spawn Allay	allay_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 134	632	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.allay.name
Spawn Axolotl	axolotl_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 130	500	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.axolotl.name
Spawn Bat	bat_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 19	453	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.bat.name
Spawn Bee	bee_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 122	494	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.bee.name
Spawn Blaze	blaze_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 43	456	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.blaze.name
Spawn Cat	cat_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 75	488	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.cat.name
Spawn Cave Spider	cave_spider_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 40	457	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.cave_spider.name
Spawn Chicken	chicken_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 10	435	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.chicken.name
Spawn Cod	cod_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 112	480	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.cod.name
Spawn Cow	cow_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 11	436	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.cow.name
Spawn Creeper	creeper_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 33	441	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.creeper.name
Spawn Dolphin	dolphin_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 31	484	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.dolphin.name
Spawn Donkey	donkey_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 24	465	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.donkey.name
Spawn Drowned	drowned_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 110	483	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.drowned.name
Spawn Elder Guardian	elder_guardian_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 50	471	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.elder_guardian.name
Spawn Ender Dragon	ender_dragon_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / ?	?	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.ender_dragon.name
Spawn Enderman	enderman_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 38	442	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.enderman.name
Spawn Endermite	endermite_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 55	460	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.endermite.name
Spawn Evoker	evoker_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 104	475	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.evocation_illager.name
Spawn Fox	fox_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 121	490	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.fox.name
Spawn Frog	frog_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 132	628	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.frog.name
Spawn Ghast	ghast_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 41	454	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.ghast.name
Spawn Glow Squid	glow_squid_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 129	502	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.glow_squid.name
Spawn Goat	goat_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 128	501	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.goat.name
Spawn Guardian	guardian_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 49	461	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.guardian.name
Spawn Hoglin	hoglin_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 124	496	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.hoglin.name
Spawn Horse	horse_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 23	458	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.horse.name
Spawn Husk	husk_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 47	463	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.husk.name
Spawn Iron Golem	iron_golem_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / ?	?	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.iron_golem.name
Spawn Llama	llama_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 29	473	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.llama.name
Spawn Magma Cube	magma_cube_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 42	455	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.magma_cube.name
Spawn Mooshroom	mooshroom_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 16	440	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.mooshroom.name
Spawn Mule	mule_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 25	466	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.mule.name
Spawn NPC	npc_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 51	470	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.NPC.name
Spawn Ocelot	ocelot_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 22	451	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.ocelot.name
Spawn Panda	panda_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 113	489	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.panda.name
Spawn Parrot	parrot_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 30	478	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.parrot.name
Spawn Phantom	phantom_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 58	486	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.phantom.name
Spawn Pig	pig_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 12	437	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.pig.name
Spawn Piglin Brute	piglin_brute_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 127	499	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.piglin_brute.name
Spawn Piglin	piglin_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 123	497	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.piglin.name
Spawn Pillager	pillager_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 114	491	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.pillager.name
Spawn Polar Bear	polar_bear_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 28	472	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.polar_bear.name
Spawn Pufferfish	pufferfish_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 108	481	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.pufferfish.name
Spawn Rabbit	rabbit_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 18	459	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.rabbit.name
Spawn Ravager	ravager_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 59	493	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.ravager.name
Spawn Salmon	salmon_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 109	482	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.salmon.name
Spawn Sheep	sheep_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 13	438	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.sheep.name
Spawn Shulker	shulker_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 54	469	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.shulker.name
Spawn Silverfish	silverfish_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 39	443	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.silverfish.name
Spawn Skeleton Horse	skeleton_horse_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 26	467	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.skeleton_horse.name
Spawn Skeleton	skeleton_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 34	444	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.skeleton.name
Spawn Slime	slime_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 37	445	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.slime.name
Spawn Snow Golem	snow_golem_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / ?	?	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.snow_golem.name
Spawn Spider	spider_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 35	446	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.spider.name
Spawn Squid	squid_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 17	450	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.squid.name
Spawn Stray	stray_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 46	462	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.stray.name
Spawn Strider	strider_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 125	495	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.strider.name
Spawn Tadpole	tadpole_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 133	629	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.tadpole.name
Spawn Trader Llama	trader_llama_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / ?	?	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.trader_llama.name
Spawn Tropical Fish	tropical_fish_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 111	479	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.tropicalfish.name
Spawn Sea Turtle	turtle_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 74	485	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.turtle.name
Spawn Vex	vex_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 105	476	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.vex.name
Spawn Villager	villager_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 15, 115	449	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.villager.name
Spawn Vindicator	vindicator_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 57	474	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.vindicator.name
Spawn Wandering Trader	wandering_trader_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 118	492	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.wandering_trader.name
Spawn Warden	warden_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 131	634	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.warden.name
Spawn Witch	witch_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 45	452	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.witch.name
Spawn Wither	wither_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / ?	?	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.wither.name
Spawn Wither Skeleton	wither_skeleton_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 48	464	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.wither_skeleton.name
Spawn Wolf	wolf_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 14	439	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.wolf.name
Spawn Zoglin	zoglin_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 126	498	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.zoglin.name
Spawn Zombie Horse	zombie_horse_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 27	468	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.zombie_horse.name
Spawn Zombified Piglin	zombie_pigman_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 36	448	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.zombie_pigman.name
Spawn Zombie	zombie_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 32	447	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.zombie.name
Spawn Zombie Villager	zombie_villager_spawn_egg	spawn_egg / 44, 116	477	Item	item.spawn_egg.entity.zombie_villager.name

Item data

Java Edition:

Main article: Player.dat format

• tag: The item's tag tag.

• • EntityTag: Stores entity data that is applied to the entity when created.
    • See Entity Format.

Bedrock Edition:

In Bedrock Edition, spawn eggs have no additional tags.

See Bedrock Edition level format/Item format.

History

For information on the historical colors of spawn eggs, see Spawn Egg colors.

Java Edition
1.1		11w49a			Added spawn eggs for creepers, spiders, skeletons, zombies, slimes, ghasts, zombie pigmen, endermen, cave spiders, silverfish, blazes, magma cubes, pigs, sheep, cows, chickens, squid, wolves, mooshrooms and villagers.
					The spawn egg has a single texture file, which is tinted different colors.
		12w01a			The spawn egg and its markings now have their textures separated, allowing them to have entirely different colors. This allows their colors to better match the colors of the mobs themselves.
1.2.1		12w03a			Spawn eggs can now be placed into a dispenser. Activating the dispenser spawns the mob, instead of dispensing the egg as an item.
					Spawn eggs are now stackable, which allows dispensers to hold more than nine of them at one time.
		12w04a			Added ocelot spawn eggs with the addition of the ocelot itself.
					Before 1.2, edited spawn eggs for snow golems, ender dragons and giants (and other "unspawnable" mobs) produced mobs of their types. Now, this is restricted to those eggs available in the creative inventory.
1.3.1		12w18a			Villagers spawned from spawn eggs were always farmers before this update and now their professions are randomized.
1.4.2		12w32a			Zombie villager can now be spawned using zombie spawn eggs.
					Sheep from spawn eggs can now spawn naturally-colored sheep (white, gray, brown, pink, etc.).
		12w36a			Wither skeletons now have a high chance to spawn from a skeleton spawn egg, if the player is in the Nether.
					Skeletons on spider jockeys can now be replaced with wither skeletons when using spider spawn eggs in the Nether.
		12w38a			Added witch and bat spawn eggs.
1.4.4		pre			Baby mobs are now spawn-able by right-clicking a mob with a corresponding mob egg. Although, this doesn't work with zombies.
1.5		January 7, 2013			Dinnerbone tweeted the first image of a renamed mob appearing in a death message.
		13w02a			Mobs spawned from renamed eggs now have the name of the egg and the names appear in death messages.
					Mobs can now display their custom name as nametag using an NBT tag.
1.6.1		13w16a			Added horse spawn eggs.
		13w24a			Spawn eggs now work on water.
		1.6			Renaming a spawn egg "Dinnerbone" or "Grumm" now cause the mob to spawn upside-down.
1.7.4		13w48b			Renaming a sheep or sheep spawn egg "jeb_" give it a rainbow wool changing effect. This does not affect the wool dropped after death or shearing, however.
1.8		14w11a			Added endermite spawn eggs.
		14w25a			Added guardian spawn eggs.
		14w27a			Added rabbit spawn eggs.
		14w28b			Spawn eggs can now be used to program monster spawner blocks.
1.9		15w31a			Added shulker spawn eggs.
		15w33a			Spawn eggs can no longer be addressed by numeric data id, like: give @p spawn_egg 1 50. The spawnable entity from a spawn egg is now addressed by a datatag: /give @p spawn_egg 1 0 {EntityTag:{id:"Creeper"}}.
1.10		16w20a			Added spawn eggs for polar bears, wither skeletons, strays, husks, elder guardian, cats, donkeys, mules, skeleton horses and zombie horses.
		pre2			Removed spawn eggs for wither skeletons, strays, husks, elder guardians, cats, donkeys, mules, skeleton horses and zombie horses that were added in 16w20a.
1.11		16w32a			Re-added the spawn eggs that were removed in 1.10-pre2, except the cat spawn egg.
					Added a zombie villager spawn egg. It can spawn only zombie farmers.
					Using a spawn egg on top of a block such as a fence no longer cause the spawned mob to fall inside the fence.
		16w32b			The zombie villager spawn egg now spawns different zombie professions.
		16w39a			Added spawn eggs for evokers, llamas, vexes and vindicators.
1.12		17w13a			Added spawn egg for parrots.
1.13		17w47a			The different EntityTag entity IDs for the spawn_egg ID have been split up into their own IDs.
					Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 383.
		18w07a			Added spawn eggs for phantoms and turtles.
		18w08b			Added spawn eggs for the 3 fish mob variants: cod, salmon, and "puffer fish".
		18w10a			Added a spawn egg for the new tropical fish.
		18w11a			Added drowned spawn eggs.
		18w15a			Added dolphin spawn eggs.
		18w19a			The phantom spawn egg has been changed to look more like mob's updated texture.
		18w20a			"Spawn x" has been changed to "x Spawn Egg".
1.14		18w43a			Added panda, pillager and "illager beast" spawn eggs.
		18w44a			Re-added cat spawn eggs.
		19w05a			The "illager beast" spawn egg has been renamed to "ravager" spawn egg.
					Added wandering trader and trader llama spawn eggs.
		19w07a			Added fox spawn eggs.
1.15		19w34a			Added bee spawn eggs.
		19w41a			The texture of the bee spawn egg has been changed.
		19w46a			Drowned, husk, zombie, and zombie villager spawn eggs can now be used on adult versions of these mobs to spawn baby variants.
		Pre-release 1			Zombie pigmen spawn eggs can now be used on adult zombie pigmen to spawn the baby variant.
September 28, 2019					Hoglin and piglin spawn eggs were shown.
1.16		20w06a			Added hoglin spawn eggs.
					Currently, the hoglin spawn egg substitutes the zombie pigman's spawn egg texture.
		20w07a			Added piglin spawn eggs.
					The texture of the hoglin spawn egg has been changed.
		20w09a			"Zombie Pigman Spawn Egg" has been renamed to "Zombified Piglin Spawn Egg".
		20w13a			Added strider spawn eggs.
		20w14a			Added zoglin spawn eggs.
1.16.2		20w27a			Added piglin brute spawn eggs.
October 6, 2020					Kingbdogz showed a warden spawn egg.
1.17		20w51a			Added axolotl spawn eggs.
		21w03a			Added glow squid spawn eggs.
		21w13a			Added goat spawn eggs.
October 16, 2021					Frog and tadpole spawn eggs were shown.
1.19		Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1			Added warden spawn eggs.
		22w11a			Added frog and tadpole spawn eggs.
					As with the warden itself, warden spawn eggs are not added in this snapshot.
		22w12a			Re-added warden spawn eggs.
		22w13a			Added allay spawn eggs.
1.20 (Experimental)		22w42a			Added camel spawn eggs behind the Update 1.20 experimental datapack.
		22w43a			The texture of the camel spawn egg has been changed.
1.19.3		22w44a			Added iron golem, snow golem, wither, and ender dragon spawn eggs. The wither and ender dragon spawn eggs are only available through commands to prevent accidental destruction of creative builds.
					The texture of the polar bear spawn egg has been changed.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.20 (Experimental)		23w07a			Added the sniffer spawn egg behind the Update 1.20 experimental datapack.
		1.19.4-pre1			The texture of the sniffer spawn egg has been changed.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.7.0					Added spawn eggs for chickens, sheep, pigs and cows.
v0.8.0		build 2			The texture of the default spawn egg is now , instead of having a completely blank texture.
v0.9.0		build 1			Added more spawn eggs, including mooshroom, creeper, enderman, silverfish, skeleton, slime, spider, zombie, zombie pigman and wolf.
					Spawn eggs now have the correct name in the inventory.
		build 2			Added (Old) villager spawn eggs.
					Spawn eggs can now be used to program monster spawner blocks.
v0.11.0		build 1			Added squid and bat spawn eggs.
					Added ghast, magma cube and cave spider spawn eggs, which are currently unobtainable.
		build 3			Added cave spider spawn eggs to the creative mode inventory.
		build 8			Added magma cube spawn eggs to the creative mode inventory.
v0.12.1		build 1			Added blaze, ocelot, and (Old) zombie villager spawn eggs.
					Added ghast spawn eggs to the creative mode inventory.
					Wither skeletons now have a high chance to spawn from an skeleton spawn egg, if the player is in the Nether.
		build 9			Mobs spawned from renamed eggs now have the name of the egg and the names appear in death messages.
		build 12			Zombie villagers can now be spawned using zombie spawn eggs.
v0.13.0		build 1			Added rabbit spawn eggs.
v0.14.0		build 1			Added witch spawn eggs.
v0.15.0		build 1			Added horse, mule, donkey, zombie horse, skeleton horse, stray, husk and wither skeleton spawn eggs to the creative inventory.
v0.15.1		build 1			The texture of the default spawn egg has been changed from  to .
					The empty spawn egg named "Spawn " is now available through inventory editing, but crashes the game.[more information needed]
v0.16.0		build 1			Added guardian spawn eggs.
					Added elder guardian spawn egg without colors, which is currently unavailable in the creative inventory.
					Added a non-functional NPC spawn egg.
		build 2			The NPC spawn egg has been removed from the creative inventory.
		build 4			The NPC spawn egg has been removed completely.
		build 5			Added elder guardian spawn eggs to the creative inventory.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Added spawn eggs for shulkers, endermites and polar bears.
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Added spawn eggs for llamas, vindicators, evokers and vexes.
		alpha 1.1.0.9			The spawn egg textures for husks, shulkers, silverfishses, strays and zombie horses have been updated; probably due to MCPE-18348.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0		beta 1.2.0.2			Added parrot and zombie villager spawn eggs.
1.4.0		beta 1.2.13.8			Added drowned spawn eggs.
		beta 1.2.14.2			Added spawn eggs for each fish, which have different textures compared to Java Edition.
		beta 1.2.20.1			The fish spawn egg textures have been made less unique; it matches Java Edition.
					Added dolphin spawn eggs.
1.5.0		beta 1.5.0.4			Added spawn eggs for turtles.
1.6.0		beta 1.6.0.1			Added spawn eggs for phantoms.
1.8.0		beta 1.8.0.8			Added spawn eggs for pandas and cats.
					The NPC spawn egg has been re-added.
					Added spawn eggs for agents.
					Unknown spawn eggs now use a completely black spawn egg as the default texture.
					Added mask spawn egg texture.
1.9.0		beta 1.9.0.0			Added pillager spawn eggs.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Added wandering trader, "illager beast", (New) villager and (New) zombie villager spawn eggs.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			The old villager and old zombie villager spawn eggs have been removed.
					"Spawn Illager Beast" has been renamed to "Spawn Ravager".
1.13.0		beta 1.13.0.1			Added fox spawn eggs.
1.14.0		beta 1.14.0.1			Added bee spawn eggs.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.51			Added hoglin and piglin spawn eggs.
					"Spawn Zombie Pigman" has been renamed to "Spawn Zombified Piglin".
		beta 1.16.0.57			Added strider and zoglin spawn eggs.
		beta 1.16.0.59			The textures of the piglin and hoglin spawn eggs have been changed to match Java Edition.
1.16.20		beta 1.16.20.50			Added piglin brute spawn eggs.
1.16.100		beta 1.16.100.56			The different entity IDs for the spawn_egg ID have been split up into their own IDs.
					Unused spawn eggs (such as Iron Golem, End Crystal and Wither) are completely removed. Attempts to put such spawn eggs in an inventory gives the default spawn egg instead.
					The texture of the default spawn egg is now , instead of having a completely black texture.
1.16.200		beta 1.16.200.52			Added goat spawn eggs behind the "Caves and Cliffs" experimental toggle.
		beta 1.16.210.51			The texture for goat spawn eggs has been changed.
1.16.210		beta 1.16.210.59			Added glow squid spawn eggs.
		beta 1.16.210.60			Glow squid spawn egg is temporarily removed.
1.16.220		beta 1.16.220.50			Re-added glow squid spawn egg.
1.17.0		beta 1.16.230.52			Added axolotl spawn eggs.
		beta 1.17.0.52			Goat, glow squid and axolotl spawn eggs are now available without enabling experimental gameplay.
1.18.10		beta 1.18.10.24			Added frog and tadpole spawn eggs behind the "Wild Update" experimental toggle.
1.18.30		beta 1.18.30.22			Added the allay spawn egg behind the "Wild Update" experimental toggle.
		beta 1.18.30.32			Added the warden spawn egg behind the "Wild Update" experimental toggle.
1.19.0		beta 1.19.0.20			Both spawn eggs mentioned above are now available without enabling experimental gameplay.
1.19.10		beta 1.19.10.20			Added the trader llama spawn egg.
1.20 (Experimental)		beta 1.19.50.21			Added camel spawn eggs behind the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.
		beta 1.19.50.22			The texture of the camel spawn egg has been changed.
1.19.60		beta 1.19.60.20			Added iron golem, snow golem, wither, and ender dragon spawn eggs. The wither and ender dragon spawn eggs will only be available through commands to prevent accidental destruction of creative builds.
					The texture of the polar bear spawn egg has been changed.
		beta 1.19.60.25			The wither and ender dragon spawn eggs are no longer available in the creative inventory, only via commands.
Legacy Console Edition
TU9	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added spawn eggs for creepers, skeletons, spiders, zombies, slimes, ghasts, zombie pigmans, endermans, cave spiders, silverfishs, blazes, magma cubes, pigs, sheeps, cows, chickens, squid, wolfs, mooshroom and villagers.
					Spawn eggs can now be placed into a dispenser. Activating the dispenser spawns the mob, instead of dispensing the egg as an item.
TU11					Added a message when the user tries to spawn a hostile mob from a spawn egg in Peaceful difficulty.
TU12					Added ocelot spawn eggs.
TU19	CU7	1.12			Added horse, witch, bat, donkey and mule spawn eggs.
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3		Added endermite, guardian and rabbit spawn eggs.
TU46	CU36	1.38	Patch 15		Added shulker spawn eggs.
					Donkey and mule spawn eggs now match the textures of their Bedrock and Java edition counterparts.
TU54	CU44	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Added spawn eggs for skeleton horses, zombie horses, elder guardians, strays, wither skeletons, husks, zombie villagers, parrots, llamas, vindicators, evokers and vexes.
TU69		1.76	Patch 38		Added spawn eggs for drowned, cod, salmon, pufferfish, tropical fish, dolphins, sea turtles and phantoms.
		1.83			Added spawn eggs for pandas and cats.
		1.90			Added pillager spawn eggs.
		1.91			Added spawn eggs for ravagers and wandering traders.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added spawn eggs.
1.7.10					Added spawn eggs for endermites, polar bears and shulkers.
1.9.19					Added spawn eggs for llamas, vindicators, evokers and vexes.
Education Edition
1.0					Added spawn eggs.
1.4					Added spawn eggs for cod, salmon, pufferfish, tropical fish and dolphins.
1.7					Added spawn eggs for drowned, sea turtles, phantoms and agents.
?					Added mask spawn egg texture.
1.9					Added spawn eggs for pandas and cats.
1.12.0					Added spawn eggs for pillagers, ravagers and wandering traders.
1.14.31					Added spawn eggs for bees and foxes.
1.17.30					Added spawn eggs for piglins, hoglins, striders, zoglins, piglin brutes, goats, axolotls and glow squids.
Minecraft Earth
Release					Added cluckshroom, horned sheep and moobloom spawn egg textures.
0.4.0					Added jumbo rabbit spawn egg texture.

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