Raw Beef
This article is about the raw meat. For the cooked meat, see Steak.
Raw Beef

| Rarity tier |
Common |
|---|---|
| Consumption time |
32 game ticks (1.6 seconds) |
| Hunger |
3 () |
| Saturation |
1.8 () |
| Always consumable |
No |
| Renewable |
Yes |
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
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Raw beef is a food item that can be eaten by the player or cooked in a furnace, smoker, or campfire to make steak.
Obtaining
Mob loot
| Mob | Quantity / Chance / Average | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default | Looting I | Looting II | Looting III | ||||||||||
| Cow[A] | 1β3 | 100.00% | 2.00 | 1β4 | 100.00% | 2.50 | 1β5 | 100.00% | 3.00 | 1β6 | 100.00% | 3.50 | |
| Mooshroom[A] | 1β3 | 100.00% | 2.00 | 1β4 | 100.00% | 2.50 | 1β5 | 100.00% | 3.00 | 1β6 | 100.00% | 3.50 | |
| Mob | Quantity / Chance / Average | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default | Looting I | Looting II | Looting III | ||||||||||
| Cow[A] | 1β3 | 1 | 2 | 1β4 | 1 | 5β2 | 1β5 | 1 | 3 | 1β6 | 1 | 7β2 | |
| Mooshroom[A] | 1β3 | 1 | 2 | 1β4 | 1 | 5β2 | 1β5 | 1 | 3 | 1β6 | 1 | 7β2 | |
| Mob | Amount | Probability | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default | Looting I | Looting II | Looting III | |||
| Cow[A] | 1 | 1β3 (33.33%) | 1β6 (16.67%) | 1β12 (8.33%) | 1β18 (5.56%) | |
| 2 | 1β3 (33.33%) | 1β3 (33.33%) | 1β4 (25.00%) | 1β6 (16.67%) | ||
| 3 | 1β3 (33.33%) | 1β3 (33.33%) | 1β3 (33.33%) | 5β18 (27.78%) | ||
| 4 | 0 | 1β6 (16.67%) | 1β4 (25.00%) | 5β18 (27.78%) | ||
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 1β12 (8.33%) | 1β6 (16.67%) | ||
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1β18 (5.56%) | ||
| Average | 2 (2.00) | 5β2 (2.50) | 3 (3.00) | 7β2 (3.50) | ||
| Mooshroom[A] | 1 | 1β3 (33.33%) | 1β6 (16.67%) | 1β12 (8.33%) | 1β18 (5.56%) | |
| 2 | 1β3 (33.33%) | 1β3 (33.33%) | 1β4 (25.00%) | 1β6 (16.67%) | ||
| 3 | 1β3 (33.33%) | 1β3 (33.33%) | 1β3 (33.33%) | 5β18 (27.78%) | ||
| 4 | 0 | 1β6 (16.67%) | 1β4 (25.00%) | 5β18 (27.78%) | ||
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 1β12 (8.33%) | 1β6 (16.67%) | ||
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1β18 (5.56%) | ||
| Average | 2 (2.00) | 5β2 (2.50) | 3 (3.00) | 7β2 (3.50) | ||
- β a b Only when not on fire and not killed with a weapon enchanted with Fire Aspect.
| Mob | Quantity / Chance / Average | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default | Looting I | Looting II | Looting III | ||||||||||
| Cow[A] | 1β3 | 100.00% | 2.00 | 1β4 | 100.00% | 2.50 | 1β5 | 100.00% | 3.00 | 1β6 | 100.00% | 3.50 | |
| Mooshroom[A] | 1β3 | 100.00% | 2.00 | 1β4 | 100.00% | 2.50 | 1β5 | 100.00% | 3.00 | 1β6 | 100.00% | 3.50 | |
| Mob | Quantity / Chance / Average | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default | Looting I | Looting II | Looting III | ||||||||||
| Cow[A] | 1β3 | 1 | 2 | 1β4 | 1 | 5β2 | 1β5 | 1 | 3 | 1β6 | 1 | 7β2 | |
| Mooshroom[A] | 1β3 | 1 | 2 | 1β4 | 1 | 5β2 | 1β5 | 1 | 3 | 1β6 | 1 | 7β2 | |
| Mob | Amount | Probability | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default | Looting I | Looting II | Looting III | |||
| Cow[A] | 1 | 1β3 (33.33%) | 1β6 (16.67%) | 1β12 (8.33%) | 1β18 (5.56%) | |
| 2 | 1β3 (33.33%) | 1β3 (33.33%) | 1β4 (25.00%) | 1β6 (16.67%) | ||
| 3 | 1β3 (33.33%) | 1β3 (33.33%) | 1β3 (33.33%) | 5β18 (27.78%) | ||
| 4 | 0 | 1β6 (16.67%) | 1β4 (25.00%) | 5β18 (27.78%) | ||
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 1β12 (8.33%) | 1β6 (16.67%) | ||
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1β18 (5.56%) | ||
| Average | 2 (2.00) | 5β2 (2.50) | 3 (3.00) | 7β2 (3.50) | ||
| Mooshroom[A] | 1 | 1β3 (33.33%) | 1β6 (16.67%) | 1β12 (8.33%) | 1β18 (5.56%) | |
| 2 | 1β3 (33.33%) | 1β3 (33.33%) | 1β4 (25.00%) | 1β6 (16.67%) | ||
| 3 | 1β3 (33.33%) | 1β3 (33.33%) | 1β3 (33.33%) | 5β18 (27.78%) | ||
| 4 | 0 | 1β6 (16.67%) | 1β4 (25.00%) | 5β18 (27.78%) | ||
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 1β12 (8.33%) | 1β6 (16.67%) | ||
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1β18 (5.56%) | ||
| Average | 2 (2.00) | 5β2 (2.50) | 3 (3.00) | 7β2 (3.50) | ||
Chest loot
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition and Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Butcher's chest | 1β3 | 48.6%{ "item": "Raw Beef", "stacksize": "1β3", "chance": 0.4862627922889272, "structure": "Village", "container": "Butcher's chest" }
| ||
Usage
Food
To eat raw beef, press and hold use while it is selected in the hotbar. Eating one restores 3 () hunger and 1.8 hunger saturation.
Smelting ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Steak | Raw Beef + Any fuel |
Wolves
Raw beef can be used to breed and heal tamed wolves, lead them around, and make baby tamed wolves grow up faster by 10% of the remaining time.
Trading
| Villager | Probability | Villager wants | Player receives | Trades in stock | Villager experience | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JE | BE | ||||||
| 100% | 50% | 10 Γ | 16 | 20 | |||
Sounds
| Sounds | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| βEating | Players | While a player is eating something | entity | subtitlesβ | varies [sound 1] | 0.8-1.2 | 16 | |
| βEating | Friendly Mobs | When a player finishes eating something | entity | subtitlesβ | 1.0 | 0.6-1.4 | 16 | |
| βBurp | Players | When a player finishes eating something | entity | subtitlesβ | 0.5 | 0.9-1.0 | 16 | |
- β Can be 0.5, 1.0, or 1.5
| Sounds | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
| Players | While a player is eating something | random | 0.5-1.1 | 0.8-1.2 | |
| Players | When a player finishes eating something | random | 0.5 | 0.9-1.0 | |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
beef | Item | item |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
beef | 273 | Item | item |
Advancements
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) |
|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Husbandry | The world is full of friends and food | Consume anything that can be consumed, except for cake. |
![]() | A Balanced Diet | Eat everything that is edible, even if it's not good for you | Eat each of these 40 foods:
|
History
| Java Edition Beta | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8 | Pre-release | ||||||
| Raw beef is one of the new food items, dropped by cows in addition to their leather. | |||||||
| Java Edition | |||||||
| 1.2.1 | 12w03a | Raw beef can now be used to breed wolves. | |||||
| 1.3.1 | 12w21a | Raw beef can now be sold to butcher villagers, at 14β17 raw beef for 1 emerald. | |||||
| 1.3 | |||||||
| 1.4.2 | 12w37a | ||||||
| 1.8 | 14w02a | Villagers no longer trade for raw beef. | |||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | ||||||
| 18w49a | Raw beef can now be found in chests in village butcher shops. | ||||||
| 19w11a | Butcher villagers now buy 10 raw beef for 1 emerald. | ||||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
| v0.4.0 | |||||||
| v0.5.0 | Raw beef now restores 3HP instead of 1HP. | ||||||
| v0.8.0 | build 1 | ||||||
| v0.9.0 | build 1 | Raw beef has been added to Creative mode. | |||||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | Raw beef now restores hunger instead of health. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.7.0 | beta 1.7.0.2 | Raw beef can now be eaten in Creative mode and on Peaceful difficulty. | |||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | ||||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | Raw beef can now be found in village butcher chests. | |||||
| beta 1.11.0.4 | Raw beef can now be sold to butcher villagers. | ||||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU5 | CU1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | Patch 1 | ||
| TU12 | |||||||
| TU14 | 1.04 | 1.0.1 | Raw beef can now be sold to butcher villagers, at 14β17 raw beef for 1 emerald. | ||||
| TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | 1.22 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | Villagers no longer trade for raw beef. | |
| 1.90 | |||||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||||
| 0.1.0 | |||||||
Data history
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 363. | |||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Raw Beef" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Gallery
Screenshots
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Raw Beef and Steak in a preview screenshot.

