Not to be confused with Enchanted Golden Apple

The golden apple is a special food item that bestows beneficial effects.

Obtaining [ edit ]

Crafting [ edit ]

Natural generation [ edit ]

Usage [ edit ]

To eat a golden apple, press and hold use while it is selected in the hotbar. It restores 4 ( ) points of hunger and 9.6 hunger saturation.

The golden apple provides:

Absorption I for 2 minutes (providing 4

Regeneration II (1

Curing zombie villagers [ edit ]

A golden apple and a potion of weakness can be used to convert a zombie villager into a regular villager.

Horses [ edit ]

Golden apples can be used to improve the chances of taming a horse by 10%, for breeding horses and for speeding up the growth of baby horses by 4 minutes.

Piglins [ edit ]

Piglins are attracted to golden apples and run toward any golden apples on the ground, and inspect it for 6 to 8 seconds before putting it in their inventory. However, piglins do not eat golden apples (or any food).

Sounds [ edit ]

Java Edition:

Sound Subtitle Source Description Namespaced ID Translation key Volume Pitch Attenuation

distance Sound parameters Volume Pitch Attenuation

distance Stream Preload https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/File:Eat1.ogg https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/File:Eat2.ogg https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/File:Eat3.ogg Eating ? Eating one single food entity.generic.eat subtitles.entity.generic.eat ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/File:Burp.ogg Burp ? Eating a singular food entity.generic.burp subtitles.entity.generic.burp ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Data values [ edit ]

ID [ edit ]

Java Edition:

Name Namespaced ID Translation key Golden Apple golden_apple item.minecraft.golden_apple

Bedrock Edition:

Name Namespaced ID Numeric ID Translation key Golden Apple golden_apple 322 item.golden_apple.name

Achievements [ edit ]

Icon Achievement In-game description Actual requirements (if different) Gamerscore earned Trophy type (PS) Zombie Doctor Cure a zombie villager. Throw a splash potion of weakness at a zombie villager and give it a golden apple (by facing the zombie and pressing the use key with a golden apple in your hand) 40G Gold Artificial Selection Breed a mule from a horse and a donkey. — 30G Bronze Oooh, shiny! Distract a Piglin using gold. Give a piglin a gold item while it is aggressive toward the player. 30G Silver

Advancements [ edit ]

Icon Advancement In-game description Parent Actual requirements (if different) Namespaced ID Zombie Doctor

Weaken and then cure a Zombie Villager We Need to Go Deeper Throw a splash potion of Weakness at a zombie villager, feed it a golden apple, and wait for it to be cured. story/cure_zombie_villager Oh Shiny

Distract Piglins with gold Nether Give a piglin one of #piglin_loved entity tag these 22 gold-related items in theentity tag nether/distract_piglin A Furious Cocktail

Have every potion effect applied at the same time Local Brewery Have all of these 13 potion effects applied to the player at the same time. Beacon effects also count for the purposes of this advancement. Other potion effects, if any, may be applied to the player, but are ignored for this advancement. nether/all_potions How Did We Get Here?

Have every effect applied at the same time A Furious Cocktail Have all of these 26 effects applied to the player at the same time. Beacon effects also count for the purposes of this advancement. Other status effects, if any, may be applied to the player, but are ignored for this advancement.

Note: This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it. nether/all_effects Husbandry

The world is full of friends and food — Eat anything that can be eaten. husbandry/root A Balanced Diet

Eat everything that is edible, even if it's not good for you A Seedy Place Eat each of these 39 foods . Other foods, if any, can be eaten, but are ignored for this advancement. husbandry/balanced_diet

History [ edit ]

Issues [ edit ]

Issues relating to "Golden Apple" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia [ edit ]

Along with one of the Suspicious Stew varieties, they are the only food source in the game that directly restores health points when eaten.

Gallery [ edit ]

A comparison of the two golden apple variations.

A golden apple found in a dungeon.

An extremely rare occasion where a regular golden apple and an enchanted apple being found in the same woodland mansion chest in Education Edition .

Golden apple in a dungeon chest, prior to 1.3.1. It resembles the enchanted golden apple.