Cows are passive mob in Minecraft means that they won’t hurt you even if you attack them. They are common and are usually found in forest and plain biomes. Cows are an excellent source of the items required to survive in the world of Minecraft, and this guide; will teach you how and what to feed the cows, what the things the cows give you, and how to use them.

What do Cows Eat in Minecraft

Currently, the cows in Minecraft can only eat wheat, and you can also use the wheat for breeding the cows to increase the number of cows on your farm.

How to get Wheat in Minecraft

You can easily grow your wheat in Minecraft by following the steps below.

Step 1: Getting the Required Items

You need to have:

1. A Hoe

You can get a Hoe by following our guide on how to make a Hoe in Minecraft.

2. Wheat seeds

To get the wheat seeds, you need to have a Hoe and some grass, as shown in the image below:

You need to equip any Hoe you’ve created and then left-click on the grass, which will drop wheat seeds at some point.

When you have the wheat seeds, you need to plant them near water.

Note: The wheat seeds cannot be planted on the highlighted surface, and to make it useable, you need to right-click on it while holding the Hoe, and it will turn into the sand like in the image below.

It will take time to be ready for harvesting, but you can use bone meal to fertilize it and make it grow faster, and you can get the bones to craft the bone meal by killing the undead mob, which can only spawn in the night.

 

 

You can also find the planted wheat in the villages and use the Hoe to take it. You will have to left-click on it, and it will drop you the wheat.

How to Feed Cows in Minecraft

You can select the wheat in the hot bar and then right-click on cows to feed them.

You can make the cows follow you back to your farm if you hold wheat and then walk past the cows and they will immediately start following you.

How to Breed Cows in Minecraft

You can herd two cows and then feed wheat to both, and as a result, you will get a newborn cow baby.

Why Cows are Important in Minecraft

Cows are found almost everywhere in Minecraft, and they provide you with

1. 1. Leather: Cows drop leather when killed, so it is the best source of leather using which you can make leather armor to protect you against the mobs. You can learn how to make leather armor by following our guide.
   2. Milk: You can milk the cows using a bucket that will remove most of the adverse status effects like slowness, weakness, poison, etc. You can learn how to make a bucket in Minecraft.
   3. Make the cake: Using milk and other ingredients, you can make the cake in Minecraft.
   4. Food: Cows, when killed, provide you with raw meat that can restore your hunger.

Conclusion

Cows are cute and passive mobs in the Minecraft world, and they are common yet beneficial farm animals that can provide you with leather, food, and milk which can later be crafted into many other crafts. Today we learned what cows eat, how you can feed them, and where to find the food for the cows in Minecraft. We also learned how to breed the cows and what are the uses of the products that cows can give us.