Spawn Egg

Spawn Eggs
Type	Item
Uses	Spawning particular Mobs
Stackable	Yes 64
Renewable	No
First Appearance	1.1 (Snapshot 11w49a)
Data Values	Hex: 17F Dec: 383
Technical Name	minecraft:spawn_egg

“	You know what would be fun? If every animal in Minecraft came from eggs.	„
	— Notch

Spawn Eggs are items only obtainable in Creative Mode or with commands, which allows a player to spawn a particular type of mob to which the egg type corresponds. It is possible to transfer a spawn egg to Survival Mode, from the creative mode. In addition, two spawn eggs for wolves are found in the tutorial world of the Console Edition. All spawn egg types are available in all versions of Minecraft if the mob of the said spawn egg has been implemented.

The mobs who have spawn eggs that can only be obtained with commands are the Ender Dragon, giant, snow golem, iron golem, and the Wither. Spider jockeys cannot be directly spawned, but there is a very small chance that a spider spawn egg will spawn one. Zombie villagers can rarely be spawned from a zombie spawn egg, even though there is a separate zombie villager spawn egg. Skeleton spawn eggs have an 80% chance of spawning a wither skeleton when used in the Nether.

If a spawn egg is named via an anvil, the name of the spawn egg will be transferred onto the spawned mobs and will be displayed in a similar manner to that of a name tag. In versions before 1.5, mobs could not be named. Spawn eggs' appearance is that of a blank egg covered in spots. The color of the spots varies, based on the type of mob which that particular egg will spawn.

Unlike other objects, when a spawn egg is placed into a dispenser and then activated, it will spawn the mob which is inside the egg.

A spawn egg's ID is 383 and can be obtained using the /give command. However, this will only give a player a white egg with white spots, which cannot actually be used, unless a player specifies the data tag. In the PC edition, spawn eggs can be obtained in creative mode by middle-clicking a mob, while in the console editions, they can be obtained from the creative mode interface.

List of Spawn Eggs

Image	Mob Spawned
File:Ocelot Spawn Egg.png	Ocelot
File:Mooshroom Spawn Egg.png	Mooshroom
File:Skeleton Spawn Egg.png	Skeleton
File:Creeper Spawn Egg.png	Creeper
File:Slime Spawn Egg.png	Slime
File:Zombie Spawn Egg.png	Zombie
File:Spider Spawn Egg.png	Spider
File:Chicken Spawn Egg.png	Chicken
File:Cave Spider Spawn Egg.png	Cave Spider
File:Cow Spawn Egg.png	Cow
File:Sheep Spawn Egg.png	Sheep
File:Pig Spawn Egg.png	Pig
File:Villager Spawn Egg.png	Villager
File:Blaze Spawn Egg.png	Blaze
File:Magma Cube Spawn Egg.png	Magma Cube
File:Enderman Spawn Egg.png	Enderman
File:Bat Spawn Egg.png	Bat
File:Witch Spawn Egg.png	Witch
File:Ghast Spawn Egg.png	Ghast
File:Horse Spawn Egg.png	Horse
File:Wolf Spawn Egg.png	Wolf
File:Guardian Spawn Egg.png	Guardian
File:IMG 2079.PNG	Squid
File:Rabbit Spawn Egg.png	Rabbit
File:ShulkerSpawnEgg.png	Shulker
File:Polar Bear Spawn Egg.png	Polar Bear
File:HuskSpawnEgg.png	Husk
File:StraySpawnEgg.png	Stray
File:Parrot Spawn Egg.png	Parrot
File:Drowned Spawn EggZ.png	Drowned
File:Phantom Spawn EggZ.png	Phantom
File:Turtle Spawn EggZ.png	Turtle
File:Dolphin Spawn EggZ.png	Dolphin
File:20190402 214427 31.png	Salmon
File:Cod Spawn EggZ.png	Cod
File:Tropical Fish Spawn EggZ.png	Tropical Fish
File:Pufferfish Spawn EggZ.png	Pufferfish
File:Panda Spawn Egg.png	Panda
File:Pllager spawn egg.png	Pillager
File:Ravager spawn egg.png	Ravager
File:Fox spawn egg.png	Fox
File:WanderingTrader spawn egg.png	Wandering Trader
File:Cat Spawn Egg.png	Cat
File:Bee spawn egg.png	Bee
File:HoglinSpawnEgg.png	Hoglin
File:PiglinSpawnEgg.png	Piglin
File:PiglinBruteSpawnEgg.png	Piglin Brute
File:StriderSpawnEgg.png	Strider
File:ZoglinSpawnEgg.png	Zoglin
File:Zombie Pigman Spawn Egg Sprite.png	Zombified Piglin
File:NPC Spawn Egg Sprite.png	NPC (Education Edition only)
File:Donkey spawn egg.jpg	Donkey
File:Elder Guardian Spawn Egg Sprite.png	Elder Guardian
File:Endermite Spawn Egg Sprite.png	Endermite
File:Evoker Spawn Egg Sprite.png	Evoker
File:Llama Spawn Egg Sprite.png	Llama
File:Mule Spawn Egg Sprite.png	Mule

Trivia

• Whenever a passive adult mob is right-clicked while holding a spawn egg of the same animal type, it will produce a baby version for any mob that has one, excluding squids and bats.
• In Minecraft 1.4.4, whenever a baby version of a villager is spawned, it would always produce a farmer villager child. This was later fixed.
• Baby wolves will spawn sitting if spawned using spawn eggs by default. This can cause a glitch to where the pups move while sitting if a player exits and re-enters the game.
• As of 1.5 a player can rename eggs, and when killed by that Mob, the game would say "[Player] was Killed by [Name of Mob]" (E.g. Notch was killed by Herobrine).
• In 1.6.1, a discoverable coded feature was added: If a mob's spawn egg is renamed with an anvil to "Dinnerbone" or "Grumm", the spawned mob will be flipped upside-down. Any upside-down mobs will have right-side-up effects on them (e.g. a zombie named "Dinnerbone" while burning will be upside down, but the fire on it will be right-side-up).
• Naming a Vindicator Johnny will cause it to attack all mobs except illagers. This is an Easter egg from a horror movie.
• If a player uses a skeleton spawn egg in the Nether, it has an 80% chance of spawning as a wither skeleton; however, these mobs can't be spawned in the Overworld without commands, until the current update which added multiple spawn eggs of mobs that didn't have spawn eggs.
• Naming a sheep to spawn egg "jeb_" will cause the sheep's wool to be rainbow-colored as of 1.7.
• Donkey and mule spawn eggs are available in the console editions of Minecraft as an exclusive feature.
• Villagers can't trade with players who are holding any kind of spawn egg (This may be a glitch in the game).