This Minecraft tutorial explains all about goats (also referred to as mountain goats) with screenshots and step-by-step instructions. Let’s learn about goats in Minecraft.
Background
The following is a picture of what a goat looks like in Minecraft:
Hostility Level
Neutral Mob
Health Points
10 health points
x 5
Where to Find
In the Frozen Peaks, Jagged Peaks and Snowy Slopes biomes
Weapon
None
Attack Method
Currently does not attack
(in a future release, the goat will ram you)
Drops
None
Experience Points
1-3 experience points
Hostility Level (Neutral)
A goat is a neutral mob. The term mob is short for mobile and is used to refer to all living, moving creatures in the game such as chickens, creepers, and goats. Because a goat is a neutral mob, it will only attack you in Survival mode if you attack the goat first. It will never attack you in Creative mode.
FUTURE FEATURE: As of Minecraft 1.17 and 1.18, the goat does not attack back yet (so it is basically acting as a passive mob instead of a neutral mob). This “neutral” hostility feature will be added in a future release of Minecraft.
Health Points
In Minecraft, a goat has 5 hearts for health. This gives a goat 10 health points (because 1 heart = 2 health points). To kill a goat, you need to inflict 10 points of damage to the goat.
Where to Find Goats
In Minecraft, you can find goats in the Frozen Peaks, Jagged Peaks and Snowy Slopes biomes.
Frozen Peaks
Jagged Peaks
Snowy Slopes
If you are having trouble finding a goat, you can summon a goat using a cheat or you can use a spawn egg.
Weapon
A goat does not carry a weapon.
Attack Method
As of Minecraft 1.17 and 1.18, you are safe to walk near a goat and it will not attack or cause you any damage. And if you attack a goat, it will just run around. It will not attack you back.
FUTURE FEATURE: In a future release of Minecraft, a goat will ram you.
Drops
When you kill a goat in Minecraft, it will currently not drop anything. This may change in a future release of Minecraft.
Experience Points
As you play the game, you will gain experience. The most common way to gain experience is by killing mobs. When a mob is killed you will see tiny green and yellow balls appear and move towards you.
These orbs represent experience points. When you kill a goat, you will gain 1-3 experience points.
Spawn Egg for Goat
You can spawn a goat using the following spawn egg:
Goat Spawn Egg
Command Examples
Here are some game command examples for a goat in Minecraft:
How to Summon a Goat
Spawn Events for Goat (Bedrock/Education)
Here are the spawn events that you can use in game commands for a goat:
Spawn Events for Goat
Goat Seeds
You can use a seed to create a world where you spawn in a biome with goats: