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Update: Goats have now released as part of Caves & Cliffs Part I.

If you want to know more about everything included in this first Caves & Cliffs release then check out the full changelog for Java and Bedrock!

Welcome to the GOAT feedback post, literally! MINECON Live 2019's mob vote winner has now arrived in Caves & Cliffs Part I. These cute caprine critters will have a lot of...ramifications on your Minecraft world:

  • For now, Goats spawn in Extreme Hills. This will change with Caves & Cliffs: Part II
  • Goats will occasionally ram into players and other mobs
  • Goats can jump high and take less fall damage than other mobs
  • Goats will avoid walking onto Powder Snow
  • Goats can be bred and tempted using Wheat
  • Use an empty Bucket to get Milk
  • Keep an ear out for the elusive Screamer Goat!

Let us know any of your thoughts, feedback, and suggestions in the comments below!

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    The goats are cute HOWEVER,

    I am very frustrated with everywhere they can spawn. Especially when building anything up high, they tend to appear all over the place. It would be nice if they only spawned on top of "natural" mountain blocks such as grass or stone instead of any opaque block there. That way we don't end up with a goat infestation while building castles up high :) 

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    Goats should drop wool and meat because currently they drop nothing.

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    I haven't read through all the comments here, but I'd like to suggest being able to feed the goat something (apples, carrots, beets, anything honestly) to get their heart points up. My goats I keep as pets in-game constantly butt heads, which is fine, but they kill eachother a lot. I've had goats in real life, and they love treats. I'd like to be able to feed my in-game goats something to raise their heart points, so they stop killing eachother.

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    i like the goat although i think they should spawn more near snow and ram thing more often also they should drop the goat horns because currently there's no way to get them besides creative and /give which both require cheats

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    They are great but why don't goats ram into each other

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    Add a mob drop to goats my suggestion is goat mutton and make goats dieable ☺️

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    Can we please ride goats in the future? Like the dwarves in the Hobbit? That would be epic!

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    Cosmetics in Minecraft are pretty lacking right now besides banners. It'd be cool if you could use two goat horns and a netherite helmet to make a viking looking helmet with the horns on the sides of the helmet. It'd basically just be a retextured netherite helmet, but also allowing you to show off your hard work to your friends.

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    Like goats but goat horn needs a use.

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    The goat's texture should depend on where the goat spawned. And include all mountainous areas (including islands) into their spawning range.

    Note: All goats (born as a result of breeding) will retain their parent's texture.

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    Please make GOATS more useful

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    Love the sound of this new addition I haven't been on Minecraft for years I thought the game had been forgotten about it still looks the same to me glad to hear it's still receiving updates! I think Minecraft needs more animals, I think it should copy some ideas from ark add some flying tames

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    I think goat's horn can be used in multiple ways as a battle horn or as a tool to attract wolves.  Perhaps the easiest way to use it is as a brewing potion ingredient so that you can behave like a goat does in the snow.  You could jump as high as they do, you can walk quickly and safely over powdered snow.

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    Goats should drop raw mutton.

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    Why didn't goats get some colour variants? How about some light brown, light grey and black.

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    For the Dwarfy among us, Saddles on Goats!

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    They could be more useful by dropping meat and MOUNTING. Please, right Mojang!?
    More riding animals. The only decent mount it has is the horse that doesn't need a "stick with fruit" to lure and control it.

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    In real life, goat's horns are made of live bone and are incredibly brutal and gross to remove. Currently in Minecraft, they can fall off the Goat's head if it rams into a wall. If a real goat lost its horn in such a way it would most likely die from blood loss or infection. Minecraft presenting goats as capable of safely surviving having their horns removed is 

    Just as Minecraft removed the ability to feed cookies to parrots for animal cruelty concerns, I think the method of obtaining the horn should be changed to not reflect mutilation.

    Goats could instead just drop the horns when they die, or maybe baby goats could 'shed' their baby horns when they grow into an adult. This would no longer imply to players that you can safely remove a Goat's horn. 

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    Tameable goats? Just asking.

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    If the goat rams something it should have extra knock back 

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    The horns on bedrock should be a lot louder if your a few blocks away you cant hear it

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    It would be nice if the game could register playing the horn with command blocks or some kind of enchanted horn/potion effect system. For example, a horn that when blown makes the player faster for a minute.

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    I'm thinking of a goat variant.
    Now I'm not sure what it's called but like a goat bull or alpha basically a goat flock leader with more health, always tries to ram the player with a 10sec cool down and doesn't drop it's horns

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    I also agree that goat horns do not currently fall off realistically and should be made more real and less abusive

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    I already posted this but I think it disappeared— sorry if it’s a repeat
    My first thought when I heard that goats where entering the game was that players would be able to feed them shirts, since goats eat anything. I think that would be a fun addition. Maybe they could eat leather tunics? Hay works, but hay is already used for so many animals. This would make goats more unique.

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    I think you should be able to get goat wool and then use it to make armor that is a little better than iron