Mooshroom in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains all about mooshrooms (also called mushroom cow) with screenshots and step-by-step instructions. Let's learn about mooshrooms in Minecraft.

Supported Platforms

Mooshrooms are available in the following versions of Minecraft:

PlatformSupported (Version*)
Java Edition (PC/Mac) Java Edition (PC/Mac)Yes
Pocket Edition (PE) Pocket Edition (PE)Yes (0.9.0)
Xbox 360 Xbox 360Yes
Xbox One Xbox OneYes
PS3 PS3Yes
PS4 PS4Yes
Wii U Wii UYes
Nintendo Switch Nintendo SwitchYes
Windows 10 Edition Windows 10 EditionYes
Education Edition Education EditionYes

* The version that it was added or removed, if applicable.
NOTE: Pocket Edition (PE), Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Windows 10 Edition are now called Bedrock Edition. We will continue to show them individually for version history.

Background

The following is a picture of what a mooshroom or mushroom cow looks like in Minecraft:

mushroom cow

Hostility Level Passive Mob
Health Points 10 health points
heart x 5
Where to Find In the Mushroom Island biome
Weapon None
Attack Method Will never attack you
Drops leather 0-2 Leather
raw beef 1-3 Raw Beef
steak 1-3 Steak (if killed with fire)
mushroom red 5 Red Mushrooms (use shears)
mushroom stew 1 Mushroom Stew (use bowl)
milk 1 Milk Bucket (use bucket)
Experience Points 1-3 experience points

Hostility Level (Passive)

A mooshroom is a passive 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 mooshrooms. Because a mooshroom is a passive mob, it will never attack you in the game (Creative or Survival mode).

Health Points

In Minecraft, a mooshroom has 5 hearts heart for health. This gives a mooshroom 10 health points (because 1 heart = 2 health points). To kill a mooshroom, you need to inflict 10 points of damage to the mooshroom.

Where to Find Mooshrooms

In Minecraft, mooshrooms can be found in the Mushroom Island biome.

mushroom island biome

If you are having trouble finding a mooshroom, you can summon a mooshroom using a cheat or you can use a spawn egg.

Weapon

A mooshroom does not carry a weapon.

Attack Method

You are safe to walk near a mooshroom and it will not attack or cause you any damage. And if you attack a mooshroom, it will just try to run away. It will not attack you back.

Drops

When you kill a mooshroom in Minecraft, it will may drop one or more of the following items: raw beef or leather.

raw beef leather

Make sure you pick up the dropped items before they disappear. These are useful and should be kept in your inventory to be used later.

TIP: If you kill the mooshroom with fire, it may drop steak. steak

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.

experience points

These orbs represent experience points. When you kill a mooshroom, you will gain 1-3 experience points.

Spawn Egg for Mooshroom

You can spawn a mooshroom using the following spawn egg:

Things to Do with Mooshrooms

Here are some activities that you can do with mooshrooms in Minecraft:

Command Examples

Here are some game command examples for a mooshroom in Minecraft:

NBT Tags for Mooshroom (Java Edition)

Here are the NBT tags that you can use in game commands for a mooshroom in Java Edition:

Spawn Events for Mooshroom (Bedrock/Education)

Here are the spawn events that you can use in game commands for a mooshroom in Bedrock Edition and Education Edition:

Mooshroom Seeds

You can use a seed to create a world where you spawn near a biome with mooshrooms: