Does anyone know the limits on how many sheep, chickens, pigs, and cows you can breed? Also, If you breed a sheep of one color with a sheep of another can you control the color of the baby sheep?
Passive mob limit is 20.....That's for ALL passive mobs, not 20 of each kind. As far as breeding different color sheep, if you have say one red and one white sheep and breed them, it's a 50/50 shot at each color.
Edit: I'm obviously not awake.....one search for mob limits brought me to the post up is referring to. my bad.../goes to find larger cup of coffee/
Does anyone know the limits on how many sheep, chickens, pigs, and cows you can breed? Also, If you breed a sheep of one color with a sheep of another can you control the color of the baby sheep?
The limit on chickens is 16. The other passive mobs are combined and, as best as I've been able to determine, do vary depending on the number of players in the world, how far apart they are situated, and how many animals may be trapped in caves. My world with my largest animal farm(s) currently has about 45 farm animals (not including chickens) spread over 2 fairly distant farm location. I have on a couple of occasions, hit a breed limit notification at about 50 animals. I've recently noted that some wild animals are still spawning in the area around my home base. Furthermore, when this was last discussed, some notable community members who I believe are quite trustworthy did indicate that they had reached numbers in the 80s before hitting a breed limit notification.
I had 13 chickens at one point when it said I reached a limit, but the chickens were spread in two places not far, but not really close either. Then I tried again on another day and I was able to get more.
Also, I read up on dying sheep which is going to be far easier than breeding for colors.
There is a limit of passive mobs (of each type) per 4x4 chunk (4 chunks by 4 chunks), I do not believe I know the number, but it's around 20,
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I had 13 chickens at one point when it said I reached a limit, but the chickens were spread in two places not far, but not really close either. Then I tried again on another day and I was able to get more.
Also, I read up on dying sheep which is going to be far easier than breeding for colors.
I believe the hard and fast limit on chickens at 16 has been confirmed by 4J on a thread in the forums as being accurate. If you hit breed limit at 16, it probably indicates that, at that point in time, you had 3 chickens wild elsewhere in the world that could not move more than 20 blocks. After that point, they may have escaped their confinements or despawned (much like tamed ones have been known to occasionally "disappear" from pens in farms).
Yes, I find dying the sheep and then just continually shearing them in that color to get as many of that color as I want far more efficient than breeding sheep in multiple colors. It doesn't get you XP, but it's a much, much quicker way to get a supply of a particular color of wool for a project.
There is a limit of passive mobs (of each type) per 4x4 chunk (4 chunks by 4 chunks), I do not believe I know the number, but it's around 20,
This can't be accurate since, in one of my two farm locations, I have 30 animals (not including chickens) well within a 4 x 4 chunk area. I have: 3 cows, 3 pigs, 3 white sheep, 3 black sheep, 3 brown sheep, 3 pink sheep, 3 light gray sheep, 3 blue sheep, 3 red sheep, and 3 orange sheep, plus 8 chickens, in a total pen area that is 30 blocks long and 15 blocks wide (approx. 2 chunks by 1 chunk). The pen area is divided into pens with fences every 5 blocks and a walkway in the center that is 3 blocks wide. Not included in the calculation is a double-wide exterior fence (because the animals can get to the second fence anyways).
In the second farm location (some 200 blocks or more diagonally distant from the first), I have at least: 3 cows, 3 pigs, 3 white sheep, 3 brown sheep, 3 pink sheep (i.e. 15 animals plus 3 chickens). I have to double-check tonight, but I also think I may have 3 light gray sheep in that location (which would raise that number to 18 animals; 21 including chickens). Elsewhere in the world I also have 5 dogs and 5 more chickens (for a total of 16 chickens in the world). I have been unable to breed or spawn more chickens without killing one first for at least a month now. However, as I stated, I have noticed wild animals occasionally spawning around my home base... and they have even occasionally spawned inside the pens of my first animal farm (where I have to go in and kill them to bring the numbers back down to the groups of three I'm intentionally keeping them at).
My totals are 4 cows, 4 pigs, 4 sheep (used to be 6 of each, but I killed a few to lower the processing load), 9 chickens and 5 dogs, all easily within that 4x4-chunk magic distance. There's also a wild wolf who seems permanently stuck to the outside of my animal pen. He really wants those sheep.
Beware of "accidental pens" scattered around your landscape. I've found animals all over who are stranded on 1-block perches, and occasionally I find an even bigger depression where animals have fallen in, and can't get out. I killed at least 8 of them in one such place recently, then I altered the landscape to give any other animals who wander in a chance to move further than 20 blocks and despawn.
And here I am mass-hoarding eggs with 28 chickens in a 1x3 pen....
Well, if you're over the 16, I'll try again to breed more and see if I can get over the 16 number if both my 2-farm world and in the one superflat world where I hit max with them before. In the superflat world, the number should be pretty much definitively since there is 0 chance of animals getting trapped on ledges and in ravines, etc.
How I got 28 was...interesting.
I bred my chickens to the presumable 16, and the other 12 came from when I had not loaded the "Chicken chunk" at all in the session--the other 12 spawned far away and were led back.
How I got 28 was...interesting.
I bred my chickens to the presumable 16, and the other 12 came from when I had not loaded the "Chicken chunk" at all in the session--the other 12 spawned far away and were led back.
Looks like you did my testing for me. Thanks. I started testing in a superflat world before logging on and got up to 88 cows, pigs and sheep combined before I decided to take a break and read on the forums. Now, instead of continuing with the test, I can just go do some work in one of my worlds and maybe get outside for a bit to enjoy a lovely evening here.
I don't have nearly that many and I don't see much outside when I walk around. They must be caught in many holes. I didn't expect to put people to work testing things today with this question. I'm amazed! lolare the wolves tamed? I thought the max tame wolves was 8
This can't be accurate since, in one of my two farm locations, I have 30 animals (not including chickens) well within a 4 x 4 chunk area. I have: 3 cows, 3 pigs, 3 white sheep, 3 black sheep, 3 brown sheep, 3 pink sheep, 3 light gray sheep, 3 blue sheep, 3 red sheep, and 3 orange sheep, plus 8 chickens, in a total pen area that is 30 blocks long and 15 blocks wide (approx. 2 chunks by 1 chunk). The pen area is divided into pens with fences every 5 blocks and a walkway in the center that is 3 blocks wide. Not included in the calculation is a double-wide exterior fence (because the animals can get to the second fence anyways).
In the second farm location (some 200 blocks or more diagonally distant from the first), I have at least: 3 cows, 3 pigs, 3 white sheep, 3 brown sheep, 3 pink sheep (i.e. 15 animals plus 3 chickens). I have to double-check tonight, but I also think I may have 3 light gray sheep in that location (which would raise that number to 18 animals; 21 including chickens). Elsewhere in the world I also have 5 dogs and 5 more chickens (for a total of 16 chickens in the world). I have been unable to breed or spawn more chickens without killing one first for at least a month now. However, as I stated, I have noticed wild animals occasionally spawning around my home base... and they have even occasionally spawned inside the pens of my first animal farm (where I have to go in and kill them to bring the numbers back down to the groups of three I'm intentionally keeping them at).
I said around 20, it doesn't mean it is 20, just close to it
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Passive mob limit is 20.....That's for ALL passive mobs, not 20 of each kind.As far as breeding different color sheep, if you have say one red and one white sheep and breed them, it's a 50/50 shot at each color.Edit: I'm obviously not awake.....one search for mob limits brought me to the post up is referring to. my bad.../goes to find larger cup of coffee/
The limit on chickens is 16. The other passive mobs are combined and, as best as I've been able to determine, do vary depending on the number of players in the world, how far apart they are situated, and how many animals may be trapped in caves. My world with my largest animal farm(s) currently has about 45 farm animals (not including chickens) spread over 2 fairly distant farm location. I have on a couple of occasions, hit a breed limit notification at about 50 animals. I've recently noted that some wild animals are still spawning in the area around my home base. Furthermore, when this was last discussed, some notable community members who I believe are quite trustworthy did indicate that they had reached numbers in the 80s before hitting a breed limit notification.
Also, I read up on dying sheep which is going to be far easier than breeding for colors.
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Curse PremiumI believe the hard and fast limit on chickens at 16 has been confirmed by 4J on a thread in the forums as being accurate. If you hit breed limit at 16, it probably indicates that, at that point in time, you had 3 chickens wild elsewhere in the world that could not move more than 20 blocks. After that point, they may have escaped their confinements or despawned (much like tamed ones have been known to occasionally "disappear" from pens in farms).
Yes, I find dying the sheep and then just continually shearing them in that color to get as many of that color as I want far more efficient than breeding sheep in multiple colors. It doesn't get you XP, but it's a much, much quicker way to get a supply of a particular color of wool for a project.
This can't be accurate since, in one of my two farm locations, I have 30 animals (not including chickens) well within a 4 x 4 chunk area. I have: 3 cows, 3 pigs, 3 white sheep, 3 black sheep, 3 brown sheep, 3 pink sheep, 3 light gray sheep, 3 blue sheep, 3 red sheep, and 3 orange sheep, plus 8 chickens, in a total pen area that is 30 blocks long and 15 blocks wide (approx. 2 chunks by 1 chunk). The pen area is divided into pens with fences every 5 blocks and a walkway in the center that is 3 blocks wide. Not included in the calculation is a double-wide exterior fence (because the animals can get to the second fence anyways).
In the second farm location (some 200 blocks or more diagonally distant from the first), I have at least: 3 cows, 3 pigs, 3 white sheep, 3 brown sheep, 3 pink sheep (i.e. 15 animals plus 3 chickens). I have to double-check tonight, but I also think I may have 3 light gray sheep in that location (which would raise that number to 18 animals; 21 including chickens). Elsewhere in the world I also have 5 dogs and 5 more chickens (for a total of 16 chickens in the world). I have been unable to breed or spawn more chickens without killing one first for at least a month now. However, as I stated, I have noticed wild animals occasionally spawning around my home base... and they have even occasionally spawned inside the pens of my first animal farm (where I have to go in and kill them to bring the numbers back down to the groups of three I'm intentionally keeping them at).
Beware of "accidental pens" scattered around your landscape. I've found animals all over who are stranded on 1-block perches, and occasionally I find an even bigger depression where animals have fallen in, and can't get out. I killed at least 8 of them in one such place recently, then I altered the landscape to give any other animals who wander in a chance to move further than 20 blocks and despawn.
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Well, if you're over the 16, I'll try again to breed more and see if I can get over the 16 number if both my 2-farm world and in the one superflat world where I hit max with them before. In the superflat world, the number should be pretty much definitively since there is 0 chance of animals getting trapped on ledges and in ravines, etc.
Sound overlap lag, anyone?
How I got 28 was...interesting.
I bred my chickens to the presumable 16, and the other 12 came from when I had not loaded the "Chicken chunk" at all in the session--the other 12 spawned far away and were led back.
Stay fluffy~
Looks like you did my testing for me. Thanks. I started testing in a superflat world before logging on and got up to 88 cows, pigs and sheep combined before I decided to take a break and read on the forums. Now, instead of continuing with the test, I can just go do some work in one of my worlds and maybe get outside for a bit to enjoy a lovely evening here.
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Curse PremiumI said around 20, it doesn't mean it is 20, just close to it
... but it's not even close to it. It's 90 (see Cherry Sparkles posts and picture).
Oh, that photobombing sheep....
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