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Golden Apple

Items Food

A golden apple is a crafted or looted food that restores hunger and grants Absorption and Regeneration effects.

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Versioned source data

Edition availability

01

Java Edition

Source version 26.1
Registry ID
987
Source display name
Golden Apple
Maximum stack
64

Bedrock Edition

Source version 1.26.60
Registry ID
258
Source display name
Golden Apple
Maximum stack
64
Component-based
No
Source version tag
legacy
Java food metadata

4 hunger points · 9.6 saturation

From the recipe registry

Crafting recipe

Java · 26.1

Golden Apple1 crafted

Recipe data is supplied for Java Edition only in this source. Bedrock recipes are not inferred.

Field guide

Item details

How to obtain

  • Craft one apple surrounded by eight gold ingots, or find golden apples in selected generated structure chests. Crafting grid Source

Practical uses

  • Eating one restores hunger and grants Absorption and Regeneration; it can be eaten even with a full hunger bar. Source
  • Use a golden apple together with a splash potion of Weakness to cure a zombie villager. Brewing stand for the Weakness potion Source
  • Golden apples can also heal, grow, and help tame or breed horses. Source

Crafting & processing

  • Place an apple in the center of the grid and surround it with eight gold ingots. Crafting grid Source

Mechanics

  • Golden apples are always consumable, unlike ordinary food that requires a depleted hunger bar. Source

Reverse recipe lookup · Java · 26.1

Used In · Crafting recipes

0 outputs

No Java crafting outputs using Golden Apple are recorded in the selected source snapshot. This does not establish that the item has no other uses. Bedrock recipe data is not included.