Sheep
Sheep graze, drink from troughs or ponds, lie down to sleep, and now and then drop a bit of string when you brush them.
- Farm animal
- Troughs or grass
- Lies down
- Brush for string
| Becomes a pet | Use a Pet Collar on it. |
|---|---|
| Needs |  Hunger  Thirst  Hygiene  Mood  Energy |
| Eats | From a Feed Trough; without one it grazes on grass (within 10 blocks). Never from pet bowls. |
| Drinks | From a Water Trough; without one, from a pond, river or lake (within 10 blocks). |
| Favourite kibble | None |
| Hand-feed with | Wheat, or Pet Kibble |
| Toilet | None: only cats, ocelots, dogs and foxes have a bladder need. |
| Sleeps | Lies down where it is (or on its Rest Spot). It doesn't use pet beds. |
| Plays | Chases a thrown Pet Ball and noses it around. |
| Can sit | No: on Stay it just stands still. |
| Petting | Sneak + use with an empty hand. It lifts its chin into your hand and turns its head. |
Eating & drinking
They eat wheat from the trough (or any other farm animal food).
A hay bale fills a Feed Trough (6 servings); its usual food, apples, or other farm animal food adds one serving each. Kibble doesn't go in troughs.
To eat, it walks up to the side of the trough and puts its head down over the rim, nibbling. Troughs placed side by side join into one long trough, so a whole herd can eat at once.
Sleeping
When it gets tired (or at night, if it's Idle) it lies down right where it is: the front legs fold first so it kneels, then the hindquarters drop, the way real cattle lie down. It gets up again rear end first.
Life as a pet
Brushing a sheep with the Pet Brush cleans it and cheers it up like any pet, and about one time in eight a bit of string comes off. Shearing and dyeing work as in vanilla.
Tips
- One trough per few animals is plenty: troughs hold 6 servings and a hay bale fills one completely.
- Set the herd to Idle in the middle of its field so it stays within 12 blocks of its troughs.
