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How to Get Goat Horns

Make a goat ram a log and its horn pops off.

A goat horn surrounded by an oak log, packed ice, an emerald and a goat spawn egg on stone
Quick answer
  • A goat drops a horn when it rams a log, stone, ore or packed ice block.
  • Regular goats drop 4 horn types. Screaming goats drop 4 others.
  • Pillager outpost chests have a 50% chance of a horn.

Goat horns play loud sounds that other players can hear from far away. There are 8 to collect.

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Making a goat drop one

  1. Find goats in mountain biomes.
  2. Stand in front of a log, stone, coal ore, copper ore, iron ore, emerald ore or Packed ice block.
  3. When the goat charges, step out of the way. It rams the block and drops a horn.
Two eachEach adult goat can drop up to 2 horns, so keep it charging.

The 8 horns

Regular goatScreaming goat
PonderAdmire
SingCall
SeekYearn
FeelDream

Screaming goats make louder, funnier noises. That's how you tell them apart.

Pillager outposts

Outpost chests have a 50% chance of a goat horn, but only regular goat ones.

Using it

Hold the horn and use it. The sound reaches up to 256 blocks, and you need to wait 7 seconds between uses.

Cheat sheet

  • Goats ram logs, stone, ores or packed ice
  • Up to 2 horns per goat
  • 8 horns: 4 regular, 4 screaming
  • Heard up to 256 blocks away

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