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Quick answer
Shears get you 1 to 3 wool without hurting the sheep. Wool regrows when it eats grass.- Use a dye on a sheep and its wool stays that colour every time you shear it.
- Natural pink sheep are a 0.164% chance.
Wool is great for beds, carpets and colourful builds. A pen of dyed sheep gives you every colour you need.
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Shearing
Use shears on a sheep for 1 to 3 wool. It eats grass to grow its wool back, so keep grass in the pen.
Don't kill them for woolKilling a sheep only gives 1 wool. Shearing is far better.
Dyeing
- Hold a dye and use it on a sheep.
- Its wool changes colour.
- Shear it again and again, it stays that colour until you dye it again.
Breeding colours
Breed sheep with Wheat. If the parents' colours can mix as dyes, the lamb gets the mixed colour. For example, a blue and a white sheep make a light blue lamb. Otherwise the lamb copies one parent.
Natural colours
| Colour | Chance |
|---|---|
| White | 81.836% |
| Light gray, gray, black | 5% each |
| Brown | 3% |
| Pink | 0.164% |
Found a pink one?Lead it home and name it. You may never see another.
Cheat sheet
- Shears: 1 to 3 wool, regrows on grass
- Dyed sheep stay dyed
- Mixable colours mix in lambs
- Pink: 0.164% chance
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