How are carrots better for horses than wheat in Minecraft?

Horses, donkeys, and mules, all part of the same family, are rideable mobs in Minecraft. Found in various biomes, they can be tamed, healed, and grown with the help of certain food items. For several years, wheat has been the staple food item for horses, donkeys, and mules.

Following the recent Minecraft Chase the Skies game drop, however, it is safe to say that carrots can become the new staple food item for these mobs since it is better in every aspect than wheat. Here's how.

Ways in which carrots are better than wheat for Minecraft horses

Carrots heal horses, donkeys, and mules faster than wheat

Carrots can replenish more health than wheat (Image via Sportskeeda Gaming || Mojang Studios)

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For those out of the loop, carrots recently became a food option for horses, mules, and donkeys in the latest Chase the Skies update, meaning they can henceforth be used to tame, heal, and grow these rideable mobs.

Carrots can heal these creatures more efficiently than wheat. While one wheat item can only heal one heart of these rideable mobs, a carrot can replenish one and a half hearts of health.

This means that if a horse has 10 hearts worth of health, fully healing it would require only seven carrots instead of 10 wheat items.

Of course, there are many better food options like golden apples and hay bales that can replenish a lot more health. That said, carrots can now become a staple food item that players will keep to replenish a horse's health more efficiently.

Carrots help grow horses, donkeys, and mules much faster than wheat

Carrots can grow horses, donkeys, and mules faster (Image via Sportskeeda Gaming || Mojang Studios)

Another reason why carrots are better food items than wheat is that they can grow horses, donkeys, and mules faster.

Usually, players feed a foal wheat to make it grow faster. Every wheat unit fed to a foal speeds up its growth process by 20 seconds. Since the total amount of time the baby takes to grow without any food is 20 minutes, players will have to feed it a lot of wheat for it to grow into an adult quickly.

On the other hand, carrots can speed up a foal's growth by a whopping minute, which is a lot faster than using wheat. So, players trying to get the fastest and healthiest horse in Minecraft can use carrots instead of wheat to speed up the growth process of every foal.

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