Anyone know what are the rules about animal breeding? What's the time on the cooldown? I can't seem to breed an animal more than once, i.e., I got 2 chickens, breeding them gets me one more. I can't go further than that, even after many days in Minecraft.
I think it's about five minutes, but I'm not sure. I've been reading through this page on the wiki but I haven't found the exact time listed.
EDIT:
The wiki seems to think that "Once the baby is born, the parents cannot enter love mode again for five minutes (a half-day)." But I haven't tested this.
Yeah, that's another thing, baby doesn't seem to work in SMP (Forgot to mention it was SMP).
Yes, this is a known bug (and it drives me crazy, since it's hard to determine when the parents are ready to breed again). In fact, in SMP baby animals still exist; however, the baby animal's model shows up as a regular animal. That may be the problem you're running into.
If it helps, you can guess when an animal is still a baby by watching to see if the parents are following it around obsessively.
Yes, this is a known bug (and it drives me crazy, since it's hard to determine when the parents are ready to breed again). In fact, in SMP baby animals still exist; however, the baby animal's model shows up as a regular animal. That may be the problem you're running into.
If it helps, you can guess when an animal is still a baby by watching to see if the parents are following it around obsessively.
The parents will actually stop following after they are ready for breeding (five minutes, give or take) but before the first baby grows up (about ten minutes) - All I can say is run around spamming sheep until you get it, or check the wiki section on breeding for advice on mob farms or mass mob farms.
PROTIP - Fences look awesome for animal farms, but since the babies spawn in the same square as the parent they can spawn on the other side of the fence (takes up less than a square) it is better to use full block for your walls if you have this problem :smile.gif:
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Mmm, doesn't seem to work. I'm going to do more tests I guest.
EDIT:
The wiki seems to think that "Once the baby is born, the parents cannot enter love mode again for five minutes (a half-day)." But I haven't tested this.
That's odd. Worked for me.
Yeah, that's another thing, baby doesn't seem to work in SMP (Forgot to mention it was SMP).
Yes, this is a known bug (and it drives me crazy, since it's hard to determine when the parents are ready to breed again). In fact, in SMP baby animals still exist; however, the baby animal's model shows up as a regular animal. That may be the problem you're running into.
If it helps, you can guess when an animal is still a baby by watching to see if the parents are following it around obsessively.
Aaah, make sens. Thanks!
The parents will actually stop following after they are ready for breeding (five minutes, give or take) but before the first baby grows up (about ten minutes) - All I can say is run around spamming sheep until you get it, or check the wiki section on breeding for advice on mob farms or mass mob farms.
PROTIP - Fences look awesome for animal farms, but since the babies spawn in the same square as the parent they can spawn on the other side of the fence (takes up less than a square) it is better to use full block for your walls if you have this problem :smile.gif:
Yeah, they slowed down babies growing up from 10 to 20 minutes. That's a LONG time! But at least breeding is just as quick :smile.gif: