How to Breed Goats in Minecraft

Guide Java Bedrock

Quick answer: Feed wheat to each of two goats. A kid spawns right away, the parents need 5 minutes before breeding again (1 minute in Bedrock), and you get 1-7 XP. There is a 2% chance any kid is a screaming goat, and screaming parents pass it on far more often.

What you need

Wheat (2 per breeding)
2 goats
A pen with a roof or very tall walls

Step by step

Find goats in mountain biomes: jagged peaks, frozen peaks and snowy slopes.
Grow wheat from seeds, hold it so goats follow you, and pen two of them in. Goats jump up to 10 blocks high, so build tall walls or a roof.
Feed wheat to each goat: hearts appear and a kid spawns, plus 1-7 XP.
The parents can breed again after 5 minutes (1 minute in Bedrock). Kids grow up in 20 minutes; each wheat you feed a kid cuts the remaining time by 10%.
Milk adults with a bucket like cows. For goat horns, let goats ram into solid blocks such as stone or logs - they drop up to two horns that never regrow.

Java vs Bedrock

Breeding works the same in Java and Bedrock except the parents' cooldown: 5 minutes in Java, 1 minute in Bedrock. Two screaming parents always produce a screaming kid in Java, and 98% of the time in Bedrock.

Versions: Goats were added in Caves & Cliffs Part I (1.17, June 2021). Screaming goats - called screamer goats in Bedrock - arrived with them, with the same 2% natural chance.

Frequently asked questions

How do I get a screaming goat?

Any naturally spawned or bred goat has a 2% chance of being a screamer. Breeding a screaming goat with a normal one raises the kid's odds to about 50%; two screaming parents make it 100% in Java and 98% in Bedrock.

How do I get goat horns?

When a goat rams and hits a solid block like stone, packed ice, iron ore, copper ore, emerald ore or logs, it can drop a horn. Screaming goats ram far more often and have their own four horn sounds, so breed screamers for faster horns.

Do goats attack players?

They do not chase you, but a stationary player can be chosen as a ramming target and knocked back several blocks - deadly near a cliff edge. Keep moving around goats.