How to Get and Farm Carrots in Minecraft

Guide Java Bedrock

Quick answer: Find carrots in village farm plots or as a rare zombie drop (about 0.83% per kill), then plant one on farmland. A fully grown crop drops 2 to 5 carrots (3 5/7 on average), and Fortune III raises the average to 5 3/7. Bone meal matures the crop to its last stage.

What you need

Hoe and farmland
Bone meal (optional)

Step by step

Find carrots in a village farm plot, or kill zombies, husks or zombie villagers: each has a 2.5% chance to drop an iron ingot, carrot or potato, so about 1/120 (0.83%) for a carrot.
Add Looting for better odds: 1.17% with Looting I, 1.50% with II.
Plant a carrot on farmland.
Use bone meal to bring the crop to its last stage of growth.
Harvest a fully grown crop: 2 drops are guaranteed, then three attempts at 57.14% each give 0 to 3 extra.
Use a Fortune tool to add one more attempt per level. Fortune III averages 5 3/7 carrots.

Java vs Bedrock

Eating a carrot restores 3 hunger and 3.6 saturation.

Versions: A carrot is also a crafting ingredient, for example for golden carrots.

Frequently asked questions

How many carrots does a crop drop?

2 to 5, averaging 3 5/7.

Do zombies drop carrots?

Rarely: about 0.83% per kill, with Looting increasing it.

How much hunger does a carrot restore?

3 hunger points with 3.6 saturation.