How to Get Wheat Seeds in Minecraft

Guide Java Bedrock

Quick answer: Break short grass, tall grass, ferns or large ferns: each has a 12.5% chance to drop 1 wheat seed (Fortune raises it to 1-3, 1-5 or 1-7). Fully grown wheat crops give 1-4 seeds plus wheat, and wandering traders sell seeds for 1 emerald.

What you need

Farmland
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Step by step

Break short grass, tall grass, a fern or a large fern. Each has a 12.5% chance to yield 1 wheat seed.
Use a Fortune tool for more: 1-3 seeds with Fortune I, 1-5 with II and 1-7 with III.
Plant seeds on farmland and harvest the fully grown crop: it gives 1-4 seeds (more with Fortune) and 1 wheat. Harvested early, a crop drops 1 seed and no wheat.
Buy them: wandering traders may sell wheat seeds for 1 emerald.
Use seeds to breed chickens, tame parrots, or compost them (30% chance to raise the compost level).

Java vs Bedrock

In Bedrock Edition, a wandering trader killed while offering seeds can drop 1 wheat seed with a 25% chance (plus 1% per Looting level) if the player holds an emerald.

Versions: Chickens use seeds instead of wheat to breed since 12w36a (Java 1.4.2).

Frequently asked questions

What is the drop chance from grass?

12.5% per block, with Fortune raising the amount.

Do seeds breed chickens?

Yes, they also reduce a baby chicken's remaining growth time by 10%.

Can seeds go in a composter?

Yes, with a 30% chance to raise the compost level by 1.