How to Make a Rainbow Sheep in Minecraft: 8 Steps (with Pictures) (2024)

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   Find a sheep. If you don’t already have a sheep, you can look for any color of sheep in forest and plains biomes.^[1]

   • If you're having a hard time finding sheep, you can summon them using this cheat in the console: /summon sheep [spawnPos].
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   Transport the sheep to your farm. Lure them to an enclosed area of your farm with wheat and they'll happily follow you through the gate.^[2] If you prefer, you can transport the sheep in a boat.

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   Find a name tag. This is the hard part. There are three ways to find a name tag:^[3]

   • Fishing: Each time you catch a fish, it has a 0.8% chance of being a name tag.^[4] With the Luck of the Sea enchantment on your fishing rod, the probability rate increases to 1.9%.
   • Loot chests: Name tags can be found inside chests in dungeons, abandoned mineshafts, and woodland mansions.
   • Trading with a librarian: Complete lower-tier trades with a librarian until you've unlocked the 6th tier. At that point, you can buy a name tag for 20 to 22 emeralds.
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   Stand in front of an anvil. This opens the Repair & Name menu.^[5]

   • If you don't have an anvil, see How to Craft an Anvil in Minecraft.
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   Move the name tag to the first box. This is the box to the left of the plus (+) sign.

6. See Also

   Who Is Minecraft's Jeb?

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   Type jeb_ into the "Name Tag" field. It's the brown box at the top of the menu. A nametag called "jeb_" will appear in the third box (after the arrow).^[6]

   • Make sure not to forget the underscore. If you do, the sheep won't turn rainbow.
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   Move the name tag to the inventory hotbar. Renaming the tag will cost 1 experience level.

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   Right-click the sheep while holding the name tag. Now that the sheep is named jeb_, it will start cycling through the Minecraft color spectrum.^[7]

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• Build a throne or pedestal worthy of displaying the majesty of your rainbow sheep.

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• Don't shear it. You won't get rainbow wool. If you did shear it, let it graze in some grass to bring back its shimmering rainbow wool.

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• There are many other Easter eggs in minecraft, too. Naming a rabbit Toast will give it a cool fur color, and naming any mob Dinnerbone will flip it upside down!

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• Sheep
• Name tag
• Anvil
• 1 level of experience
• Lead, boat, or wheat
• Fishing rod with Luck of the Sea (optional)
• Librarian villager (optional)
• 22 Emerald (Optional)

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Updated: July 26, 2024

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Categories: Minecraft Animals

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