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

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This wikiHow teaches you how to make a Minecraft sheep cycle through rainbow colors. This can be done by naming the sheep "jeb_" (with an underscore at the end) using a name tag and an anvil.

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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.

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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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    Why does naming it jeb_ give it rainbow colors?

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    Jeb_ is one of the original developers of Minecraft. He added it in as an Easter Egg.

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    How do you make a sheep a specific color (like green) so that it drops that color wool (so if you shear it, you would be getting green wool if it was green and not white)? I'm on Minecraft PE.

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    You can either: Breed a blue and yellow sheep and then shear the baby's skin once it has grown. Find a white sheep and right click it with green dye and then shear it.

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    Why do you have to call it jeb?

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    Jeb is the name of one of the developers of Minecraft, so they used it for this feature. As such, you must name a sheep "jeb_" for it to change colors.

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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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      Things You'll Need

      • 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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      This article was co-authored by wikiHow staff writer, Nicole Levine, MFA. Nicole Levine is a Technology Writer and Editor for wikiHow. She has more than 20 years of experience creating technical documentation and leading support teams at major web hosting and software companies. Nicole also holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Portland State University and teaches composition, fiction-writing, and zine-making at various institutions. This article has been viewed 183,695 times.

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      Updated: December 5, 2023

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      Categories: Minecraft Animals

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      1. Find a sheep.
      2. Transport the sheep to your farm.
      3. Find a name tag.
      4. Place the name tag in the anvil.
      5. Name the sheep "jeb_" with an underscore at the end.
      6. Move the name tag to the hotbar.
      7. Right-click the sheep while holding the name tag.

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