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{{Infobox food
|image = <gallery>
BreadNew.png|New Texture
Bread.png|Old Texture
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|healed = 2.5
|effects = none
|obtained = Crafting, Trading
|cook = No
|stack = Yes 64
|renewable = Yes
|fa = [[Indev]] 20100206
|techname = bread
|hexvalue = 129
|decvalue = 297
}}'''Bread''' is one of the most popular [[food]] [[items]] in ''Minecraft'', as it's fairly easy to obtain.

==Sources==
*Bread can be crafted from three units of [[wheat]], which can be easily [[Farming|farmed]] in most [[biomes]] (see "crafting" section below).
*Bread can usually be found in [[dungeon]] [[chest]]s and [[Abandoned Mine Shaft|abandoned mineshafts]].
*Bread can be purchased from farmer [[villager]]s with the use of [[emerald]]s. They may also be found in [[village]] house chests.

== Crafting ==
{{CraftingTable
|product1 = {{ItemLink|Bread}}
|box1-4 = {{ItemLink|Wheat}}
|box1-5 = {{ItemLink|Wheat}}
|box1-6 = {{ItemLink|Wheat}}
}}

==Advantages==
*Wheat farming is a more reliable source of food when compared to [[pig]]s and other animal mobs. Animals [[spawn]] randomly throughout the world, whereas wheat will stay in the spot it was planted and gradually mature into its mature and usable form. Though both options are relatively plentiful, it is more reliable to obtain food from a field of crops, than to find and hunt down randomly-generated mobs.
*A field of crops may be left to grow for 2–3 days while mining underground, then harvested and re-planted upon returning to the surface, ensuring a reliable source of food and allowing for relatively un-interrupted mining.
*Farming may be slow at first, but an entire field can be seeded with wheat in a reasonable amount of time, allowing each harvest to produce high amounts of the item. This process of increasing the crop size takes a much shorter time than farming [[mushrooms]] for [[Mushroom Stew|mushroom stew]]. A player can speed up the process of crop growth by applying [[bonemeal]] to the crops.
*Farming is safer in many cases because the farm can be placed in a guarded area, close to a [[shelter]]. Fields can be safely harvested at night from this protected area. However, gathering raw meat or mushrooms after sunset, places a player at greater risk of being attacked by hostile [[mobs]].
*Early on, it is much easier to find wheat [[Seeds (Wheat)|wheat seeds]] (simply called "seeds") than other plant seeds, as a player simply needs to break [[Tall Grass|tall grass]] to find them. [[Carrot]]s are much rarer, as they drop from [[zombie]]s or are found in NPC [[village]]s. [[Melon]]<nowiki/>s can only be found as seeds in abandoned mineshafts or purchased through trading with NPC villagers, or in jungle biomes.
*As of 1.14, villages spawn with [[Hay Bale|hay bales]], which can be easily turned into bread

==Disadvantages==
*Farming can be lengthy. It requires a player to craft a [[hoe]], gather [[Seeds (Wheat)|wheat seeds]], till a field, plant the seeds, and the wait to harvest. Although [[bonemeal]] can speed up the growing process, it is harder to obtain due to the fact that you have to obtain [[bone]]<nowiki/>s.
*Bread has less saturation than other foods, such as [[porkchop]]s or [[steak]], so more bread is needed to heal the same amount.
*When compared to a carrot, bread is less efficient space-wise, and requires a [[Crafting Table|crafting table]] to make while [[carrot]]s do not.

==History==
===Pre-1.8===
Like all other foods, bread used to restore 2.5 hearts during this stage of ''Minecraft''<nowiki/>'s development. It did not stack (like other food), making storage overly expansive.

===Post-1.8===
With the introduction of the [[hunger]] system, bread was converted from restoring health to restoring hunger, keeping the same restore value as before.

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[[Category:Items]]
[[Category:Foods]]
[[Category:Farming]]
[[Category:Crafting]]
[[Category:Dungeon Loot]]
[[Category:Trading]]