Phoenix Egg

Phoenix eggs are rare items that hatch the legendary phoenix.

Analysis
There is a 1 in 200 chance of obtaining one by identifying mystery eggs in an egg analyser.

Hatching
Phoenix eggs can be placed on the ground. They require a light level of at least 9 to hatch. The egg will emit flame particles when the light level is right.

The eggs take 2 Minecraft days (40 real life minutes) to hatch, but will only hatch when the chunk is loaded. Breaking the egg will reset the hatching timer back to zero.

Eggs will change colour depending on its progress; a normal chicken egg colour indicates 0-25%, a yellow colour indicates 25-50%, an orange colour indicates 50-75% and a red colour will indicate 75-100%. Right clicking the egg with the bird encyclopedia will display the current rate of hatching.

Hatching the egg in different environments can alter the genetic behaviour of the phoenix. There are 8 different varieties to find.


 * Black Phoenix: Hatch the egg during a full moon.
 * Cloud Phoenix: Hatch the egg above the clouds.
 * Desert Phoenix: Hatch the egg in a desert biome.
 * Ender Phoenix: Hatch the egg in the End.
 * Nether Phoenix: Hatch the egg in the Nether.
 * Snow Phoenix: Hatch the egg in a snowy biome.
 * Water Phoenix: Hatch the egg in an ocean biome.

A regular phoenix will hatch if it meets none of the other criteria.