How to Get the "Two by Two" advancement in Minecraft

For Minecraft completionists, the "Two by Two" advancement is one of the most grueling yet satisfying challenges in the Java Edition. While many players naturally breed cows or sheep for food, this advancement requires you to breed every single breedable animal in the game. The great thing about this advancement is that it has the right level of challenge.

You need to find different animal pairs to get the advancement which makes exploring the blocky world of Minecraft fun. If you are looking to check this massive achievement off your list, you need to travel to almost every biome. Here is a comprehensive guide on how to complete it.

Getting the Two by Two advancement in Minecraft

Breeding farm animals in Minecraft like chickens is the easiest (Image via Mojang Studios)

To unlock "Two by Two," you must successfully breed a pair of every animal type that allows it. Simply finding them isn’t enough; you must feed them their specific food item to induce the "love mode" and produce a baby.

As of the latest updates (including the Trails & Tales and Tricky Trials updates), the list has grown significantly. Since there are many types of animals in the game, we have created different categories to make understanding the process easier. Here is the breakdown by category.

1. Common farm animals: These are the easiest to check off. You likely have most of these near your starter base.

• Cow / Mooshroom: Feed them wheat. (Note: Mooshrooms count separately from standard cows).
• Sheep: Feed them wheat.
• Goat: Found in mountain biomes; feed them wheat.
• Pig: Feed them carrots, potatoes, or beetroots.
• Chicken: Feed them any seeds (wheat, pumpkin, melon, or beetroot).
• Rabbit: Feed them carrots, dandelions, or golden carrots.
• Bee: Feed them any flower.

2. Companion mobs: These mobs generally need to be tamed before they can be bred.

• Wolf: Must be tamed with bones first. Breed them with any meat (raw or cooked) or rotten flesh.
• Cat: Tame stray cats in villages or witch huts using raw fish. Breed them with raw cod or raw salmon.
• Llama: Tame them by riding. Breed them with hay bales.
• Horse / Donkey: Tame them first. Breed them with golden carrots or golden apples.

Some animals in Minecraft require you to visit specific biomes, such as camels (Image via Mojang Studios)

3. Biome-specific mobs: This is where you need to up your exploration game. You will need to travel far to find these specific creatures.

• Ocelot: Found in jungles. They don't need to be tamed, but you must trust-breed them with raw cod or raw salmon.
• Fox: Found in taigas. Breed them with sweet berries.
• Panda: Found in bamboo jungles. Breed them with bamboo. (Note: There must be at least 8 blocks of bamboo growing nearby for them to breed).
• Turtle: Found on beaches. Breed them with seagrass.
• Axolotl: Found in lush caves. Breed them using buckets of tropical fish.
• Frog: Found in swamps. Breed them with slimeballs.
• Camel: Found in desert villages. Breed them with cactus.
• Sniffer: Hatched from eggs found in suspicious sand/gravel. Breed them with torchflower seeds.
• Armadillo: Found in savannas. Breed them with spider eyes.
• Note: Polar bears and dolphins cannot be bred.

4. Tricky mobs: These require specific preparation or dangerous travel.

• Hoglin: Found in crimson forests (Nether). They are hostile! You need to feed them crimson fungus.
• Strider: The passive lava-walkers of the Nether. Breed them with warped fungus.
• Mule: This is the only "hybrid" requirement. You must crossbreed a horse and a donkey to get a mule.

The advancements in Minecraft require you to do specific tasks and often, they are very challenging. Two by Two is great because the breeding process is easy and it requires you to find the different animals in Minecraft, grow or get the food needed for breeding, and then populate the blocky world.

Edited by Pranay Mishra