Apple in Minecraft, shown for the A Balanced Diet advancement (Husbandry tab) — Apple in Minecraft, shown here for A Balanced Diet in the Husbandry tab. Image: AMCMLE Apple Street.png from minecraft.wiki, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.

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A Balanced Diet

Eat everything that is edible, even if it's not good for you

Requirements: Eat every food item in the game at least once.

A Balanced Diet advancement icon in Minecraft

Challenge Complete!A Balanced Diet

Overview

A Balanced Diet is a challenge advancement in the Husbandry tab of Minecraft's advancement system, carrying the in-game description "Eat everything that is edible, even if it's not good for you." It branches directly off A Seedy Place, so that earlier advancement is its prerequisite and must be earned first. The Husbandry tab covers advancements related to farming, animal breeding, food, and the natural world. A Balanced Diet was added in Minecraft 1.12 and is still in the 26.2 advancement set.

It is rated Expert difficulty on this site: extremely difficult challenges that require extensive game knowledge and dedication. Because it is flagged as a challenge advancement, completing A Balanced Diet makes a special toast and a sound play, and its frame in the advancement screen is the magenta challenge style rather than a normal square. Challenges are the hardest tier and usually represent a milestone rather than routine progress. Nothing else in the tree depends on it, so it is a leaf at the tip of its branch.

In tree terms, A Balanced Diet sits second along its line: the full path from the Husbandry root reads Husbandry -> A Seedy Place -> A Balanced Diet. That means 2 advancements must be completed before this one becomes available, and A Balanced Diet is one of 31 total advancements in the Husbandry tab. It shares its parent, A Seedy Place, with one sibling, Serious Dedication, which unlocks from the same point.

How to Complete A Balanced Diet

Earning A Balanced Diet comes down to the following, performed in order:

Eat every food item in the game at least once.
This includes all types of meat, fish, crops, baked goods, golden apples, enchanted golden apples, chorus fruit, suspicious stew, honey bottles, dried kelp, and more.
40 foods in total.

Tips & Fastest Route

Fastest route: Eat one of every edible item, including golden and enchanted golden apples, chorus fruit and suspicious stew.
Keep a checklist of the 40 foods; the special ones (enchanted golden apple, pufferfish, spider eye) are easy to miss.
You can eat at full hunger by using items like the enchanted golden apple that are always consumable.
Make sure A Seedy Place is already ticked off before you start, otherwise A Balanced Diet will not be tracked even if you perform the steps correctly.
As a challenge advancement this is best saved until you are well-equipped; rushing A Balanced Diet underprepared is the usual reason attempts fail, so gather everything the steps above require before you commit.

Common Mistakes

Remember that A Balanced Diet will not appear as available until A Seedy Place is done, since the game only tracks an advancement once its parent has been unlocked.

Reward & What It Unlocks

Completing A Balanced Diet grants 100 experience points, reflecting its status as a challenge, and challenge advancements pay out far more XP than ordinary tasks. The XP drops at your position the moment the advancement fires.

It is a leaf advancement, so nothing further unlocks from it; it stands as a completed tip of its branch.

Details

Advancement ID: minecraft:husbandry/balanced_diet
Icon Item: Apple
Category: Husbandry
Difficulty: Expert
XP Reward: 100 XP
Version Added: 1.12

Advancement Tree

Parent Advancement

A Seedy Place

Plant a seed and watch it grow

Child Advancements

Leaf advancement (no children)

Related Resources

Items Database Mobs Database Biomes Database Structures Database

A Balanced Diet Advancement FAQ

How is A Balanced Diet earned?

Eat one of every edible item, including golden and enchanted golden apples, chorus fruit and suspicious stew. Nothing else gates A Balanced Diet: that action alone earns it.

A Balanced Diet: how hard is it?

Expert. Of 31 entries in the Husbandry tab, 4 sit where A Balanced Diet sits. A Balanced Diet is flagged a challenge, the hardest kind.

When did A Balanced Diet arrive?

Since Java Edition 1.12. 54 of the 126 here, A Balanced Diet included, arrived together and are still present.

Is A Balanced Diet the last step?

A Balanced Diet is a leaf, with nothing hanging below. Everything else branches from A Seedy Place or higher.

Why is A Balanced Diet a challenge?

The game marks A Balanced Diet that way, which is why A Balanced Diet pays 100 XP instead of 10.

What blocks A Balanced Diet?

Check A Seedy Place first, then the wording: eat every food item in the game at least once.

What sits beside A Balanced Diet?

Just Serious Dedication. A Seedy Place unlocks it and A Balanced Diet at once.

What leads to A Balanced Diet?

Husbandry down to A Balanced Diet is 2 hops, the last two being Husbandry and A Seedy Place.

What do players miss on A Balanced Diet?

Keep a checklist of the 40 foods; the special ones (enchanted golden apple, pufferfish, spider eye) are easy to miss.

Do you need anything for A Balanced Diet?

A Seedy Place gates A Balanced Diet. Eat every food item in the game at least once.

Which tab holds A Balanced Diet?

A Balanced Diet sits in the Husbandry tab, listed minecraft:husbandry/balanced_diet, 9 of 31.

A Balanced Diet: how much XP does it give?

A Balanced Diet awards 100 XP. Across 31 entries the Husbandry tab holds 400, so this is 25% of it.

Read from A Balanced Diet itself: 100 XP, Expert on our scale, Java 1.12.