[view] • Cocoa Beans, also known as the Brown Dye, are a material used for making Cookies and brown wool.
As of Beta 1.4, Cocoa Beans were formally brought into the game as a reward found in Dungeons' chests (80% Chance) and Abandoned Mine Shafts. Also as of Beta 1.4, brown sheep naturally spawn which made obtaining brown wool easier.
Cocoa Beans were among the rarest obtainable items on old maps (after golden apples and cookies) as they could only be found in dungeons generated after the 1.4 patch. Now they can be found on redwood trees, only in a jungle.
It is rumored that using a green dye and a red dye would make cocoa beans, but its not true.