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In Minecraft, taming a horse is required to ride it or breed it. You can tame a horse by repeatedly mounting it or feeding it apples. This wikiHow teaches you how to tame a horse.
Method 1
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Mounting a Horse to Tame It
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Locate a horse. Horses are found in plains biomes. Plains biomes are relatively flat, grassy biomes with few trees.[1]
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Right-click the horse with an empty hand. This mounts the horse It will likely buck you off after a few seconds.
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Keep mounting the horse repeatedly. Each time the horse bucks you off, get back on. If it doesn't buck you off, just stay on. Eventually, hearts will appear over the horse, which indicates that the horse has been tamed.
- You can make it easier to tame a horse by feeding it apples. Apples are found by breaking oak leave blocks. You don't need any tools to break oak leave blocks.
- You can breed two tamed horses in close proximity by feeding them until hearts appear over their head. A foul will appear after a few seconds. If you breed a horse and a donkey, they will produce a mule.
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Method 2
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Crafting and Using Horse Items
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Craft a lead. A lead can be crafted out of 4 spider strings and some slimeballs using a crafting table. You can get spider string from killing spiders, and slimeballs from killing slime. Slime spawns in swamp biomes.
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Equip the lead. The lead looks like a leash. Place the lead in your toolbar and select the toolbar slot to equip it.
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(Video) Everything you Need to Know About Horses in Minecraft 1.19 - Mob GuidePlace the reticle on a tamed horse and right-click on it. This places the lead around the horse. You can now walk the horse.
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Click a fence post to tether the horse. While walking a horse with a lead, click a fence post to tether the horse. This keeps it from wandering off.
- Fence posts can be crafted out of wood from trees.
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Craft horse armor. Horse armor can be crafted out of 7 leather, iron, gold, or a diamond using a crafting table. Leather can be obtained by slaughtering cows. Iron, gold and diamond must be mined to obtain. Iron and gold ore needs to be smelted in a furnace to create iron and gold bars.
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Mount a tamed horse and press E. This opens your inventory with the horse menu at the top. You can transfer from your own inventory to the horse.
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Drag the horse armor to the armor slot. The armor slot resembles the top side of a horse in the upper-left corner of the horse inventory window. Drag the horse armor from your own inventory to this slot.
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Put a chest on a mule or a donkey. Place a chest in your toolbar and select the slot with the chest to equip it. Right-click on the mule or donkey's back. That will put the chest on the mule or donkey. Chests can be crafted from 8 wood plank blocks.
- To access the chest, right-click while riding the mule/donkey.
- To remove the chest, right-click while riding the mule or donkey and there will be an icon of a chest in the armor slot. Remove that chest via shift-clicking or dragging the chest to your inventory.
- Chests cannot be placed on a horse.
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Obtain a saddle. A saddle is needed to ride a horse once it is tamed. Saddles are one of the few items that cannot be crafted. You can find a horse saddle in chests in dungeons or nether fortresses. You can also catch a saddle while fishing.[2]
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Mount the horse and press E. This will display your inventory with the horse menu at the top. You can transfer from your own inventory to the horse.
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Drag the saddle to the horse armor slot. It's the slot that resembles a horse saddle in the upper-left corner of the horse inventory. This places the saddle on the horse. With the horse saddle equipped you can mount the horse and control it using the "W" "S", "A", and "D" keys. You can also jump by pressing the spacebar.
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Locate a name tag. Like the saddle, name tags cannot be crafted. They can be found in dungeon chests and within nether fortress chests.[3]
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Use an anvil to engrave a name tag. To engrave a name on a name tag, have the name tag in your inventory and right-click on an anvil. Drag the name tag to the first slot on the left in the anvil menu. Click on the box below "Repair and name" and delete "Name tag" in the box. Then type the name you want to name your horse. Drag the engraved name tag in the slot on the right back into your inventory. This costs 1 enchantment point.
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Equip the name tag. Place the name tag in your toolbar and highlight it in your inventory.
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Place the reticle on a horse and right-click. This places the name tag on the horse and names your horse. You will see the horses name above it.
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How do you craft a saddle?
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You do not craft a saddle. You either install a data pack that gives you a crafting recipe or you have to find a saddle inside either a dungeon or a naturally generated loot chest within a dungeon/village, etc.
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Yes, you can tame a horse in Minecraft. Repeatedly get on the horse despite it kicking you off, eventually it will become friends with you. You will need a saddle to ride it once it's tame. Once tamed, it will stay tame.
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Unlike other mobs you can tame in the game, horses are tamed not by feeding but by getting on and off repeatedly. However, feeding a horse can keep it near and make it easier to tame it.
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Feeding a horse will make it easier to tame. They will eat wheat, hay bales, sugar, apples, bread, golden carrots, and golden apples.
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Mules are not found naturally in Minecraft. Instead, you can breed one using a horse and a donkey.
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Golden apples speed up taming by 50%.
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Horses that aren't trapped in a small fenced area, or are not named or tamed, will despawn eventually.
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If you don't put a saddle on the horse and try to ride it, you'll only get a few steps and then the horse won't budge.
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This article was co-authored by wikiHow staff writer, Travis Boylls. Travis Boylls is a Technology Writer and Editor for wikiHow. Travis has experience writing technology-related articles, providing software customer service, and in graphic design. He specializes in Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, and Linux platforms. He studied graphic design at Pikes Peak Community College. This article has been viewed 1,380,679 times.
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1. Locate a horse in a plains biome.
2. Right-click the horse to mount it.
3. Repeat until hearts appear over the horse.
4. Feed the horse to make the process go faster.
5. Walk the horse with a lead.
6. Ride the horse with a saddle.
To learn how to ride a horse after you've tamed it, scroll down!
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How do you tame a horse on Minecraft PC? ›
The way to tame it is, while not holding an item, click on the Horse like you would to use an item. The Horse will most likely buck you off. You need to repeat this until hearts appear, but you can also feed the Horse Apples, Wheat, Golden Apples, Golden Carrots, Wheat, or a Hay Bale to help tame it.
How do you tame a picture in Minecraft? ›Ways to tame Pigs in Minecraft and keep them as pets
First, players need to find a few pigs in their world to 'tame. ' As these mobs are quite common, they can be found in most biomes. Once players find them, they can be attracted with the help of carrots or potatoes.
How do I tame horses in Minecraft Pocket Edition? If you're in the latest version, you are supposed to feed them an apple. Keep feeding them until they are tamed. You know if they are tamed when they let you ride them without falling.
Can I tie my horse in Minecraft? ›A lead is essential item to have in Minecraft when you have horses and it looks like a lasso. A lead can be tied to a horse and used as a leash to guide your horse around. Or you can use a lead to tie a horse to a fence post so that it does not run away. Let's explore how to use a lead with a horse in Minecraft.
How do you fully tame a horse? ›To encourage a horse to come to you, it is important to move slowly in your approach to them. Keep using your voice as a way of reassuring them, always keeping your voice low and your tone soft. Pay attention to horses reactions and behavior. If they shy away from your presence as you approach, stop walking.