How To Find, Tame, Ride, And Breed Minecraft Horses

In Minecraft, obtaining an Elytra means you won’t rely on four-legged creatures for swift map navigation anymore, though it might take several hours of gameplay unless you’re speedrunning. Before reaching that point, horses prove indispensable for travel as they are faster than sprinting and less draining on your resources. These equine companions can be found in the wild, tamed, bred, armored, and even possess unique stats. If you’re keen on breeding a top-tier horse, we’ve got plenty of information to help you get started!

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Where to find horses
How to tame horses
How to breed horses
How to heal horses
Horse armor
Minecraft horse statistics
- Health
- Movement speed
- Jump strength

Where to find horses

Typically, horses are found roaming in groups of two to six in grasslands (plains) or savannas. However, you can also find them in stables and enclosures within villages, regardless of the biome. Keep in mind that they won’t appear anywhere with a light level below nine in Java edition or seven in Bedrock version.

There exist numerous types of horses, each distinguished by their color and markings, which can be born either as mature adults or young foals. These colors encompass white, buckskin, flaxen chestnut, bay, black, and dapple gray. With the variety of patterns to choose from, there are approximately 35 unique horse combinations to cater to your taste.

How to tame horses

As a horse enthusiast, when you’ve picked out your preferred steed to bring back to your stable, try mounting it multiple times until it accepts you as its rider. Horses have a temperament level that ranges from 0 (completely calm) to 100 (extremely agitated). Upon initially mounting the horse, a random threshold is selected between 0 and 99. If the horse’s temper exceeds this threshold, it considers you tame. If it doesn’t, you’ll be unceremoniously thrown off its back, and the horse’s temper will rise by five points.

Although the horse may become domesticated over time, allowing you to climb on its back, you won’t have control over its movement until it has a saddle on its back.

How to breed horses

To successfully breed your herd of horses, it’s essential to understand the process. Remember that you can only breed tamed horses, so make sure they are domesticated before moving forward. Once you’ve confirmed their tameness, offer each potential parent horse either golden apples or golden carrots until the heart symbol reappears around them again, signifying readiness for breeding.

This sets off their affectionate state, leading to the birth of a foal. For more information on cross-breeding horses and donkeys to produce a mule, check out our Minecraft breeding tutorial.

How to heal horses

Should your horse sustain an injury, providing it with specific foods can aid in its recovery. Certain nutrients are particularly efficient in promoting heart health over others.

Sugar – 1 heart
Wheat – 2 hearts
Apple – 3 hearts
Golden carrot – 4 hearts
Golden apple – 10 hearts
Hay bale – 20 hearts

Horse armor

Horses are able to don protective gear fashioned from materials like leather, iron, gold, or even diamond. However, unlike you, horses do not have the ability to wear Netherite armor. The other kinds of armor need to be discovered by exploring and searching for them in various world structures, whereas you can craft the leather armor yourself.

Minecraft horse statistics

As a horse enthusiast, I can tell you that every equine is unique in its own way, boasting varying stats such as health, top speed, and jumping ability. These attributes are set at birth or spawning, remaining unchanged regardless of what they eat. Unfortunately, there’s no straightforward method to view these stats. If you’re curious about a horse’s stats, your best bet is to test them out and observe their performance firsthand.

Because a horse’s characteristics are already set at birth or conception, you can test your horses to identify their strongest traits for each characteristic and then crossbreed them. For instance, if one horse is quicker than another, but the other has better jumping skills, mating the two will result in an offspring that is both swift and agile. Crossbreeding this offspring with a third horse having superior health points will produce a well-rounded high-quality horse overall.

Health

A horse’s health can vary between 15 and 30 “health units.” The number of displayed hearts represents the total health, divided by two and then rounded down. When a horse’s health points are an odd number, it won’t show the remaining half-heart. After an unarmed melee attack that reduces its health by half a heart, the horse will have an even number of health units. If not, its health remains an odd number.

Movement speed

A horse’s pace varies between approximately 0.11 mph and 0.34 mph. Compared to an average person’s walking speed of 0.1 mph, riding a horse is noticeably quicker. However, the speed can be modified by status effects, but it’s impossible to determine the exact speed of a horse at any given moment.

Jump strength

In a similar fashion, a horse’s jumping ability varies from 0.4 to 1.0, with a rating of 1.0 enabling it to leap over 5.25 blocks high. On the other hand, a low jump strength barely surpasses the height of one block. Visualize this by arranging a single block next to a stack five blocks tall. To navigate through on a saddled horse, simply press the space bar. Maintain the space bar to build up a charge for the highest possible leap, which is particularly useful for conquering towering mountains.

If unfortunately a horse you are caring for should die, it may yield up to two hides, up to three levels of experience, and any armor it was wearing at the time.

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