Minecraft creators are still expanding the game content as they continually introduce new possibilities to the game. One of the most interesting mechanics included in the Minecraft world is breeding. It allows two mobs of the same species to produce offspring. Players can cause the animals to breed, yet it requires some knowledge and patience.

In today’s guide, we’ll show you how you can get yourself a four-legged steed that will accompany you on your adventures. Let’s explain how to breed horses in Minecraft .

Without further ado, let’s get straight into it.

Where Do Horses Spawn? 

As a part of the Minecraft ecosystem, a horse is a mob that usually spawns in herds of 2-6 in plains and savannas . Savanna is a biome covered with grass, having different types of trees.

Wild horses can be found in groups around villages within stables and animal pens. However, in case of a problem with finding a horse in any of these areas, you can use a spawn egg. 

In the same herd, horses are of the same color and markings. However, in general horses in Minecraft have 1 of 7 base colors and 1 of 5 markings. This means that there are a variety of horse coat combinations or variations.

What Can I Use Minecraft Horses For?

In Minecraft, tamed and saddled horses can serve as a means of transport . Horses move faster and jump higher than a player, so they can help with climbing hills and avoiding obstacles like fences. What’s more, players can ride a horse in water (2 blocks deep is the maximum depth).

What Are the Types of Horses in Minecraft?

Here are five categories of horses in Minecraft along with screenshots and the most important things about them:

Normal Horses 

These are the most common horses. Normal horses can be tamed and ridden. What’s more, players can equip normal horses with Horse Armors. These items change the appearance of the horse, improve their stats and decrease taken damage.

There are four types of Horse Armors in Minecraft:

○ Diamond Armor,

○ Gold Armor,

○ Iron Armor,

○ Leather Armor (Bedrock Exclusive).

Donkeys

They also can be tamed and ridden, yet there is no possibility of putting a Horse Armor in the Armor Slot. Unlike horses, donkeys can carry a Chest, which adds additional inventory slots.

Mules 

Mules can be tamed and ridden. It’s an offspring of a donkey and a horse. Similar to a donkey, a mule can carry a Chest. Playing the ‘tug of war’ on multiplayer mode can determine which mule is faster.

Skeleton Horses 

An undead variation of a normal horse. Skeleton Horses can be tamed when they spawn. They won’t breed even if they are put in love mode. They spawn from skeleton traps. Skeleton horses can be used in any depth of water.

Zombie Horses

Another undead variant of a horse. Zombie horses spawn from a zombie horse spawn eggs or after using /summon command.

You can only breed two tamed horses. It means that two wild horses have to be tamed before they can actually get into the love mode.

To tame wild horses in Minecraft, follow these steps:

● First, you need to face the same directory as the horse does. Thus, whenever the horse turns in any direction, you have to follow the horse.

● Then you just keep right-clicking on the horse until it eventually gets tamed. You might have to do it 10 or even 100 times to tame a horse. The number of attempts simply depends on your luck.

● When you see the series of hearts above the horse, you know that the horse is tamed.

Now, you can start riding the horse. The inventory has two additional spots, one for a saddle and the other for a Horse Armor. To do so, click the Shift+Right Click mouse button to open inventory and drag the items onto the saddle slot or armor slot. If you want to jump, just click the SPACE button and ride the horse using the WASD buttons.

To get to know how to breed horses in Minecraft and start your horse ranch, you’ll need two adult horses close to each other. You have to make sure that neither of them escapes. To solve this issue and breed horses safely, one of the ways is to build a pen with a fence. Then, get the two horses there or tie the horses to a fence post using lead.

In order to actually breed horses, players need a particular food item in your equip bar at the bottom of the screen. That can be either:

● Two golden apples . Players can craft a golden apple from 6 gold ingots and an apple in a crafting table.

● Two god apples (enchanted golden apples). They’re obtainable from dungeon chests.

● Two golden carrots . Players can craft a golden carrot from a carrot and 6 gold nuggets.

Then, players have to use apples or golden carrots on each adult horse to make them breed. As the hearts appear over their heads, it means that they enter love mode. After a second you should see a baby horse. If you breed two horses of a different color, they either inherit the values like color and markings of parents or get

a random mutation color.

Congratulations! The breeding process has been completed successfully. At first, the foal is half the height of the parents and it isn’t tamed so you. You’ll need to tame it once it grows into an adult horse.

Tip: Normally it takes 20 minutes, but you can facilitate the breeding horses process if you have food at hand. By giving the baby horses (foals) food, precisely wheat, carrots, and golden carrots or hay bale, they grow way faster. Six hay bales are enough to turn a baby horse into an adult.

Breeding horses in Minecraft world requires two horses which are already adults. Before you breed horses, keep in mind the two horses have to be tamed. During taming a horse, you have to mount it until you see the hearts. It simply depends on your luck.

After you manage to tame the animals, get them close to each other and use food items. These may be either two god apples, two golden apples, or golden carrots. Then, use the chosen materials on each of the creatures to start the process. It will cause the animals to enter love mode and produce a foal. So, there’s nothing more to say! It’s your time to put theory into practice.

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