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Taming is a mechanic that allows the player to domesticate and tame a wild mob.
Mobs that trust the player, do not flee, and do not despawn.
Some mobs are always rideable, without needing to tame them. Riding these mobs usually requires them to be equipped with a saddle.
Each animal can be tamed via different mechanics. Wolves can be tamed by giving the animal bones. Cats and parrots can be tamed by giving the animal its favorite food. Once tamed, these animals follow the player unless told to sit. Tamed wolves fight alongside their master. Tamed wolves and cats can be bred, and they stop hunting animals by themselves. Tamed parrots can ride on the player's shoulder and mimic nearby mob sounds.
Horses, donkeys, mules, llamas, trader llamas, and zombie horses can be tamed by repeatedly mounting the animal until it stops bucking the player off. Feeding them their favorite foods makes taming them easier. Once tamed, these animals can be bred and given equipment. Tamed horses, donkeys and mules can be controlled while riding, but only if equipped with a saddle.
In Bedrock Edition, skeleton horses do not need a saddle to be controlled while riding, while in Java Edition, skeleton horses are tamed by default after the horse trap is triggered.
Upon the death of a pet wolf, cat, parrot, nautilus, or zombie nautilus the message is broadcast to the pet's owner in Java Edition or to all players in the server in Bedrock Edition. In Bedrock Edition, death messages are also produced upon the death of a pet horse, zombie horse, donkey, mule, llama, or trader llama.
Some mobs that cannot be tamed can still trust the player. These mobs will not flee from trusted players, and they do not despawn.
A fox's trust cannot be gained if it spawns naturally, however baby foxes born after the player breeds two adult foxes will trust the player. When the fox matures into an adult, it will attack some mobs if they attack the player.
An ocelot's trust can be gained by feeding it raw cod or salmon.
These are the foods and other items that are helpful in taming animals or otherwise gaining their trust. No items are usable for taming skeleton horses.
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other | ||||||
| 👁 Image | 👁 Image | Leader of the Pack | Befriend five wolves. | Note: This does not have to be in a single game, so multiple games or reloading old saves does count toward this achievement. | 20 | Bronze | |
| 👁 Image | 👁 Image | Saddle Up | Tame a horse. | — | 20 | Bronze | |
| 👁 Image | 👁 Image | Where have you been? | Receive a gift from a tamed cat in the morning. | The gift must be picked up from the ground. | 20 | Bronze | |
| 👁 Image | 👁 Image | Plethora of Cats | Befriend twenty stray cats. | Befriend and tame twenty stray cats found in villages. They do not all need to be tamed in a single world. | 20 | Silver | |
| 👁 Image | 👁 Image | Lion Hunter | Gain the trust of an Ocelot. | Tame an ocelot. | 15 | Bronze | |
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 👁 Image 👁 Image | Best Friends Forever | Tame an animal | Tame one of these 11 tameable animals:
Skeleton Horse can be tamed in the same way as a regular horse to gain this advancement with the ride command. |
| 👁 Image 👁 Image | A Complete Catalogue | Tame all Cat variants! | Tame each of these 11 cat variants: |
| 👁 Image 👁 Image | The Whole Pack | Tame one of each Wolf variant | Tame each of these 9 wolf variants: |
| Java Edition Beta | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.4 | Added wolves. | ||||||
| Java Edition | |||||||
| 1.2.1 | 12w04a | Added ocelots. | |||||
| Cats were also added but not as an individual mob. | |||||||
| 1.6.1 | 13w16a | Added horses, donkeys, mules, skeleton horses, and zombie horses. | |||||
| 1.8 | 14w27a | Added rabbits. | |||||
| 14w34a | Rabbits can no longer be tamed. | ||||||
| 1.11 | 16w39a | Added llamas. | |||||
| 1.12 | 17w13a | Added parrots. | |||||
| 1.14 | 18w44a | Added cats as a separate mob from ocelots. | |||||
| 19w05a | Added trader llamas. | ||||||
| 19w07a | Added foxes. | ||||||
| 1.21.11 | 25w41a | Added nautiluses and zombie nautiluses. | |||||
| Zombie horses can now be tamed without commands. | |||||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v0.9.0 | build 1 | Added wolves. | |||||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | Added ocelots. | |||||
| Cats were also added but not as an individual mob. | |||||||
| v0.15.0 | build 1 | Added horses, donkeys, mules, skeleton horses, and zombie horses. | |||||
| Pocket Edition | |||||||
| 1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | Added llamas. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.2.0 | beta 1.2.0.2 | Added parrots. | |||||
| 1.8.0 | beta 1.8.0.8 | Added cats as a separate mob from ocelots. | |||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | Added trader llamas. | |||||
| 1.13.0 | beta 1.13.0.1 | Added foxes. | |||||
| 1.21.130 | Preview 1.21.130.20 | Added nautiluses and zombie nautiluses. | |||||
| Zombie horses can now be tamed. | |||||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | Added wolves. |
| TU12 | Added ocelots. | ||||||
| Cats were also added but not as an individual mob. | |||||||
| TU19 | CU7 | 1.12 | 1.12 | 1.12 | Added horses, donkeys, mules, skeleton horses, and zombie horses. | ||
| TU54 | CU44 | 1.52 | 1.52 | 1.52 | Patch 24 | 1.0.4 | Added llamas. |
| Added parrots. | |||||||
| 1.83 | Added cats as a separate mob from ocelots. | ||||||
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