- Players can breed tamed horses using golden carrots or golden apples in Minecraft.
- The horse can also be bred with a donkey to get a mule in the game.
- Players can breed horses repeatedly to get one with the best stats of all in the game.
It’s not always possible to have all the biomes and structures close to your spawn point, even when using some of the best Minecraft seeds. So, travelling is unavoidable and is a part of the Minecraft experience. And it is made so much easier, thanks to all the rideable mobs in the game. The fastest option is a horse, as they can be tamed and saddled to move faster through your blocky world. In this guide, we discuss how to breed horses in Minecraft, so you can have more and better mounts.
Where to Find a Horse in Minecraft
The horse is a passive mob that can be saddled up and ridden in Minecraft. They spawn primarily in plains and savanna biomes in herds of 2 to 6 horses. You can also find a horse naturally spawned as a part of a stable in villages. They have a few different colors and marking variants.
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Steps to Breed a Minecraft Horse
Before you can breed horses, you will need to tame them first. So, you will first need to learn how to tame horses in Minecraft .
Once tamed, you can follow the steps below to breed the horses:
- After you have tamed two horses, you need their favorite food to get them in love mode.
- The horses in Minecraft eat golden carrots, golden apples, and enchanted golden apples.
- We suggest you use golden carrots, since they are more easily obtainable in the game. The best way to get golden carrots is through villagers in Minecraft or by crafting them with carrots and gold nuggets.
- Right-click on one of the horses with golden carrots in your hand and then do the same with the other horse.
- The horses will now enter Love Mode, and you will see heart particles above their heads.
Then, the horses will get close to each other and breed a baby horse (foal) in Minecraft. In addition to the foal, you will also get a little bit of XP from breeding the horses. After you breed horses, you need to wait for the cooldown to wear off before you can breed them again.
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How to Breed a Mule in Minecraft
Besides breeding two horses, you can also cross-breed a horse and a donkey in Minecraft. You need to use golden carrots or golden apples for this as well.
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Follow the same steps as above, feed the golden carrot or apple to the horse and donkey. They will enter Love Mode and then spawn a mule foal in Minecraft. Adult mules cannot be bred, so it is the only way to get them in the game.
Speed Up Growth and Get a Minecraft Horse with Better Stats
After you breed two horses or a horse and a donkey, you can speed up the growth of the baby in Minecraft. Here’s a complete list of food items you can feed the baby horse or mule to speed up their growth:
When it comes to the appearance of the foal, they have the same colors and markings as one of the parents most of the time. However, the baby horse’s appearance is random, and it can be assigned random colors too. If you want a baby horse of a specific color, use two adult horses of the required color.
On the other hand, there are three unique states for every horse: health , maximum movement speed, and jump height . For a baby horse, these values can be affected by their parents’ stats. The stats of both parents are averaged with the third random set of values. This means, when you breed horses in Minecraft, their values for health values are added with a third random value and divided by 3. The same thing goes for the other two stats. This means there is randomness involved here as well.
To increase these values and produce the ultimate horse or mule, you will need to breed parents of the best stats you can find. If the foal born has any value higher than the parent when mature, start breeding that horse. Eventually and after many breeding sessions, you will start noticing better and better horses being produced. This is a time-consuming process, so be patient.
The rarest variant of a horse is a skeleton horse. It can only spawn during a thunderstorm, and when you get close, the skeleton horse trap is triggered, and skeleton riders appear.
When breeding two horses gives a foal with stronger stats than its parents, replace the foal with the weakest parent horse and continue the breeding process till you get the perfect and strongest horse in Minecraft.
No, when you have horses of different colors and shades, their speeds will be affected based on its stats and not on their fur color.
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- Spear is a powerful, new weapon that will arrive with the Minecraft Mounts of Mayhem update later this year.
- The Spears can be crafted using two sticks and ingots made from any of these materials: Iron, Gold, or Diamond.
- Players can equip the Spear and charge at enemies on mounts, causing damage, knocking them down, and even dismounting them.
The combat in Minecraft is going to become even more chaotic and exciting with the next update later this year. The final drop of 2025 is going to be called Mounts of Mayhem, as announced in the Minecraft Live September 2025 livestream, and it is packed with some epic features. One of the key highlights is the brand-new tier weapon – the Spear, while the other is the Nautilus mob .
The Spear is not going to be easy to master; however, it can make a difference in combat, whether it’s PvE or PvP battles. So, dive right in to know all about this powerful weapon, and how the combat situation in Minecraft is about to change.
Spear Introduces Mounted Combat in Minecraft
The Spear is not going to be just another melee weapon in Minecraft. Unlike the swords and axes, this one’s not easy to handle. As you wield it longer, it begins to feel heavier with time, reducing its effectiveness for a brief period.
Crafting a spear requires only two sticks and an ingot – Iron, Gold, or even Diamond. Coming to its combat mechanics, the Spear has two attack modes – a short, close-range Jab and a Charge attack. The Charge attack works similarly to a Mace , and the damage done increases with your speed.
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Attacking with a Spear in Minecraft while riding a mount goes through three states:
- Lowered or Idle state is when it can deal damage, knockback enemies, and dismount them from their mount as well.
- Once the Spear starts to shake, you can deal damage and knockback enemies, but not dismount them.
- Finally, once the spear starts to fall, it can only deal damage and no longer cause knockback or dismount enemies.
The Spear of each tier affects how quickly it begins to fall. The diamond Spear, being the heaviest, drops the fastest, but can deliver the heaviest blows to the enemies. Whereas the Iron and Gold versions are lighter but inflict less damage.
New Combat Scenarios in Minecraft Mounts of Mayhem
The Mounts of Mayhem update in Minecraft is all about the diversity in combat. With the addition of the Spear, players can now perform Jousting on any mount. Whether you’re thinking of Horse Jousting on the ground, using Happy Ghasts to take this battle to the skies, or diving underwater and using the new mobs, Nautilus, to battle each other, anything is possible.
Now, if you didn’t have any idea on this topic, Jousting is when two players riding a mount gallop toward each other and try to knock each other off using the Spear. Furthermore, it’s not limited to using this technique on your friends or other players.
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Soon, you’ll be able to ride your favorite companion in the game, equip the Spear, and chase deadly mobs like the Zombies riding horses, or the Drowned riding the Nautilus. However, if you find that the mounts are limiting your strengths, consider flying with the Elytra and clearing out the Pillager Outposts with the Spear. And within the swoosh of a second, you’ll gain the Hero title in the nearby village.
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