Horses are a passive mob primarily used for transportation. As they are considered one of the fastest animals in Minecraft, they are also known to drop leather upon death. In this guide, well cover the process of breeding Horses and will detail the food and items youll need to breed these handy mobs successfully. Looking to breed another animal? Why not check out our
MINECRAFT 1.19.2 How to Breed HORSES (2022)
How to breed horses in Minecraft
To breed two horses in Minecraft, you first need to tame them both. To tame a horse, you need to mount them by right-clicking on them with a free hand. It will likely buck you off at first, but just keep mounting them. Each time you mount them, youre increasing the horses “temper” by 5 points, and once it gets beyond the horses temper threshold (which is a random number between 0 and 99) then the horse will be tamed.
This means you may need to mount a particularly stubborn horse up to 20 times in a row before it is tamed. You can speed up the process by feeding the horse either sugar, wheat, or apples, to increase the horses temper by 3 with each feeding.
To breed horses in Minecraft, you need to feed two nearby tamed horses either a Golden Apple or Golden Carrot each. This will activate “love mode” in both horses, much like the process for breeding other Minecraft mobs such as foxes, goats, bees, and axolotls. Shortly after entering “love mode” the horses will mate, producing a foal. This same process works for donkeys as well as horses.
Whatever you decide to breed, the offsprings stats (HP, speed, and jump height) will be averaged from the two parents stats and a third randomised set of stats. So theres a fairly high chance that two parent horses with high speed will have a child which will also grow up to have very high speed.
If youre breeding two horses, then the colour and markings of the offspring are likely to each be taken from one of the parents, but theres also a low chance of the baby having completely random markings and colouring:
If youd like to inject more variation in the looks of horses, donkeys, and mules, then your best bet is to find a good Minecraft texture pack that does the job for you.
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The health can be determined by looking at the heads-up display (HUD.) The saddle icons replacing your hunger bar while riding a horse is the horse’s health bar. One heart equals two health points. When you ride a horse that has an odd number of health points, the last health point isn’t shown on the HUD. Sometimes, horses have an odd number of health; one method you can check if the horse has an even or odd number of health points/hitpoints is by hitting the horse and mounting the horse to check the hitpoints. If the HUD shows one less health point lost in health than the attack damage of the player, after the player attacks it, either with or without tools, the horse has 1 more health point than shown in the HUD and thus has an odd number of health. If the HUD shows the exact amount lost in health than the total attack damage of the player after the player attacks it, the horse has an even number of health and it has exactly the number of health points/hitpoints as shown in the HUD. The horse might regenerate one health point right after you attack it, so you might want to try again. Heal the horse to full health and attack it again to check again if you’re correct in checking if the horse has an odd or even number of hitpoints. For example, if a horse appears to have 22 hitpoints and you attack it, if the horse has lost one fewer health points than the damage you inflicted to the horse and if the horse didn’t regenerate, then it means that the horse actually has 23 hitpoints.
Horses were added to Minecraft in the 1.6 update. Since then, they have undergone several major transitions regarding their functionality in the game. Breeding animals has undergone a few changes throughout the years, and horses are no exception.
The slowest horses can barely run faster than a player can walk, while the fastest horse in the game is almost twice as fast as a Minecart on powered track! Horses vary in their jumping ability as well, from the minimum of one block (the same as a player) to being able to clear over five blocks! Because of these reasons, its a good idea to selectively breed your most powerful Horses if you want a real powerhouse (powerhorse?) of an animal.
The first step can also be considered the last since it is the only thing youre required to do. To activate Love Mode, you must feed Golden Apples or Golden Carrots to two tamed Horses that are near each other. Upon doing this successfully, the two Horses will mate and produce a Foal.
The most important thing about breeding Horses in Minecraft is that they must be tamed for it to work. You cannot breed wild Horses. Taming is as simple as repeatedly mounting it until it stops bucking you off, but you can find a more in depth guide on how to tame Horses here.
If youre on a quest to eventually breed the most powerful horse possible, you can speed up the process by forcing Foals to grow to a full-sized Horse. To do this, you simply need to feed them things they like. The list below outlines which foods you can feed them, and how much it speeds up the time before they become Horses.
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