How to Train a Horse in Minecraft

Last Updated: September 12, 2019 References

Training horses in Minecraft can be useful when you want to jump over high blocks, climb hills, or travel to a destination in the game within a short period of time. First, you must tame your horse by attempting to mount it several times; then, you must place a saddle onto your horse to gain control over his movements.

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Taming Your Horse

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Navigate to the horse, donkey, or mule you want trained.
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Verify that no items are selected in your inventory’s hotbar. Your character must not be holding any items such as tools, weapons, or food in its hands when taming a horse.

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Right-click directly on the horse. Your character will mount the horse, and the horse will allow you to ride him for a brief period of time. After a few moments, the horse will buck, and your character will be thrown from the horse.
- Pocket Edition (PE): Tap on the horse to mount the horse.
- PS3 / PS4 Edition: Point to the horse and press L2 to mount the horse.
- Xbox 360 / Xbox One: Point to the horse and press the left trigger (LT) button to mount the horse.
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Continue to right-click and “tame” the horse until the horse emits a series of red hearts. This indicates that the horse has been tamed, and is familiar with your character. Taming your horse may require several attempts.
- Speed up the taming process by providing your horse with apples, wheat, sugar, bread, hay bales, or golden carrots. These items have been shown to tame a horse sooner than average, and may result in fewer taming attempts.^{[1]
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Controlling Your Horse

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Verify that your character owns a saddle. To control your horse after he’s been tamed, you must ride the horse using a saddle.
- Trade for a saddle in the village, search for a saddle while fishing, or search for a saddle in chests located in dungeons, nether fortresses, blacksmith shops, the desert, or the jungle.^{[2]
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Press “E” on your keyboard while riding the horse. This will open the horse’s inventory.
- Pocket Edition (PE): Tap on the triple dot button to open the horse’s inventory.
- PS3 / PS4 Edition: Press the triangle button to open the horse’s inventory.
- Xbox 360 / Xbox One: Press the Y button to open the horse’s inventory.^{[3]
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Move the saddle from your inventory over to the “saddle” box located to the left of the horse. The saddle will now be placed on your horse or donkey.^{[4]
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Right-click on the horse to mount the horse. Your horse will now be officially tamed and trained, and you can move the horse using the same controls you use to move your own character.^{[5]
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Community Q&A

Question

How do I make the horse jump?

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Community Answer

Once you have trained a horse, saddle it, and get on. You now control the horse. The button you press to jump will make the horse jump instead. The longer you hold the button, the higher the horse will jump!
Question

Can I use golden apples as a benefit to taming the horses?

Community Answer

Yes, it helps in the faster taming of the horse. Instead of mounting and waiting for the hearts to pop up, you can just feed them golden apples or golden carrots.
Question

What do the horses eat?

Gaming_Online

Community Answer

Horses don't need to eat, but when they're foals, you can use hay to make them grow up quicker, and untrained horses usually let you "feed" them apples.

Warnings

All adult horses, donkeys, and mules can be trained in Minecraft; however, zombie horses and skeleton horses cannot be trained. Keep this factor in mind before attempting to train or tame a zombie or skeleton horse.

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