How to Make a Saddle in Minecraft (2024)
Feb. 13, 2023If you want to ride and control a horse or the camel mob in Minecraft, you need to use a saddle. This item unlocks one of the most reliable ways to travel in the game. Not to forget, thanks to the camel’s height, the saddle acts as a major tactical advantage to the user. But, how do you get a saddle? Can you craft it? Let’s answer all these questions and find out how to make a saddle in Minecraft in our dedicated guide.
What is a saddle in Minecraft?
The saddle is a utility item that you need to ride, and in some cases,control rideable mobsin the game. It looks similar to leather in terms of design and texture but, unlike leather, you can’t color or addarmor trims in Minecraftto the saddle.
How to Find a Saddle in Minecraft
There are 4 ways to get a saddle in Minecraft:
Unfortunately, the saddle is a treasured item, and itcan’t be craftedon thecrafting table. So, the only way to obtain it is by exploring the world and using the in-game looting methods. Here are the various methods to get a saddle:
You can find a saddle in various chests in all the game’s dimensions. They often spawn in the following locations:
As per theMinecraft Wiki, the chests in Nether Fortress have the highest spawn rate of chests with this item. So, you might have tomake a Nether portalwhile trying to get a saddle.
Much like other treasure items, you can catch saddles while fishing in the overworld waterbodies. But keep in mind that, it has aspawn rate of less than 1%. So, you might need to fish for a long time before getting your hands on the saddle. Though, as an alternative, you can alsocreate an AFK fish farm in Minecraft. While it will take some time, you can get a bunch of saddles as well as other items without putting in much effort.
Another reliable method to find saddles is killingStridersandRavagers. Out of these, ravagers always spawn with a saddle, but you have to trigger a raid to make them spawn. Meanwhile, striders only spawn with a saddle if a zombified Piglin is riding them. Unfortunately, neither of theseMinecraft mobshave fixed spawn circumstances so you can’t create a farm to collect saddles via them. However, if you are playing on thesurvival servers, you can kill other players’ saddled mobs to obtain their saddles.
Being leather-like items, saddles are available as a tradable item with Master-level leatherworker villagers. They sell saddles for 6 emeralds. This trade always shows up on the Java edition, but Bedrock users will only see it around half of the time. Not to forget, you can quickly set up avillager trading hallto get not only saddles but also emeralds with easy trades.
Now that you have finally found a saddle, it’s time to use it. Before jumping straight into equipping a saddle, let’s go over all the mobs you can ride first and those include the following:
However, not every mob functions in the same way. For example, you first need totame a horse in Minecraftbefore using the saddle. Plus, mobs like pigs require bait (carrot on a stick) to control them even after placing a saddle. However, if you want to break away from these limitations, theride command in Minecraftwill allow you to ride any mob in the game. Not only that, but it also looks rather silly and entertaining.
Now, let’s go over the two main ways to equip a saddle onto a mob.
The saddle slot is available only to camels, horses, donkeys, mules, and skeleton horses. If you are trying to ride one of these mobs, follow the steps below:
One of the simplest ways to equip a saddle is by placing it on the mob. This method works for all rideable mobs in-game. But, mobs like horses have to be tamed first before they can be ridden. With that said, here’s how to directly place a saddle on a mob:
While this method is not the ideal one, you can also use adispenserin Minecraft to put a saddle on your mobs. Here’s how it works:
Now, you are ready to go on adventures around your Minecraft world. But keep in mind that even though ridingMinecraft mobsaround the overworld might be easy, it’s not the fastest method to explore the world. At a later stage in your game, we suggest you get theElytra in Minecraft. Other than teleportation, it is the most efficient way to travel in Minecraft. Anyway, which Minecraft mob are you going to ride first? Tell us in the comments below!
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