Why the horse follow me? from Minecraft
This Minecraft tutorial explains how to tame and ride a horse with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.
After you have tamed a horse in Minecraft, you can put a saddle on it and ride the horse. The saddle allows you to control the movements of the horse. Let's explore how to do this.
Required Materials to Ride a Horse
In Minecraft, these are the materials you can use to ride a horse:
Steps to Tame and Ride a Horse
1. Find a Horse
In Minecraft when you find a horse, you can tame it.
Horses are usually found in the Plains biome.
If you are having trouble finding a horse, you can always summon a horse using a cheat or you can use a spawn egg.
2. Tame the Horse
First, select an empty slot in your hotbar (because you must use your hand to tame the horse). You will tame a horse by repeatedly trying to mount the horse and getting bucked off.
The game control to tame the horse depends on the version of Minecraft:
- For Java Edition (PC/Mac), right click on the horse.
- For Pocket Edition (PE), you move your pointer over the horse and press the Mount button.
- For Xbox 360 and Xbox One, press the LT button on the Xbox controller.
- For PS3 and PS4, press the L2 button on the PS controller.
- For Wii U, press the ZL button on the gamepad.
- For Nintendo Switch, press the ZL button on the controller.
- For Windows 10 Edition, right click on the horse.
- For Education Edition, right click on the horse.
The horse will buck you off. Each time you are knocked off, try to mount the horse again. After every attempt, the horse will let you sit on it a bit longer before it bucks you off.
When the horse is tamed, you should see red hearts appear all around the horse and the horse will no longer buck you off.
Now at this point, you can sit on the horse but you can not control the movement of the horse until you put a saddle on the horse. So let's learn how to put a saddle on the horse.
3. Put a Saddle on the Horse
To put a saddle on a horse, select the saddle in your hotbar. The game control to put the saddle on the horse depends on the version of Minecraft:
- For Java Edition (PC/Mac), right click on the horse to mount it and then press E for inventory.
- For Pocket Edition (PE), you move your pointer over the horse and press the Mount button. Once mounted, tap on the button with 3 dots to open your inventory and then tap on the button with the picture of a saddle.
- For Xbox 360 and Xbox One, press the LT button on the Xbox controller to mount the horse and then press the Y button to open your inventory.
- For PS3 and PS4, press the L2 button on the PS controller to mount the horse and then press the Triangle button to open your inventory.
- For Wii U, press the ZL button on the gamepad to mount the horse and then press the X button to open your inventory.
- For Nintendo Switch, press the ZL button on the controller to mount the horse and then press the X button to open your inventory.
- For Windows 10 Edition, right click on the horse to mount it and then press E for inventory.
- For Education Edition, right click on the horse to mount it and then press E for inventory.
A window should open displaying the items that your horse is wearing.
Move the saddle from the hotbar to the saddle box on the left side of the horse picture.
After you move the saddle to the saddle box, you will see your horse's appearance change as the saddle is worn.
Now when you return to the game, you should see the horse wearing the saddle. Now let's learn how to ride the horse.
4. Mount the Horse
Now that you have tamed and put a saddle on a horse, you can ride it and control its movements. The game control to mount the horse depends on the version of Minecraft:
- For Java Edition (PC/Mac), right click on the horse.
- For Pocket Edition (PE), you move your pointer over the horse and press the Mount button.
- For Xbox 360 and Xbox One, press the LT button on the Xbox controller.
- For PS3 and PS4, press the L2 button on the PS controller.
- For Wii U, press the ZL button on the gamepad.
- For Nintendo Switch, press the ZL button on the controller.
- For Windows 10 Edition, right click on the horse.
- For Education Edition, right click on the horse.
You will mount and be riding the horse. You can move the horse using the same controls that you use to move yourself.
Change the camera angle if you want to see yourself riding the horse.
5. Dismount the Horse
The game control to dismount the horse depends on the version of Minecraft:
- For Java Edition (PC/Mac), press the left shift key.
- For Pocket Edition (PE), press the Center button (ie: crouch/sneak button) twice.
- For Xbox 360 and Xbox One, press the Right Stick (RS) on the Xbox controller.
- For PS3 and PS4, press the Right Stick (RS) on the PS controller.
- For Wii U, press the Right Stick (RS) on the gamepad.
- For Nintendo Switch, press the Right Stick (RS) on the controller.
- Windows 10 Edition, press the left shift key.
- For Education Edition, press the left shift key.
Congratulations, you have just learned how to tame and ride a horse in Minecraft!
Things to Do with Horses
Here are some activities that you can do with horses in Minecraft:
Other Advanced Tutorials
I love to ride horses in video games, so when I found out you could ride a horse in Minecraft, I had to give it a try. I talk about this some in my instructable about Minecraft Animals/Mobs, but I wanted to devote an Instructable to how to (tame and) ride a horse in Minecraft.
In order to ride a Horse, all you need is a Saddle. Unfortunately, you cannot make a saddle, you have to find one. You can find them occasionally in chests around the world.
Optionally, you can put Horse Armor on Horses (not Donkey's or Mules). This also can only be found, not crafted.
You can equip a Donkey or Mule with a Chest to have it hold supplies for you (you cannot add a chest to a Horse).
Before you can ride a Horse, you need to tame it.
The way to tame it is, while not holding an item, click on the Horse like you would to use an item. The Horse will most likely buck you off. You need to repeat this until hearts appear, but you can also feed the Horse Apples, Wheat, Golden Apples, Golden Carrots, Wheat, or a Hay Bale to help tame it.
Now your Horse is tamed.
Once your Horse is tamed, it will no longer buck you off, but you need to put a saddle on it before you can control where it goes.
Either get on the Horse or point towards the Horse and open your inventory menu. This will open up your inventory and the Horse's menu. Drag the saddle up where the outline of the saddle is. Now you can ride.
Optionally, put armor on your Horse. It goes right below where you put the saddle.
You cannot ride in water that is deeper than 1 block. If you do, you will be thrown off the Horse and the Horse will start drowning. If you do this, use a lead to get your Horse out of the water so you can ride it again.
A horse can walk over flat land and over blocks that are 1 block high. I've read online that they can jump high, but I've only been able to get mine to jump 2 blocks high. To do this you need to hold down the space bar until the action bar (above your items) reaches the top of the blue (see image). Then let go and your horse will jump. Don't forget to go forward at the same time.
You can only use a chest on a Donkey or a Mule. To equip it, just use it on the Donkey or Mule just like you would use any other item.
Unlike saddles and Horse Armor, you cannot get the chest back from the Donkey or Mule. The only way to get it is to kill the Donkey.