Horse

Horse
Health points	15HP × 7.5 to 30HP × 15
Armor points	0 () ; See horse armor
Behavior	Passive
Mob type	Animal
Hitbox size	In Java Edition:; Adult:; Height: 1.6 blocks; Width: 1.3965 blocks; Foal:; Height: 0.8 blocks; Width: 0.6982 blocks; In Bedrock Edition:; Adult:; Height: 1.6 blocks; Width: 1.4 blocks; Foal:; Height: 0.8 blocks; Width: 0.7 blocks
Spawn	Plains ; Sunflower Plains ; Savanna ; Savanna Plateau ; Windswept Savanna ; Villages
Usable items	Saddle; Horse Armor; Lead; Shears; Sugar; Wheat; Apple; Carrot; Golden Carrot; Golden Apple; Enchanted Golden Apple; Hay Bale; Golden Dandelion [upcoming First Drop 2026];

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A horse is a passive mob that can be ridden when tamed and saddled, and can wear horse armor. Different horses have different run speeds, jump heights and health points, and these attributes can be inherited and improved through breeding.

Spawning

Naturally spawned horse herd. Notice the same color but different markings.

Horses spawn in plains and savannas in herds of 2–6. For horses, all combinations of color and markings are equally likely. All members of the herd have the same color, but markings may vary. 20% of all individual horses spawn as babies. In Java Edition, all individual horses spawn as adults when using spawn eggs.^[1]

Villages naturally generate with stables and animal pens containing horses.

Horse spawns in:

Category: Creature	Java Edition			Bedrock Edition
Spawn area	Spawn weight	Spawn chance	Group size	Spawn weight	Group size
Plains	⁵⁄₄₆	10.87%	2–6	4	2–6
Sunflower Plains	⁵⁄₄₆	10.87%	2–6	4	2–6
Windswept Savanna	¹⁄₅₂	1.92%	2–6	1	2–6
Savanna	¹⁄₅₂	1.92%	2–6	1	2–6
Savanna Plateau	¹⁄₆₈	1.47%	2–6	1	2–6

Appearance

All 35 colorations of horses. Base colors, from left to right: white, creamy, chestnut, brown, black, gray, and dark brown. Markings, from bottom to top: none, white stockings and blaze, white field, white spots, and black dots.

Each horse variant has unique features and markings, and a foal. Adult horses are 1.4 blocks wide and long, and 1.6 blocks high. Foals start at half the size of adults, and in Bedrock Edition‌^{[until BE 26.0]}, get progressively bigger as they age. Unlike wolves and cats, horses do not change appearance once they have been tamed, although tamed horses may be differentiated by giving them equipment.

Horses can have 1 of 7 base colors: white, creamy, chestnut, brown, black, gray, and dark brown; and 1 of 5 marking patterns: no markings, white stockings and blaze, white field, white spots and black dots. In total, there are 35 possible horse coat combinations.

Horse colors and markings

Markings (identifier)	Colors
Markings (identifier)	White `white`	Creamy `creamy`	Chestnut `chestnut`	Brown `brown`	Black `black`	Gray `gray`	Dark brown `darkbrown`
None
White stockings and blaze `white`
White field `whitefield`
White spots `whitedots`
Black dots `blackdots`

Drops

Breeding

1–7XP upon successful breeding.

On death

Java Edition:

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
Item		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Leather	0–2	66.67%	1.00	0–3	83.33%	1.50	0–4	91.67%	2.00	0–5	94.44%	2.50

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
Item		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Leather	0–2	²⁄₃	1	0–3	⁵⁄₆	³⁄₂	0–4	¹¹⁄₁₂	2	0–5	¹⁷⁄₁₈	⁵⁄₂

Item		Amount	Probability
Item		Amount	Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Leather	0	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)	¹⁄₆ (16.67%)	¹⁄₁₂ (8.33%)	¹⁄₁₈ (5.56%)
		1	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)	¹⁄₄ (25.00%)	¹⁄₆ (16.67%)
		2	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)	⁵⁄₁₈ (27.78%)
		3	0	¹⁄₆ (16.67%)	¹⁄₄ (25.00%)	⁵⁄₁₈ (27.78%)
		4	0	0	¹⁄₁₂ (8.33%)	¹⁄₆ (16.67%)
		5	0	0	0	¹⁄₁₈ (5.56%)
		Average	1 (1.00)	³⁄₂ (1.50)	2 (2.00)	⁵⁄₂ (2.50)

Item		Expected Drops
Killed		1
Item		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Leather	1.00	1.50	2.00	2.50

Bedrock Edition:

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
Item		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Leather	0–2	66.67%	1.00	0–3	66.67%	1.33	0–4	66.67%	1.67	0–5	66.67%	2.00

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
Item		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Leather	0–2	²⁄₃	1	0–3	²⁄₃	⁴⁄₃	0–4	²⁄₃	⁵⁄₃	0–5	²⁄₃	2

Item		Amount	Probability
Item		Amount	Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Leather	0	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)
		1	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)	¹⁄₆ (16.67%)	¹⁄₁₂ (8.33%)	¹⁄₁₈ (5.56%)
		2	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)	¹⁄₄ (25.00%)	¹⁄₆ (16.67%)
		3	0	¹⁄₆ (16.67%)	¹⁄₄ (25.00%)	²⁄₉ (22.22%)
		4	0	0	¹⁄₁₂ (8.33%)	¹⁄₆ (16.67%)
		5	0	0	0	¹⁄₁₈ (5.56%)
		Average	1 (1.00)	⁴⁄₃ (1.33)	⁵⁄₃ (1.67)	2 (2.00)

Item		Expected Drops
Killed		1
Item		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Leather	1.00	1.33	1.67	2.00

1–3XP exp. when killed by a player or tamed wolf.
Horse armor if the horse was already equipped
Saddle if the horse was already equipped.

Killing a foal yields neither items nor experience.

Behavior

Horses wander aimlessly, occasionally stopping to rear, flick their tails, or lower their heads as though eating the grass. Unlike sheep, the eating animation does not actually cause any grass to be consumed. If a player comes near, the horses may turn to look at them. Any horse, even a wild or undead horse, can be attached to a lead without protest. Horses remain passive, even when hit.

Horses make neighing and whinnying sounds.

Adult horses cannot ride a boat, though babies can.

Horses can safely fall 7 blocks before they begin to accumulate fall damage, unlike most mobs, which can only safely fall 3 blocks. Horses also take half of the normal fall damage (rounded up) that most other mobs take (0.5HP × 0.25 damage per block over the safe distance instead of 1HP). If an entity is riding a horse, they take fall damage as normal, counting from the entity's safe fall distance; however, they also safely fall 7 blocks without taking damage.

Horses have a ¹⁄₉₀₀ chance to regenerate 1HP health point each game tick.

Horses can be led by a player holding a golden carrot, golden apple, or enchanted golden apple. Foals follow adult horses.

A horse with a rider can be pulled by a lead, and can even be lifted into the air.

Taming

Taming a horse is required to breed it, to give it equipment, or to control it while riding.

In Java Edition, a player mounts a horse by pressing use on it with an empty hand. In Bedrock Edition, the player can also hold an object that cannot be used on a horse. An adult horse can be tamed by repeatedly mounting it until the horse stops bucking the player off. Taming depends on the horse's "temper". Horses begin with a temper of 0 out of 100. When a player first mounts the horse, a random taming threshold 0–99 is chosen. The horse becomes tame if the temper exceeds this threshold. Otherwise, the player is bucked off and the temper is increased by 5, to be compared against the threshold the next time the player mounts the horse. Temper can also be increased by feeding the horse.

After repeated mountings, hearts appear above the horse, indicating that it is tamed.

In Bedrock Edition, like all tame animals, a death message is displayed to every player when a horse is killed.

Breeding

Feeding two tamed horses golden apples or golden carrots activates love mode, causing them to mate and produce a foal. The foal appears more spindly than adult horses. The foal can be fed to make it mature faster.

Depending on the variations of the parent horses, the offspring can be one of several types.

Bred with a horse: breeding two horses produces a foal. Usually, the new foal has the color and markings of one of its parents, although there is a ¹³⁄₄₅ chance of having a random color/markings (which may still end up being the same as one of the parents).
Bred with a donkey: cross-breeding a horse with a donkey creates a baby mule. Mules cannot breed. This unlocks the Artificial Selection achievement.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

This is a table representing the probabilities of the color and markings of the foal when breeding two horses A and B.

	Color of A	Color of B	Random color	Total
Markings of A	17.78%	17.78%	4.44%	40%
Markings of B	17.78%	17.78%	4.44%	40%
Random markings	8.89%	8.89%	2.22%	20%
Total	44.44%	44.44%	11.11%

Food

Feeding a horse food can alter its behavior, increase its temper (if untamed), cause it to grow (if it is not yet an adult; foals normally take 20 minutes to fully mature if not fed), and/or restore its health. The table below lists the effects of the various foods horses can eat.

To feed a horse, hold a valid food item and press Use on the horse.

Food	Heals	Speeds growth by	Increases temper	Notes
Sugar	1HP	30 sec (600 ticks)	+3
Wheat	2HP	20 sec (400 ticks)	+3
Apple	3HP	1 min (1200 ticks)	+3
Carrot	3HP	1 min (1200 ticks)	+3
Golden carrot	4HP	1 min (1200 ticks)	+5	Activates love mode in tamed horses.
Golden apple	10HP	4 min (4800 ticks)	+10	Activates love mode in tamed horses.
Enchanted golden apple	10HP	4 min (4800 ticks)	+10	Activates love mode in tamed horses.
Hay bale	20HP × 10	3 min (3600 ticks)	N/A	In Bedrock Edition, untamed adult horses with full health cannot be fed.

In Java Edition, tamed horses cannot be fed when at full health, but they can be fed in Bedrock Edition.

In Bedrock Edition, the health of foals cannot be restored by feeding.

In Bedrock Edition, while temper is at max value, untamed horses with full health can be fed any food except hay bales.

In Java Edition, tamed horses with full health cannot be mounted while holding a food item.

Jockey

This feature is exclusive to Bedrock Edition.

15% of nearby baby zombies, husks, or ‌in Bedrock Edition 26.0^[upcoming] zombie villagers, drowned, or zombified piglins may ride an adult untamed horse to form a jockey.

Statistics

All horses have three "equine stats" that vary from horse to horse: health, (maximum) movement speed, and jump height. These stats are created once the horse is born or spawned, and are not affected by food.

Spawned values

When spawned in any way except breeding – for instance, using commands, spawning naturally, spawning as part of a skeleton trap, or using spawn eggs – horses are assigned their stats within certain ranges.

Health

Horse's health points range from 15HP × 7.5 to 30HP × 15, with an average of 22.5HP × 11.25. A horse with an odd number of health points does not show the last half-heart. So if a horse has 15 health (), its health bar will only display 14 health (). And if the horse took 3HP damage, it would have 12 health left , but it would seem like it only took 2HP, since the bar only shows 2 points of damage.

Movement speed

Horse's movement speed ranges from 0.1125–0.3375 in internal units, with an average of 0.225. For reference, the player's normal walking speed is 0.1. The speed listed does not include any status effect that affects the speed of the horse or the player.

The conversion factor between internal units and blocks/sec is roughly 43.17, putting the best horse's maximum speed at about 14.57 blocks/second, and the average horse's speed at about 9.71 blocks/sec.

Minimum: 4.86 blocks/sec.
Player speed (walking): 4.317 blocks/sec.
Player speed (sprinting): 5.612 blocks/sec.

See also transportation methods to compare the speeds of various transportation methods.

Jump strength

Horse's jump strength ranges from 0.4–1.0, with an average of 0.7 in internal units.

The minimum jump strength of 0.4 is enough to clear 1.153 blocks, while the maximum of 1.0 is enough to clear 5.9197 blocks. The calculation, however, is not linear with the average jump strength of 0.7 favoring the lower side with the value of 3.124 blocks.^[2]

Bred values

When breeding two horses, or a horse and a donkey, the baby's stats are determined by the following formula, run for each stat individually:

Get the absolute difference of the attribute value of both parents
Add 30% of the total value range to the result of step one
Compute a value between -0.5 and 0.5 (the distribution is not equally likely)
Multiply the result of step two with the random value from step three
Add the average of the two parents' attribute values to the result

If the resulting value is

greater than the allowed maximum,
or smaller than the allowed minimum,

the difference towards that allowed extreme is respectively subtracted/added from/to the value.

Although the game performs these operations on the internal attribute values, they can just as well be applied to the in-game values for movement speed and jump height.

A pseudocode implementation might look like this, wherein MIN and MAX represent the extremes Minecraft allows the attribute to assume. Additionally, x and y represent the values the parents hold.

base = (| x - y | + (MAX - MIN) * 0.3) * ((rand(0,1) + rand(0,1) + rand(0,1)) / 3 - 0.5) + (x + y) / 2
if base > MAX:
    base = 2 * MAX - base
if base < MIN:
    base = 2 * MIN - base
return base

^[3]

A foal has an 11% chance to be a random base color and a 20% chance to have random markings. Otherwise, it chooses the values from one of its parents.

Usage

Tamed and saddled horses can be used as a means of transportation. When ridden, they are able to move faster and jump higher than a normal player. Horses can be used to climb hills and jump fences, as some can jump high enough to clear up to five block heights, versus the player's maximum of about one (without jump boost).

Horses can be pulled along and tied up using a lead. They can be towed behind a boat by using a lead.

Equipment

Tamed horses have two equipment slots:

Saddle slot: for equipping a saddle.
Horse armor slot: for equipping horse armor.

Foals cannot be equipped, as they cannot be ridden.

Equipment can be placed on a horse by holding it and then using on the horse, or by accessing its inventory. A horse’s inventory can be accessed by mounting the horse and using inventory control, or by sneaking and then using or pressing the "open inventory" button‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} on the horse. The player cannot open their inventory while on an untamed horse, though they can open containers.

The equipment can be removed by two methods:

Removing the equipment from their slots in the horse's inventory.
Using shears on the horse. If both a saddle and horse armor are equipped, they are removed one at a time. The first use removes the horse armor, and a second use removes the saddle.

Riding

Once a horse is tamed and saddled, the player can control it with standard directional controls, jump, and the mouse. The player dismounts using the dismount control. Like riding other entities, it is impossible for a player to use a nether portal or end portal while on a horse.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

A ridden saddled horse automatically runs up any one block high slope. The horse and rider can safely fit through a space as low as 2.75 blocks high. Lower clearance risks suffocating the rider if the rider's head enters a non-transparent block. The horse itself can enter gaps as low as 1.625 blocks high, but may itself take suffocation damage when clearance is less than 1.75 blocks. Horses cannot fit through a 1-block-wide gap.

The maximum speed of horses varies between 4.74 blocks/second and 14.23 blocks/second (compared to the player's walking speed, which is about 4.317 blocks/second). About 82% of horses are able to go faster than a minecart. Horses move backward slowly, about as fast as the player when moving sideways. A horse’s speed can also be affected by potions. Speed has no relation to a horse’s outward appearance. However, how fast a horse walks on its own while not being ridden can be an indication of its Speed. This can be useful to determine whether or not a horse is fast without first having to tame it.

A ridden saddled horse can be made to jump by pressing the jump control. Holding the jump control fills a jump charge bar allowing for a higher jump when released relative to how much the bar was filled. In Java Edition, when the player rides a horse, the experience bar on HUD is replaced by a jump bar and the player's hunger bar is replaced by the horse's health bar. In Bedrock Edition, the player's health bar and hunger bar are displayed while riding a horse and the player's experience bar is replaced by the horse's jump bar when the jump control is activated. During the jump control activation the number denoting the player's experience level is still displayed above the jump bar. Horses are not affected by jump boost beacons.

Sounds

Adult

Java Edition:

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Horse neighs	Friendly Mobs	Randomly	`entity.horse.ambient`	`subtitles.entity.horse.ambient`	0.8	0.8-1.2 (Foal: 1.3-1.7)‌^{[until First Drop 2026]}	16
	Horse neighs angrily	Friendly Mobs	When a player is bucked off a horse or fails to interact with an untamed horse	`entity.horse.angry`	`subtitles.entity.horse.angry`	0.8	0.8-1.2 (Foal: 1.3-1.7)‌^{[until First Drop 2026]}	16
	Horse armor equips	Friendly Mobs	When armor is equipped to a horse	`entity.horse.armor`	`subtitles.entity.horse.armor`	0.5	1.0	16
	Horse breathes	Friendly Mobs	Randomly while a horse is galloping	`entity.horse.breathe`	`subtitles.entity.horse.breathe`	4×Block-Dependent^{[sound 1]}	Block-Dependent^{[sound 1]}	16
	Horse dies	Friendly Mobs	When a horse dies	`entity.horse.death`	`subtitles.entity.horse.death`	0.8	0.8-1.2 (Foal: 1.3-1.7)‌^{[until First Drop 2026]}	16
	Horse eats	Friendly Mobs	When a horse eats an item	`entity.horse.eat`	`subtitles.entity.horse.eat`	1.0	0.8-1.2	16
	Horse gallops	Friendly Mobs	While a horse is galloping	`entity.horse.gallop`	`subtitles.entity.horse.gallop`	Block-Dependent^{[sound 1]}	Block-Dependent^{[sound 1]}	16
	Horse hurts	Friendly Mobs	When a horse is damaged	`entity.horse.hurt`	`subtitles.entity.horse.hurt`	0.8	0.8-1.2 (Foal: 1.3-1.7)‌^{[until First Drop 2026]}	16
	Horse jumps	Friendly Mobs	When a horse begins a leap	`entity.horse.jump`	`subtitles.entity.horse.jump`	0.4	1.0	16
	Something fell	Friendly Mobs	When a horse falls from more than 1 block	`entity.horse.land`	`subtitles.entity.generic.big_fall`	0.4	1.0	16
	Footsteps	Friendly Mobs	While a horse is walking	`entity.horse.step`	`subtitles.generic.block.footsteps`	Block-Dependent^{[sound 1]}	Block-Dependent^{[sound 1]}	16
	Footsteps	Friendly Mobs	While a horse is walking on wood or is being ridden	`entity.horse.step_wood`	`subtitles.generic.block.footsteps`	Block-Dependent^{[sound 1]}	Block-Dependent^{[sound 1]}	16
	Saddle equips	Friendly Mobs	When a saddle is equipped to a horse	`entity.horse.saddle`	`subtitles.entity.horse.saddle`	0.5	1.0	16
	Saddle snips away	Friendly Mobs	When saddle is removed from a horse using shears	`item.saddle.unequip`	`subtitles.item.saddle.unequip`	0.5	1.0	16
	Horse armor snips away	Friendly Mobs	When armor is removed with shears	`item.item.horse_armor.unequip`	`subtitles.item.horse_armor.unequip`	1.0	1.0	16

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h See block sound type

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions ^{[upcoming: BE 26.0]}	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key ^{[upcoming: BE 26.0]}	Volume	Pitch
	Horse neighs	Friendly Mobs	Randomly	`mob.horse.idle`	`subtitles.entity.horse.ambient`	0.8	0.8-1.2 (Foal: 1.3-1.7)‌^{[until First Drop 2026]}
	Horse neighs	Friendly Mobs	When a player is bucked off a horse	`mob.horse.angry`	`subtitles.entity.horse.ambient`	0.8	0.8-1.2 (Foal: 1.3-1.7)‌^{[until First Drop 2026]}
	Horse armor equips	Friendly Mobs	When armor is equipped to a horse	`mob.horse.armor`	`subtitles.entity.horse.armor`	0.6	1.0
	Horse armor equips	Friendly Mobs	Unused sound event^{[sound 1]}	`mob.horse.armor`	`subtitles.entity.horse.armor`	1.0	0.8-1.2
	Horse breathes	Friendly Mobs	Randomly while a horse is galloping	`mob.horse.breath`	`subtitles.entity.horse.breathe`	0.7	1.0
	Horse dies	Friendly Mobs	When a horse dies	`mob.horse.death`	`subtitles.entity.horse.death`	0.8	0.8-1.2 (Foal: 1.3-1.7)‌^{[until First Drop 2026]}
	Horse eats	Friendly Mobs	When a horse eats an item	`mob.horse.eat`	`subtitles.entity.horse.eat`	0.5-1.5	0.8-1.2
	Horse gallops	Friendly Mobs	While a horse is galloping	`mob.horse.gallop`	`subtitles.entity.horse.gallop`	0.45	0.9-1.1
	Horse hurts	Friendly Mobs	When a horse is damaged	`mob.horse.hit`	`subtitles.entity.horse.hurt`	0.8	0.8-1.2 (Foal: 1.3-1.7)‌^{[until First Drop 2026]}
	Horse jumps	Friendly Mobs	When a horse begins a leap	`mob.horse.jump`	`subtitles.entity.horse.jump`	0.4	1.0
	Something fell	Friendly Mobs	When a horse falls from more than 1 block	`mob.horse.land`	`subtitles.entity.generic.big_fall`	0.4	1.0
	Footsteps	Friendly Mobs	While a horse is walking	`mob.horse.soft`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.45	0.9-1.1
	Footsteps	Friendly Mobs	While a horse is walking on wood^{[sound 2]} or is being ridden	`mob.horse.wood`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.45	0.9-1.1
	Horse breathes	Friendly Mobs	When a saddle is equipped to a horse	`mob.horse.leather`	`subtitles.entity.horse.breathe`	0.6	1.0
	None^{[sound 3]}	Friendly Mobs	When saddle is removed from a horse using shears	`mob.unsaddle`	None^{[sound 3]}	1.0	1.0
	Horse armor snips away	Friendly Mobs	When armor is removed with shears	`mob.horse.horse_armor_unequip`	`subtitles.item.horse_armor.unequip`	1.0	1.0

↑ This sound event is assigned to the horse for adding a chest, but is not called by the game
↑ Except for stems, Nether wood, cherry wood, and bamboo wood due to MCPE-165012
↑ ^a ^b Reports on Mojira.

Foal

This section describes content that is currently in development for Java Edition and Bedrock Edition.

This content has appeared in development versions for Java Edition 26.1 and Bedrock Edition 26.10, but the full update adding it has not been released yet.

Java Edition:

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Foal neighs	Friendly Mobs	Randomly	`entity.baby_horse.ambient`	`subtitles.entity.baby_horse.ambient`	1.0	0.75	16
	Foal neighs	Friendly Mobs	When a player fails to interact with a foal	`entity.baby_horse.angry`	`subtitles.entity.baby_horse.angry`	1.0	0.75	16
	Foal breathes	Friendly Mobs	Randomly while a foal is galloping (unused without commands)	`entity.baby_horse.breathe`	`subtitles.entity.baby_horse.breathe`	1.0	1.0	16
	Foal hurts	Friendly Mobs	When a foal is damaged	`entity.baby_horse.hurt`	`subtitles.entity.baby_horse.hurt`	1.0	0.75	16
	Foal dies	Friendly Mobs	When a foal dies	`entity.baby_horse.death`	`subtitles.entity.baby_horse.death`	1.0	0.75	16
	Foal eats	Friendly Mobs	When a foal eats an item	`entity.baby_horse.eat`	`subtitles.entity.baby_horse.eat`	1.0	0.75	16
	Something falls on a block	Friendly Mobs	When a foal falls enough to take fall damage	`entity.baby_horse.fall`	`subtitles.block.generic.fall`	1.0	0.75	16
	subtitles.entity.baby_horse.land	Friendly Mobs	When a foal falls from more than 1 block	`entity.baby_horse.land`	`subtitles.entity.baby_horse.land`	1.0	0.75	16
	Footsteps	Friendly Mobs	While a foal is walking	`entity.baby_horse.fall`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	1.0	0.75	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions ^{[upcoming: BE 26.0]}	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key ^{[upcoming: BE 26.0]}	Volume	Pitch
	None^{[sound 1]}	Friendly Mobs	Randomly	`mob.baby_horse.ambient`	None^{[sound 1]}	1.0	0.0
	None^{[sound 1]}	Friendly Mobs	When a player fails to interact with a foal	`mob.baby_horse.angry`	None^{[sound 1]}	1.0	0.0
	None^{[sound 1]}	Friendly Mobs	Randomly while a foal is galloping (unused without commands)	`mob.baby_horse.breathe`	None^{[sound 1]}	1.0	0.0
	None^{[sound 1]}	Friendly Mobs	When a foal is damaged	`mob.baby_horse.hurt`	None^{[sound 1]}	1.0	0.5
	None^{[sound 1]}	Friendly Mobs	When a foal dies	`mob.baby_horse.death`	None^{[sound 1]}	1.0	0.5
	None^{[sound 1]}	Friendly Mobs	When a foal eats an item	`mob.baby_horse.eat`	None^{[sound 1]}	1.0	0.0
	None^{[sound 1]}	Friendly Mobs	When a foal falls from more than 1 block	`mob.baby_horse.land`	None^{[sound 1]}	1.0	0.0

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Reports on Mojira.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Entity tags	Translation key
Horse	`horse`	`can_equip_saddle` `can_wear_horse_armor` `dismounts_underwater` `followable_friendly_mobs`	`entity.minecraft.horse`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Family	Translation key
Horse	`horse`	`23`	`horse` `mob`	`entity.horse.name`

Entity data

Horses have entity data associated with them that contain various properties.

Java Edition:

[NBT Compound / JSON Object] Entity data
- Additional fields for mobs that can breed see Template:Nbt inherit/breedable/template
- Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template
- Tags common to all mobs see Template:Nbt inherit/mob/template
- [Byte] Bred: 1 or 0 (true/false) – Unknown. Remains 0 after breeding. If true, causes it to stay near other horses with this flag set.
- [Byte] EatingHaystack: 1 or 0 (true/false) – true if the mob is eating grass.
- [Int Array] Owner: The UUID of the entity that tamed the mob, stored as four ints. Has no effect on behavior. Does not exist if there is no owner.
- [Byte] Tame: 1 or 0 (true/false) – true if the mob is tamed.
- [Int] Temper: Ranges from 0 to 100; increases with feeding. Higher values make a mob easier to tame.
- [Int] Variant: The variant of the horse. Determines colors. Stored as baseColor | (markings << 8). Unused values lead to white horses.

	White	Creamy	Chestnut	Brown	Black	Gray	Dark Brown
None	0	1	2	3	4	5	6
White	256	257	258	259	260	261	262
White Field	512	513	514	515	516	517	518
White Dots	768	769	770	771	772	773	774
Black Dots	1024	1025	1026	1027	1028	1029	1030

Variant names taken from the names of the texture file they correspond to.

Summoning a horse without specifying the Variant value results in a white horse. Summoning a horse with a correct color byte but an incorrect marking byte results in a horse of the corresponding color but no markings. Summoning a horse with a correct marking byte but an incorrect color byte results in a white horse with the corresponding markings.

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Achievements


Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
		Cow Tipper	Harvest some leather.	Pick up leather from the ground or via fishing.	15	Bronze
		Artificial Selection	Breed a mule from a horse and a donkey.	—	30	Bronze
		Saddle Up	Tame a horse.	—	20	Bronze
		It Spreads	Kill a mob next to a catalyst	Kill any mob that drops experience near a sculk catalyst, with the sole exception of the ender dragon. Mobs that drop no experience are ignored for this achievement.	10	Bronze

Achievements that apply to all mobs:


Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
		Overkill	Deal nine hearts of damage in a single hit.	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have nine hearts of health overall.	30	Bronze
		Over-Overkill	Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have 50 hearts of health overall.	20	Silver
		Mob Kabob	Hit five mobs in the same Charge attack using the Spear.	Armor stands and players also count for this achievement as they are technically mobs.	10	Bronze

Advancements

Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
It Spreads	Kill a mob near a Sculk Catalyst	Kill any mob that drops experience near a sculk catalyst, with the sole exception of the ender dragon. Mobs that drop no experience are ignored for this advancement.
The Parrots and the Bats	Breed two animals together	Breed a pair of any of these 27 animals: Armadillo Axolotl Bee Camel Cat Chicken Cow Donkey Fox Frog Goat Hoglin Horse Llama Mooshroom Mule Nautilus Ocelot Panda Pig Rabbit Sheep Sniffer Strider Trader Llama Turtle Wolf A mule must be the result of breeding a horse and a donkey for this advancement as they are not breedable together. Other breedable mobs are ignored for this advancement.
Best Friends Forever	Tame an animal	Tame one of these 11 tameable animals: Cat Donkey Horse Llama Mule Nautilus Parrot Trader Llama Wolf Zombie Horse Zombie Nautilus Skeleton Horse can be tamed in the same way as a regular horse to gain this advancement with the ride command.
Two by Two	Breed all the animals!	Breed a pair of each of these 26 animals: Armadillo Axolotl Bee Camel Cat Chicken Cow Donkey Fox Frog Goat Hoglin Horse Llama Mooshroom Mule Nautilus Ocelot Panda Pig Rabbit Sheep Sniffer Strider Turtle Wolf A trader llama does not count as a llama, and a mule must be the result of breeding a horse and a donkey for this advancement as they are not breedable together. Other breedable mobs can be bred, but are ignored for this advancement.

Advancements that apply to all mobs:

Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
Adventure	Adventure, exploration and combat	Kill any mob, or be killed by any living entity.
A Throwaway Joke	Throw a Trident at something. Note: Throwing away your only weapon is not a good idea.	Hit a mob with a thrown trident.
Take Aim	Shoot something with an Arrow	Using a bow or a crossbow, shoot a mob with an arrow, tipped arrow, or spectral arrow.
Mob Kabob	Hit five mobs in the same Charge attack using the Spear.	Armor Stand and Mannequin also count for this advancement.
Arbalistic	Kill five unique mobs with one crossbow shot	Armor Stand and Mannequin also count for this advancement. This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed.
Over-Overkill	Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have 50 hearts of health overall.

History

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The specific instructions are: Foal sounds before 26.1 fourth snapshot

Development

April 4, 2013							Jeb hinted at adding horses when Minecraft hit 10,000,000 sales.

Java Edition

Java Edition
April 1, 2013		Added horses and ponies to the April Fools update, Minecraft 2.0. Horses are actually retextured cows and ponies are actually retextured pigs.
1.6.1	13w16a	Added horses.
		Horses have been assisted by DrZhark (John Olarte), creator of the Mo' Creatures mod, whose horses are a baseline for Minecraft's horse models.^[4]
		Added leads, which can be used to leash tamed horses.
	13w16b	Horses are now slower.
	13w16b	The gliding of horses has been reduced.
	13w18a	Horse saddles have been removed. Horses are now controlled using saddles.
	13w21a	A new GUI for horses has been added, to control saddles/armor/inventory.
	13w22a	New sound effects have been added to horses.
	13w22a	Untamed horses can now be leashed.
	release	Horses can now be fed with golden carrots in addition to both types of golden apples.
1.7.2	13w36a	Horses now spawn in savannas.
1.8	14w26c	Horses can no longer be fed bread for taming, healing, or growing.
	14w26c	Wheat's acceleration of baby horse growth has been reduced.
	14w28b	Baby horses appear adult sized.
1.8.1	pre1	Baby horses no longer appear adult sized unless they are fed. Reloading the world makes them appear as babies again.
1.9	15w47a	Feeding baby horses no longer makes them appear adult sized. This also means that horses now no longer gradually grow in size as they age.
1.9	15w47b	Sounds for horses eating food given by a player have been added.
1.11	16w39a	Horse's no longer rear when a player interacts with a horse with an item.
1.13	17w45a	The models of horses have been simplified to be more consistent with other mobs.
	17w45a	Horses (and all variants) no longer open their mouth when emitting sounds.
	17w46a	The new models of horses have been slightly tweaked. The position of the nose has moved up to one pixel.
	18w03a	The models of horses have been changed, once again. The texture has also been slightly altered and their nose height has been increased by one pixel, they can also rear when angry again.
	18w22a	The texture of creamy horses has been changed, which has changed the texture from to .
1.14	18w43a	The textures of horses have been changed.
	19w08a	Horses can now wear leather horse armor.
		Horse armor no longer flashes red when the horse takes damage.
		Horse armor no longer turns invisible when the horse has the Invisibility effect.
		Horses can now use the Thorns, Feather Falling, Depth Strider, Respiration, Protection, Fire Protection, Projectile Protection and Blast Protection enchantments are via horse armor if the enchantments were added using an anvil in creative mode.
1.15	19w37a	Horses no longer drop their horse armor if it was enchanted with Curse of Vanishing using an anvil in creative mode.
1.16	20w15a	Tamed horses can now be saddled by dispensers.
1.16	20w15a	Dispensers can now put horse armors on tamed horses.
1.18	experimental snapshot 6	Horses now follow players that are holding golden carrots, golden apples, or enchanted golden apples.
1.19.3	22w45a	Horses can no longer suffocate in the obsidian frame after going through nether portals.^[5]
1.19.4	23w07a	When breeding horses and the like, the babies' speed, jump height, and health are now a variation of the average of the parents' stats. Previously, it was an average of the parents' stats plus a random imaginary horse's stats, which caused babies' stats to be biased toward the average.^[6]
1.20.5	24w05a	Horses can no longer use the Depth Strider and Respiration enchantments via horse armor.
1.21	24w18a	Players in survival or adventure mode no longer remove horse armor with the Curse of Binding enchantment from horses.
1.21.2	24w36a	Horse armor now shows the enchantment glint on the horse when enchanted.^[7]
1.21.5	25w03a	The horse's saddle is now an overlay texture, split from the horse main texture.
		Saddles now show up on invisible horses.^[8]
		Saddles now show the enchantment glint on the horse when enchanted.
		The unused saddlebag of the horse's texture has been removed.
1.21.6	25w20a	Saddles and horse armor can now be removed from horses using shears.
1.21.6	25w21a	Horses can now be fed carrots for taming, healing, and growing.
1.21.11	25w44a	Horses no longer sink in water when ridden by a player.
	25w46a	Horses no longer panic if controlled by other mobs.
	pre3	Tamed horses no longer run into cactus or sweet berry bushes.
Upcoming Java Edition
26.1	snap4	The model and texture of the baby horses have been changed.
		Added new baby sounds for horses.
		Increased the bounding box of baby horses to better fit the new model.
		Saddles and horse armor on baby horses no longer render.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.15.0	build 1	Added horses.
v0.16.0	build 1	Horses can now be fed using enchanted golden apples.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.5	release	Horses no longer follow players that are holding food.
1.2.6	beta 1.2.6.2	The models of horses have been changed to the (Java Edition 17w45a) models.
1.2.9		Horses no longer open their mouths when bucking the player off or taking damage.
1.10.0	beta 1.10.0.3	The model and textures of horses have been changed.
1.11.0	beta 1.11.0.1	Horses now spawn in village stables and animal pens.
1.13.0	beta 1.13.0.16	The horses no longer use the old models. Prior, old horses sometimes appeared.
1.19.70	Preview 1.19.70.23	When breeding horses and the like, the babies' speed, jump, height, and health are no longer biased toward the average.
1.20.10	Preview 1.20.10.20	Horses now follow players that are holding golden carrots, golden apples, or enchanted golden apples.
1.21.90	Preview 1.21.90.25	Saddles and horse armor can now be removed from horses using shears.
	Preview 1.21.90.26	A sound now plays when removing a saddle or horse armor from an horse using shears.
	Preview 1.21.90.26	Horses can now be fed carrots for taming, healing, and growing.
1.21.120	Preview 1.21.120.24	The horse's saddle is now an overlay texture, split from the horse main texture.^{[is this the correct version?]}
1.21.120	Preview 1.21.120.24	The unused saddlebag of the horse's texture has been removed.
1.21.130	Preview 1.21.130.24	Horses no longer sink in water while being ridden by a player.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
26.0	Preview 26.0.23	Horses now no longer gradually grow in size as they age, matching Java Edition.
26.10	Preview 26.10.20	The model and texture of baby horses have been changed.
		Increased the bounding box of baby horses to better fit the new model.
		Added new baby sounds for horses.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added horses.
TU22	CU10	1.15	1.15	1.15	Patch 1		Quick move has been added to the horse inventory.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Baby horse growth can now be accelerated using wheat.
TU43	CU33	1.36	1.36	1.36	Patch 13		Sounds for horses have been added.
TU60	CU51	1.64	1.64	1.64	Patch 30	1.0.11	The models of horses have been changed.
			1.90				The textures of horses have been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added horses.

Data history

Java Edition
1.11	16w32a	The NBT `HasReproduced`, `Type` and `Saddle` has been removed
1.11	16w32a	Horses now have different IDs: `horse`, `donkey`, `mule`, `zombie_horse` and `skeleton_horse` Note: Unused Variant IDs now result in a white horse rather than an invisible one.
1.13	17w47a	Numeric IDs for entities were presumably deprecated in this version.^{[more information needed]}
1.20.5	24w05a	Replaced `ArmorItem` tag with `body_armor_item`.
1.21.5	25w03a	Replaced `body_armor_item` tag with `equipment.body`.
1.21.5	25w03a	Unified the NBT `SaddleItem` into the new `equipment.saddle` slot.

Issues

Issues relating to "Horse" or "Foal" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

Renders

This section would benefit from the addition of more images.

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The specific instructions are: copper and netherite horse armor and update leather armor

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Adult

Foal

This section describes content that will likely be removed in a future update of Java Edition and Bedrock Edition.

This content has been removed in development versions for Java Edition 26.1 and Bedrock Edition 26.10, but the full update removing it has not been released yet.

Upcoming

This section describes content that is currently in development for Java Edition and Bedrock Edition.

This content has appeared in development versions for Java Edition 26.1 and Bedrock Edition 26.10, but the full update adding it has not been released yet.

Equipped

Mojang images

A horse.
The current horse model.
A horse in the mountains.
A horse on a mountaintop.
A horse sinking into snow.
Sunny riding a horse.
Several horses being housed in a warped forest.^[9]
"Ari is jumping over a ravine in a Savanna on a brown Horse with white spots. A big pack Tamed Wolves of different variants is following them."^[10]
Horse on a Minecraft world.
A horse through a peephole.

Development images

The original horses from Dr. Zhark's Mo' Creatures mod.
Jeb posted this horse photo on Twitter shortly before the mob was revealed.
An image posted by Jeb on Instagram. Note the saddle usage.^[11]
Horses can wear armor and can be bound to fence posts.^[12]
Jeb and Dinnerbone riding horses. 1.6 banner.
First image of horses in Pocket Edition.
The horse model in 17w45a.

Screenshots

A herd of various horses.
A dying horse mob.
Horses getting attacked by the wither.
A spotted baby horse.
Showing the result of right-clicking a spawn egg on a horse while mounted.
Showing the faint markings on a white tobiano. A bay tobiano is in the background for comparison.
A herd of donkeys and horses spawned next to each other.
A horse with golden horse armor on.
A comparison between a horse, a zombie horse, and a skeleton horse.