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Getting Started
This page walks through the shortest path from a fresh world to a tamed, collared pet. Each step links to the page with the full rules.
Every mob is tamed with a golden treat. The three most common ones:
| Treat | Recipe (3x3, N = gold nugget) |
Used for |
|---|---|---|
 Golden Wheat |
8 gold nuggets around 1 wheat | Peaceful / ordinary mobs |
 Golden Bone |
Gold nuggets in the corners, gold ingots on the edges, 1 bone in the centre | Skeletons, wolves and (as fallback) hostile mobs |
 Golden Star |
8 gold blocks around 1 nether star | Bosses and other very strong mobs |
All nine treats, their recipes and the mobs they are tied to are listed on Golden Treats.
By default a hostile mob can only be tamed while its health is at or below 30% of its maximum. Peaceful mobs do not need to be weakened by default. Both rules are configurable, see Configuration.
- The treat must be in your main hand.
- By default 33.3% of attempts fail. A failed attempt still consumes the treat.
- In Creative mode treats are not consumed.
Details: Taming.
| Action | Default input |
|---|---|
| Sit / stand | Right-click the pet |
| Open the pet inventory | Shift + right-click the pet |
| Ride / dismount | R |
| Heal the pet | Right-click with a treat that fits it (heals 50% of max health) |
All three actions are rebindable key mappings, see Controls.
A collar stores the pet's combat mode, follow distance, teleport settings and more.
- Craft a collar: 5 leather, 1 dye and 1 gold nugget (Collars).
- Right-click your pet with the collar, or place it in the pet's Collar slot.
- Open the pet inventory and use the Collar tab on the left to change settings (Pet Inventory).
- Let a pet come back after death: Collar Respawn.
- Ride your pet: Riding.
- Tame the Ender Dragon: Golden Dragon Egg.
Note
Client feedback notifications (taming success, healing, sitting, etc.) are disabled by default. If you see no chat messages, that is normal. See Chat Messages for how to turn them on.