Riding

Riding

Petting includes a comprehensive mount and riding system. Nearly any tamed pet can be ridden across land, through water, or through the skies with specialized steering physics and combat abilities.

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Mounting & Dismounting

• Mount Key: Look at your owned pet and press R (default keybind).
• Mount Range: Within 3 blocks (or up to 6 blocks; up to 18 blocks for an Ender Dragon).
• Dismount:
  • Press R at any time.
  • Or press Sneak (Shift) while grounded (or on the sea floor).

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Saddle & Steering Control

Whether you can steer your mount depends on whether it has an equipped Saddle:

State	Control	Behavior
Saddled (Controlled)	Full Steering	The pet's native AI is suppressed, its rotation locks to your camera aim, and it obeys WASD, Jump, and Sneak inputs.
Unsaddled (Uncontrolled)	Passive Passenger	If allowRidingWithoutSaddle is enabled (default true), you sit on the mob while it wanders using its own AI. You cannot steer it.

Note

If allowRidingWithoutSaddle is set to false in petting-synced.toml, attempting to mount an unsaddled pet is blocked with the message: "This pet requires an equipped saddle to be ridden!"

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Movement Modes

Petting dynamically assigns movement physics based on the mob's species and anatomy:

1. Land Walking

• Steer: WASD
• Jump: Space (jump height 0.50).
• Step Assist: The pet's step height is increased to 1.06 blocks, allowing smooth navigation up 1-block slopes without manual jumping.
• Sprint: Double-tap W or press Sprint for a 1.35x movement speed boost.

2. Aerial Flight

Automatically detected for flying mobs (Blazes, Ghasts, Withers, Phantoms, Vexes, Bats, Allays, Bees, Parrots, the Golden Ender Dragon, or mobs with flying abilities):

• Steer: WASD (horizontal speed based on mob speed $\times$ flyingPetSpeedMultiplier).
• Ascend: Hold Jump (Space) (vertical speed controlled by flyingPetAscentSpeed, default 0.35).
• Descend / Land: Hold Sneak (Shift) (vertical speed controlled by flyingPetDescentSpeed, default 0.35).
• Dismount: Sneaking while touching the ground, or pressing R in mid-air.

3. Aquatic Swimming

Automatically detected for water creatures (Dolphins, Guardians, Squids, Turtles, Axolotls, Fish, etc.) or any pet submerged in water:

• Steer: WASD (speed controlled by swimmingPetSpeedMultiplier, default 1.0).
• Ascend: Hold Jump (Space) to rise.
• Dive: Hold Sneak (Shift) to submerge.
• Water Breathing: As long as you are mounted on an aquatic pet underwater, the rider is granted continuous Water Breathing!
• On Land: Aquatic creatures crawl slowly on dry land.

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Ridden Combat

While mounted on a saddled pet, you can engage enemies directly from the saddle:

1. Attack on Click (Left Click)

Pressing your normal Attack key (Left Click) while riding commands your mount to execute a signature attack in your crosshair direction. Attacks have a short cooldown (riddenAttackCooldownTicks, default 10 ticks = 0.5s):

Pet Type	Signature Ridden Attack
Golden Ender Dragon	Launches a Dragon Fireball
Ghast	Launches a Large Fireball (explosive)
Blaze	Launches a Small Fireball
Wither	Launches a Wither Skull projectile
Skeleton / Bow-wielder	Fires an Arrow in aim direction
Other Mobs	Performs an instantaneous Melee Strike against the target in front

Friendly-fire protection guarantees that ridden attacks never damage you or your other companions.

2. Auto-Attack Hostiles

Configurable in the Pet Inventory Riding Tab:

• When toggled ON, every 20 ticks (1 second) your mount scans for untamed hostile monsters within 12 blocks with line of sight.
• It automatically shoots projectiles at range or executes melee attacks within 3.5 blocks while you steer.

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Server Whitelist & Blacklist

Server administrators can restrict which entity types can be ridden in petting-synced.toml under [riding]:

• useWhitelist = false (default): All entities are ridable except those listed in blacklist.
• useWhitelist = true: Only entity types explicitly specified in whitelist can be ridden.
• enablePetRiding = false: Completely disables pet riding across the server.

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Related Pages: Controls · Pet Inventory · Golden Dragon Egg · Configuration