How to feed horses in minecraft

Wondering how horse breeding works in Minecraft? You're probably not alone.

There's a lot of confusion amongst newer players about how to tame and breed horses, donkeys, and mules in Minecraft, but our beginner-friendly guide to horse breeding will walk you through breeding each species, as well as which species is the best to breed in different situations.

You and your friends will be riding between your castles and towers in no time!

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How to breed horses in Minecraft

To breed two horses in Minecraft, you first need to tame them both.

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To tame a horse, you need to mount them by right-clicking on them with a free hand. It will likely buck you off at first, but just keep mounting them. Each time you mount them, you're increasing the horse's "temper" by 5 points, and once it gets beyond the horse's temper threshold (which is a random number between 0 and 99) then the horse will be tamed.

This means you may need to mount a particularly stubborn horse up to 20 times in

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