Minecraft Mount Guide (2025): All Mounts, Taming Methods

Minecraft is packed with mobs ready to give you a lift, if you know how to approach them and offer their favorite treats. Whether you're crossing vast plains, riding lava seas in the Nether, or even soaring through the sky, mounts in Minecraft open up exciting new ways to travel, explore, and transport resources.

In this comprehensive Minecraft Mount Guide, you'll discover every rideable creature in the game, how to tame or mount them, what items they require, and what foods they love. From pigs to flying ghasts, we cover everything you need to become a master rider in Minecraft.

🐾 Land Mounts in Minecraft

Pig

Location: Overworld
Taming: Not required
Breeding: Carrots, Potatoes, Beetroots
Required Items: Saddle + Carrot on a Stick

Overview:
Pigs are the first mount many players encounter, often used for fun rather than practicality. To ride one, place a saddle on its back and hold a Carrot on a Stick to steer. Activate the stick for a temporary speed boost of up to 5 blocks per second. Not the fastest, but definitely the funniest.

Horse

Location: Plains, Savannas
Taming: Mount repeatedly until hearts appear
Breeding: Golden Carrots or Golden Apples
Required Items: Saddle, optional Horse Armor

Overview:
Horses are among Minecraft’s most versatile mounts. They come in various colors and patterns with hidden stats for speed, jump, and health. You can breed faster horses over time using high-stat parents. Horse armor provides defense, with leather versions craftable and others found in loot chests.

Donkey

Location: Plains, Savannas, Meadows
Taming: Mount until hearts appear
Breeding: Golden Carrots or Golden Apples
Required Items: Saddle + optional Chest

Overview:
Donkeys function like horses but with lower stats. Their advantage? You can attach a chest for portable inventory, making them excellent for exploration and transport.

Mule

Location: None (breed-only)
Taming: Mount until hearts appear
Breeding: Result of Horse + Donkey
Required Items: Saddle + optional Chest

Overview:
Mules offer a balance between horse speed and donkey utility. They can’t breed further but are ideal for long-distance travel with cargo.

Camel (1.20+)

Location: Desert Villages
Taming: Already passive
Breeding: Cactus
Required Items: Saddle

Overview:
Camels carry two players, are immune to melee attacks from small mobs, and can cross 3-block gaps. They step over fences and shallow water easily, making them a great mount for survival and multiplayer.

 Skeleton Horse

Location: Skeleton Traps (thunderstorms)
Taming: Becomes passive after killing the skeleton rider
Breeding: Not breedable
Required Items: Saddle (Java only)

Overview:
Skeleton horses are rare and immune to drowning. They ride like normal horses but with the bonus of underwater mobility, perfect for water-based exploration.

🔥 Lava Mounts in Minecraft

Strider

Location: Nether Lava Lakes
Taming: Not required
Breeding: Warped Fungus
Required Items: Saddle + Warped Fungus on a Stick

Overview:
Striders are the only safe way to walk across lava. Equip them with a saddle, hold the warped fungus on a stick, and steer them through the Nether’s molten seas. Just be sure to avoid land—they're painfully slow without lava.

☁️ Flying Mounts in Minecraft

Happy Ghast (Snapshot 25w20a)

Location: Soul Sand Valley (Nether)
Taming: Passively tame after raising from a dried ghast block
Breeding: Not breedable
Required Items: Harness

Overview:
The Happy Ghast is Minecraft’s first flying mount. To raise one, locate a dried ghast block near bone structures in the Nether, soak it in water in the Overworld, and raise the resulting Ghastling. Once grown, attach a harness crafted from leather, glass, and wool.

Happy Ghasts can carry up to four players and hover mid-air when not in motion, creating a stable flying platform. They’re perfect for exploring the End, moving villagers in boats, or creating floating sky bases.

🧵 How to Craft Mount-Related Items

🪙 Saddle (1.21.6+)

Recipe: 3 Leather + 1 Iron Ingot
Use: Required for most mounts

🥕 Carrot on a Stick

Recipe: Fishing Rod + Carrot
Use: Steer pigs

🍄 Warped Fungus on a Stick

Recipe: Fishing Rod + Warped Fungus
Use: Steer striders

🎒 Harness (for Happy Ghast)

Recipe: 3 Leather + 2 Glass Blocks + 1 Wool
Use: Equip Happy Ghast for flying

💡 Tips for Minecraft Mounts

- Carry a lead when using horses or camels to prevent losing them.
- Always bring the required stick (carrot or fungus) for steering pigs or striders.
- Breeding mounts with better stats (like horses) can significantly improve performance.
- Build custom stables or lava pools to house your mounts.
- Consider taming a Happy Ghast for multiplayer travel or village relocation projects.

From pigs and horses to flying ghasts, Minecraft offers a rich variety of mounts, each with unique mechanics, taming methods, and ideal use cases. Whether you want to cruise across lava lakes, carry your loot across plains, or soar through the skies, there’s a mount for every journey.

With new features like craftable saddles and Happy Ghasts, mounts are more useful and fun than ever before.