How to breed horses in Minecraft Education Edition

In this tutorial, you will learn how to breed horses in Minecraft with our video tutorial and step-by-step instructions.

When you breed Minecraft horses, they make baby horses, also known as foals.

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Required To Breed Horses

What do you need to breed horses in Minecraft? Essentially, you only need two items:

• 2 horses (found in the plains biome or you can use a spawn egg and/or summon them)
• 2 golden apples OR 2 golden enchanted apples OR 2 golden carrots

Steps To Breeding Horses

1. Tame The Horses

You can't breed wild horses in Minecraft, so we'll first need to tame them. If you've never tamed a horse before, check out our tutorial on how to tame a horse in Minecraft.

Essentially, you just need to mount the horse repeatedly (it will continually buck you off) until red hearts appear around it and it stops bucking you off.

2. Feed The Horses

Once the horses have been tamed and are standing next to each other, it's time to feed them.

We can feed the horses either golden apples, enchanted golden apples, or golden carrots. With the food item you prefer selected in your Hotbar, feed each horse one item at a time. To do this use the following game controls:

• Java Edition (PC/Mac), Windows 10 Edition, Education Edition: right click on the horse one at a time.
• Pocket Edition (PE): tap on the horse one at a time.
• Xbox 360, Xbox One: press the LT button
• PS3, PS4: press the L2 button
• Wii U, Nintendo Switch: press the ZL button

As you are feeding them, you'll notice red hearts appear over the horses. It's baby-making time!

The red hearts will soon disappear and a baby horse (or foal) will appear.

Keep in mind, you will have to wait 5 minutes before trying to breed the horses again.

And that's it, you are the proud owners of a new baby horse!

FAQ's

What food do you use to breed horses in Minecraft?

To breed horses in Minecraft, you can use either 2 golden apples, 2 golden enchanted apples, or 2 golden carrots.

How long does it take for horses to breed in Minecraft?

It varies, but it only takes a few minutes to first tame the horses and then breed them in Minecraft.

Why won't my horses breed in Minecraft?

There are three main reasons why your horses might not breed in Minecraft:

1. Both horses have not been tamed. Be sure you tame both horses by repeatedly getting on them until red hearts appear.
2. The horses have recently bred. You have to wait 5 minutes before the horses will breed again.
3. You are feeding them the wrong food. Be sure you are feeding them both either 2 golden apples, 2 golden enchanted apples, or 2 golden carrots.

Can you breed skeleton horses?

No, as of Minecraft 1.16 you can not breed skeleton horses. Nor can they be fed.

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This wikiHow teaches you how to breed two horses with each other in Minecraft. After taming two horses, you can have them create a foal by giving each of the horses a golden apple. Horse-breeding is possible on all versions of Minecraft including PC, Pocket Edition, and console editions.

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   Gather at least 40 apples. You'll want around 20 apples for each horse you need to tame. Apples make taming the horses significantly easier (and quicker) than attempting to tame them without food.

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   Find a horse. Horses are typically found in flat, grassy areas such as Plains and Savannas.[1]

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   Equip the apples. In your equip bar at the bottom of the screen, make sure you have the apples selected before approaching the horse.

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   Select the horse until it stops eating. Right-click or left-trigger the horse until you stop hearing crunching sounds and the horse starts bucking and neighing.

   • On Minecraft PE, you'll face the horse and tap Feed exactly 20 times.

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   Switch to an empty hand. This will allow you to mount the horse.

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   Select the horse. Right-click or left-trigger the horse to do so. You should mount the horse at this point.

   • On Minecraft PE, you'll face the horse and tap Mount at the bottom of the screen.

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   Wait for red hearts to appear. Once red hearts appear around the horse, you have successfully tamed it. At this point, you can dismount by pressing left Shift or the "Crouch" button.

   • If the horse bucks you off, mount it again and wait for the red hearts to appear. You may need to do this several times.

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   Tame another horse. You'll need two tamed horses in order to breed them.

   • If your first tamed horse isn't following you around, you can enclose it in a two-block-tall area to keep it from wandering off.

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   Build a two-block-tall wall around the horses. You can use any resource (e.g., dirt or sand) to do this, but the wall must be two blocks tall in order to prevent the horses from running away.

   • If you have enough fencing material in your inventory, you can use that to enclose the horses instead of using blocks.
   • You might want to leave some extra room in the enclosure since you'll be adding a third horse to the mix shortly.

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   Gather the resources for golden apples. You'll need two golden apples—one for each horse—which means you need the following resources:

   • 2 apples — Used as the base for the golden apples.
   • 16 gold bars — You can create gold bars by smelting gold ore in a furnace.
   • 1 Crafting Table — Used to make the golden apples. If you don't yet have a Crafting Table, make one before proceeding.

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   Craft two golden apples. This process will vary slightly depending on your platform:

   • PC — Open your Crafting Table, click the stack of gold bars, right-click twice each box in the Crafting Table except for the center one, place both apples in the center box, and move the two gold apples into your inventory.
   • Mobile — Open your Crafting Table, tap the magnifying glass icon on the left side of the screen, and tap twice the gold apple icon.
   • Consoles — Open your Crafting Table, select the magnifying glass tab, and select twice the gold apple icon.

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   Enter your horses' enclosure. You'll want to make sure that neither of the horses escape when entering the enclosure.

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   Make sure that both horses are at full health. Feeding a golden apple to a horse that you've accidentally attacked will result in the horse being fed rather than being primed for mating.

   • If your horses aren't both at full health, feed each of them red apples until they stop eating.

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   Equip the golden apples. In your equip bar at the bottom of the screen, make sure you have the golden apples selected.

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   Select each horse. Right-click or left-trigger each of the horses with the golden apples equipped. Doing so will prompt red hearts to appear over each horse's head, signifying that they're ready to breed.

   • On Minecraft PE, you'll face each horse and tap Feed at the bottom of the screen.

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   Wait for a foal to appear. After a few seconds, you should see a small horse appear in the enclosure. This is the foal that the two tamed horses created.

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• Question

  What should I do if I have followed your steps and nothing has happened?

  

  Try taming the horse first before you breed it. Otherwise, if it still doesn't work, then you may have a bug.

• Question

  If a horse has a lot of hearts, is fast, but can't jump high, is it best to breed it with a horse that can jump high, but has low hearts and speed?

  

  Yes, you'll want a horse that can jump high, so that trait will most likely show up in the baby.

• Question

  Do horses in Minecraft come only in 1 color?

  

  No, horses in Minecraft come in seven base colors, (white, buckskin, dark bay, bay, black, dapple gray, or flaxen) and they either have no markings, stockings and blaze markings, snowflake appaloosa markings, paint markings, or sooty markings. In total, there are 35 possible horse coat combinations.

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• You can also find golden apples in chests located throughout the world, or occasionally purchase them in villages.

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• The new horse will not be tame. If you want to own it, you will have to tame it when it becomes an adult.

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Before you can breed your horses in Minecraft, you’ll need to gather 40 apples, which will make the horses tame enough to breed. You’ll also need 2 apples and 16 gold bars per horse so you can craft 2 golden apples for the mating process. When you have everything, place your apples in the equip bar at the bottom of the screen so you can take turns feeding 20 apples to each horse. Once your horses are tame, build a 2-block-tall wall around them so they don’t wander off. At that point, you can enter the enclosure with your golden apples and feed an apple to each horse. You’ll know that your horses are ready to breed when you see a series of red hearts appear over their head. After a few seconds, you should see a small horse appear in the enclosure, which is the foal that your horses have created. To learn more, including how to make sure your horses are healthy before you breed them, scroll down!

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