In Minecraft, there are several animals, also called mobs, and others are being added with the latest updates. Some of these mobs are useful just as they are in real life, where no facilities exist. Donkey is quite a helpful mob that was added in update 1.6.1, and since then, players have used it to their advantage, and you can do the same if you have many of them.

Today, we will learn everything about donkeys, including their habitat, breeding, and uses in Minecraft, so stay tuned because this is what you need to read if you are a traveler in Minecraft.

Donkeys in Minecraft

Donkeys in Minecraft are one of the most valuable mobs you can find as they can carry your luggage inside the chests you load onto them. They are passive mobs who will run away when you attack them with weapons.

Where to find Donkeys in Minecraft

The donkeys in Minecraft spawn in plains and savanna biomes, and you can easily find them by looking around as they aren’t rare, so that won’t be a problem.

Breeding Donkeys in Minecraft

The breeding process of donkeys is the same as every other breed-able mob in Minecraft, and it is to feed them their favorite food, but there is something special with their food as they can only be bred with golden carrots or apples.

Getting Golden Carrots in Minecraft

The golden carrot is just another carrot but with gold that you can craft on the crafting table by putting it a carrot in the middle of eight gold nuggets, as seen in the image below.

Getting Carrots from a Village’s Garden

Villages are found in almost all biomes in Minecraft, and while exploring, you may have come across a garden where you can get carrots in the easiest way possible.

You don’t need any unique tool as you can harvest them by umping them onto them (it works).

You can also get carrots as a drop when you kill zombies, but that is highly not recommended as the chances of you getting a carrot are pretty much none.

Getting Golden Apples in Minecraft

You can craft golden apples the same way we crafted the golden apples, but you may find it challenging to come across the apples, and we don’t recommend using them.

But if you still want, you can follow our detailed guide on how to craft golden apple in Minecraft.

Taming Donkeys in Minecraft

To breed the donkeys, you will first have to tame them, and they can be tamed when fed, and you ride on them until you see a few hearts over them.

Note: The donkey will throw you up on the ground if you try to ride without feeding it first.

Once they are tamed, you need to feed them again with either golden carrot or apple, they will immediately enter love mode, and a baby donkey will be spawned in front of you.

You can even accelerate the growth of a baby donkey by feeding it with golden apples, and you can see green stars near it.

FAQS

Q: How fast are Donkeys in Minecraft?
The movement speed of donkeys is 7.5 blocks per second which are faster than the player’s movement speed of 4.3 blocks per second.

Q: Can you use a lead on a Donkey in Minecraft?
Yes, you can use a lead on Donkeys, whether tamed or not, but sometimes you may be pulled by the brute force it produces in the opposite direction.

Q: Can I breed the donkeys with normal apples or carrots?
The donkeys in Minecraft can only be bred with golden apples or carrots, so no, you can’t.

Conclusion

Donkeys are one of the most valuable mobs in Minecraft. Their taming/breeding process is unique as compared to other mobs. In this guide, we learned everything about donkeys you can find them, what they eat, and how to breed them.