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Camels are passive mobs that can be ridden using a saddle.

Camel
Health points

32HP♥ × 16

Behavior

Passive

Spawn

Desert villages

Usable items

Spawning

Natural Generation

A camel sitting in a desert village.

Camels spawn in desert villages. Only one camel will spawn per village, and it will always appear by the village centre.

Drops

Frogs drop 1–3XP when killed by a player or tamed wolf, while 1–7XP is dropped upon successful breeding.

Behavior

Camels wander aimlessly, and they can sit, before eventually getting up. They will get up and flee after taking damage. Camels have the unique ability to walk over fences and walls.

Riding

Camels can be ridden by placing a saddle on it. Up to two players can ride one camel. Camels can walk slowly and sprint somewhat faster. Camels can do a "Dash", it will launch several blocks forward. The Dash has a 3 second cooldown before it can be used again and can reach a distance of 10 blocks.[verify] Camels are tall enough that some hostile mobs can't reach players to attack them. While riding, players can't hurt each other, and the player behind can't hurt the camel either.

Breeding

Camels will follow the player if they have a cactus in their hand, but will stop following the player if they are separated from the player by at least six blocks. Sitting camels will not follow the player. Adult camels enter love mode and pair off to create calves after they are each given a cactus. Camels have a cooldown of five minutes before they can breed again.

Drops

Sounds

Java Edition:

[hide]Sounds
SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Camel gruntsFriendly CreaturesRandomlyentity.camel.ambientsubtitles.entity.camel.ambientvaries [sound 1]??
​Camel diesFriendly CreaturesWhen a camel diesentity.camel.deathsubtitles.entity.camel.death???
​Camel hurtsFriendly CreaturesWhen a camel is damagedentity.camel.hurtsubtitles.entity.camel.hurt???
​Camel sits downFriendly CreaturesWhen a camel sitsentity.camel.sitsubtitles.entity.camel.sit0.3??
​Camel stands upFriendly CreaturesWhen a camel standsentity.camel.standsubtitles.entity.camel.stand0.3??
​Camel eatsFriendly CreaturesWhen a camel is fed a cactusentity.camel.eatsubtitles.entity.camel.eat0.2??
​Saddle equipsFriendly CreaturesWhen a saddle is equipped to a camelentity.camel.saddlesubtitles.entity.horse.saddle?0.8?
​Camel yeetsFriendly CreaturesWhen a camel dashesentity.camel.dashsubtitles.entity.camel.dash???
​Camel recoversFriendly CreaturesWhen a camel's dash ability resetsentity.camel.dash_readysubtitles.entity.camel.dash_ready0.25??
​Something fellFriendly CreaturesWhen a camel falls from more than 1 block ​[more information needed]entity.horse.landsubtitles.entity.generic.big_fall??16
​Camel stepsFriendly CreaturesWhile a camel is walkingentity.camel.stepsubtitles.entity.camel.step0.5??
​Camel sandsFriendly CreaturesWhile a camel is walking on sand or red sandentity.camel.step_sandsubtitles.entity.camel.step_sand0.45??
  1. 0.45 for ambient1 and ambient2, 0.5 for ambient3 through ambient6, and 0.3 for ambient 7 and ambient8

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Error: Bad template syntax. Please use "edition".
NameIdentifier[hide]Translation key
EntitySprite camel.png: Sprite image for camel in Minecraft Camelcamel?


Bedrock Edition:

Error: Bad template syntax. Please use "edition".
NameIdentifierNumeric ID [hide]Translation key
EntitySprite camel.png: Sprite image for camel in Minecraft Camelcamel135?

History

October 15, 2022 Camels are announced at Minecraft Live 2022.
[hide]Java Edition
1.19.3 Added camels behind the Update 1.20 experimental datapack.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.19.50 Added camels behind the Next Major Update experimental toggle.

Issues

Issues relating to "Camel" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.