Camel

Camel

• Standing
• Saddled
• Sitting

Health points	32HP × 16
Behavior	Passive
Mob type	Animal
Hitbox size	Adult: Height: 2.375 blocks Width: 1.7 blocks Adult (sitting): Height: 0.945 blocks Width: 1.7 blocks Baby: Height: 1.1875 blocks Width: 0.85 blocks Baby (sitting): Height: 0.4725 blocks Width: 0.85 blocks
Spawn	Desert village Desert
Usable items	Saddle Cactus Lead

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A camel is a passive mob found in desert villages that can be saddled and ridden by up to two players at once. It is tall enough that its riders cannot be attacked from the ground by most melee-attacking hostile mobs.

Spawning

One camel spawns in the center of each desert village during world generation. ‌In Java Edition 1.21.5 and Bedrock Edition 1.21.70​, they can also spawn uncommonly in deserts.

Drops

On death

1–3XP experience orbs drop when camels are killed by a player or tamed wolf‌. A saddle is dropped if the camel was already equipped with one. Killing a baby camel yields neither items nor experience.

Breeding

Upon successful breeding, 1–7XP is dropped.

Behavior

A camel wanders aimlessly, avoiding hazards and obstacles, and will occasionally sit for two to seven seconds before standing up again. Camels immediately flee after being harmed, even when sitting. A sitting camel cannot be pushed by players or mobs. Sitting camels do not stand up if there are solid blocks above them, as doing so would inflict suffocation damage.

A camel sitting in a desert village.

Camels can safely fall 6 blocks before they begin to accumulate fall damage, unlike most mobs, which can only safely fall 3 blocks. Camels also take half of the normal fall damage (rounded up) that most other mobs take (0.5HP × 0.25 damage per block over the safe distance instead of 1HP). If an entity is riding a camel, they receive the same fall damage as the camel.

Camels are healed by 2HP health points each time they are fed a cactus. Camels also heal slowly on their own over time.

Even though camels are bred with cacti, touching a cactus block still harms them like any other mob. As with other mobs, camels do not avoid cacti when they pathfind.

Camels have the unique ability to step up 1.5 block-high walls, unlike other mounts such as horses, which can’t automatically step up one block without jumping. This allows camels to step onto fences and walls, among other things.

Riding

Camels are naturally tame, and can always be ridden by players. Up to two players can ride one camel. While riding, the player in the back seat cannot hurt the player driving or the camel itself.

Camels have one slot in their inventory, to hold a saddle. A saddle can be placed on a camel by holding it and then using it on the camel, or by accessing its inventory. A camel's inventory can be accessed by mounting the camel and using inventory control, or by sneaking and then using or pressing the "open inventory" button‌ on the camel.

Once a camel is saddled, the player can control it with standard directional controls, jump, and the mouse. The player dismounts using the dismount control. A second player can then ride as a passenger. If the controlling passenger disembarks, then second passenger then takes control of the camel.

Camels cannot float on water when being controlled by a player. They can be ridden in water up to 3 blocks deep. In deeper water, the player is automatically dismounted.

Several husks trying to attack a player riding a camel.

Camels are less maneuverable than other mounts, with their turning and strafing speed being slower. They will gradually gain speed while moving in a straight line, and can also manually sprint.

Saddled camels also have the ability of "dash charging". When the player rides them, the experience bar on HUD is replaced by a dash charging bar, similar to the jump charging bar for horses. Dashing is done using the jump control, and holding the control charges for a longer dashing. Camels can dash every 2.75 seconds. When dashing, the camel launches up to 12 blocks forward and one block upward. For a short time after dashing, the camel cannot sprint.

Camels are tall enough that most melee hostile mobs such as zombies, vindicators, hoglins, silverfish, endermites and golden sword-wielding piglins cannot reach mounted players to attack them. Spiders, wolves, slimes and magma cubes can attack because they jump or climb while attacking. Most mobs never deliberately attack camels under any circumstance, even to reach players riding one; the only exceptions are mobs that attack all other mobs, these being zoglins, wardens, and vindicators named "Johnny".

Breeding

A camel follows the player who holds a cactus but stops following the player if it is separated from the player by at least 10 blocks‌ / 16 blocks‌. Sitting camels do not follow the player. Adult camels enter love mode and breed to create baby camels after they are each given a cactus. The parents have a cooldown of five minutes before they can breed again. The growth time that baby camels take to be an adult camel can be reduced by giving the baby camel cactus.

Sounds

Java Edition:
Camels use the Friendly Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Camel grunts	Friendly Creatures	Randomly	entity.camel.ambient	subtitles.entity.camel.ambient​	varies	0.8–1.2 (Baby: 1.3–1.7)	16
	​Camel dies	Friendly Creatures	When a camel dies	entity.camel.death	subtitles.entity.camel.death​	0.8	0.8–1.2 (Baby: 1.3–1.7)	16
	​Camel hurts	Friendly Creatures	When a camel is damaged	entity.camel.hurt	subtitles.entity.camel.hurt​	0.8	0.8–1.2 (Baby: 1.3–1.7)	16
	​Camel sits down	Friendly Creatures	When a camel sits	entity.camel.sit	subtitles.entity.camel.sit​	0.24	0.8–1.2 (Baby: 1.3–1.7)	16
	​Camel stands up	Friendly Creatures	When a camel stands	entity.camel.stand	subtitles.entity.camel.stand​	0.24	0.8–1.2 (Baby: 1.3–1.7)	16
	​Camel eats	Friendly Creatures	When a camel is fed a cactus	entity.camel.eat	subtitles.entity.camel.eat​	varies	0.8–1.2	16
	​Saddle equips	Friendly Creatures	When a saddle is equipped to a camel	entity.camel.saddle	subtitles.entity.horse.saddle​	0.5	0.8	16
	​Camel yeets	Friendly Creatures	When a camel dashes	entity.camel.dash	subtitles.entity.camel.dash​	0.8	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Camel recovers	Friendly Creatures	When a camel's dash ability resets	entity.camel.dash_ready	subtitles.entity.camel.dash_ready​	0.25	1.0	16
	​Something fell	Friendly Creatures	When a camel falls from more than 1 block	entity.horse.land	subtitles.entity.generic.big_fall​	0.4	1.0	16
	​Footsteps	Friendly Creatures	While a camel is walking	entity.camel.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.5	1.0	16
	​Footsteps	Friendly Creatures	While a camel is walking on sand, red sand, concrete powder, or suspicious sand	entity.camel.step_sand	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.45	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Friendly Creatures	Randomly	mob.camel.ambient	varies	0.8–1.2 (Baby: 1.3–1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	When a camel dies	mob.camel.death	1.0	0.8–1.2 (Baby: 1.3–1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	When a camel is damaged	mob.camel.hurt	1.0	0.8–1.2 (Baby: 1.3–1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	When a camel sits	mob.camel.sit	0.3	1.0
	Friendly Creatures	When a camel stands	mob.camel.stand	0.3	1.0
	Friendly Creatures	When a camel is fed a cactus	mob.camel.eat	0.2	0.8–1.2
	Friendly Creatures	When a saddle is equipped to a camel	mob.horse.leather	1.0	0.8–1.2
	Friendly Creatures	When a camel dashes	mob.camel.dash	1.0	1.0
	Friendly Creatures	When a camel's dash ability resets	mob.camel.dash_ready	0.25	1.0
	Friendly Creatures	While a camel is walking	mob.camel.step	0.5	0.8–1.2 (Baby: 1.3–1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	While a camel is walking on sand, red sand, concrete powder, or suspicious sand	mob.camel.step_sand	0.45	0.8–1.2 (Baby: 1.3–1.7)

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Entity tags	[hide]Translation key
Camel	camel	dismounts_underwater	entity.minecraft.camel

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	[hide]Translation key
Camel	camel	138	entity.camel.name

Entity data

Camels have entity data associated with them that contain various properties.

Java Edition:

• [NBT Compound / JSON Object] Entity data
  • Additional fields for mobs that can breed see Template:Nbt inherit/breedable/template[show]
  • Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template[show]
  • Tags common to all mobs see Template:Nbt inherit/mob/template[show]
  • Tags common to all horses see Template:Nbt inherit/horse/template[show]
  • [Long] LastPoseTick: The tick when the camel started changing its pose.

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Achievements

[hide]
Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		It Spreads	Kill a mob next to a catalyst	—	10	Bronze
		Overkill	Deal nine hearts of damage in a single hit.	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have nine hearts of health overall.	30	Bronze
		Over-Overkill	Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace	—	20	Silver

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	A Throwaway Joke	Throw a Trident at something. Note: Throwing away your only weapon is not a good idea.	Hit a mob with a thrown trident.
	Adventure	Adventure, exploration and combat	Kill any mob, or be killed by any living entity.
	Arbalistic	Kill five unique mobs with one crossbow shot	Armor Stand also counts for this advancement. This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed.
	It Spreads	Kill a mob near a Sculk Catalyst	Kill one of these 73 mobs near a sculk catalyst:[show] Mobs that drop no experience as well as the ender dragon are ignored for this advancement.
	Over-Overkill	Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace	–
	Take Aim	Shoot something with an Arrow	Using a bow or a crossbow, shoot a mob with an arrow, tipped arrow, or spectral arrow.
	The Parrots and the Bats	Breed two animals together	Breed a pair of any of these 26 mobs:[hide] A mule must be the result of breeding a horse and a donkey for this advancement as they are not breedable together. Other breedable mobs are ignored for this advancement.
	Two by Two	Breed all the animals!	Breed a pair of each of these 25 mobs:[hide] A trader llama does not count as a llama, and a mule must be the result of breeding a horse and a donkey for this advancement as they are not breedable together. Other breedable mobs can be bred, but are ignored for this advancement.

History

October 15, 2022							Camels are announced at Minecraft Live 2022. Minecraft's camels are more specifically based on the dromedary, a species of camel that has one hump on its back.
[hide]Java Edition
1.19.3 Experiment Update 1.20			22w42a				Added camels behind the "Update 1.20" experimental data pack.
			22w43a				The camel's walking animation has been tweaked to more closely mirror how real camels walk.
1.20			23w12a				Camels are now available without using the "Update 1.20" experimental data pack.
1.20.2			23w31a				Camels no longer stand up when opaque blocks are placed over them, preventing them from taking suffocation damage as they stand up.
							Camels dashing, standing up, or sitting down emit an entity_action vibration of frequency 4.
							Camels are now able to panic when attached to leads.
							The pitch values for baby camels for getting up and laying down are now correct.
							Camels walking on suspicious sand, red sand, or concrete powder now plays the sound specific to sand blocks, instead of the generic stepping sound. The translation key has also been changed accordingly, from subtitles.entity.camel.step_sand to subtitles.block.generic.footsteps.
			23w32a				The subtitle for the generic stepping sounds of various mobs, including camels, have now been corrected. The translation key has also been changed accordingly, from subtitles.entity.camel.step to subtitles.block.generic.footsteps.
							Camels eating cactus emit an eat vibration of frequency 8.
[hide]Upcoming Java Edition
1.21.5			25w03a				Removed the SaddleItem nbt.
			25w07a				Camels can now spawn in deserts.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.19.50 Experiment Next Major Update			Preview 1.19.50.21				Added camels behind the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.
			Preview 1.19.50.22				Camels now heal over time.
							The camel's walking animation has been tweaked to more closely mirror how real camels walk.
			Preview 1.19.60.20				Updated camels' texture and model to match Java Edition.
			Preview 1.19.60.25				Camels no longer get pulled into ridable entities.
1.20.0			Preview 1.20.0.21				Camels are now available without using the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.
1.20.30			Preview 1.20.20.21				Camels now make sand stepping sounds for suspicious sand, red sand, and concrete powder.
[hide]Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.21.70			Preview 1.21.70.23				Camels can now spawn in deserts.

Issues

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

Trivia

• Minecraft camels are specifically based on the one-humped dromedary camel, though the first model was based on the two-humped Bactrian camel.
• The camel is the tallest passive mob in Minecraft, being 2.375 blocks tall, and is the only passive mob with a height greater than 2 blocks.
  • It is also the largest passive mob in terms of hitbox size, with a volume of 6.86375 m³.
  • In comparison, the player's hitbox volume is 0.648 m³, less than one tenth of that of the camel.

Gallery

Animations

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  A camel.

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  A camel sitting.

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  A camel standing up.

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  A camel walking.

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  A camel dashing.

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  A saddled camel.

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  A saddled camel sitting.

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  A saddled camel standing up.

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  A saddled camel walking.

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  A saddled camel dashing.

Screenshots

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  A saddled camel sitting next to a player.

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  Alex and Zuri riding a camel.

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  Steve riding a camel out of the sunset.

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  Kai parking a camel.

Mojang screenshots

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  A camel watching the sunset.

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  Different angle of a camel watching the sunset.

Official artwork

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  Camels with Sunny

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  Artwork of Alex with a camel.

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  Artwork of Steve and Alex riding a camel.

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  Wallpaper of Steve and Alex on a camel.

Concept artwork

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  Concept art of the camel showcasing the different coloring and face shapes considered during development.

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  Concept art of the camel showcasing the many designs of its face.

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  Concept art of the camel showcasing the camel's height next to a player and three blocks.

Development images

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  A prototype version of the camel in Java Edition.

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  Four prototype camels looking at the player in Bedrock Edition.

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  Camel T-posing.

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  Bugged camel's walking animation.

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  A table made of camels.

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  Recreation of a prototype camel, resembling a llama.

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  Recreation of a prototype camel wearing a chest.

Textures

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  Camel texture file.

In other media

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  Alex riding on a camel.

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  A camel on the key art for Timeless Trails.

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  The camel Xbox giveaway.

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  Render of the camel Xbox.

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  A camel with a sniffer.

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  Steve and Alex dashing on a camel off a cliff, as depicted in the Trails & Tales trailer.

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  A camel and snifflet in a camp, in A Tale of Two Friends.

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  Camel dashing across a river.

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  A camel covered in arrows.

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  A camel watching the sunrise.

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  A camel riding in a minecart.

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  Camel resting on hay.

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  A camel with a snifflet, concluding A Tale of Two Friends.

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  A fox resting with a camel.

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  Camels with a wandering trader.

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  Promotional artwork for Trails & Tales featuring camels on a map.

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  Alex and Sunny riding a camel.

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  Sunny and Alex riding a camel in an advertisement for a Back to School sale.

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  Artwork featuring Sunny and Alex riding a camel.

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  Lego camel

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  Diagram of a Lego camel's articulation

Trails & Tales Event

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  Camel Mask

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  Camel Hat

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  Camel Balloon

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  Camel Carousel

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  The Camel Carousel moving animation.

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  Balloon bundle, also featuring two sniffers.

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  The balloon bundle animated.

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  Secret Camel

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  The Camel Canyon cutout, featured in the Trails & Tales Event.

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  The icon for the Camel Mask, an item in the Trails & Tales event.

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  The icon for the Camel Hat, an item in the Trails & Tales event.

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  The icon for the Camel Balloon, an item in the Trails & Tales event.

External links

• Camel article on Wikipedia
• Mob Menagerie: Camel – Minecraft.net on June 22, 2023
• "A Tale of Two Friends | Trails & Tales" – Minecraft on YouTube, October 21, 2023