Saddle

Saddle

• Pig
• Strider
• Horse
• Camel

Rarity tier	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No

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        },
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            "field": "Yes",
            "label": "(link to Renewable resource article, displayed as Renewable)"
        },
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            "field": "No",
            "label": "Stackable"
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        "Saddle"
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    "images": [
        "Saddle (Pig).png",
        "Saddle (Strider).png",
        "Saddle (Horse).png",
        "Saddle (Camel).png",
        "Saddle.png"
    ]
}

A saddle is an item required to ride pigs and striders or control ridden camels, horses, donkeys and mules.

Obtaining

Mob loot

Any mob that the player equips with a saddle drops the saddle upon death.

A strider may spawn being ridden by a zombified piglin, which causes it to spawn wearing a saddle. This saddle always drops when the strider is killed.

A ravager has a large version of a saddle on its texture, but does not actually wear one, neither does it have the "Saddle" NBT tag, but it always drops a saddle upon death. Looting does not affect the drop.

Source	Roll Chance	Quantity (Roll Chance)
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
Ravager	100%	1	1	1	1

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	[hide]Chance
Java Edition
Saddle	Monster Room	Chest	1	27.9% { "item": "Saddle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.2792703864726873, "structure": "Monster Room", "container": "Chest" }
	Ancient City	Chest	1	16.1% { "item": "Saddle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.16110641166159667, "structure": "Ancient City", "container": "Chest" }
	Bastion Remnant	Hoglin stable chest	1	12% { "item": "Saddle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.12, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Hoglin stable chest" }
	Desert Pyramid	Chest	1	23.5% { "item": "Saddle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.23489794603087977, "structure": "Desert Pyramid", "container": "Chest" }
	End City	Chest	1	13.3% { "item": "Saddle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.13275806146330638, "structure": "End City", "container": "Chest" }
	Jungle Pyramid	Chest	1	12.9% { "item": "Saddle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.1285000378705884, "structure": "Jungle Pyramid", "container": "Chest" }
	Nether Fortress	Chest	1	35.3% { "item": "Saddle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.35257500631817307, "structure": "Nether Fortress", "container": "Chest" }
	Stronghold	Altar chest	1	2.5% { "item": "Saddle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.024800500000000003, "structure": "Stronghold", "container": "Altar chest" }
	Village	Weaponsmith's chest	1	16.2% { "item": "Saddle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.16210315157390187, "structure": "Village", "container": "Weaponsmith's chest" }
		Savanna house chest	1	11.3% { "item": "Saddle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.11323884996174782, "structure": "Village", "container": "Savanna house chest" }
		Tanner's chest	1	17.3% { "item": "Saddle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.17258930206298828, "structure": "Village", "container": "Tanner's chest" }
Bedrock Edition
Saddle	Monster Room	Chest	1	27.9% { "item": "Saddle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.2792703864726873, "structure": "Monster Room", "container": "Chest" }
	Ancient City	Chest	1	16.1% { "item": "Saddle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.16110641166159667, "structure": "Ancient City", "container": "Chest" }
	Bastion Remnant	Hoglin stable chest	1	13.6% { "item": "Saddle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.13636363636363635, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Hoglin stable chest" }
	Desert Pyramid	Chest	1	23.5% { "item": "Saddle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.23489794603087977, "structure": "Desert Pyramid", "container": "Chest" }
	End City	Chest	1	13.3% { "item": "Saddle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.13275806146330638, "structure": "End City", "container": "Chest" }
	Jungle Pyramid	Chest	1	12.8% { "item": "Saddle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.12822584452727093, "structure": "Jungle Pyramid", "container": "Chest" }
	Nether Fortress	Chest	1	35.3% { "item": "Saddle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.35257500631817307, "structure": "Nether Fortress", "container": "Chest" }
	Stronghold	Altar chest	1	2.4% { "item": "Saddle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.024037471921875886, "structure": "Stronghold", "container": "Altar chest" }
	Village	Weaponsmith's chest	1	16.2% { "item": "Saddle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.16210315157390187, "structure": "Village", "container": "Weaponsmith's chest" }
		Savanna house chest	1	11.3% { "item": "Saddle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.11323884996174782, "structure": "Village", "container": "Savanna house chest" }
		Tanner's chest	1	17.3% { "item": "Saddle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.17258930206298828, "structure": "Village", "container": "Tanner's chest" }

Fishing

Saddles are obtainable through fishing, with a 0.8% chance per attempt. See fishing for more details.

Trading

Villager	Probability		Villager wants	Player receives
	JE	BE
Master Leatherworker	100%	50%	6 × Emerald	Saddle

Usage

A horse equipped with a saddle.

While camels, horses, donkeys, mules and skeleton horses‌ can always be ridden, a saddle is required to control them. These mobs (only after being tamed, in the case of equine mobs) can be equipped with a saddle by placing it in their inventory, which can be opened by pressing use while holding a saddle or sneaking. The saddle can be unequipped by removing it from the specific inventory slot.

Saddles are required to ride pigs and striders, but even with a saddle their movement cannot be controlled like other mobs. A carrot on a stick (for pigs) or a warped fungus on a stick (for striders) is required to direct these mobs. Using a saddle on one of these mobs equips them with the saddle, and, since they have no inventory, there is no way to retrieve the saddle without killing the mob.

Animals can also be equipped with saddles by a dispenser.

Although ravagers have a saddle as part of their texture, and are sometimes ridden by pillagers, evokers, and vindicators‌ during raids, the player is unable to ride ravagers.

A saddle maintains properties, such as a custom name, when dropped by the mob that was wearing it.

Once equipped, any mob with a saddle will not despawn and will remain on the world.

Sounds

Java Edition

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Saddle equips	Friendly Creatures	When a saddle is equipped to a camel	entity.camel.saddle	subtitles.entity.horse.saddle​	0.5	0.8	16
	None​​	Friendly Creatures	When a saddle is equipped to a strider	entity.strider.saddle	None​​	0.5	1.0	16
	​Saddle equips	Friendly Creatures	When a saddle is equipped to a horse, donkey, mule, skeleton horse, or zombie horse	entity.horse.saddle	subtitles.entity.horse.saddle​	0.5	1.0	16
	​Saddle equips	Friendly Creatures	When a saddle is equipped to a pig	entity.pig.saddle	subtitles.entity.pig.saddle​	0.5	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Friendly Creatures	When a saddle is equipped to a camel	mob.horse.leather	1.0	1.0
	Friendly Creatures	When a saddle is equipped to a horse, mule, skeleton horse, or zombie horse	mob.horse.leather	0.6	1.0
	Friendly Creatures	When a saddle is equipped to a donkey	mob.horse.leather	0.5	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	[hide]Translation key
Saddle	saddle	Item	item.minecraft.saddle

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	[hide]Translation key
Saddle	saddle	371	Item	item.saddle.name

Achievements

[hide]
Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		When Pigs Fly	Use a saddle to ride a pig, and then have the pig get hurt from fall damage while riding it.	Be riding a pig (e.g. using a saddle) when it hits the ground with a fall distance greater than 5.	40	Silver

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	This Boat Has Legs	Ride a Strider with a Warped Fungus on a Stick	Use a warped fungus on a stick while riding a strider, decreasing its durability.

History

[hide]Java Edition Infdev
20100625-1917							Added saddles.
							Saddles do not drop from saddled pigs.
							Saddles can be found in the new dungeon chests.
[hide]Java Edition
1.2.4			release				When baby animals were introduced, baby pigs could be ridden just like adult pigs. After this version, baby pigs can no longer be saddled.
1.3.1			12w21a				Saddles can now be bought from butcher villagers for 6–7 emeralds each, and thus have become renewable.
1.4.2			12w36a				Saddles now drop from killing saddled pigs.
							Added carrot on a stick to direct saddled pigs, effectively controlling them.
			12w37a				Pigs can now jump when being ridden.
1.6.1			13w18a				Regular saddles can now be used to ride horses, while previously they required horse saddles.
							Added saddles to the loot tables of mineshaft minecarts, stronghold altar chests, village blacksmith chests, as well as desert and jungle pyramids.
							Added chests to nether fortresses, where saddles can be found.
1.7.2			13w36a				Saddles can now be fished with fishing rods and are described as treasure.
1.8			14w02a				Trading has been changed: leatherworker villagers now sell saddles for 8–10 emeralds each, and butchers no longer trade saddles.
1.9			15w31a				Saddles can now be found in end city chests.
			15w43a				The average yield of saddles in nether fortress chests has been slightly decreased.
			15w44a				Saddles have been removed from mineshaft chests.
							The average yield of saddles in dungeon chests has been decreased.
							The average yield of saddles in desert pyramid chests has been increased.
1.13			17w45a				The models of the horse's saddle has been changed.
			17w46a				The models of the horse's saddle has been changed once again.
			18w03a				The models of the horse's saddle has been changed once again.
			pre2				The models of the horse's saddle has been changed once again. The reins bit has now been rendered. Also, the lines of the reins are no longer rendered except when riding.
1.14			18w43a				Added illager beasts, which drop saddles.
							The textures of saddles have been changed.
			18w48a				Saddles can now be found in chests in village tanneries.
			18w49a				Saddles can now be found in chests in savanna village houses.
			19w11a				Leatherworker villagers now sell saddles for 6 emeralds.
1.15			19w37a				Curse of Vanishing enchantment is now functional for mobs, which are wearing a saddle with that enchantment.
1.16			20w12a				Saddles can now only be caught when fishing in open water like any other treasure item.
			20w13a				Added striders, which can be ridden with saddles.
			20w15a				Saddles placed in a dispenser can now saddle pigs, striders, and tamed horses, donkeys and mules.
			20w16a				Saddles now generate in bastion remnant chests.
			20w17a				The texture of the strider saddles has been changed. The front and back orientation of the saddle has been corrected.
1.19			22w13a				Saddles may now be found in ancient city chests.
1.19.3 Experiment Update 1.20			22w42a				Saddles can be used to ride camels with the use of the "Update 1.20" experimental data pack.
1.20.5 Experiment Update 1.21			24w05a				Saddles can now be found in trial chamber vaults.
			24w11a				Saddles can no longer be found in trial chamber vaults.
1.21.5			25w03a				Saddles equipped onto Pigs or Striders will now maintain properties such as custom name when dropped.
							Saddles now remain visible on horses, donkeys, mules, skeleton horses, zombie horses and camels that have the Invisibility effect.
							Saddles worn by horses, donkeys, mules, skeleton horses, zombie horses and camels no longer turn red when the mob takes damage.
							Thorns and Curse of Binding enchantments are now functional for mobs which are wearing a saddle with that enchantment.
							Enchanted saddles now show the enchantment glint on mobs, which are wearing them.
[hide]Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.7.0							Added saddles. They are currently unobtainable and have no practical usage since they cannot be equipped on any mobs.
v0.9.0			build 1				Saddles can now be obtained from village blacksmith chests.
v0.11.0			build 1				Saddles can now be fished with fishing rods and are described as treasure.
v0.12.1			build 1				Saddles can now be found in nether fortresses.
v0.13.0			build 1				Saddles can now be found in desert pyramids.
v0.15.0			build 1				Saddles can now be used for riding horses and pigs.
							Saddles can now be found inside jungle pyramids.
							Added saddles to the Creative inventory.
[hide]Pocket Edition
1.0.0			alpha 0.17.0.1				Saddles can now be found in end cities.
1.0.4			alpha 1.0.4.0				Saddles are now sold by leatherworker villagers for 8-10 emeralds as their only third tiers trades.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				Saddles can now be found in plains village tannery and weaponsmith chests.
							Added ravagers, which drop a saddle upon death.
							The textures of saddles have been changed.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.1				Saddles can now be found in savanna, snowy taiga, taiga and snowy tundra village tannery chests.
							Saddles can now be found in savanna, taiga, snowy taiga, and desert village weaponsmith chests.
							Saddles can now be found in savanna village house chests.
			beta 1.11.0.4				Trading has been changed. Leatherworker villagers now have 50% chance to sell saddles for 10 emeralds as part of their last tier trade.
1.12.0			beta 1.12.0.3				The trading price of saddles has been lowered to 6 emeralds.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.57				Added striders, which can be ridden with saddles.
							Saddles now generate in bastion remnant chests.
1.19.50 Experiment Next Major Update			Preview 1.19.50.21				Saddles can now be used to ride camels with the use of the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.
1.20.60 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.20.60.20				Saddles can now be obtained as loot in trial chambers.
1.20.80 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.20.80.22				Saddles can no longer be obtained as loot in trial chambers.
[hide]Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added saddles.
TU14		1.04					Saddles can now be bought from butcher villagers for 6–7 emeralds each, and thus have become renewable.
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12			Added chests to nether fortresses, where saddles can be found.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Saddles can now be fished with fishing rods and are described as treasure.
							Trading has been changed: leatherworker villagers now sell saddles for 8–10 emeralds each, and butchers no longer trade saddles.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		Saddles can now be found in end city chests.
			1.90				The textures of saddles have been changed.
			1.91				Added ravagers, which drop saddles.
[hide]New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added saddles.

Data history

[hide]Java Edition
1.13			17w47a				Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 329.

Issues

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

Trivia

• A saddle is considered "armor" by the game, but the value of protection to the animal is zero.
• A saddle on a pig can still be seen if the pig is afflicted with Invisibility.
• When riding a saddled mob, the hunger bar is replaced by hearts (representing the mounted mob's health) resembling the look of the saddle.

Gallery

Screenshots

• 

  A player riding a pig (before Beta 1.8).

• 

  A player riding a horse.

• 

  The horse interface implemented in 13w21a that allows for the removal of saddles, but only on horses, donkeys or mules.

• 

  Mule equipped with both a saddle and a chest.

• 

  A saddle found in a monster room chest, which coincidentally contains an enchanted golden apple.

See also

• Transportation