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• Armored

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Health points	Wild: 8HP Tamed: 40HP × 20
Armor points	See wolf armor
Behavior	Neutral (wild, or if owned by a different player) Passive (player is owner or active)
Mob type	Animal
Attack strength	Easy: 3HP Normal: 4HP Hard: 6HP
Hitbox size	In Java Edition: Adult: Height: 0.85 blocks Width: 0.6 blocks Baby: Height: 0.425 blocks Width: 0.3 blocks In Bedrock Edition: Adult: Height: 0.8 blocks Width: 0.6 blocks Baby: Height: 0.4 blocks Width: 0.3 blocks
Speed	0.3
Spawn	Forest Grove Old Growth Pine Taiga Old Growth Spruce Taiga Savanna Plateau Snowy Taiga Sparse Jungle Taiga Wooded Badlands
Usable items	Bone Meat Rabbit Stew Dye Lead Wolf Armor Shears

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A wolf is a neutral mob that can be tamed using bones. Tamed wolves defend their owners against attackers and can assist them in combat.

Spawning

Wild wolves spawn naturally in multiple biomes on grass blocks, dirt, coarse dirt, snow (in Java Edition only on 8 layers of snow), snow blocks or podzol. They have a 10% chance of spawning naturally as a baby. Their appearance and the amount of wolves that attempt to spawn depend on the biome.

Wolves spawned through breeding are owned by the owner of the parents. If the parents have different owners, there is a 50%-50% chance (see § Breeding).

Color variants

Wolves have 9 color variants, each of which spawns in a different biome. Most variants spawn in packs, with some having larger or smaller packs.

Spawning patterns by color variant

Color variant	Biome	Pack size
Ashen	Snowy Taiga	4
Black	Old Growth Pine Taiga	2-4
Chestnut	Old Growth Spruce Taiga	2-4
Pale	Taiga	4
Rusty	Sparse Jungle	2-4
Snowy	Grove	1
Spotted	Savanna Plateau	4-8
Striped	Wooded Badlands	4-8
Woods	Forest	4

When a wolf pack spawns near a biome border, individual wolves of the pack might take on a different appearance if their spawn location is in a bordering biome.

Wolves spawned in jungles or bamboo jungles (using spawn eggs, monster spawners, commands, or due to a wolf pack bordering these biomes) spawn as rusty wolves; wolves in savannas or windswept savannas spawn as spotted wolves; wolves in badlands or eroded badlands spawn as striped wolves. Wolves in all other biomes spawn as the pale wolf variant.

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  All of the nine wolf color variants. Order: snowy, striped, spotted, rusty, chestnut, black, ashen, woods, and pale.

For pictures of individual color variants, see § Gallery.

Sound variants

Wolves have 7 sound variants; big, classic, cute, puglin, angry, grumpy, and sad. These variants are meant to reflect a wolf's personality, but have no effect on the wolf's behavior.

Wolf sound variants are assigned independently of a wolf's spawning biome. Wolves will make the sounds associated with their variant when they make bark, pant, whine, growl, death, or hurt sounds. Sound variants are unrelated to color variants. Similarly, the angry sound variant is unrelated to the angry wolf state.

Drops

Adult wolves drop 1–3XP experience orbs when killed by a player or a tamed wolf. In Bedrock Edition, a tamed wolf that is killed by its owner does not drop experience.

Wolves wearing wolf armor always drop their wolf armor when they die, regardless of what kills them.

Upon successful breeding, 1–7XP are dropped.

Like other baby animals, baby wolves will drop no experience when killed.

Behavior

A tamed pale wolf "begging" the player for food or admiring bones if held by the player.

Three tamed pale wolves following the player around.

Wolves exhibit three different states depending on how the user interacts with them:

• Untamed wolves have a drooping tail and their eyes consist of a white pixel and a black pixel for the pupil (on each side). They are neutral toward the player. They are hostile toward sheep, rabbits, foxes, baby turtles, and skeletons and their variants, taking on their angry appearance while attacking these mobs, and changing back when the targeted mob dies or moves out of range. They chase bats despite being unable to reach them. They avoid llamas, although wolves may attack a llama that spits on them. They do not despawn, even if they are in an unloaded chunk, or 32 blocks away from the player. They can be ridden by baby zombie variants.‌
• Angry wolves are characterized by their constant growling and fearsome appearance. Wild wolves become hostile when they are either attacked by a player or mob, if not killed in one hit, or when they see a mob they want to eat. Their tail is held out straight, their eyes become blood red, their mouth is raised in a slight snarl, and they have angry eyebrows. Angry wolves are hostile only to the players or mobs that attacked them, or to the mobs they are hunting. They can see attackers even if they are under the invisibility effect, but they cannot track the attacker down if they get out of their render distance, or the attacker was able to unload the chunk where the wolves were. Notice that only the damage done to players gets scaled by difficulty, all other mobs will receive 4HP damage regardless of diffiiculty. Angry wolves cannot be leashed, but a wild wolf may become angry while it is still leashed without dropping the lead.
• Tamed wolves have friendlier-looking eyes. They have a default red collar around their neck, which can be dyed using any color of dye on the wolf by any player regardless of who owns the wolf. Pressing use on the wolf makes it sit and remain in place, and not follow the player. Tamed wolves that are not sitting attack players or mobs that their owner attacks, or those that injure their owner unless the target has the same owner or is on the same team, dealing them 4HP damage regardless of difficulty. They do not attack creepers or ghasts. Standing tamed wolves attack only skeletons and their variants without provocation. Kills by tamed wolves count as player kills: this means mobs killed by a tamed wolf can drop experience, rare drops or equipped items. Tamed wolves are always passive to the player, even if the player hits them or kills a tamed wolf on the same team.

A wolf becomes hostile to a player or other mob that attacks it unless the attacker is the wolf's owner, or is otherwise on the same team, or if killed in one hit. It also causes wild wolves and standing tamed wolves in a 33×21×33 cuboid centered on the attacked wolf to become hostile to the attacker, allowing coordination for attacks and team hunts (only in wild wolves).

In Java Edition, any tamed wolf attacked by a player/mob causes all standing wolves on that team to attack that player/mob who attacked the tamed wolf.

Skeletons and their variants, foxes, baby turtles and passive rabbits actively avoid both tamed and wild wolves. Killer rabbits‌ attack wolves actively. Sheep ignore wolves, but flee when attacked by one. Sheep ignore tamed wolves but also do not flee from them.

When a player within 8 blocks holds meat or bones near a wolf, the wolf tilts its head as if to 'beg' for the food for 2 to 4 seconds.

The behavior of baby wolves is the same as adult tamed wolves. Baby wolves have large heads, similar to other baby animals.

Wolves are 0.85‌ or 0.8‌ blocks tall and baby wolves are 0.425‌ or 0.4‌ blocks tall.

The textures of the wolves are tinted dark gray once submerged in water.

In Peaceful difficulty, attacking a wild wolf aggravates the wolf and its group, but they deal no damage to the player.

Movement

A tamed pale wolf shaking off water.

Standing tamed wolves wander randomly when near their owner, but follow if more than 10 blocks away and teleport to a nearby free block (if any) if more than 12 blocks away. Besides making travel easier, teleportation can be used to rescue them from lava, water or pits, as they immediately teleport to a safe area.

• Wolves can be told to "sit" by pressing use on them and made to stand again with another press of use.
  • In Java Edition, a wolf automatically sits when first tamed.
  • While sitting, they do not follow the player. However, if their owner fights a mob near them, they are still likely to join the fight. When the fight is over, they go back to sitting (if in water, they do not sit until they are on dry land, telling the wolf to sit makes it stand). They sit at their new location instead of returning to wherever they were previously.
  • Wolves stand up and follow the player if it is pushed into water or injured while sitting.
• Wolves can either attack (within 16 blocks) or flee from (within 24 blocks) llamas. The wolves' speed is increased by 50% when they flee.
• Wolves find paths to their targets if attacking within 16 blocks, even in difficult terrain. They also navigate along the edges of cliffs and occasionally fall far enough to take damage if they leap.
• Wolves attack their targets running about at the player's walking speed and by leaping at them in exactly the same manner as spiders, but cause no damage while in midair. Tamed wolves attack any animal the player starts to attack. They also can navigate and turn around in 1×1 horizontal tunnels.
• After emerging from water, a wolf shakes the water off their fur. This is represented by an animation and water particles.

Teleportation

Tamed wolves teleport to their owner if they are more than 12 blocks away, with a few caveats.

• Teleporting resets the focus of a tamed wolf, so if a wolf is attacking a mob and teleports beside a player, it resumes following the player, as its tracking has been reset.
• It is possible for tamed wolves to teleport to an inaccessible location (e.g. under ice) and be injured or die of suffocation as a result. This happens when the wolf considers transparent blocks, such as glass, or half-blocks, to be open.
• It cannot teleport when it is sitting.

An angry or untamed wolf does not teleport.

Tamed wolves do not teleport if:

• The wolf has been ordered to sit.
  • Exception: The wolf is likely to teleport if it is injured while sitting (it no longer sits after teleporting). An example is if a wolf that is sitting is hit by another player, it teleports to their owner.
  • Exception: If the wolf is in a loaded chunk, and the player gets damaged by a mob, there's a chance for the wolf to stop sitting, causing them to teleport if the player is far away, then attack the player's attacker and sit down afterward.
• The wolf is chasing after a skeleton. This can lead to wolves standing and jumping in one place, such as over a cavern if a skeleton is near. The wolf teleports once the skeleton is killed.
• The wolf is in a minecart or a boat.
• The wolf has been attached to a fence post with a lead.
• The wolf is in an unloaded chunk.
• None of the blocks on the edge of a 5×1×5 region centered on the player are transparent blocks with a solid block below and another transparent block above.
• The player is in another dimension; a wolf remains in its current dimension and automatically sits until the player allows it to stand. However, wolves can be transported to another dimension by pushing them into the portal first.
• The owner is not directly touching the ground (e.g. using elytra, swimming, flying, in a boat).

Wolf teleportation is completely silent.

Taming, health, and feeding

Many different types of wolves (tamed) sitting.

A group of begging wolves.

A wolf can be tamed by feeding it bones. Once tamed, a wolf does not accept any more bones. The number of bones required is random: each bone has a ¹⁄₃ chance of taming the wolf. If the wolf is tamed, it receives a red collar and, in Java Edition, sits if not swimming. There is no limit to the number of wolves that a player can tame. A wolf cannot be tamed if it is hostile or already tamed. Wolves that are tamed by the same player can accidentally attack each other while attacking another mob, leading to a fight.

A tamed wolf's tail rises and lowers depending on its health. The exact health of an individual wolf can be determined by measuring the angle between its hind legs and tail. The angle indicates the percentage of health that the wolf has. Tamed wolves whine when they have low health (below 10HP). Untamed wolves have a maximum health of 8HP; the position of an untamed wolf's tail does not depend on its health. Tamed wolves, as well as untamed wolves in Bedrock Edition, can be healed by feeding them any of the meat and fish items listed below; this restores as much of the wolf's health as the same food would restore hunger points when eaten by the player.

Food	Heals	Causes love mode in BE	Notes
Pufferfish	2HP	No	Does not inflict Hunger, Poison, or Nausea.
Tropical Fish		No
Raw Chicken	4HP	Yes	Does not inflict Hunger.
Raw Cod	4HP	No
Raw Mutton		Yes
Raw Salmon		No
Raw Beef	6HP	Yes
Raw Porkchop		Yes
Raw Rabbit		Yes
Rotten Flesh	8HP	Yes	Does not inflict Hunger.
Cooked Cod	10HP	No
Cooked Rabbit		Yes
Cooked Chicken	12HP × 6	Yes
Cooked Mutton		Yes
Cooked Salmon		No
Cooked Porkchop	16HP × 8	Yes
Steak		Yes
Rabbit Stew	20HP × 10	No	In Bedrock Edition, the bowl is also consumed.

Wolves do not get food poisoning, so they can freely eat rotten flesh, pufferfish, and raw chicken. Feeding any meat item to a tamed wolf that is already at full health starts the "love mode" animation.

A tamed wolf's necklace or collar color can be changed by using a dye on the wolf.

Wolf armor

A pale wolf wearing wolf armor.

Using wolf armor on a wolf that the player has tamed equips it onto the wolf.

Wolf armor absorbs all damage done to the wolf with some exceptions (see the list below), until its durability runs out. When the armor absorbs damage, the wolf does not produce a hurt noise.

Baby wolves cannot wear wolf armor.

Wolf armor does not absorb damage dealt by the following sources:

• Drowning
• Freezing
• Suffocating
• Magic
• Thorns
• The Wither effect
• Void
• Being outside the world border
• Entity cramming
• The /kill command
• Warden's sonically-charged shriek

If the owner uses shears on a wolf that is wearing armor, the armor gets unequipped from the wolf.

If a wolf dies while equipped with wolf armor, the armor is dropped.

Breeding

A baby pale wolf sitting.

Tamed wolves at full health can be bred with any type of meat, including rotten flesh and raw chicken without causing the hunger status effect (see the list above). In Java Edition, rabbit stew and any type of fish can also be used to breed wolves. There is a 5-minute cooldown for breeding, during which the wolf does not accept meat. In order to breed, both wolves must be standing.

Baby wolves have a 50% chance of being the same variant as either of its parents. The color of a baby wolf's collar is a mix of the colors of the parents' collars, if it is possible to mix them; otherwise, one of the parents' collars is randomly chosen.

The growth of baby wolves can be slowly accelerated using any type of meat; in Java Edition, rabbit stew and any type of fish can also be used. Each use takes 10% off the remaining time to grow up.

Breeding two wolves that recognize someone else as an owner causes the baby to also be owned by the owner of the original two wolves. If two tamed wolves have different owners, the baby is randomly assigned to one of their two owners as its permanent owner.

In Java Edition, if an untamed wolf is fed any type of meat or fish, it enters love mode but doesn't look for a partner and cannot breed.

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:
Wolves 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
	​Wolf Armor takes damage	Friendly Creatures	When a wolf with wolf armor absorbs damage	item.wolf_armor.damage	subtitles.item.wolf_armor.damage​	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Wolf shakes	Friendly Creatures	When a wolf shakes off water	entity.wolf.shake	subtitles.entity.wolf.shake​	0.4	0.8-1.2	16
	​Footsteps	Friendly Creatures	While a wolf is walking	entity.wolf.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16
	None​​	?	Unused sound event. Removed in version 25w08a	entity.wolf.howl	None​​	None	None	None

Bedrock Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Players	When a wolf eats an item	random.eat	0.5-1.1	0.8-1.2
	Friendly Creatures	When a wolf with wolf armor absorbs damage	armor.damage_wolf	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	When a wolf shakes off water	mob.wolf.shake	1.0	0.8-1.2
	Friendly Creatures	While a wolf is walking	mob.wolf.step	0.65	1.0

Sound variants

Angry wolf

Java Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Wolf barks	Friendly Creatures	Randomly	entity.wolf_angry.ambient	subtitles.entity.wolf.bark​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Wolf pants	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while tamed	entity.wolf_angry.pant	subtitles.entity.wolf.ambient​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Wolf whines	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while with 9HP health or less	entity.wolf_angry.whine	subtitles.entity.wolf.whine​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Wolf growls	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while angry	entity.wolf_angry.growl	subtitles.entity.wolf.growl​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Wolf dies	Friendly Creatures	When an angry wolf (sound variant) dies	entity.wolf_angry.death	subtitles.entity.wolf.death​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Wolf hurts	Friendly Creatures	When an angry wolf (sound variant) is damaged	entity.wolf_angry.hurt	subtitles.entity.wolf.hurt​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Friendly Creatures	Randomly	mob.wolf_angry.bark	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	Randomly	mob.wolf_angry.panting	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while with 9HP health or less	mob.wolf_angry.whine	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while angry	mob.wolf_angry.growl	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	When an angry wolf (sound variant) dies	mob.wolf_angry.death	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	When an angry wolf (sound variant) is damaged	mob.wolf_angry.hurt	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)

Big wolf

Java Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Wolf barks	Friendly Creatures	Randomly	entity.wolf_big.ambient	subtitles.entity.wolf.bark​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Wolf pants	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while tamed	entity.wolf_big.pant	subtitles.entity.wolf.ambient​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Wolf whines	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while with 9HP health or less	entity.wolf_big.whine	subtitles.entity.wolf.whine​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Wolf growls	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while angry	entity.wolf_big.growl	subtitles.entity.wolf.growl​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Wolf dies	Friendly Creatures	When a big wolf dies	entity.wolf_big.death	subtitles.entity.wolf.death​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Wolf hurts	Friendly Creatures	When a big wolf is damaged	entity.wolf_big.hurt	subtitles.entity.wolf.hurt​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Friendly Creatures	Randomly	mob.wolf_big.bark	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	Randomly	mob.wolf_big.panting	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while with 9HP health or less	mob.wolf_big.whine	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while big	mob.wolf_big.growl	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	When a big wolf dies	mob.wolf_big.death	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	When a big wolf is damaged	mob.wolf_big.hurt	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)

Classic wolf

Java Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Wolf barks	Friendly Creatures	Randomly	entity.wolf.ambient	subtitles.entity.wolf.bark​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Wolf pants	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while tamed	entity.wolf.pant	subtitles.entity.wolf.ambient​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Wolf whines	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while with 9HP health or less	entity.wolf.whine	subtitles.entity.wolf.whine​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Wolf growls	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while angry	entity.wolf.growl	subtitles.entity.wolf.growl​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Wolf dies	Friendly Creatures	When a classic wolf dies	entity.wolf.death	subtitles.entity.wolf.death​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Wolf hurts	Friendly Creatures	When a classic wolf is damaged	entity.wolf.hurt	subtitles.entity.wolf.hurt​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Friendly Creatures	Randomly	mob.wolf.bark	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	Randomly	mob.wolf.panting	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while with 9HP health or less	mob.wolf.whine	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while angry	mob.wolf.growl	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	When a classic wolf dies	mob.wolf.death	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	When a classic wolf is damaged	mob.wolf.hurt	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)

Cute wolf

Java Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Wolf barks	Friendly Creatures	Randomly	entity.wolf_cute.ambient	subtitles.entity.wolf.bark​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Wolf pants	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while tamed	entity.wolf_cute.pant	subtitles.entity.wolf.ambient​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Wolf whines	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while with 9HP health or less	entity.wolf_cute.whine	subtitles.entity.wolf.whine​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Wolf growls	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while angry	entity.wolf_cute.growl	subtitles.entity.wolf.growl​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Wolf dies	Friendly Creatures	When a cute wolf dies	entity.wolf_cute.death	subtitles.entity.wolf.death​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Wolf hurts	Friendly Creatures	When a cute wolf is damaged	entity.wolf_cute.hurt	subtitles.entity.wolf.hurt​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Friendly Creatures	Randomly	mob.wolf_cute.bark	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	Randomly	mob.wolf_cute.panting	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while with 9HP health or less	mob.wolf_cute.whine	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while angry	mob.wolf_cute.growl	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	When a cute wolf dies	mob.wolf_cute.death	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	When a cute wolf is damaged	mob.wolf_cute.hurt	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)

Grumpy wolf

Java Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Wolf barks	Friendly Creatures	Randomly	entity.wolf_grumpy.ambient	subtitles.entity.wolf.bark​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Wolf pants	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while tamed	entity.wolf_grumpy.pant	subtitles.entity.wolf.ambient​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Wolf whines	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while with 9HP health or less	entity.wolf_grumpy.whine	subtitles.entity.wolf.whine​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Wolf growls	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while angry	entity.wolf_grumpy.growl	subtitles.entity.wolf.growl​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Wolf dies	Friendly Creatures	When a grumpy wolf dies	entity.wolf_grumpy.death	subtitles.entity.wolf.death​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Wolf hurts	Friendly Creatures	When a grumpy wolf is damaged	entity.wolf_grumpy.hurt	subtitles.entity.wolf.hurt​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Friendly Creatures	Randomly	mob.wolf_grumpy.bark	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	Randomly	mob.wolf_grumpy.panting	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while with 9HP health or less	mob.wolf_grumpy.whine	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while angry	mob.wolf_grumpy.growl	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	When a grumpy wolf dies	mob.wolf_grumpy.death	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	When a grumpy wolf is damaged	mob.wolf_grumpy.hurt	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)

Puglin wolf

Java Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Wolf barks	Friendly Creatures	Randomly	entity.wolf_puglin.ambient	subtitles.entity.wolf.bark​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Wolf pants	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while tamed	entity.wolf_puglin.pant	subtitles.entity.wolf.ambient​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Wolf whines	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while with 9HP health or less	entity.wolf_puglin.whine	subtitles.entity.wolf.whine​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Wolf growls	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while angry	entity.wolf_puglin.growl	subtitles.entity.wolf.growl​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Wolf dies	Friendly Creatures	When a puglin wolf dies	entity.wolf_puglin.death	subtitles.entity.wolf.death​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Wolf hurts	Friendly Creatures	When a puglin wolf is damaged	entity.wolf_puglin.hurt	subtitles.entity.wolf.hurt​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Friendly Creatures	Randomly	mob.wolf_puglin.bark	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	Randomly	mob.wolf_puglin.panting	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while with 9HP health or less	mob.wolf_puglin.whine	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while angry	mob.wolf_puglin.growl	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	When a puglin wolf dies	mob.wolf_puglin.death	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	When a puglin wolf is damaged	mob.wolf_puglin.hurt	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)

Sad wolf

Java Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Wolf barks	Friendly Creatures	Randomly	entity.wolf_sad.ambient	subtitles.entity.wolf.bark​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Wolf pants	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while tamed	entity.wolf_sad.pant	subtitles.entity.wolf.ambient​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Wolf whines	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while with 9HP health or less	entity.wolf_sad.whine	subtitles.entity.wolf.whine​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Wolf growls	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while angry	entity.wolf_sad.growl	subtitles.entity.wolf.growl​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Wolf dies	Friendly Creatures	When a sad wolf dies	entity.wolf_sad.death	subtitles.entity.wolf.death​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	​Wolf hurts	Friendly Creatures	When a sad wolf is damaged	entity.wolf_sad.hurt	subtitles.entity.wolf.hurt​	0.4	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Friendly Creatures	Randomly	mob.wolf_sad.bark	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	Randomly	mob.wolf_sad.panting	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while with 9HP health or less	mob.wolf_sad.whine	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while angry	mob.wolf_sad.growl	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	When a sad wolf dies	mob.wolf_sad.death	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	When a sad wolf is damaged	mob.wolf_sad.hurt	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	[hide]Translation key
Wolf	wolf	entity.minecraft.wolf

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	[hide]Translation key
Wolf	wolf	14	entity.wolf.name

Entity data

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

Java Edition:

• [NBT Compound / JSON Object] Entity data
  • Additional fields for mobs that can become angry see Template:Nbt inherit/angerable/template[show]
  • Additional fields for mobs that can be tamed by players see Template:Nbt inherit/tameable/template[show]
  • 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]
  • [Byte] CollarColor: The color of the wolf's collar. Present even for wild wolves (but does not render); default value is 14.
  • [String] variant: The variant of this wolf. Default value is "minecraft:pale".
  • [String] sound_variant: The sound variation for this wolf.

Collar color[show][edit]

Variants

• pale (default)
• ashen
• black
• chestnut
• rusty
• snowy
• spotted
• striped
• woods

Sound Variants

• classic
• angry
• big
• cute
• grumpy
• puglin
• sad

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Wolf color variants

Java Edition:

Wolf color variants can be configured using JSON files within a data pack in the path data/<namespace>/wolf_variant.

Wolf sound variants

Java Edition:
Wolf sound variants can be configured using JSON files within a data pack in the path data/<namespace>/wolf_sound_variant.

Achievements

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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
		Leader of the Pack	Befriend five wolves.	This does not have to be in a single game, so multiple games or reloading old saves does count toward this achievement.	20	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.
	Best Friends Forever	Tame an animal	Tame one of these 8 tameable mobs: Skeleton Horse and Zombie Horse can be tamed in the same way as a regular horse to gain this advancement with the ride command.
	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	–
	Shear Brilliance	Remove Wolf Armor from a Wolf using Shears	—
	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.
	The Whole Pack	Tame one of each Wolf variant	Tame each of these 9 wolf variants:
	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.

Videos

Wolves when they were in development uploaded by Jeb as shown below.

History

August 15, 2010							Notch responded positively to the idea of adding wolves to the game. It was mentioned that they could be tamed, and they could also howl at the full moon at midnight.
March 2, 2011							Notch confirmed the addition of wolves after having breakfast with an idol of his (likely Peter Molyneux).
March 15, 2011							Jeb posted a first image of wolves.
March 16, 2011							Jeb posted a second image of wolves, with updated texture and model, showing one of them in a sitting pose.
March 18, 2011							Jeb posted a video of wolves in action with an updated texture and a unique texture for tamed wolves.
[hide]Java Edition Beta
1.4							Added wolves.
							Wolves can be tamed. When wolves are hit by the player or the player's tamed wolves, they become angry. A glitch is encountered where if the player's wolf isn't sitting when the player logs off, it becomes wild and the player must tame it again. This problem was fixed a couple of updates after wolves were first introduced.
1.5							Wolves no longer continuously make whimpering noises in multiplayer even when at full health. This originally happened because Jeb accidentally used client-side health instead of synced health.
1.6			Test Build 3				Players hurting themselves with arrows no longer causes all of their tamed wolves to attack them.
1.8			Pre-release				Just like farm animals, wolves no longer despawn, and they now spawn rarely.
							Most wolves now generate with the world.
[hide]Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3				Added baby wolves. They can be spawned only through map editors and NBT editing.
1.1			?				Wolves now only despawn when they are untamed and angry.
1.2.1			12w03a				Wolves can now be bred using any type of meat: raw chicken, cooked chicken, raw porkchop, cooked porkchop, raw beef, steak, or rotten flesh. A tamed wolf can only be bred when it is at full health. Baby wolves can now be obtained through normal gameplay.
			12w06a				Wolves no longer spin in circles on non-full-height blocks.
			12w07a				Wolves no longer teleport huge distances when the player is hit.
1.4.2			12w34a				Tamed wolves can now have dye-able collars.
1.4.4			pre				Untamed baby wolves can now be spawned in Creative mode using a spawn egg.
1.6.1			13w18a				Wolves no longer become angry when attacked by a player in Creative mode.
							Wolves now appear angry when attacking sheep.
1.6.1			?				Untamed wolves that are not angry now despawn after existing in loaded chunks for at least two minutes.
1.8			14w02a				Feeding baby wolves now accelerates their growth.
			14w05b				Tamed wolf collars are no longer visible when they have the Invisibility effect.
			14w10a				Wolves (both wild and tamed) now chase and attack both regular skeletons and wither skeletons.
							Tamed wolves named using a name tag now display death messages to the owner.
			14w18a				A tamed wolf's collar color now defaults to orange rather than red.
			14w26a				Due to a bug, wild wolves now deal 4HP attack damage instead of 2HP.
1.9			15w31a				Untamed wolves no longer beg when a player holds bones nearby, while tamed wolves now do.
			15w38a				All tamed wolves – even unnamed ones – now display death messages to their owner.
			15w39a				Wolves are now slightly taller (0.85 blocks tall rather than 0.8, with babies 0.425 blocks tall rather than 0.4).
			15w46a				A tamed wolf's collar color now once again defaults to red.
1.10			16w21a				Wild wolves no longer despawn.
1.13			18w07a				Wild wolves now attack baby turtles.
1.14			18w43a				Changed the textures of wolves and baby wolves.
							Changed the textures of tamed wolves.
							Changed the texture of tamed baby wolves.
							Changed the textures of angry wolves and angry baby wolves.
			19w07a				Wild wolves now attack foxes.
			19w11a				Tamed wolf kills now count as player kills, meaning mobs killed by tamed wolves have a chance to produce rare drops.
							Previously, mobs killed by tamed wolves dropped only experience in addition to common drops.
1.15			19w37a				Now have a 5% chance to spawn as babies.
			19w45a				Changed the position of wolves' hind legs from to when sitting.
1.16			20w10a				Firework damage now provokes wolves.
1.16.2			Pre-release 3				Wolves are now properly rendered in dark places.
1.18			21w44a				Wolves can now spawn on snow blocks.
1.20.5			23w51a				Tamed wolves can now wear wolf armor.
			24w03a				Changed the collar textures of tamed wolves.
							Changed the texture that wolf armor has when it is worn by a wolf.
			24w06a				Increased the maximum health of tamed wolves from 20HP × 10 to 40HP × 20. Preexisting tamed wolves need to be fed to reach the new maximum health.
							Doubled the health restored by each item when it is fed to a tamed wolf.
							Removed tamed wolves' hidden resistance to environmental damage.
							Wolves are no longer damaged by snowballs from snow golems.
1.20.5 Experiment Update 1.21			24w07a				Wild wolves now attack bogged.
1.20.5			24w10a				Added eight new wolf variants.
							Wolves can now spawn on coarse dirt and podzol.
							Wolves can now spawn in Sparse Jungle, Savanna Plateau and Wooded Badlands biomes.
			24w11a				When summoned using spawn eggs or commands, the variant selection now follows the natural spawning biome rules with some extensions.
1.21			24w21a				Wolves now only panic from cactus, freezing, fire and lightning bolt damage.
1.21.2			24w33a				Wolves can now be fed with all types of fish and rabbit stew.
			pre1				Wolf armor now shows the enchantment glint on wolves when enchanted.
1.21.4			24w45a				Baby Wolves now get a collar with the color that is a mix between the parents' collar color if possible.
1.21.5			25w08a				Added six new wolf sound variants. These sound variants are not related to the existing texture variants.
							The original wolf sound variant is now considered classic.
							Wolf Spawn Egg received a new texture.
							Removed unused howl sounds.
[hide]Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0			build 1				Added wolves and baby wolves.
							Wolves can be tamed and tamed wolves can be bred to make tamed baby wolves.
							When wolves and baby wolves are hit by the player or the player's tamed wolves, they become angry.
			build 2				Wolves now have sounds.
			build 9				Wolves now have interact buttons at the bottom of the screen to tame and sit them.
v0.9.5							Wolves now damage the player in Peaceful difficulty.
v0.11.0			build 1				Wolves' collars are now dyeable.
v0.12.1			build 11				Tamed wolves now attack targets when hit with a bow.
v0.13.0			build 1				Wolves now naturally attack skeletons and rabbits.
v0.14.0			build 1				Baby zombie jockeys now search for nearby adult untamed wolves to mount prior to attacking a player, villager, or golem.
v0.15.0			build 1				Baby husks can now mount wolves.
							Wolves now attack strays.
[hide]Pocket Edition
1.1.0			alpha 1.1.0.0				Wolves now run away from llamas.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
?							Moved the tails of sitting wolves up slightly higher on their model.
1.5.0			beta 1.5.0.4				Wild wolves now attack baby turtles.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				Changed the textures of wolves and baby wolves.
							Changed the textures of tamed wolves.
							Changed the texture of tamed baby wolves.
							Changed the textures of angry wolves and angry baby wolves.
1.13.0			beta 1.13.0.1				Wild wolves now attack foxes.
1.16.0			beta 1.15.0.51				Wolves now spawn in forests, wooded hills and giant tree taigas.
1.18.20			Preview 1.18.20.28				Now deal 4HP damage instead of 3HP on normal mode.
1.20.60 Experiment Armadillo and Wolf Armor			Preview 1.20.60.23				Wolves can now wear wolf armor.
1.20.60			Preview 1.20.60.25				Wolves can now spawn on snow and top snow.
1.20.70			Preview 1.20.70.20				Increased the maximum health of tamed wolves from 20HP × 10 to 40HP × 20. Preexisting tamed wolves need to be fed to reach the new maximum health.
							Doubled the health restored by each item when it is fed to a tamed wolf.
1.20.70 Experiment Armadillo and Wolf Armor			Preview 1.20.70.20				Changed the collar textures of tamed wolves.
							Changed the texture that wolf armor has when it is worn by a wolf.
1.20.70 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.20.70.24				Wolves now attack bogged.
1.20.80			Preview 1.20.80.20				Changed the collar texture of tamed wolves.
							Wolf armor and the new wolf collar textures are no longer experimental.
							Moved the tails of sitting wolves down slightly lower on their model.
			Preview 1.20.80.21				Added eight new wolf variants.
							Wolves can now spawn in savanna plateaus, sparse jungles, and wooded badlands.
							Wolves now leap when attacking their targets.
			Preview 1.20.80.23				If spawned through non-natural means or due to a wolf pack spawning on a biome border, rusty wolves, spotted wolves, and striped wolves now spawn instead of pale wolves in all jungle, savanna, and badlands variants, respectively.
1.21.60			Preview 1.21.60.21				Breeding wolves now produce offspring with one the parents' collar colors or a mixture of the parents' collar colors if the colors are compatible.
1.21.70			Preview 1.21.70.24				Added six new wolf sound variants. These sound variants are not related to the existing texture variants.
							The original wolf sound variant is now considered classic.
							Wolf Spawn Egg received a new texture.
[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 wolves.
							Wolves can be tamed.
							When wolves are hit by the player or the player's tamed wolves, they become angry.
TU7							Added baby wolves.
							Wolves can now be bred using any type of meat: raw chicken, cooked chicken, raw porkchop, cooked porkchop, raw beef, steak, or rotten flesh. A tamed wolf can only be bred when it is at full health.
							Baby wolves spawn untamed.
TU8							Baby wolves born from breeding are now tamed.
TU14		1.04					Tamed wolves can now have dyeable collars.
							Baby wolves can now be spawned by using on that mob using its spawn egg.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		A tamed wolf's collar color now defaults to orange rather than red.
							Feeding baby wolves now accelerates their growth.
							Wolves (both wild and tamed) now chase and attack both regular skeletons and wither skeletons.
							Tamed wolves named using a name tag now display death messages to the owner.
TU32	CU20	1.23	1.23	1.23			A tamed wolf's collar color now once again defaults to red rather than orange.
			1.88				All tamed wolves – even unnamed ones – now display death messages to their owner.
[hide]New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added wolves and baby wolves.
							Wolves can be tamed and tamed wolves can be bred to make tamed baby wolves.
							When wolves and baby wolves are hit by the player or the player's tamed wolves, they become angry.

Data history

[hide]Java Edition
1.11			16w32a				Changed the entity ID of wolves from Wolf to wolf.
1.13			17w47a				Numeric IDs for entities were presumably deprecated in this version.​

Issues

Issues relating to "Wolf", "Wolves", or "Dog" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Java Edition

• MC-177522 – [Fixed] Wolf barking and whining sounds are subtitled as "Wolf pants"
• MC-279402 – As of 25w02a, Armadillos and Striped Wolves spawn astronomically less in Badlands with animal spawning changes
• MC-259875 – Tamed wolves don't assist their owners in fighting when entities are damaged by thrown tridents
• MC-195284 – When the "universalAnger" is set to true and a zombified piglin/wolf is attacked, other zombified piglins/wolves will be in a daze for half a second
• MC-212616 – "Dye stains" sound does not play when used on tamed wolves/cats
• MC-265174 – Skeletons and their variants quickly swap between aggression and non-aggression when being deterred by wolves
• MC-267827 – Wolves and cats sitting in boats will visually appear sitting when rejoining a world
• MC-267828 – Wolves can visually appear sitting when walking after being in a boat and rejoining the world
• MC-268795 – Z-fighting on wolf armor when dyed
• MC-273719 – Tamed wolves don't attack entities damaged by their owner using projectiles other than arrows or wind charges
• And 52 other open issues.

Bedrock Edition

• MCPE-186536 – Trusted foxes run from tamed wolves
• MCPE-33869 – Wolf Shakes like Crazy in rain
• MCPE-35327 – Endermans will teleport if attacked on their legs or by wolves
• MCPE-38043 – Cats and wolves will breed even when sitting down
• MCPE-46881 – Crash when bringing tamed cats or dogs through a Nether portal
• MCPE-47340 – Cat / dog / parrot disappear when travelling over water
• MCPE-62439 – Skeletons do not consistently avoid wolves
• MCPE-105300 – Wolf's skin is changed to the color of its collar when tamed the second it becomes aggressive towards a mob
• MCPE-137119 – A Wolf when first tamed doesn't sit down
• MCPE-166399 – Angry mobs, like wolves, remain in angry mode for some time if their target is killed by something else
• And 19 other open issues.

Trivia

• If a tamed wolf is named with a name tag, its name is shown in the chat to the owner when killed.
• In the game's files, there are two unused sound files of a wild wolf howling.
  • Despite being unused, one of them can be heard in an official Mojang YouTube video.
• The new different wolf variants were initially made just for fun, until they were deemed the perfect addition to the armadillos and wolf armor.
• In the 22w13oneBlockAtATime April Fools' Snapshot, naming a wolf Mars gives it a unique texture.
• A wild baby wolf's head grows significantly when it becomes angry.
• In singleplayer, if the player punches a wild wolf and leaves its field of vision, it stares at the player and does not move at all. Going back into its range causes it to continue pursuing the player.
• If the player attacks a wolf, but then moves a large distance away (e.g. 70 blocks), the wolf still appears hostile, but exhibits neutral behavior.‌
• If a player uses the /effect command to give a tamed wolf Health Boost 255, Absorption 255 and Regeneration 255, the wolf’s tail may begin spinning all the way around constantly, or just point directly up.
• With wild, tame, and angry states, baby and adult states, 9 variants, whether it is named "Dinnerbone"/"Grumm" or not, and specifically for tamed wolves sitting and standing states, 40 tail positions, 16 collar colors, whether it is wearing wolf armor and whether that armor is dyed or not, and 16,777,216 dyed wolf armor colors, there are 773,094,205,512 possible visually distinct wolves. Because dyeing is limited to about 3 million colors without the use of commands, about 138 billion of those are obtainable through normal means.

Gallery

Renders

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Pale wolves

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  Sitting angry baby wolf

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  Sitting tamed baby wolf

Variants

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  Ashen wolf

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  Black wolf

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  Chestnut wolf

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  Pale wolf

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  Rusty wolf

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  Snowy wolf

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  Spotted wolf

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  Striped wolf

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  Woods wolf

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Tamed wolves

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Angry wolves

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Tamed wolves wearing wolf armor

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Sitting wolves

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Baby wolves

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Screenshots

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  A tamed wolf shaking off water droplets after a swim.

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  A hostile wolf shaking off water droplets after a swim.

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  Wolves having a darker texture when they are swimming or when it's raining.

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  Tamed wolves with dyed collars.

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  A tamed baby wolf.

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  A wild baby wolf.

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  An adult wolf fighting a baby wolf.

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  A wolf attacking a sheep.

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  A hostile wolf looking and running at the player.

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  A wolf and a cat sitting on carpet.

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  Two tamed adult wolves and a baby wolf.

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  Two wolves sitting in a boat.

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  Wolves in the three main biomes where they are found, prior to the Armored Paws Drop.

Mojang screenshots

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  A wolf named "Dinnerbone". This easter egg causes the wolf to be rendered upside down.

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  A pale wolf in a taiga.

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  A woods wolf in a forest.

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  A striped wolf in a wooded badlands.

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  A spotted wolf in a savanna plateau.

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  A snowy wolf in a grove.

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  A rusty wolf in a sparse jungle.

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  A chestnut wolf in an old growth spruce taiga.

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  A black wolf in an old growth pine taiga.

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  An ashen wolf in a snowy taiga.

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  Alex with several tamed wolves.

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  Various wolves wearing wolf armor.

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  Wolves hanging out in a room full of snacks.

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  "Ari is jumping over a ravine in a Savanna on a brown Horse with white spots. A big pack of Tamed Wolves of different variants is following them."

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  "Ari is fighting two Skeletons and a Creeper in a partially lit cave with their Tamed Wolves who are wearing colorful Wolf Armor sets."

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  "Efe is trying to tame a striped Wolf on a Savanna Plateau. In the background a river is flowing through a Badlands Canyon."

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  Alex amongst wolves who sit on a grassy field.

Development images

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  The first screenshot of wolves.

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  The second screenshot of wolves shared by Jens Bergensten (Jeb). Wolves are now able to sit, and have a new texture.

In other media

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  Artwork of a tamed wolf.

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  Sunny from the perspective of a wolf.

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  Steve and Alex with a Wolf.

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  Official tamed pale wolf artwork.

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  Tamed pale wolf art.

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  A tamed pale wolf in official artwork for The Wild Update.

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  Noor with many wolves from every biome clad in armor, as depicted in the Armored Paws trailer and launcher.

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  Kai walking their tamed wolf in a Cherry Grove.

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  Kai crafting cherry planks besides their pet wolf.

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  Kai’s pet wolf thinking of a cherry doghouse.

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  Artwork of a wolf wearing wolf armor.

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  Blocco, a uniquely colored wolf featured in Minecraft Story Mode.

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  Tamed pale wolf action figure from Mattel.

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  Lego Minecraft tamed pale wolf.

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  Official T-shirt artwork Owner of the Sphere made by JINX.

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  Minecraft Jolly Mobs Wolf, an official T-Shirt design.

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  Acid Wolf, an official T-Shirt design.

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  A tamed wolf plush made by JINX.

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  At tamed baby wolf plush made by JINX.

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  An officially licensed wolf mug.

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  An officially licensed wolf jar.

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  An officially licensed wolf bowl.

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  Promotional image for a collaboration with PUMA.

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  A Wolf but with pants on.

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  A pack of wolves having a party to celebrate International Dog Day.

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  A wolf using enchanting tables, unsure what to do.

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  A wolf in the teaser trailer for A Minecraft Movie.

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  A wolf as seen in Eye of the Onlooker II - The Legend of Tinymoon

External links

• Wolf article on Wikipedia
• "Mob Menagerie: Wolf" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, July 15, 2024.