How to put a saddle on a horse in Minecraft Creative

It would help if you had a saddle on your horse to make it move. Riding a horse is one of the favorite things that Minecraft players want to do in their game. You can ride a Minecraft horse, but first, you need to saddle your horse. Although it is not difficult, you need some instructions to do so.

Let’s start!

Get suitable materials

To put on your Minecraft horse’s saddle, you will need four types of leather or one tanned leather at least and two pieces of string. You can also use wool instead of yarn if that stuff is available. Besides these items, you will also need a crafting table and furnace to make these tools required for putting on a Minecraft horse’s saddle. 

How to put a saddle on horse in Minecraft?

A workbench might be necessary, too, since it might take time before your next step is completed. It would help if you had an empty slot in your inventory that could fit all these items below:

1. Make the tools needed to put on the Minecraft horse’s saddle

You have to craft a saddle in the Minecraft creative mode. Go to your workbench and put leathers, string, or wool and your saddle in it. If you are lucky enough, you can also create saddles using fewer materials by putting two tackles on the crafting table instead of one.

You will get two strips of leather when these items are converted into saddles because each strip is cut from a piece of tanned leather.

2. Put on the Minecraft horse’s saddle 

The easiest way to do this is to go-to creative mode, then hit F5 to play Minecraft in spectator mode. You should be able to see your character riding a horse now but without any saddle on it. Your next step is easy, sneakily ride your horse, then right-click on a block to open a pop-up menu. Click on the button that says “ride,” and you’ll be able to see your Minecraft character putting a saddle on their Minecraft horse now. After placing the saddle, you can ride your horse now from one place to another!

If this is not working for you or you don’t want to play in creative mode, find your Minecraft horse and right-click it with a piece of leather in its inventory. Ensure that there is no other item inside it since leathers are used up when clicked with an empty hand. It will show a message that says, “Ride Horse.” Do as instructed, and you should be riding your Minecraft horse with a saddle on it after this!

3. Put some armor on your Minecraft horse

You can give your Minecraft horse some armor to make it even more robust – the only thing is that you have to kill an Enderman for Ender Pearls. The process of killing an Enderman may take time before you get enough pearls but don’t worry because the longer you struggle, the more likely you are to get these special items!

Once you have enough Ender Pearls, craft some leather armor and put them on your Minecraft horses’ body parts, including its head, neck, back, legs, and tail. If you also want to be safe from attack by hostile Minecraft mobs, put some diamond or iron armor around its too.

After all of these, you should be pleased riding your Minecraft horse! You can also get some saddle modifications that can improve your Minecraft horse’s stats. Put on an enchanted book on your Minecraft horse’s inventory and continue to ride it while sneaking. Otherwise, it will go away after dismounting or making a jump. When its inventory is full of enchantments, open the enchantment table again by right-clicking on it while holding a book with complete data of these enchantments.

Many more enchantments are available, but they will only work when you have higher experience levels in playing Minecraft, which means that you need to play longer hours on the game!

4. Ride your Minecraft horse to any place you want

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Make sure that you have filled up the food bar of your Minecraft horse and use a carrot or mushroom on it once (not more than one time) every five minutes after riding for 1 minute! The food meter, located at the top-right part of its health bar, should be complete before the timer stops if you want to keep riding without any disturbance. Then go straight ahead using the sneak button, right-click on a block to move forward!

5. Ride your Minecraft horse in Creative mode

You can fly above the ground with no obstacles other than dismounting from it when you want to land in this mode. Riding a flying Minecraft horse is very nice!

Why is it necessary to put a saddle on a horse in Minecraft?

The first reason is safety. Horses are faster than walking but cannot jump over obstacles on the way. So it would help if you jumped first, then your horse would automatically follow it. This may be dangerous if you are not familiar with the terrain or have leap-enhanced saddles, making you fall off it and lose health, experience points (XP), food, even essential items.

The second reason is that horses without a saddle can’t protect themselves against hostile mob attacks. A low-level player will undoubtedly die because mobs like skeletons and zombies can easily throw fireballs or arrows at them without being troubled by any defense mechanism of the horse. Without a saddle, your horse won’t even run away, so it will become inevitable to die when attacked by these troublesome mobs.

If you play in Creative (or Adventure) mode, the horse needs to be saddled with clearing obstacles like water or lava, unless you want your Minecraft horse sacrificed!

Different Minecraft horses have foreign jump power and speed, so choose wisely before saddling them. Horses can also level up, which means they gain more health, stamina, and movement speed than when their XP bar is not complete! So, don’t forget to feed your Minecraft horses with grass when they are exhausted after riding too much without rest so that they will recover their health points quickly.

FAQs

Yes. Horses without saddles can’t protect themselves from mobs, fly or move fast! They are also useless if you play in Creative mode.

First, you should have at least one Ender Chest by putting ender pearls into their inventories, then create an Infinity Enchanted Golden Apple with five gold nuggets, one diamond, and eight ender pearls, which is very expensive but worth trying for better performance of your horses! The recipe took me a long time to find because I searched it using Google Images instead of searching through the Internet, so please try this path too.

Horses are made by feeding adult cows with wheat after right-clicking on it. They will produce raw beef if their food meter is complete, but they don’t speak to you like villagers.

They are almost identical in stats (health, speed, and jump ability), but horses run faster than donkeys. Otherwise, they both work the same way. The last reason we need to put a saddle on a horse in Minecraft is that we need to transport items easily! 

Want to ride around Minecraft worlds on a horse? All you'll need is a horse and a saddle! We'll show you how to find and tame a horse in Minecraft, how to put on a saddle, and how to mount and dismount the horse. You'll also learn how to control the horse, including how to make it jump.

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   Find a horse. Horses can be found in the plains and savanna biomes.

   • If you can't find a horse, you can summon one using /summon EntityHorse.[1] X Research source Go to source
   • All horses have their own stats. The range for a horse's jump strength is about 1.5 to 5.5 blocks, and the maximum health range is usually between 15 and 30 hearts.[2] X Research source Go to source
   • Don't try to train skeleton or zombie horses, as you won't be able to ride them.

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   Make sure your character is not holding any items. You'll need a free hand to tame the horse.[3] X Research source Go to source

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   Right-click or tap the horse to mount it. This is the command to mount the horse if you're using a computer. After a few moments, the horse will start bucking and throw your character from its back. Taming a horse means repeatedly mounting it and getting bucked off.[4] X Research source Go to source

   • Press L2 to mount the horse if playing on a PS3 or PS4.
   • Press LT to mount the horse if playing on an Xbox.
   • Press ZL to mount the horse on the Wii U or Nintendo Switch.

4. 4

   Mount the horse again and again until it is tamed. You may have to do this a lot, depending on the horse. You'll be able to stay on the horse a little longer each time you try mounting it. You'll know you've tamed the horse when you see red hearts floating around it.

   • Once the horse is tamed, you can sit on it. However, you won't be able to control its movements until you've put on its saddle.
   • Giving the horse snacks like apples, carrots, bread, sugar, wheat, and hay bales will speed up the taming process.[5] X Research source Go to source

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   Select the saddle in your inventory. You'll need a saddle in your inventory to ride a tamed horse. Saddles can be found in chests inside in blacksmith shops, dungeons, nether fortresses, and the in desert. You can also trade goods for saddles in villages.

2. 2

   Right-click or tap the horse to mount it. This places your character on the horse.

   • Press L2 to mount the horse if playing on a PS3 or PS4.
   • Press LT to mount the horse if playing on an Xbox.
   • Press ZL to mount the horse on the Wii U or Nintendo Switch.

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   Press E to open the inventory. This is a separate inventory for the horse.[6] X Research source Go to source

   • Tap on the 3-dot button to open the inventory on a mobile device.
   • Press the triangle button if using a PS3 or PS4.
   • Press the Y button if using an Xbox.
   • Press the X button if using a Wii U or Nintendo Switch.

4. 4

   Drag the saddle from your inventory to the horse’s inventory. Drop the saddle into the slot that looks like a saddle to equip it to the horse.

5. 5

   Mount the horse once more. Now that the horse is saddled, you can start riding it around the map using the same controls you use to move around on foot.

   • Horses will automatically climb over blocks that are only one block high.[7] X Research source Go to source
   • Don't try to move through water more 2 or more blocks deep while riding your horse. You'll be kicked off the horse, and then it will be difficult to get it back onto land.[8] X Research source Go to source

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   Press and hold the jump button to jump the horse. If you're using a computer, the jump button is the spacebar. On a game controller, press and hold the button you use to jump when your character is on foot. As you hold down the button, the indicator at the bottom of the screen will fill up—once the indicator is full, release your finger to jump.

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   Press the left ⇧ Shift key to dismount. This removes you from the horse when you're finished riding.

   • If you're using a game console, press the Right Stick on the controller to dismount.[9] X Research source Go to source

• How do I get off a horse in Minecraft on the iPad?

  Tap the middle button on the pad that you use to move your character. You can also press the Jump button as well.

• So how do you open it inventory?

  Tame it first. Then, right click on your horse. The horse's inventory should open up.

• How do you put a saddle on a horse?

  First, find a saddle. Then, put one in your hand and right click the horse. It should equip the saddle.

• How do you open the horse's inventory on an iPhone?

  That would be Pocket Edition, so just get on the horse and press the three dots on the hotbar to open its inventory.

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