The Minecraft game has a unique feature that allows players to tame animals. In Minecraft, foxes were introduced in its 1.14 update. Once you befriend the foxes, they will protect you from other mob attacks. This blog will be a complete guide to taming these cute foxes and learning how to become friends with these creatures.
Finding the foxes
Foxes naturally spawn in taiga biomes like the Snowy Taiga, Old Growth Spruce, and Pine Taiga. There are two types of foxes in Minecraft. Red foxes spawn in normal Taiga biomes, and Arctic or white foxes spawn in snowy Taiga. There is no difference between these two breeds except for their texture and spawning areas. They usually spawn here in groups of 2 to 4. You can also find foxes in the nearby villages, where they go hunting chickens. You should always have the equipment to defend yourself since the foxes in Minecraft are unpredictable. Foxes can carry a single item in their mouth. They prefer food to other items. So you can drop food items around them, especially their favorites like blueberries, to get the items into their mouths.
Collecting the food for the foxes
After finding foxes, you need to collect their favorite foods to tame them. Minecraft foxes love to eat blueberries and grow berries. You can find blueberry bushes in forests, plains, and taiga biomes. In Minecraft’s lush caves, glow berries can be discovered. Blueberries and glow berries help the foxes heal and start their breeding process.
Trapping a fox
Before taming the foxes, you have to trap the foxes first. As foxes are nocturnal animals, you can see them only at night. They will sleep during the daytime. If you find two foxes together, you have to build a wall around them at least two blocks high to trap them. If you can’t find them together, trap one fox and then extend the wall that leads to another fox. Once they are near each other, trap them both in the same location. You can now begin taming them after finishing the trapping process.
Taming a fox
Taming a fox in Minecraft is not as simple as taming a horse or a parrot. In Minecraft, a naturally spawned fox will not trust the players. A baby fox always follows the adult foxes. You can tame them and build trust by following the steps below.
- After you bring the two foxes together, feed them with blueberries. You have to feed the berries separately, one after the other.
- Now, the foxes will enter into “Love mode”. You can find this from the red heart icons that appear above their heads.
- After some time, a baby fox will appear. Even though the baby fox follows the adult, it fully trusts the Player.
- You can give the young foxes more berries to make them grow faster and prevent them from following the adult foxes.
- Once they become adult foxes, you can use a lead on them to make them follow you.
- These tamed foxes will protect you from mob attacks like Pillagers, Endermen, Zombies, Ravagers, Spiders, Silverfish, etc.
Making a Lead
In Minecraft, foxes will not follow you like horses and cats. To make them follow you, attach a lead to them so that you can carry them to your base. Let us see how to craft the lead.
To craft a lead, you will need four strings and a slime ball. Strings can be obtained by killing spiders, and slime balls can be obtained by killing slimes, which are most commonly found in swamp biomes. You have to place the items in the 3 x 3 grid of the crafting table exactly as shown in the figure.
Two strings should be placed in the first row, one after the other. In the second row, a string should be placed in the first box and the slimeball in the second box. In the third row, place a string in the third box. After placing all the items in their respective positions, you will get the lead in the resulting slot. Drag the lead into your inventory, which can be used later for taming the foxes.
Conclusion
In this blog, you have learned how to find foxes in Minecraft and tame them. By repeating the taming process, you will get a skulk of tamed foxes. These fox friends will be very loyal to you and will follow you while you explore the Minecraft world and attack your enemies when the mobs try to attack you. Visit the most recent entertaining blogs on the BrightCHAMPS blog page to discover more fascinating details about foxes in Minecraft and the method used to tame them.
Frequently Asked Questions(FAQs)
In Minecraft, the biggest enemies of foxes are wild wolves and polar bears.
Yes, Minecraft foxes, when dead, drop the emerald from their mouths. But if you want the emerald without killing the foxes, you can drop blueberries around them to get the emerald.
