A saddle is an item that can be placed on rideable mobs.
Contents
Obtaining[]
Chest loot[]
Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
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Java Edition | ||||
Saddle | Dungeon | Chest | 1 | 27.9% |
Bastion remnant | Hoglin stable chest | 1 | 13.6% | |
Desert temple | Chest | 1 | 23.5% | |
End city | Chest | 1 | 13.3% | |
Jungle temple | Chest | 1 | 12.9% | |
Nether fortress | Chest | 1 | 35.3% | |
Stronghold | Altar chest | 1 | 2.5% | |
Village | Weaponsmith's chest | 1 | 16.2% | |
Savanna house chest | 1 | 11.3% | ||
Tanner's chest | 1 | 17.3% | ||
Java Edition 1.19[upcoming] | ||||
Saddle | Ancient City | Chest | 1 | 16.1% |
Bedrock Edition | ||||
Saddle | Dungeon | Chest | 1 | 28.3% |
Bastion remnant | Hoglin stable chest | 1 | 13.6% | |
Desert temple | Chest | 1 | 23.5% | |
End city | Chest | 1 | 13.3% | |
Jungle temple | Chest | 1 | 12.8% | |
Nether fortress | Chest | 1 | 35.3% | |
Stronghold | Altar chest | 1 | 2.4% | |
Village | Weaponsmith's chest | 1 | 16.2% | |
Savanna house chest | 1 | 11.3% | ||
Tanner's chest | 1 | 17.3% | ||
Bedrock Edition 1.19.0[upcoming] | ||||
Saddle | Ancient City | Chest | 1 | 16.1% |
Fishing[]
Saddles can be obtained as a "treasure" item from fishing with a base chance (without fishing rod enchantments) of 0.8%.
Trading[]
Master-level leatherworker villagers have a 50% chance to sell a saddle for 6 emeralds as their trade.[Bedrock Edition only] This trade is always offered in Java Edition.
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 has an 8.5% chance to drop, increased by 1% per level of Looting.
A ravager always spawns with a saddle and always drops the saddle upon death. Looting does not affect the drop.
Usage[]

A horse equipped with a saddle.
Saddles can be used to ride striders, horses, donkeys, mules, skeleton horses, and pigs. An equine mob equipped with saddle is rendered wearing a bridle along with the saddle. These animals can also be equipped by a dispenser with saddles in it.
Although ravagers are equipped with saddles and sometimes ridden by other mobs, the player is unable to ride ravagers.
Using a saddle on a pig equips the pig with the saddle, allowing the player to ride the pig. Controlling the pig requires using a carrot on a stick. Killing the pig is the only way to retrieve the saddle. Striders behave similarly when equipped with a saddle, but require a warped fungus on a stick to be controlled instead.
Tamed horses, donkeys, and mules can be ridden without a saddle, but a saddle is required to control them. Once tamed, they 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.
Data values[]
ID[]
Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
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Saddle | saddle | Item | item.minecraft.saddle |
Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
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Saddle | saddle | 371 | Item | item.saddle.name |
Achievements[]
Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS4) | |
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PS4 | Other platforms | |||||
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. | 40G | Silver |
Advancements[]
Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Resource location |
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![]() | This Boat Has Legs | Ride a Strider with a Warped Fungus on a Stick | Nether | Boost[1] a strider with a warped fungus on a stick. | nether/ride_strider
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Sounds[]
Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
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Saddle equipped | ? | Play when equipped on a pig, horse, mule, donkey or a strider | entity.item.equips | subtitles.entity.item.equips | 1.0 | 0.9 | 16 |
History[]
The specific instructions are: isolated saddles in 1.13 dev
Java Edition Infdev | |||||
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20100625-2 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
Saddles do not drop from saddled pigs. | |||||
Saddles can be found in the new dungeon chests. | |||||
Java Edition Beta | |||||
1.8 | Pre-release | Saddles have been added to the new mineshaft chests. | |||
Java Edition | |||||
1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3 | Saddles have been added to the new stronghold altar chests. | |||
1.1 | 12w01a | Saddles can now be found in the new village blacksmith chests. | |||
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. | |||
Saddles can now be found in the new desert temple chests. | |||||
12w22a | Saddles can now be found in the new jungle temple chests. | ||||
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 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 temple chests has been increased. | |||||
1.13 | 17w45a | ![]() | |||
17w46a | ![]() | ||||
17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 329. | ||||
18w03a | ![]() | ||||
pre2 | ![]() | ||||
1.14 | 18w43a | Added illager beasts, which drop saddles. | |||
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18w48a | Saddles can now be found in chests in village tanneries. | ||||
18w49a | Saddles can now be found in chests in savanna village houses. | ||||
1.16 | 20w13a | ![]() | |||
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 | ![]() | ||||
Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
1.19 | 22w13a | Saddles may now be found in ancient city chests. | |||
Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
v0.7.0 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
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 temples. | |||
v0.15.0 | build 1 | ![]() | |||
Saddle can now be found inside jungle temples. | |||||
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. | |||
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. | |||||
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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 | ![]() | |||
Saddles now generate in bastion remnant chests. | |||||
Legacy Console Edition | |||||
TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | ![]() ![]() |
1.90 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
0.1.0 | ![]() ![]() |
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Saddle" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues 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[]
A player riding a horse.
Mule equipped with both a saddle and a chest.
A saddle found in a dungeon chest, which coincidentally contains an enchanted golden apple.