The deserts of Minecraft are vast and unforgiving. Your travels amidst the deserts, however, have been aided by the addition of a new friend brought by the most recent update: the camel. In addition, the gentle giants offer a mode of transport that allows players to more easily explore and collect resources in the arid biomes.
This guide will present everything about Minecraft camels that should be of concern, including where to find them in the wild and how to domesticate and use them. Camels are passive mobs found in desert villages, specifically wandering around the village centre.
Welcomed by every desert explorer, they offered a lot more and faster time of travel over the sandy desert than that taken on foot. This is because camels can jump, unlike horses, and so they can cross small gaps and water bodies, ideal for driving them over the often treacherous desert terrain.
Befriending the Beast of Burden
While you cannot technically tame a camel in Minecraft like a horse or wolf, you can certainly utilize them for transportation. Here's how to interact with these helpful desert dwellers:
- Mounting Up: Just walk up to a camel and right-click on it (or tap on it, depending on your input device) to get on its back. However, unlike the horse, its movement will not be controlled until you saddle it.
- Saddling Up: Riding on the camel can never be done without a saddle, for certainly, it has the comfort of sitting in it and it allows the rider to control the movement. Saddles can neither be crafted nor found in loot chests of desert villages, desert temples, and blacksmith chests of desert villages. To do that, place a saddle in the slot provided by first opening the inventory of the camel (which opens using the same key as the player's inventory), and then place the saddle in the slot.
- Leading the Way: Further to that, a camel with a saddle on could become very difficult to manage and may wander off or become exposed to hostile mobs. This is able to be controlled using a lead on the camel and even tamed to the point at which it can be controllable when a player rides it like any other mob.
Camel Capabilities: Beyond Transportation
Camels offer more than just a comfortable ride across the desert sands. Here are some of their unique features:
- Double Riders: The physical difference between camels and horses is that horses are one-seater animals that players can ride alone, while camels are two-seater animals. This, therefore, makes it perfect for you to travel across the desert with a friend, as you can share the experience of riding a camel and the resources among yourselves.
- Desert Dash: The camels have the "Desert Dash" ability, and when you're on top of one, keep pressing the jump button. A meter will be shown on the screen. By letting go of the jump button in the gold section of the meter, the camel unleashes a powerful dash, enabling it to leap over gaps and bodies of water otherwise impossible to cross. Ca
- Cactus Connoisseurs: Camels are not the wildest with cacti, as most mobs would be. Instead, it's the cacti that are their food of choice, and you can use this fact to heal one of your hurt camels. Oh yes, and in case you did not know, feeding one cactus to a camel will instantly make it go into breeding mode, so you can produce baby camels to aid you in your desert wanderings.
No, camels cannot be tamed in the traditional sense. However, by equipping them with a saddle, you can gain control over their movement and utilize them for transportation.
Unfortunately, there is currently no way to equip a camel with a chest for additional storage. However, due to their ability to carry two players, you can utilize your own inventory space for transporting items.
Camels can be found wandering around desert villages. Look for them in the village centre, usually near other villagers and structures.
Feed two adult camel cacti, and it puts them in breeding mode. Once the breeding mode is in action, hearts will start animating and appearing above them. After a while, a baby camel will spawn.
Conclusion
The camels represent much of importance for desert biomes, as they can provide quickly safe movement to travel large sand plains. Indeed, they have some special qualities; for example, they can carry two riders and desert dash, so they are suitable for all sorts of desert escapades. With a little planning and a well-placed saddle, camels can transform your desert experience in Minecraft.
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