Minecraft has a variety of wild mobs, but none of them are as unpredictable as the fox. They are small, fast, and fans of stealing items from players. Moreover, foxes are also one of the cutest addition that you can make to your house in Minecraft. But that’s only possible after you befriend them. That’s where we step in to cover how to tame a fox in Minecraft so that it doesn’t leave your side. Our method works on both Minecraft Java and Bedrock edition. But it can take some time to get it right. So, let’s not waste any time and figure out how to tame a fox in Minecraft right away!
Breed and Tame a Fox in Minecraft (2022)
Taming a fox involves a multi-step process, which is why we have divided our guide into different easy-to-follow sections. You can use the table below to explore each of them at your convenience.
Where to Find Foxes in Minecraft
Before you can tame a fox, you have to find one in your Minecraft world. Fortunately, that is quite an easy task. Foxes usually spawn in the following Minecraft biomes:
- Grove
- Snowy Taiga
- Old Growth Pine Taiga
- Old Growth Spruce Taiga
- Taiga
In these biomes, they spawn in a group of 2 to 4 foxes. Only 5% of these foxes can be baby foxes, making them quite rare. If you can’t find foxes in the wild areas of these biomes, you should wait in a nearby village. Foxes sometimes go to nearby villages at night to hunt for chickens.
Types of Foxes in Minecraft
Minecraft has two types (or breeds) of foxes – Red Foxes and Arctic Foxes. Other than the textures and spawning, there are no differences between the two fox variants. The arctic or white foxes only spawn in the snowy biomes of Minecraft and are comparatively rarer.
What Do Minecraft Foxes Eat
Before we can tame a fox in Minecraft, you need to collect its favorite food. In Minecraft, foxes eat the following items:
- Sweet berries
- Glow berries
Both of these food items help the foxes heal and even start their breeding process. The glow berries can usually be found in the lush caves of Minecraft. Meanwhile, the sweet berries commonly spawn as bushes in taiga and its variant biomes.
How to Tame a Fox in Minecraft
Taming a fox is different from the other taming processes in Minecraft. Unlike the process to tame a cat or tame axolotls in Minecraft, you can’t directly feed the fox to tame it. Instead, you need to get a baby fox first, and only then can you tame it. So, let’s go over both aspects of this process individually.
How to Breed Foxes in Minecraft
To breed foxes, you have to feed glow berries or sweet berries to two foxes in close proximity. These foxes will breed and spawn a baby fox. The baby has the same variant as its parents. If the parents are of different variants, the baby has a 50% chance of spawning as either.
Then, similar to the real world, the baby fox follows and focuses on the adult foxes around it. But if we interfere with this process by taking the baby far enough from the parents, it follows and trusts you instead.
How to Gain a Fox’s Trust
Once a baby fox spawns, you have two options to gain its trust. The first option is to use a lead to carry the baby far away from adult foxes before it matures. You just have to right-click or use the secondary action key on the fox to attach the lead to it.
As for how to craft a lead, you need to use four strings and one slimeball. Follow the crafting recipe below to make a lead in Minecraft:
If you are unable to get your hands on a lead, there is also a violent way to tame baby foxes. Here, you have to kill the adult foxes with a ranged attack before the baby fox grows up.
Best Features of a Tamed Fox
If there are no adults nearby, a baby fox grows up to become a tamed fox. It trusts and is loyal to the closest player. If the taming process works accurately, the tamed fox will have the following characteristics:
- Tamed foxes run away from wild wolves and polar bears. But if the wolf is tamed, the fox doesn’t retreat from it.
- If a mob attacks the player, the tamed foxes attack that mob. But this doesn’t happen if that hostile mob isn’t attacking the player or if the player is attacking that mob.
- Naturally, foxes attack other smaller mobs, including fishes, chickens, rabbits, and more.
- Unlike tamed wolves and cats, you can’t make the tamed fox sit in one place. But at the same time, it won’t run away from seeing you like wild foxes.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: How to Get an Item Back From a Fox?
Tamed or not, every fox prefers food over anything else. So, if they steal anything important from you, you just have to drop glow berries or sweet berries around the fox. It will then drop the item in their mouth to pick up the food.
Q: Should I Trap Foxes Before Breeding Them?
It is not necessary to trap the two foxes before breeding them. But since they are fast and hard to catch, there is no harm in creating a boundary around them.
Q: How Do You Summon an Arctic Fox in Minecraft?
Naturally, arctic foxes only spawn in snowy biomes of Minecraft. But if you don’t mind cheating, you can use the following Minecraft command to spawn an arctic fox anywhere:
/summon minecraft:fox ~ ~ ~ {Type:snow}
Q: Do Tamed Foxes Follow You in Minecraft?
Tamed foxes are loyal to you, but their movement isn’t usually dependent upon the player. So, you have to use a lead to bring the fox on your adventures.
Breed and Tame Foxes in Minecraft Today
Just like that, you are now ready to make multiple new companions in Minecraft. You know how to breed and tame foxes and even how to take them on adventures. But there’s no reason to stop here. You can also learn how to tame and breed axolotls in Minecraft. They aren’t as dynamic as foxes, but axolotls are much more reliable when it comes to underwater adventures. And while you are going underwater, don’t forget to make a conduit in Minecraft for unlimited breathing. Coming back to the foxes, the taming process can take extra long if you are unable to find foxes in the first place. But worry not. Our list of best Minecraft mountain seeds can land you right in the spawning area of the foxes. Then, you only have to keep your eyes peeled and start looking around. With that said, which fox variant do you like more? Red or arctic? Tell us in the comments section below!
