Donkey

Passive Mob

Health Points: 15-30

Donkeys are passive mobs found spawning in plains and savannas. When killed, they will drop 0-2 leather, and 1-3 experience if they were killed by a player or a tamed wolf. Baby donkeys will not drop anything.

Donkeys can be tamed and ridden by the player. Clicking Use on the donkey with an empty hand will allow the player to mount it. The donkey may then throw them off. After a certain amount of tries, heart particles will appear and the player will stay on the donkey, indicating that it has been tamed. The taming process can be sped up by feeding the donkey wheat.

The donkey's inventory can be opened by the player opening their inventory while riding the donkey, or by sneaking and clicking Use on the donkey. A saddle must be placed in the appropriate slot before the player can move around on the donkey. It can also be equipped by using it on the donkey. Using a chest on the donkey will equip the chest, and will give the donkey's inventory 15 storage slots.

The donkey can be controlled using the standard movement controls. The control for sneaking will allow the player to dismount. If, while in water, the player's head is submerged, the donkey will throw them off.

When the player is riding a donkey, their hunger bar will be replaced by the donkey's health points. The experience bar is replaced by a bar that shows the donkey's jump height when the player makes it jump. Holding down and releasing the jump button will make the donkey jump. The longer the jump button is held down, the higher the donkey will jump.

If the player feeds two donkeys golden carrots or golden apples, they will enter love mode and breed, and the player will be rewarded with 1-7 experience. Those donkeys will then not be able to enter love mode again for 5 minutes. It will take 20 minutes for the baby donkey to grow into an adult. The growth process can also be sped up by feeding the donkey wheat. A donkey can also be bred with a horse to produce a mule.