Strider

Passive Mob

Health Points: 20

Striders are passive mobs that spawn on lava lakes in the Nether. When an adult strider is killed it will drop 1-3 experience and 2-5 string.

Lava does not damage striders, and they can walk on top of it. If they end up on land, they will turn blue and start shivering, and won't be able to move as quickly. They will take damage from water and rain and will take additional freezing damage in powder snow, but will not take damage from snowfall or snowballs.

Striders can be equipped with a saddle and ridden by a player. To travel on them the player must hold a warped fungus on a stick (crafted with a warped fungus and a fishing rod) and look in the direction they wish to travel, much like riding a saddled pig. Using the warped fungus on a stick while riding the strider will take durability off the warped fungus on a stick and boost the strider's speed for a short time. Dismounting can be dangerous, because if the strider is not pressed up against a block for the player to dismount onto, the player will dismount at the strider's location, and likely fall into lava. A Fire Resistance potion should always be kept on hand when riding striders.

Striders have a small chance of spawning with a baby strider riding on top of them. The baby will grow up as normal, but will not dismount when it becomes an adult. There is also a small chance of strider spawning with a zombified piglin riding it. If this happens, the zombified piglin will spawn carrying a warped fungus on a stick, and the strider will spawn with a saddle, which will stay on it if the zombified piglin is killed.

Striders will follow a player holding a warped fungus or a warped fungus on a stick, and if two striders are fed warped fungus by the player, they will enter love mode and breed, and the player will be rewarded with 1-7 experience. Those striders will then not be able to enter love mode again for 5 minutes. It will take 20 minutes for the baby strider to grow into an adult. The growth process can also be sped up by feeding the baby strider cactus.