Llamas are friendly mobs that do not attack others unless provoked by a player or other mobs in Minecraft. Many new players (even some old players) do not know what Llamas eat to tame or breed them. If you too didn’t know then read the article till the end.
For those who don’t know, Llamas was one of the first mobs to be added through online polls in the Minecraft 1.11 update. Jeb, one of the Minecraft designers asked in his Twitter pole to choose between Llamas and Alpacas, llamas won and added to the game.
What do Llamas eat in Minecraft?
Llama is a wild animal that eats Haybale and Wheat, however, both the food items are for different purposes, which means Haybales are used to breed Llamas while Wheat is required to grow baby llama faster or recover Llamas health.

Here’s a quick guide on how you can gather food for Llamas in Minecraft:
- Wheat
In Minecraft, obtaining wheat is very simple, You can grow wheat on your own or obtain from loot chests. if you are in need of quick wheat, search for nearby villages and farm them.
- Haybale
Haybale is a block of 9 wheats and it mostly spawn in plain villages. however, it also spawns in Savanna and Desert Villages but at a lower spawn rate. You can also craft it from crafting table by adding 9 wheat in the slots.
How to Find and Tame Llamas in Minecraft?
They mostly spawns in the herd of 4-6 llamas in the Savanna Biomes and Windswept Hill Biomes. Morever, Wandering Traders also spawns with 2 leashed trader Llamas, so it is not hard to find them.

Taming a Llama is very easy in Minecraft, You just need to approach a Llama and press the “Ride” button repeatedly until a Heart Emoji appears on the screen. The Heart icon means the Llama is successfully tamed. Moreover, if the temper stat is high, you have a better chances to tame it faster.
How to Breed Llamas in Minecraft?
To Breed Llamas, You will need to tame 2 adult llamas and fed them 1-3 Haybales, the baby Llama will take on the appearance of one parent randomly.
You can grow the offspring faster by feeding it with Wheat.

How to Ride a Llama in Minecraft?
Riding a Llama is quite similar to Horses, however, Horse Saddle and Armor won’t work instead you will need to use Carpets. After that, you can equip it with a chest to keep your items inside. Also note that Llamas has varying strengths which means different Llamas can carry different amount of items.

Llamas are among the best ridable mobs in Minecraft, however, riding a Llama is not that simple. You will need to have high enough Temper stat to ride a Llama.