How to ride a donkey in Minecraft?

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How to ride a donkey in Minecraft? 

Well, the creatures that you see inside the gameplay in Minecraft are just not for decoration or look. They can perform various  useful tasks and works that  they  are associated with. The Minecraft gameplay is  pretty much like the real world. As everything works and functions in the real world, so does it do functions in the Minecraft world as well. The  programmers have tried really hard to create a world that is exactly similar to the real one in all its forms. 

So, if you can ride a donkey in the real world, then you can possibly ride it in the Minecraft world as well. Though the process of doing so in the Minecraft gameplay would certainly be different from the real world. 

In this article given below, we will be  considering the way of riding a donkey in the Minecraft gameplay, so follow this process to  the very end in order to get the whole thing done. 

If you haven’t ridden any similar creature or animal in the Minecraft gameplay before then this  article is certainly going to benefit you. The process of riding a similar creature like a  donkeyor camel would also be quite similar to  the process that we are going to follow. 

Well, the process of riding a donkey isn’t as direct as it seems, you cannot reach the donkey in the gameplay, and ride on it by performing certain steps. A donkey is considered a passive mob that means it doesn’t hurt or attack somebody in the  gameplay. Even if you try to attack or l harm him then it would run away from there in order  to  protect itself. 

But the donkey that you find inside the gameplay is not domestic, that means it isn’t supposed to follow your orders  and commands no matter how hard you try. If you ride that donkey there then you would not be able to control it or command it to move in a certain direction. 

Therefore, you do need to tame that donkey in the very first place, so as to get him in control and make him domestic. 

Before we move onto the actual process of riding a donkey, let us consider the varying editions of Minecraft that really do support the process of riding a donkey in Minecraft. 

The editions of Minecraft that allow you to ride  a donkey in Minecraft are:

Java Edition

Pocket Edition

Xbox 360

Xbox One

PS3

PS4

Wii U

Nintendo Switch

Windows 10 Edition

Education Edition

So these were the required editions of Minecraft that support the process that we are going to follow. 

Now moving onto the  actual process of riding  a donkey in the Minecraft gameplay, we have;

  1. Finding a donkey

The very first step of the process of riding a donkey is to have it in the gameplay at the very first place. 

In order to have a donkey onto your settlement or farm in the gameplay, you need to find it in the various worlds and  add it to your settlement from there on. 

A donkey does occur in nearly every plain  biome out there in the Minecraft gameplay. You can easily find a donkey outside of the  settlements and farms in the plains biome. 

Apart from searching for a donkey in the various overworld biomes, there are other more simpler means of finding or adding a donkey to your gameplay in Minecraft. A donkey can also be called or added to the gameplay by either using the summon command or by using the spawn egg. 

You can easily use the respective summon command in your respective devices or editions of Minecraft to request the Minecraft for providing a cow to your place.

Thereby the cow will be added to the  exact  same place where you have run the required summon command in your gameplay. 

Or you can use the spawn egg to produce  your own donkey that will be added to your place afterwards. 

So, that was about finding a donkey in Minecraft.

Here, you will also be needing various other things in your gameplay for riding a donkey. 

Though, you have found a donkey, which is the first and foremost requirement of the given process. But there are other things as well that you need to gather. 

The things or items required for riding a donkey in Minecraft are;

  • A horse
  • A saddle

So you will also be needing a saddle to ride a  donkeyin the gameplay. 

A saddle is a tool that is used to get control and properly ride a creature or animal in the gameplay. You cannot successfully ride a  donkey without using the saddle. As in this way you would not be able to control  the movement of the donkey there. 

Now, moving onto the other step of the required process, we have;

  1. Taming a donkey

After you have successfully found the donkey in the Minecraft gameplay, the other step of the  process of riding it is to tame the required donkey. 

As we said earlier as well, the donkey that you find outside the settlement or farm in the  gameplay, is actually a wild one. 

Though it would not attack or harm you there as being a passive mob. But you do need to control him and make him a domestic animal or creature. 

So that it does follow your command and  most importantly, allows you to ride it. 

If you do not tame a donkey, then you would not be able to sit on it at the very first place. 

In order to tame a required donkey, you need to select an empty block from the bar, present on the bottom of the Minecraft screen in your  respective device or editions of Minecraft. 

By doing this, you will see that you have actually selected your hands in the Minecraft screen. 

You need to control a donkey in the gameplay with your hands, by trying to get over it. 

Once you get over a donkey in the gameplay, you will be  able to control and pass on commands to it. Thereafter, you will be his master and the donkey will listen to whatever command you give to him. 

For controlling the donkey, you do need to follow some different steps or gestures in your respective editions of Minecraft. As there are different sets of programming and algorithms in every single edition of Minecraft. 

The respective steps or gestures for taming a donkey in varying editions of Minecraft are;

Java Edition

For taming the required donkey in the Minecraft gameplay, you need to click on the right button of the mouse while pointing the plus sign arrow  at the donkey 

Pocket Edition

For taming the required donkey in the Pocket Edition edition of Minecraft, you need to tap on the tap on the donkey on your Minecraft screen. 

Xbox 360 and  Xbox One

For controlling the required donkey in the Xbox 360 and Xbox One editions of Minecraft, you need to press the LT  button on your  respective controllers while holding the plus sign arrow at the respective donkey on your Minecraft screen. 

PS3  and  PS4

You need to press the L2 button on your  respective controllers in PS3 and PS4 editions of Minecraft while holding the plus sign arrow  at the donkey, for controlling it . 

Wii U

You need to press the ZL button on your controller in the Wii U edition of Minecraft while holding the plus sign arrow at the donkey. 

Nintendo Switch

For controlling a donkey in the Nintendo Switch edition of Minecraft,you need to click on the  ZL button on your respective controllers while holding the plus sign arrow at the respective  donkey on your Minecraft screen. 

Windows 10 Edition 

For taming the required donkey in the Windows 10 Edition edition of Minecraft, you need to click on the right button of the mouse while holding the arrow at the donkey on your  Minecraft screen.

Education Edition

You need to press the right button on your mouse in the Education Edition edition of  Minecraft while holding the plus sign arrow at the donkey, for controlling it. 

So these were the required steps for taming the donkey that you have found in the  Minecraft gameplay. 

You will have to perform the above given steps several times for successfully mounting on the required donkey. 

As you perform the required steps and try to  mount on the donkey, you will be dodged off from there. 

It isn’t that simple that you can tame a  donkeyin one single attempt, but it is not that difficult as well that you couldn’t really tame a donkey in several attempts. 

So, you will be successful in taming the required donkey after performing various attempts.

You just need to try the above given steps in your respective devices or editions of Minecraft, until you finally succeed in taming that donkey there. 

After you have successfully taned the required   donkey, you will notice that the red hearts appear all over the donkey in your  respective Minecraft screen. 

Here, you have finished the process of taming a donkey in the Minecraft gameplay. 

  1. Putting the saddle

Now that you have tamed the donkey in your  respective devices or editions of Minecraft, you can easily mount and sit on the donkey without getting dodged off by it.

Though you are able to sit on the donkey after taming it respectively, you would not be  able to control its movement, as you have not added the saddle to it. 

You need to follow different steps and gestures in different editions of Minecraft for opening  the mules nenu in there. The mules menu is the place where you can add the various items or tools to the creature in the gameplay. 

The steps for opening mule menu in different editions of Minecraft are;

Java Edition

For opening the mules menu in the Java Edition, you need to press the E key on your respective devices. 

Pocket Edition

For opening the mules menu in the Pocket Edition, you need to tap on the three dots icon, present on the Minecraft screen. 

Xbox One and Xbox 360

You need to press the button Y on our respective controllers for opening the mules menu in the Xbox One and Xbox 360 editions of Minecraft 

PS3 and PS4

For opening the mules menu in your respective PS3 and PS4 editions of Minecraft, you need to press the triangle button on your respective controllers. 

Wii U

For opening the mukes menu in Wii U edition of Minecraft, you have to press the button X on your respective controllers. 

Nintendo Switch

You need to press the  X button on your respective Nintendo Switch controllers  for opening the mukes menu there. 

Education Edition

For opening the mules menu in your Education Edition edition of Minecraft, you need to press the key E on your respective keyboards. 

Windows 10 

For opening the mukes menu in Windows 10 edition of Minecraft, you need to press key E on your respective devices. 

So, these were the required  steps or gestures for opening the mules menu in varying editions of Minecraft. 

As you perform the required steps for opening the mules menu, you will see a rectangular window appear on your Minecraft screen in respective devices. 

There will be three blocks in the mukes menu window that  has appeared on your Minecraft screen. 

The first block or the saddle box is where you need to place the saddle for applying it to the gameplay. 

The second block is the one that shows real time imaging of the donkey or the resected creature there. Here you will be able to see the items that you have added to the donkey directly. 

You need to move and place the saddle  from  the inventory to the saddle box, present inside  the mule menu window. 

  • Follow the respective steps  or  gestures in your device or edition of Minecraft for adding the saddle to the saddle box in the Minecraft gameplay. 

After you add the saddle to the saddle box in the gameplay, you will notice the donkey wearing that same saddle in the second block of the mules menu window. 

Here, you have successfully added the saddle  to the donkey in the Minecraft gameplay. 

Now, you are all set to ride the donkey in Minecraft and roam around the settlements and other places there. 

So that was all about riding a donkey in Minecraft. 

Follow the links given below for getting a  similar guide to other processes if adding features, tools, and items in the Minecraft gameplay. 

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