Llama

A llama is a tamable neutral mob used to transport large shipments of items.

A trader llama is a special variant that follows wandering traders.

Spawning[]

A llama spawns at a light level 7 or above on grass blocks in savanna plateau, savanna‌^{[BE only][1]} or windswept savanna‌^{[BE only]} biomes in herds of 4 llamas and in windswept hills, windswept forest, and windswept gravelly hills biomes in herds of 4 to 6 llamas, coming in four coat colors: brown, cream, white or gray. A wandering traders spawns with two leashed trader llamas. In Bedrock Edition, trader llamas always spawn with a wandering trader.

10% of llamas spawn as baby llamas.

Trader llamas often despawn one tick before their trader does, because a trader llama has its DespawnDelay set to 47999 ticks. This value is decremented each tick that the llama is untamed, unleashed, and not being ridden by a player, and is reset to one less than the trader's own DespawnDelay if leashed to a trader. The llama despawns if the value reaches zero.

Drops[]

An adult llamas drops when killed:

• 0 to 2 leathers or up to 0-5 with Looting 3.
• Any equipped carpets and chest.
• All items in their inventory.
• 1–3 experience orbs if killed by a tamed wolf or the player. Upon successful breeding, 1–7 is dropped.

Like other baby animals, killing a baby llama yields no item or experience.

Caravans[]

Llamas do not accept saddles, so the player cannot control its movement, even when tamed. Leads are the best way to move llamas. Leashing a llama actually signals all other llamas not already in a caravan nearby (up to nine) to follow each other, forming a caravan of up to ten llamas. Leashing a second llama forms a caravan of ten more llamas and there is no limit on the number of llamas following a player.

A llama can be equipped with a chest by right clicking a chest on it once tamed, giving it 3, 6, 9, 12 or 15 slots of inventory space, scaling directly with its Strength NBT (see § Data values below). Once equipped, the chest cannot be retrieved without killing the llama and can be accessed by shift + right clicking the llama. A llama's potential carry capacity is a number of item slots equal to 3*Strength, with a maximum of 15 spaces.

Strength distribution in wild llamas
1	2	3	4	5
32.8%	32.8%	32.8%	0.8%	0.8%

Llamas can be equipped with carpets in their carpet slot (). Each carpet color shows as a different patterned rug on the llama's back. This can be useful for color-coding their storage, similar to dyed shulker boxes.

For the purposes of the /item command, a llama carries its carpet in the horse.armor slot. Trader llamas that do not have a carpet wear a unique blue rug design. It can be replaced with a carpet but not removed. When given carpets, both types of llama look the same. A llama's carpet decoration remains visible when the llama is under the effect of Invisibility.

Behavior[]

The llama floats when in water deeper than two blocks.

Llamas are neutral, but if a player or mob attacks one, it spits at the attacker once to deal 1 damage. Sometimes their spit can miss their target and hit another llama, starting a fight within a group of llamas. Additionally, a wandering trader's llamas spit at mobs or players who attack the wandering trader.

Llamas are hostile toward wolves and spit without provocation, but they don't attack tamed wolves unless provoked. Wolves are fearful of llamas of strength 4 or 5 and always run away.^[2] Wolves flee from weaker llamas less often.

Trader llamas are hostile toward illagers‌^{[Java Edition only]} and all zombie variants, defending both themselves and their wandering trader.

Llama Spit[]

Despite the spitting being a projectile, dying from llama spit still shows the death message "<player> was slain by trader llama/llama."

The spit entity must belong to an entity to do damage, meaning that a spit entity summoned by commands does no damage unless its Owner NBT attribute matches the UUID of an entity in loaded chunks.

The llama spit can be deflected if hit by the player.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Llama spit cannot pass through any blocks including non-solid blocks (e.g. Signs, open Fence Gates, & Sugar Cane) this even includes water. The spitting animation will still show the trajectory, but the spit entity that does damage will terminate on the non-solid block.

Llama spit can be blocked by a shield.

Breeding[]

Adult tamed llamas can be bred by being fed a hay bale. The baby llama takes on the coat color of one parent at random. Its strength is chosen as a random integer between 1 and the strength of the stronger parent, inclusive. 3% of the time the resulting strength is increased by 1, but it is capped at 5.

When two trader llamas are bred, the offspring wears a rug.

Stronger parent's strength	Offspring's strength
	1	2	3	4	5
1	97%	3%
2	48.5%	50%	1.5%
3	32.33%	33.33%	33.33%	1%
4	24.25%	25%	25%	25%	0.75%
5	19.4%	20%	20%	20%	20.6%

Select a row based on the stronger parent. The column shows the probability of the resulting offspring having a given strength.

A llama's base health (15 to 30 hitpoints) is calculated based on that of its parents, in the same way as a horse's.

Taming[]

Llamas can be tamed by repetitively riding them until hearts are displayed, done by pressing use on the llama while holding nothing.

Taming success depends on the llama's Temper NBT. Temper is a positive trait, with higher values increasing the chance of successful taming. Llamas begin with a Temper value of 0 and a maximum of 100. When a player rides an untamed llama, a random number from 0 to 99 is chosen. The llama gets tamed successfully if this number is less than the Temper value, otherwise, the Temper is increased by 5 and the player is bucked off. Temper can also be increased by feeding the llama.

Tamed llamas can still retaliate at players should the player hit them. If a player kills a wandering trader and stays away from the trader llamas for a while, the llamas are tame when the player rides it and the player can place carpets on the llama.

Naturally spawned trader llamas are untamed and cannot be ridden while being led by their wandering trader. If unleashed, they become tamable‌^{[Java Edition only]} or tamed.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

A death message is displayed to a tamed llama's owner if it is killed. Tamed trader llamas will not despawn.

Tamed llamas do not spit at mobs that attack its owner, although it spits at any mob that attacks the llama.

Feeding a llama food can alter its behavior, restoring lost health or making a baby grow faster (babies ordinarily take around 20 minutes to mature to adults). The table below lists the effects of the 2 food items llamas accept.

To feed a llama, hold a valid food item and press use while facing the llama. Llamas can be fed only when feeding would have an effect, similar to other animals. If the food is invalid, the player mounts the llama instead.

Food	Heals	Speeds growth by	Increases temper by	Notes
Wheat	2	10 sec	+3
Hay Bale	10	1:30 minutes	+6	Activates love mode in tamed llamas.

Sounds[]

Java Edition:
Llamas, trader llamas, and llama spit use the Friendly Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Llama bleats	Friendly Creatures	Randomly	entity.llama.ambient	subtitles.entity.llama.ambient	0.8	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	Llama bleats angrily	Friendly Creatures	When a player is bucked off a llama or fails to interact with an untamed llama	entity.llama.angry	subtitles.entity.llama.angry	0.8	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	Llama Chest equips	Friendly Creatures	When a llama equips a chest	entity.llama.chest	subtitles.entity.llama.chest	1.0	0.8-1.2	16
	Llama dies	Friendly Creatures	When a llama dies	entity.llama.death	subtitles.entity.llama.death	0.8	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	Llama eats	Friendly Creatures	When a llama eats an item	entity.llama.eat	subtitles.entity.llama.eat	1.0	0.8-1.2	16
	Llama hurts	Friendly Creatures	When a llama is damaged	entity.llama.hurt	subtitles.entity.llama.hurt	0.8	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	Llama spits	Friendly Creatures	When a llama spits at something	entity.llama.spit	subtitles.entity.llama.spit	1.0	0.8-1.2	16
	Llama steps[sound 1]‌[until JE 1.20.2] Footsteps‌[upcoming: JE 1.20.2]	Friendly Creatures	While a llama is walking	entity.llama.step	subtitles.entity.llama.step[sound 1]‌[until JE 1.20.2] subtitles.block.generic.footsteps‌[upcoming: JE 1.20.2]	0.15	1.0	16
	Llama is decorated	Friendly Creatures	When a llama equips a carpet	entity.llama.swag	subtitles.entity.llama.swag	0.5	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Friendly Creatures	Randomly	mob.llama.idle	0.8	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	When a player is bucked off a llama	mob.llama.angry	0.8	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	When a llama equips a chest	mob.horse.armor	1.0	0.8-1.2
	Friendly Creatures	When a llama dies	mob.llama.death	0.8	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	When a llama eats an item	mob.llama.eat	0.5-1.5	0.8-1.2
	Friendly Creatures	When a llama is damaged	mob.llama.hurt	0.8	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	When a llama spits at something	mob.llama.spit	0.8	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	While a llama is walking	mob.llama.step	0.15	1.0
	Friendly Creatures	When a llama equips a carpet	mob.llama.swag	0.5	1.0

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Translation key
Llama	llama	entity.minecraft.llama
Trader Llama	trader_llama	entity.minecraft.trader_llama
Llama Spit	llama_spit	entity.minecraft.llama_spit

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
Llama	llama	29	entity.llama.name
Trader Llama	trader_llama	157	entity.trader_llama.name
Llama Spit	llama_spit	102	entity.llama_spit.name

Entity data[]

Java Edition:

Llamas have entity data associated with them that contain various properties.

Llama spit have entity data associated with them that contain various properties.

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Achievements[]

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS4)
PS4	Other
		So I Got That Going for Me	Lead a Caravan containing at least 5 Llamas	—	20G	Bronze

Advancements[]

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location
	Not Today, Thank You	Deflect a projectile with a Shield	Suit Up	Block any projectile with a shield.	story/deflect_arrow
	It Spreads	Kill a mob near a Sculk Catalyst	Monster Hunter	Kill one of these 70 mobs near a sculk catalyst: Axolotl Bee Blaze Camel Cat Cave Spider Chicken Chicken Jockey Cod Cow Creeper Donkey Dolphin Drowned Elder Guardian Enderman Endermite Evoker Fox Frog Ghast Goat Glow Squid Guardian Hoglin Horse Husk Llama Magma Cube Mooshroom Ocelot Panda Parrot Phantom Pig Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Polar Bear Pufferfish Rabbit Ravager Salmon Sheep Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Skeleton Horse Skeleton Horseman Slime Sniffer Stray Spider Spider Jockey Squid Strider Trader Llama Tropical Fish Turtle Vex Vindicator Warden Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Wolf Zoglin Zombie Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Mobs that drop no experience are ignored for this advancement.	adventure/kill_mob_near_sculk_catalyst
	The Parrots and the Bats	Breed two animals together	Husbandry	Breed a pair of any of these 25 mobs: Axolotl Bee Camel Cat Chicken Cow Donkey Fox Frog Goat Hoglin Horse Llama Mooshroom Mule Ocelot Panda Pig Rabbit Sheep Sniffer Strider Trader Llama Turtle Wolf A mule must be the result of breeding a horse and a donkey for this advancement as they are not breedable together. Other breedable mobs are ignored for this advancement.	husbandry/breed_an_animal
	Best Friends Forever	Tame an animal	Husbandry	Tame one of these 8 tameable mobs: Cat Donkey Horse Llama Mule Parrot Trader Llama Wolf	husbandry/tame_an_animal
	Two by Two	Breed all the animals!	The Parrots and the Bats	Breed a pair of each of these 24 mobs: Axolotl Bee Camel Cat Chicken Cow Donkey Fox Frog Goat Hoglin Horse Llama Mooshroom Mule Ocelot Panda Pig Rabbit Sheep Sniffer Strider Turtle Wolf A trader llama does not count as a llama, and a mule must be the result of breeding a horse and a donkey for this advancement as they are not breedable together. Other breedable mobs can be bred, but are ignored for this advancement.	husbandry/bred_all_animals

History[]

July 26, 2016					Jeb hosts a poll on Twitter, with the choice of llamas or alpacas. The final results gave favor (58%) to llamas. Alpacas had a 42%.
Java Edition
1.11		16w39a			Added llamas.
					Added baby llamas.
		16w39b			The drops of llamas are now affected by the Looting enchantment.
		16w41a			The spawn rate of llamas has been drastically reduced.
					Llama spit now has an entity id: llama_spit.
1.14		18w43a			The textures of llamas have been changed.
					The textures of baby llamas have been changed.
		19w05a			Added trader llamas, which spawn with wandering traders.
1.16		20w15a			Dispensers can now put carpets and chests on tamed llamas.
1.17		21w20a			Llamas no longer spit at players in peaceful mode.
1.18		experimental snapshot 6			Llamas now follow players that are holding hay bales.
1.19		22w17a			Changed all variants' chest texture, to use the chest texture since the texture update.
1.19.4		23w07a			The health of a baby is now a variation of the average of the parents' attributes, rather than being biased towards the average possible value.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Added llamas.
					Added baby llamas.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The textures of llamas have been changed.
					The textures of baby llamas have been changed.
					Added trader llamas, which spawn with wandering traders.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.3			Trader llamas are now hostile to mobs that attack wandering traders.
					Trader llamas now always spawn as adult llamas.
					Trader llamas can no longer breed.
1.19.10		beta 1.19.10.20			Trader llamas are now separate from a normal llama.
					Trader llamas now have their own spawn egg.
1.20.10		beta 1.20.10.20			Llamas now can be fed with hay bales.
					Llamas now follow players that are holding hay bales.
Legacy Console Edition
TU54	CU44	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Added llamas.
					Added baby llamas.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.9.19					Added llamas.
					Added baby llamas.

Issues[]

Issues relating to "Llama" or "Trader Llama" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia[]

• The achievement title refers to the 1980 comedy movie Caddyshack, where Bill Murray tells a story of how he once caddied for the Dalai Lama. In return, on his deathbed he expects to receive total consciousness, thus uttering the line "So I got that going for me".
• Some carpets on a llama's back represent certain mobs; a green carpet uses the face of the green creeper, while a purple carpet gains eyes like those of an enderman. A llama wearing a gray carpet has a mask, similar to that of a superhero or a bandit.
• A llama can kill another llama. When the player hits a llama and hides behind another, the spit will hurt the llama the player is hiding behind, leading to a battle. Both llamas will not stop spitting at one another until one dies.
• The llama was Agnes Larsson's first mob she designed for Minecraft.
• Its LEGO BrickHeadz figure is notable for being the 200th produced,^[3] and is included in several retail sets as the "Trader Lama".

Gallery[]

Screenshots[]

• 

  All four llama variants, including baby variants.

• 

  Llamas fighting each other.

• 

  A llama getting attacked by bees.

• 

  A llama stares at a player stuck in a hole.

• 

  A pair of trader llamas following a wandering trader.

• 

  A GUI of a llama with strength 1.

• 

  A tamed trader llama in an early survival mode house.

• 

  First image of llamas in Bedrock Edition.

Development images[]

• 

  An image showing a sketch of a llama by Agnes Larsson then a model with a 3d bushy tail then the final llama model.^[4]

• 

  A llama drawing by Agnes Larsson.

Renders[]

In other media[]

• 

  The vote in which the Llama was chosen over the Alpaca.

• 

  “Something is not right here…”^[5]

• 

  A Llama in promotional artwork for the Exploration Update.

• 

  Trader Llamas in promotional artwork for the first Caves & Cliffs update.

• 

  A giant llama statue erected by the protagonists of the game.^[6]

• 

  Lluna, a llama from Minecraft Story Mode.

• 

  The Jolly Llama, a unique variation of the llama featured in Minecraft Earth.

• 

  Llama, a hero from Minecraft Dungeons dressed like an actual llama.

• 

  A Trader Llama, as depicted in Minecraft Dungeons.

• 

  A llama as depicted in Minecraft Legends.

• 

  Action figure of a spitting llama.

• 

  Lego Minecraft Trader Llama.

• 

  Promotional artwork for the Trader Llama, Alex, and Zombie BrickHeadz.

• 

  A comparison between the in-game and Lego BrickHeadz renditions of a llama.

• 

  Acid Llama, an official T-Shirt featuring a llama.

• 

  An officially licensed llama sweater.

References[]

External Links[]

• Meet the Llama – Minecraft.net on April 18, 2017