Llama

Llama
Health points	15HP × 7.5 to 30HP × 15
Behavior	Neutral
Mob type	Animal
Attack; strength	Easy and Normal: 1HP; Hard: 1.5HP × 0.75
Hitbox size	Adult:; Height: 1.87 blocks; Width: 0.9 blocks; Baby:; Height: 0.935 blocks ; Width: 0.45 blocks
Speed	0.175
Spawn	Windswept Hills; Windswept Forest; Windswept Gravelly Hills; Savanna Plateau; Savanna‌[BE only]; Windswept Savanna‌[BE only]
Usable items	Carpet; Chest plus contents; Lead; Shears; Wheat; Hay Bale;

A llama is a tameable neutral mob that can be equipped with a chest to transport items, and can also wear carpets. If attacked, it will retaliate using its spit.

Spawning

A llama spawns 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.

10% of llamas spawn as baby llamas.

Llama spawns in:

Category: Creature	Java Edition			Bedrock Edition
Spawn area	Spawn weight	Spawn chance	Group size	Spawn weight	Group size
Savanna Plateau	⁸⁄₆₈	11.76%	4	8	4
Windswept Hills	⁵⁄₄₅	11.11%	4–6	5	4–6
Windswept Gravelly Hills	⁵⁄₄₅	11.11%	4–6	5	4–6
Windswept Forest	⁵⁄₄₅	11.11%	4–6	5	4–6
Windswept Savanna	—	—	—	8	4
Savanna	—	—	—	8	4

Drops

Breeding

1–7XP upon successful breeding.

On death

Java Edition:

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
Item		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Leather	0–2	66.67%	1.00	0–3	83.33%	1.50	0–4	91.67%	2.00	0–5	94.44%	2.50

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
Item		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Leather	0–2	²⁄₃	1	0–3	⁵⁄₆	³⁄₂	0–4	¹¹⁄₁₂	2	0–5	¹⁷⁄₁₈	⁵⁄₂

Item		Amount	Probability
Item		Amount	Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Leather	0	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)	¹⁄₆ (16.67%)	¹⁄₁₂ (8.33%)	¹⁄₁₈ (5.56%)
		1	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)	¹⁄₄ (25.00%)	¹⁄₆ (16.67%)
		2	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)	⁵⁄₁₈ (27.78%)
		3	0	¹⁄₆ (16.67%)	¹⁄₄ (25.00%)	⁵⁄₁₈ (27.78%)
		4	0	0	¹⁄₁₂ (8.33%)	¹⁄₆ (16.67%)
		5	0	0	0	¹⁄₁₈ (5.56%)
		Average	1 (1.00)	³⁄₂ (1.50)	2 (2.00)	⁵⁄₂ (2.50)

Item		Expected Drops
Killed		1
Item		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Leather	1.00	1.50	2.00	2.50

Bedrock Edition:

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
Item		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Leather	0–2	66.67%	1.00	0–3	66.67%	1.33	0–4	66.67%	1.67	0–5	66.67%	2.00

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
Item		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Leather	0–2	²⁄₃	1	0–3	²⁄₃	⁴⁄₃	0–4	²⁄₃	⁵⁄₃	0–5	²⁄₃	2

Item		Amount	Probability
Item		Amount	Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Leather	0	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)
		1	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)	¹⁄₆ (16.67%)	¹⁄₁₂ (8.33%)	¹⁄₁₈ (5.56%)
		2	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)	¹⁄₄ (25.00%)	¹⁄₆ (16.67%)
		3	0	¹⁄₆ (16.67%)	¹⁄₄ (25.00%)	²⁄₉ (22.22%)
		4	0	0	¹⁄₁₂ (8.33%)	¹⁄₆ (16.67%)
		5	0	0	0	¹⁄₁₈ (5.56%)
		Average	1 (1.00)	⁴⁄₃ (1.33)	⁵⁄₃ (1.67)	2 (2.00)

Item		Expected Drops
Killed		1
Item		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Leather	1.00	1.33	1.67	2.00

Any equipped carpets and chest.
All items in their inventory.
1–3XP experience orbs if killed by a player or tamed wolf.

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

Behavior

Llamas are neutral mobs that retaliate when attacked by a player or another mob. Occasionally, their spit can miss its intended target and accidentally hit another llama, causing them to fight each other.

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, and won't attack unless provoked by their spit.^[2] Wolves flee from weaker llamas less often.

Llamas are completely passive in Peaceful difficulty.

Llamas float when in water deeper than two blocks.

Llamas can safely fall 6 blocks before they begin to accumulate fall damage, unlike most mobs, which can only safely fall 3 blocks. Llamas also take half of the normal fall damage (rounded up) that most other mobs take (0.5HP × 0.25 damage per block over the safe distance instead of 1HP). If an entity is riding a llama, they receive the same fall damage as the llama.

Spitting

Llamas attack other mobs by spitting at them, dealing 1HP damage. Llama spit is not flammable. In Bedrock Edition, like other projectiles, it can be thrown back at the llama.

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 value. 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 30. When a player rides an untamed llama, a random number from 0 to 29 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 do not spit at mobs that attack its owner, although it spits at any mob that attacks the llama. Tamed llamas can still retaliate at players should the player hit them.

Feeding a llama food can alter its behavior, increasing its temper value if untamed, 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.

A llama can be fed by holding a valid food item and pressing 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	2HP	10 sec (200 ticks)	+3
Hay Bale	10HP	1:30 min (1800 ticks)	+6	Activates love mode in tamed llamas.

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.

Stronger parent's strength	Offspring's strength
Stronger parent'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 (15HP × 7.5 to 30HP × 15) is calculated based on that of its parents, in the same way as a horse's.

Color variant of llama is randomly selected between parents.

When breeding a trader llama with a llama, the offspring will always be a normal llama.

Caravans

Llamas form a caravan when one of them is leashed by a player.

Leashing a llama causes up to nine nearby llamas that are not already in a caravan to follow it, forming a caravan of up to ten llamas. When multiple llamas are leashed, each leashed llama can lead its own caravan of up to ten llamas. A caravan cannot contain more than one leashed llama, and there is no limit to the number of caravans a player can lead.

Storage

The GUI of a llama with strength 4 and with a chest.

A tamed llama can be equipped with a chest by pressing the use control on it while holding a chest. The chest gives the llama 3 to 15 slots of inventory space, depending on its strength (see table below). Once equipped, its contents can be accessed by pressing the use control on the llama while sneaking, or by opening the inventory while riding the llama. The chest itself cannot be retrieved without killing the llama.

Strength distribution in wild llamas
Strength	Probability of spawning with that amount of strength	Number of slots in inventory
1	32.8%	3
2	32.8%	6
3	32.8%	9
4	0.8%	12
5	0.8%	15

Carpets

A llama can be equipped with a wool carpet in its carpet slot. Each carpet color shows as a different patterned rug when on the llama's back. This can be useful for color-coding the llamas as storage containers, like dyed shulker boxes.

When given carpets, all types of llamas look the same, except for their fur colors. In Java Edition, a llama's carpet decoration, including the default blue rug of a trader llama, remains visible when the llama is under the effect of Invisibility;^[3] in Bedrock Edition, it becomes invisible.

For the purposes of the /item command, a llama carries its carpet in the armor.body slot.

Sounds

Java Edition:

v t e Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Llama bleats	Friendly Mobs	Randomly	`entity.llama.ambient`	`subtitles.entity.llama.ambient`	0.8	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	Llama bleats angrily	Friendly Mobs	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 Mobs	When a llama equips a chest	`entity.llama.chest`	`subtitles.entity.llama.chest`	1.0	0.8-1.2	16
	Llama dies	Friendly Mobs	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 Mobs	When a llama eats an item	`entity.llama.eat`	`subtitles.entity.llama.eat`	1.0	0.8-1.2	16
	Llama hurts	Friendly Mobs	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 Mobs	When a llama spits at something	`entity.llama.spit`	`subtitles.entity.llama.spit`	1.0	0.8-1.2	16
	Footsteps	Friendly Mobs	While a llama is walking	`entity.llama.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16
	Llama is decorated	Friendly Mobs	When a llama equips a carpet	`entity.llama.swag`	`subtitles.entity.llama.swag`	0.5	1.0	16
	Carpet snips away	Friendly Mobs	When a carpet is removed with shears	`item.llama_carpet.unequip`	`subtitles.item.llama_carpet.unequip`	1.0	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

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

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Entity tags	Translation key
Llama	`llama`	`dismounts_underwater` `followable_friendly_mobs`	`entity.minecraft.llama`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
Llama	`llama`	`29`	`entity.llama.name`

Entity data

Java Edition:

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

[NBT Compound / JSON Object] Entity data
- Additional fields for mobs that can breed see Template:Nbt inherit/breedable/template
- Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template
- Tags common to all mobs see Template:Nbt inherit/mob/template
- [Byte] Bred: 1 or 0 (true/false) – Unknown. Remains 0 after breeding. If true, causes it to stay near other horses with this flag set.
- [Byte] EatingHaystack: 1 or 0 (true/false) – true if the horse is grazing.
- [Int Array] Owner: The UUID of the entity that tamed the horse, stored as four ints. Has no effect on behavior. Does not exist if there is no owner.
- [Byte] Tame: 1 or 0 (true/false) – true if the horse is tamed.
- [Int] Temper: Ranges from 0 to 100; increases with feeding. Higher values make a horse easier to tame.
- [Byte] ChestedHorse: 1 or 0 (true/false) - true if the llama has chests.
- [Int] DespawnDelay: A timer for trader llamas to despawn, present only in trader_llama. The trader llama despawns when this value reaches 0.
- [NBT List / JSON Array] Items: List of items. Exists only if ChestedHorse is true.
  - [NBT Compound / JSON Object] An item, including the Slot tag.
    - An item see Template:Nbt inherit/item/template
- [Int] Strength: Ranges from 1 to 5, defaults to 3. Determines the number of items the llama can carry (items = 3 × strength). Also increases the tendency of wolves to run away when attacked by llama spit. Strengths 4 and 5 always causes a wolf to flee.
- [Int] Variant: The variant of the llama.

Variant	Numerical ID	Identifier
Creamy	`0`	`creamy`
White	`1`	`white`
Brown	`2`	`brown`
Gray	`3`	`gray`

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Achievements


Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
		Cow Tipper	Harvest some leather.	Pick up leather from the ground or via fishing.	15	Bronze
		So I Got That Going for Me	Lead a Caravan containing at least 5 Llamas	—	20	Bronze
		Overkill	Deal nine hearts of damage in a single hit.	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have nine hearts of health overall.	30	Bronze
		It Spreads	Kill a mob next to a catalyst	—	10	Bronze
		Over-Overkill	Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have 50 hearts of health overall.	20	Silver

Advancements

Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
Not Today, Thank You	Deflect a projectile with a Shield	Block any projectile with a shield.
It Spreads	Kill a mob near a Sculk Catalyst	Kill any mob that drops experience near a sculk catalyst, with the sole exception of the ender dragon. Mobs that drop no experience are ignored for this advancement.
The Parrots and the Bats	Breed two animals together	Breed a pair of any of these 26/27^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} mobs: Armadillo Axolotl Bee Camel Cat Chicken Cow Donkey Fox Frog Goat Hoglin Horse Llama Mooshroom Mule Nautilus^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} 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.
Best Friends Forever	Tame an animal	Tame one of these 8/11^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} tameable mobs: Cat Donkey Horse Llama Mule Nautilus^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} Parrot Trader Llama Wolf Zombie Horse^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} Zombie Nautilus^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} Skeleton Horse can be tamed in the same way as a regular horse to gain this advancement with the ride command.
Two by Two	Breed all the animals!	Breed a pair of each of these 26/27^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} mobs: Armadillo Axolotl Bee Camel Cat Chicken Cow Donkey Fox Frog Goat Hoglin Horse Llama Mooshroom Mule Nautilus^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} 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.

Advancements that apply to all mobs:

Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
Adventure	Adventure, exploration and combat	Kill any mob, or be killed by any living entity.
A Throwaway Joke	Throw a Trident at something. Note: Throwing away your only weapon is not a good idea.	Hit a mob with a thrown trident.
Take Aim	Shoot something with an Arrow	Using a bow or a crossbow, shoot a mob with an arrow, tipped arrow, or spectral arrow.
Mob Kabob^{[upcoming JE 1.21.11]}	Hit five mobs in the same Charge attack using the Spear.	Armor Stand and Mannequin also count for this advancement.
Arbalistic	Kill five unique mobs with one crossbow shot	Armor Stand and Mannequin also count for this advancement. This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed.
Over-Overkill	Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have 50 hearts of health overall.

History

Development

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

Java Edition
1.11	16w39a	Added llamas.
	16w39a	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.
1.14	18w43a	The textures of llamas have been changed.
1.14	18w43a	The textures of baby llamas have been changed.
1.16	20w10a	Firework damage now provokes llamas.^[4]
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 toward the average possible value.
1.21.2	pre1	Carpets now show the enchantment glint on llamas when enchanted.
1.21.6	25w20a	Carpets can now be removed from llamas using shears.
1.21.6	pre1	Llamas in carpets now emits a vibration frequency of 6, along with the Unequip frequency of 4 from the sculk shrieker.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition
1.1.0	alpha 1.1.0.0	Added llamas.
1.1.0	alpha 1.1.0.0	Added baby llamas.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.13	beta 1.2.13.5	Feeding llamas is now able to heal them.
1.10.0	beta 1.10.0.3	The textures of llamas have been changed.
1.10.0	beta 1.10.0.3	The textures of baby llamas have been changed.
1.20.10	Preview 1.20.10.20	Llamas now follow players that are holding hay bales.
1.21.90	Preview 1.21.90.25	Carpets can now be removed from llamas using shears.
1.21.90	Preview 1.21.90.26	A sound now plays when removing a carpet from an llama using shears.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Added llamas.
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Added baby llamas.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.9.19							Added llamas.
1.9.19							Added baby llamas.

Data History

Java Edition
1.20.5			24w05a				Replaced [NBT Compound / JSON Object] DecorItem tag with [NBT Compound / JSON Object] body_armor_item.

Issues

Issues relating to "Llama" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

The So I Got That Going for Me 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, which is nice".
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.
The llama was the first mob that Agnes Larsson designed. She visited a real-life llama named Adrian to use as a model.^[5]

Gallery

Renders

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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 GUI of a llama with strength 0.

Mojang images

A llama drawing by Agnes Larsson.
A sketch of a llama by Agnes Larsson, an early prototype llama model with a bushy tail, and the final llama model.
A recreation of an early prototype llama model with a bushy tail.
First image of llamas in Bedrock Edition.