Llama

Llama

Health points	15 × 7.5 to 30 × 15
Behavior	Neutral
Attack strength	1
Size	Adult: Height: 1.87 Blocks Width: 0.9 Blocks Baby: Height: 0.935 Blocks Width: 0.45 Blocks
Spawn	Mountains, Savanna
Usable items	Chest without or with contents Carpet Lead Wheat Hay Bale
Internal ID	JE: 103 BE: 29

For the Easter Egg dimension in 20w14∞, see Java Edition 20w14∞ § World generation.

	“	Llamas come in four fetching colours, brown, grey, white and creamy. A neutral mob, they can be tamed just like horses and leashed together in chains to form caravans, which is far less grim and prison-chain-gangy than I've just made it sound. Honest! Llamas can even have little llama babies, as if they weren't insufferably cute enough already.	„
		— Tom Stone

Llamas are neutral mobs that can be tamed and used to transport large shipments of items.

Spawning

Llamas spawn at light level 7 or above, they naturally spawn in savanna biomes in herds of 4 llamas and in mountains biomes in herds of 4 to 6 llamas. They come in four variants of coat colors: brown, cream, white, gray. Wandering traders always spawn with two leashed trader llamas.

10% of llamas spawn as babies.

In Bedrock Edition, there is no spawn egg for trader llamas. They always spawn when a wandering trader is spawned using a spawn egg or by using the /summon command, although a trader llama can be summoned using /summon llama ~ ~ ~ minecraft:from_wandering_trader.

Drops

Adults drop:

• 0-2 leather (up to 0-5 with Looting 3).
• Any equipped carpets.
• All items in their inventory.
• 1–3, only if killed by a tamed wolf or the player.

Upon successful breeding, 1–7 is dropped.

Usage

Leading

Llamas do not accept saddles, so the player can't control one's movement, even when tamed. Thus, leads become the best way to move llamas. Leading a llama actually signals up to ten nearby llamas (both tamed and untamed) to follow each other, forming a caravan. A caravan can have up to nine llamas in it, including the lead, whether it's an adult or a baby. Leashing a second llama forms a caravan of ten more llamas, and there is no intentional limit on the number of llamas following a player.

Storage

Llamas can be equipped with chests, 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. A llama's potential carry capacity is a number of item slots equal to 3*Strength.

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

Decoration

All llama carpet patterns.

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

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

Trader Llamas have a unique, blue carpet design as their base skin. It can be replaced with any of the carpets for a different look, but cannot be removed.

Behavior

Spitting

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.

Llamas are hostile to wild wolves and spit without provocation, but they don't attack tamed wolves (dogs) unless provoked. Wolves are fearful of llamas of strength 4 or 5 and always run away. Wolves flee from weaker llamas less often.

Despite the spitting being a projectile, dying from llama spit still shows the death message "(Player Name) was slain by Llama"

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

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.

Naturally spawned trader llamas are untamed and unrideable while being lead by their wandering trader. If unleashed, they become tamable‌^{[Java Edition only]} or tamed‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}.

In Java Edition, tamed trader llamas do not despawn.

Like all tame animals, a death message is displayed to a tamed llama's owner if it is killed.

Breeding

Tamed llamas can be bred by being fed 1–3 hay bales. Both parents must be tamed before they can breed. Trader llamas cannot breed‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}.

The offspring takes on the appearance of either parent as if chosen by a coin flip. 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's still capped at 5. For quick reference, consult the following table.

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.

Llamas breed in the vicinity if they are on a lead. Although one of the llamas may not respond to being fed right away; they accept a hay bale/bale(s) if needed to breed. This can result in consumption from 1 to 3 hay bales.

Food

Feeding a llama food can alter its behavior, restoring lost health or making a baby grow faster (babies ordinarily take 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

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Llama bleats	?	?	entity.llama.ambient	subtitles.entity.llama.ambient	?	?	16
	Llama bleats angrily	?	?	entity.llama.angry	subtitles.entity.llama.angry	?	?	16
	Llama Chest equips	?	?	entity.llama.chest	subtitles.entity.llama.chest	?	?	16
	Llama dies	?	?	entity.llama.death	subtitles.entity.llama.death	?	?	16
	Llama eats	?	?	entity.llama.eat	subtitles.entity.llama.eat	?	?	16
	Llama hurts	?	?	entity.llama.hurt	subtitles.entity.llama.hurt	?	?	16
	Llama spits	?	?	entity.llama.spit	subtitles.entity.llama.spit	?	?	16
	Llama steps	?	?	entity.llama.step	subtitles.entity.llama.step	?	?	16
	Llama is decorated	?	?	entity.llama.swag	subtitles.entity.llama.swag	?	?	16

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Entity	Namespaced ID
Llama	llama
Trader Llama	trader_llama

Bedrock Edition:

Entity	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID
Llama	llama	29

Entity data

See also: Chunk format

Llamas have entity data associated with them that contains various properties of the mob.

• Entity data
  • Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template
  • Tags common to all mobs see Template:Nbt inherit/mob/template
  • Additional fields for mobs that can breed see Template:Nbt inherit/breedable/template
  •  Bred: 1 or 0 (true/false) - Unknown. Remains 0 after breeding. If true, causes it to stay near other llamas with this flag set.
  •  ChestedHorse: 1 or 0 (true/false) - true if the llama has chests.
  •  EatingHaystack: 1 or 0 (true/false) - true if grazing.
  •  Tame: 1 or 0 (true/false) - true if the llama is tamed. (Non players mobs cannot ride a tamed llama if it has no saddle)
  •  Temper: Ranges from 0 to 100; increases with feeding. Higher values make a llama easier to tame.
  •  Variant: The variant of the llama. 0 = Creamy, 1 = White, 2 = Brown, 3 = Gray.
  •  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.
  •  DecorItem: The item the llama is wearing, without the Slot tag. Typically a carpet.
    • Tags common to all items see Template:Nbt inherit/item/template
  •  OwnerUUID^{[until JE 1.16]}: The UUID of the player that tamed the llama. Has no effect on behavior.
  •  Owner‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.16]}: The UUID of the player that tamed the llama, stored as four ints. Has no effect on behavior. Does not exist if there is no owner.
  •  Items: List of items. Exists only if ChestedHorse is true.
    • An item, including the Slot tag.
      • Tags common to all items see Template:Nbt inherit/item/template
  •  DespawnDelay: A timer for trader llamas to despawn, present only in trader_llama.

Spit

Llama Spit

Size	Height: 0.25 Blocks Width: 0.25 Blocks
Internal ID	JE: 104 BE: 102
Network ID	JE: 68
Namespaced ID	JE: llama_spit

Llama spit has entity data associated with it that contain various properties of the spit entity. It produces spit particles when summoned, and obeys gravity. The spit entity must belong to a llama to do damage, meaning that the spit summoned by commands does no damage. Llama spit can be deflected if hit by the player.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

• Entity data
  • Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template
  •  Owner: Contains information about the entity who owns the spit.
    •  OwnerUUIDMost^{[until JE 1.16]}: Identifying the owner of this spit, these are the most significant bits of that entity's Universally Unique IDentifier. This is joined with OwnerUUIDLeast to form that entity's unique ID.
    •  OwnerUUIDLeast^{[until JE 1.16]}: Identifying the owner of this spit, these are the least significant bits of that entity's Universally Unique IDentifier. This is joined with OwnerUUIDMost to form that entity's unique ID.
    •  Owner‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.16]}: The UUID of the entity that spat this spit, stored as four ints.

Achievements

Main article: Achievement

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

Advancements

Main article: Advancement

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Namespaced ID
	The Parrots and the Bats	Breed two animals together	Husbandry	—	husbandry/breed_an_animal
	Best Friends Forever	Tame an animal	Husbandry	—	husbandry/tame_an_animal
	Two by Two	Breed all the animals!	The Parrots and the Bats	Breed pairs of each of these 15 mobs. ‌In Java Edition 1.16‌[upcoming], hoglins and striders are also required for this advancement. A trader llama does not count as a llama, and donkeys and mules count as horses. Other breedable mobs, if any, are ignored for this advancement.	husbandry/bred_all_animals

History

Java Edition
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%.
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.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.16		20w15a			Dispensers can now put carpets and chests on tamed llamas.
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.
Legacy Console Edition
TU54	CU44	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Added llamas.
					Added baby llamas.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90					The textures of llamas have been changed.
					The textures of baby llamas have been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.9.19					Added llamas.
					Added baby llamas.

Issues

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

Trivia

• In the way a bear's offspring are called cubs & a dog's offspring are called pups, a llama's offspring are called cria.
• Llama still float when riding while on water deeper than 2 blocks.
• The player can still see a llama's carpet decoration when it is under the effect of Invisibility.
• When breeding two trading llamas, the cria wears a baby-sized, trader-style carpet.‌^{[Java Edition only]}
• 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 famous line "So I got that going for me".
• In Java Edition, llamas are the only mob that can directly inflict damage to players in Peaceful difficulty.
• Some carpets on llamas back represent certain mobs: creeper or enderman. A llama wearing a gray carpet has a mask, similar to that of a superhero.

Gallery

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  All llama carpet patterns.

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  All four llama variants, including baby variants.

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  Llamas fighting each other.

References

Entities

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