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How to Get a Pet Fox

You can't tame one. You have to raise one.

Sweet berries surrounded by glow berries, a lead, a fox spawn egg and a rabbit's foot on podzol
Quick answer
  • Wild foxes can't be tamed.
  • Breed two wild foxes with Sweet berries or Glow berries.
  • The baby trusts you and will defend you.

Foxes are shy and run from players. The only way to get one that likes you is to breed it yourself.

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Where to find foxes

  • Red foxes: taigas.
  • Snow foxes: snowy taigas and groves.

They sleep in the day, so that's the easiest time to sneak up on them.

Breeding for trust

  1. Find two adult foxes. Sneak up slowly while they sleep.
  2. Feed each one sweet berries or glow berries.
  3. A baby fox appears. It trusts you.
  4. Put a Lead on it and take it home.
Trap them firstBuild a small fence around the sleeping foxes before you feed them, so the parents don't run off.

What a trusting fox does

  • Attacks mobs that hurt you.
  • Can be put on a lead.
  • Hunts chickens, rabbits and fish, so keep it away from your farm animals.
It won't follow youUnlike a wolf, a trusting fox doesn't follow you around. Keep it on a lead or in a pen.

Cheat sheet

  • Can't tame wild foxes
  • Breed with sweet or glow berries
  • Babies trust whoever bred them
  • Use a lead to move it

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