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How to Tame a Parrot

Seeds, not cookies. A parrot on your shoulder warns you about mobs.

A parrot spawn egg surrounded by wheat seeds, melon seeds, a jukebox and a cookie on jungle planks
Quick answer
  • Find parrots in jungles.
  • Feed them seeds. Each one has a 1 in 10 chance to tame.
  • Never feed a parrot a Cookie. It kills it.

Parrots ride on your shoulder, dance to music and copy the sounds of nearby monsters.

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Taming

Feed parrots any of these: Wheat seeds, Melon seeds, pumpkin seeds, beetroot seeds, torchflower seeds or pitcher pods. Bring plenty, it can take a few tries.

1 in 10chance per seed
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No cookiesCookies contain cocoa beans, which are poisonous to parrots and kill them instantly.

Shoulder riding

Walk into your tamed parrot and it jumps onto your shoulder. You can carry one on each shoulder. They hop off if you take damage or go in water.

Mob warnings

Parrots copy the sounds of hostile mobs nearby, like creepers, skeletons and zombies. If your parrot hisses like a creeper, look around.

Dance party

Play a music disc in a Jukebox and parrots within 3 blocks start dancing.

You can't breed themParrots can't be bred, so every parrot you tame came from the wild. Look after it.

Cheat sheet

  • Jungles, tame with seeds
  • 1 in 10 chance per seed
  • Cookies kill parrots
  • Can't be bred

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