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Minecraft has been cooking for over 15 years, and saddles have always been one of those items you had to find—until now. With snapshot 25w20a, released on May 13, 2025, players can finally craft ...

As of May 2025, crafting a saddle in Minecraft is only an option in the snapshot test version of the game. However, it is expected to be included into the full game this summer. Either way, this is ...

Having worked as a writer since 2014, Martin Wood started as a gaming academic before joining GameRant. His passion and aspirations for the field began with his childhood favorites, like Pokemon ...

Great news: Minecraft finally adds saddles as a crafting item, and it’s only been 15 years. The saddles in Minecraft were introduced in 2010 as a means to ride pigs initially, and then the saddle was ...

Chris has been playing video games for most of his life, and writing about them off-and-on for a significant chunk of that time. He has also gotten involved with the industry more directly by working ...

A saddle is one of the rare "Minecraft" items that can't actually be crafted. Like the Elytra, one of the game's other transportation-related items, you'll need to find a saddle rather than make it.

After introducing harnesses for Happy Ghasts and a recipe for saddles in Minecraft's latest update, it might also be time for Mojang to look closer and rebalance one of the resources needed to craft ...

Before, having your own horse or other steed in Minecraft was a privilege reserved for those lucky cave divers who happened to find a saddle in a chest in a desert temple or other ruins, but no more.