The Cat Lover’s Guide to Minecraft Breeding and Kitten Luck

To breed Cats in Minecraft, you need to feed two tames Cats Raw Cod or Raw Salmon, and they’ll produce a Kitten. But before you can breed cats, you need to find and tame them first.

Minecraft Cats spawn in villages. On Java Edition, a village needs at least five claimed beds within 48 blocks to spawn cats, and it won’t host more than four cats in a large area around it. On Bedrock Edition, the ratio is one cat per four owned beds, capped at five cats for villages with 20 or more beds.

Black Cats are a special case. They only spawn during a full moon, both in villages and inside Swamp Huts. In this article, we’ll be going through everything you need to know about breeding Cats in Minecraft.

The Simple Steps to Start Breeding Cats in Minecraft

You can follow the steps below to breed Cats in Minecraft:

• Tame at least two cats using Raw Cod or Raw Salmon.
• Make sure both cats are standing.
• Feed each tamed cat a Raw Cod or Raw Salmon. They’ll enter love mode and produce a Kitten.

Once two Cats breed, they’ll have a five-minute cooldown before they can enter love mode again.

How Kitten Logic Actually Works in Minecraft

Your Minecraft Kittens will have the coat of one of its parents. So if you breed a Tuxedo with a Persian, the Kitten will look like one or the other, not something new.

The collar color follows a similar rule. If the two parents wear collar colors that can be mixed, the Kitten’s collar will reflect that mix. If the colors can’t be combined, the game picks one of the two parent collars at random.

If a Cat refuses to enter love mode after being fed, it may be injured. An injured Cat needs to be healed first. Feed it Raw Cod or Raw Salmon to restore health, then try breeding again. While some animals in Minecraft, like Llamas, use the same food item for both healing and breeding, others may require different items, like Horses.

How to Speed Up the Process in Minecraft

Kittens in Minecraft take 20 minutes to grow into adults. You can feed Kittens Raw Cod or Raw Salmon to speed up their growth by 10%. Each fish removes 10% of the remaining growth time. It’s not instant, but it adds up fast if you have a good supply of fish.

Cats also wander around on their own, which can make breeding a hassle. You can build a simple two-block enclosure to keep your cats in one spot.

How to Complete Your Ultimate Cat Collection

There are 11 cat variants in Minecraft. Here’s the full list you can use as a checklist:

• Tabby
• Tuxedo
• Red
• Siamese
• British Shorthair
• Calico
• Persian
• Ragdoll
• White
• Jellie
• Black

When you tame all the Cats in Minecraft at least once, you’ll unlock the A Complete Catalogue advancement. The hardest one to track down is usually the Black Cat, since it only spawns during a full moon or inside Swamp Huts.

Start Building Your Feline Army Today

Overall, breeding Cats in Minecraft comes down to a few basics:

• Tame two Cats with Raw Cod or Raw Salmon.
• Make sure they’re both standing.
• Feed them to trigger love mode.
• You can also speed up Kitten growth with more Fish.

Beyond looking cute, Minecraft Cats are also quite useful. They keep Creepers at a distance of six blocks and scare off Phantoms from up to 16 blocks away, which can come in handy in Hardcore and Survival servers.

Which Cat variants in Minecraft have you tamed so far? Have you set out to catch them all? Let us know in the comments!

FAQs About Minecraft Cats

Can you breed Cats without taming them in Minecraft?

No, you need two tamed cats to breed in Minecraft. Stray cats cannot be bred.

What are all the 11 different types of cats in Minecraft?

The 11 cat variants in Minecraft are Tabby, Tuxedo, Red, Siamese, British Shorthair, Calico, Persian, Ragdoll, White, Jellie, and Black.

What are the benefits of having cats in Minecraft?

Tamed Cats in Minecraft keep Creepers and Phantoms away. Cats also bring you gifts in the morning after you sleep.

Why won’t your Minecraft cat breed?

Your Cats need to be tamed and standing before they can breed in Minecraft. If they still won’t enter love mode after being fed Raw Cod or Raw Salmon, they may be injured and need to be healed first, so feed them more fish until they’re full HP.