How to Raise, Tame, and Fly Your Dragon

Once a dragon egg hatches—or if you spawn a dragon directly in Creative mode using a spawn egg—you must raise and tame it before taking to the skies.

Raising and Taming

1. Stay near your newly hatched baby dragon and care for it as it matures into a full-grown adult.

2. Once it is ready to bond, tame the dragon so it becomes a loyal pet companion.

3. After taming, your dragon will follow you on adventures across biomes, or you can command it to rest quietly on the ground near your base when you do not need escorting.

Equipping a Saddle and Flying

To ride your tamed adult dragon in Survival mode, you need a standard vanilla leather Saddle—often found in dungeon, temple, bastion, or village loot chests, as well as through fishing or trading.

1. Hold the Saddle in your main hand and interact with your tamed adult dragon to equip it. You will see the brown leather saddle appear directly on the dragon's back.

2. Interact with the saddled dragon with an empty hand to mount it.

3. Use your standard movement controls to steer through the air and fly high over forests, swamps, and mountains.

4. Press your vanilla perspective keybind (F5 by default) to switch between first-person view and a wider third-person view, which makes landing in tight spaces much easier.