Fox in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains all about foxes with screenshots and step-by-step instructions. Let's learn about foxes in Minecraft.

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Supported Platforms

Foxes are available in the following versions of Minecraft:

Platform	Supported (Version*)
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	Yes (1.14)
Pocket Edition (PE)	Yes (1.13.0)
Xbox 360	No
Xbox One	Yes (1.13.0)
PS3	No
PS4	Yes (1.14.0)
Wii U	No
Nintendo Switch	Yes (1.13.0)
Windows 10 Edition	Yes (1.13.0)
Education Edition	Yes (1.14.31)

* The version that it was added or removed, if applicable.
NOTE: Pocket Edition (PE), Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Windows 10 Edition are now called Bedrock Edition. We will continue to show them individually for version history.

Background

There are 2 types of foxes in Minecraft - Red Fox and Snowy Fox. The following is a picture of what each fox looks like:

Hostility Level (Passive)

A fox is a passive mob. The term mob is short for mobile and is used to refer to all living, moving creatures in the game such as chickens, creepers, and foxes. Because a fox is a passive mob, it will never attack you in the game (Creative or Survival mode).

Health Points

In Minecraft, a fox has 5 hearts for health. This gives a fox 10 health points (because 1 heart = 2 health points). To kill a fox, you need to inflict 10 points of damage to the fox.

Where to Find Foxes

In Minecraft, foxes are nocturnal animals that are more active at night. You can find the Red Fox in the Taiga, Old Growth Pine Taiga and Old Growth Spruce Taiga biomes. The Snowy Fox can be found in the Snowy Taiga and the Grove biomes.

If you are having trouble finding a fox, you can summon a fox using a cheat or you can use a spawn egg.

Weapon

A fox does not carry a weapon.

Attack Method

You are safe to walk near a fox and it will not attack or cause you any damage. And if you attack a fox, it will just try to run away. It will not attack you back.

Drops

A fox may naturally spawn with one of the following items in its mouth - such as an emerald, feather, egg, leather, cooked porkchop, wheat, rabbit hide or rabbit's foot.

However, a fox can also walk over and pick up any item that it sees on the ground. These items will appear in the fox's mouth.

When you kill a fox in Minecraft, it will drop the item that it is carrying in its mouth. Make sure you pick up any dropped items before they disappear. They are useful and should be kept in your inventory to be used later.

Experience Points

As you play the game, you will gain experience. The most common way to gain experience is by killing mobs. When a mob is killed you will see tiny green and yellow balls appear and move towards you.

These orbs represent experience points. When you kill a fox, you will gain 1-3 experience points.

Special Skills

A fox is a unique mob that can be tamed which allows the fox to trust a player. The tamed fox will attack hostile mobs that harm this "trusted" player.

Types of Foxes

There are 2 different types of foxes in Minecraft. Here are the different types of foxes that can spawn in the game:

Spawn Egg for Fox

You can spawn a fox using the following spawn egg:

Things to Do with Foxes

Here are some activities that you can do with foxes in Minecraft:

Command Examples

Here are some game command examples for a fox in Minecraft:

NBT Tags for Fox (Java Edition)

Here are the NBT tags that you can use in game commands for a fox in Java Edition:

Spawn Events for Fox (Bedrock/Education)

Here are the spawn events that you can use in game commands for a fox in Bedrock Edition and Education Edition:

Fox Seeds

You can use a seed to create a world where you spawn in a biome with foxes: