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Trader Llama in Minecraft, 3D render (3/4 view)
Render by Blockaria from the Minecraft: Java Edition models and textures (Mojang).
3/4 view
NEUTRAL Present since 1.14 or earlier

Trader Llama mob in Minecraft

The Trader Llama is the llama that walks on a lead behind the Wandering Trader, wearing his blue and gold carpet. It acts as his bodyguard and spits at whatever attacks him, but you can also take it for yourself before the trader leaves.

Health
15 to 307.5 to 15 hearts
Behavior
Neutral
Food
Hay BaleHay Bale
Found in
Not in the wild

Trader Llama stats

Health
15 to 30 7.5 to 15 heartsRandom, set when it spawns
Behavior
Neutral
Main drop
LeatherLeather
Spawns in
—
Size
0.9 × 1.87 blocks
XP when killed
1 to 3none as a baby
Speed
0.175
Detection range
16 blocks
Tempt range
10 blocks

// Experience drops only when a player kills it. Speeds are the game’s internal values, not blocks per second.

How much damage Trader Llama deals

Damage to a player without armor, by world difficulty. 1 ♥ = 2 damage points.

Ranged attack
Peaceful00 ♥
Easy10.5 ♥
Normal10.5 ♥
Hard1.50.75 ♥

// Armor, Protection and Resistance reduce these values. Base values read from the game code (26.3).

Where to find Trader Llama

Doesn’t spawn naturally in a biome: it comes from a structure, a spawner, a block or an event.

Trader Llama drops

Trader Llama dropsFrom the loot table · chance per kill
LeatherLeather+1 per Looting level0–2
Carried items and gearDropped on death, outside the loot table (game code)
Black CarpetAnything a player put on itAlways dropped: Carpet100%
ChestIts chest and everything stored in itAlways dropped100%
Health compared
Health vs other neutral mobshealth points
Enderman40
Llama15–30
Polar Bear30
Trader Llama15–30
Drowned20
Panda20
Zombified Piglin20

Trader Llama and its family

Mobs built on the same base in the game code, compared on their game values.

MobHealthAttackXPSpeed
Llama 15–3011–30.175
Trader Llama 15–3011–30.175

Traits

Properties set in the game files.

Dismounts underwaterRiders are thrown off underwater.

Food and breeding

Items it eats, follows or breeds with.

Hay BaleHay BaleWheatWheat
Feeding and taming

Each food adds taming points: the chance to tame it on the next ride. Bars show that added chance.

Hay BaleHay Baleheals 10 health · baby grows 90 s sooner · breeds when tamed+20%
WheatWheatheals 2 health · baby grows 10 s sooner+10%

// Each failed ride also adds 5 points.

What you can do with Trader Llama

Items to use on it and what happens.

Chest Add a chestChestOnce tamed, put a Chest on it to carry items.

Baby Trader Llama

Baby Trader Llama — Minecraft Spawn egg on an adult All baby mobs →

Gear and tools

Items it can wear, and items you use on it.

Black CarpetWearsBlack CarpetBlue CarpetWearsBlue CarpetBrown CarpetWearsBrown CarpetCyan CarpetWearsCyan CarpetGray CarpetWearsGray CarpetGreen CarpetWearsGreen CarpetLight Blue CarpetWearsLight Blue CarpetLight Gray CarpetWearsLight Gray CarpetLime CarpetWearsLime CarpetMagenta CarpetWearsMagenta CarpetOrange CarpetWearsOrange CarpetPink CarpetWearsPink CarpetPurple CarpetWearsPurple CarpetRed CarpetWearsRed CarpetWhite CarpetWearsWhite CarpetYellow CarpetWearsYellow Carpet

Command

Summon a Trader Llama/summon →
/summon minecraft:trader_llama ~ ~ ~

Where Trader Llamas come from

Trader Llamas do not spawn on their own. Each Wandering Trader arrives with two of them, tied to him with leads. Apart from the decorated carpet, a Trader Llama looks and behaves like an ordinary llama.

The trader's bodyguards

Trader Llamas protect their owner. When a mob or a player hurts the Wandering Trader, the llamas turn on the attacker and spit at it. The spit does little damage, but it can be annoying while you fight off zombies near the trader. They also react when you hit them directly, like normal llamas.

How to keep a Trader Llama

When the Wandering Trader disappears, Trader Llamas that are still tied to him disappear too. A llama stays in the world if any of these is true:

  • You put it on your own lead or tie it to a fence post.
  • You tamed it. Ride it until it stops throwing you off and hearts appear, as with any llama.
  • You are riding it when the trader leaves.

Once it is yours, it works like any tamed llama. Give it a chest to carry items and use hay bales or wheat to heal it or lure it. Lead one llama and others nearby follow it in a caravan, which makes them good pack animals for long trips.

Drops

A Trader Llama drops leather like a normal llama. Killing it is rarely worth it: you lose a free pack animal, and the trader is easier to keep safe with his guards around.

✓ Checked in Java Edition 26.3 · updated 1 November 2026

Trader Llama — FAQ

Do Trader Llamas despawn?

Yes, with the Wandering Trader, as long as they are tied to him. Tame one, lead it away or tie it to a fence and it stays.

Can you tame a Trader Llama?

Yes. Ride it like a normal llama until hearts appear. You can then add a chest to carry items.

Why are the llamas spitting at me?

You or a mob hurt the Wandering Trader, or you hit a llama. Trader Llamas defend him by spitting at the attacker.

Where does the Trader Llama spawn?

Only with a Wandering Trader, who arrives leading two of them. They never spawn on their own.

What does a Trader Llama drop?

Leather. It also drops anything a player put on it and its chest with everything in it.

Other neutral mobs

BeeCave SpiderDolphinDrownedEndermanGoatIron GolemLlamaNautilusPandaPiglinPolar Bear