Armadillos officially appeared inMinecrafton June 24, 2025, as part of theArmored Paws update.While its cuteness is enough to make anyone go out and find one, it also serves an important purpose. Here’s how to find and breed armadillos inMinecraft.
Where do Armadillos spawn inMinecraft JavaandBedrock Editions?
Armadillos spawn exclusively inbadlands and savanna biomes.Like other passive creatures, they roam around these two biomes and their variations. Just be careful as you approach them, as sprinting or riding a horse will scare the armadillos, causing them to retreat into their shell.
By carefully walking toward an armadillo, you may see them walk around the biome, often in packs of two or three.
How to breed Armadillos inMinecraft
Breeding two armadillos requires getting your hands on somespider eyes. Each time you kill a spider or its poisonous variant, you have a one in three chance to get its eye, meaning you’ll have to kill a few to obtain enough for armadillo breeding.
Like other creatures, you may use spider eyes to corral your armadillos into a fenced-off area to create a farm. That way, if you’re eager to keep a few as pets, you can lead them to your home with spider eyes like you would a sheep, cow, or pig.
Once you have your spider eyes, use at least one eye on the two armadillos to begin the breeding process. After the two get to know each other, a baby will appear, to whom you can also give spider eyes to make them grow faster.
What do Armadillos do?
Alongside being adorable creatures, armadillos occasionally dropscutes, an item you may use to make wolf armor. If you have a wolf companion and want to take it with you on yourMinecraftadventures, you can equip it with some wolf armor to boost its defence, similar to regular armor.
Like leather gear, you can customize wolf armor bydyeing it to change its colorif you want to show off your creativity. To do this, you just need to take your wolf armor and place it in your inventory or crafting table grid alongside dye to change its color.
