All 4 Llama Variants in Minecraft (Strength, Caravans and Chests)

Guide Java Bedrock

Quick answer: Llamas come in 4 variants: creamy, white, brown and gray. Tame them by riding until they stop bucking, equip a chest for 3-15 inventory slots depending on the llama's strength stat, and leash one to form a caravan of up to ten.

What you need

Wheat or hay bales to heal and breed llamas
A chest for storage, carpets for decoration
A lead for caravans

Step by step

The 4 variants: creamy, white, brown and gray - cosmetic only, found in savanna plateaus, windswept hills and their gravelly variants.
Taming: mount the llama repeatedly until hearts appear - there are no saddles for llamas; you cannot steer them, only lead them.
Strength stat: every llama has a hidden strength of 1-5 that sets its chest capacity - 3, 6, 9, 12 or 15 slots.
Chests: use a chest on a tamed llama to give it storage; breaking or removing the chest spills the contents.
Caravans: leash one llama and up to nine nearby llamas follow in a line - a caravan of ten, the classic pack-mule train.
Spit defense: llamas spit at attackers (and at you if you hit them) - wandering trader llamas defend their trader the same way.
Carpets: each carpet color gives a tamed llama a different outfit - 16 decoration options.
Breeding: feed two tamed llamas hay bales; the baby's strength can exceed its parents, so breed toward a 15-slot caravan.

Java vs Bedrock

Trader llamas from wandering traders are a separate type but work identically once tamed - free pack animals if you rescue them.

Versions: Variants, strength and caravans work the same on Java and Bedrock. Llamas cannot be ridden with a saddle or steered on either edition.

Frequently asked questions

How many llama variants are there?

4: creamy, white, brown and gray. Wandering trader llamas look different but behave the same once tamed.

How do I get a 15-slot llama?

Llamas have a hidden strength stat of 1-5; strength 5 gives 15 slots. Breed high-strength parents - offspring can roll higher strength than either parent - until you get a 5.

Can you ride a llama?

You can mount a tamed llama, but not steer it - there is no llama saddle. For moving them, use a lead and caravan them behind you.