Minecraft guide: How to ride and control striders in ‘the Nether Update’
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Horses aren’t very good rides when they’re on fire. That’s probably pretty obvious, but for years now if you wanted to get around inthe Netherit was either by your two feet, or a complicated rail system that took ages to set up, and could still be ruined by an angry ghast. That’s changing now, with the upcomingNether UpdateforMinecraft, which adds a brand new mob that you can actually ride…and doesn’t have to worry about lava. Here’s how to ride and control the new strider mob:
How can I ride and control striders in the Nether Update?
Before we get too ahead of ourselves, let’s cover what striders are. These are bipedal passive mobs (a first for the Nether) that can wear a saddle and traverse lava seas in Minecraft. We havethe full scoop on stridersand how you can find them if you want to catch yourself up. As far as riding striders is concerned, it’s unfortunately not as seamless as taming and controlling a horse. Striders are closer to pigs in this regard, meaning they are useful, but can be annoying as well.
To ride and controls striders in the Nether Update, you’re going to need four things first:
Once you’ve collected everything you need to do, here’s how to ride and control striders in the Nether Update:
I’d walk over oceans (of lava) for you
Needing to use a warped fungus on a stick is annoying and unintuitive, but it’s the price to pay for a lava-proof mount. Now no body of lava is too large for you to cross, as long as you’re delicately perched on top of a wild animal, hoping it doesn’t decide it’s not hungry anymore and stops following the warped fungus on a stick. It’s too bad horses are still very much flammable in Minecraft.
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