Open the Dragon Egg in Minecraft
Minecraft is a Lego style role playing game in which you break and build blocks to protect yourself from monsters. As of now, you cannot open or hatch the Dragon Egg in Minecraft. It was used as the trophy in the game after the player killed the Ender Dragon. However, there's a way for you to obtain a pet dragon and even saddle it up and ride it to conquer the skies—but to do this, you need to use a Mod. A mod, is a modification of the program code in the video game in order to operate it differently than the original version. Essentially, you are changing the default coding of the video game.
Steps
Installing the Mod
- Install Forge. Forge is like a ModLoader that is used by many players who uses mods. In order for the Dragon Egg mod to work, you have to download and then install Forge .
- As of now, the current version required for Forge is Minecraft 1.7.2. The installer won't work if you're using a higher version of Minecraft.
- Download the mod. After installing Forge, download the mod . There are two version you can use, 1.7.2 and 1.6.x.
- Click on the link to get the download and then save it in your computer.
- After downloading, put the zip file in the .minecraft directory's mod folder, which can be found here:
%appdata%\.minecraft for Windows
~/Library/Application Support/minecraft for Mac OS
~/.minecraft for Linux
- Start the game. After installing and placing the zip file in the mod folder, start your game like normal. You can use either Creative mode or Survival, depending on what you prefer.
- If you're using Survival, you need to obtain the egg first by defeating the Ender Dragon.
Hatching Your Pet Dragon
- Hatch the egg. In the old version of the mod, you are required to heat up the egg by placing it in the middle of the magma, but they have changed it recently by playing the egg block on the ground and then right-clicking the item. The egg will hatch and the dragon will appear.
- Tame the dragon. Use raw fish to tame the dragon. The dragon is modified to act like a pet in Minecraft. They will follow you, protect you, and even sit if you use a bone.
- Just like any pet, dragons are vulnerable to damage as well, but you can heal them up by feeding them raw fish and other poultry.
- Saddle your dragon. For you to ride the dragon, you need to saddle it up. Saddles are rare in the game and cannot be crafted, but you can find it in the dungeons, chest, mineshafts, and even trade it with a villager.
- Remember that you need to tame the dragon first before you can saddle it up.
- Ride your dragon. Right-click your saddled-up pet to start riding it.
- Unfortunately, the only way to go down is to right-click the dragon, which will cause you and your pet to free-fall from the sky. It's still uncertain if the mods are planning to fix this or leave it as it is.
