Animals provide a variety of resources for players in Hytale, from hides and meat to feathers, eggs, and more. Building a farm full of all sorts of animals is completely possible, but before you can even think about making one yourself, you'll first need to know how to actually get animals to come with you.

Players can tame and capture animals in Hytale using a number of different tools that they must first craft. Once those tools are ready, it's all about finding animals and learning how to befriend them without scaring them away, which is exactly what we're going to cover in this guide.

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Hytale is currently in early access, and not every feature might be available yet. The animal taming feature might not yet be fully implemented, but once it is, we'll update this guide accordingly.

How to Lure Animals and Use Feed Bags in Hytale

Hytale Feed Bag on rabbit
Hytale Feed Bag on rabbit

Wild animals will usually run away from you when you approach them (unless they're predators), and to prevent that from happening, you need to have a Feed Bag. You can craft this at a Farmer's Workbench using the following:

  • 10 Wheat
  • 5 of any Vegetable
  • 5 of any Fruit
  • 10 Essence of Life

You can find all of these by exploring. They're fairly common, but if you're having trouble getting Essences of Life in Hytale, try harvesting vegetables and other crop plants like Wheat. You can farm the latter at your base by tilling some ground and planting Wheat seeds.

Now that you have a Feed Bag in your hands, some smaller prey animals should no longer run away from you when you approach them. As of writing, this typically applies to young or small animals like chicks, piglets, and rabbits.

Hearts will appear above an animal's head while you're holding a Feed Bag. However, not much else seems to happen, at least as far as the current version of the game is concerned, which suggests that the luring mechanic may be incomplete or not fully implemented yet.

Some animals can also be lured by holding specific kinds of food. Rabbits and horses, for example, are attracted to carrots, and they will follow you around if you have one in your hand.

How to Capture Animals in Hytale

Hytale Capture Box on piglet
Hytale Capture Box on piglet

Players can capture small animals like rabbits, chicks, and piglets by crafting a Capture Box, which is great if you want to keep some sources of leather or food nearby. To unlock the recipe for this, upgrade any Farmer's Workbench to level 2 first using the following:

  • 50 Essence of Life
  • 5 Wheat
  • 5 Lettuce
  • 5 Softwood Trunks

Wheat and Lettuce Seeds can be crafted at Farmer's Workbenches using Essences of Life. Plant them at your base, then harvest them for the upgrade. Meanwhile, Softwood Trunks can be harvested from Beech trees, which you can find in meadow biomes.

To use the Capture Box, simply hold it in your hands, aim at a small critter, then press Left Mouse Button. The animal will get trapped inside the box, and if you want to free it, simply press Left Mouse Button again.

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Hytale
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Open-World
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PC-1
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Released
January 13, 2026
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Developer(s)
Hypixel Studios
Publisher(s)
Hypixel Studios
Multiplayer
Online Multiplayer, Online Co-Op
Number of Players
Single-player
Early Access Release
January 13, 2026
Genre(s)
Open-World, RPG, Sandbox
Platform(s)
PC