Best Friends Forever
Tame an animal
Overview
Best Friends Forever is a task advancement in the Husbandry tab of Minecraft's advancement system, carrying the in-game description "Tame an animal." It branches directly off Husbandry, so that earlier advancement is its prerequisite and must be earned first. The Husbandry tab covers advancements related to farming, animal breeding, food, and the natural world. Best Friends Forever was added in Minecraft 1.12 and remains part of the current 1.21 advancement set.
It is rated Easy difficulty on this site: can be completed quickly with minimal resources. Good for beginners. It uses the standard task frame, meaning it is a normal step in the tree rather than a goal or challenge milestone. 3 further advancements branch out of it: Good as New, The Whole Pack, and A Complete Catalogue.
In tree terms, Best Friends Forever sits first along its line: the full path from the Husbandry root reads Husbandry -> Best Friends Forever. That means 1 advancement must be completed before this one becomes available, and Best Friends Forever is one of 26 total advancements in the Husbandry tab. It shares its parent with 13 sibling advancements (Bee Our Guest, The Parrots and the Bats, A Seedy Place, Fishy Business, The Cutest Predator, Glow and Behold!, Whatever Floats Your Goat!, Wax On, With Our Powers Combined!, Birthday Song, Planting the Past, Bukkit Bukkit, and Smells Interesting), all of which open from the same point in the tree.
How to Complete Best Friends Forever
Earning Best Friends Forever comes down to the following, performed in order:
- Tame an animal.
- The easiest option is to tame a wolf with bones (1-12 bones needed) or a cat with raw cod or raw salmon.
- Wolves are found in forests and taigas; cats spawn in villages.
Tips & Fastest Route
Tips & Fastest Route- Fastest route: Tame a wolf with bones, or a cat with raw cod or salmon.
- Wolves live in forests and taigas; cats spawn in villages and swamp huts.
- This opens the wolf-armor, whole-pack and cat-catalogue branches.
- Make sure Husbandry is already ticked off before you start, otherwise Best Friends Forever will not be tracked even if you perform the steps correctly.
- This is one of the more approachable Husbandry advancements, so it is a good early target while you build toward the harder entries deeper in the branch.
Common Mistakes
Common Mistakes- Remember that Best Friends Forever will not appear as available until Husbandry is done, since the game only tracks an advancement once its parent has been unlocked.
Reward & What It Unlocks
Reward & What It UnlocksCompleting Best Friends Forever grants 10 experience points. The XP drops at your position the moment the advancement fires.
Earning it unlocks 3 follow-on advancements — Good as New, The Whole Pack, and A Complete Catalogue — each of which becomes trackable only once Best Friends Forever is complete.
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Best Friends Forever Advancement FAQ
How do you get the Best Friends Forever advancement in Minecraft?
Tame a wolf with bones, or a cat with raw cod or salmon. In full, tame an animal. The easiest option is to tame a wolf with bones (1-12 bones needed) or a cat with raw cod or raw salmon. Wolves are found in forests and taigas; cats spawn in villages.
What do you need for Best Friends Forever?
Before you can work on it you must have completed Husbandry. Tame an animal. The easiest option is to tame a wolf with bones (1-12 bones needed) or a cat with raw cod or raw salmon.
Which advancement tab is Best Friends Forever in?
Best Friends Forever is in the Husbandry tab, hanging beneath Husbandry. Its in-game advancement ID is minecraft:husbandry/tame_an_animal.
Is Best Friends Forever part of the Husbandry branch?
Yes. Best Friends Forever sits directly below Husbandry in the Husbandry tree, so you must earn Husbandry first. Completing Best Friends Forever then opens Good as New, The Whole Pack, and A Complete Catalogue.
How much XP does Best Friends Forever give and how hard is it?
Best Friends Forever awards 10 XP and is rated Easy difficulty.