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Minecraft player showcases a horse with incredibly high health

Minecraft players encounter interesting things such as bizarre structures, bugs, and sometimes hilarious situations. Most of the time, the game works normally. However, since the game is generated using an algorithm, mishaps are bound to occur sporadically.

A Minecraft player and Reddit user u/KnowledgeJealous3525 shared an image on the game's subreddit. The picture showed OP riding a horse with unusually high health. The title also states the same. The caption mentioned that the player had no mods installed, no commands used, and the horse was not wearing any armor.

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OP said they were playing Java Edition 1.21.2, and enquired whether this anomaly was the result of the new update. It is worth noting that the horse had a staggering 26 hearts.

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Reacting to this image, u/chaossabre found the horse to be amazing. u/MyWorldIsOnFire joked that OP should put a cannon on the horse and seize villages, essentially using it as a tank specimen.

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u/Fer121345 mentioned that if this anomaly horse was bred with another that was generally fast, the spawn would have superior speed and health unmatched by any other. u/MsMrSaturn, through a pun while musing about the situation, said that one could now claim to be as healthy as this horse. User u/Random_Weeb141 was dismayed with the quality of the jokes but generally found the conversation amusing.

Redditors react to the bug (Image via Reddit/KnowledgeJealous3525/Mojang Studios)
Redditors react to the bug (Image via Reddit/KnowledgeJealous3525/Mojang Studios)

u/Cravdraa tackled the question posed in the caption and opined that is perfectly normal to get a horse with such incredible health as it is the upper limit of the animal's health capacity in the game. The user added that they had seen other horses with such high health but it also might have been due to a bug.

Players discuss about the bug (Image via Reddit/KnowledgeJealous3525/Mojang Studios)
Players discuss about the bug (Image via Reddit/KnowledgeJealous3525/Mojang Studios)

User u/Fontajo said they spent a full month breeding horses to get the perfect horse but never got one with more than 15 hearts. They added that 15 is the highest probable limit to a horse's health unless developers changed things in the last year.


New updates and changes in Minecraft

The Creaking will be coming to the game (Image via Mojang Studios)
The Creaking will be coming to the game (Image via Mojang Studios)

Mojang Studios has been working hard on improving the game by adding new content. The developers recently released the Bundles of Bravery update that added the much-awaited Hardcore mode to the Bedrock Edition. This edition has been the widely-played one of the game but has been missing this mode for more than a decade.

Minecraft will also be getting the Winter Drop that will add the Creaking mob, the Pale Garden biome, the eyeblossom flower, and the resin block. With all these updates, it seems like the blocky game is moving towards adding a spooky factor.

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