I had to travel far and wide (about 5,000 blocks from my base) to find a jungle, and now I'm not sure how to get the parrots I found back home. I'm pretty sure I could take them one by one in a boat, but that would take forever. They don't seem to follow me over water. Anybody have a tried and tested way to transport them?
They teleport to you, so just walk slowly enough and stick to land close enough that they will zap to you. If you know where you're going beforehand, a nether portal would probably be easiest (but you might want to go through and check first so you don't end up on a floating platform.)
Sounds like they might move like Tamed Wolves /Dogs. Which seem to go around 75 Blocks between re-Beaching's, when Boating-around, in-and-out of Water.
Wouldn't be surprised they're Land-centric (in their Teleporting, even) Animals. In a way, it's easier to hunt Endermen (which at least reliably Teleport, to attack oneself).
When Leads - and maybe not-even Boats - don't work, it's a good thing they Do Teleport, though so go ahead and Test how that works from you. As for the Nether, it doesn't hurt to go-through the route first, to make sure it works (and think of other Mobs as taking-up more-room and /or moving-around randomly /Wandering, in any case, anywhere).
I had to travel far and wide (about 5,000 blocks from my base) to find a jungle, and now I'm not sure how to get the parrots I found back home. I'm pretty sure I could take them one by one in a boat, but that would take forever. They don't seem to follow me over water. Anybody have a tried and tested way to transport them?
Walking through a prepared nether tunnel with the animals on leads is my preffered method.
(Rigging pistons to push the critters into the portals is also helpful.)
I'd not bother with a boat- or railway unless you thought you would be making frequent visits to the jungle area. (5000 overworld is "only" ≈ 625 nether, but still too long to make a single use road worthwhile, IMO. )
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"Why does everything have to be so stoopid?" Harvey Pekar (from American Splendor)
WARNING: I have an extemely "grindy" playstyle; YMMV — if this doesn't seem fun to you, mine what you can from it & bin the rest.
My parrots kept teleporting to me on my way back to my base and two rode on my shoulders, but I don't think I had to cross an ocean. In any case, take good care of them once you get them home. I had one of every color and let them fly around my base and all but one got itself killed. I assume they flew over the fence at night, but I don't really know what happend to them. I built a cage for the last one and set it down in it, and it is sad and lonely. The cage is huge like an aviary but I'm afraid that if I let it fly around inside the cage it will teleport out and get killed. Unless I learn of a safe and satisfying way to keep parrots I won't be collecting any more any time soon. :-(
I've had several sitting in an open fronted shed for several IRL months without issue at a base I visit occasionally. At present there is no wholly reliable way to keep mobs from glitching into/through walls if they are free to move; parrots ought not be any more susceptible to this than other mobs, but they are harder to obtain.
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"Why does everything have to be so stoopid?" Harvey Pekar (from American Splendor)
WARNING: I have an extemely "grindy" playstyle; YMMV — if this doesn't seem fun to you, mine what you can from it & bin the rest.
I had to travel far and wide (about 5,000 blocks from my base) to find a jungle, and now I'm not sure how to get the parrots I found back home. I'm pretty sure I could take them one by one in a boat, but that would take forever. They don't seem to follow me over water. Anybody have a tried and tested way to transport them?
They teleport to you, so just walk slowly enough and stick to land close enough that they will zap to you. If you know where you're going beforehand, a nether portal would probably be easiest (but you might want to go through and check first so you don't end up on a floating platform.)
Sounds like they might move like Tamed Wolves /Dogs. Which seem to go around 75 Blocks between re-Beaching's, when Boating-around, in-and-out of Water.
Wouldn't be surprised they're Land-centric (in their Teleporting, even) Animals. In a way, it's easier to hunt Endermen (which at least reliably Teleport, to attack oneself).
When Leads - and maybe not-even Boats - don't work, it's a good thing they Do Teleport, though so go ahead and Test how that works from you. As for the Nether, it doesn't hurt to go-through the route first, to make sure it works (and think of other Mobs as taking-up more-room and /or moving-around randomly /Wandering, in any case, anywhere).
Walking through a prepared nether tunnel with the animals on leads is my preffered method.
(Rigging pistons to push the critters into the portals is also helpful.)
I'd not bother with a boat- or railway unless you thought you would be making frequent visits to the jungle area. (5000 overworld is "only" ≈ 625 nether, but still too long to make a single use road worthwhile, IMO. )
My parrots kept teleporting to me on my way back to my base and two rode on my shoulders, but I don't think I had to cross an ocean. In any case, take good care of them once you get them home. I had one of every color and let them fly around my base and all but one got itself killed. I assume they flew over the fence at night, but I don't really know what happend to them. I built a cage for the last one and set it down in it, and it is sad and lonely. The cage is huge like an aviary but I'm afraid that if I let it fly around inside the cage it will teleport out and get killed. Unless I learn of a safe and satisfying way to keep parrots I won't be collecting any more any time soon. :-(
"Once tamed, they can be told to sit with a right-click." from https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Parrot
I've had several sitting in an open fronted shed for several IRL months without issue at a base I visit occasionally. At present there is no wholly reliable way to keep mobs from glitching into/through walls if they are free to move; parrots ought not be any more susceptible to this than other mobs, but they are harder to obtain.