How do you tame cats in minecraft?

agree on standing still, that's the whole trick. after it's tamed, use it to make it sit or it'll teleport after you into whatever cave you're in. and a few cats around the base is worth it just because they keep phantoms off.

raw cod or raw salmon, and the bit that gets everyone is that you have to stand still. walk at a cat and it just wanders off. hold the fish, stay put, let it come to you, keep feeding until the hearts appear. if you've been chasing ocelots in a jungle that's the other half of the problem - they can't be tamed any more, they only learn to trust you. village cats and the swamp hut one are what you want. bedrock on switch behaves the same.