Zombie

Zombie

Health points	20 ()
Armor points	2 ()
Attack strength	Easy: 2 () Normal: 3 () Hard: 4 ()
Size	Adult: Height: 1.95 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Baby: Height: 0.975 Blocks Width: 0.3 Blocks
Spawn	Light level of 7 or less and 1×2 space anywhere but transparent blocks (half blocks, glass, TNT etc). Husks: Desert, Desert Hills, Desert M
First appearances	See History
Drops	See Drops
Natural equipment	Jack o'Lantern (Head) Carved Pumpkin (Head)
Experience	Adult: 5 Baby: 12
Internal ID	JE: (Zombie: 54, Zombie Villager: 27, Husk: 23) BE: (Zombie: 32, Zombie Villager: 44, Husk: 47)
Entity ID	zombie, zombie_villager, husk

This article is about the regular zombie, zombie villager and husk. For the common Nether mob with a golden sword, see Zombie Pigman. For the mob that spawns in oceans, rivers, swamp, and when zombies drown, see Drowned.

Zombies are common, undead humanoid hostile mobs that come in many variants.

Spawning

Naturally

In the Overworld, zombies spawn in groups of 4 at a light level of 7 or less. In desert biomes, all zombies exposed to the sky will have an 80% chance to be replaced by husks, a zombie variant. Zombies that are not husks have a 5% chance to spawn as a zombie villager while all zombie variants also have a 5% chance to spawn as a baby zombie type. Baby zombies have an additional 5% chance of spawning as a chicken jockey^{[Java Edition only]} .

Sieges

Main article: Zombie siege

If a player is in a village with at least 10 doors and 20 villagers at midnight, up to 20 zombies may be spawned near the edge of the village regardless of light level or transparent blocks. It can happen in any biome, even if it is Mushroom Island. Zombies spawned as a part of a siege will always be normal zombies; zombie villagers or husks will never spawn as a part of a siege.

Monster spawners

Zombies can spawn from monster spawners inside dungeons.

Common variants

Zombie villagers

A zombie villager farmer with an enchanted iron sword.

See also: Villager

“	Zombie Infection! The disease is spreading! "Uuuuhh, ooohhh"...	„
	—The Pretty Scary Update promo poster

Zombie villagers are a villager-like variant of zombies. They behave as ordinary zombies, but their character model's head and face is reminiscent of that of a villager, shaded with a darker green hue. Zombie villagers retain their professions and clothes, which have a tattered appearance.

Spawning

Zombie villagers naturally spawn 5% (1% in desert biomes and variants, including husks) in place of all zombies.

Zombie villagers can also result from zombies killing villagers. If any type of zombie kills a villager, there is a chance that the villager will transform into a zombie villager.

Chance for villagers killed by zombies to turn into zombie villagers

Difficulty	Chance
Easy	0%
Normal	50%
Hard and Hardcore	100%

A priest zombie villager will appear alongside a priest villager in every igloo basement^{[Java and Legacy Console editions only]}. Zombie Villagers spawn also in zombie villages, zombie villager that spawn in zombie village have behavior to avoid direct sunlight and never despawn.

Zombie villagers have their own spawn egg which can be found inside the creative inventory. This egg spawns a zombie villager when used.

Curing

Zombie villagers can be cured by using a golden apple (regular) on them while they are under the effects of Weakness, which can be applied by:

• A splash potion of Weakness thrown by the player or a witch.
• Area of effect Weakness from Lingering potion of Weakness or creeper explosions with weakness effect.
• A tipped arrow.

A loud sizzling sound will be heard if successful, and the zombie villager will begin to shudder. The curing process will take 2–5 minutes, during which time the zombie villager behaves as normal. Cured villagers do not retain any trades they had before they became infected.

If the zombie villager is wearing any armor or wielding tools or weapons, those items disappear when the villager is cured, and not dropped on the ground.

During the curing process, it is often a good idea to keep the zombie villager away from any other zombies, because the other zombies will attack it after it is cured.

Conversion can be sped up by around 4% by surrounding the zombie villager with iron bars and/or bed blocks within a 9×9×9 cube centered on the zombie villager.

A zombie villager cannot be cured by switching from Easy, Normal or Hard difficulty to Peaceful; they will simply despawn like all other monsters.

Trivia

• If a zombie villager is being cured, it will have the strength status effect in normal difficulty (Strength II on hard/hardcore).

Husks

A husk.

A husk and baby variant.

	“	I remember the first time I had the pleasure of meeting a Husk. I had gotten myself trapped in a sandpit of my own creation (as you do). Then, looking up, I saw a silhouette towering over me, lit up against the burning desert sun. “At last, my savior!” I cried, doing a little jig for joy. But then I heard that awful zombie screech, and I was thumped over the head.	„
		—Emily Richardson

80% of zombies spawned directly under the sky in desert, desert hills, and desert M biomes will be husks. Like normal zombies, there is a 5% chance for baby husks to be spawned, and an additional 5% chance to spawn as a chicken jockey^{[Java Edition only]} .

They behave similar to regular zombies, with the following differences:

• They do not burn in sunlight.
• They will apply
  Hunger to any player or mob it hits using melee attack. This effect lasts for 7 × floor (regional difficulty) seconds.
• They do not have a villager counterpart of any kind.
• They are visually 2 pixels taller than Zombies but have the same hitbox.
• Their voices are more raspy than their normal counterparts.
• They avoid water.
  • If they end up in water, they cannot be directly converted to drowned; they will however be converted to normal Zombies that then will be converted to drowned.^{[Java and Bedrock editions only]}
• Dispensing armor on them doesn't work.
• Husk spawn eggs can be found in the creative inventory, and this egg spawns only husks.

Drowned

This section is about the mob. For the effect of drowning, see Damage § Drowning..

Main article: Drowned

The drowned mob

Drowned are a variant of zombie that spawns underwater or when a normal zombie drowns.

Their behavior is the same as the regular zombie, but with those differences:

• They spawn only in ocean, and swamp biomes, and in rivers.
• They do not spawn with an iron shovel, iron sword or armor like the original variants. Instead, they may spawn with a trident, fishing rod, and/or a nautilus shell.
• If they spawn with a trident, they may use it as ranged attack^{[Java Edition only]} - normal zombies can't perform a ranged attack, as they don't spawn with a trident.
• If they kill a villager with a ranged attack, the villager has a chance of become a zombie villager instead of dying.
• Their rare drop is a gold ingot instead of an iron ingot.

Other variants

Baby zombies

A baby zombie.

An armored baby zombie riding a chicken.

Baby zombies make up 5% of zombie spawns. They behave similar to regular zombies, with the following oddities:

• They do not burn in sunlight in versions before snapshot 18w10d^{[Java Edition only]} and first beta 1.2.20 ^{[Bedrock Edition only]} .
• They are 30% faster than the normal zombies, yet they have the same HP as normal zombies. This makes the baby zombies more dangerous than their bigger counterparts.
• The noises they make are higher-pitched than normal zombie sound effects.
• They can sometimes ride chickens. They can also ride (in the Bedrock Edition):
  • Cow
  • Ocelot
  • Wolf
  • Mooshroom
  • adult Chicken
  • Pig
  • Sheep
  • Polar Bear
  • Horse
  • Donkey
  • Mule
  • Zombie Horse (unused jockey variant)
  • Skeleton Horse
  • Llama
  • Adult zombie
  • Adult zombie villager
  • Adult zombie pigman
  • Adult Husk
  • Adult drowned
  • Spider
  • Cave Spider
    • It will use the baby zombie speed instead of the mob speed.
    • If it riding neutral mob, it become hostitle but won't anger nearby same mob.
    • If baby zombie riding a mob that rideable by player, that mob no longer rideable by player.
    • Baby Zombie has 15% chance to become jockey when try attacking villager, player, or golem.
• Baby zombie villagers will turn into baby villagers if cured.
• Worn armor shrinks to fit their body size.
• They are able to fit through 1×1 block gaps.
• They give 12 Experience points when killed by the player instead of 5.
• Unlike all other baby mobs in the game, they will stay as babies indefinitely, and never grow into "adult" zombies.
• They have a decreased hitbox size.

Baby zombie villagers are spawned when a zombie kills a baby villager, the chance of infection being the same as adult zombie villagers. Baby zombie villagers also spawn naturally, but the combined chance (5% villagers × 5% babies) is very low at 0.25% (or 1 in 400 chance) of all newly spawned zombies. Baby husks can also spawn in warm biomes, as well as husk chicken jockeys.

Armed zombies

A zombie with full golden armor and rotten flesh as held item, considered as a melee weapon.

Along with skeletons, some zombies are capable of picking up dropped items. These zombies will automatically hold any item they come across (except that jack o'lanterns^{[Java Edition only]} , mob heads, and pumpkins will be worn on their heads), but if those items happen to be armor, weapons, or tools, the zombie will use them. If they encounter another similar item, they will pick it up and drop their previous item:

• if the new item is armor or a sword and the old item was not (for example, zombies prefer swords to pickaxes, and helmets to pumpkins),
• if both items are armor/swords and the new item is better damage-wise (reduces more damage for armor, or inflicts more damage for swords),
• if both items are armor/swords with the same damage reduction/infliction, the new item has NBT tags while the old does not or the new item is more damaged than the old item, or
• if both items are bows and the new item has NBT tags while the old does not.

Items dropped by mobs in exchange for another cannot be picked up by players or mobs for 10 game ticks (0.5 seconds, barring lag), but can be picked up by hoppers.

Armor worn by zombies is not damaged from most damage sources, which means it cannot "wear out" the way player armor does. Helmets (not blocks like pumpkins) on zombies can wear away and break if the zombie is exposed to daylight or has an anvil or other falling block dropped on its head. Zombies also have a natural armor rating of 2 (), which gives 1.6 - 4% damage reduction from most sources.

Some zombies which can pick up items spawn already in possession of such items, and those items may also be enchanted. The chances of that event are listed below. Zombie villagers can also spawn naturally with armor, weapons or tools. If a zombie spawns wearing multiple pieces of armor, the armor will never be mismatched (i.e. all pieces will be made of the same material).

Chances of zombies wearing or picking up armor, per difficulty

	Easy	Normal	Hard
Can Pick Up Loot	0%	0%-55%	6.875%-55%
Armor	0%	0%-15%	1.875%-15%
Armor Enchantment	0%	0-50%	6.25%-50%
Weapon	1%	1%	5%
Weapon Enchantment	0%	0%-25%	3.125%-25%

If a zombie does spawn with armor, the chances of specific armor are as follows:

Chances of different armor pieces, per difficulty

Armor	Easy & Normal	Hard
Helmet	100%	100%
Helmet & Chestplate	75%	90%
Helmet & Chestplate & Leggings	56.25%	81%
Full set	42.19%	72.9%

The chances of it being of a particular material are:

Chances of different armor types

Armor Type	Chance
Leather	37.06%
Gold	48.73%
Chain	12.90%
Iron	1.27%
Diamond	0.04%

Any zombie that spawns with equipment (picked-up items don't count) will give 1–3 extra experience points per item.

Drops

When they die, zombies drop:

• 0–2
  Rotten Flesh.
• Iron ingots, carrots and potatoes (0.8% chance each, 1.2% chance with Looting I, 1.5% chance with Looting II and 1.8% chance with Looting III).
• A
  Zombie Head if it is killed by a charged creeper.
• Any picked-up equipment has 100% chance of dropping and will drop with the same damage level it had when picked up.

Naturally-spawned equipment

• 
  Pumpkin
• 
  Jack o'Lantern^{[Java Edition only]}
• 
  Iron Shovel
• 
  Iron Sword
• 
  Random Armor
• Zombies have an 8.5% chance of dropping their naturally-spawned equipment, and will drop it with a random durability. Each level of Looting will increase the chance 1 percentage point (11.5 % with Looting III).

Experience

Adult zombies will drop 5 experience and an additional 1–3 experience per naturally-spawned equipment. Baby zombies will drop 12 experience.

Halloween

If a zombie wearing a pumpkin or jack o'lantern^{[Java Edition only]} is killed using a weapon enchanted with Looting, there will be a chance equivalent to the level of Looting used to drop the pumpkin or jack o'lantern, up to a maximum of a 3% chance of a drop.

Behavior

Attacking the player

Zombies and other hostile mobs can deal damage through closed doors.

Zombies spawn in groups of 4 and will pursue the player on sight from 40 blocks away, as opposed to 16 blocks in other hostile mobs. The detection range of zombies is reduced to half of their normal range (20 blocks) when the player is wearing a zombie mob head.^{[Java Edition only]} Zombies will periodically make groaning sounds, which can be heard up to 16 blocks away. Zombies will attempt to avoid obstacles, including sheer cliffs and lava, and will try to find the shortest path towards the player. Unlike skeletons, zombies do not try to avoid being hit, and continue to pursue the player even when being attacked. Zombies can sometimes deal damage through a closed door, as shown in the picture to the right. Like most mobs, zombies will always float on water, even if their target is below them.

As of 1.13,^[upcoming] they lose the ability to swim, which facilitates their transformation into drowned.

Burning under daylight

At dawn, generally when the sun is 15 degrees or more above the ground (that is, when the moon can no longer be seen), most zombies will catch fire and burn once exposed to direct sunlight. They won't burn if they're:

• in a sufficiently shaded area: a sunlight level of 11 or less;
• in water;
• caught in cobwebs^{[until 1.13]};
• standing in soul sand;
• affected by Fire Resistance;
• wearing head armor (but the armor will take damage); or
• either baby zombies^{[until 1.13]} or husks.

Zombies may make some attempt to seek out shade during the day, or enter bodies of water to protect themselves from burning up, but will exit protective areas to chase a nearby player or villager.

If they attack an entity while burning, they may set it on fire, with a (30 × regional difficulty)% chance, and with a 2 × floor (regional difficulty) second duration. If wearing armor enchanted with Thorns while burning they may set players attacking them on fire with thorns damage alone.

Zombies are undead mobs, harmed by the status effect Healing, healed by the status effect Harming and are unaffected by Regeneration and Poison.

Picking up items

A zombie holding an item it picked up will not despawn when left alone.

Attacking villagers

A zombie trying to break the door down instead of taking an alternative path.

Zombies will attack villagers within 42 blocks, and they can always see villagers through walls. Once a zombie has focused on a villager, the zombie will ignore any other villagers and the player, until its target is dead or the zombie is attacked.

Breaking doors

Up to 14.5% of zombies (depending on regional difficulty) in pursuit of a target can bang on closed wooden doors, and on Hard (and Hardcore) difficulty can succeed in breaking them down. Otherwise, the door will crack, but not break. Iron doors are always safe.

Attacking iron golems

Zombies will attack iron golems within 42 blocks.

Reinforcements

On all difficulty levels, damaged zombies will also call all other zombies within a 67×67×21 to 111×111×21 area centered on the attacked zombie to target the attacking player, like zombie pigmen.

On Hard difficulty, zombies can spawn additional zombies to “help” when damaged. Each zombie has a "likeliness to call reinforcements" statistic which ranges from 0–10%, and "leader" zombies (0–5% depending on regional difficulty) get a bonus of 50–75 percentage points to the stat. When the zombie is damaged by an entity or is damaged while targeting an entity, up to 50 attempts will be made to randomly choose a spawn location (0 or ±7–40 blocks away in all three axes) that is above a block with a solid top surface, has light level 9 or lower, has no players within 7 blocks, and has no colliding entities or blocks at which to spawn the reinforcement. Both the damaged zombie and the new zombie will have a 5 percentage point penalty to their "likeliness to call reinforcement" stat, preventing infinite zombies from spawning this way.

These effects can be negated by killing the zombie in as few hits as possible, by using environmental damage such as cactus or lava, or by avoiding them completely.

Attacking turtles

Zombies will attack baby turtles and actively seek out and destroy turtle eggs.^{[upcoming 1.13]}

Becoming drowned

If a zombie is in water, and not in a boat, for 30 seconds it will begin converting into a drowned. The zombie will start to shake, similar to a zombie villager being cured, and after 15 seconds the zombie will be converted to a drowned. Once this process starts, it cannot be stopped.

If the zombie is holding or wearing any items, then these items will be dropped to the ground upon being converted.

Only normal zombies can become drowned, zombie villagers and husks cannot be converted, however Husk will convert into zombie if underwater which after converted into zombie, it can convert into drowned, so it actually can be converted into drowned.

Data values

See also: Chunk format

Zombies, zombie villagers and husks have entity data associated with them that contain various properties of the mob. Their entity IDs are zombie, zombie_villager and husk respectively.

Zombie

• 
  Entity data
  • Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template
  • Tags common to all mobs see Template:Nbt inherit/mob/template
  • 
     IsBaby: 1 or 0 (true/false) - true if this zombie is a baby. May be absent.
  • 
     CanBreakDoors: 1 or 0 (true/false) - true if the zombie can break doors (default value is 0).
  • 
     DrownedConversionTime:^{[upcoming 1.13]} For a non-drowned zombie, the number of ticks until it converts to a drowned. (default value is -1, when no conversion is under way).

Zombie villager

• 
  Entity data
  • Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template
  • Tags common to all mobs see Template:Nbt inherit/mob/template
  • 
     IsBaby: 1 or 0 (true/false) - true if this zombie is a baby. May be absent.
  • 
     CanBreakDoors: 1 or 0 (true/false) - true if the zombie can break doors (default value is 0).
  • 
     DrownedConversionTime:^{[upcoming 1.13]} For a non-drowned zombie, the number of ticks until it converts to a drowned. (default value is -1, when no conversion is under way).
  • 
     Profession: 0: farmer, 1: librarian, 2: priest, 3: blacksmith, 4: butcher, 5: nitwit (default value is 0).
  • 
     ConversionTime: -1 when not being converted back to a villager, positive for the number of ticks until conversion back into a villager. The regeneration effect will parallel this.
  • 
     ConversionPlayerLeast: Least significant bits of the Universally Unique IDentifier of the player who started curing the zombie, to be joined with ConversionPlayerMost to form a unique ID.
  • 
     ConversionPlayerMost: Most significant bits of the Universally Unique IDentifier of the player who started curing the zombie, to be joined with ConversionPlayerLeast to form a unique ID.

Husk

• 
  Entity data
  • Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template
  • Tags common to all mobs see Template:Nbt inherit/mob/template
  • 
     IsBaby: 1 or 0 (true/false) - true if this zombie is a baby. May be absent.
  • 
     CanBreakDoors: 1 or 0 (true/false) - true if the zombie can break doors (default value is 0).
  • 
     DrownedConversionTime:^{[upcoming 1.13]} For a non-drowned zombie, the number of ticks until it converts to a drowned. (default value is -1, when no conversion is under way).

Achievements

Main article: Achievements

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Availability				Xbox points earned	Trophy type (PS)
				Xbox	PS	Bedrock	Nintendo
	Zombie Doctor	Cure a zombie villager.	Throw a splash potion of weakness at a zombie villager and give it a golden apple (by facing the zombie and pressing the use key with a golden apple in your hand)	Xbox One	Yes	Yes	Yes	40G	Gold
				Xbox 360		Alt		20G

Advancements

Main article: Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Internal ID
	Zombie Doctor	Weaken and then cure a zombie villager	We Need to Go Deeper	Throw a splash potion of weakness at a zombie villager and give it a golden apple (by facing the zombie and pressing the use key with a golden apple in your hand).	minecraft:story/cure_zombie_villager
	Adventure	Adventure, exploration, and combat	—	Kill any entity, or be killed by any entity.	minecraft:adventure/root
	Monster Hunter	Kill any hostile monster	Adventure	Kill one of these 24 mobs (2 added in 1.13[upcoming]). Other mobs are ignored for this advancement.	minecraft:adventure/kill_a_mob
	Monsters Hunted	Kill one of every hostile monster	Monster Hunter	Kill each of these 24 mobs (2 added in 1.13[upcoming]). Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for the advancement.	minecraft:adventure/kill_all_mobs

History

Classic
August 14, 2009					Teased zombies.
0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST					Zombies were the second mob to be added to Minecraft after humans. They could run as fast as the player. Zombies would occasionally appear wearing armor, but this had no protective effect on their health. When killed, zombies gave 80 points each to the player, but they did not drop their armor. They also had arm swinging animations when they attacked.
Indev
0.31 (February 1, 2010, 2)					Zombies' armor was removed, as well as their arm swinging attack animations.
February 14, 2010, 1					Zombies now catch on fire when exposed to sunlight.
February 18, 2010					Tweaked chances of catching on fire in sunlight.
					Zombies now only burn when the sunlight level is greater than 7, and not due to torches at night[verify].
February 19, 2010					Zombies dropped 0–2 feathers upon death. Before chickens were added in Minecraft, Notch confessed that he made zombies drop feathers because he had no idea what they should have dropped when killed.
Beta
1.8			?		Zombies now drop rotten flesh instead of feathers.
Official release
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4		Zombies could now be harmed by splash potions of healing, and healed by splash potions of harming. They also became immune to poison and regeneration.
1.2.1			12w03a		The zombies' AI was improved, giving them a much better sense of direction when pursuing the player, allowing them to navigate obstacles, and even small mazes if constructed, to get to the player. They were also given the ability to 'see' through windows, the first mob able to do so intelligently (not counting spiders, who were able to see through all blocks at the time).
			12w04a		The zombies' AI was improved again to cope with catching fire in sunlight. If a zombie is exposed to sunlight and bursts into flames, it will search for a body of water to douse the flames, or at least a shelter to hide from sun.
			12w06a		Zombies now chase and attack villagers, attack doors (breaking them on Hard and Hardcore difficulties), and sometimes drop iron ingots, helmets, shovels and swords as a rare drop. Sometimes zombies attacked villagers in preference to the player, and always chose the shortest way to the target, even if there was a door in the way.
			12w07a		The drop rate of rare drops was reduced.
1.4.2			12w32a		Zombie armor was added back into the game, and they could wear any type of armor. Zombies could now also hold an iron sword or iron shovel. They had a chance of dropping these items if they had them. Iron helmets, swords and shovels were removed as rare drops.
					Zombies use their attack animation like they did in Classic 0.24. This only shows when a zombie is holding a weapon. When a zombie holds a weapon the damage it does is equal to the damage the player would do with the weapon added to the normal damage of the zombie.
					Armor worn by zombies works the same as it does for the player, each piece gives a certain amount of armor points, where each 1 () gives 4% damage reduction, but total damage reduction is limited to 80%.
					Zombie villagers could now also spawn, and villagers now become infected when killed by a zombie. 5% of zombies spawned are zombie villagers. Infecting a baby villager creates a baby zombie villager which is faster than a normal zombie and does not age. Zombie villagers under the effects of a potion of weakness can be cured by using a golden apple on them.
			12w34a		Zombies have two new rare drops – carrots and potatoes.
			12w34b		Zombies can pick up and equip dropped items. If killed, the zombie drops the item it is holding.
					Zombies can survive sunlight if they are wearing a helmet or a pumpkin.
			12w36a		The zombie and zombie pigmen models and texture layouts have changed (no visual change, but breaks texture packs).
			12w38a		Zombies were given new sounds.
			?		On Halloween, zombies can spawn wearing pumpkins or jack o'lanterns.
1.5			13w03a		Zombies are now able to set the player on fire if they are on fire and they attack the player.
					Zombies can call other zombies from the nearby area (radius dependent on difficulty) to attack the player, making packs of zombies approach shortly after damaging the zombie.
					Zombies cause more damage when their health is lower.
1.6.1			13w17a		When damaged, zombies have a low chance to spawn more zombies.
			13w21a		Zombie damage increasing with decreasing health was removed.
			13w23b		Zombie AI and mechanics changed – this made them much more horde-like.
					Zombies are now able to detect the player up to 40 blocks.
1.6.2			1.6.2-pre		Baby zombies spawn among regular ones. They have the same percentage of spawning as zombie villagers.
1.7.2			13w36a		Baby zombies now drop loot and xp.
1.7.4			13w49a		Added chicken jockeys – A rare version of the baby zombie.
1.8			14w11a		Now run away from creepers that are about to explode.
			14w30a		Drops head when killed by a charged creeper.
1.8.1			1.8.1-pre1		No longer run away from creepers that are about to explode.
1.9			15w32a		The detection range of zombies is halved when the player is wearing a zombie mob head.
			15w33c		The detection range for players wearing the zombie mob head is adjusted, now 37.5% of the normal range.
			15w34a		Zombies now have an attack animation similar to the one they had in Classic 0.24–0.30, even without weapons
			15w35a		Zombie villagers retain their professions and clothes, which have a tattered appearance. Before this version, The Zombie villager's body shares the same texture as the regular zombie's body.
					New VillagerProfession tag that determines what profession the zombie villager is, as well as what profession it will be when cured.
			15w36a		The detection range for players wearing the zombie mob head is again 50% of the normal range.
			15w43a		A zombie villager priest can be found caged in an igloo basement.
1.10			16w20a		Added husk variant, including baby form.
					Added husk spawn egg.
					"Generic" green-robed zombie villager removed due to the new ZombieType tag not allowing invalid villager professions.
			1.10-pre1		Chance of setting the target on fire when burning, and the duration of the effect, now depends on raw regional difficulty.
					Husk hunger effect duration now depends on raw regional difficulty.
			1.10-pre2		Removed husk spawn egg.
1.10					Added exclusive sounds for husks: their sounds are a more raspy version of regular zombie sounds. Before this, husks used to sound like regular zombies.
1.11			16w32a		Re-added the husk spawn egg, added a zombie villager spawn egg.
					Entity ID Zombie is now zombie, zombie_villager and husk for those respective mobs.
					Removed the ZombieType tag, added the Profession tag to zombie_villager only, and made ConversionTime apply to zombie_villager only.
					Setting the Profession tag to 5 will make green-robed villagers.
					Zombie villagers' in-game name is now "Zombie Villager" instead of "Zombie".
					Husks now avoid water.
			16w32b		Re-added generic zombie villagers, along with its normal counterpart.
			16w39a		Zombie villagers now have their own sounds.
1.12			17w14a		Added ConversionPlayerLeast and ConversionPlayerMost tags to the zombie villager, for the purpose of the minecraft:cured_zombie_villager trigger for advancements.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.13			18w07a		Zombies now intentionally stomp on turtle eggs and attack turtles.
			18w10d		Babies now burn in the sun.
			18w11a		Zombies now fall down underwater.
					Zombies now become a drowned zombie instead of dying from drowning.
			18w19a		Husks will now sink underwater.
					Husks will no longer drown underwater.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.2.0					Added zombies.
0.4.0					Zombies can drop feathers.
0.5.0					Zombies have new animations.
0.8.0			build 2		Zombies spawn more frequently and have rare drops of carrots and potatoes.
0.9.0			build 1		Zombie AI and mechanics changed – this made them much smarter.
0.9.4					Zombies now have 2 () armor points, preventing 8% of damage.
0.11.0			build 1		Added baby zombies and chicken jockeys.
					Zombies now drop rotten flesh.
0.12.1			build 1		Added zombie villagers.
					Zombie villagers retain their professions and clothes, which have a tattered appearance.
					Zombies can now spawn wearing armor.
					Zombies now have the ability to pick up items.
					Zombies will now break down doors.
					Zombies are now able to detect the player up to 40 blocks.
0.14.0			build 1		Baby zombies, and baby zombie villager will have a 15% chance to want to be a jockey. If they want to be a jockey, upon nearing the player they will check for one of the following to mount prior attacking: adult chickens, adult ocelots, adult wolves, adult zombies, adult zombie villager, adult zombie pigman, cows, pigs, sheep, cave spider, or spiders.
0.15.0			build 1		Added husks.
					Baby zombies variant including baby husk can now ride husks, horse, skeleton horse. zombie horse, donkey, and mule.
					Added husk spawn egg.
0.16.0			build 5		Husks now have their own sounds.
Pocket Edition
1.0			build 1		Baby zombie variants now can ride polar bear.
1.0.4			build 1		Husks are now little taller than zombies.
1.1			build 1		Baby zombie variants now can ride llama.
			build 7		Zombie villagers now have their own sounds.
Bedrock Edition
1.4			beta 1.2.13.8		Added Drowned, which can be toggled behind Experimental Gameplay.
					Use a lower pitch of the zombie sounds as a placeholder.
			beta 1.2.20.1		Baby zombies will now burn in daylight.
			?		Drowned now have their own sounds.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.5			beta 1.5.0.1		Zombies will now sink underwater.
					Husks now transform into zombies when drowned.
					Zombie now transform into Drowned when drowned.
			beta 1.5.0.4		Zombies will now attack baby turtles and stomp on turtle eggs.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.00	Patch 1		Added zombies.
TU5					Zombies now drop rotten flesh instead of feathers.
TU12					The zombies' AI was improved, giving them a much better sense of direction when pursuing the player, allowing them to navigate obstacles, and even small mazes if constructed, to get to the player. They were also given the ability to 'see' through windows. If a zombie is exposed to sunlight and bursts into flames, it will search for a body of water to douse the flames.
					Zombies chased and attacked villagers, attacked doors (breaking them on Hard difficulty)Sometimes zombies attacked villagers in preference to the player, and always chose the shortest way to the target, even if there was a door in the way.
					Zombies sometimes dropped iron ingots, helmets, shovels and swords as a rare drop.
TU14		1.04			Added zombie villagers.
					Added Baby Zombie Villagers. However, they can only be obtained by having a zombie kill a baby villager, as a Zombie spawn egg will not spawn them due to baby zombies not being in game.
TU15		1.05			Changed zombies' rare loot drop to be carrots, potatoes or iron ingots.
TU19	CU7	1.12			Zombies can now pick up items and occasionally spawn with armor and/or weapons.
					Added baby zombies.
					Baby zombie villagers can now be spawned with a zombie spawn egg.
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3		Baby zombies now drop xp.
					Drops skull when killed by a charged creeper.
TU46	CU36	1.38	Patch 15		Added husks.
TU54	CU45	1.56	Patch 24		Zombie Villagers no longer spawn from Zombie Spawn Eggs or Spawners, they have their own spawn egg. This is the same for Husks .
TU60	CU51	1.64	Patch 30		Baby zombies will have a 15% chance to want to be a jockey. If they want to be a jockey, upon nearing the player they will check for one of the following to mount prior attacking: adult chickens, adult ocelots, adult wolves, adult zombies, cows, pigs, sheep, spiders or cave spiders.

Issues

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Gallery

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  A zombie emerging from a dark cave.

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  Dying zombie mob in Bedrock Edition.

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  Dying zombie mob in Java Edition.

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  Zombie trap using a spawner. 97 zombies have been trapped already.

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  A zombie horde that spawned outside a village hammering at a door.

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  Three chicken jockeys near each other.

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  A height comparison between the player and the zombie. Note the zombie being slightly higher than the player.

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  The zombie villager textures added in 15w35a.

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  The swinging arms animation.

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  A naturally spawned husk in a desert biome.

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  Size comparison between a husk and a normal zombie, the husk being 2 pixels taller. Their hitbox size is the same.

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  A baby zombie standing next to a baby husk. Note that neither of them burn in direct sunlight.^{[until 1.13]}

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  The original zombie villager texture.

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  A zombie spawned in a jungle temple

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  A husk wearing some gold armor.

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  A husk peering into a village building.

Armor

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  First image of armed and armored zombies released by Dinnerbone.

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  A player-armored zombie.

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  A player-armored zombie villager.

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  A zombie wearing leather armor.

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  A zombie wearing chain armor.

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  A zombie wearing iron armor.

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  A zombie wearing gold armor.

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  A zombie wearing diamond armor.

Tools

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  An armored zombie that picked up a bookshelf as a melee weapon.

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  A zombie holding a piece of white wool.

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  A zombie wielding an iron shovel doing its attack animation.

Hats

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  Zombies wearing pumpkins on Halloween.

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  A baby zombie wearing a jack o'lantern on its head on Halloween. This glitch no longer happens in the new versions.

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  A zombie wearing a player head.

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  A zombie villager wearing a wither skeleton skull.

In Other Media

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  Zombie micromob (middle) on official LEGO Minecraft.

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  Zombie minifigure on official LEGO Minecraft.

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  A Zombie as it appears in Minecraft: Story Mode.

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  Punched zombie from minecraft.net insider "How to Minecraft".

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  Official 8.5-inch Baby Zombie Plushie made by JINX.

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