Husk

Husk

Health points	20 × 10
Armor points	2 ()
Behavior	Hostile
Attack strength	Easy: 2 - 3 Normal: 3 Hard: 4 - 5
Spawn	Desert, Desert Hills, Desert Lakes
Drops	See § Drops
Natural equipment	See #Naturally-spawned equipment
Experience	Adult: 5 Baby: 12
Internal ID	JE: 23 BE: 47
Namespaced ID	husk

This article is about the dried-out variant of the zombie. For other zombie variants, see Zombie (disambiguation).

	“	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

Husks are dried-out variants of zombies that spawn in deserts. Unlike zombies, husks do not burn in sunlight, possibly because they seem to wear a hood-like object on their heads.

Spawning

A husk.

Husks spawn at a light level of 7 or less in desert, desert hills and desert lakes biomes, mostly replacing zombies in these biomes.

In Java Edition, husks spawn directly under the sky in groups of 4 in place of 80% of all zombies spawned in desert biomes variants.

In Bedrock Edition, husks spawn on the surface and underground in groups of 2-4 in place of 70% of all zombies spawned in desert biomes.

Baby husks and chicken jockeys

Three adult husks and one baby husk.

In Java Edition, there is a 5% chance for husks to spawn as babies, and baby husks have a 5% chance to spawn as a chicken jockey. In Bedrock Edition, baby husks have a 15% chance of wanting to become a jockey when attacking a target. They can mount:

• Adult chickens
• Adult ocelots
• Adult wild wolves
• Adult zombies
• Adult zombie villagers
• Adult husks
• Cows
• Pigs
• Sheep
• Horses
• Donkeys
• Mules
• Zombie horses
• Skeleton horses
• Mooshrooms
• Spiders
• Cave spiders
• Pandas
• Adult Stray cats

Notes about all jockeys:

• A jockey moves at the baby husk speed instead of the mob speed.
• A jockey becomes hostile when riding a neutral mob, but does not anger other nearby mobs of the same kind.
• A mob that is normally rideable by the player is not rideable after being ridden by a baby husk.

Behavior

Husks pursue the player, iron golems, villagers, baby turtles, and wandering traders on sight from 40 blocks away, as opposed to 16 blocks in most other hostile mobs. They attempt to avoid obstacles, including sheer cliffs, water and lava, and try to find the shortest path to the player.

Husks apply Hunger to any player or mob it hits using melee attack. This effect lasts for 7 × floor (regional difficulty) seconds.

Unlike zombies, husks do not burn in sunlight.

Husks can break down doors successfully on Hard difficulty.

Husks seek out any nearby turtle eggs and trample them.

Husks can pick up items if the gamerule mobGriefing is set to true, and they do not despawn if left alone.

A husk that drowns in water converts to a normal zombie. If the zombie subsequently drowns, it converts to a drowned.

Drops

When they die, husks drop 0–2 Rotten Flesh. The maximum drop is increased by 1 per level of Looting, for a maximum of 0-5 with Looting III.

They can also drop an iron ingot, carrot, or potato when killed by a player or tamed wolf. This drop has a 2.5% chance of occurring, increasing by 1% per level of looting. Individual items have the following chances of dropping:

• ¹⁄₁₂₀ (about 0.83%)
• ¹¹⁄₆₀₀ (about 1.83%) with Looting I
• ¹⁷⁄₆₀₀ (about 2.83%) with Looting II
• ²³⁄₆₀₀ (about 3.83%) with Looting III

Any picked-up equipment has 100% chance of dropping and drops with the same damage level it had when picked up.

Unlike regular zombies, a husk does not drop its head if killed by a charged creeper explosion.

Naturally-spawned equipment

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

Experience

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

Halloween

If a husk wearing a pumpkin or jack o'lantern‌^{[Java Edition only]} is killed using a weapon enchanted with Looting, there is 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.

Sounds

Sound	Subtitle	Namespaced ID	Subtitle ID	Source	Pitch	Volume	Attenuation distance
	Husk groans	entity.husk.ambient	subtitles.entity.husk.ambient	?	?	?	16
	Husk converted to Zombie	entity.husk.converted_to_zombie	subtitles.entity.husk.converted_to_zombie	?	?	0.8	16
	Husk dies	entity.husk.death	subtitles.entity.husk.death	?	?	?	16
	Husk hurts	entity.husk.hurt	subtitles.entity.husk.hurt	?	?	?	16
	No subtitle	entity.husk.step	(Footstep sounds)	?	?	?	16

Data values

See also: Chunk format

Husks have entity data associated with them that contain various properties of the mob.

• 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: The number of ticks until this zombie converts to a drowned, or husk to zombie. (default value is -1, when no conversion is under way).
  •  InWaterTime: The number of ticks this zombie or husk has been under water, used to start the drowning conversion. (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
	Monster Hunter	Attack and destroy a monster	Kill a hostile mob or one of the following neutral mobs: enderman, zombie pigman, spider, cave spider.	Xbox One	Yes	Yes	Yes	15G	Bronze
				Xbox 360		Alt		20G

Advancements

Main article: Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Namespaced ID
	Adventure	Adventure, exploration, and combat	—	Kill any entity, or be killed by any entity.	adventure/root
	Monster Hunter	Kill any hostile monster	Adventure	Kill one of these 25 mobs. Other mobs are ignored for this advancement.	adventure/kill_a_mob
	Monsters Hunted	Kill one of every hostile monster	Monster Hunter	Kill each of these 25 mobs. Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for the advancement.	adventure/kill_all_mobs

History

Java Edition
1.10		16w20a			Added husks, including their baby form.
					Added husk spawn egg.
					Husks share the same entity ID as zombies.
		pre2			The husk spawn egg has now been removed.
		release			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			Husks now have their own entity ID separate from zombies.
					The husk spawn egg has now been re-added.
					Husks now avoid water.
1.13		18w19a			Husks now sink underwater.
					Husks no longer drown underwater.
		18w21b			Husks now convert into zombies when drowning.
					Husks now have sounds when converting to zombies.
1.14		18w43a			The textures of husks and baby husks have now been changed.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.15		19w46a			Baby husks can now be spawned using their spawn egg on the adult.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.15.0		build 1			Added husks and baby husks.
0.16.0		build 5			Husks now have their own sounds.
Pocket Edition
1.0.4		alpha 1.0.4.0			Husks are now slightly taller than zombies.
Bedrock Edition
1.5.0		beta 1.5.0.0			Husks now sink underwater.
					Husks now convert into zombies when drowning.
		beta 1.5.0.4			Husks now try to stomp turtle eggs.
1.8.0		beta 1.8.0.8			Baby husks can now ride adult stray cats and pandas.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The textures of husks and baby husks have now been changed.
					Husks are now hostile toward wandering traders.
Legacy Console Edition
TU46	CU36	1.38	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added husks and baby husks.
TU54	CU44	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Added the husk spawn egg.
TU60	CU51	1.64	Patch 30	1.0.11	Baby husks now have a 15% chance of becoming a jockey. Before becoming a jockey, upon nearing the player, they 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.
TU69		1.76	Patch 38		Husks now sink underwater.
					Husks now convert into zombies when drowning.
					Husks now try to stomp turtle eggs.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.83					Baby husks can now ride adult stray cats and pandas.
1.90					The textures of husks and baby husks have now been changed.
1.91					Husks are now hostile toward wandering traders.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added husks and baby husks.

Issues

Issues relating to "Husk" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• The Husk was created by Jason Mayer at a game jam and shown to Jens Bergensten.

Gallery

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  Several husks and a baby variant.

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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.

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  A husk wearing gold armor.

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  A husk peering into a village building.

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  A baby zombie standing next to a baby husk. At the time, they did not burn in sunlight, which is no longer true.

See also

• Zombie
• Drowned

References

Entities

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