Camel Husk
Camel Husk — mob.
Spawning
In Java, a naturally spawning husk has a 10% chance to become a camel husk jockey when there is room for the camel's collision box. The jockey can include a parched passenger, and only one husk in a spawning pack can create this combination. Camel husks count toward the monster cap until a player interacts with them, then become persistent.
| Biome | Desert |
|---|---|
| Trigger | Night or thunderstorm husk spawn |
| Jockey chance | 10% per eligible husk |
| Peaceful difficulty | Does not spawn |
| Entity tags | Zombies, saddle-capable |
Drops
A camel husk drops 2–3 rotten flesh. Looting can add up to one extra item; passengers and jockey equipment are resolved separately.
| Rotten flesh | 2–3 |
|---|---|
| Looting bonus | 0–1 additional |
| Experience | 1–3 when killed by a player or tamed wolf |
Food
Rabbit foot is the only item in the camel-husk food tag. It can tempt the mob, but camel husks cannot enter love mode or produce offspring.
| Food tag | #minecraft:camel_husk_food |
|---|---|
| Accepted item | Rabbit foot |
| Breeding | Disabled |
Riding and equipment
With a saddle, a camel husk can be ridden and dashes on the jump control. Saddles and leads remain separate inventory items.
| Walking speed | Up to 3.885 blocks/s |
|---|---|
| Sprint speed | Up to 8.203 blocks/s |
| Dash cooldown | 2.75 seconds |
| Dash distance | Up to 12 blocks forward and 1 upward |
Sounds
Ambient, hurt, death, sitting, standing and eating sounds are grouped under the camel-husk entity sound family.
| Ambient | entity.camel_husk.ambient |
|---|---|
| Hurt | entity.camel_husk.hurt |
| Death | entity.camel_husk.death |
| Step | entity.camel_husk.step |
| Sand step | entity.camel_husk.step_sand |
| Dash | entity.camel_husk.dash |
| Dash ready | entity.camel_husk.dash_ready |
| Eat | entity.camel_husk.eat |
| Saddle | entity.camel_husk.saddle |
| Sit and stand | entity.camel_husk.sit, entity.camel_husk.stand |
Behavior
Camel husks are desert camel variants with 32 health. The animal is normally passive, but a husk riding it can control the jockey and make the encounter hostile. Once both riders leave or die, the mount returns to passive behavior. As undead mobs they do not burn in sunlight, cannot breed, and are affected by the usual undead status-effect rules.
| Category | hostile |
|---|---|
| Max health | 32 |
| Width | 1.7 |
| Height | 2.375 |
| Summonable | Yes |
| Fire immune | No |
| Health | 32 |
| Habitat | Desert at night or during thunderstorms |
| Jockey | A husk can ride and control it |
| Mob control | The first passenger must be a mob |
| Dash | Up to 12 blocks forward and 1 block upward |
| Sunlight | Does not burn |
| Breeding | Not possible |
| Leash | Only when not mob-controlled |
| Persistence | Interaction makes it persistent |
| Safe fall | 6 blocks, then half normal fall damage |
Data values
The entity identifier is `minecraft:camel_husk`; it is tagged as a zombie, can float while ridden and can equip a saddle.
| Identifier | minecraft:camel_husk |
|---|---|
| Version | Minecraft 26.2 |
| Entity ID | minecraft:camel_husk |
| Type | Undead camel variant |
| Equipment | Saddle |
| Mob tags | `zombies`, `can_float_while_ridden`, `can_equip_saddle` |
| Charge speed modifier | 4.0 |
| Spawn egg | `minecraft:camel_husk_spawn_egg` |
History
Camel husks extend the camel riding system with an undead desert variant and a multi-rider jockey encounter. The current data set keeps the camel's saddle, dash and two-passenger rules while adding zombie-family tags.
Trivia
The mount itself is passive after the riders are removed, so the unusual hostile encounter comes from the passengers rather than from the camel husk's own attacks.
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See also
References
| Local source | Camel Huskcamel_husk |
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Data and provenance
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Facts
| Category | hostile |
|---|---|
| Max health | 32 |
| Width | 1.7 |
| Height | 2.375 |
| Summonable | Yes |
| Fire immune | No |
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