Zombie

Spawning

Zombies spawn in the Overworld at light level 0, usually in groups of four, and are common at night. They need a two-block-tall space above a solid surface. Desert zombies exposed to the sky can be replaced by husks, and a small portion of ordinary spawns become zombie villagers or babies. Zombies can also appear from monster spawners, trial spawners, village sieges, and reinforcements on hard difficulty.

• DesertBiome
• HuskMob
• Zombie VillagerMob
• StoneBlock

Sounds

Zombies use dedicated ambient, hurt, death, and step events. Baby and adult variants share the same core sound family.

Behavior

Zombies target players and villagers, attack turtle eggs, and can path through villages. Some spawn with a shovel, sword, spear, or armor; equipment may be enchanted. Zombies burn in daylight unless protected by shade, water, or a helmet. A zombie submerged long enough converts into a drowned, while a villager infected by one can become a zombie villager.

• DrownedMob
• Zombie VillagerMob
• HuskMob
• Iron SwordItem

Data values

The entity identifier is `minecraft:zombie`. The saved state tracks whether the zombie is a baby, can break doors, is converting underwater, and the remaining conversion time.

• HuskMob
• DrownedMob
• Zombie VillagerMob

History

Zombies are one of the original hostile mobs. The modern family gained baby variants, zombie villagers, drowned conversion, reinforcement behaviour, door breaking, and additional equipment rules across later releases.

Encounter facts

An adult zombie has 20 health, two armor points, movement speed 0.23, and a base follow range of 35 blocks. Its base attack damage is 3 points, while difficulty and equipment can change the damage dealt. Leaders can carry stronger equipment and call reinforcements.

Gallery

See also

• Mob catalogue
• Minecraft Wiki overview
• Rotten fleshItem
• Iron ingotItem
• Zombie spawn eggItem
• Zombie VillagerMob
• HuskMob
• DrownedMob
• Iron SwordItem
• DesertBiome

References

The zombie page combines the entity implementation with its spawn placement, loot table, conversion path, and equipment sources. These records keep the hostile-mob rules auditable without embedding implementation code in the article body.

Data: References

Local source	Zombiezombie
Entity implementation	`net/minecraft/world/entity/monster/zombie/Zombie.java`
Spawn placement	`net/minecraft/world/entity/SpawnPlacements.java`
Entity loot	`data/minecraft/loot_table/entities/zombie.json`
Zombie spawn egg	`assets/minecraft/items/zombie_spawn_egg.json`
Drowned conversion	`net/minecraft/world/entity/monster/zombie/Drowned.java`

• DrownedMob
• Zombie VillagerMob
• HuskMob

Drops

The standard entity table rolls 0–2 rotten flesh. A player kill has a 2.5% base chance to roll one rare item from an iron ingot, carrot, or potato pool, with looting increasing the chance by 1 percentage point per level. A baby zombie riding a chicken can also unlock the `music_disc.lava_chicken` drop path.

• Rotten FleshItem
• Iron SwordItem

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