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A frostbite is an upcoming undead hostile zombie variant that will be added in Fourth Drop 2026‌^[upcoming]. It attacks players with its melee attack and occasionally wields ice balls for the ranged attack. It was revealed in Minecraft Live - September 2026.

Spawning[]

Frostbites naturally spawn in ice caves and snowy biomes.

Drops[]

Frostbites drop rotten flesh upon death like other zombies does. It also have a chance of dropping ice balls if they hold one any.

Behavior[]

Frostbites mainly attack players via its melee, which inflicts freezing status effect. They sometimes throw ice balls to players, performing a ranged attack.

As an Undead Mob[]

Like any undead mobs:

• Are damaged by Instant Health and healed by Instant Damage;
• Are not affected by Regeneration and Poison;
• Take extra damage from Smite enchantment.
• Burns in sunlight
• Are not targeted by the wither.
• Causes an armadillo to hide in its shell.

Achievements[]

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS4)
PS4	Other
		Monster Hunter	Attack and destroy a monster.	Kill a hostile mob or one of the following neutral mobs: an enderman, a piglin, a zombified piglin, a spider, or a cave spider.	15G	Bronze
		Overkill	Deal nine hearts of damage in a single hit.	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have nine hearts of health overall.	30G	Bronze
		It spreads	Kill a mob next to a catalyst	—	10G	Bronze
		Over-Overkill	Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace	—	20G	—
		Mob Kabob	Hit five mobs with the same Charge with the Spear	—	10G	Bronze

Advancements[]

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location
	Monster Hunter	Kill any hostile monster	Adventure	Kill one of these 41 mobs: Blaze Bogged Breeze Camel Husk Cave Spider Creaking (requires destroying the creaking heart) Creeper Drowned Elder Guardian Ender Dragon Enderman Endermite Evoker Ghast Guardian Hoglin Husk Magma Cube Parched Phantom Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Ravager Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Slime Spider Stray Vex Vindicator Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Zoglin Zombie Zombie Horse Zombie Nautilus Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Only the riders of the chicken jockeys and skeleton horsemen are counted in this advancement. Other mobs like the warden may be killed, but are ignored for this advancement.	adventure/kill_a_mob
	It Spreads	Kill a mob near a Sculk Catalyst	Monster Hunter	Kill one of these 70 mobs near a sculk catalyst: Axolotl Bee Blaze Bogged Breeze Camel Camel Husk Cat Cave Spider Chicken Chicken Jockey Cod Cow Creeper Donkey Dolphin Drowned Elder Guardian Enderman Endermite Evoker Fox Frog Ghast Goat Glow Squid Guardian Happy Ghast Hoglin Horse Husk Llama Magma Cube Mooshroom Nautilus Ocelot Panda Parrot Phantom Pig Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Polar Bear Pufferfish Rabbit Ravager Salmon Sheep Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Skeleton Horse Skeleton Horseman Slime Sniffer Stray Spider Spider Jockey Squid Strider Trader Llama Tropical Fish Turtle Vex Vindicator Warden Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Wolf Zoglin Zombie Zombie Horse Zombie Nautilus Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Mobs that drop no experience are ignored for this advancement.	adventure/kill_mob_near_sculk_catalyst
	Monsters Hunted	Kill one of every hostile monster	Monster Hunter	Kill each of these 41 mobs: Blaze Bogged Breeze Camel Husk Cave Spider Creaking (requires destroying the creaking heart) Creeper Drowned Elder Guardian Ender Dragon Enderman Endermite Evoker Ghast Guardian Hoglin Husk Magma Cube Parched Phantom Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Ravager Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Slime Spider Stray Vex Vindicator Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Zoglin Zombie Zombie Horse Zombie Nautilus Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for this advancement. Only the riders of the chicken jockeys and skeleton horsemen are counted in this advancement.	adventure/kill_all_mobs
File:Grid Iron Spear.png	Mob Kabob	Hit five mobs in the same charge attack using a spear	Monster Hunter	Armor stands and Mannequins are also counted for this advancement.	adventure/spear_many_mobs

History[]

September 26, 2026					Frostbites are announced at Minecraft Live - September 2026.
Upcoming Java Edition
26.4		snap3			Added frostbites.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
26.60		beta 26.60.29			Added frostbites under "Drop 4 of 2026" experimental toggle.
26.70		beta 26.70.20			Frostbites are now available during normal gameplay.

Issues[]

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

Trivia[]

• Frostbites were first appeared in Minecraft Dungeons as frozen zombies as part of Creeping Winter DLC.

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