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A zombie horse is an undead variant of the regular horse. Zombie horses appear to be the horse equivalent of zombies. Like zombies, zombie horses are green-skinned and their eyes are completely black.

Spawning[]

Zombie horses spawn naturally in plains, savannas, snowy plains, ice spikes, etc. in the form of a zombie horseman jockeys.

Zombie horses may be created by the /summon command, with their spawn egg, or by naturally spawning as a zombie trap horse. When using a spawn egg, 20% spawn as foals.

Zombie horseman jockeys do not spawn in peaceful mode, despite the zombie horse being passive. Zombie foals do not spawn naturally and can only be summoned via /summon minecraft:zombie_horse ~ ~ ~ {IsBaby:1}.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Drops[]

Upon death, zombie horses drop:

• 0-2 Rotten Flesh. The maximum amount is increased by 1 per level of Looting, for a maximum of 0-5 with Looting III.
• 1–3 when killed by a player or tamed wolf.

If saddled, they drop their saddle. If worn armor, they drop their horse armor.

Zombie foals yield neither items nor experience.

Usage[]

Tamed and saddled zombie horses can be used as one of the fastest means of transportation in the game. They can also be used to climb hills and jump fences.

In Bedrock Edition, they cannot be ridden.

Equipment[]

Zombie horses have two equipment slots.

• Saddle slot: For equipping a saddle.
• Armor slot: For equipping horse armor.

Riding[]

Once a zombie horse is tamed and saddled, the player can control it with directional controls, jump, and the mouse. The player dismounts using the dismount control. Like riding other entities, it is impossible for a player to use a nether portal or end portal while on a zombie horse.

A ridden zombie horse automatically runs up any one-block-high slope. The horse and rider can safely fit through a space as low as 2.75 blocks high. Lower clearance risks suffocating the rider if the rider's head enters a non-transparent block. The horse itself can enter gaps as low as 1.625 blocks high, but may itself take suffocation damage when clearance is less than 1.75 blocks. Horses cannot fit through a 1-block-wide gap.

Ridden saddled zombie horses have the ability of "jumping charging". When the player rides them, the experience bar on HUD is replaced by jumping charging bar. A ridden saddled zombie horses can be made to jump and holding the control charges for a higher leap. Zombie horses are not affected by jump boost beacons or potions.

Saddled zombie horses can float on water, without dismounting the player.

Behavior[]

The zombie horse is an undead mob that is completely passive. Zombie horses behave like normal horses, roaming idly and occasionally stopping to rear, swish their tails, or lower their heads as though eating the grass. Unlike sheep, the eating animation does not actually cause any grass to be consumed.

Unlike other passive mobs, zombie horses slowly regenerate health. In Bedrock Edition, zombie horses will be killed by the Conduit like any regular hostile mob, despite being passive.

Zombie horses also burn during the daylight, despite being passive. However, horse armor can provide protection from the sunlight.

Zombie horses, in common with other undead mobs, take damage when affected by a Potion of Healing and are healed by a Potion of Harming. They are also affected by the Smite enchantment.

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;
• Burn in the sunlight.
• Take extra damage from Smite enchantment.
• Are not targeted by the wither.
• Causes an armadillo to hide in its shell.

Unlike most undead mobs, zombie horses are not targeted by iron golems and snow golems. However, zombie horseman riders are targeted.

Taming[]

Zombie horses can be tamed and ridden like many horse variants. They can be fed and healed with red mushrooms.

Apperance[]

Zombie horses appear in a desaturated, mouldy-green color; however, they still share their previous distinctions. They also sometimes have bones protruding from beneath their flesh.

Statistics[]

Zombie horses are spawned with constant health of 15, speed of 0.2, and have a jump strength ranging from 0.4–1.0, tending toward the average 0.7.

Sounds[]

Java Edition:
Zombie horses use the Friendly Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.

Bedrock Edition:

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Entity data[]

Zombie horses have entity data associated with them that contain various properties.

History[]

Java Edition
1.6.1		13w16a			Added zombie horses.
					Zombie horses have been assisted by DrZhark (John Olarte), creator of the Mo' Creatures mod, whose horses are a baseline for Minecraft's zombie horse models.[1]
		13w16b			Zombie horses have been made slower and have been reduced from gliding so much.
		13w18a			Horse saddles have been removed. Zombie horses are now ridden using the saddle.
		13w21a			New GUI for zombie horses, to control the saddle, has been added.
		13w22a			New sound effects for zombie horses have been added.
1.7.2		13w36a			Zombie horses are now available without third-party tools, with the introduction of the /summon command.
1.9		15w43a–44b			The drops of zombie horses have been changed several times. The end result is that zombie horses now always drop 1 rotten flesh, not affected by Looting.
		15w47b			Sounds for zombie horses eating food given by a player have been added.
1.10		16w20a			Added zombie horse spawn egg.
		pre2			Zombie horse spawn eggs have been removed.
1.11		16w32a			Zombie horses now have a separate ID from horses: zombie_horse.
					Re-added zombie horse spawn egg.
		16w38a			Zombie horses now drop 0–2 rotten flesh, affected by Looting.
1.13		17w45a			The model for zombie horses has been changed.
		17w46a			The new zombie horse models have been slightly tweaked. The position of the nose has been moved up to one pixel.
		18w03a			The models of zombie horses have been changed, once again. Also, the textures of zombie horses have been slightly altered and the nose heights have been increased by one pixel.
		pre2			Zombie horses now sink in water.
					The model of zombie horses has been updated to fix serious Z-fighting, which has changed the model from to .[2]
1.14		19w08a			The textures of zombie horses have been changed.
1.16		20w09a			Zombie horses can now be leashed.
1.19.4		23w03a			The texture of the zombie horse has been changed.
1.21.11		25w41a			Zombie horses can now spawn naturally. They are usually ridden by zombie horsemen armed with spears.
					Their texture has changed. File:Zombie Horse New.png
					They now burn in the sunlight, like most zombie variants.
					They can wear horse armour, which protects them from the sunlight.
					They can be tamed without commands.
					Red Mushrooms are now used to heal zombie horses.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.15.0		build 1			Added zombie horses.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			The entity ID for zombie horses has been changed from zombiehorse to zombie_horse.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.9					Zombie horses no longer open their mouths when bucking the player off or taking damage.
1.8.0		beta 1.8.0.8			Baby zombie horses now have a chance of being spawned using a spawn egg.
1.10.0					The textures of zombie horses have been changed.
Legacy Console Edition
TU54	CU44	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Zombie horses are able to be spawned with a spawn egg found in the creative inventory.
TU57	CU49	1.56	Patch 27	1.0.7	Zombie horses can now be tamed and leashed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added zombie horses.

Issues[]

Zombie Horses are an unsupported mob and as such issues relating to them may not be fixed.

Trivia[]

• Dr. Zhark appears in the credits after the End Poem as the creator of horses, including zombie horses.
• If a player pulling a zombie horse with a lead enters a boat, the zombie horse follows by swimming at the same speed as the boat.
• A player riding a zombie horse is dragged along if the zombie horse is being pulled by a lead, and can even be lifted up in the air in the same way.
• The texture for zombie horses contains an unused saddlebag that has a different appearance from those of donkeys or mules.
• Before Mounts of Mayhem;
  • Zombie horses were spawned via this /summon command as they were only accessible in creative mode.
  • Zombie horses weren't tameable. So a tamed zombie horse could only be summoned using /summon minecraft:zombie_horse ~ ~ ~ {Tame:1b}.‌^{[Java Edition only]}
• The old texture of the zombie horses shared a similar green color to zombies, with black eyes, mane, snout and hoofs. They sometimes have bones protruding from beneath their flesh.

Gallery[]

• New texture of the Zombie Horse
  New texture of the Zombie Horse
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  A zombie horse in a badlands biome.
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  A zombie horse and a baby zombie horse.
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  The zombie horse texture file in Bedrock Edition. It has an unused saddlebag.
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  A zombie riding a zombie horse.
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  A couple of saddled zombie horses circling a campfire.
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  A ghastling tending a dyed leather armored zombie horse.

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