Zombie
The Zombie has 20 HP (10 ♥) and deals 3 damage on Normal difficulty (2.5 on Easy, 4.5 on Hard). It drops Rotten Flesh, Carrot, Iron Ingot, gives 5 XP and spawns in Old Growth Pine Taiga, Badlands, Beach. Everything below comes from the Java 26.3 game files.
- HP
- 2010 ♥ hearts
- Damage (Normal)
- 3Easy 2.5 · Hard 4.5
- Armor
- 2
- XP dropped
- 5
- Spawns in
- Old Growth Pine Taiga+53 more biomes
- Drops
- Rotten Flesh66.7%
Zombie stats
Game data- HP
- 20
- Armor
- 2
- Movement speed
- 0.23
- Follow range
- 35 blocks
- Size (width × height)
- 0.6 × 1.95 blocks
- XP when killed
- 5+1–3 per equipped item; babies ×2.5 (12)
- Immune to fire
- No
Damage by difficulty
| Difficulty | Damage | Hearts |
|---|---|---|
| Easy | 2.5 |  |
| Normal | 3 | |
| Hard | 4.5 | |
A melee hit on a player with no armor. Easy = half + 1 (never more than Normal), Hard = 1.5× — the game's own formula.
What does the Zombie drop?
CalculatedExact chance per kill, with the Looting levels side by side. Rare drops need the kill to come from a player.
| Item | Chance | Looting 1 | Looting 2 | Looting 3 | Count | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Music Disc (Hyper Potions - Lava Chicken)baby onlywhen riding a Chicken | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 1 | 1 |
 Rotten Flesh | 66.7% | 83.3% | 91.7% | 94.4% | 1–5 | 1 |
 Red Mushroomwhen riding a Zombie Horse | 50% | 75% | 87.5% | 91.7% | 1–4 | 0.5 |
 Carrot | 0.83% | 1.17% | 1.5% | 1.83% | 1 | 0.01 |
 Iron Ingot | 0.83% | 1.17% | 1.5% | 1.83% | 1 | 0.01 |
 Potatocooked if on fire | 0.83% | 1.17% | 1.5% | 1.83% | 1 | 0.01 |
XP and player-only drops need the player to have hit the mob within the last 5 seconds. Armor and weapons a mob spawned with drop separately (8.5% per item, +1% per Looting level).
Your coordinates and biome beside the game
The in-game Companion is a small window beside Minecraft with your live coordinates and the biome you are in, plus every recipe, mob drop and enchantment a search away, so you never alt-tab to a wiki.
- Live coordinates and biome
- Every recipe a search away
- Mob drops and enchantments
Where does the Zombie spawn?
Game dataMonster light rules: Overworld block light 0 and light ≤ random 0–7; Nether light ≤ 7; spawnable block below
| Biomes | Group | Weight | Share | Pack size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monsters | 100 | 18.5% | 4 | |
| Monsters | 95 | 15.5%–18.5% | 4 |
| Monsters | 90 | 17.5% | 4 | |
| Monsters | 50 | 16.1% | 2 | |
| Monsters | 19 | 3.69% | 4 |
Old Growth Pine Taiga
Badlands
Beach
Birch Forest
Cherry Grove
Dappled Forest
Dark Forest
Eroded Badlands
Flower Forest
Forest
Frozen Peaks
Grove
Ice Spikes
Jagged Peaks
Lush Caves
Meadow
Old Growth Birch Forest
Old Growth Spruce Taiga
Pale Garden
Snowy Beach
Snowy Slopes
Snowy Taiga
Sparse Jungle
Stony Peaks
Stony Shore
Taiga
Windswept Forest
Windswept Gravelly Hills
Windswept Hills
Wooded Badlands
Frozen River
Mangrove Swamp
Swamp
Bamboo Jungle
Jungle
Cold Ocean
Deep Cold Ocean
Deep Frozen Ocean
Deep Lukewarm Ocean
Deep Ocean
Frozen Ocean
Lukewarm Ocean
Ocean
Warm Ocean
Dripstone Caves
River
Plains
Savanna
Savanna Plateau
Snowy Plains
Sunflower Plains
Windswept Savanna
Sulfur Caves
DesertAlso spawns in
Share is the mob's slice of its group's spawn attempts in that biome (weight ÷ total weight).
Zombie behaviour
Game dataAttacks players, villagers, iron golems and baby turtles on sight
Attacks
- Melee: if on fire and bare-handed: chance difficulty×0.3 to ignite target for 2×difficulty s — 3 damage
Immune to
- Drowning
- Poison
- Regeneration
Weaknesses
- Healed by Instant Damage, hurt by Instant Health
- Smite (+2.5/level)
- Burns in sunlight unless helmeted, in water/rain or powder snow
Good to know
- On Hard, may call other zombies for help when hurt (0–10% chance per zombie)
- 5% spawn as baby; baby may become a chicken jockey (5%+5%)
- Converts to Drowned after 30 s underwater + 15 s shaking
- Infects villagers it kills: Normal 50%, Hard 100%
Advancements with the Zombie
Monster Hunter
Kill any hostile monster
Monsters Hunted
Kill one of every hostile monster
Zombie ID and summon command
The entity ID is minecraft:zombie. Spawn egg: Zombie Spawn Egg.
/summon minecraft:zombie ~ ~ ~Data: Minecraft Java Edition 26.3 game files. How we source this
The Zombie is a hostile mob with 20 health that hits for 3 on Normal. It's one of the most widespread mobs, spawning in 54 biomes. Killing it drops Rotten Flesh, Carrot, Iron Ingot. Each kill gives 5 XP.
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Zombie FAQ (Java 26.3)
How much health does the Zombie have?
The Zombie has 20 health points, which is 10 hearts, and 2 armor.
How much damage does the Zombie do?
Its melee attack deals 2.5 damage on Easy, 3 on Normal and 4.5 on Hard, before your armor.
What does the Zombie drop?
Rotten Flesh (66.7%), Carrot (0.83%), Iron Ingot (0.83%) (chance per kill without Looting), plus 5 XP.
Where does the Zombie spawn?
It spawns naturally in 54 biomes, most often in Old Growth Pine Taiga, Badlands, Beach.