Zombie Horse

Zombie horses are unused passive mobs.

Spawning
Zombie horses do not spawn naturally, but may be created by the command or with their spawn egg.

Appearance
Zombie horses appear to be the horse equivalent of zombies. Like zombies, zombie horses are green-skinned, and their eyes are completely black.

Drops
Zombie horses drop 0–2 rotten flesh.

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. They can be ridden in water in any depth.

Equipment
Zombie horses have a line equipment slot.


 * Saddle slot: For equipping a saddle.

Riding
Once a horse is tamed and saddled, the player can control it with directional controls,, and the mouse. The player dismounts using the control.

When riding a horse, the hunger bar is replaced by the horse's health in Survival or Adventure mode. In the Legacy Console Edition, the horse health bar is also visible in Creative. It uses a slightly different heart texture than the player's health bar. The experience bar is replaced by the horse jump bar.

A player can use any item while riding a horse, including drinking or throwing potions; activating doors or redstone devices; using chests, crafting tables, and furnaces; breaking and placing blocks; and attacking with melee weapons or bows.

A ridden horse will automatically run 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.

When a player is riding a zombie horse, both will be unable to use Nether portals.

Behavior
Zombie horses roam idly, 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. If a player comes near, the horses may turn to look at them.

Zombie horses, like most mobs, can ride in minecarts and boats.

Unlike other passive mobs, zombie horses slowly regenerate health.

Taming
Zombie horses cannot be tamed. However, a tamed zombie horse can be summoned using.

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

Data values
Zombie horses have entity data associated with them that contain various properties of the mob.

Trivia

 * Dr. Zhark appears in the credits after the End Poem as the creator of the horses.
 * If a player pulling a zombie horse with a lead enters a boat, the zombie horse will swim after them at the same speed as the boat.
 * A player riding a zombie horse will be dragged along if their zombie horse is being pulled by a lead, and can even be lifted up in the air in the same way.