Minecraft Dungeons:Chicken Jockey

"CHICKEN JOCKEY – This mysterious alliance of chicken and baby zombie is another quick-moving enemy. They're more of an annoyance than a danger, so focus on bigger threats first and foremost."

- Guide to Minecraft Dungeons: A Handbook for Heroes

A chicken jockey is a rare mob that can be found within various missions of Minecraft Dungeons.

Appearance
A chicken jockey is composed of a baby zombie riding a chicken. They can sometimes have multiple baby zombies stacked on top of each other. This variant is called a chicken jockey tower.

Spawning

 * (Summoned by the corrupted cauldron)
 * (Summoned by the corrupted cauldron)

Chicken jockeys can also spawn when night falls, regardless of the mission, when at least one hero dies in multiplayer.

Behavior
Chicken jockeys have a high movement speed. Like the baby zombie, chicken jockeys deal less damage compared to normal zombies.
 * Movement

The chicken part of the jockey attacks the hero with a kick.
 * Basic attack


 * Strong attack

Chicken jockey tower
"CHICKEN JOCKEY TOWER – Shoot this odd creature with a bow first. The chicken will fall, causing the baby zombies to scatter. Then cleave through the horde to fully defeat the mob."

- Guide to Minecraft Dungeons: A Handbook for Heroes

A chicken jockey tower is a rare mob that can be found within various missions of Minecraft Dungeons.

Appearance
Chicken jockey towers are composed of a chicken jockey with six baby zombies balanced upon each other, with five of them sitting, and the top one balancing standing upright.

Spawning

 * (Summoned by the corrupted cauldron)
 * (Summoned by the corrupted cauldron)

Chicken jockey towers can also spawn when night falls, regardless of the mission, when at least one hero dies in multiplayer.

Behavior
The behavior of a chicken jockey tower is similar to a normal chicken jockey but is slightly slower due to the weight of the baby zombies. When the chicken gets hit, this causes the baby zombies to scatter and attack the hero at once.

The Tower


The Tower is an ancient chicken jockey tower that is encountered during ancient hunts with the minimum offering of the following runes:



The ancient resides within a -themed arena and possesses, at minimum, the following enchantments:



Twelve Enchanted chicken jockeys act as the ancient's minions, possessing the following enchantments:



Upon defeating The Tower, a gilded variant of the following items drops as a reward:



Data values

 * In the game files, chicken jockeys and chicken jockey towers are referred to internally by the name.

Trivia

 * As seen with the Chicken Jockey Tower, chickens $$ seem to be physically stronger than their Minecraft counterparts, being capable of carrying more baby zombies.
 * A chicken jockey tower can be somewhat replicated within the original Minecraft game via baby piglins, who will sometimes stack on top of a baby hoglin.
 * However, using commands, it is possible to perfectly replicate the stack seen in Dungeons.