Husk

Adult
Targetting
Baby
Baby Targetting

Classification

Undead

Behavior

Hostile

Damage

Easy: 2.5

× 1.25
Normal: 3

Hard: 4.5

× 2.25
Inflicts Hunger based on regional difficulty.

Details

Size

In Java Edition:

Adult:
Height: 1.95 Blocks
Width: 0.6 Blocks
Baby:
Height: 0.975 Blocks
Width: 0.3 Blocks
In Bedrock Edition:
Adult:
Height: 1.9 Blocks
Width: 0.6 Blocks
Baby:
Height: 0.95 Blocks
Width: 0.3 Blocks

Armor

2 (

)

A husk is a variant of a zombie that spawns in deserts. They function similar to zombies, except they do not burn in sunlight and inflict Hunger with their unarmed attacks.

Spawning[]

Husks spawn at a light level of 0 in the desert, mostly replacing zombies in these biomes.

In Java Edition, husks spawn directly under the sky in groups of 4 in place of 80% of all zombies spawned in desert biomes variants.

In Bedrock Edition, husks spawn on the surface in groups of 2-4 in place of 70% of all zombies spawned in desert biomes.

Variants[]

Baby husks and chicken jockeys[]

HuskAndBaby — Three adult husks and one baby husk.

Baby Husk Jockeys — All mobs that can be ridden by baby husks in Bedrock Edition.

In Java Edition, there is a 5% chance for husks to spawn as babies, and baby husks have a chance to spawn as a chicken jockey.

In Bedrock Edition, 15% of naturally spawned baby husks can start riding a mob and become a jockey when it tries attacking a villager, player, or golem. They can ride:

Adult chickens
Untamed ocelots
Untamed cats
Untamed wolves
Adult zombies
Adult husks
Adult zombified villagers
Adult zombified piglins
Cows
Adult unsaddled pigs
Sheep
Adult untamed horses
Adult untamed donkeys
Adult untamed mules
Adult skeleton horses
Adult zombie horses
Mooshrooms
Spiders that was not spawned as a jockey mount
Cave spiders that was not spawned as a jockey mount
Pandas

Behavior[]

Husk becoming Zombie — A husk that drowns converts to a zombie (which can convert to a drowned).

Like zombies, husks are hostile toward the player, iron golems, villagers, baby turtles, and wandering traders and pursue those mobs on sight from 35 blocks away in Java Edition or 16 blocks away in Bedrock Edition, as opposed to 16 blocks like most other hostile mobs. If any other mob attacks a husk on purpose, all other husks and zombie variants (except zombified piglins) within a 67×67×21 to 111×111×21 area become hostile towards the attacker. They attempt to avoid obstacles, including sheer cliffs, water, and lava, and try to find the shortest path to the player.

Husks apply Hunger to any player or mob they hit using a melee attack unless the husk is holding an item in its main hand or the player blocks the attack with a shield. This effect lasts for 7 × floor (regional difficulty) seconds.

Husks can break down doors successfully on Hard difficulty.

Husks seek out any nearby turtle eggs and trample them.

Husks can pick up items if the game rule mobGriefing is set to true, which will prevent them from despawning.

A husk that is submerged in water for 30 seconds begins converting to a normal zombie, which takes an additional 15 seconds and cannot be stopped even if the husk leaves water. Once this process finishes, the zombie that it converts into will have full health even if the husk has been damaged, and may further convert into a drowned if it remains submerged.

Drops[]

When they die, husks drop 0–2 Rotten Flesh. The maximum drop is increased by 1 per level of Looting, for a maximum of 0-5 with Looting III.

They can also drop an iron ingot, carrot, or potato when killed by a player or tamed wolf. This drop has a 2.5% chance of occurring, increasing by 1% per level of looting. Individual items have the following chances of dropping:

⁵⁄₆₀₀ (about 0.83%)
⁷⁄₆₀₀ (about 1.17%) with Looting I
⁹⁄₆₀₀ (1.5%) with Looting II
¹¹⁄₆₀₀ (about 1.83%) with Looting III

Any picked-up equipment has a 100% chance of dropping and drops with the same damage level it had when picked up.

Unlike regular zombies, a husk does not drop its head if killed by a charged creeper explosion.

Naturally-spawned equipment[]

Carved Pumpkin ^{[note 1]}
Jack o'Lantern‌^{[Java Edition only]}^{[note 1]}
Iron Shovel
Iron Sword
Random Armor
Husk have an 8.5% chance of dropping their naturally-spawned equipment (other than Halloween pumpkins), with random durability. Each level of Looting increases the chance 1 percentage point (11.5% with Looting III).

↑ ^a ^b Husks spawn with pumpkins and jack o'lanterns‌^{[Java Edition only]} only during Halloween.

Experience[]

Adult husks drop 5 and an additional 1–3 per naturally-spawned equipment. Baby husks drop 12.

Sounds[]

Java Edition:
Husks use the Hostile Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.

Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
Husk groans	Hostile Creatures	Randomly	`entity.husk.ambient`	`subtitles.entity.husk.ambient`	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
Door shakes	Hostile Creatures	While a husk is breaking a wooden door	`entity.zombie.attack_wooden_door`	`subtitles.entity.zombie.attack_wooden_door`	2.0	0.8-1.2	16
Block broken ^{[sound 1]}	None	Unused sound event^{[sound 2]}	`entity.zombie.attack_iron_door`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`^{[sound 1]}	None	None	None
Door breaks	Hostile Creatures	When a husk breaks a wooden door	`entity.zombie.break_wooden_door`	`subtitles.entity.zombie.break_wooden_door`	2.0	0.8-1.2	16
Husk dies	Hostile Creatures	When a husk dies	`entity.husk.death`	`subtitles.entity.husk.death`	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
Husk hurts	Hostile Creatures	When a husk is damaged	`entity.husk.hurt`	`subtitles.entity.husk.hurt`	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
Turtle Egg stomped	Hostile Creatures	When a husk is jumping on turtle eggs	`entity.zombie.destroy_egg`	`subtitles.entity.zombie.destroy_egg`	0.5	0.9-1.1	16
Footsteps	Hostile Creatures	While a husk is walking	`entity.husk.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16
Husk converts to Zombie	Hostile Creatures	When a husk is drowned, converting to a zombie	`entity.husk.converted_to_zombie`	`subtitles.entity.husk.converted_to_zombie`	1.6	0.8-1.2	16

↑ ^a ^b MC-226770
↑ "[MC-218122] Unused sound event: minecraft:entity.zombie.attack_iron_door - Jira" – Mojira, March 8, 2021.

Bedrock Edition:

Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
Hostile Creatures	Randomly	`mob.husk.ambient`	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
Hostile Creatures	While a husk is breaking a wooden door	`mob.zombie.wood`	1.0	1.0
Hostile Creatures	When a husk breaks a wooden door	`mob.zombie.woodbreak`	1.0	1.0
Hostile Creatures	When a husk dies	`mob.husk.death`	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
Hostile Creatures	When a husk is damaged	`mob.husk.hurt`	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
Players	When a husk is jumping on turtle eggs	`fall.egg`	0.5	0.9-1.0
Hostile Creatures	While a husk is walking	`mob.husk.step`	0.35	1.0 (Baby: 1.5)
Hostile Creatures	When a husk is drowned, converting to a zombie	`mob.husk.convert_to_zombie`	1.0	0.8-1.2

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Translation key
Husk	`husk`	`entity.minecraft.husk`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
Husk	`husk`	`47`	`entity.husk.name`

Entity data[]

Husks have entity data associated with them that contains various properties.

Java Edition:

Entity data
- Tags common to all entities
- Tags common to all mobs
- Tags common to all zombies

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Achievements[]

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS4)
PS4	Other	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS4)
		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
		Sound the Alarm!	Ring the bell with a hostile enemy in the village.	—	20G	Bronze

Advancements[]

Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location
How Did We Get Here?	Have every effect applied at the same time	A Furious Cocktail	Have all of these 33 status effects applied to the player at the same time: Absorption Bad Omen Blindness Conduit Power Darkness Dolphin's Grace Fire Resistance Glowing Haste Hero of the Village Hunger Infested Invisibility Jump Boost Levitation Mining Fatigue Nausea Night Vision Oozing Poison Raid Omen Regeneration Resistance Slow Falling Slowness Speed Strength Trial Omen Water Breathing Weakness Weaving Wither Wind Charged The source of the effects is irrelevant for the purposes of this advancement. Other status effects may be applied to the player, but are ignored for this advancement. This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed.	`nether/all_effects`
Adventure	Adventure, exploration and combat	—	Kill any entity, or be killed by any entity.	`adventure/root`
Monster Hunter	Kill any hostile monster	Adventure	Kill one of these 34 mobs: Blaze Cave Spider Creeper Drowned Elder Guardian Ender Dragon Enderman Endermite Evoker Ghast Guardian Hoglin Husk Magma Cube Phantom Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Ravager Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Slime Spider Stray Vex Vindicator Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Zoglin Zombie Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Only the riders of the chicken jockeys and skeleton horsemen are counted in this advancement. Other mobs 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 Camel Cat Cave Spider Chicken Chicken Jockey Cod Cow Creeper Donkey Dolphin Drowned Elder Guardian Enderman Endermite Evoker Fox Frog Ghast Goat Glow Squid Guardian Hoglin Horse Husk Llama Magma Cube Mooshroom 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 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 34 mobs: Blaze Cave Spider Creeper Drowned Elder Guardian Ender Dragon Enderman Endermite Evoker Ghast Guardian Hoglin Husk Magma Cube Phantom Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Ravager Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Slime Spider Stray Vex Vindicator Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Zoglin Zombie 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`

History[]

Java Edition
1.10		16w20a			Added husks and baby husks.
					Added husk spawn eggs, which husks can be spawned from.
					Husks share the same entity ID as zombies.
		pre2			The husk spawn egg has been removed.
		release			Added exclusive sounds for husks: their sounds are a more raspy version of regular zombie sounds. Before this, husks used to sound like regular zombies.
1.11		16w32a			Husks now have their own entity ID separate from zombies.
					The husk spawn egg has been re-added.
					Husks now avoid water.
1.13		18w19a			Husks now sink underwater.
		18w19a			Husks no longer drown underwater.
		18w21b			Husks now convert into zombies when submerged for some time.
		18w21b			Husks now have sounds when converting to zombies.
1.14		18w43a			The textures of husks and baby husks have been changed.
1.15		19w37a			Mobs that spawn wearing carved pumpkins or jack o'lanterns on Halloween no longer drop them.
1.15		19w46a			Baby husks can now be spawned using their spawn egg on the adult.
1.17		21w13a			Husks drop baked potatoes instead of normal potatoes if on fire when killed or killed by a fire source.
1.17.1		Pre-release 1			Husks no longer pick up glow ink sacs.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.15.0		build 1			Added husks and baby husks.
v0.16.0		build 5			Husks now have their own sounds.
Pocket Edition
1.0.4		alpha 1.0.4.0			Husks are now slightly taller than zombies.
Bedrock Edition
1.5.0		beta 1.5.0.0			Husks now sink underwater.
		beta 1.5.0.0			Husks now convert into zombies when submerged.
		beta 1.5.0.4			Husks now try to stomp turtle eggs.
1.8.0		beta 1.8.0.8			Baby husks can now ride adult stray cats and pandas.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The textures of husks and baby husks have been changed.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Husks are now hostile toward wandering traders.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.51			Husks can now pick up items.
1.17.30		beta 1.17.30.20			Husks no longer pick up glow ink sacs.
Legacy Console Edition
TU46	CU36	1.38	Patch 15	1.0.1	Added husks and baby husks.
TU54	CU44	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Added husk spawn eggs, which husks can be spawned from.
TU60	CU51	1.64	Patch 30	1.0.11	Baby husks now have a 15% chance of becoming a jockey. Before becoming a jockey, upon nearing the player, they check for one of the following to mount prior attacking: adult chickens, adult ocelots, adult wolves, adult zombies, cows, pigs, sheep, spiders or cave spiders.
TU69		1.76	Patch 38		Husks now sink underwater.
					Husks now convert into zombies when submerged.
					Husks now try to stomp turtle eggs.
		1.83			Baby husks can now ride adult stray cats and pandas.
		1.91			Husks are now hostile toward wandering traders.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added husks and baby husks.

Issues[]

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

Trivia[]

The husk was created by Jason Mayer at a game jam and shown to Jens Bergensten.^[1]
Husks are a slightly taller than regular zombies.
Their hitbox is ever so slightly higher than 2 meters in Bedrock but is exactly 2 meters in Java