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Husks are dried-out variants of zombies that spawn in deserts.
Spawning
A husk.
Husks spawn directly under the sky in groups of 4 (2-4 and can also spawn underground[Bedrock Edition only])at a light level of 7 or less in desert, desert hills, and desert M biomes in place of 80% of all zombies spawned in these biomes.
Baby Husks and Chicken Jockeys
Three adult husks and one baby husk.
There is a 5% chance for husks to spawn as babies, and baby husks have a 5% chance to spawn as a chicken jockey[Java Edition only]. In Bedrock Edition, baby husks have a 15% chance of wanting to become a jockey when attacking a target. They can mount:
- Adult chickens
- Adult ocelots
- Adult wild wolves
- Adult zombies
- Adult zombie villagers
- Adult husks
- Cows
- Pigs
- Sheep
- Horses
- Donkeys
- Mules
- Zombie horses
- Skeleton horses
- Mooshrooms
- Spiders
- Cave spiders
- Polar bears
- Llamas
- Adult pandas
- Adult Stray cats
Side notes about all jockeys from both Java and Bedrock editions:
- It will use the baby husk speed instead of the mob speed.
- If riding a neutral mob, it will become hostile, but won't anger any other nearby mobs of the same kind.
- If a baby husk is riding a mob that is also rideable by a player, that mob will no longer be rideable by a player.
Behavior
Husks will pursue the player, iron golems, villagers and baby turtles on sight from 40 blocks away, as opposed to 16 blocks in most other hostile mobs. They will attempt to avoid obstacles, including sheer cliffs, water and lava, and will try to find the shortest path towards the player.
Husks will apply Hunger to any player or mob it hits using melee attack. This effect lasts for 7 × floor (regional difficulty) seconds.
Unlike zombies, husks won't burn in sunlight.
Breaking Door
Husks can break down door successfully on Hard difficulty.
Stomp turtle egg
Husks will seek for nearby turtle egg and will try to destroy it.
Picking up items
Husks can pick up items if the gamerule mobGriefing is set to true, and will not despawn if left alone.
Becoming zombies
If a Husk drowns in water, they will be converted to a normal zombie which, if it drowns, will be converted to drowned.
Drops
When they die, husks drop:
- 0–2 Rotten Flesh.
- Iron ingots, carrots and potatoes (0.8% chance each, 1.2% chance with Looting I, 1.5% chance with Looting II and 1.8% chance with Looting III).
- Any picked-up equipment has 100% chance of dropping and will drop with the same damage level it had when picked up.
Naturally-spawned equipment
- 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, and will drop it with a random durability. Each level of Looting will increase the chance 1 percentage point (11.5 % with Looting III).
- ↑ a b Husks spawn only with pumpkins and jack o'lanterns[Java Edition only] during Halloween.
Experience
Adult husks will drop 5 experience and an additional 1–3 experience per naturally-spawned equipment. Baby husks will drop 12 experience.
Halloween
If a husk wearing a pumpkin or jack o'lantern[Java Edition only] is killed using a weapon enchanted with Looting, there will be a chance equivalent to the level of Looting used to drop the pumpkin or jack o'lantern, up to a maximum of a 3% chance of a drop.
Achievements
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other | |||||
| 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 | ||
Advancements
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Resource location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Adventure | Adventure, exploration and combat | — | Kill any entity, or be killed by any entity. | adventure/root
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![]() | Monster Hunter | Kill any hostile monster | Adventure | Kill one of these 34 mobs:
| adventure/kill_a_mob
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![]() | Monsters Hunted | Kill one of every hostile monster | Monster Hunter | Kill each of these 34 mobs:
| adventure/kill_all_mobs
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Data values
Husks have entity data associated with them that contain various properties of the mob. Their entity ID is husk.
- Entity data
- Tags common to all entities
- Tags common to all mobs
- Tags common to all zombies
History
| Java Edition | |||||
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| 1.10 | 16w20a | ![]() Added husks, including their baby form.
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| Added husk spawn egg. | |||||
| pre2 | The husk spawn egg has now 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 | The husk spawn egg has now been re-added. | |||
| Husks will now avoid water. | |||||
| 1.13 | 18w19a | Husks will now sink underwater. | |||
| Husks will now no longer drown underwater. | |||||
| 18w21b | Husks will now convert into zombies when drowning. | ||||
| Husks will now have sounds when converting to zombies. | |||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| 0.15.0 | build 1 | ![]() Added husks. | |||
| 0.16.0 | build 5 | Husks will now have their own sounds. | |||
| Pocket Edition | |||||
| 1.0 | alpha 0.17.0 | Baby husks can now ride polar bears. | |||
| 1.0.4 | alpha 1.0.4.0 | Husks are now slightly taller than zombies. | |||
| 1.1 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | Baby husks can now ride llamas. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.5 | beta 1.5.0.0 | Husks will now sink underwater. | |||
| Husks will now convert into zombies when drowning. | |||||
| beta 1.5.0.4 | Husks now try to stomp turtle eggs. | ||||
| 1.8 | beta 1.8.0.8 | Baby husks can now ride adult stray cats and pandas. | |||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 0.1.0 | ![]() Added Husks. | ||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Husk" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Gallery
Size comparison between a husk and a normal zombie.
A husk wearing gold armor.
A husk peering into a village building.









