Zombie Villager (old)

This page describes content that has been removed from Java Edition and PlayStation 4 Edition.

This feature was present in earlier versions of Java Edition and PlayStation 4 Edition, but has since been removed.

This article describes content that has been officially made unobtainable in Bedrock Edition.

It can still be obtained using third-party software. However, this can cause unexpected behavior such as bugs and crashes.

This feature is exclusive to Legacy Console Edition and New Nintendo 3DS Edition except PlayStation 4 Edition.

Zombie Villager (old)

Adult

Baby

Adult

Baby

Adult

Baby

Adult

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Adult

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Adult

Baby

Health points	20HP × 10
Behavior	Hostile
Mob type	Undead Monster
Hitbox size	Adult: Height: 1.95 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Baby: Height: 0.975 Blocks Width: 0.3 Blocks
Spawn	at night, if Zombie kills Villager (old)

The old zombie villager is a removed or unobtainable variant of the zombie that behaves similar to modern zombie villagers, but can be cured into old villagers.

Spawning

When a group in the normal spawn cycle spawns zombies, there is a 5% chance to instead spawn a group of zombie villagers‌^{[Pocket Edition only]}, or a single zombie villager‌^{[Java Edition only]}. (This increases to a 20% chance in old growth taiga biomes)‌^{[Java Edition only]}

If any type of zombie kills a villager, there is a chance for the villager to transform into a zombie villager.

In Java Edition a zombified zombie villager does not despawn if the player has traded with it at least once prior to its death, but unlike all other persistent mobs it still counts toward the hostile mob cap. If the zombie villager picks up any item however, it remains persistent but is excluded from the mob cap. In Pocket Edition all zombified villagers are persistent.

A zombie villager appears alongside a cleric villager in every igloo basement (a normal zombie villager in Pocket Edition and a cleric zombie villager in Java Edition). One of them transforms into a leatherworker, due to the workstation (a cauldron). They also spawn in zombie villages. Zombie villagers generated in both of these structures do not despawn naturally.

Drops

On death

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Rotten Flesh	0–2	66.67%	1.00	0–3	66.67%	1.33	0–4	66.67%	1.67	0–5	66.67%	2.00
	Iron Ingot[A]	0–1	0.83%	0.01	0–1	1.17%	0.01	0–1	1.50%	0.01	0–1	1.83%	0.02
	Carrot[A]	0–1	0.83%	0.01	0–1	1.17%	0.01	0–1	1.50%	0.01	0–1	1.83%	0.02
	Potato[A]	0–1	0.83%	0.01	0–1	1.17%	0.01	0–1	1.50%	0.01	0–1	1.83%	0.02

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Rotten Flesh	0–2	2⁄3	1	0–3	2⁄3	4⁄3	0–4	2⁄3	5⁄3	0–5	2⁄3	2
	Iron Ingot[A]	0–1	1⁄120	1⁄120	0–1	7⁄600	7⁄600	0–1	3⁄200	3⁄200	0–1	11⁄600	11⁄600
	Carrot[A]	0–1	1⁄120	1⁄120	0–1	7⁄600	7⁄600	0–1	3⁄200	3⁄200	0–1	11⁄600	11⁄600
	Potato[A]	0–1	1⁄120	1⁄120	0–1	7⁄600	7⁄600	0–1	3⁄200	3⁄200	0–1	11⁄600	11⁄600

Item		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Rotten Flesh	0	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)
		1	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄6 (16.67%)	1⁄12 (8.33%)	1⁄18 (5.56%)
		2	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)	1⁄6 (16.67%)
		3	0	1⁄6 (16.67%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)	2⁄9 (22.22%)
		4	0	0	1⁄12 (8.33%)	1⁄6 (16.67%)
		5	0	0	0	1⁄18 (5.56%)
		Average	1 (1.00)	4⁄3 (1.33)	5⁄3 (1.67)	2 (2.00)
	Iron Ingot[A]	0	119⁄120 (99.17%)	593⁄600 (98.83%)	197⁄200 (98.50%)	589⁄600 (98.17%)
		1	1⁄120 (0.83%)	7⁄600 (1.17%)	3⁄200 (1.50%)	11⁄600 (1.83%)
		Average	1⁄120 (0.01)	7⁄600 (0.01)	3⁄200 (0.01)	11⁄600 (0.02)
	Carrot[A]	0	119⁄120 (99.17%)	593⁄600 (98.83%)	197⁄200 (98.50%)	589⁄600 (98.17%)
		1	1⁄120 (0.83%)	7⁄600 (1.17%)	3⁄200 (1.50%)	11⁄600 (1.83%)
		Average	1⁄120 (0.01)	7⁄600 (0.01)	3⁄200 (0.01)	11⁄600 (0.02)
	Potato[A]	0	119⁄120 (99.17%)	593⁄600 (98.83%)	197⁄200 (98.50%)	589⁄600 (98.17%)
		1	1⁄120 (0.83%)	7⁄600 (1.17%)	3⁄200 (1.50%)	11⁄600 (1.83%)
		Average	1⁄120 (0.01)	7⁄600 (0.01)	3⁄200 (0.01)	11⁄600 (0.02)

Killed		1
Item		Expected Drops
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Rotten Flesh	1.00	1.33	1.67	2.00
	Iron Ingot[A]	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02
	Carrot[A]	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02
	Potato[A]	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02

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

Naturally-spawned equipment

Zombie villagers do not spawn with equipment in Bedrock Edition. In Java Edition, a zombie villager can spawn with any of the following:

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

Experience

Adult zombie villagers drop 5XP and an additional 1–3XP per naturally-spawned equipment. Baby zombie villagers drop 12XP experience.

Data values

ID

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Family	Translation key
Zombie Villager (old)	zombie_villager	44	armorer butcher cartographer cleric farmer fisherman fletcher leatherworker librarian mob monster nitwit shepherd stone_mason toolsmith undead weaponsmith zombie zombie_villager	entity.zombie_villager.name

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.4.2			12w32a				Added zombie villagers.
							Added baby zombie villagers.
							5% of zombies spawned are zombie villagers, and villagers now become infected when killed by a zombie. Infecting a baby villager creates a baby zombie villager, which is faster than a normal zombie and does not age.
							Zombie villagers under the effects of a potion of Weakness can be cured by using a golden apple on them.
			12w34a				Zombie villagers now have two new rare drops – carrots and potatoes.
			12w34b				Zombie villagers can now pick up and equip dropped items.[1][2]
							If killed, zombie villagers now drop the item they are holding.
							Zombie villagers can now survive in sunlight, if they are wearing a helmet or a pumpkin.[3]
			12w37a				On Halloween, zombie villagers can now spawn wearing pumpkins or jack o'lanterns.
1.5			13w03a				Zombie villagers are now able to set the player on fire, if they are on fire and they attack the player.
							Zombie villagers can now call other zombies from the nearby area (radius dependent on difficulty) to attack the player, making packs of zombies approach shortly after damaging the zombie villager.
							Zombie villagers now cause more damage when their health is lower.
1.6.1			13w17a				When damaged, zombie villagers now have a low chance to spawn more zombies.
			13w21a				Zombie villager damage increasing with decreasing health has been removed.
			13w23b				Zombie villager AI and mechanics have been changed – this has now made them much more horde-like.
							Zombie villagers are now able to detect the player up to 40 blocks.
1.6.2			pre				Baby zombie villagers now spawn among regular ones.
							Baby zombie villagers now have the same percentage of spawning as zombie villagers.
1.7.2			13w36a				Baby zombie villagers now drop loot and experience.
1.7.4			13w49a				Added zombie villager chicken jockeys – a rare version of the baby zombie villager.
1.8			14w11a				Zombie villagers now run away from creepers that are about to explode.
			14w30a				Zombie villagers now drop a zombie head when killed by a charged creeper.
1.8.1			pre1				Zombie villagers no longer run away from creepers that are about to explode.
1.9			15w32a				The detection range of zombie villagers is now halved when the player is wearing a zombie mob head.
			15w33c				The zombie villager's detection range for players wearing the zombie head has been adjusted, now 37.5% of the normal range.
			15w34a				Zombie villagers now have an attack animation similar to the one they had in Survival Test, even without weapons.
			15w35a				Zombie villagers now retain their professions and clothes, which have a tattered appearance. Before this version, the zombie villager's body texture shared the same texture as the regular zombie's, including Steve's clothes.
							Baby zombie villagers now retain their professions and clothes, which have a tattered appearance.
			15w36a				The zombie villager's detection range for players wearing the zombie head is now again 50% of the normal range.
			15w43a				A zombie villager priest can now be found caged in an igloo basement.
1.10			16w20a				"Generic" green-robed zombie villager has been removed, due to the new ZombieType tag not allowing invalid villager professions.
							Zombie villagers now spawn in abandoned villages.
			pre1				The chance of a zombie villager setting the target on fire when burning, and the duration of the effect, now depends on raw regional difficulty.
							Zombie villagers that spawn as part of abandoned villages no longer despawn.
1.11			16w32a				Added a zombie villager spawn egg.
							The zombie villager's in-game name has been changed to "Zombie Villager" instead of "Zombie".
							Zombie villagers no longer drop zombie heads when killed by a charged creeper.
							Zombie villagers no longer spawn from zombie spawners.[4]
							Zombie villagers can no longer spawn from normal zombie spawn eggs.
			16w32b				Generic zombie villagers have been re-added, along with their normal villager counterpart.
			16w39a				Zombie villagers now have their own sounds.
1.13			18w07a				Zombie villagers now intentionally stomp on turtle eggs and attack turtles.
			18w10d				Baby zombie villagers now burn in the sun.
			18w19a				Zombie villagers now sink in water.
							Zombie villagers no longer drown underwater.
1.14			18w50a				Zombie villagers have been reworked into their modern implementation.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.12.1			build 1				Added zombie villagers.
							Added baby zombie villagers.
							Zombie villagers retain their professions and clothes, which have a tattered appearance.
v0.14.0			build 1				Baby zombie villagers 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, adult zombie villager, adult zombie pigmen, cows, pigs, sheep, cave spiders, or spiders.
v0.15.0			build 1				Baby zombie villagers can now mount adult husks and horse variants.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0			alpha 1.1.0.9				Zombie villagers now have their own sounds.
Bedrock Edition
?							Baby zombie villagers can no longer mount adult zombie pigmen.
1.4.0			beta 1.2.20.1				Baby zombie villagers now burn in daylight.
1.5.0			beta 1.5.0.0				Zombie villagers now sink underwater.
			beta 1.5.0.4				Zombie villagers now attack baby turtles and stomp on turtle eggs.
1.8.0			beta 1.8.0.8				Baby zombie villagers can now mount pandas and stray cats.
1.10.0 Experiment Experimental Gameplay			beta 1.10.0.3				Old zombie villagers are automatically changed to new zombie villagers, and are now spawned by modifying the world's NBT.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU14	CU1	1.04	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added zombie villagers.
							Added baby zombie villagers.
							Baby zombie villagers can be obtained only by having a zombie kill a baby villager, as a zombie spawn egg does not spawn them, due to baby zombies not being in game.
TU15		1.05					The rare loot of zombie villagers' drops have been changed to be carrots, potatoes or iron ingots.
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12			Zombie villagers can now pick up items and occasionally spawn with armor and/or weapons.
							Baby zombie villagers can now be spawned with a zombie spawn egg.
							When damaged, zombie villagers now have a low chance to spawn more zombies.
							On Halloween, zombie villagers can now spawn wearing pumpkins or jack o'lanterns.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Baby zombie villagers now drop experience.
							Added zombie villager chicken jockeys – a rare version of the baby zombie villager.
							Zombie villagers now drop a zombie head when killed by a charged creeper.
TU43	CU33	1.36	1.36	1.36	Patch 13		A zombie villager can now be found in igloo basements. Since the new zombie villager skins were not added yet, the zombie villager received a random profession when cured.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		Zombie villagers now retain their professions and clothes, which have a tattered appearance. Before this version, the zombie villager's body texture shared the same texture as the regular zombie's body.
							When the curing process of zombie villagers finishes, they now make the same sound as when the curing process starts.
							The zombie villager in igloo basements is now a cleric.
TU54	CU45	1.57	1.56	1.56	Patch 24	1.0.4	Zombie Villagers no longer spawn from zombie spawn eggs or spawners, since they now have their own spawn egg.
TU56	CU47	1.55	1.55	1.55	Patch 26	1.0.6	Zombie villagers now spawn in abandoned villages.
TU60	CU51	1.64	1.64	1.64	Patch 30	1.0.11	Baby zombie villagers 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	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Zombie villagers now have their own sounds.
							Zombie villagers now sink in water.
							Zombie villagers no longer drown underwater.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added zombie villagers.
							Added baby zombie villagers.

Data history

Gallery

Renders

Poses

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  The original zombie villager texture.
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  The original texture for the baby zombie villager.
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  The original texture for the baby zombie villager jockey
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  A baby zombie villager wearing full diamond armor.
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  A zombie villager wearing carved pumpkin.
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  A zombie villager wearing jack o'lantern.
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  A baby zombie villager wearing carved pumpkin.
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  A baby zombie villager wearing jack o'lantern.

Screenshots

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  The zombie villager textures added in 15w35a.
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  A glitch that occurs when baby villager zombie 'wears' a wither skeleton skull.
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  Comparison of a zombie and an old zombie villager.

Textures

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  Old texture file
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  Nitwit/Generic texture file
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  Librarian texture file
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  Butcher texture file
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  Farmer texture file
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  Priest texture file
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  Blacksmith texture file

References