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Zombie Villager
Health points	20HP × 10
Armor points	2 ()
Behavior	Hostile
Mob type	Undead, Monster
Attack; strength	Easy: 2.5HP × 1.25; Normal: 3HP; Hard: 4.5HP × 2.25
Hitbox 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
Spawn	See § Spawning
Natural; equipment	Iron Sword (occasionally)‌[Java Edition only]; Iron Shovel (occasionally)‌[Java Edition only]; Random Armor (occasionally)‌[Java Edition only];
Usable items	Golden Apple;

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A zombie villager is a variant of the zombie that can be cured into a normal villager using a golden apple while it is under the effect of Weakness.

Spawning

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

Difficulty	Chance
Easy	0%
Normal	50%
Hard	100%

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 Bedrock Edition all zombified villagers are persistent.

A zombie villager appears alongside a cleric villager in every igloo basement (a normal zombie villager in Bedrock 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.

Reinforcements

This feature is exclusive to Java Edition.

On hard difficulty, zombie villagers have a 5% chance to spawn as leaders. Leader zombie villagers can spawn other zombie villagers as reinforcements.

Variants

Baby zombies

Baby zombie villagers make up 5% of zombie villager spawns. They have big heads, unlike normal baby villagers in Java Edition. They behave similarly to regular zombie villagers, with the following differences:

They are 30% faster than normal zombies, yet they have the same health as normal zombies. This makes baby zombie villagers more dangerous than their bigger counterparts.
The noises they make are higher-pitched than adult zombie villager sound effects.
In Java Edition, baby zombie villagers have a chance to spawn as a chicken jockey.
In Bedrock Edition, 15% of naturally spawned baby zombie villagers 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

Baby zombie villagers turn into baby villagers, if cured. In Java Edition, their heads turn back to small baby villager heads.^[1]
Worn armor shrinks to fit their body size.
They are able to fit through 1×1 block gaps.
They drop 12 experience when killed by the player instead of 5.
Unlike other baby mobs but like undead baby mobs, they stay as babies indefinitely and never grow into "adult" zombie villagers.
They have a decreased hitbox size.

Baby zombie villagers are spawned when a zombie kills a baby villager, the chance of infection being the same as adult zombie villagers. Baby zombie villagers also spawn naturally, but the combined chance (5% villagers × 5% babies) is low at 0.25% (or 1 in 400 chance) of all newly spawned zombies.

Armed zombie villagers

Along with skeletons and regular zombies, some zombie villagers are capable of picking up dropped items. These zombie villagers automatically pick up and hold any item that they come across (except jack o'lanterns‌^{[Java Edition only]}, mob heads and pumpkins, as these are worn on their heads), and use any armor, weapons, or tools picked up. If they encounter another similar item, they pick it up and drop their previous item:

if the new item is armor or a sword and the old item was not (for example, zombie villagers prefer swords to pickaxes and helmets to pumpkins),
if both items are armor/swords and the new item is better damage-wise (reduces more damage for armor, or inflicts more damage for swords),
if both items are armor/swords with the same damage reduction/infliction, the new item has NBT tags while the old does not or the new item is more damaged than the old item, or
if both items are bows and the new item has NBT tags while the old does not.

Items dropped by mobs in exchange for another cannot be picked up by players or mobs for 10 game ticks (0.5 seconds, barring lag), but can be picked up by hoppers.

Armor worn by zombie villagers is not damaged from most damage sources, which means it cannot "wear out" the way player armor does. Helmets (not blocks like pumpkins) on zombie villagers can wear away and break if the zombie villager is exposed to daylight, or has an anvil or other falling block dropped on its head. Zombie villagers also have a natural armor rating of 2 (), which gives 1.6 - 8% damage reduction from most sources.

Some zombie villagers that are capable of picking up items spawn already in possession of such items, and those items may also be enchanted. The chances of that event are listed below. If a zombie villager spawns wearing multiple pieces of armor, the armor is never mismatched (i.e. all pieces are made of the same material).

Chances of zombie villagers wearing or picking up armor, per difficulty
	Easy	Normal	Hard
Can Pick Up Loot	0%	0%-55%^{[note 1]}	6.875%-55%^{[note 1]}
Armor	0%	0%-15%^{[note 1]}	1.875%-15%^{[note 1]}
Armor Enchantment^{[note 2]}	0%	0-50%^{[note 1]}	6.25%-50%^{[note 1]}
Weapon^{[note 3]}	1%	1%	5%
Weapon Enchantment^{[note 2]}	0%	0%-25%^{[note 1]}	3.125%-25%^{[note 1]}

↑ ^{Jump up to: a} ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Value is based on the regional difficulty.
↑ ^{Jump up to: a} ^b Enchantment is the same as on an enchantment table at level 5–22.^{[note 1]}
↑ ¹⁄₃ chance of an iron sword, ²⁄₃ chance of an iron shovel

If a zombie does spawn with armor, the chances of specific armor are as follows:

Chances of different armor pieces, per difficulty
Armor	Easy & Normal	Hard
Helmet	100%	100%
Helmet & Chestplate	75%	90%
Helmet & Chestplate & Leggings	56.25%	81%
Full set	42.19%	72.9%

The chances of it being of a particular material are:

Chances of different armor types
Armor Type	Chance
Leather	37.06%
Gold	48.73%
Chain	12.90%
Iron	1.27%
Diamond	0.04%

Any zombie villager that spawns with equipment‌^{[Java Edition only]} (picked-up items don't count) drop 1–3 extra experience per item.

Villager variants

A zombie villager retains its biome outfit and profession after zombification from a villager. They also retain their trades. Zombie villagers with a profession cannot work at a job site block.

Below is a table listing the various biome outfits and professions, along with the specific job site block that each profession requires:

Profession	Job Site Block	[hide]Biome
Profession	Job Site Block	Desert	Jungle	Plains	Savanna	Snowy	Swamp	Taiga
Unemployed	N/A
Armorer	Blast furnace
Butcher	Smoker
Cartographer	Cartography table
Cleric	Brewing stand
Farmer	Composter
Fisherman	Barrel
Fletcher	Fletching table
Leatherworker	Cauldron
Librarian	Lectern
Mason	Stonecutter
Nitwit	N/A
Shepherd	Loom
Toolsmith	Smithing table
Weaponsmith	Grindstone

Drops

On death

Item		Roll Chance	Quantity (Roll Chance)
Item		Roll Chance	Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Rotten Flesh	100%	0–2	0–3	0–4	0–5

Rare drops

Zombie villagers may also drop one of the following when killed by a player or tamed wolf:

Item		Roll Chance	Quantity (Roll Chance)
Item		Roll Chance	Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Iron Ingot	0.83%–1.82%^{[d 1]}	1 (0.83%)	1 (1.16%)	1 (1.49%)	1 (1.82%)
	Carrot	0.83%–1.82%^{[d 1]}	1 (0.83%)	1 (1.16%)	1 (1.49%)	1 (1.82%)
	Potato^{[d 2]}	0.83%–1.82%^{[d 1]}	1 (0.83%)	1 (1.16%)	1 (1.49%)	1 (1.82%)

↑ ^{Jump up to: a} ^b ^c Dropped only when kill credit is given to the player
↑ Dropped as baked potato if on fire when killed.

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).

↑ ^{Jump up to: a} ^b Zombie villagers spawn with pumpkins and jack o'lanterns‌^{[Java Edition only]} only during Halloween.

Experience

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

Behavior

Zombie villagers behave as ordinary zombies, except that they do not convert to drowned when submerged.

Zombie villagers that were converted from villagers retain their professions and clothes, which gain a tattered appearance. Naturally spawned zombie villagers (or ones spawned with spawn eggs) have a random profession, and can also spawn with unemployed or nitwit outfits. In Bedrock Edition, baby zombie villagers are always unemployed.

Being an undead mob, they are:

damaged by the status effect Instant Health and healed by the status effect Instant Damage.
unaffected by the status effects Regeneration and Poison.
ignored by the wither.
affected by the Smite enchantment.
a threat to armadillos, causing them to hide in their shell.

Curing

There is a related tutorial page for this topic!

See Tutorial:Curing a zombie villager.

Zombie villagers can be cured (converted to normal villagers) by first giving them the Weakness effect, which can be applied by:

A splash potion of Weakness thrown by the player, a dispenser, or a witch.
A lingering potion of Weakness thrown by the player or a dispenser.
An arrow of Weakness.
An area effect cloud caused by an explosion of a creeper inflicted with a Weakness effect.‌^{[Java Edition only]}.
The /effect command, if cheats are enabled.

The weakened zombie villager must then be healed by using a (non-enchanted^[2]) golden apple on them. The zombie villager begins to shudder to signal that curing is in progress. Also, the Weakness effect is removed, replaced by Strength for the duration of the curing process. An internal countdown timer is then started, counting down the total time to cure.

Time to cure is initially a random integer between 3600 and 6000 ticks (180 to 300 seconds, 3—5 minutes). On each tick, there is a 1% chance for the game to look for cure accelerants. It checks each block within a 9×9×9 cube centered on the villager for either an iron bar or a bed (either half: they're detected separately). For each one found up to 14, there is a 30% chance of decreasing the countdown timer by 1 more tick. Therefore, having at least 14 half-beds and/or iron bars within range speeds up conversion by an average of 4.2%.^[3]

During the curing process the zombie villager behaves like a normal zombie except that it gains Strength (with a potency that doesn't depend on the difficulty level). Thus, a zombie villager is more dangerous during curing than at other times.

At the end of the curing process, the zombie villager transforms into a villager and gains the Nausea effect for 10 seconds (which has no effect on the villager's behavior). If it was holding any item it picked up, that item is dropped (unless it was enchanted with Curse of Binding, in which case it remains in the villager's inventory but is not worn and does not drop if the villager is killed). If it was a baby before it was transformed into a zombie villager, it remains a baby after the cure. If it had traded with a player at least once, it recovers its former profession and inventory of trades. Otherwise, it recovers its profession but might immediately change it if it finds and claims a workstation block for a different profession.

A newly-cured villager, if it had a profession prior to being zombified, offers a trading discount to the player who administered the cure. These discounts are permanent. If a villager is cured more than once, no additional discounts are applied. Villagers near the cured villager are also affected but offer fewer, smaller discounts.

Zombie villagers that are in the process of converting do not despawn if the player moves far away from them, but like all monsters, they despawn if the difficulty is changed to Peaceful.

Specific to Java Edition

If a zombie villager spawned as a nitwit or was a nitwit before it was transformed into a zombie villager, it remains a nitwit if cured.
Naturally spawned zombie villagers become unemployed, and may gain a different profession than the one they had while zombified.
Curing a villager spreads minor_positive gossip through the villager gossip system.

Specific to Bedrock Edition

A former nitwit zombie villager becomes an unemployed villager and can learn a profession after the cure.
Villagers in a range of 16 blocks in a cube surrounding the cured villager also offer a small discount proportional to the number of cured villagers (up to 10).
Saving and reloading the world causes the curing process to finish as soon as the chunk containing the villager is ticked. This does not happen if the player moves out of range, then returns: In that case, the countdown timer pauses until the player returns.

Sounds

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

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Zombie Villager groans	Hostile Creatures	Randomly	`entity.zombie_villager.ambient`	`subtitles.entity.zombie_villager.ambient`	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.8-2.2)	16
	Zombie Villager hurts	Hostile Creatures	When a zombie villager is damaged	`entity.zombie_villager.hurt`	`subtitles.entity.zombie_villager.hurt`	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.8-2.2)	16
	Zombie Villager dies	Hostile Creatures	When a zombie villager dies	`entity.zombie_villager.death`	`subtitles.entity.zombie_villager.death`	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.8-2.2)	16
	Footsteps	Hostile Creatures	While a zombie villager is walking	`entity.zombie_villager.step`	`subtitles.entity.zombie_villager.step`	0.15	1.0	16
	Zombie infects	Hostile Creatures	When a zombie villager infects a villager	`entity.zombie.infect`	`subtitles.entity.zombie.infect`	2.0	0.8-1.2	16
	Door shakes	Hostile Creatures	While a zombie villager is breaking a wooden door	`entity.zombie.attack_wooden_door`	`subtitles.entity.zombie.attack_wooden_door`	2.0	0.8-1.2	16
	Door breaks	Hostile Creatures	When a zombie villager breaks a wooden door	`entity.zombie.break_wooden_door`	`subtitles.entity.zombie.break_wooden_door`	2.0	0.8-1.2	16
	Turtle Egg stomped	Hostile Creatures	When a zombie villager is jumping on turtle eggs	`entity.zombie.destroy_egg`	`subtitles.entity.zombie.destroy_egg`	0.5	0.9-1.1	16
	Zombie Villager snuffles	Hostile Creatures	When a zombie villager begins curing	`entity.zombie_villager.cure`	`subtitles.entity.zombie_villager.cure`	1.0-2.0	0.3-1.0	16
	Zombie Villager vociferates	Hostile Creatures	When a zombie villager finishes curing	`entity.zombie_villager.converted`	`subtitles.entity.zombie_villager.converted`	2.0	0.8-1.2	16
	Block broken ^{[sound 1]}	?	Unused sound event^{[sound 2]}	`entity.zombie.attack_iron_door`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`^{[sound 1]}	None	None	None

↑ ^{Jump up to: a} ^b MC-226770
↑ MC-218122

Bedrock Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Hostile Creatures	Randomly	`mob.zombie_villager.say`	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Hostile Creatures	When a zombie villager is damaged	`mob.zombie_villager.hurt`	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Hostile Creatures	When a zombie villager dies	`mob.zombie_villager.death`	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Hostile Creatures	While a zombie villager is walking	`mob.zombie.step`	0.45	1.0 (Baby: 1.5)
	Hostile Creatures	While a zombie villager is breaking a wooden door	`mob.zombie.wood`	1.0	1.0
	Hostile Creatures	When a zombie villager breaks a wooden door	`mob.zombie.woodbreak`	1.0	1.0
	Players	When a zombie villager is jumping on turtle eggs	`fall.egg`	0.5	0.9-1.0
	Hostile Creatures	When a zombie villager begins curing	`mob.zombie.remedy`	1.0-2.0	0.3-1.0
	Hostile Creatures	When a zombie villager finishes curing	`mob.zombie.unfect`	1.0-2.0	0.3-1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Entity tags	[hide]Translation key
Zombie Villager	`zombie_villager`	`can_breathe_under_water` `ignores_poison_and_regen` `inverted_healing_and_harm` `undead` `wither_friends` `zombies`	`entity.minecraft.zombie_villager`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	[hide]Translation key
Zombie Villager (old)	`zombie_villager`	`44`	`entity.zombie_villager.name`
Zombie Villager (new)	`zombie_villager_v2`	`116`	`entity.zombie_villager_v2.name`

Entity data

Zombie villagers have entity data associated with them that contains various properties.

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Java Edition:

[NBT Compound / JSON Object] Entity data
- Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template[show]
- Tags common to all mobs see Template:Nbt inherit/mob/template[show]
- Tags common to all villagers see Template:Nbt inherit/villager/template[show]
- Tags common to all zombies see Template:Nbt inherit/zombie/template[show]
- [Int] ConversionTime: -1 when not being converted back to a villager, positive for the number of ticks until conversion back into a villager. The regeneration effect parallels this.
- [Int Array] ConversionPlayer: The UUID of the player who started curing the zombie, stored as four ints.

Zombie villager type[show][edit]

Zombie villager profession[show][edit]

Achievements

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Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
		Diamonds to you!	Throw diamonds at another player.	Drop a diamond. Another player must then pick up this diamond.	15	Bronze
		It Spreads	Kill a mob next to a catalyst	—	10	Bronze
		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.	15	Bronze
		Overkill	Deal nine hearts of damage in a single hit.	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have nine hearts of health overall.	30	Bronze
		Over-Overkill	Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace	—	20	Silver
		Zombie Doctor	Cure a zombie villager.	Throw a splash potion of weakness at a zombie villager and give it a golden apple (by facing the zombie and pressing the use key with a golden apple in your hand).	40	Gold

Advancements

Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
A Throwaway Joke	Throw a Trident at something. Note: Throwing away your only weapon is not a good idea.	Hit a mob with a thrown trident.
Adventure	Adventure, exploration and combat	Kill any mob, or be killed by any living entity.
Arbalistic	Kill five unique mobs with one crossbow shot	Armor Stand also counts 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.
It Spreads	Kill a mob near a Sculk Catalyst	Kill one of these 73 mobs near a sculk catalyst:[show] Armadillo Axolotl Bee Blaze Bogged Breeze Camel Cat Cave Spider Chicken Cod Cow Creeper Donkey Dolphin Drowned Elder Guardian Enderman Endermite Evoker Fox Frog Ghast Goat Glow Squid Giant Guardian Hoglin Horse Husk Illusioner 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 Slime Sniffer Stray Spider Squid Strider Trader Llama Tropical Fish Turtle Vex Vindicator Warden Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Wolf Zoglin Zombie Zombie Horse Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Mobs that drop no experience as well as the ender dragon are ignored for this advancement.
Monster Hunter	Kill any hostile monster	Kill one of these 37 mobs:[hide] Blaze Bogged Breeze Cave Spider Creaking (by destroying its creaking heart) 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.
Monsters Hunted	Kill one of every hostile monster	Kill each of these 37 mobs:[hide] Blaze Bogged Breeze Cave Spider Creaking (by destroying its creaking heart) 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.
Over-Overkill	Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace	–
Take Aim	Shoot something with an Arrow	Using a bow or a crossbow, shoot a mob with an arrow, tipped arrow, or spectral arrow.
Zombie Doctor	Weaken and then cure a Zombie Villager	Use a golden apple on a zombie villager under the Weakness effect; the advancement is granted when the zombie villager converts into a villager. In multiplayer, only the player that feeds the golden apple gets the advancement.

Video

Note: Zombie villagers have new textures and sounds as of Village and Pillage.

History

[hide]Java Edition
1.14			18w50a				Zombie villagers now have new skins, corresponding to biome and profession. Added desert zombie villagers, which all have unique textures for that biome. These zombie villagers also spawn in badlands biomes. Added jungle zombie villagers, which all have unique textures for that biome. However, jungles do not contain villages, so these zombie villagers spawn only after the player has a jungle village. Added plains zombie villagers, which all have unique textures for that biome. Added savanna zombie villagers, which all have unique textures for that biome. Added snowy zombie villagers, which all have unique textures in snowy biomes. These zombie villagers spawn in any snowy biome, including frozen rivers, frozen oceans (and their variants) and snowy beaches. Added swamp zombie villagers, which all have unique textures for that biome. However, swamps do not contain villages, so these zombie villagers spawn only after the player has created a village in a swamp. Added taiga zombie villagers, which all have unique textures for the biome. These zombie villagers also spawn in giant tree taiga and mountains biomes. Added baby zombie villagers to desert, jungle, plains, savanna, snowy, swamp and taiga biomes. However, jungles and swamps do not contain villages, so these zombie villagers spawn only after the player has created a village in those biomes.
1.14			18w50a				Cured zombie villagers now retain their trades.
1.15			19w37a				Mobs that spawn wearing carved pumpkins or jack o'lanterns on Halloween no longer drop them.
1.15			19w41a				Zombie villagers that were converted from villagers are supposed to no longer despawn. However, they still do.^[4]
1.16			20w06a				Zombie villagers that were converted from villagers no longer despawn.^[4]
1.17			21w11a				The overlay texture of the zombie librarian now have been changed.
			21w13a				Legacy zombie villager texture^[5] have been removed.
			21w13a				Zombie villagers drop baked potatoes instead of normal potatoes if on fire when killed or killed by a fire source.
1.17.1			Pre-release 1				Zombie villagers no longer pick up glow ink sacs.
1.18			21w41a				The profession textures of Zombie Armorer and Zombie Weaponsmith have been changed.
1.19			22w17a				The sole textures of the Jungle, Plains, Savannna, and Snowy and arms of Weaponsmith have been changed.
1.20.2			23w31a				Villagers no longer offer additional discounts after being cured more than once ^[6]
1.20.3			23w40a				Zombie villagers are now part of the `#can_breathe_under_water`, `#undead` and `#zombies` tags.
1.21.2			24w33a				Zombie villagers now spawn more zombie villagers as zombie reinforcements instead of regular zombies.^[7]
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				Zombie villagers are now split into 2 different mobs, new zombie villagers now have new skins, coresponding to biome and profession. Added desert zombie villagers, which all have unique textures for that biome. These zombie villagers also spawn in badlands biomes. Added jungle zombie villagers, which all have unique textures for that biome. However, jungles do not contain villages, so these zombie villagers spawn only after the player has created a jungle village. Added plains zombie villagers, which all have unique textures for that biome. Added savanna zombie villagers, which all have unique textures for that biome. Added snowy zombie villagers, which all have unique textures in snowy biomes. These zombie villagers spawn in any snowy biome, including frozen rivers, frozen oceans (and their variants) and snowy beaches. Added swamp zombie villagers, which all have unique textures for that biome. However, swamps do not contain villages, so these zombie villagers spawn only after the player has created a village in a swamp. Added taiga zombie villagers, which all have unique textures for the biome. These zombie villagers also spawn in giant tree taiga and mountains biomes. Added baby zombie villagers to desert, jungle, plains, savanna, snowy, swamp and taiga biomes. However, jungles and swamps do not contain villages, so these zombie villagers spawn only after the player has created a village in those biomes.
							Added nitwit, mason, and unemployed zombie villager professions.
							Zombie villagers now attack wandering traders.
							Cured zombie villagers can now retain their trades.
1.12.0			beta 1.12.0.2				The new zombie villagers now have sounds.
1.13.0			beta 1.13.0.1				The old zombie villagers no longer spawn naturally. However, they still exist.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.51				Zombie villagers now have ability to pick up items.
1.17.30			beta 1.17.30.20				Zombie villagers no longer pick up glow ink sacs.
1.20.40			Preview 1.20.40.20				Zombie villager curing time is no longer a set value of 2000 ticks, and is instead a random value between 3600 and 6000 ticks.
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			1.91				Zombie villagers now have new skins, corresponding to biome and profession. Added desert zombie villagers, which all have unique textures for that biome. These zombie villagers also spawn in badlands biomes. Added jungle zombie villagers, which all have unique textures for that biome. However, jungles do not contain villages, so these zombie villagers spawn only after the player has a jungle village. Added plains zombie villagers, which all have unique textures for that biome. Added savanna zombie villagers, which all have unique textures for that biome. Added snowy zombie villagers, which all have unique textures in snowy biomes. These zombie villagers spawn in any snowy biome, including frozen rivers, frozen oceans (and their variants) and snowy beaches. Added swamp zombie villagers, which all have unique textures for that biome. However, swamps do not contain villages, so these zombie villagers spawn only after the player has created a village in a swamp. Added taiga zombie villagers, which all have unique textures for the biome. These zombie villagers also spawn in giant tree taiga and mountains biomes. Added baby zombie villagers to desert, jungle, plains, savanna, snowy, swamp and taiga biomes. However, jungles and swamps do not contain villages, so these zombie villagers spawn only after the player has created a village in those biomes.

Issues

Issues relating to "Zombie Villager" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

When a zombie villager wears a carved pumpkin or jack o'lantern, its head is so tall that it pokes out the top of the pumpkin.
In Java Edition, zombie villagers have a glitched design when using the programmer art resource pack.^[8]
In Bedrock Edition, when a zombie villager holds a trident, the hand that holds the trident lowers.
In Bedrock Edition, the icon for the the achievement Zombie Doctor uses the old zombie villager texture.
Curing a zombie villager chicken jockey is the only way to get a villager riding a chicken without the use of commands.^[9]
Green-colored zombies are also present in Minicraft, a 2D Minecraft-inspired game also created by Markus Persson.
The rarest mob in Minecraft Java Edition is a baby zombie villager riding a chicken, with 3 pieces of enchanted diamond armor, an enchanted iron sword and a jack o' lantern on its head. It has a 1 in 948 trillion (948 148 148 148 148) chance to spawn and can be found only during Halloween, as this is when mobs can spawn wearing jack o' lanterns.

Gallery

Renders

Poses

The base skin for all zombie villagers. This is never seen in-game.

Halloween

A zombie villager wearing a carved pumpkin.
A zombie villager wearing a jack o'lantern.
A baby zombie villager wearing a carved pumpkin.
A baby zombie villager wearing a jack o'lantern.

Screenshots

A zombie villager wearing a wither skeleton skull.
A player-armored zombie villager.
The Zombie Villagers from 18w50a.
A zombie villager in a full set of golden armor.
A comparison of zombie villagers wearing golden armor between Java and Bedrock.
A zombie villager can be seen outside wearing an enchanted diamond helmet.
A zombie village during the day. Multiple zombie villagers can be seen burning.
Zombie villager wearing a pumpkin on Halloween.
A zombie villager encountered in the wild.
A zombie villager under a tree.
A savanna zombie villager wearing a carved pumpkin.

In other media

Zombie Villager in promotional artwork for the Pretty Scary Update.
Pixel art of a savanna zombie villager.
The zombie villager about to get hit with a splash potion of weakness.
The zombie villager being fed a golden apple.
A zombie villager (referred to as simply a zombie) as it appears in Minecraft Legends.
Several 2D animated Legends zombies featured in a LoFi Minecraft melody^[10].
LEGO Minecraft classic Zombie Villager.
LEGO Minecraft taiga Zombie Villager.
LEGO Minecraft taiga Zombie farmer.

References

↑ MC-180893 — resolved as "Invalid".
↑ MC-107909 — Can't cure zombie villager with enchanted golden apple — resolved as "Works As Intended".
↑ https://youtube.com/watch?v=CYIAfv291k4
↑ ^{Jump up to: a} ^b MC-159300
↑ /assets/minecraft/textures/entity/zombie/zombie_villager.png
↑ MC-181190
↑ MC-14800
↑ MC-140954 — Zombie villager fists render around the head while using Programmer Art texture pack
↑ MC-200418 — Cured baby zombie villagers stay as jockey variant
↑ "Minecraft LoFi: Laid back lutes for leading the charge" – Minecraft on YouTube, September 18, 2023

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[localdifficulty-2] {Jump up to: a} ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Value is based on the regional difficulty.

[enchantment-3] {Jump up to: a} ^b Enchantment is the same as on an enchantment table at level 5–22.^{[note 1]}

[4] ¹⁄₃ chance of an iron sword, ²⁄₃ chance of an iron shovel

[player-kill-5] {Jump up to: a} ^b ^c Dropped only when kill credit is given to the player

[6] Dropped as baked potato if on fire when killed.

[:0-7] {Jump up to: a} ^b Zombie villagers spawn with pumpkins and jack o'lanterns‌^{[Java Edition only]} only during Halloween.

[ironsubtitle-10] {Jump up to: a} ^b MC-226770

[11] MC-218122

[1] MC-180893 — resolved as "Invalid".

[8] MC-107909 — Can't cure zombie villager with enchanted golden apple — resolved as "Works As Intended".

[9] ttps://youtube.com/watch?v=CYIAfv291k4

[despawnbug-12] {Jump up to: a} ^b MC-159300

[13] /assets/minecraft/textures/entity/zombie/zombie_villager.png

[14] MC-181190

[15] MC-14800

[16] MC-140954 — Zombie villager fists render around the head while using Programmer Art texture pack

[17] MC-200418 — Cured baby zombie villagers stay as jockey variant

[18] "Minecraft LoFi: Laid back lutes for leading the charge" – Minecraft on YouTube, September 18, 2023

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 * {{IN|bedrock}}, the icon for the the [[achievement]] [[Achievement#Zombie Doctor|Zombie Doctor]] uses the old zombie villager texture.
 * Curing a zombie villager [[chicken jockey]] is the only way to get a villager riding a chicken without the use of [[commands]].<ref>{{bug|MC-200418||Cured baby zombie villagers stay as jockey variant}}</ref>
+*Green-colored zombies are also present in ''[[Minicraft]]'', a 2D ''Minecraft''-inspired game also created by [[Markus Persson]].
+*The rarest mob in Minecraft Java Edition is a baby zombie villager riding a chicken, with 3 pieces of enchanted diamond armor, an enchanted iron sword and a jack o' lantern on its head. It has a 1 in 948 trillion (948 148 148 148 148) chance to spawn and can be found only during Halloween, as this is when mobs can spawn wearing jack o' lanterns.
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Drops

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Rare drops

Naturally-spawned equipment

Experience

Behavior

Curing

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Sounds

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ID

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Spawning

Reinforcements

Variants

Baby zombies

Armed zombie villagers

Villager variants

Drops

On death

Rare drops

Naturally-spawned equipment

Experience

Behavior

Curing

Specific to Java Edition

Specific to Bedrock Edition

Sounds

Data values

ID

Entity data

Achievements

Advancements

Video

History

Issues

Trivia

Gallery

Renders

Poses

Halloween

Screenshots

In other media

References

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