Husk

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

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 and zombie villagers spawned in desert biomes.

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

When spawning naturally, husks have a 10% chance to spawn as camel husk jockey if they spawn in a space that does not block the collision box required for a camel husk. This can only happen for up to one husk in each spawning pack. This can happen even when the husk spawns as a baby and was supposed to spawn as a chicken jockey. In that case, the chicken is spawned as a "jockey chicken" (i.e. it doesn't lay eggs and can despawn) but the husk spawns riding the camel husk instead.

Husks have a ¹⁄₃ chance to be selected as the "melee" mob for trial spawners in trial chambers.

On Hard difficulty, all husks have a 0-10% chance to spawn other husks as reinforcements when receiving damage while targeting an entity. Additionally, up to 5% of husks spawn as leaders, getting a 50-75% boost to that chance. Just like for regular husk spawning, reinforcement husks can only spawn in places with direct sky exposure.

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 after it spawns. A jockey mob ridden by a baby husk adapts to the speed of its rider. A baby husk can ride:

Husks spawn with random values of knockback resistance between 0% and 5%.

Adult husks have a chance to spawn riding a camel husk, along with a parched, and wielding an iron spear. The husk may also spawn wearing armor.

Some husks spawn wearing armor or holding weapons, both of which may be enchanted. In addition, husks may also spawn with the ability to pick up loot that is on the ground. The chances of each of these events occurring are listed below. If a husk spawns wearing multiple pieces of armor, the armor is never mismatched (i.e. all pieces are made of the same material). Husks cannot naturally spawn with netherite armor.

Chances of husks 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]

If a husk 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 and chestplate	75%	90%
Helmet, chestplate, and 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	23.60%
Copper	32.23%
Gold	33.29%
Chain	9.73%
Iron	1.10%
Diamond	0.04%

In Java Edition, the armor is not damaged by any damage source; it cannot "wear out" the way player armor does. Unlike other zombies, helmets worn by husks do not break if the husk is exposed to daylight. In Bedrock Edition, any armor piece is damaged as if the player is wearing it.^[verify]

Husks also have a natural armor rating of 2 (), giving 1.6 to 8% damage reduction from most sources. Husks can also wear mob heads, although they need to be dropped by the player before the husk can pick one up and put it on.

On Halloween, husks in Java Edition may spawn wearing a carved pumpkin or jack o'lantern. They are never dropped, even when the husks are killed with Looting.

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

When a husk dies, all of its picked-up equipment drops without changing the damage that has accumulated on it in Java Edition. In Bedrock Edition, the armor's durability is still vulnerable to attacks, as if a player is wearing it.^[verify]

Husks have an 8.5% chance of dropping their naturally-spawned equipment (except Halloween carved pumpkins and jack o'lanterns)‌^{[Java Edition only]} with a random durability. Each level of Looting increases the chance 1 percentage point (11.5% with Looting III). In Java Edition, they cannot drop the diamond swords or trimmed armor that they occasionally wield/wear during ominous trials. These items include:

• Iron Shovel (sometimes enchanted)
• Iron Sword (sometimes enchanted)
• Iron Spear (sometimes enchanted)
• Diamond Sword (in ominous trials)‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}
• Random Armor (sometimes enchanted, made from leather, copper, gold, chainmail, iron or diamond)

Additionally, in Bedrock Edition, all naturally spawned equipment always drops at full durability when the husk converts to a zombie.​^{[until: BE 26.50]}

Adult husks drop 5XP and baby husks drop 12XP when they are killed by a player or a tamed wolf. Any husk that spawns with equipment drops an additional 1–3XP per item.

Like zombies, husks are hostile toward the player, iron golems, villagers, baby turtles, and wandering traders. They pursue these mobs on sight from up to 40 blocks away, 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 toward 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 are one of the few undead mobs that are immune to burning in sunlight, which allows them to stay around during the day.

Husks have a chance to spawn with the ability to break down doors 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 prevents them from despawning.

Husks attempt to avoid water, only entering it when there is no other path to their target.

A husk that is fully 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 becomes has full health even if the husk has been damaged, and may further convert into a drowned if it remains submerged.

In Java Edition, husks are never spawned as part of a zombie siege, but if a husk naturally spawns nearby, it will join the siege and behave like all other zombies.

Husks wielding spears have different attacking behavior. When attacking, they use the spear's charge attack while moving towards their target. They hold the charge through its full duration, using all 3 stages. Once the charge attack has ended or they get too close to their target, they walk away to increase the distance between them and their target before turning around to begin another charge.

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.
• Unable to swim in water, but do not drown.
• A threat to armadillos, causing them to hide in their shell.

As they are undead and do not grow up, golden dandelions do not work on baby husks.

Like zombies, some husks spawn with the ability to pick up dropped items from the ground. They can pick up all items except for the glow ink sac. In Java Edition, husks pick up items that they happen to walk near. In Bedrock Edition, they actively search for and walk towards dropped items.

If the picked up item is armor, the husk equips the armor into its respective armor slot. Carved pumpkins and heads are worn on their heads. If the picked up item is a shield, the husk equips it to their offhand. It cannot use the shield to block incoming attacks, however.

If a husk encounters another similar item, it may drop the previous item in favor of the new one if:

• both items are armor/weapons and the new item is better damage-wise (reduces higher damage for armor, or inflicts more damage for weapons) without considering enchantments,
• both items are armor/weapons with the same damage reduction/infliction, the new item has NBT tags while the old does not‌^{[JE only]} or the new item is less damaged than the old item

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.

A husk equipped with a picked-up item becomes persistent and does not despawn, similar to being named.

Husks have a higher chance of being able to pick up items in Hard difficulty.

Picked-up items do not cause the husk to drop more experience when killed, unlike naturally-spawned gear.

Chicken jockey riders cannot pick up any variant of an egg.

In Bedrock Edition, due to a bug, husks, as well as zombies, zombie villagers, and drowned can also wear horse armor, nautilus armor, and wolf armor.^[1][2]

15% of nearby baby zombies, husks, or drowned may ride an adult husk to form a jockey.

Java Edition:

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Husk groans	Hostile Mobs	Randomly	entity.husk.ambient	subtitles.entity.husk.ambient​	1.0	0.8–1.2 (Baby: 1.3–1.7)	16
	​Husk hurts	Hostile Mobs	When a husk is damaged	entity.husk.hurt	subtitles.entity.husk.hurt​	1.0	0.8–1.2 (Baby: 1.3–1.7)	16
	​Husk dies	Hostile Mobs	When a husk dies	entity.husk.death	subtitles.entity.husk.death​	1.0	0.8–1.2 (Baby: 1.3–1.7)	16
	​Footsteps	Hostile Mobs	While a husk is walking	entity.husk.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16
	​Zombie infects	Hostile Mobs	When a husk infects a villager	entity.zombie.infect	subtitles.entity.zombie.infect​	2.0	0.8–1.2	16
	​Door shakes	Hostile Mobs	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
	​Door breaks	Hostile Mobs	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
	​Turtle Egg stomped	Hostile Mobs	When a husk is jumping on turtle eggs	entity.zombie.destroy_egg	subtitles.entity.zombie.destroy_egg​	0.5	0.9–1.1	16
	​Husk converts to Zombie	Hostile Mobs	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
	​Block broken [sound 1]	?	Unused sound event[sound 2]	entity.zombie.attack_iron_door	subtitles.block.generic.break​​[sound 1]​	None	None	None

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​ ?	Hostile Mobs	Randomly	mob.husk.ambient	​ ?	1.0	0.8–1.2 (Baby: 1.3–1.7)
	​ ?	Hostile Mobs	When a husk is damaged	mob.husk.hurt	​ ?	1.0	0.8–1.2 (Baby: 1.3–1.7)
	​ ?	Hostile Mobs	When a husk dies	mob.husk.death	​ ?	1.0	0.8–1.2 (Baby: 1.3–1.7)
	​ ?	Hostile Mobs	While a husk is walking	mob.husk.step	​ ?	0.35	1.0 (Baby: 1.5)
	​ ?	Hostile Mobs	While a husk is breaking a wooden door	mob.zombie.wood	​ ?	1.0	1.0
	​ ?	Hostile Mobs	When a husk breaks a wooden door	mob.zombie.woodbreak	​ ?	1.0	1.0
	​ ?	Players	When a husk is jumping on turtle eggs	fall.egg	​ ?	0.5	0.9–1.0
	​ ?	Hostile Mobs	When a husk is drowned, converting to a zombie	mob.husk.convert_to_zombie	​ ?	1.0	0.8–1.2

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Entity tags	Translation key
Husk	husk	can_breathe_under_water ignores_poison_and_regen inverted_healing_and_harm no_anger_from_wind_charge undead wither_friends zombies sensitive_to_smite	entity.minecraft.husk

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Family	Translation key
Husk	husk	47	baby_undead husk mob monster undead zombie	entity.husk.name

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

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Achievements that apply to all mobs:

Advancements that apply to all mobs:

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				The husk spawn egg has been re-added.
							Husks now avoid water.
							Husks can no longer spawn from zombie spawn eggs used in the desert.
							Husks now have their own entity ID separate from zombies.
1.13			18w19a				Husks now sink underwater.
							Husks no longer drown underwater.
			18w21b				Husks now convert into zombies when submerged for some time.
							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.
			19w41a				Husks now have completely black heads.
			19w42a				Husk heads now once again appear correctly.[3]
			19w46a				Baby husks can now be spawned by using their spawn egg on it.[4]
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			pre1				Husks no longer pick up glow ink sacs, to prevent them from persisting after picking up loot from a dead glow squid.
1.20.3 Experiment Update 1.21			23w45a				Husks now spawn in trial chambers behind the "Update 1.21" experimental data pack.
1.20.5 Experiment Update 1.21			24w04a				Husks no longer retaliate against attacks from the breeze.
1.21.2			24w33a				Husks now spawn more husks as zombie reinforcements instead of regular zombies and can only do that in the overworld.[5]
							Now naturaly spawn with armor in the order of (most likely to least likely): helmet, chestplate, leggings, boots.[6]
			24w36a				Zombies converted from husk now has equal percentage of health as the husk's before conversion.
			24w37a				The change in 24w36a has been reverted
1.21.11			25w41a				Husks can now use spears.
							Husks can now spawn wielding an iron spear.
			25w44a				Husks now have a 10% chance to spawn as a camel husk jockey.
							A husk that spawns riding a camel husk now has a 50% chance of dropping a rabbit foot.
26.1			snap1				Leader husks now spawn with their maximum health instead of 20 health.[7]
			snap7				The model and texture of baby husks have been changed.
			snap10				The model and texture of baby husks have been changed to have their heads not be exactly like the adults.
26.2			snap5				The height of baby husks have been changed from 0.99 blocks to 0.98 blocks, to match Bedrock Edition.

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.
							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.
							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, to prevent them from persisting after picking up loot from a dead glow squid.
1.19.20			Preview 1.19.20.20				10% of husks that spawn can now break doors, instead of all of them.[8]
1.20.30			Preview 1.20.30.21				Husks now have sounds when converting to zombies.
1.20.60 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.20.60.20				Husks now spawn in trial chambers behind the "Update 1.21" experimental toggle.
1.20.70 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.20.70.21				Husks no longer retaliate against attacks from breezes.
1.21.130			Preview 1.21.130.20				Husks can now spawn holding iron spears.
			Preview 1.21.130.22				Husks can now use the spear's charge attack.
			Preview 1.21.130.24				Husks can now spawn as a rider of a camel husk jockey, wielding an iron spear.
			Preview 1.21.130.27				Husk that have spawned riding camel husks now have a 50% chance of dropping rabbit feet.
26.10			Preview 26.10.23				The model and texture of baby husks have been changed.
			Preview 26.10.24				Baby husks no longer raise their arms when holding items.[9]
			Preview 26.10.25				The model and texture of baby husks have been changed to have their heads not be exactly like the adults.
26.20			Preview 26.20.22				The hitboxes of baby husks have been changed, to closely match Java Edition.[10]

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15	1.0.1	Added husks and baby husks.
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Added husk spawn eggs, which husks can be spawned from.
							Husks can no longer spawn from zombie spawn eggs used in the desert.
TU60	CU51	1.64	1.64	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	1.76	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.

• 
  First image of husks in Bedrock Edition.
• 
  A husk wearing gold armor in Pocket Edition.

Java Edition
1.11			16w32a				Husks now have their own entity ID separate from zombies.
1.20.3			23w40a				Husks are now part of the #can_breathe_under_water, #undead and #zombies tags.
Bedrock Edition
1.21.130			Preview 1.21.130.26				Husks that have spawned riding camel husks are now part of a new family, husk_rider.
							Baby husks are now part of a new family, baby_husk.
26.0			Preview 26.0.23				Adult husks that spawn now have the minecraft:as_adult event applied.[11]
							Baby husks that spawn now have the minecraft:as_baby event applied.[11]
							Baby husks that find mounts that spawn now have the minecraft:as_baby_jockey event applied.[11]
			Preview 26.0.27				The baby_husk family has been removed and replaced with baby_undead. However, baby husks are not part of this family due to a typo.
26.10			Preview 26.10.24				Fixed the baby_undead family typo preventing baby husks from mounting mobs.

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

• The husk was created by Jason Mayer at a game jam and shown to Jens Bergensten.^[12]
• Husks are slightly taller than regular zombies.‌^{[JE only]}
  • Their hitbox is still exactly 2 blocks.

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  A husk wielding an iron spear
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  Husk Chicken Jockey
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  Husk targeting
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  Baby husk targeting

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  Three adult husks and a baby husk.
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  A naturally spawned husk in a desert biome.
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  Zuri, zombie and husk size comparison.
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  A husk peering into a village building.
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  A baby zombie standing next to a baby husk.
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  Multiple husks wearing pumpkins on Halloween.

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  Alex fighting a husk with a mace.
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  Several husks in a trial chamber.
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  A husk chicken jockey with a warm chicken.

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  Husk texture file.
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  Baby husk texture.

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  A husk sneezing on a magma cube.
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  Husks trying to overwhelm a camel.^[13]
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  Lego Minecraft husk.
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  A blanket for Minecraft Dungeons, featuring husks.
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  Steve running from two husks.
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  Steve and Alex riding a camel while fleeing from two husks.
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  Ari and Sunny fighting husks in a trial chamber.
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  Target of a husk wearing a cowboy hat from the Universal Studios Event.
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  Husks as they appear in the Timeless Trails DLC.
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  The poisonous potato husk from 24w14potato.
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  A husk as seen in Minecraft Dungeons.

• Zombie
• Drowned
• Camel Husk

• Meet the Husk – Minecraft.net on August 14, 2017