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A '''zombie villager''' is a variant of the [[Minecraft:zombie]] that can be cured into a normal [[Minecraft:villager]] using a [[Minecraft:golden apple]] while it is under the effect of [[Minecraft:Weakness]].
A '''zombie villager''' is a variant of the [[Minecraft:zombie]] that can be cured into a normal [[Minecraft:villager]] by using a [[Minecraft:golden apple]] on it while it is under the effect of [[Minecraft:Weakness]].


== Spawning ==
== Spawning ==
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[[Minecraft:Chicken jockey]] riders cannot pick up any variant of an [[Minecraft:egg]].
[[Minecraft:Chicken jockey]] riders cannot pick up any variant of an [[Minecraft:egg]].


In {{BE}}, due to a bug, zombies villagers, as well as zombies, husks, and drowned can also wear [[Minecraft:horse armor]], [[Minecraft:nautilus armor]], and [[Minecraft:wolf armor]].<ref>{{bug|MCPE-233468||Zombies can wear Wolf Armor}}</ref><ref>{{bug|MCPE-239868||All types of zombies including zombie villagers can equip wolf armor, nautilus armor and horse armor.|Duplicate}}</ref>
In {{BE}}, due to a bug, zombies villagers, as well as zombies, husks, and drowned can also wear [[Minecraft:horse armor]], [[Minecraft:nautilus armor]], and [[Minecraft:wolf armor]].<ref>{{bug|MCPE-233468||Zombies and their variants can wear Wolf, Horse, and Nautilus Armor}}</ref>


=== Curing ===
=== Curing ===
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=== Textures ===
=== Textures ===
<gallery class="pixel-image">
<gallery class="pixel-image">
Zombie Villager (texture).png|Base texture file.
Zombie Villager (texture).png|Base texture file
Desert (zombie villager texture).png|Desert overlay texture file.
Desert (zombie villager texture).png|Desert overlay texture file
Jungle (zombie villager texture).png|Jungle overlay texture file.
Jungle (zombie villager texture).png|Jungle overlay texture file
Plains (zombie villager texture).png|Plains overlay texture file.
Plains (zombie villager texture).png|Plains overlay texture file
Savanna (zombie villager texture).png|Savanna overlay texture file.
Savanna (zombie villager texture).png|Savanna overlay texture file
Snow (zombie villager texture).png|Snow overlay texture file.
Snow (zombie villager texture).png|Snow overlay texture file
Swamp (zombie villager texture).png|Swamp overlay texture file.
Swamp (zombie villager texture).png|Swamp overlay texture file
Taiga (zombie villager texture).png|Taiga overlay texture file.
Taiga (zombie villager texture).png|Taiga overlay texture file
Armorer (zombie villager texture).png|Armorer overlay texture file.
Armorer (zombie villager texture).png|Armorer overlay texture file
Butcher (zombie villager texture).png|Butcher overlay texture file.
Butcher (zombie villager texture).png|Butcher overlay texture file
Cartographer (zombie villager texture).png|Cartographer overlay texture file.
Cartographer (zombie villager texture).png|Cartographer overlay texture file
Cleric (zombie villager texture).png|Cleric overlay texture file.
Cleric (zombie villager texture).png|Cleric overlay texture file
Farmer (zombie villager texture).png|Farmer overlay texture file.
Farmer (zombie villager texture).png|Farmer overlay texture file
Fisher (zombie villager texture).png|Fisherman overlay texture file.
Fisher (zombie villager texture).png|Fisherman overlay texture file
Fletcher (zombie villager texture).png|Fletcher overlay texture file.
Fletcher (zombie villager texture).png|Fletcher overlay texture file
Leatherworker (zombie villager texture).png|Leatherworker overlay texture file.
Leatherworker (zombie villager texture).png|Leatherworker overlay texture file
Librarian (zombie villager texture).png|Librarian overlay texture file.
Librarian (zombie villager texture).png|Librarian overlay texture file
Mason (zombie villager texture).png|Mason overlay texture file.
Mason (zombie villager texture).png|Mason overlay texture file
Shepherd (zombie villager texture).png|Shepherd overlay texture file.
Shepherd (zombie villager texture).png|Shepherd overlay texture file
Toolsmith (zombie villager texture).png|Toolsmith overlay texture file.
Toolsmith (zombie villager texture).png|Toolsmith overlay texture file
Weaponsmith (zombie villager texture).png|Weaponsmith overlay texture file.
Weaponsmith (zombie villager texture).png|Weaponsmith overlay texture file
Nitwit (zombie villager texture).png|Nitwit overlay texture file.
Nitwit (zombie villager texture).png|Nitwit overlay texture file
Baby Zombie Villager (texture).png|Baby base texture file.
Baby Zombie Villager (texture).png|Baby base texture file
Baby Desert (zombie villager texture).png|Baby desert overlay texture file.
Baby Desert (zombie villager texture).png|Baby desert overlay texture file
Baby Jungle (zombie villager texture).png|Baby jungle overlay texture file.
Baby Jungle (zombie villager texture).png|Baby jungle overlay texture file
Baby Plains (zombie villager texture).png|Baby plains overlay texture file.
Baby Plains (zombie villager texture).png|Baby plains overlay texture file
Baby Savanna (zombie villager texture).png|Baby savanna overlay texture file.
Baby Savanna (zombie villager texture).png|Baby savanna overlay texture file
Baby Snow (zombie villager texture).png|Baby snow overlay texture file.
Baby Snow (zombie villager texture).png|Baby snow overlay texture file
Baby Swamp (zombie villager texture).png|Baby swamp overlay texture file.
Baby Swamp (zombie villager texture).png|Baby swamp overlay texture file
Baby Taiga (zombie villager texture).png|Baby taiga overlay texture file.
Baby Taiga (zombie villager texture).png|Baby taiga overlay texture file
</gallery>
</gallery>


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Swamp Zombie Villager Base.png
Swamp Zombie Villager Base.png
Taiga Zombie Villager Base.png
Taiga Zombie Villager Base.png
Zombie Villager Base.png|The base skin for all zombie villagers. This is never seen in-game.
Zombie Villager Base.png|The base skin for all zombie villagers. This is never seen in-game
Over power zombie villager jockey JE3 BE3.png
Over power zombie villager jockey JE3 BE3.png
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=== Screenshots ===
=== Screenshots ===
<gallery>
<gallery>
ZombieVillagerWithWS.png|A zombie villager wearing a [[Minecraft:wither skeleton skull]]
File:ZombieVillagerWithWS.png|A zombie villager wearing a [[Minecraft:wither skeleton skull]]
Zombie villager with enchanted diamond sword and armor.png|A [[Minecraft:player]]-[[Minecraft:armor]]ed zombie villager
File:Zombie villager with enchanted diamond sword and armor.png|A [[Minecraft:player]]-[[Minecraft:armor]]ed zombie villager
Zombie Villagers 18w50a.png|Zombie villagers from 18w50a
File:Zombie Villagers 18w50a.png|Zombie villagers from 18w50a
TestifiZombie.png|A zombie villager in a full set of golden [[Minecraft:armor]]
File:TestifiZombie.png|A zombie villager in a full set of golden [[Minecraft:armor]]
Zombie Villager with Golden Difference.png|A comparison of zombie villagers wearing golden armor between ''Java'' and ''Bedrock ''editions
File:Zombie Villager with Golden Difference.png|A comparison of zombie villagers wearing golden armor between ''Java'' and ''Bedrock ''editions
ArmoredZombieVillager.png|A zombie villager can be seen outside wearing an enchanted diamond [[Minecraft:helmet]] and [[Minecraft:chestplate]].
File:ArmoredZombieVillager.png|A zombie villager can be seen outside wearing an enchanted diamond [[Minecraft:helmet]] and [[Minecraft:chestplate]].
ZombieVillageDaylight.png|A zombie village during the day. Multiple zombie villagers can be seen burning.
File:ZombieVillageDaylight.png|A zombie village during the day. Multiple zombie villagers can be seen burning.
Zombie villager on Halloween.png|A zombie villager wearing a pumpkin on Halloween
File:Zombie villager on Halloween.png|A zombie villager wearing a pumpkin on Halloween
Zombie Villager in Version 1.14.4.jpg|A zombie villager encountered in the wild
File:Zombie Villager in Version 1.14.4.jpg|A zombie villager encountered in the wild
Zombie Villager under tree.png|A zombie villager under a tree
File:Zombie Villager under tree.png|A zombie villager under a tree
Savanna Zombie Farmer with Carved Pumpkin.jpg|A savanna zombie villager wearing a carved pumpkin
File:Savanna Zombie Farmer with Carved Pumpkin.jpg|A savanna zombie villager wearing a carved pumpkin
File:Zillager and zid.jpg
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</gallery>



Latest revision as of 11:15, 30 August 2026

Template:For Template:Infobox entityTemplate:Relevant tutorial A zombie villager is a variant of the Minecraft:zombie that can be cured into a normal Minecraft:villager by using a Minecraft:golden apple on it while it is under the effect of Minecraft:Weakness.

Spawning

File:Zombie Villager with Enchanted Wep.png
A plains zombie villager with an enchanted iron sword

Template:IN, when Minecraft:zombies spawn during the normal cycle, there is a 5% chance that one of them will be replaced with a zombie villager. This chance increases to 20% in old growth pine taiga biomes.

Template:IN, when zombies spawn during the normal cycle, there is a 5% chance that 2–4 of them will be replaced with zombie villagers.

Template:Mob spawn table

Converting

Additionally, if a Minecraft:zombie, Minecraft:husk, Minecraft:drowned, zombie villager, or Minecraft:zombified piglinTemplate:Only kills a Minecraft:villager, that villager has a chance of turning into a zombie villager depending on the game difficulty.

Difficulty Chance
Easy 0%
Normal 50%
Hard 100%

In Java Edition, a converted zombie villager does not despawn if the player has traded with it at least once prior to its conversion, 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. Template:IN all converted zombie villagers are persistent.

Abandoned villages

Zombie villagers may also spawn as part of abandoned villages during world generation, the number of which depends on the buildings in that village, as some buildings generate zombie villagers inside and some do not. Like villagers, the zombie villagers’ biome outfits are based on the type of village. These zombie villagers are persistent and do not despawn. In Template:BETemplate:Verify, these zombie villagers can open doors instead of breaking them.

Igloo basements

A zombie villager appears alongside a Minecraft:cleric villager in every Minecraft:igloo basement (a normal zombie villager in Bedrock Edition and a cleric zombie villager in Java Edition), both locked in small cages behind Minecraft:iron bars. One of them transforms into a leatherworker, due to the workstation (a cauldron). The zombie villager is persistent and does not despawn.

Reinforcements

Template:Exclusive Template:Main On Hard Minecraft:difficulty, all zombie villagers have a 0-10% chance to spawn other zombie villagers as reinforcements when receiving Minecraft:damage while targeting an Minecraft:entity. Additionally, up to 5% of zombie villagers spawn as leaders, getting a 50-75% boost to that chance.

Variants

Baby zombie villagers

Baby zombie villagers make up 5% of zombie villager spawns. They behave similarly to regular zombie villagers, with the following differences:

Baby zombie villagers are spawned when a Minecraft:zombie kills a baby Minecraft: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.

Mounts

Template:Exclusive Template:IN, 15% of naturally spawned baby zombie villagers can start riding a Minecraft:skeleton horse and become a Minecraft:jockey after it spawns. They are also supposed to ride mobs that baby zombies, baby Minecraft:husks, and Minecraft:gurgles ride but do not due to Template:Bug.

This is due to the fact that in the Template:Cd file, in the Template:Cd component group, it has the Template:Cd component, which has Template:Cd, which makes the baby zombie villager able to ride mobs. However in the Template:Cd event, the { "test": "has_component", "operator": "!=", "value", "minecraft:is_baby" } entity filter tries to prevent adding professions to babies, but filters like this only apply when in a "lifetime" event, not a spawning event. Thus, this filter has no effect on the baby zombie villagers that spawn. The component groups of the professions that zombie villagers have contain the Template:Cd components that override the Template:Cd component group's Template:Cd component, preventing baby zombie villagers being part of the Template:Cd Minecraft:family, which prevents them from riding mobs. However, they are still part of the Template:Cd family, and skeleton horses are rideable by mobs in said family, which means that baby zombie villager jockeys can only search for nearby skeleton horses to mount.

Using the Template:Cmd command, it is possible to make a "converted" baby zombie villager ride:Template:Columns-list

Geared zombie villagers

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

  • if the new Minecraft:item is Minecraft:armor or a sword and the old item was not (for example, zombie villagers prefer Minecraft:swords to Minecraft:pickaxes and Minecraft:helmets to Minecraft: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.

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

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

Some zombie villagers that are capable of picking up Minecraft:items spawn already in possession of such items, and those items may also be Minecraft:enchanted. The chances of that event are listed below. If a zombie villager spawns wearing multiple pieces of Minecraft: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 Minecraft:difficulty
Easy Normal Hard
Can pick up loot 0% 0%-55%<ref group="note" name="localdifficulty"/> 6.875%-55%<ref group="note" name="localdifficulty"/>
Armor 0% 0%-15%<ref group="note" name="localdifficulty">Value is based on the Minecraft:regional difficulty.</ref> 1.875%-15%<ref group="note" name="localdifficulty"/>
Armor enchantment<ref group="note" name="enchantment"/> 0% 0%-50%<ref group="note" name="localdifficulty"/> 6.25%-50%<ref group="note" name="localdifficulty"/>
Weapon<ref group="note">Template:Frac chance of an iron sword, Template:Frac chance of an iron spear, Template:Frac chance of an iron shovel</ref> 1% 1% 5%
Weapon enchantment<ref group="note" name="enchantment">Enchantment is the same as on an enchantment table at level 5–22.<ref group="note" name="localdifficulty"/></ref> 0% 0%-25%<ref group="note" name="localdifficulty"/> 3.125%-25%<ref group="note" name="localdifficulty"/>

Template:Notelist

If a zombie villager 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 particular materials 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%

Any zombie villager that spawns with equipmentTemplate:Only (picked-up items don't count) Minecraft:drops 1–3 extra Minecraft:experience per Minecraft: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
Biome
Desert Jungle Plains Savanna Snowy Swamp Taiga
Unemployed N/A File:Desert Zombie Villager Base.png File:Jungle Zombie Villager Base.png File:Plains Zombie Villager Base JE1.png File:Savanna Zombie Villager Base.png File:Snowy Zombie Villager Base.png File:Swamp Zombie Villager Base.png File:Taiga Zombie Villager Base.png
Armorer Template:BlockLink File:Desert Zombie Armorer.png File:Jungle Zombie Armorer.png File:Plains Zombie Armorer.png File:Savanna Zombie Armorer.png File:Snowy Zombie Armorer.png File:Swamp Zombie Armorer.png File:Taiga Zombie Armorer.png
Butcher Template:BlockLink File:Desert Zombie Butcher.png File:Jungle Zombie Butcher.png File:Plains Zombie Butcher.png File:Savanna Zombie Butcher.png File:Snowy Zombie Butcher.png File:Swamp Zombie Butcher.png File:Taiga Zombie Butcher.png
Cartographer Template:BlockLink File:Desert Zombie Cartographer.png File:Jungle Zombie Cartographer.png File:Plains Zombie Cartographer.png File:Savanna Zombie Cartographer.png File:Snowy Zombie Cartographer.png File:Swamp Zombie Cartographer.png File:Taiga Zombie Cartographer.png
Cleric Template:BlockLink File:Desert Zombie Cleric.png File:Jungle Zombie Cleric.png File:Plains Zombie Cleric.png File:Savanna Zombie Cleric.png File:Snowy Zombie Cleric.png File:Swamp Zombie Cleric.png File:Taiga Zombie Cleric.png
Farmer Template:BlockLink File:Desert Zombie Farmer.png File:Jungle Zombie Farmer.png File:Plains Zombie Farmer.png File:Savanna Zombie Farmer.png File:Snowy Zombie Farmer.png File:Swamp Zombie Farmer.png File:Taiga Zombie Farmer.png
Fisherman Template:BlockLink File:Desert Zombie Fisherman.png File:Jungle Zombie Fisherman.png File:Plains Zombie Fisherman.png File:Savanna Zombie Fisherman.png File:Snowy Zombie Fisherman.png File:Swamp Zombie Fisherman.png File:Taiga Zombie Fisherman.png
Fletcher Template:BlockLink File:Desert Zombie Fletcher.png File:Jungle Zombie Fletcher.png File:Plains Zombie Fletcher.png File:Savanna Zombie Fletcher.png File:Snowy Zombie Fletcher.png File:Swamp Zombie Fletcher.png File:Taiga Zombie Fletcher.png
Leatherworker Template:BlockLink File:Desert Zombie Leatherworker.png File:Jungle Zombie Leatherworker.png File:Plains Zombie Leatherworker.png File:Savanna Zombie Leatherworker.png File:Snowy Zombie Leatherworker.png File:Swamp Zombie Leatherworker.png File:Taiga Zombie Leatherworker.png
Librarian Template:BlockLink File:Desert Zombie Librarian.png File:Jungle Zombie Librarian.png File:Plains Zombie Librarian.png File:Savanna Zombie Librarian.png File:Snowy Zombie Librarian.png File:Swamp Zombie Librarian.png File:Taiga Zombie Librarian.png
Mason Template:BlockLink File:Desert Zombie Mason.png File:Jungle Zombie Mason.png File:Plains Zombie Mason.png File:Savanna Zombie Mason.png File:Snowy Zombie Mason.png File:Swamp Zombie Mason.png File:Taiga Zombie Mason.png
Nitwit N/A File:Desert Zombie Nitwit.png File:Jungle Zombie Nitwit.png File:Plains Zombie Nitwit.png File:Savanna Zombie Nitwit.png File:Snowy Zombie Nitwit.png File:Swamp Zombie Nitwit.png File:Taiga Zombie Nitwit.png
Shepherd Template:BlockLink File:Desert Zombie Shepherd.png File:Jungle Zombie Shepherd.png File:Plains Zombie Shepherd.png File:Savanna Zombie Shepherd.png File:Snowy Zombie Shepherd.png File:Swamp Zombie Shepherd.png File:Taiga Zombie Shepherd.png
Toolsmith Template:BlockLink File:Desert Zombie Toolsmith.png File:Jungle Zombie Toolsmith.png File:Plains Zombie Toolsmith.png File:Savanna Zombie Toolsmith.png File:Snowy Zombie Toolsmith.png File:Swamp Zombie Toolsmith.png File:Taiga Zombie Toolsmith.png
Weaponsmith Template:BlockLink File:Desert Zombie Weaponsmith.png File:Jungle Zombie Weaponsmith.png File:Plains Zombie Weaponsmith.png File:Savanna Zombie Weaponsmith.png File:Snowy Zombie Weaponsmith.png File:Swamp Zombie Weaponsmith.png File:Taiga Zombie Weaponsmith.png

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Variant spawning

A zombie villager has variants depending on what biome it had spawned in, a Minecraft:Plains variant spawning in Minecraft:Sunflower Plains is an example.

Plains variantTemplate:Columns-list Taiga variantTemplate:Columns-list Jungle variant Template:Columns-list Savanna variant Template:Columns-list Snowy variant Template:Columns-list Swamp variant Template:Columns-list Desert variant Template:Columns-list

Drops

On death

Template:DropTable 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.

Taken equipment

When a zombie villager dies, all of its picked-up equipment drops without changing the damage that has accumulated on it Template:In. Template:IN, the armor's durability is still vulnerable to attacks, as if a player is wearing it.Template:Verify

Naturally-spawned equipment

Template:Exclusive In Template:JE<ref>Template:Bug</ref>, a zombie villager can spawn with any of the following:

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 Minecraft:Looting increases the chance by 1 percentage point (11.5% with Looting III).

Template:Notelist

Experience

Adult zombie villagers drop Template:Xp and baby zombie villagers drop Template:Xp when they are killed by a player or a tamed Minecraft:wolf. Any zombie villager that spawns with equipment drops an additional Template:Xp per item.

Behavior

Template:Main

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

Zombie villagers that were converted from Minecraft: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 Minecraft:nitwit outfits. Template:IN, due to a bug, baby zombie villagers can have professions.

Template:IN, zombie villagers are never spawned as part of a Minecraft:zombie siege, but if a zombie villager naturally spawns nearby, it will join the siege and behave like all other zombies.

Using spears

Zombie villagers 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. If a zombie villager accidentally damages a neutral or hostile mob (except goats) with a spear's charge attack, the mob retaliates and attacks that zombie villager.

Mob type

Being an Minecraft:undead mob, they are:

As they are undead and do not grow up, Minecraft:golden dandelions do not work on baby zombie villagers.

Picking up items

Template:Main Like zombies, some zombie villagers spawn with the ability to pick up dropped Minecraft:items from the ground. They can pick up all items except for the Minecraft:glow ink sac. Template:IN, zombie villagers pick up items that they happen to walk near. Template:IN, they actively search for and walk towards dropped items.

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

If a zombie villager encounters another similar Minecraft: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 notTemplate: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 Minecraft:hoppers.

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

Zombie villagers have a higher chance of being able to pick up items in Hard Minecraft:difficulty.

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

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

In Template:BE, due to a bug, zombies villagers, as well as zombies, husks, and drowned can also wear Minecraft:horse armor, Minecraft:nautilus armor, and Minecraft:wolf armor.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Curing

Template:Redirect Template:Relevant tutorial

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

The weakened zombie villager must then be healed by Template:Control a (non-enchanted<ref>Template:Bug</ref>) Minecraft:golden apple on it. The zombie villager begins to shudder to signal that curing is in progress. Also, the Weakness effect is removed, replaced by Minecraft: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 to 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 Minecraft:iron bars or a Minecraft:bed (either half of a bed, detected separately; Minecraft:copper bars are ignored). 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%.<ref>Template:Ytl</ref>

During the curing process, the zombie villager behaves like a normal zombie except that it gains Minecraft:Strength (with a potency that doesn't depend on the Minecraft: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 Minecraft:villager and gains the Minecraft: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 Minecraft: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 Minecraft: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.
  • If cured, naturally spawned zombie villagers keep their profession for one tick then become unemployed.
  • A cured villager gains both the permanent and the temporary but spreadable type of positive gossip from curing.
  • There is a bug whereby if a zombie villager chicken jockey is recently cured, the baby Minecraft:villager will still ride the chicken. The rider will grow to a normal villager after 20 minutes and, if struck by lightning, can be turned into a Minecraft:witch jockey.

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.
  • After the curing process, naturally spawned zombie villagers can gain a different profession from the one they had while zombified.

Jockey

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File:Baby Zombie Riding Zombie Villager.png
A plains zombie villager ridden by a baby zombie

15% of nearby baby Minecraft:zombies, Minecraft:husks, or Minecraft:gurgles may ride an adult zombie villager to form a Minecraft:jockey.

Sounds

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Data values

ID

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Entity data

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

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<section begin="entity data"/>

Type Data value
File:Desert Zombie Villager Base.png Desert minecraft:desert
File:Jungle Zombie Villager Base.png Jungle minecraft:jungle
File:Plains Zombie Villager Base.png Plains minecraft:plains
File:Savanna Zombie Villager Base.png Savanna minecraft:savanna
File:Snowy Zombie Villager Base.png Snowy minecraft:snow
File:Swamp Zombie Villager Base.png Swamp minecraft:swamp
File:Taiga Zombie Villager Base.png Taiga minecraft:taiga
Profession Data value
File:Plains Zombie Armorer.png Armorer minecraft:armorer
File:Plains Zombie Butcher.png Butcher minecraft:butcher
File:Plains Zombie Cartographer.png Cartographer minecraft:cartographer
File:Plains Zombie Cleric.png Cleric minecraft:cleric
File:Plains Zombie Farmer.png Farmer minecraft:farmer
File:Plains Zombie Fisherman.png Fisherman minecraft:fisherman
File:Plains Zombie Fletcher.png Fletcher minecraft:fletcher
File:Plains Zombie Leatherworker.png Leatherworker minecraft:leatherworker
File:Plains Zombie Librarian.png Librarian minecraft:librarian
File:Plains Zombie Nitwit.png Nitwit minecraft:nitwit
File:Plains Zombie Villager Base.png Unemployed minecraft:none
File:Plains Zombie Mason.png Mason minecraft:mason
File:Plains Zombie Shepherd.png Shepherd minecraft:shepherd
File:Plains Zombie Toolsmith.png Toolsmith minecraft:toolsmith
File:Plains Zombie Weaponsmith.png Weaponsmith minecraft:weaponsmith

<section end="entity data"/>

Achievements

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Advancements

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Videos

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History

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Legacy Console Edition

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Data history

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Issues

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Trivia

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Textures

Renders

Halloween

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References

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