Minecraft:Frostbite

Template:Redirect Template:For Template:In development Template:Infobox entity A frostbite is a variant of the Minecraft:zombie that spawns in cold Minecraft:biomes or when a zombie is submerged in Minecraft:powder snow. Its melee attacks apply the Minecraft:Freezing effect to their target, and it can sometimes spawn holding Minecraft:ice balls, which are thrown as a ranged attack. They also have a bit more health than the regular zombie.

Spawning

Natural spawning

Frostbites spawn in some snowy biomes, such as Minecraft:ice spikes and Minecraft:ice caves. Template:Mob spawn table

Conversion

Minecraft:Zombies and Minecraft:husksTemplate:Only transform into frostbites when submerged inside Minecraft:powder snow for 22 seconds and retain equipped Minecraft:tools and Minecraft:armor. Like husks, frostbites transform into zombies when submerged inside water for 30 seconds. If the resulting zombie remains submerged in water, it can subsequently transform into a Minecraft:drowned, although drowned cannot turn back into frostbites.

Unlike Minecraft:skeletons converting to Minecraft:strays, zombies and husks that are transforming in powder snow take damage before their transformation.

Variants

Baby frostbites

Baby frostbites make up 5% of frostbite spawns. They behave similarly to regular frostbites, with the following differences:

• They are much faster than normal frostbites, yet they have the same Minecraft:health.
• The noises they make are higher-pitched than adult frostbite Minecraft:sound effects.
• Worn Minecraft:armor shrinks to fit their body size.
• They are able to fit through 1×1 Minecraft:block gaps.
• They give 12 Minecraft:experience points when killed by the player or a tamed wolf instead of 5.
• Unlike most other Minecraft:baby mobs, they remain babies indefinitely and never become adult frostbites, therefore Minecraft:golden dandelions do not work.
• They have a decreased hitbox size.

Jockeys

Template:Main Template:IN, every baby frostbite has a chance to spawn as a chicken jockey. In a Minecraft:chicken-free environment, each baby has a 4.75% chance of spawning as a chicken jockey, for a total 0.2375% chance for each spawned frostbite to spawn as a chicken jockey; if chickens are present, the chance increases to 0.4875%.

Template:IN, 15% of naturally spawned baby frostbites can start riding a mob and become a Minecraft:jockey after it spawns. A jockey mob ridden by a baby frostbite adapts to the speed of its rider. A baby frostbite can ride: Template:Columns-list

Drops

Behavior

Attacking

A frostbite primarily uses its melee attack, which will apply the Minecraft:Freezing effect for 3 seconds to their target. Unlike Minecraft:husks, they can apply this effect while holding a weapon.

They sometimes spawn holding Minecraft:ice balls and can throw them as a ranged attack. They throw ice balls at range within 16 blocks while moving toward their target, and switch to melee attacks when they get within 2 blocks of the player. Frostbites also throw ice balls if they pick up an ice ball Minecraft:item off the ground.

Frostbites attack Minecraft:players, Minecraft:villagers, Minecraft:wandering traders, Minecraft:iron golems, Minecraft:snow golems, and baby Minecraft:turtles.

Mob type

Being an Minecraft:undead mob, they are:

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

Picking up items

Template:Main Like zombies, some frostbites spawn with the ability to pick up dropped Minecraft:items from the ground in Normal and Hard Minecraft:difficulty, with the chance being higher in the latter. Template:IN, frostbites pick up items that they happen to walk near. Template:IN, they actively search for and walk toward dropped items.

Template:IN, standard frostbites can pick up any item except for Minecraft:glow ink sacs and Minecraft:spears. Template:IN, they can only pick up Minecraft:ice balls, Minecraft:swords, Minecraft:armor, and Minecraft:carved pumpkins. Minecraft:Chicken jockey riders also cannot pick up any variant of an Minecraft:eggTemplate:Verify.

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

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

Picked-up items do not cause the frostbite to drop more experience when killed.

Powder snow

Frostbites do not sink in or take damage from Minecraft:powder snow, and their jump height and speed is unimpeded by it. They can ascend through multiple layers of powdered snow like Minecraft:scaffolding.

Jockey

File:Baby Zombie Riding Frostbite.png

An unarmed frostbite ridden by a baby zombie

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

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Data values

ID

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Achievements

Achievements that apply to all mobs: Template:Collapse

History

Trivia

• The frostbite could be considered a successor to the Template:MCD from Template:MCD, another ice-covered zombie variant which notably also attacks with thrown ice projectiles in addition to the standard melee attacks. Both are very similar in appearance as well, with the only significant difference being that the frostbite uses an original clothing design, whereas the frozen zombie simply reuses the clothes of the normal zombie.
  • The frostbite's texture even includes the palette, positioned identically to the palette in the frozen zombie's texture from Minecraft Dungeons.

Gallery

Mojang images

• Minecraft:Efe running from frostbites
  Minecraft:Efe running from frostbites
• Minecraft:Kai beside a frostbite
  Minecraft:Kai beside a frostbite
• A young and adult frostbite
  A young and adult frostbite
• Frostbites with a Minecraft:stray
  Frostbites with a Minecraft:stray

Development images

• A screenshot of a frostbite
  A screenshot of a frostbite
• A baby frostbite holding an ice ball
  A baby frostbite holding an ice ball

Renders

With an Ice Ball

• Adult
  Adult
• Baby
  Baby

Targeting

• Adult
  Adult
• Baby
  Baby

Textures

• Frostbite texture on Template:JE
  Frostbite texture on Template:JE
• Frostbite overlay texture on Java Edition
  Frostbite overlay texture on Java Edition
• Frostbite texture on Template:BE
  Frostbite texture on Template:BE
• Baby frostbite texture
  Baby frostbite texture

See also

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