Minecraft:Chicken Jockey

Template:Hatnote Template:Infobox entity A chicken jockey<ref>Template:Tweet</ref> is the rare appearance of a baby Minecraft:zombie, baby Minecraft:husk, or a gurgle (or baby zombie villager, or baby zombified piglin in Template:Editions<ref>Not in Template:Editions due to Template:Bug and Template:Bug.</ref>) riding a chicken. in Template:Editions, baby zombies and variants can also mount other common Minecraft:mobs.

Spawning

in Template:Editions, chicken jockeys spawn directly in the world, like all other mobs. in Template:Editions, baby zombies and certain variants do not spawn directly but instead mount other nearby mobs.

Direct spawning

Each baby zombie, baby zombie villager, baby husk, baby drowned or baby zombified piglin that spawns naturally has a 5% chance to check for an existing chicken within an approximately 10×6×10 (L*H*W) box centered on the baby's spawn location and spawn riding one of those chickens if there are any. If it fails that 5% chance, there is an additional 5% chance of the baby spawning mounted on a new adult chicken.

Therefore, in a chicken-free environment, each baby zombie has a 4.75% chance of spawning directly as a chicken jockey. If chickens are present, this chance increases to 9.75%.

Taking into consideration the fact that each type of zombie has a 5% chance of spawning as a baby, each spawned zombie has a 0.2375% chance of directly spawning as a chicken jockey in a chicken-free environment. If chickens are present, the chance increases to 0.4875%.

Chickens that are mounted by zombies despawn naturally, cannot lay eggs, and drop

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Template:Redr. If a jockey spawns riding a new chicken, the variant of the chicken depends on the biome it spawns in. If a jockey spawns riding an existing chicken, the chicken keeps its NBT data (variant, health, custom name, age, etc), but its IsChickenJockey tag is set to 1.

Chicken jockeys can sometimes spawn with equipment. Zombie, zombie villager and husk chicken jockeys may spawn holding an iron sword, iron spear, or iron shovel, and wearing Minecraft:armor. Drowned chicken jockeys may spawn holding a Minecraft:trident, fishing rod, or nautilus shell. Zombified piglin chicken jockeys always spawn holding a golden sword or golden spear.

Although chickens take damage from standing on magma blocks, zombified piglin chicken jockeys still spawn on them, killing the chicken and leaving just the baby zombified piglin.

Zombified piglin chicken jockeys do not become hostile if the chicken is attacked or killed.

Due to the biomes the riders spawn in, husk and zombified piglin chicken jockeys can only spawn with a warm chicken, unless they spawn riding an existing chicken. If a zombified piglin chicken jockey spawns from a Nether portal block, the variant of the chicken depends on the biome the portal block is located in.

Mounting

in Template:Editions, 15% of naturally spawned baby zombies, baby husks and gurgles can mount other mobs when spawned. This includes baby zombies summoned by monster spawners and spawn eggs. Such a mob can be summoned with the minecraft:as_baby_jockey Minecraft:spawn event.

The following mobs can be mounted:

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Due to another bug, baby zombie villagers can no longer mount mobs as jockeys.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Drops

The baby Minecraft:zombie (or variant) and the ridden mob each drop the same items they normally would. If the baby zombie or baby huskTemplate:Only<ref name=":0">Template:Bug</ref> is killed by a player or tamed Minecraft:wolf while riding a chicken, it also drops the Lava Chicken music disc. Note that the jockey must be a zombie, not a zombie villager, Minecraft:husk,Template:Only drowned, or zombified piglin, and it must ride a chicken.

Behavior

{{#vardefine:params|0 }}Template:Hatnote The jockey’s behavior is controlled by the rider.

• Chicken jockeys fall slowly and do not take fall damage, like normal chickens.
• The ridden mob can run through 1 block high gaps if its hitbox allows it. The rider suffocates unless the above block is transparent.
• The rider can pick up/equip items if capable.
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• Zombie riders (both the riders and ridden mobs<ref>Template:Bug</ref>) despawn like regular hostile mobs.
• in Template:Editions, the chicken acts like a regular passive mob again if the rider is killed, but still does not lay eggs and may despawn.
• Only the ridden mob needs a name tag to prevent both the ridden mob and rider from despawning.
• Curing a zombie villager jockey:
  • in Template:Editions: turns it into a villager chicken jockey. The baby villager continues to ride the chicken if it grows up<ref>Template:Bug</ref> or turns into a Minecraft:witch.
  • in Template:Editions: dismounts the villager riding the jockey after it has been cured.

History

Trivia

• in Template:Editions, the chance for a baby zombie villager to spawn wearing full enchanted diamond armor holding an enchanted iron sword in its left hand while riding a chicken is about 1 in 2.91082×10²², however it is still not the rarest jockey.
• in Template:Editions, the rarest mob is the zombie villager chicken jockey from abandoned jungle village with fully enchanted diamond armor, jack o'lantern, leader attributes, and an enchanted iron sword in its left hand.
• in Template:Editions, the rarest Minecraft:jockey is a baby Minecraft:zombie with full enchanted diamond armor with an enchanted iron spear riding a baby brown panda.
• in Template:Editions as of 26.0, if there were no bugs, there are 3074 possible zombie (variant) riders, when including all mob variants. This does not include different armor configurations for zombies, husks, and zombified piglins, cat, chicken, cow, pig, and wolf sound variants, and statistics.
• Zombified piglin chicken jockeys can spawn from portals in the Minecraft:Overworld.
• A chicken jockey is the main protagonist of the openings for MINECON Live 2019 and Minecraft Live 2020.

Gallery

Renders

Chicken jockey

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Jockey		Chicken variant
		Temperate	Warm	Cold
Zombie		File:Chicken Jockey.png	File:Warm Chicken Jockey.png	To be rendered
Husk		File:Chicken Husk Jockey.png	File:Warm Chicken Husk Jockey.png	To be rendered
Gurgle		File:Chicken Gurgle Jockey.png	File:Warm Chicken Gurgle Jockey.png	To be rendered
Zombified piglin		File:Chicken Zombified Piglin Jockey.png	File:Warm Chicken Zombified Piglin Jockey.png	To be rendered
Zombie villager jockey renders
Zombie villager	Plains	File:Chicken Plains Zombie Villager Jockey.png	File:Warm Chicken Plains Zombie Villager Jockey.png	To be rendered
	Desert	File:Chicken Desert Zombie Villager Jockey.png	File:Warm Chicken Desert Zombie Villager Jockey.png	To be rendered
	Savanna	File:Chicken Savanna Zombie Villager Jockey.png	File:Warm Chicken Savanna Zombie Villager Jockey.png	To be rendered
	Taiga	File:Chicken Taiga Zombie Villager Jockey.png	File:Warm Chicken Taiga Zombie Villager Jockey.png	To be rendered
	Snowy	File:Chicken Snowy Plains Zombie Villager Jockey.png	File:Warm Chicken Snowy Zombie Villager Jockey.png	To be rendered
	Jungle	File:Chicken Jungle Zombie Villager Jockey.png	File:Warm Chicken Jungle Zombie Villager Jockey.png	To be rendered
	Swamp	File:Chicken Swamp Zombie Villager Jockey.png	File:Warm Chicken Swamp Zombie Villager Jockey.png	To be rendered

• A zombie villager chicken jockey, wearing full enchanted diamond Minecraft:armor and holding an enchanted iron sword in its left hand. This is one of the rarest possible jockeys in Template:Editions.
  A zombie villager chicken jockey, wearing full enchanted diamond Minecraft:armor and holding an enchanted iron sword in its left hand. This is one of the rarest possible jockeys in Template:Editions.
• A zombie chicken jockey with diamond armor and a diamond sword.
  A zombie chicken jockey with diamond armor and a diamond sword.

Mounts

• Adult zombie jockey
  Adult zombie jockey
• Adult zombie villager jockey
  Adult zombie villager jockey
• Adult husk jockey
  Adult husk jockey
• Adult zombified piglin jockey
  Adult zombified piglin jockey
• Pig jockey
  Pig jockey
• Cow jockey
  Cow jockey
• Mooshroom jockey
  Mooshroom jockey
• Sheep jockey
  Sheep jockey
• Wolf jockey
  Wolf jockey
• Ocelot jockey
  Ocelot jockey
• Stray cat jockey
  Stray cat jockey
• Horse jockey
  Horse jockey
• Panda jockey
  Panda jockey
• Spider jockey
  Spider jockey
• Cave spider jockey
  Cave spider jockey
• Adult husk jockey
  Adult husk jockey
• Zombie nautilus jockey
  Zombie nautilus jockey

Screenshots

• A baby zombie inside a chicken before 1.7.4 and in 14w25b.
  A baby zombie inside a chicken before 1.7.4 and in 14w25b.
• A chicken jockey with some other chickens walking around.
  A chicken jockey with some other chickens walking around.
• Chickens can still lay Minecraft:eggs while being ridden when spawned with commands without the #REDIRECT Template:Code Template:Redr tag.
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• A chicken jockey named "Dinnerbone".
  A chicken jockey named "Dinnerbone".
• A baby zombie villager chicken jockey.
  A baby zombie villager chicken jockey.
• The chicken hitbox below the Minecraft:zombie.
  The chicken hitbox below the Minecraft:zombie.
• Hitting from below leaves the zombie unharmed.
  Hitting from below leaves the zombie unharmed.
• The four variations of chicken jockeys using "Grumm" or "Dinnerbone" name tags.
  The four variations of chicken jockeys using "Grumm" or "Dinnerbone" name tags.
• The Minecraft:zombie on the chicken jockey (pre-1.8) has picked up an Minecraft:egg that the chicken laid.
  The Minecraft:zombie on the chicken jockey (pre-1.8) has picked up an Minecraft:egg that the chicken laid.
• A chicken jockey in Template:Editions.
  A chicken jockey in Template:Editions.
• A chicken jockey that broke into a house.
  A chicken jockey that broke into a house.
• A drowned chicken jockey.
  A drowned chicken jockey.
• A zombified piglin chicken jockey in Minecraft:the Nether before 1.21.5.
  A zombified piglin chicken jockey in Minecraft:the Nether before 1.21.5.
• A detached chicken jockey.
  A detached chicken jockey.
• A chicken jockey's Minecraft:zombie burning up in the sun.
  A chicken jockey's Minecraft:zombie burning up in the sun.
• A baby zombified piglin chicken jockey spawned by a monster spawner.
  A baby zombified piglin chicken jockey spawned by a monster spawner.
• Chicken jockey found in a cave.
  Chicken jockey found in a cave.
• A baby zombified piglin riding an existing baby cold chicken.
  A baby zombified piglin riding an existing baby cold chicken.
• A giant chicken jockey
  A giant chicken jockey

Mojang screenshots

• The first image of chicken jockeys.
  The first image of chicken jockeys.
• An image that inspired the chicken jockey.
  An image that inspired the chicken jockey.
• An image that inspired the chicken jockey.
  An image that inspired the chicken jockey.
• A chicken jockey in a chicken pen.
  A chicken jockey in a chicken pen.

In other media

• File:Mob chickenjockey header.jpeg
• Chicken jockey artwork.
  Chicken jockey artwork.
• Chicken jockeys artwork.
  Chicken jockeys artwork.
• Animation of a chicken running, created for the Mounts of Mayhem trailer
  Animation of a chicken running, created for the Mounts of Mayhem trailer
• Chicken jockey animated artwork.
  Chicken jockey animated artwork.
• A chicken jockey trying to keep up with an array of Minecraft:minecarts.
  A chicken jockey trying to keep up with an array of Minecraft:minecarts.
• Chicken jockey from the Mobestiary.
  Chicken jockey from the Mobestiary.
• Lego Minecraft chicken jockey.
  Lego Minecraft chicken jockey.
• Flippin' Figs figure of a chicken jockey.
  Flippin' Figs figure of a chicken jockey.
• A chicken jockey in Minecraft: Story Mode.
  A chicken jockey in Minecraft: Story Mode.
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• Chicken jockeys racing.
  Chicken jockeys racing.
• A chicken jockey in the Mounts of Mayhem key art.
  A chicken jockey in the Mounts of Mayhem key art.
• A chicken jockey tower in Minecraft Dungeons
  A chicken jockey tower in Minecraft Dungeons

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