Zombie Horse

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Zombie Horse

Adult
Java Edition

Adult
Bedrock Edition

Baby​^{[until First Drop 2026]}

Baby​^{[upcoming First Drop 2026]}

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Java Edition

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Health points	25HP × 12.5
Behavior	Passive on its own[a]
Mob type	Undead Monster Animal
Hitbox size	Java Edition: Adult: Height: 1.6 blocks Width: 1.3965 blocks Baby: Height: 0.8 blocks Width: 0.6982 blocks Bedrock Edition: Adult: Height: 1.6 blocks Width: 1.4 blocks Baby: Height: 0.8 blocks Width: 0.7 blocks
Spawn	At night or during thunderstorms: Plains Sunflower Plains Snowy Plains Savanna Savanna Plateau Windswept Savanna Ice Spikes‌[BE only]
Usable items	Saddle Lead (only when dismounted) Shears Horse Armor Red Mushroom

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A zombie horse is an undead variant of the horse. It rarely spawns in dark areas as a hostile mob being ridden and controlled by a zombie horseman wielding an iron spear. It becomes passive once separated from the zombie rider.

Zombie horses can naturally spawn on grass blocks in savanna, savanna plateau, windswept savanna, plains, sunflower plains, and snowy plains biomes as zombie horsemen: a zombie wielding an iron spear riding a zombie horse. Like zombies themselves, zombie horsemen can only spawn at a light level of 0‌^{[Java Edition only]}, or light levels below 7‌^{[Bedrock Edition only][1]}, both above ground and underground. However, due to the lack of grass blocks underground in the Overworld, they are mostly found on the surface. The zombie horse never spawns as a baby. Other zombie variants such as husks and zombie villagers cannot spawn as horsemen. In Bedrock Edition, zombie horses are programmed to spawn in ice spikes biomes, but they fail to do so naturally, as the biome's surface is made of snow blocks instead of grass blocks, meaning they also cannot spawn underground in that biome.

Zombie horses count towards the "monster" mob cap and can despawn like most hostile mobs until the first time any player interacts with it. At that point it becomes persistent and no longer counts towards any mob cap either.

When using the zombie horse's spawn egg, 20% of spawned zombie horses will be the otherwise unused baby variant.

Zombie horses do not spawn in Peaceful difficulty, like hostile mobs.

Zombie Horse spawns in:

Category: Monster	Java Edition			Bedrock Edition
Spawn area	Spawn weight	Spawn chance	Group size	Spawn weight	Group size
Plains[note 1]	5⁄520	0.96%	1	5	1
Savanna[note 1]	5⁄520	0.96%	1	5	1
Snowy Plains[note 1]	5⁄520	0.96%	1	5	1
Windswept Savanna[note 1]	5⁄520	0.96%	1	5	1
Sunflower Plains[note 1]	5⁄520	0.96%	1	5	1
Savanna Plateau[note 1]	5⁄520	0.96%	1	5	1
Ice Spikes[note 1]	—	—	—	5	1

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Always spawns ridden by a zombie with an iron spear.

Java Edition:

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Rotten Flesh	2–3	100.00%	2.50	2–4	100.00%	3.00	2–5	100.00%	3.50	2–6	100.00%	4.00

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Rotten Flesh	2–3	1	5⁄2	2–4	1	3	2–5	1	7⁄2	2–6	1	4

Item		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Rotten Flesh	2	1⁄2 (50.00%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)	1⁄8 (12.50%)	1⁄12 (8.33%)
		3	1⁄2 (50.00%)	1⁄2 (50.00%)	3⁄8 (37.50%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)
		4	0	1⁄4 (25.00%)	3⁄8 (37.50%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)
		5	0	0	1⁄8 (12.50%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)
		6	0	0	0	1⁄12 (8.33%)
		Average	5⁄2 (2.50)	3 (3.00)	7⁄2 (3.50)	4 (4.00)

Killed		1
Item		Expected Drops
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Rotten Flesh	2.50	3.00	3.50	4.00

Bedrock Edition:

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Rotten Flesh	2–3	100.00%	2.50	2–4	100.00%	3.00	2–5	100.00%	3.50	2–6	100.00%	4.00

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Rotten Flesh	2–3	1	5⁄2	2–4	1	3	2–5	1	7⁄2	2–6	1	4

Item		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Rotten Flesh	2	1⁄2 (50.00%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)	1⁄8 (12.50%)	1⁄12 (8.33%)
		3	1⁄2 (50.00%)	1⁄2 (50.00%)	3⁄8 (37.50%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)
		4	0	1⁄4 (25.00%)	3⁄8 (37.50%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)
		5	0	0	1⁄8 (12.50%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)
		6	0	0	0	1⁄12 (8.33%)
		Average	5⁄2 (2.50)	3 (3.00)	7⁄2 (3.50)	4 (4.00)

Killed		1
Item		Expected Drops
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Rotten Flesh	2.50	3.00	3.50	4.00

• 1–3XP when killed by a player or tamed wolf.

If equipped with a saddle or horse armor, the saddle and/or horse armor will be dropped upon death.

Baby zombie horses yield neither items nor experience.

Zombie Horseman

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Health points	Zombie: 20HP × 10 Zombie Horse: 25HP × 12.5
Behavior	Hostile
Natural equipment	Zombie: Iron Spear (may be enchanted) Armor (occasionally, may be enchanted)

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The zombie horse is an undead mob that spawns as a hostile mob with a zombie controlling it, as the rider controls its pathfinding, making the zombie horse target the player. On their own, zombie horses behave like normal horses, roaming idly and occasionally stopping to rear, swish their tails, or lower their heads as though eating the grass. Unlike sheep and like other horses, the eating animation does not cause any grass to be consumed.

Like other undead mobs, zombie horses can breathe in water. Unlike skeleton horses and other undead, they do not sink - they float - in or on water.

Zombie horses have a ¹⁄₉₀₀ chance to regenerate 1HP health point each game tick.^{[verify for Bedrock Edition]}

Zombie horses can safely fall 6 blocks before they begin to accumulate fall damage, unlike most mobs, which can only safely fall 3 blocks. Zombie horses also take half of the normal fall damage (rounded up) that most other mobs take (0.5HP × 0.25 damage per block over the safe distance instead of 1HP). If an entity is riding a zombie horse, they receive the same fall damage as the zombie horse.

Zombie horses cannot be bred.

Unlike most passive mobs, zombie horses don't panic when damaged.​^{[upcoming JE 26.1]}

If a player pulling a zombie horse with a lead enters a boat, the zombie horse follows by swimming the same speed as the boat. A player riding a zombie horse is dragged along if the zombie horse is being pulled by a lead, and can even be lifted up in the air in the same way.

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

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.

Like most other undead mobs, zombie horses burn in direct sunlight. They are protected from burning when wearing horse armor, similar to other undead mobs wearing helmets. As horse armor has no durability, it does not break from absorbing the damage like helmets do.

As they are monsters, zombie horses count towards the hostile mob cap.

Parrots can also imitate them like other hostile mobs.

As they are monsters, golden dandelions do not work on baby zombie horses.​^{[upcoming First Drop 2026]}

As with regular horses, zombie horses can be tamed by riding them until they stop bucking the player off.

This feature is exclusive to Bedrock Edition.

 

15% of nearby baby zombies, husks, zombie villagers, drowned, or zombified piglins may ride an adult untamed zombie horse to form a jockey.

All zombie horses have three "equine stats": health, (maximum) movement speed, and jump height. While health is the same for all zombie horses, movement speed and jump height vary from horse to horse.

Zombie horses are spawned with a constant health of 25HP × 12.5. The last half-heart is not shown in a zombie horse's health bar, which only displays 24HP × 12.

A zombie horse's movement speed is randomly assigned within certain ranges which vary between Java Edition and Bedrock Edition. In Java Edition, it ranges between ~0.21347 and ~0.28463 in internal units, with an average of ~0.24905. In Bedrock Edition, it ranges between 0.205 and 0.275, with an average of 0.24. The conversion factor between internal units and blocks/sec is roughly 43.17.

• Java Edition:
  • Minimum: 9.216 blocks/s
  • Average: 10.752 blocks/s
  • Maximum: 12.288 blocks/s

• Bedrock Edition:
  • Minimum: 8.85 blocks/s
  • Average: 10.361 blocks/s
  • Maximum: 11.872 blocks/s

Zombie horses' jump strength ranges from 0.5 to 0.7, with an average of 0.6 in internal units.

The minimum jump strength of 0.5 is enough to clear 1.7088 blocks, while the maximum of 0.7 is enough to clear 3.124 blocks. The average jump strength of 0.6 is enough to clear 2.3675 blocks.

Tamed and saddled zombie horses can be used as a means of transportation. They can also be used to climb hills and jump fences.

Red mushrooms can be fed to a zombie horse to heal it by 3HP. The zombie horse can also be tempted (or "led") with a red mushroom.

Tamed zombie horses have two equipment slots:

• Saddle slot: For equipping a saddle.
• Armor slot: For equipping horse armor.

Baby zombie horses cannot be equipped, as they cannot be ridden.

Equipment can be placed on a zombie horse by holding it and then using on the zombie horse, or by accessing its inventory. A zombie horse’s inventory can be accessed by mounting the horse and using inventory control, or by sneaking and then using or pressing the "open inventory" button‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} on the zombie horse. The player cannot open the inventory on an untamed zombie horse, though they can open containers.

The equipment can be removed by two methods:

• Removing the equipment from their slots in the zombie horse's inventory.
• Using shears on the zombie horse. If both a saddle and horse armor are equipped, they are removed one at a time. The first use removes the horse armor, and a second use removes the saddle.

Once a zombie horse is tamed and saddled, the player can control it with directional controls, jump, and the mouse. The player dismounts using the dismount control. Like when riding other entities, it is possible for a player to use a nether portal or end portal while on a zombie horse.

A ridden zombie horse automatically runs up any one-block-high slope. The horse and rider can safely fit through a space as low as 2.75 blocks high. Lower clearance risks suffocating the rider if the rider's head enters a non-transparent block. The zombie horse itself can enter gaps as low as 1.625 blocks high, but may itself take suffocation damage when clearance is less than 1.75 blocks. Like other horses, zombie horses cannot fit through a 1-block-wide gap.

Ridden zombie horses have the ability of "jump charging". When the player rides them, the experience bar on the HUD is replaced by a jump charging bar. The zombie horse is then able to jump, and holding the control charges for a higher leap. Zombie horses are not affected by the Jump Boost effect.

Despite being monsters, zombie horses use the "Friendly Mobs" sound category.^[2]

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Entity tags	Translation key
Zombie Horse	zombie_horse	burn_in_daylight can_equip_saddle can_wear_horse_armor can_breathe_under_water cannot_be_age_locked dismounts_underwater ignores_poison_and_regen inverted_healing_and_harm sensitive_to_smite undead wither_friends zombies	entity.minecraft.zombie_horse

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Family	Translation key
Zombie Horse	zombie_horse	27	mob undead zombiehorse	entity.zombie_horse.name

Zombie horses have entity data associated with them that contain various properties.

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Monster Hunter	Attack and destroy a monster.	Kill one of these 41 monsters: Blaze Bogged Breeze Camel Husk Cave Spider Creaking (by destroying its creaking heart) Creeper Drowned Elder Guardian Ender Dragon Enderman Endermite Evoker Ghast Guardian Hoglin Husk Magma Cube Parched Phantom Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Ravager Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Slime Spider Stray Vex Vindicator Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Zoglin Zombie Zombie Horse Zombie Nautilus Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for this achievement.	15	Bronze
		Saddle Up	Tame a horse.	—	20	Bronze
		It Spreads	Kill a mob next to a catalyst	Kill any mob that drops experience near a sculk catalyst, with the sole exception of the ender dragon. Mobs that drop no experience are ignored for this achievement.	10	Bronze

Achievements that apply to all mobs:

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		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	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have 50 hearts of health overall.	20	Silver
		Mob Kabob	Hit five mobs in the same Charge attack using the Spear.	Armor stands and players also count for this achievement as they are technically mobs.	10	Bronze

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Monster Hunter	Kill any hostile monster	Kill one of these 41 monsters: Blaze Bogged Breeze Camel Husk Cave Spider Creaking (by destroying its creaking heart) Creeper Drowned Elder Guardian Ender Dragon Enderman Endermite Evoker Ghast Guardian Hoglin Husk Magma Cube Parched Phantom Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Ravager Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Slime Spider Stray Vex Vindicator Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Zoglin Zombie Zombie Horse Zombie Nautilus Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for this advancement.
	It Spreads	Kill a mob near a Sculk Catalyst	Kill any mob that drops experience near a sculk catalyst, with the sole exception of the ender dragon. Mobs that drop no experience are ignored for this advancement.
	Monsters Hunted	Kill one of every hostile monster	Kill each of these 41 monsters: Blaze Bogged Breeze Camel Husk Cave Spider Creaking (by destroying its creaking heart) Creeper Drowned Elder Guardian Ender Dragon Enderman Endermite Evoker Ghast Guardian Hoglin Husk Magma Cube Parched Phantom Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Ravager Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Slime Spider Stray Vex Vindicator Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Zoglin Zombie Zombie Horse Zombie Nautilus Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for this advancement.
	Best Friends Forever	Tame an animal	Tame one of these 11 tameable animals: Cat Donkey Horse Llama Mule Nautilus Parrot Trader Llama Wolf Zombie Horse Zombie Nautilus Skeleton Horse can be tamed in the same way as a regular horse to gain this advancement with the ride command.

Advancements that apply to all mobs:

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Adventure	Adventure, exploration and combat	Kill any mob, or be killed by any living entity.
	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.
	Take Aim	Shoot something with an Arrow	Using a bow or a crossbow, shoot a mob with an arrow, tipped arrow, or spectral arrow.
	Mob Kabob	Hit five mobs in the same Charge attack using the Spear.	Armor Stand and Mannequin also count for this advancement.
	Arbalistic	Kill five unique mobs with one crossbow shot	Armor Stand and Mannequin also count 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.
	Over-Overkill	Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have 50 hearts of health overall.

This section is missing information about: Did saddles always show up on invisible zombie horses? If not, when did this change? Remember to include any relevant bug reports.

 

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September 27, 2025							Zombie horses are revealed to be added into Survival mode with the Mounts of Mayhem drop at Minecraft LIVE – September 2025 with a new design.

Java Edition
1.6.1			13w16a				Added zombie horses.
							Zombie horses have been assisted by DrZhark (John Olarte), creator of the Mo' Creatures mod, whose horses are a baseline for Minecraft's zombie horse models.[3]
			13w16b				Zombie horses have been made slower and have been reduced from gliding so much.
			13w18a				Removed horse saddles. Zombie horses are now ridden using the saddle.
			13w21a				Added new GUI for zombie horses, to control the saddle.
			13w22a				Added new sound effects for zombie horses.
1.7.2			13w36a				Zombie horses are now available without third-party tools, with the introduction of the /summon command.
1.9			15w38b				Zombie horses are now undead mobs.
			15w43a				Zombie horses no longer drop anything other than their equipment.
			15w43c				Zombie horses now drop 1 rotten flesh, not affected by Looting.
			15w44a				Zombie horses now drop 1 End crystal, not affected by Looting.
			15w44b				The above change has been reverted.
			15w47b				Added sounds for zombie horses eating food given by a player.
1.10			16w20a				Added zombie horse spawn egg.
			pre2				Removed zombie horse spawn eggs.
1.11			16w32a				Re-added zombie horse spawn egg.
			16w38a				Zombie horses now drop 0–2 rotten flesh, affected by Looting.
1.13			17w45a				Changed the model for zombie horses.
			17w46a				The new zombie horse models have been slightly tweaked. The position of the nose has been moved up by one pixel.
			18w03a				Tweaked the models and textures of zombie horses once again.
			pre2				Zombie horses now sink in water.
							The model of zombie horses has been updated to fix Z-fighting, which has changed the model from to .[4]
1.14			19w08a				Changed the textures of zombie horses.
1.16			20w09a				Zombie horses can now be leashed.
1.19.4			23w03a				Aligned the zombie horse unused saddlebag texture to match the same unused one from the horse, which has changed from to .
1.21.5			25w03a				The zombie horse's saddle is now an overlay texture, split from the zombie horse main texture.
							Saddles now show up on invisible zombie horses.[5]
							Saddles now show the enchantment glint on the zombie horse when enchanted.
							The unused saddlebag of the zombie horse's texture has been removed.
1.21.6			25w20a				Saddles can now be removed from zombie horses using shears.
1.21.11			25w41a				Changed the textures of zombie horses to have darker texture.
							Zombie horses now spawn naturally as part of zombie horsemen.
							Zombie horses are now part of the "monster" mob cap, meaning they will despawn naturally like hostile mobs.
							Zombie horses will now despawn on Peaceful difficulty. Their spawn eggs won't work on Peaceful as well.
							Zombie horses now count for the "Monster Hunter" advancement and are required for the "Monsters Hunted" advancement.
							Increased health points to 25HP × 12.5.
							Zombie horses can now be tamed without commands.
							Red mushrooms are now used to heal and tempt zombie horses. Feeding untamed zombie horses increases their temper by 3.
							Tamed zombie horses can no longer be fed horse food items.
							Zombie horses are now vulnerable to sunlight like other undead mobs.
							Zombie horses can now use horse armor, which also protects them from sunlight.
							Increased amount of rotten flesh dropped on death, from 0-2 to 2-3.
							Zombie horse can now vary its movement speed and jump strength on spawn.
							Added an angry sound for when a player is bucked off a zombie horse.
			25w42a				Zombie horses no longer despawn in Peaceful difficulty. However, they still do not spawn on Peaceful.
							Zombie horsemen no longer spawn with weapons other than iron spears.
							Zombie horses can now be only leashed when its mob jockey is removed.
			25w45a				Now becomes persistent with any interaction from a player, not just riding them.
			25w46a				Sounds for zombie horses eating food given by a player have been reassigned.[verify]
							Zombie horses no longer panic if controlled by other mobs.
			pre1				Zombie horse saddle texture now match the other horses' saddle texture.
							The texture of zombie horses' head is now symmetrical.
Upcoming Java Edition
26.1			snap2				Zombie horses no longer panic when hurt.
			snap4				The model of the baby zombie horses has been changed.
							Increased the bounding box of baby zombie horses to better fit the new model.
							Saddles and horse armor on baby zombie horses no longer render.
			snap6				Golden dandelions can no longer work on tamed baby zombie horses.
			snap7				Baby zombie horses no longer grow up.[6]

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.15.0			build 1				Added zombie horses.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.6			beta 1.2.6.2				The models of zombie horses have been changed to Java Edition 17w45a's zombie horse models.
1.2.9							Zombie horses no longer open their mouths when bucking the player off or taking damage.
1.8.0			beta 1.8.0.8				Baby zombie horses now have a chance of being spawned using a spawn egg.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				Changed the textures of zombie horses.
1.19.60			Preview 1.19.60.25				Aligned the zombie horse unused saddlebag texture to match the same unused one from the horse, which has changed from to .
1.21.120			Preview 1.21.120.24				The zombie horse's saddle is now an overlay texture, split from the zombie horse main texture.[is this the correct version?]
							The unused saddlebag of the zombie horse's texture has been removed.
1.21.130			Preview 1.21.130.20				Changed the textures of zombie horses to have darker texture.
							Zombie horses now spawn naturally as part of zombie horsemen.
							Increased health points to 25HP × 12.5.
							Zombie horses can now be tamed.
							Red mushrooms are now used to heal and tempt zombie horses.
							Zombie horses are now vulnerable to sunlight, like other undead mobs.
							Zombie horses can now be controlled by players using an saddle.
							Zombie horses can now use horse armor, which also protects them from sunlight.
							Increased amount of rotten flesh dropped on death, from 0-2 to 2-3.
							Added an angry sound for when a player is bucked off a zombie horse.
							Zombie horse can now vary its movement speed and jump strength on spawn.
							Zombie horses no longer have a baby variant.
			Preview 1.21.130.22				Zombie horses once again have a baby variant, remaining unused.
							The tooltip displayed when attempting to mount an untamed zombie horse has been changed from "Ride" to "Mount".
			Preview 1.21.130.24				Sounds for zombie horses eating food given by a player have been assigned.
							Zombie horses no longer panic when hurt.
			Preview 1.21.130.26				Zombie horses can be leashed only when its mob jockey is removed.
							Zombie horses now spawn less frequently on Peaceful difficulty.
			Preview 1.21.130.27				Zombie horse saddle texture now match the other horses' saddle texture.
							The texture of zombie horses' head is now symmetrical.
							Reduced the range of speed the Zombie Horse can spawn with.
			Preview 1.21.130.28				Zombie horses no longer spawn on Peaceful difficulty.
26.0			Preview 26.0.23				Baby zombie horses no longer grow up.
			Preview 26.0.25				Zombie horses no longer panic when hit.
							Baby zombie horses can no longer be ridden or equipped with a saddle or horse armor.
			Preview 26.0.27				Zombie horses are no longer damaged by the conduit.
							Zombie horses no longer prevent the player from sleeping when nearby.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
26.10			Preview 26.10.20				The model and texture of baby zombie horses have been changed.
							Increased the bounding box of baby zombie horses to better fit the new model.
			Preview 26.10.21				Zombie horses now try to avoid water, dangerous blocks, and do not try to avoid rails.

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added zombie horses.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		Zombie horses are now undead mobs.[is this the correct version?]
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Zombie horses are able to be spawned with a spawn egg found in the creative inventory.
TU57	CU49	1.57	1.56	1.56	Patch 27	1.0.7	Zombie horses can now be leashed.
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Zombie horses now sink in water.[verify]

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added zombie horses.

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

• Dr. Zhark appears in the credits after the End Poem as the creator of horses, including zombie horses.
• In the Minecraft.net, zombie horses were referred to as neutral mobs, due to their behavior as a hostile mob when ridden by zombies.^[7]
• Before Mounts of Mayhem, zombie horses were unused in Survival, despite being featured in a Minecraft video showcasing every mob in the game at that time.^[8]
• A zombie horse was also hinted 2 months before their official announcement, in the 1.21.8 article's photo.^[9]

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  A baby zombie horse​^{[until First Drop 2026]}
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  A baby zombie horse​^{[upcoming First Drop 2026]}
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  A zombie horse with copper horse armor.
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  A zombie horse with iron horse armor.
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  A zombie horse with gold horse armor.
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  A zombie horse with diamond horse armor.
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  A zombie horse with netherite horse armor.
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  A zombie horse before Mounts of Mayhem.
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  A saddled zombie horse before Mounts of Mayhem.

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  A zombie horse in a badlands biome.
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  A zombie horse and a baby zombie horse.
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  A comparison between a horse, a zombie horse, and a skeleton horse.
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  A zombie horseman with a ruined portal behind it.
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  A zombie horse in the end.
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  A zombie horse next to a zombie nautilus and a camel husk.

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  Current zombie horse texture file.
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  Baby zombie horse texture file.
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  Zombie horse texture file from before Mounts of Mayhem.

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  An image divided into three different layers, depicting a drowned riding a zombie nautilus, two spears, and a zombie riding a zombie horse.
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  Two characters each riding a mount, one underwater and one on land.
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  A zombie riding a zombie horse at night while holding a spear.
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  A zombie horseman in Java Edition.
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  Sunny riding a zombie horse near a nautilus and zombie nautilus.
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  Alex and several zombie horses.
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  A zombie horseman on an iceberg

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  A statue of a zombie horse at TwitchCon
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  Four zombie horses seen in the Mounts of Mayhem artwork.
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  A Mounts of Mayhem artwork used in a Minecraft Monthly episode.
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  Alternate colors version.
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  Artwork used for the release date reveal showing zombie horses as enemies.
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  Ditto.
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  Artwork of Efe battling a zombie horseman.

• Horse
• Donkey
• Mule
• Zombie
• Skeleton Horse

• "Meet the Horse" by Emily Richardson – Minecraft.net, October 2, 2017.

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