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Zombie (Minecraft)

GamesUndeadShambles2000 to 2009

The standard hostile mob of Minecraft and one of its first monsters, added in 2009. It appears wherever there is no light, walks directly at players and villagers, and burns in daylight. A zombie that kills a villager can turn it, and one held underwater becomes a Drowned.1234

Battle it
First appeared
2009
Added to Minecraft Classic in September 2009
Source work
Minecraft (2011)
Mojang Studios
Age rating
ESRB E10+
Made in
Sweden
What causes it
Never explained
The game gives no reason; zombies simply appear in dark places.
How you become one
A new one appears wherever it is completely dark, in most Overworld biomes.
How it moves
Shambles
Walks steadily toward the player; baby zombies are much quicker.
Intelligence
Mindless
Weak spots
  • sunlight
  • Smite enchantment
  • keeping areas lit so none can appear

When did it first appear?

Ancient worldMiddle Ages1500 to 18991900 to 19671968 to 19992000 to 20092010 to today2009

Added to Minecraft Classic in September 2009

field notes

What the sources say

1

Appears only where there is no light at all1234

2

Drops rotten flesh, and now and then a carrot, a potato or an iron ingot1234

3

Can turn a villager into a zombie villager1234

4

Stays underwater too long and it changes into a Drowned1234

5

Its groans were designed to sound comic rather than frightening1234

6

Was added to the game in September 2009 together with the creeper and the skeleton1234

Could you outrun it?

Speed class from how the sources describe it (shambles), not a measurement.

Zombie (Minecraft) about 3 km/h (1.9 mph)
You, walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
You, jogging about 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
A fit adult sprinting about 24 km/h (15 mph)
A fast cyclist about 37 km/h (23 mph)

Sources

  1. Zombie - Minecraft Wiki
  2. Java Edition Classic 0.24 - Minecraft Wiki
  3. Minecraft - Wikipedia
  4. Minecraft game review - Common Sense Media

Every fact on this page comes from these sources, written in our own words. Spotted a mistake? Tell us at [email protected].

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