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Husk

GamesUndeadShambles2010 to today

The desert variant of the Minecraft zombie, added in 2016. It does not burn in sunlight, and its unarmed hit inflicts hunger on the player. Held underwater it reverts to an ordinary zombie.1234

Battle it
First appeared
2016
Java Edition 1.10, the Frostburn Update (June 2016)
Source work
Minecraft (2011)
Mojang Studios
Age rating
ESRB E10+
Made in
Sweden
What causes it
Never explained
The game gives no reason; husks take the place of most zombies in deserts.
How you become one
Appears on desert sand at night instead of a normal zombie.
How it moves
Shambles
Walks like a normal zombie and stays out of water when it can.
Intelligence
Mindless
Weak spots
  • Smite enchantment
  • water (turns it back into an ordinary zombie)

When did it first appear?

Ancient worldMiddle Ages1500 to 18991900 to 19671968 to 19992000 to 20092010 to today2016

Java Edition 1.10, the Frostburn Update (June 2016)

field notes

What the sources say

1

Does not burn in sunlight, unlike a normal zombie1234

2

Its bare-handed hit makes the player hungry1234

3

Kept underwater, it turns into a zombie, and that zombie can then turn into a Drowned1234

4

Most zombies that appear in deserts are husks1234

5

Cannot swim, but does not drown either1234

6

Arrived in the 2016 Frostburn Update along with strays and polar bears1234

Could you outrun it?

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

Husk 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. Husk - Minecraft Wiki
  2. Java Edition 1.10 - 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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