Drowned

Drowned
Health points	20HP × 10
Armor points	2 ()
Behavior	Neutral
Mob type	Undead • Monster
Attack; strength	Melee:; Easy: 2.5HP × 1.25; Normal: 3HP; Hard: 4.5HP × 2.25 ; Trident:‌[BE only] ; Easy: 6.5HP × 3.25; Normal: 11HP × 5.5; Hard: 16.5HP × 8.25; Ranged:; Trident: ; In Java Edition:; Easy: 5HP; Normal: 8HP; Hard: 12HP × 6; In Bedrock Edition:; Always 8HP
Hitbox size	In Java Edition:; Adult:; Height: 1.95 blocks; Width: 0.6 blocks; Baby:; Height: 0.975 blocks; Width: 0.3 blocks; In Bedrock Edition:; Adult:; Height: 1.9 blocks; Width: 0.6 blocks; Baby:; Height: 0.95 blocks; Width: 0.3 blocks
Speed	0.23
Knockback; resistance	0%–5%
Spawn	When a zombie drowns.; When another drowned spawns a reinforcement.‌[JE only]; River; Frozen River; Cold Ocean; Deep Cold Ocean; Frozen Ocean; Deep Frozen Ocean; Lukewarm Ocean; Deep Lukewarm Ocean ; Ocean; Deep Ocean; Warm Ocean; Dripstone Caves; Ocean Ruins
Natural; equipment	Trident (6.25% chance in Java Edition and 15% chance in Bedrock Edition) may be enchanted; Fishing Rod (3.75% chance in Java Edition and 0.85% chance in Bedrock Edition); Nautilus Shell (3% chance in Java Edition and 8% chance in Bedrock Edition; only appears in offhand) ; ; Carved Pumpkin (22.5% chance, only during Halloween) ‌[JE only] ; ; Jack o'Lantern (2.5% chance, only during Halloween) ‌[JE only];

Drowned are common neutral underwater zombie variants that spawn in oceans, rivers and dripstone caves, or when zombies drown. They usually attack through melee attacks, but may also come armed with tridents that they can throw at range.

Spawning

Natural generation

Drowned spawn naturally at water blocks that emit light level of 0 and sky light level being 7 and below in all ocean biomes, aquifers in the dripstone caves biome, and river biomes. They spawn at higher rates in rivers and dripstone caves than in ocean biomes.

In Java Edition, drowned spawn individually inside flowing water or source water that is 2 blocks or taller (this can include waterlogged blocks or bubble columns). In ocean biomes and dripstone caves, drowned spawn at Y < 58; this restriction does not apply to rivers meaning they can also spawn during the day in that biome as long as it is deep enough for the sky light level to reach 7 and below.

In Bedrock Edition, drowned spawn in groups of 2-4 in oceans, frozen rivers and dripstone caves while they spawn individually in rivers inside flowing water or source water of any depth, but they spawn at higher rates in water that is 2 blocks or taller.^{[more information needed]} They spawn only on the surface that is on the highest spawnable block at any given X, Z coordinate. They count toward the monster population control cap and also have their own density caps of 5 in oceans and 2 in rivers. They can spawn during the day as long as the water is deep enough for the sky light level to reach 7 and below.

Drowned have a chance to spawn with either a trident or a fishing rod in their main hand, and occasionally with a nautilus shell in their offhand. In Java Edition, when spawned as a baby drowned they also have a small chance to spawn riding a chicken, creating a drowned chicken jockey. They are the only Overworld zombie variant within the game that cannot spawn naturally with any armor.

Drowned spawns in:

Category: Monster	Java Edition			Bedrock Edition
Spawn area	Spawn weight	Spawn chance	Group size	Spawn weight	Group size
River	¹⁰⁰⁄₆₁₅	16.26%	1	100	1
Dripstone Caves^{[note 1]}	⁹⁵⁄₆₁₀	15.57%	1	100	2–4
Warm Ocean^{[note 2]}^{[note 1]}	⁵⁄₅₂₀	0.96%	1	100	2–4
File:BiomeSprite ocean-biomes.pngOcean biomes^{[note 1]}	⁵⁄₅₂₀	0.96%	1	100	2–4
Cold Ocean^{[note 1]}	⁵⁄₅₂₀	0.96%	1	100	2–4
Deep Lukewarm Ocean^{[note 1]}	⁵⁄₅₂₀	0.96%	1	100	2–4
Deep Frozen Ocean^{[note 1]}	⁵⁄₅₂₀	0.96%	1	100	2–4
Deep Cold Ocean^{[note 1]}	⁵⁄₅₂₀	0.96%	1	100	2–4
Deep Ocean^{[note 1]}	⁵⁄₅₂₀	0.96%	1	100	2–4
Frozen Ocean^{[note 1]}	⁵⁄₅₂₀	0.96%	1	100	2–4
Lukewarm Ocean^{[note 1]}	⁵⁄₅₂₀	0.96%	1	100	2–4
Ocean^{[note 1]}	⁵⁄₅₂₀	0.96%	1	100	2–4
Frozen River	¹⁄₅₁₆	0.19%	1	5	2–4
File:BiomeSprite ocean-biomes.pngOcean biomes^{[note 1]}	—	—	—	100	2–4

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l In Mounts of Mayhem^[upcoming], adult drowned wielding a trident have a 50% chance of spawning mounted on a zombie nautilus.
↑ In Mounts of Mayhem^[upcoming], adult drowned wielding a trident have a 50% chance of spawning mounted on a coral zombie nautilus.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Ocean ruins

Drowned spawn during the generation of certain ocean ruin structures. These drowned do not naturally despawn unless the world is set to Peaceful difficulty.

Conversion

A zombie from Minecraft converting into a drowned, a zombie variant. — A zombie converting into a drowned.

If a zombie's head (not the legs) is submerged in water continuously for 30 seconds, it begins the process of converting to a drowned. The zombie begins shaking, similar to the effect seen while a zombie villager is being cured. At this point, the process cannot be stopped, and 15 seconds later the zombie becomes drowned. The drowned appears with full health even if the previous zombie did not.

In Bedrock Edition only, an item being held or worn by a zombie when it transforms into drowned, whether it was picked up or naturally equipped, is automatically dropped with an 100% drop rate. In Java Edition, the converted drowned keeps the equipped items.

Only normal zombies can transform into drowned, while zombie villagers and zombified piglins cannot. For husks, they first transform into a regular zombie, and subsequently convert to a drowned in the usual fashion. The zombie that is converted from a husk always has full health even if converted from a damaged husk.

Reinforcements

This feature is exclusive to Java Edition.

On Hard difficulty, all drowned have a 0-10% chance to spawn other drowned as reinforcements when receiving damage while targeting an entity.

Zombie nautilus jockey

This section describes content that is currently in development.

This content has appeared in development versions for Mounts of Mayhem, but the full update adding it has not been released yet.

When an adult drowned spawns outside of (frozen) river biomes, either naturally or as part of a structure, and is wielding a trident in its main hand, it has a 50% chance to spawn riding a zombie nautilus, i.e. as a zombie nautilus jockey.

Drops

On death

Java Edition:

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
Item		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Rotten Flesh	0–2	66.67%	1.00	0–3	83.33%	1.50	0–4	91.67%	2.00	0–5	94.44%	2.50
	Copper Ingot^[A]	0–1	11.00%	0.11	0–1	13.00%	0.13	0–1	15.00%	0.15	0–1	17.00%	0.17

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
Item		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Rotten Flesh	0–2	²⁄₃	1	0–3	⁵⁄₆	³⁄₂	0–4	¹¹⁄₁₂	2	0–5	¹⁷⁄₁₈	⁵⁄₂
	Copper Ingot^[A]	0–1	¹¹⁄₁₀₀	¹¹⁄₁₀₀	0–1	¹³⁄₁₀₀	¹³⁄₁₀₀	0–1	³⁄₂₀	³⁄₂₀	0–1	¹⁷⁄₁₀₀	¹⁷⁄₁₀₀

Item		Amount	Probability
Item		Amount	Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Rotten Flesh	0	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)	¹⁄₆ (16.67%)	¹⁄₁₂ (8.33%)	¹⁄₁₈ (5.56%)
		1	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)	¹⁄₄ (25.00%)	¹⁄₆ (16.67%)
		2	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)	⁵⁄₁₈ (27.78%)
		3	0	¹⁄₆ (16.67%)	¹⁄₄ (25.00%)	⁵⁄₁₈ (27.78%)
		4	0	0	¹⁄₁₂ (8.33%)	¹⁄₆ (16.67%)
		5	0	0	0	¹⁄₁₈ (5.56%)
		Average	1 (1.00)	³⁄₂ (1.50)	2 (2.00)	⁵⁄₂ (2.50)
	Copper Ingot^[A]	0	⁸⁹⁄₁₀₀ (89.00%)	⁸⁷⁄₁₀₀ (87.00%)	¹⁷⁄₂₀ (85.00%)	⁸³⁄₁₀₀ (83.00%)
		1	¹¹⁄₁₀₀ (11.00%)	¹³⁄₁₀₀ (13.00%)	³⁄₂₀ (15.00%)	¹⁷⁄₁₀₀ (17.00%)
		Average	¹¹⁄₁₀₀ (0.11)	¹³⁄₁₀₀ (0.13)	³⁄₂₀ (0.15)	¹⁷⁄₁₀₀ (0.17)

Item		Expected Drops
Killed		1
Item		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Rotten Flesh	1.00	1.50	2.00	2.50
	Copper Ingot^[A]	0.11	0.13	0.15	0.17

↑ Only when killed by a player or a tamed wolf.

Bedrock Edition:

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
Item		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Rotten Flesh	0–2	66.67%	1.00	0–3	66.67%	1.33	0–4	66.67%	1.67	0–5	66.67%	2.00
	Copper Ingot^[A]	0–1	11.00%	0.11	0–1	13.00%	0.13	0–1	15.00%	0.15	0–1	17.00%	0.17

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
Item		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Rotten Flesh	0–2	²⁄₃	1	0–3	²⁄₃	⁴⁄₃	0–4	²⁄₃	⁵⁄₃	0–5	²⁄₃	2
	Copper Ingot^[A]	0–1	¹¹⁄₁₀₀	¹¹⁄₁₀₀	0–1	¹³⁄₁₀₀	¹³⁄₁₀₀	0–1	³⁄₂₀	³⁄₂₀	0–1	¹⁷⁄₁₀₀	¹⁷⁄₁₀₀

Item		Amount	Probability
Item		Amount	Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Rotten Flesh	0	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)
		1	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)	¹⁄₆ (16.67%)	¹⁄₁₂ (8.33%)	¹⁄₁₈ (5.56%)
		2	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)	¹⁄₄ (25.00%)	¹⁄₆ (16.67%)
		3	0	¹⁄₆ (16.67%)	¹⁄₄ (25.00%)	²⁄₉ (22.22%)
		4	0	0	¹⁄₁₂ (8.33%)	¹⁄₆ (16.67%)
		5	0	0	0	¹⁄₁₈ (5.56%)
		Average	1 (1.00)	⁴⁄₃ (1.33)	⁵⁄₃ (1.67)	2 (2.00)
	Copper Ingot^[A]	0	⁸⁹⁄₁₀₀ (89.00%)	⁸⁷⁄₁₀₀ (87.00%)	¹⁷⁄₂₀ (85.00%)	⁸³⁄₁₀₀ (83.00%)
		1	¹¹⁄₁₀₀ (11.00%)	¹³⁄₁₀₀ (13.00%)	³⁄₂₀ (15.00%)	¹⁷⁄₁₀₀ (17.00%)
		Average	¹¹⁄₁₀₀ (0.11)	¹³⁄₁₀₀ (0.13)	³⁄₂₀ (0.15)	¹⁷⁄₁₀₀ (0.17)

Item		Expected Drops
Killed		1
Item		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Rotten Flesh	1.00	1.33	1.67	2.00
	Copper Ingot^[A]	0.11	0.13	0.15	0.17

↑ Only when killed by a player or a tamed wolf.

Adult drowned drop 5XP and an additional 1–3XP per naturally-spawned equipment if killed by a player, axolotl or tamed wolf. Baby drowned drop 12XP and an additional 1–3XP per naturally-spawned equipment if killed by a player, axolotl or tamed wolf.

1 Helmet, Chestplate, Leggings, and/or Boots.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Any picked-up equipment has a 100% chance of dropping, and drops without changing the damage that has accumulated on it.

Equipment

Java Edition

For naturally-spawned drowned:

In the main hand (mutually exclusive):
- Each drowned has a 6.25% chance to spawn with a trident. May be enchanted.^{[more information needed]}
- Each drowned has a 3.75% chance to spawn with a fishing rod. May be enchanted.^{[more information needed]}
In the offhand:
- Each drowned has a 3% chance to spawn with a nautilus shell.

A drowned holding a trident has an 8.5% chance to drop it when killed by a player or tamed wolf. The chance is increased by 1% per level of Looting, up to a max of 11.5% with Looting III. This means that killing 8 drowned with tridents without the Looting enchantment or 6 with Looting III, will have a greater than 50% chance of getting a trident.

A drowned holding a nautilus shell always drops it.

Zombies converted to drowned are never equipped with new items. They keep any equipment the zombie had before conversion.

On Halloween, a drowned may spawn wearing a carved pumpkin or jack o'lantern. However, they do not drop them, even when killed with Looting.

Bedrock Edition

For naturally-spawned drowned:

In the main hand (mutually exclusive):
- Each drowned has a 15% chance to spawn with a trident. May be enchanted.^{[more information needed]}
- Each drowned has a 0.85% chance to spawn with a fishing rod. May be enchanted.^{[more information needed]}
In the offhand:
- Each drowned has an 8% chance to spawn with a nautilus shell.

A drowned holding a trident has a 25% chance to drop it when killed by a player or tamed wolf. This chance is increased by 1% per level of Looting, up to a max of 28% with Looting III. This means that killing 3 drowned with tridents without the Looting enchantment or 2 with Looting III, will have a greater than 50% chance of getting a trident.

For converted drowned:

1% spawn with a fishing rod in the main hand.
8% spawn with a nautilus shell in the offhand (same as naturally-spawned drowned).

Zombies converted to drowned are never equipped with tridents. Any equipment the zombie had before conversion is dropped.

Farming

Farms that convert zombies into drowned produce all of naturally-spawned equipment dropped by zombies, as well as fishing rods, copper ingots, and (in Bedrock Edition) nautilus shells.

A drowned farm must be designed to harvest naturally-spawned drowned to produce tridents in all game editions and nautilus shells in Java Edition.

Behavior

During the day, drowned stay on the floor of the body of water they are in, unless provoked.

If on land during the daytime, drowned seek out nearby water or shade. They sometimes step onto land but quickly return to the water.

Drowned seek out turtle eggs within 10 blocks in Bedrock Edition and 24 blocks in Java Edition. They stomp on turtle eggs until the eggs break. Drowned can even jump over a 1-block gap to reach a turtle egg successfully, even if the egg is raised 1 block higher than the gap.

Drowned are passive‌^{[JE only]} or neutral‌^{[BE only]} during the day if no player in range is touching the water.

They are immune to guardians or elder guardians attacks. They also have a small chance to be immune to knockback when damaged.^[1]

Drowned can be damaged by a fully-powered conduit within a distance of 8 blocks.

Attacking

Generic

They are always hostile toward axolotls. Like other zombie variants, they chase and attack villagers, wandering traders, snow golems,‌^{[BE only]} baby turtles and iron golems, but only at night or in dark areas.

If a drowned kills a villager, either with a melee attack or with a trident, the villager has a chance of turning into a zombie villager (a 0% chance on Easy difficulty, a 50% chance on Normal, and a 100% chance on Hard).

Drowned-specific

During the day, drowned ignore players on land and in boats, only attacking if the player enters the water.

In Java Edition, a drowned is also neutral if it is equipped with a trident during the daytime, only attacking the player if provoked. During the night or in thunderstorms, they become hostile and attack any player or baby turtle they see, without provocation.

Every drowned has a melee attack, and if it spawns with a trident, the trident is used as a ranged weapon. A drowned with a trident can throw it every 1.5 seconds, sending it up to 20 blocks away. Thrown tridents cannot be picked up by the player, just like arrows shot by skeletons. In Bedrock Edition, a drowned with a trident also uses a melee attack if their target is within a 3 blocks distance.

A drowned's trident can be enchanted. The Loyalty, Impaling and Channeling enchantments work the same as they would for a player, while Riptide has no effect for drowned.

A drowned equipped with a trident continues throwing it at the player even after the player leaves the water, or gets a long distance away.^[2] It also attacks any player that attacks it or another drowned. However, it is not provoked by a player killing another drowned in one hit.‌^{[JE only]}^[3]

If one drowned is hit by another drowned's thrown trident, the attacked drowned ignores it. ‌^{[JE only]}

Sometimes,^{[more information needed]} drowned do not immediately become aggressive toward a player when the player first enters the water. However these are not "passive" drowned, but slow or non-movers which more-often will melee attack when the player draws closely.

Breaking doors

Up to 10% of drowned (depending on regional difficulty in Java Edition) spawn with the ability to break wooden and copper doors on Hard difficulty.

Picking up items

Some drowned spawn with the ability to pick up loot that is on the ground. That includes armor and weapons or tools just like regular zombies. Unlike zombies however, they can also pick up tridents, which they always prefer over anything else.

Mob type

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.
Threatening to armadillos, causing them to hide in their shell.

Swimming

This feature is exclusive to Bedrock Edition.

A drowned swimming in *Bedrock Edition*.

Drowned use a swimming animation similar to the player. They use this animation whenever they try to pathfind to a player that is either below or above them; if the player is on the same ground level, the drowned simply walk toward them. Drowned also use this animation if they are tracking a player while they are not standing on a solid block. Their hitbox does not change when using this animation.

If they hold a nautilus shell or anything else in their offhand, their arms are in the same posture as a player's. When attacking, they use the player's attacking animation. Still, they use the same swimming animation when tracking a player underwater.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Drowned gurgles	Hostile Mobs	Randomly while on land	`entity.drowned.ambient`	`subtitles.entity.drowned.ambient`	0.9	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	Drowned gurgles	Hostile Mobs	Randomly while in water	`entity.drowned.ambient_water`	`subtitles.entity.drowned.ambient_water`	0.9	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	Drowned hurts	Hostile Mobs	When a drowned is damaged while on land	`entity.drowned.hurt`	`subtitles.entity.drowned.hurt`	0.9	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	Drowned hurts	Hostile Mobs	When a drowned is damaged while in water	`entity.drowned.hurt_water`	`subtitles.entity.drowned.hurt`	0.9	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	Drowned dies	Hostile Mobs	When a drowned dies while on land	`entity.drowned.death`	`subtitles.entity.drowned.death`	0.9	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	Drowned dies	Hostile Mobs	When a drowned dies while in water	`entity.drowned.death_water`	`subtitles.entity.drowned.death`	0.9	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	Footsteps	Hostile Mobs	While a drowned is walking on land	`entity.drowned.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15 ^{[sound 1]}	1.0 ^{[sound 1]}	16
	Drowned swims	Hostile Mobs	While a drowned is swimming	`entity.drowned.swim`	`subtitles.entity.drowned.swim`	Around 0.003 ^{[sound 2]}	0.6-1.4	16
	Drowned throws Trident	Hostile Mobs	When a drowned throws a trident	`entity.drowned.shoot`	`subtitles.entity.drowned.shoot`	1.0	⁵⁄₆-1.25	16
	Zombie infects	Hostile Mobs	When a drowned infects a villager	`entity.zombie.infect`	`subtitles.entity.zombie.infect`	2.0	0.8-1.2	16
	Door shakes	Hostile Mobs	While a drowned is breaking a wooden door	`entity.zombie.attack_wooden_door`	`subtitles.entity.zombie.attack_wooden_door`	2.0	0.8-1.2	16
	Door breaks	Hostile Mobs	When a drowned breaks a wooden door	`entity.zombie.break_wooden_door`	`subtitles.entity.zombie.break_wooden_door`	2.0	0.8-1.2	16
	Turtle Egg stomped	Hostile Mobs	When a drowned is jumping on turtle eggs	`entity.zombie.destroy_egg`	`subtitles.entity.zombie.destroy_egg`	0.5	0.9-1.1	16
	Zombie converts to Drowned	Hostile Mobs	When a zombie converts to a drowned	`entity.zombie.converted_to_drowned`	`subtitles.entity.zombie.converted_to_drowned`	2.0	0.8-1.2	16

↑ ^a ^b This variable is block-dependent, and varies depending upon the block
↑ Depends on the drowned's velocity, around 0.003 when moving around underwater with no target. The precise equation is the smaller of 1.0 or 0.35×(the momentum of the drowned, with the horizontal axes multiplied by 0.2)

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Hostile Mobs	Randomly while on land	`mob.drowned.say`	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Hostile Mobs	Randomly while in water	`mob.drowned.say_water`	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Hostile Mobs	When a drowned is damaged while on land	`mob.drowned.hurt`	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Hostile Mobs	When a drowned is damaged while in water	`mob.drowned.hurt_water`	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Hostile Mobs	When a drowned dies while on land	`mob.drowned.death`	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Hostile Mobs	When a drowned dies while in water	`mob.drowned.death_water`	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Hostile Mobs	While a drowned is walking on land	`mob.drowned.step`	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Hostile Mobs	While a drowned is swimming	`mob.drowned.swim`	1.0	0.8-1.2
	Hostile Mobs	When a drowned throws a trident	`mob.drowned.shoot`	1.0	0.8-1.2
	Hostile Mobs	While a drowned is breaking a wooden door	`mob.zombie.wood`	1.0	1.0
	Hostile Mobs	When a drowned breaks a wooden door	`mob.zombie.woodbreak`	1.0	1.0
	Players	When a drowned is jumping on turtle eggs	`fall.egg`	0.5	0.9-1.0
	Hostile Mobs	Unused sound event^{[sound 1]}	`entity.zombie.converted_to_drowned`	1.0	1.0
None	None	Undefined sound event^{[sound 1]}	`mob.zombie.converted_to_drowned`	1.0-2.0	0.3-1.0

↑ ^a ^b MCPE-53297

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Entity tags	Translation key
Drowned	`drowned`	`axolotl_always_hostiles` `burn_in_daylight` `can_breathe_under_water` `ignores_poison_and_regen` `inverted_healing_and_harm` `undead` `wither_friends` `zombies` `sensitive_to_smite`	`entity.minecraft.drowned`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
Drowned	`drowned`	`110`	`entity.drowned.name`

Entity data

Drowned have entity data associated with them that contains various properties.

Java Edition:

[NBT Compound / JSON Object] Entity data
- Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template
- Tags common to all mobs see Template:Nbt inherit/mob/template
- [Byte] CanBreakDoors: 1 or 0 (true/false) - true if the zombie can break doors (default value is 0).
- [Int] DrownedConversionTime: The number of ticks until this zombie converts to a drowned, or husk to zombie. (default value is -1, when no conversion is under way).
- [Int] InWaterTime: The number of ticks this zombie or husk has been under water, used to start the drowning conversion. (default value is -1, when no conversion is under way).
- [Byte] IsBaby: 1 or 0 (true/false) - true if this zombie is a baby. May be absent.

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Achievements


Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
		Monster Hunter	Attack and destroy a monster.	Kill one of these 37/41^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} hostile monsters: Blaze Bogged Breeze Camel Husk^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} Cave Spider Creaking (by destroying its creaking heart) Creeper Drowned Elder Guardian Ender Dragon Enderman Endermite Evoker Ghast Guardian Hoglin Husk Magma Cube Parched^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} Phantom Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Ravager Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Slime Spider Stray Vex Vindicator Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Zoglin Zombie Zombie Horse^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} Zombie Nautilus^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for this achievement.	15	Bronze
		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
		It Spreads	Kill a mob next to a catalyst	—	10	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

Advancements

Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
Not Today, Thank You	Deflect a projectile with a Shield	Block any projectile with a shield.
Monster Hunter	Kill any hostile monster	Kill one of these 37/41^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} mobs: Blaze Bogged Breeze Camel Husk^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} Cave Spider Creaking (by destroying its creaking heart) Creeper Drowned Elder Guardian Ender Dragon Enderman Endermite Evoker Ghast Guardian Hoglin Husk Magma Cube Parched^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} Phantom Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Ravager Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Slime Spider Stray Vex Vindicator Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Zoglin Zombie Zombie Horse^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} Zombie Nautilus^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} 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 37/41^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} mobs: Blaze Bogged Breeze Camel Husk^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} Cave Spider Creaking (by destroying its creaking heart) Creeper Drowned Elder Guardian Ender Dragon Enderman Endermite Evoker Ghast Guardian Hoglin Husk Magma Cube Parched^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} Phantom Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Ravager Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Slime Spider Stray Vex Vindicator Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Zoglin Zombie Zombie Horse^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} Zombie Nautilus^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]} Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for this advancement.

Advancements that apply to all mobs:

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^{[upcoming JE 1.21.11]}	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.

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.13	18w11a	Added drowned mobs.
	18w11a	Zombies now convert into drowned instead of dying from drowning.
	18w15a	Drowned now occasionally spawn with a nautilus shell.
	18w16a	Drowned now spawn in underwater ruins.
	18w22a	Drowned now have a swimming animation.
1.14	18w43a	Drowned no longer spawn in swamps.
	19w05a	Drowned are now hostile toward the new wandering traders.
	19w06a	The drowned's trident throwing animation has been changed from to .
	19w07a	The drowned's trident throwing animation has been changed from to .^[4]
	19w14a	Drowned no longer have a unique swimming animation.^[5]
1.15	19w46a	Baby drowned can now be spawned by using the drowned spawn egg on it.^[6]
1.16	20w10a	Firework damage now provokes drowned with tridents.^[7]
1.17	21w05a	Drowned now drop copper ingots instead of gold ingots.
1.17.1	Pre-release 1	Increased the drop probability of copper ingots from 5% to 11%, and increased the drop probability of each level of Looting spell from 1% to 2%.
1.17.1	Pre-release 1	Drowned no longer pick up glow ink sacs.
1.18	21w37a	Drowned are now able to spawn in warm oceans.^[8]
1.18	21w39a	Drowned are now able to spawn in aquifers inside dripstone caves.
1.19.4	23w05a	Drowned now have a unique swimming animation again.^[5]
1.20.3	23w40a	Drowned are now part of the `#can_breathe_under_water`, `#undead` and `#zombies` tags.
1.21	24w18a	Drowned can now use the Channeling enchantment.^[9]
1.21	24w20a	Drowned can no longer use the Channeling enchantment.
1.21.2	24w33a	Drowned can no longer spawn reinforcements.^[10]
	24w33a	Drowned can now use the Loyalty, Channeling and Impaling enchantments.
	24w39a	Drowned can again spawn reinforcements, spawning more drowned instead of zombies.^[11]
1.21.4	24w45a	Drowned now prefer to pick up tridents from the ground as opposed to other items.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.21.11	25w41a	Drowned that don't spawn in rivers can now spawn as zombie nautilus jockeys.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.2.13 Experiment Experimental Gameplay	beta 1.2.13.8	Added drowned mobs as part of "Experimental Gameplay".
		Drowned use lower-pitched zombie sounds as a placeholder.
		Due to a bug, the model is not consistent with zombies.^[12]
1.4.0 Experiment Experimental Gameplay	beta 1.2.14.2	Added baby drowned.
		The drowned's face now glows in the dark.
		Drowned now have their own sounds.
	beta 1.2.20.1	Drowned no longer drop sponge.
	beta 1.2.20.1	Baby drowned now burn in sunlight.
1.5.0	beta 1.5.0.0	Drowned are now present outside of experimental gameplay.
		Drowned now have a chance to hold nautilus shells.
		Zombies now turn into drowned when underwater.
1.10.0	beta 1.10.0.3	Drowned are now hostile toward the new wandering traders.
		The number of drowned mobs that spawn has been reduced.
		Drowned no longer spawn in swamps.
1.16.0	beta 1.15.0.51	A converted drowned can no longer generate with a trident.
	beta 1.15.0.51	Drowned without tridents no longer drop a trident.
	beta 1.16.0.51	Drowned now have the ability to pick up items.
1.16.210 Experiment Caves and Cliffs	beta 1.16.210.57	Drowned now drop copper ingots instead of gold ingots.
1.17.30	beta 1.17.30.20	Drowned no longer pick up glow ink sacs.
1.21.20	Preview 1.21.10.22	Drowned now spawn individually in rivers instead of in groups of two.
1.21.20	Preview 1.21.10.22	Drowned now spawn in aquifers in dripstone caves.^[13]
1.21.60	Preview 1.21.60.21	Baby drowned now move with the same speed as baby zombies and baby zombie villagers.^[14]
1.21.120	Preview 1.21.120.23	Drowned no longer drop their held trident in favor of a nautilus shell.
	Preview 1.21.120.23	Drowned can now spawn with enchanted tridents.
	Preview 1.21.120.24	The drowned model's right arm position has been fixed. The missing pixels of the drowned's texture have been fixed.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.21.130	Preview 1.21.130.20	Drowned can now apply vertical knockback to the player when dealing melee damage.
1.21.130	Preview 1.21.130.20	Drowned that don't spawn in rivers can now spawn as zombie nautilus jockeys.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Added drowned mobs.
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Zombies now turn into drowned when underwater for too long.
			1.91				Drowned are now hostile toward the new wandering traders.

Issues

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

Trivia

Drowned are not considered as aquatic mobs, instead, they are considered as undead and are therefore unaffected by the Impaling enchantment.‌^{[Java Edition only]}^[15]
A drowned chicken jockey that spawns underwater floats to the surface because the chicken it is riding floats, causing the drowned riding it to burn in sunlight during the day, resulting in a chicken in the middle of the ocean or river where the drowned chicken jockey spawned in.‌^{[Java Edition only]}
In Bedrock Edition, drowned have a more inflated outer layers. This causes their heads and arms to look larger than in Java Edition and causes helmets to go inside their heads and their clothing goes off the sides of their leggings.
Like spiders and endermen, drowned have eyes (in addition to their noses and mouths) that appear to glow in Bedrock Edition, although they do not produce light.
The sounds for drowned were recorded by Samuel Åberg gurgling milk.^[16]^[17]

Gallery

Renders

A drowned with a trident in Java Edition.
Ditto in Bedrock Edition.
A baby drowned with a trident in Java Edition.
Ditto in Bedrock Edition.
An unarmed drowned pursuing a target in Java Edition.
Ditto as a baby.
A drowned brandishing its trident in Java Edition.
Ditto in Bedrock Edition.
A baby drowned brandishing its trident in Java Edition.
Ditto in Bedrock Edition.
A drowned with a fishing rod in Java Edition.
Ditto in Bedrock Edition.
A drowned holding both a trident and a nautilus shell.
Ditto in Bedrock Edition.
A drowned chicken jockey.
A drowned without its second layer (this state cannot be seen in vanilla gameplay).

Screenshots

A passive drowned during the day, standing in the shade.
A group of drowned that spawned naturally in an ocean biome.
A group of drowned attacking the player.
A drowned near an ocean ruin within a coral reef.
A drowned attacking a pufferfish after being attacked by it.
A drowned swimming in a river in Bedrock Edition.
Drowned can sometimes spawn in ocean ruins in positions that they can't get out of.
A drowned wearing armor. This occurs only on drowned converted from zombies, not naturally spawned drowned.‌^{[Java Edition only]}
A drowned with the same posture as a player, when holding a nautilus shell or anything else in their offhand.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}
Drowned wearing a pumpkin on Halloween.
A drowned chicken jockey.
A left-handed drowned holding its trident in the wrong direction.
Drowned with Loyalty trident gets swarmed by its own tridents.
A trident drowned in a savanna village.
A creeper and drowned mixed together.
A drowned chasing the player while holding a fishing rod.

Mojang images

An unreleased drowned texture.
Diving contest!

Textures

Drowned outer layer texture file.
Drowned texture file.

In other media

Artwork of a Drowned with a fishing rod, used on the Minecraft 15th anniversary page.^[18]
Efe fighting several drowned underwater.
An enderman and drowned embrace on a floating door in the middle of the ocean, parodying a shot from the film Titanic.^[19]
An animation of a zombie converting into a drowned.^[20]
LEGO Minecraft Drowned.
Acid Drowned, an official T-shirt design.

References

↑ MC-68605
↑ MC-187536 — Drowned with tridents try to throw tridents at players from an infinite distance
↑ MC-2432 — resolved as "Works As Intended".
↑ MC-127296
↑ ^a ^b MC-147711
↑ MC-2871
↑ MC-111498 — Fireworks and water bottles damage don't make neutral mobs angry or hostile — resolved as "Fixed".
↑ MC-159025 — Drowned do not spawn in warm ocean biomes — resolved as "Fixed".
↑ MC-271629
↑ MC-14800
↑ MC-275544
↑ MCPE-82082 — Issue with the drowned model
↑ MCPE-144066
↑ MCPE-34574 — Baby drowned does not have the same speed as other baby zombies — resolved as "Fixed".
↑ MC-128249 — resolved as "Works As Intended".
↑ "Zombie + Milk = Drowned?" – Minecraft on YouTube, September 21, 2023
↑ "Growth & Evolution - Part 3: 15 Years of Minecraft" – Minecraft on YouTube, June 5, 2024
↑ "Shape your world" – Minecraft.net.
↑ "Titanic Scene - "Promise me Now Rose, and Never Let Go of that Promise"" – Titanic World on YouTube, August 7, 2017
↑ "Poor zombies are constantly stumbling into Minecraft’s oceans! But what happens to them down in the depths?" @minecraft on Instagram, July 2, 2018

External links

DANGER: SCARY MOB SPOTTED IN SEAS — Minecraft.net on July 2, 2018

Navigation

[Drowned0-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l In Mounts of Mayhem^[upcoming], adult drowned wielding a trident have a 50% chance of spawning mounted on a zombie nautilus.

[Drowned1-2] In Mounts of Mayhem^[upcoming], adult drowned wielding a trident have a 50% chance of spawning mounted on a coral zombie nautilus.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

[player_or_pet-3] Only when killed by a player or a tamed wolf.

[player_or_pet-4] Only when killed by a player or a tamed wolf.

[blockdependent-8] This variable is block-dependent, and varies depending upon the block

[9] Depends on the drowned's velocity, around 0.003 when moving around underwater with no target. The precise equation is the smaller of 1.0 or 0.35×(the momentum of the drowned, with the horizontal axes multiplied by 0.2)

[MCPE-53297-10] MCPE-53297

[5] MC-68605

[6] MC-187536 — Drowned with tridents try to throw tridents at players from an infinite distance

[7] MC-2432 — resolved as "Works As Intended".

[11] MC-127296

[MC-147711-12] MC-147711

[13] MC-2871

[14] MC-111498 — Fireworks and water bottles damage don't make neutral mobs angry or hostile — resolved as "Fixed".

[15] MC-159025 — Drowned do not spawn in warm ocean biomes — resolved as "Fixed".

[16] MC-271629

[17] MC-14800

[18] MC-275544

[19] MCPE-82082 — Issue with the drowned model

[20] MCPE-144066

[21] MCPE-34574 — Baby drowned does not have the same speed as other baby zombies — resolved as "Fixed".

[22] MC-128249 — resolved as "Works As Intended".

[23] "Zombie + Milk = Drowned?" – Minecraft on YouTube, September 21, 2023

[24] "Growth & Evolution - Part 3: 15 Years of Minecraft" – Minecraft on YouTube, June 5, 2024

[25] "Shape your world" – Minecraft.net.

[26] "Titanic Scene - "Promise me Now Rose, and Never Let Go of that Promise"" – Titanic World on YouTube, August 7, 2017

[27] "Poor zombies are constantly stumbling into Minecraft’s oceans! But what happens to them down in the depths?" @minecraft on Instagram, July 2, 2018

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