Strider Jockey
| Health points |
Zombified Piglin: 20HP |
|---|---|
| Behavior |
Neutral |
| Spawn |
See § Spawning |
| Natural equipment |
Zombified Piglin:
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A strider jockey is the appearance of a saddled strider being ridden by a zombified piglin.
Strider jockeys can also spawn as baby striders riding adult striders. When this happens, the adult strider is never saddled.
Spawning
Zombified piglins or baby striders have a 1⁄30 chance to spawn riding a strider, creating the strider jockey. They spawn in the Nether in lava oceans.
The zombified piglin spawns with a warped fungus on a stick in its hand, instead of the usual golden sword. The zombified piglin can also spawn as a baby. The strider spawns wearing a saddle.
In Java Edition on Halloween, there is a 22.5% chance for the zombified piglin to spawn with a carved pumpkin on its head, and a 2.5% chance with a jack o'lantern on its head.
Drops
The zombified piglin and strider each drop mostly the same items they normally would (see Zombified Piglin § Drops and Strider § Drops).
There are two notable differences:
- Instead of a golden sword, the zombified piglin has a chance to drop the warped fungus on a stick it is holding with random durability, with an 8.5% chance in Java Edition and a 25% chance in Bedrock Edition.
- The strider will always drop its worn saddle when killed.
Behavior
The movement of the strider jockey is controlled by the zombified piglin. Because of the strider, it will move faster while in lava and slower when on land. Usually, they will not purposefully step onto land unless angered.
The strider cannot be tempted by a warped fungus or warped fungus on a stick while being ridden by the zombified piglin, but it can be leashed.
Like zombified piglins, strider jockeys are neutral towards the player and other mobs. They are angered when the rider or any nearby zombified piglin is attacked, resulting in the strider jockey attacking the aggressor via melee. They also pathfind towards and stomp on turtle eggs.
Unlike players, the zombified piglin cannot “use” the warped fungus on a stick and force the strider to move faster.
When the rider is killed, the strider becomes passive and behaves like usual. Additionally, the strider can immediately be ridden by the player due to spawning with a saddle already equipped. The saddle is dropped upon the strider's death.
The strider’s saddle cannot be removed using shears while the zombified piglin is riding it.
In a strider jockey of a baby strider riding an adult strider the baby strider can still grow up, and when it does the top strider can still be ridden.
History
Java Edition
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.16 | 20w13a | Added strider jockeys. | |||||
| 20w18a | Striders can no longer spawn in stacks of 3 or higher; only an adult and baby strider or an adult strider and a zombified piglin. | ||||||
| Zombified piglins that spawn riding striders no longer despawn. | |||||||
| 1.16.2 | Pre-Release 1 | Zombified piglins now hold a warped fungus on a stick when spawned as a strider jockey. | |||||
Bedrock Edition
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.16 | beta 1.16.0.57 | Added strider jockeys. | |||||
| 1.16.100 | beta 1.16.100.54 | Zombified piglins now hold a warped fungus on a stick when spawned as a strider jockey. | |||||
