For fighter info, seeSteve (SSBU).

Zombie
Isometric render of a Zombie fromMinecraft.
Universe	Minecraft
Debut	Minecraft (2009, technical debut; 2011, official debut)
Smash Bros. appearances	Ultimate
Most recent non-Smash appearance	Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds (2025, via DLC)
Console/platform of origin	Microsoft Windows Apple Mac OS X Linux
Species	Zombie
Gender	Genderless[1]
Place of origin	Overworld
Created by	Markus Persson

TheZombie (ゾンビ,Zombie) is a hostile mob found inMinecraft.

Origin[edit]

Zombies appear as the most common and basic enemies inMinecraft, spawning in groups of 4 in areas with a light level of 0, being commonly found inside unexplored caves for that reason. They spawn only in the Overworld, and have several variants. These include Baby Zombies, which are smaller and faster and can ride a variety of other mobs, although the ability to climb onto other mobs is currently exclusive to the Bedrock version; Zombie Villagers, which can be cured into regular Villagers by the player; Husks, dehydrated zombies that appear in deserts, are immune to sunlight, and inflict hunger on attack; and Drowned, aquatic zombies found in rivers and oceans. A Husk will turn into a regular Zombie if submerged underwater for 30 seconds, and then into a Drowned if it stays submerged for an additional 30 seconds. Additionally, zombies can spawn in a special structure called a Dungeon, which consists of a small room made of mossy cobblestone with a mob spawner and a chest inside.

Zombies can spawn wearing different types of armor and wielding all sorts of tools. Both the armor and the tools can be enchanted. They will burn in the sunlight, unless if they have a helmet equipped, are standing beneath a structure, or are within water. When killed, zombies may drop up to two pieces of rotten flesh, with a chance of rarely dropping one iron ingot, carrot, or potato, as well as any equipment they spawned with. Killing a zombie awardsthe player 5 natural EXP orbs, with additional 1-3 orbs depending on their naturally-spawned equipment. Baby zombies drop 12 EXP orbs.

InSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

As a playable character[edit]

Zombie, as it appears inSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate.

In the October 1st, 2020 presentation, Zombie was revealed to be an alternate costume forSteve.

As a moveset element[edit]

Several zombies appear alongsideCreepers as part ofHouse of Boom.

As a background element[edit]

Zombies appear in the background ofMinecraft World. They appear during nighttime alongside other monsters, scaring away Villagers, and remain until the sun rises, when they catch fire and burn up.

Spirit[edit]

Zombie also appears as a Novice-classprimary spirit in theMinecraft DLC Spirit Board. Zombie is one of the only character-swapping alternate costumes that lacks a fighter spirit, instead appearing solely as a primary spirit. It shares this trait withEnderman.

Zombie uses an army ofSteve puppet fighters in the Zombie alternate costume and is fought on theMinecraft World stage's nighttime layout. During the battle, the Zombie Team is equipped with slow super armor, referencing how the Zombies have low speed but can occasionally wear armor. One of the Zombies is also small, referencing Baby Zombie.

No.	Image	Name	Type	Class	Slots	Base	Max	Base	Max	Base	Max	Ability	Series
1,430		Zombie		★	0	1346	6737	855	4276	440	2202	Fire Weakness	Minecraft Series

Gallery[edit]

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  A Zombie as it appears in the background ofMinecraft World.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language	Name
Japanese	ゾンビ,Zombie
English	Zombie
French	Zombie
German	Zombie
Spanish	Zombi
Italian	Zombi
Chinese (Simplified)	僵尸,Zombie
Chinese (Traditional)	殭屍,Zombie
Korean	좀비,Zombie
Dutch	Zombie
Russian	Зомби

Trivia[edit]

• Zombie is the only alternate character to not use a different model from their base character, as its model is identical to Steve's, despite the Zombies inMinecraft being slightly taller (around 1.9 blocks tall where the player is 1.8 blocks tall).
• Zombie (alongside Enderman) is the second common enemy to become playable inSmash, afterPiranha Plant; they are also the first third-party fighters to not be primary playable characters in their home series. However, both Zombie and Enderman are alternate costumes forSteve, unlike Piranha Plant who is a unique fighter.
• The Zombie alternate costume inUltimate, similarly to Steve himself, is taken from an outdated texture of the mob, which was replaced in the "Village & Pillage" update toMinecraft in 2019.
• Although they are able to do so inSmash due to being alternate costumes for Steve, Zombies and Endermen are never seen eating food or crafting withinMinecraft itself.

References[edit]

External Link[edit]

• Article on theMinecraft Wiki.

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