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Two skeletons, one with an enchanted bow and another with full golden armor.
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Two zombies, wearing full sets of chainmail and leather armor respectively.

Some mobs can spawn wearing armor or holding weapons, both of which may be enchanted. In addition, some of them may also spawn with the ability to pick up armor and items that are on the ground.

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Spawning

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Natural spawning

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Adult zombies, husks, and zombie villagers can sometimes spawn wearing armor of any tier up to diamond and/or holding an iron sword, iron shovel, or iron spear.

Drowned can sometimes spawn holding a trident.

Skeletons, strays, bogged, and parched always spawn holding a bow and can sometimes spawn wearing armor of any tier up to diamond.

  • When spawned as a skeleton horseman, a skeleton will always be wearing an enchanted iron helmet, but can still spawn with other armor pieces.

Adult piglins always spawn holding either a golden sword, crossbow, or golden spear, and can sometimes spawn wearing golden armor.

Several mobs are guaranteed to spawn holding a weapon and cannot spawn with armor:

The following tables show chances of mobs spawning with armor and weapons, per difficulty:

Chances of zombies, husks and zombie villagers spawning with armor and weapons
Easy Normal Hard
Armor 0% 0%-15%[note 1] 1.875%-15%[note 1]
Armor enchantment[note 2] 0% 0%-50%[note 1] 6.25%-50%[note 1]
Weapon[note 3] 1% 1% 5%
Weapon enchantment[note 2] 0% 0%-25%[note 1] 3.125%-25%[note 1]
  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Value is based on the regional difficulty.
  2. ↑ a b Enchantment is the same as on an enchantment table at level 5–22.[note 1]
  3. ↑ 2⁄3 chance of an iron shovel, 1⁄6 chance of an iron sword, 1⁄6 chance of an iron spear[check the code]
Chances of drowned spawning with armor and weapons
Easy Normal Hard
Weapon‌[JE only][note 1] 6.25% 6.25% 6.25%
Weapon‌[BE only][note 1] 15% 15% 15%
Weapon enchantment[note 3] 0% 0%–25%[note 2] 3.125%–25%[note 2]
  1. ↑ a b 100% chance of a trident
  2. ↑ a b c Value is based on the regional difficulty.
  3. ↑ Enchantment is the same as on an enchantment table at level 5–22.[note 2]
Chances of skeletons, strays, bogged and parched spawning with armor and weapons
Easy Normal Hard
Armor 0% 0%–15%[note 1] 1.875%–15%[note 1]
Weapon[note 2] 100% 100% 100%
Weapon enchantment[note 3] 0% 0%–25%[note 1] 3.125%–25%[note 1]
Armor enchantment[note 3] 0% 0%–50%[note 1] 6.25%–50%[note 1]
  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Value is based on the regional difficulty.
  2. ↑ 100% chance of a bow
  3. ↑ a b Enchantment is the same as on an enchantment table at level 5–22.[note 1]
Chances of piglins spawning with armor and weapons
Peaceful Easy Normal Hard
Armor[note 1] ​[more information needed] 34.39% 34.39% 34.39%
Armor enchantment[note 2] ​[more information needed] 0% 0-50%[note 3] 6.25%-50%[note 3]
Weapon[note 4] ​[more information needed] 100% 100% 100%
Weapon enchantment[note 2] ​[more information needed] 0% 0%-25%[note 3] 3.125%-25%[note 3]
  1. ↑ Adult piglins can only spawn with golden armor, with each armor slot independently having a 10% chance to be equipped. Therefore, each piglin has a 34.39% chance to spawn with at least 1 piece of armor, and a 0.01% chance to spawn with a full set.
  2. ↑ a b Enchantment is the same as on an enchantment table at level 5–22.[note 3]
  3. ↑ a b c d e Value is based on the regional difficulty.
  4. ↑ 9⁄20 chance of a golden sword, 1⁄2 chance of a crossbow, 1⁄20 chance of a golden spear
Chances of other mobs spawning with weapons
Easy Normal Hard
Weapon[note 1] 100% 100% 100%
Weapon enchantment[note 3] 0% 0%–25%[note 2] 3.125%–25%[note 2]
  1. ↑ iron axe for vindicators, golden axe for piglin brutes, iron sword for vexes, crossbow for pillagers, bow for illusioners‌[JE only]. Wither skeletons never spawn with enchanted weapons.
    For zombified piglins, 19⁄20 chance for a golden sword, and 1⁄20 chance for a golden spear.[check the code]
  2. ↑ a b c Value is based on the regional difficulty.
  3. ↑ Enchantment is the same as on an enchantment table at level 5–22.[note 2]

If a mob (except piglins[note 1]) does spawn with armor, the chances of specific armor pieces are as follows:

Chances of different armor pieces, per difficulty
Armor Easy & Normal Hard
Helmet 100% 100%
Helmet and chestplate 75% 90%
Helmet, chestplate, and leggings 56.25% 81%
Full set 42.19% 72.9%

The chances of it being of a particular material are:

Chances of different armor types
Armor Type Chance [verify for Bedrock Edition]
Leather 23.60%
Copper 32.23%
Gold 33.29%
Chainmail 9.73%
Iron 1.10%
Diamond 0.04%

Ominous trials

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Zombies, husks, skeletons, strays, and bogged which are spawned by ominous trial spawners spawn with a different set of equipment than naturally spawned mobs. In Java Edition, equipment from mobs spawned in ominous trials is never dropped, unlike other mob equipment.

Armor always consists of a helmet and chestplate enchanted with Protection IV, Fire Protection IV, and Projectile Protection IV, with a 50% chance of each individual piece being missing. The tier and trim of the armor is randomly selected from:

A melee mob's weapon is randomly selected from:

A ranged mob's weapon is randomly selected from:

Zombification

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When a piglin turns into a zombified piglin, its armor and weapons are retained after zombification. Zombified piglins are not capable of using crossbows as ranged weapons, however, and will still attack with melee even if equipped with one.

Converting

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When a husk converts into a zombie, a skeleton converts into a stray, or a zombie converts into a drowned, their armor and weapons are retained after conversion.‌[JE only]
The equipment is dropped when a husk converts into a zombie, and when a zombie converts into a drowned.‌[BE only]

Curing

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When a zombie villager is cured, the resulting villager drops any equipped items that the zombie villager had, and cannot pick them up again.

Picking up gear

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The following mobs can spawn with a chance of picking up armor and weapons on Normal difficulty and higher:

Adult piglins can always pick up armor and golden weapons. They will not replace their crossbow with a golden weapon if they have one, but will replace their golden sword if they find one with better enchantments.

Spawning chances

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Chances of mobs picking up armor and weapons, per difficulty
Easy Normal Hard
Can pick up loot 0% 0%-55%[note 2] 6.875%-55%[note 2]

Preferences

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The systems in place for which weapons are preferred are different between Java Edition and Bedrock Edition.

In both editions, piglins prefer golden armor and weapons over other tiers.

Java Edition
For weapons, the priority is as follows:

  • If one weapon is preferred but the other is not, pick that weapon.
  • If both or neither are preferred, pick the weapon with the higher base damage value.
  • If both weapons have the same base damage value, pick the weapon with a higher quantity of enchantments.
  • If both weapons have the same number of enchantments, pick the weapon that is less damaged.
  • If both weapons have the same durability, pick the weapon with a custom name.
  • If both or neither weapon has a custom name, keep the old weapon.

For armor, the priority is as follows:

  • If one armor piece has a higher armor value, pick that armor piece.
  • If both armor pieces have the same base armor value, pick the armor piece with the higher base armor toughness value.
  • If both armor pieces have the same base armor toughness value, pick the armor piece with a higher quantity of enchantments.
  • If both armor pieces have the same quantity of enchantments, pick the armor piece that is less damaged.
  • If both armor pieces have the same durability, pick the armor piece with a custom name.
  • If both or neither armor piece has a custom name, keep the old armor piece.

Bedrock Edition
For weapons, the priority is as follows:

  • Swords are preferred over bows, over axes, over pickaxes, over shovels, over hoes, over tridents, maces, and crossbows.
    • Only mobs that can use bows or crossbows can pick them up, and only drowned are capable of using tridents as ranged weapons.
  • If both weapons are of the same type, prefer the one of a higher tier.
  • If both weapons are of the same type and tier, the mob will endlessly swap between them.

For armor, only the tier matters. Higher tier armor is preferred.

Mob don't pickup armor and weapons if the gamerule MobGriefing is off.


Using gear

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Weapon damage

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A mob holding a weapon adds the weapon's damage to its normal melee damage. For example, a zombie holding an iron shovel on Normal difficulty deals 3HP👁 ❤️
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 from its punch + 3.5HP👁 ❤️
 × 1.75 from the shovel for a total of 6.5HP👁 ❤️
 × 3.25. (it should be noted that, in Java Edition, damage values shown when hovering over weapons in the inventory include the player's 1HP👁 💔
 base melee damage, so an iron shovel shows up as 4.5HP👁 ❤️
 × 2.25; subtracting 1 gives the actual weapon's damage.) The mob's weapon damage is scaled by difficulty: if a zombie would deal X damage on Normal, it deals 1.5 * X on Hard and 0.5 * X + 1 on Easy. So for example a zombie with an iron shovel deals 1.5 * 6.5 = 9.75HP👁 ❤️
 × 4.875 on Hard and 0.5 * 6.5 + 1 = 4.25HP👁 ❤️
 × 2.125 on Easy. Enchantments add their damage as normal before difficulty scaling.

Armor protection

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Main article: Armor

A mob wearing armor adds the armor's protection value to its natural armor value, if any. For example, a zombie wearing a full set of iron armor will have a total armor value of 17 (👁 🛡
 × 8.5) (15 (👁 🛡
 × 7.5) from the iron armor + 2 (👁 🛡
) natural zombie armor). Armor toughness also applies if the mob is wearing diamond or netherite armor.

Other uses

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  • Mobs that can wield axes, such as vindicators, piglin brutes, and zombies will always disable shields when they attack a player blocking with it.
  • Mobs cannot use tools to break blocks or for any other use, they are used solely for attacking.

Using enchantments

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Enchantments affect mobs in the same way as they do players, though mobs are incapable of benefiting from certain enchantments (i.e. Aqua Affinity, Mending, etc.) due to not being able to interact with the relevant mechanics.

The Unbreaking enchantment has no effect on mob armor in Java Edition, as mob armor does not take durability damage in that edition.

Dropping gear

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Taken equipment

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When a mob dies, all picked-up equipment will be dropped, without changing the damage that has accumulated on it in Java Edition. In Bedrock Edition, the armor's durability is still vulnerable to attacks, as if a player is wearing it.

Naturally-spawned equipment

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Java Edition
All mobs except vexes and ominous trial mobs have an 8.5% chance of dropping their naturally-spawned equipment and drop it with a random durability. Each level of Looting increases the chance by 1 percentage point (11.5% with Looting III).

Bedrock Edition
All mobs except vexes have a 25% chance of dropping their naturally-spawned equipment and drop it with a random durability. Each level of Looting increases the chance by 1 percentage point (28% with Looting III).
Additionally, in Bedrock Edition, all naturally-spawned equipment always drops (100% chance) when a husk converts into a zombie or a zombie converts into a drowned, often with full durability.

Experience

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Any mob that spawns with equipment gives 1–3XP extra experience points per equipment piece when killed by the player or a tamed wolf.

History

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Java Edition

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Java Edition Classic
0.24_SURVIVAL_TESTAdded plate armor, which zombies and skeletons can wear.
This currently has no effect on gameplay.
Java Edition Indev
0.3120091223-0040Mobs can no longer wear armor.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.2.0previewSkeletons now always spawn holding bows.
releaseZombie pigmen now always spawn holding golden swords.
Java Edition
1.4.212w32aMob armor has been reintroduced. Zombies, skeletons, and zombie villagers can now sometimes spawn with armor.
Along with zombie pigmen, these mobs can also sometimes spawn with the ability to pick up weapons and armor off the ground.
Zombies and zombie villagers can now sometimes spawn holding iron swords or shovels.
Any weapon a mob is holding now affects its damage, and can spawn enchanted.
12w36aAdded wither skeletons, which always spawn with a stone sword and can have the ability to pick up items off the ground.
Unlike other mobs that can spawn with gear, a wither skeleton's stone sword is always unenchanted.
1.915w31aMobs now wear armor from the bottom to the top; a mob with three armor pieces would spawn with all armor pieces except a helmet.
15w38aAdded skeleton horsemen, which always spawn with an enchanted iron helmet and enchanted bow.
1.1016w20aAdded strays, which always spawn holding a bow and can spawn with armor. They can sometimes spawn with the ability to pick up items off the ground.
Added husks, which can spawn with armor and/or an iron sword or shovel. They can sometimes spawn with the ability to pick up items off the ground.
1.1116w39aAdded vindicators, which always appear holding an iron axe.
Added vexes, which always appear holding an iron sword.
16w40aVindicators and vexes now actually spawn with the weapons they appear with, significantly buffing them.
1.1217w16aAdded illusioners, which always spawn holding a bow.
1.1318w11aAdded drowned, which can sometimes spawn holding a trident, and can have the ability to pick up items off the ground.
1.1418w43aAdded pillagers, which always spawn holding a crossbow.
1.1620w07aAdded piglins, which can spawn with golden armor, always spawn holding either a golden sword or crossbow, and always have the ability to pick up items off the ground.
Unlike other mobs that can spawn with armor, piglins have a flat 10% chance per slot to spawn with a golden armor piece in that slot.
1.16.220w27aAdded piglin brutes, which always spawn holding a golden axe.
Pre-Release 1Zombified piglins that spawn as strider jockeys no longer spawn holding a golden sword, with it being replaced by a warped fungus on a stick instead.
1.20.5
Experiment
Update 1.21		24w07aAdded bogged, which always spawn holding a bow and can spawn with armor. They can sometimes spawn with the ability to pick up items off the ground.
24w13aAdded ominous trials, which affect the gear of zombies, skeletons, and their variants spawned from ominous trial spawners.
Zombies, skeletons, husks, strays, and bogged spawned from ominous trial spawners can spawn with chainmail, iron, or diamond helmets and/or chestplates which are always enchanted.
Zombies and husks spawned from ominous trial spawners always spawn with either an iron sword which may be enchanted or an unenchanted diamond sword.
Skeletons, strays, and bogged from ominous trial spawners are much more likely to spawn with an enchanted bow.
1.21.224w33aMobs now spawn wearing armor from the top to the bottom again; a mob with three armor pieces will now spawn with all armor pieces except boots.
1.21.424w45aThe way mobs decide to replace their equipped items with items on the ground was changed.
Drowned now prefer to pick up tridents over other items.
Pillagers and piglins now prefer to pick up crossbows over other items.
Skeletons, wither skeletons, strays, and bogged now prefer to pick up bows over other items.
24w46aWither skeletons no longer pick up bows.
1.21.925w31aCopper armor has been added, which hostile monsters can spawn with and pick up. This significantly reduces the odds of mobs spawning with higher tiers of armor.[1]
25w37aThe way the tier of zombie and skeleton armor is determined has been tweaked, leaving the odds of mobs spawning with higher tiers of armor closer to how they were before 25w31a.
1.21.1125w41aZombies, zombie villagers, and husks can now spawn holding iron spears.
Piglins and zombified piglins can now spawn holding golden spears.
25w44aAdded parched, which always spawn holding a bow and can spawn with armor. They can sometimes spawn with the ability to pick up items off the ground.

Bedrock Edition

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Bedrock Edition
1.21.100
Experiment
Drop 3 2025		Preview 1.21.100.23Added copper armor and tools, which can be equipped on mobs.
1.21.111Preview 1.21.110.20Hostile monsters now have a chance to spawn with copper armor equipped.
Hostile monsters can now pick up and use copper equipment.
1.21.120Preview 1.21.120.23Drowned can now spawn with enchanted tridents.


See also

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Notes

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  1. ↑ Adult piglins can only spawn with golden armor, with each armor slot independently having a 10% chance to be equipped. Therefore, each piglin has a 34.39% chance to spawn with at least 1 piece of armor, and a 0.01% chance to spawn with a full set.
  2. ↑ a b Value is based on the regional difficulty.

References

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  1. ↑ MC-301294 – resolved as "Fixed".

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👁 ItemSprite iron-sword.png: Sprite image for iron-sword in Minecraft
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