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Zombie Horses spawning near Zombie Villages.

Currently, Skeleton Horses have a chance to naturally spawn during thunderstorms (therefore actually appearing in the game).

So, why not let Zombie Horses have the same treatment; by letting them have a chance to naturally spawn within the vicinity of Zombie Villages?

 

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    (excess formatting removed ~nb)

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    I love this idea, and I think it would be even better if the zombie horses were tamable and controllable while riding

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    I agree with Rat that they should probably spawn in zombie raids as well, probably also acting as a zombie jockey. I would like to also suggest the creation of a drowned horse, which, on top of just looking cool, would be like a halfway stage between skeleton and zombie horses. I'd suggest that it would have half the health of the skeleton horse and, like the drowned, would be able to properly swim instead of just sinking as skeleton and zombie horses do. As for natural spawning I feel like perhaps not every undead should have their own mount, but they could be found around/in a new sunken stable structure. Also obviously if a zombie horse drowns. I hope you lovely folks at the Mojang team take these ideas into consideration.

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    Why not have them pre-generate in the villager stable

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    Yes! A way to get Zombie Horses in pure survival.

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    Don't forget that horses spawn as part of village generation within pens, so zombie horses could replace that.

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    Zombie horses should have three variants like their humanoid counterparts (normal, husk, drowned) with husk horses spawning in the desert (obviously), drowned spawning around underwater ruins with drowned riding them (like they are guarding it) and normal zombie horses spawning anywhere else. Normal and husk zombie horses should spawn in zombie villages and during zombie sieges with zombies riding them wearing an iron helmet while wielding an iron weapon/tool, like skeleton horse jockeys. However, unlike skeleton horses, they should burn in daylight with the exception of the husk horse unless ridden by an helmet wearing zombie. Also, like zombies, they should undergo the husk-to-zombie-to-drowned conversion when drowning. However, due to most of them being able to burn in daylight, they should have certain abilities to make them useful. For example, the husk horse should have some form of fire protection (like the armor enchantment; would be useful for traveling through the Nether), normal zombie horses should run faster and jump higher than the average horse during nighttime but will suffer slowness and the inability to be commanded to jump like a normal horse during daytime, and drowned horses should be able to swim in water like a drowned but lose the ability be commanded to jump. Like skeleton horses, they should have less health than a normal horse but more health than a skeleton horse (since they have more skin to work with).

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    Yeah, cuz zombie horses don't spawn ingame, so why not?

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    Excellent idea I want it in the game! 

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    Perhaps the zombie horses care spawn in the zombie village's stables. This way they aren't just roaming around. It would be great to get them legitimately in survival mode!

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    There are horses that spawn in pens in regular villages. Horses also spawn in zombie villages in pens. Zombie horses should spawn in stead on the regular horses

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    I like this idea. I would also suggest (as others have) that zombie cavalry spawn during zombie sieges. Zombie cavalry would wear helmets and generate with a weapon. The horse might also generate with armor. I would also suggest that zombie cavalry only generate as part of a siege against large villages. Zombie cavalry could also target golems and players over villagers.

    They could also use charging tactics. The horse and rider would charge their chosen target and hit as they run by, making them hard to fight on foot.

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    Zombie horses should spawn at horse pens in Zombie Villages.

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    I really like this idea, it's a shame that such a cool mob cannot be encountered in survival! Please add the zombie horses in survival.

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    It is a good idea, and also they should work like zombies so when you approach/ride the zombie horse all the zombies of the area should come.

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    They should spawn upon generating the village (probably inside some kind of stable) and not just anywhere.

    If they just spawned like how Guardians spawn in Ocean Monuments (except they'd be rarer, obviously), then it would decrease their rarity/value.... then again, zombie villages are already very uncommon, so it would have some merit of fairness.

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    Yessir

    Zombie horse should be no longer Unused

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    Instead of them spawning near the village, I think the better idea would be for thm to spawn in the village.