Zombie villagers have a 5% chance of spawning in place of zombies and may also spawn from a villager killed by a zombie. The chance of a villager turning into a zombie villager when killed by a zombie or zombie variant depends on the difficulty level. Villagers do appear under the passive mob list, but they have very different spawning behavior than animals do (i.e. they will not randomly spawn, and can only be created either at world generation, through villager breeding, or by curing zombie villagers). So, for the purpose of animal spawning, are Villagers counted towards the passive mob total? The chance of a pack of zombies being zombie villagers is 5% but the pack size is only 1, compared to 4 for normal zombies (e.g. the spawn list for Plains, which is representative of most biomes), so the real chance is (5% * 1) / (5% * 1 + 95% * 4) = 1.3%, or nearly 4 times rarer. This wasn't always the case though; in 1.6.4 they are indeed 5% 5% is one in 20, it takes a while. I also tested it, it really does take a while, especially because the spawning is slower than for normal spawners, if you don't specify anything in that regard, but after about 10-15 spawns, I got a regular zombie villager and a baby zombie villager at once. – zombie villager (lvl1) Spawn: graveyard Your local flesh eating zombie, but faster. will sprint to you and attack with melee Health: 120 Damage: 24 Drops Rotten flesh Poisonous potatoes Leather armour peice (rare) (possibly removed) private island zombie (scaling) Spawn: private island This type of zombie spawns in your own private island. The wandering trader is a passive mob that randomly spawns near the player. It can trade, making natural items more available, less dangerous to obtain, and in some cases, renewable. The wandering trader appears randomly in the Overworld with 2 leashed trader llamas. They typically spawn within a 48-block radius of a player. In Bedrock Edition, they also try to spawn by a claimed bell in a As others posted, an armor piece the zombie picked up (didn't spawn with it naturally) will prevent the zombie from despawning. Important caveat though: if said armor piece is a helmet, and the zombie is exposed to sunlight, the helmet takes continuous damage and will break after a short time, and the zombie will despawn or burn to death right after that happens. You want to use the Riding: attribute when you spawn it in. This will produce a zombie chicken jockey in full diamond armor, with a diamond sword (the first item): This will produce a zombie chicken jockey in full diamond armor, with a diamond sword (the first item): Where do Zombies Spawn Minecraft. Innately, Zombie Villagers have a 5% possibility to generate in any biome that Zombies could indeed spawn in. After being slain by any sort of Zombie, ordinary villagers get a chance to change into Zombie Villagers. In Easy, Normal, and Hard modes, this probability is 0%, 50%, and 100%, respectively. In Igloo Zombie Villager (Hostile) - Spawn Chance: 5/495 & Group Size: 2-4 ; Skeleton (Hostile) - Spawn Chance: 80/495 & Group Size: 1-2 the rare zombie villager, as well as traders and their llamas 57nozo.