Barrel Zombie

Barrel Zombie
Mod	Born in Chaos
Type	Hostile
Health	30 ♥×15
Attack damage	3
Armor	6
Speed	0.2
Follow range	30
Knockback resist.	0.3
Size	0.8 × 1.9 blocks
XP dropped	9
Spawns in	283 biomes
Category	Monster
ID	born_in_chaos_v1:barrel_zombie

The Barrel Zombie is a hostile mob added by Born in Chaos. It is a melee-only monster with 30 health, and it is one of the most common zombie-type hostiles in the pack, which makes it a regular threat in dark, damp areas of the overworld. It is worth knowing about because it targets players, can be found in several water-side biomes where players tend to stop and build, and bursts into Corpse Maggots when it dies.

The Barrel Zombie Spawn Egg summons one, and it stacks to 64.

Spawning

The Barrel Zombie uses spawn placement with two layers of conditions. The biome spawn table lists every biome where the mob is allowed to appear, but a spawn only succeeds when all of the following hold at the spawn position:

• The dimension is the Overworld.
• The light level is low. If the block above the spawn position can see the sky, the raw brightness must be 4 or lower. If it cannot see the sky, the raw brightness must be 0. This means a Barrel Zombie can appear on the surface at night, and underground, where light is absent.
• The biome is one of the following: an ocean biome, a river biome, a beach biome, a mangrove swamp, or a biome with the swamp hut structure tag.
• The game rule zombiesinaBarrelSpawn is enabled. It is on by default. Turning it off disables all natural spawning of this mob.

Because of the biome restriction, the spawn table is larger than the set of places where a player will actually meet the mob. In practice, the zombies gather along coastlines, rivers, and swamps once it is dark or the area is underground. Natural spawns are single mobs, with a group size of one.

Behavior

The Barrel Zombie is a monster with 30 health, 6 armour, and 3 attack damage. It has a movement speed of 0.2, a follow range of 30 blocks, and 0.3 knockback resistance. It is 0.8 blocks wide and 1.9 blocks tall. Its only attack is melee, which deals 3 damage per hit. It has no ranged or special attack.

Its artificial intelligence is built from the standard monster goals, in priority order:

1. It attacks a target in melee at a speed of 1.0. The attack only starts when the target is inside its reach and it has line of sight to the target.
2. It targets nearby players and attacks them on sight.
3. It retaliates against whatever hit it.
4. When idle, it wanders around at a speed of 0.8 and looks around at random.
5. It floats when it is in water, so it can move through the ocean and river biomes where it spawns.
6. It also attacks villagers and iron golems when they are close, so it can be a threat to a village defence.

The Barrel Zombie cannot drown. Damage from drowning is ignored entirely, so the mob can stay underwater without being harmed by the air supply. Each time it takes damage, there is a 30% chance that a barrel-closing sound plays. This has no effect on combat.

Death

The Barrel Zombie plays a death animation for 30 ticks (1.5 seconds) before it is removed. It gives 9 experience points when killed. When the death animation completes, there is a 30% chance that Corpse Maggots burst out of it, provided the game rule maggotsAppearance is enabled. On a successful roll, two Corpse Maggots always spawn at the Barrel Zombie's position. A third Corpse Maggot spawns with a 60% chance.

Drops

The Barrel Zombie always drops one Rotten Flesh. Its loot table adds a wide range of items, including food from the ocean and river biomes, mining materials, and some mod items. Notable mod drops include the Seed of Chaos and the Piece of Dark Metal. Each drop's chance is given in the table below.

Item	Amount	Conditions
Seed of Chaos	x1.0-1.0
Piece of Dark Metal	x1.0-1.0
Barrel	x1.0-1.0
Kelp	x1.0-3.0
Seagrass	x1.0-3.0
Sea Pickle	x1.0-1.0
Turtle Egg	x1.0-1.0
Fire Coral	x1.0-1.0
Horn Coral	x1.0-1.0
Tube Coral	x1.0-1.0
Ink Sac	x1.0-2.0
Glow Ink Sac	x1.0-2.0
Lapis Lazuli	x1.0-2.0
Raw Iron	x1.0-1.0
Raw Copper	x1.0-2.0
Raw Gold	x1.0-1.0
Gold Nugget	x2.0-3.0
Diamond	x1.0-1.0
Emerald	x1.0-2.0
Prismarine Shard	x2.0-4.0
Prismarine Crystals	x2.0-4.0
Nautilus Shell	x1.0-1.0
Turtle Scute	x1.0-1.0
Name Tag	x1.0-1.0
Wooden Shovel	x1.0-1.0
Carrot	x1.0-1.0
Potato	x1.0-1.0
Poisonous Potato	x1.0-1.0
Clay Ball	x2.0-4.0
Sugar Cane	x1.0-2.0
Slimeball	x1.0-1.0
Raw Cod	x1.0-1.0
Tropical Fish	x1.0-1.0
Raw Salmon	x1.0-1.0
Pufferfish	x1.0-1.0
Rotten Flesh	x1.0-1.0
Beetroot	x1.0-1.0
Book	x1.0-1.0
Rotten Fish	x1.0-1.0
Spiny Shell	x1.0-1.0
River Mint	x1.0-1.0

Tips

• Carry a sword or an axe that you can use at close range. The Barrel Zombie is melee-only, so keeping your distance and using a ranged weapon is a reliable way to kill it without taking damage.
• Keep your lights on near coastlines, rivers, and swamps at night. Because the mob spawns in low light, lighting up the surrounding area is the easiest way to prevent natural spawns there.
• Expect Corpse Maggots after a kill. A Barrel Zombie death can add two or three small Corpse Maggots to the fight, so be ready to deal with the extra mobs.
• If you do not want Barrel Zombies to spawn naturally in your world, disable the game rule zombiesinaBarrelSpawn. This removes the natural spawn while leaving the spawn egg and any existing mobs untouched.