Zombie Clown

Zombie Clown
Mod	Born in Chaos
Type	Hostile
Health	35 ♥×17.5
Attack damage	3
Armor	4
Speed	0.21
Follow range	25
Knockback resist.	0.5
Size	0.8 × 1.9 blocks
XP dropped	12
Spawns in	283 biomes
Category	Monster
ID	born_in_chaos_v1:zombie_clown

The Zombie Clown is a hostile mob added by Born in Chaos. It spawns naturally in the overworld in low light, including covered caves and dark interiors, and it also appears in the Clown Caravan structures. It is a melee monster whose hits poison the target with Intoxication, which slows movement and attack speed. Killing the regular variant grants the "Life Turned Out to Be a Comedy" advancement.

Spawning

The regular Zombie Clown spawns naturally from the monster category, with a weight of 4 and a group size of 1 in each of the 283 biomes listed in the spawn table. The mod's spawn placement rule is stricter than the biome list alone:

• Light level: if the block above the spawn point can see the sky, the local light level must be 4 or lower. If it cannot see the sky, the light level must be 0. Covered caves and dark interiors therefore qualify at any time of day.
• Dimension: overworld only.
• Excluded biomes: Deep Dark and Mushroom Fields. Biomes must also belong to the overworld biome tag or the Terralith biome set.
• Gamerule: the zombieClownSpawn gamerule must be enabled. It is on by default. Turning it off stops natural spawning of the regular Zombie Clown.

The persistent variant does not spawn naturally. It is placed in the three Clown Caravan structures (plains, savanna and taiga). Both variants can be summoned with their own Zombie Clown Spawn Egg.

Behavior

A Zombie Clown has 35 health (17.5 hearts), 4 armor, and 3 attack damage. Its movement speed is 0.21 and its follow range is 25 blocks. It has 0.5 knockback resistance and a 0.8 × 1.9 block hitbox. It is a melee-only attacker: it strikes at a 1.1 speed multiplier when a target is in reach and in line of sight.

Its AI works as follows:

• Targeting: it attacks the nearest player within range, and it also attacks nearby villagers. It retaliates against whatever last hurt it.
• Idle movement: it wanders at 0.8 speed and looks around at random when it has no target.
• Rain: while it is raining, the mod enables vanilla's sun-avoidance goal, so the clown seeks shade during rain. Outside rain, it does not use that goal.

Its hurt handling has a few special rules:

• Immunity: it takes no damage from thrown potions, area-effect clouds, poison, or drowning.
• Stimulating surge: when the clown is hurt while its health is 10 or more points below its maximum, it gains a short surge effect. The surge applies the Stimulation effect to the clown for 400 ticks (20 seconds). The surge does not trigger while the clown is on fire or already has Stimulation.

Attack effect

Each successful hit on a player, villager or other mob applies Intoxication to the target for 220 ticks (11 seconds) at level I. The effect is not applied if the target is blocking with a shield or already has Intoxication, so repeated hits do not extend it. Intoxication reduces movement speed and attack speed by 15% each. Each hit plays a glass-breaking sound and the clown's attack sound.

Death

The Zombie Clown plays a death animation for 20 ticks before it is removed. If the maggotsAppearance gamerule is enabled, which is the default, each death has a 25% chance to release four maggots around the body.

Zombie Clown

Item	Amount	Conditions
Rotten Flesh	x2.0-4.0
Intoxicating Decoction	x1.0-2.0
Intoxicating Dagger	x1.0-1.0
Poisonous Potato	x1.0-1.0
Stimulating Decoction	x1.0-2.0

Variants

There are two Zombie Clowns. They share most of their behavior, but their stats and rewards differ.

Zombie Clown

The regular variant is the one that spawns naturally and can be summoned with the regular spawn egg. It has the stats listed in the table below and gives 12 experience points on death. It despawns normally when no player is nearby. Killing it grants the "Life Turned Out to Be a Comedy" advancement.

Zombie Clown (persistent)

The persistent variant is the one placed in the Clown Caravan structures. It has more health and damage than the regular variant, and it never despawns while it remains loaded. Its stats are:

• Health: 60 (30 hearts)
• Attack damage: 5
• Experience: 20 points on death
• Drops: one extra rotten flesh when it dies, on top of its loot table entries

Otherwise its armor, speed, follow range and knockback resistance match the regular variant. It does not grant the "Life Turned Out to Be a Comedy" advancement.

Drops

Both variants share the same loot table. Their drops are:

• Rotten flesh, 2–4
• Intoxicating Decoction, 1–2 (see Elixirs, Decoctions and Bombs)
• Intoxicating Dagger, 1
• Poisonous Potato, 1
• Stimulating Decoction, 1–2

The persistent variant drops one extra rotten flesh on top of this table. The Intoxicating Dagger is the mod's weapon that inflicts Intoxication, so the clown's drop gives a player a way to use the same effect against other mobs.

Tips

• Use light to find it: the regular variant can only spawn where light is very low. Carrying a light source in caves and dark interiors makes it easier to see one coming.
• Block with a shield: Intoxication cannot be applied to a blocking target, so a shield prevents the effect that makes the clown's attack most disruptive.
• Expect poison and potions to do nothing: poison damage, thrown potions and area clouds do not hurt the clown, so bring melee weapons or projectiles.
• Plan for the caravan: the persistent variant stays in place, so a Clown Caravan keeps its clowns until they are killed. Check the caravan's layout before approaching it.