Zoglin
hostileOurs, not the game's own: how a zoglin behaves. Same on Bedrock v1.26.40.05 for health. Checked 2026-08-22, and here is how we check.
Added InOverview
In Minecraft, the Zoglin is classified as a hostile mob: it will attack players on sight whenever it is able to reach them.
Unlike most creatures, the Zoglin does not spawn naturally in the world. Does not spawn naturally. Created when a Hoglin enters the Overworld or End.
What sets it apart is its behaviour: undead, zombified Hoglin that attacks almost all mobs and players.
With 40 HP (20 hearts) on its bar, killing one rewards 5 experience.
The Zoglin has been part of the game since version 1.16.
One thing worth knowing: Unlike hoglins, zoglins cannot be repelled by warped fungus.
Knowing how the Zoglin behaves is mostly about survival: recognising it early and reacting correctly is what keeps a night-time excursion from ending in a respawn.
Damage by Difficulty
Spawning
Does not spawn naturally. Created when a Hoglin enters the Overworld or End.
As a result, the Zoglin never shows up during ordinary world generation or the normal mob-spawning cycle.
Being a Nether mob, it ignores the Overworld's darkness rules and can spawn regardless of light level within its home biomes, which makes the Nether dangerous even in well-lit areas.
Since no biome generates the Zoglin, you cannot farm it with a spawning floor: you have to keep its source going.
Drops
The Zoglin drop table breaks down like this:
Every kill yields 1 to 3 Rotten Flesh.
You also collect 5 experience for every Zoglin you defeat.
Farming zoglins is the standard way to stockpile rotten flesh in quantity.
The Looting enchantment on your sword raises the quantity and, for many of these items, the drop chance of the rarer rolls, so it is well worth using when you grind this mob.
Since every item here is guaranteed, the only variable is quantity, which makes this mob a dependable, low-variance source of what it carries.
| Item | Count | Chance | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rotten Flesh | 1 to 3 | always | Looting III up to 6 |
Zoglin attributes
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
 Knockback resistance | 60% |
 Size | 1.396 x 1.4 blocks |
 Tracking range | 8 chunks |
 Health | 40 points |
 Experience | 5 |
 Attack damage attribute | 6 |
 Movement speed | 0.3 |
| Follow range | 16 blocks |
The Zoglin does not stand alone on these numbers: the hoglin on the same 40 health, the enderman at that same figure, the panda on the same 6 attack damage and the polar bear at that same figure.
Zoglin: 2 items per kill over 1 drop row
The ranges Minecraft Java 26.2 rolls for a zoglin give 2 Rotten Flesh per kill, so 64 Rotten Flesh costs 32 kills before Looting.
| Item | Average per kill |
|---|---|
 Rotten Flesh | 2 |
How this average is worked out
| Weapon | Attack damage | Full swings | Swings per 64 Rotten Flesh |
|---|---|---|---|
 golden sword, wooden sword | 4 | 10 | 320 |
 stone sword | 5 | 8 | 256 |
| iron sword | 6 | 7 | 224 |
 diamond sword, golden axe, wooden axe | 7 | 6 | 192 |
 netherite sword | 8 | 5 | 160 |
 diamond axe, iron axe, stone axe | 9 | 5 | 160 |
 netherite axe | 10 | 4 | 128 |
Turned around, 4 unblocked zoglin hits empty a player's 20 health, 30% of the bar at a time, which is what the zoglin's 6 damage on Normal buys it. On Easy the same zoglin hit is 15%, on Hard 45%, so 7 hits against 3.
Behavior & Combat
Behaviourally, undead, zombified Hoglin that attacks almost all mobs and players. Cannot be bred or fed. Extremely aggressive.
Hitting it barely moves it: 60% knockback resistance, where almost every other mob has none.
On the offensive it deals 3 on Easy, 6 on Normal and 9 on Hard, and you will need to chew through 40 health (20 hearts) to bring one down.
The fastest way to win is to lean on what it fears: Smite enchantment and Healing splash potions.
A sword enchanted with Smite shortens the fight considerably against this mob.
Zombification is what put it on the undead list, which is why the Healing splash potions in its own weaknesses damage it while a Potion of Harming would repair all 40 points of health it has.
The practical takeaway is to respect its strengths, exploit the weaknesses listed above, and you will rarely lose a fight you choose to take.
Zoglin commands
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
| /summon minecraft:zoglin | Puts a zoglin on the block you are standing on. |
| /give @p minecraft:zoglin_spawn_egg | Hands you the zoglin spawn egg, so you can place zoglins where you want them. |
| /kill @e[type=minecraft:zoglin] | Removes every zoglin that is loaded around you. |
Entity id minecraft:zoglin, spawn egg minecraft:zoglin_spawn_egg.
Zoglin farm
There is no platform that produces zoglins. Does not spawn naturally. Created when a Hoglin enters the Overworld or End. Anything you build has to feed that source instead of a dark floor.
Each kill is worth 5 experience and up to 3 rotten flesh, or 6 with Looting III, which is the number to scale the zoglin farm against.
5 experience per killRotten Flesh up to 3, 6 with Looting IIIZoglin version history
Minecraft 1.16 brought the zoglin in on 23 June 2020, 6 years of zoglin by now.
3 other mobs here came with it: the piglin, the hoglin and the strider. 63 of our 88 mobs are older than the zoglin, 21 are younger.
All of the zoglin data above is taken from Java 26.2, so it describes the zoglin as it is today.
What Zoglin sounds like
Turn subtitles on and every zoglin sound names itself in the corner of the screen. These are the 6 lines a zoglin can put there, and you can play any of them yourself with /playsound minecraft:entity.zoglin.ambient master @p.
| Sound | What you hear |
|---|---|
| entity.zoglin.ambient |  Zoglin growls |
| entity.zoglin.angry | Zoglin growls angrily |
| entity.zoglin.hurt | Zoglin hurts |
| entity.zoglin.death | Zoglin dies |
| entity.zoglin.step | Zoglin steps |
| entity.zoglin.attack | Zoglin attacks |
Advancements that need Zoglin
2 advancements ask for zoglin by name, and each of them counts other mobs too.
- Monster HunterKill any hostile monster
- Monsters HuntedKill one of every hostile monster
