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Chicken Jockey

GamesUndeadRuns2010 to today

A rare Minecraft spawn: a baby zombie riding a chicken, at odds of less than one in two hundred. The rider controls the mount, and the pair take no fall damage because the chicken descends slowly.1234

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First appeared
2013
Java Edition 1.7.4 (December 2013)
Source work
Minecraft (2011)
Mojang Studios
Age rating
ESRB E10+
Made in
Sweden
What causes it
Never explained
A rare chance when a baby zombie appears.
How you become one
A baby zombie appears already sitting on a chicken.
How it moves
Runs
The baby zombie steers the chicken, and the chicken flutters down from heights without getting hurt.
Intelligence
Mindless
Weak spots
  • sunlight
  • Smite enchantment

When did it first appear?

Ancient world
Middle Ages
1500 to 1899
1900 to 1967
1968 to 1999
2000 to 2009
2010 to today
2013

Java Edition 1.7.4 (December 2013)

field notes

What the sources say

1

A baby zombie riding a chicken1234

2

Extremely rare: fewer than 1 in 200 zombies1234

3

Baby husks and baby drowned can ride chickens too1234

4

A chicken with a rider stops laying eggs1234

5

Takes no fall damage because the chicken falls slowly1234

Could you outrun it?

Speed class from how the sources describe it (runs), not a measurement.

You, walking about 5 km/h
You, jogging about 10 km/h
A fit adult sprinting about 24 km/h
Chicken Jockey about 24 km/h
A fast cyclist about 37 km/h

Sources

  1. Chicken Jockey - Minecraft Wiki
  2. Java Edition 1.7.4 - Minecraft Wiki
  3. Minecraft - Wikipedia
  4. Minecraft game review - Common Sense Media

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