Frozen Zombies
by OfficePigeon
Frozen Zombies adds a frozen variant of the zombie to Minecraft Dungeons-style spawns, with snowball attacks and slowing effects for Fabric players.
What it does
Frozen Zombies adds a frozen zombie mob that spawns in ice spikes and snowy biomes, using the wiki:spawns frozen zombies tag with minecraft:ice_spikes and minecraft:snowy as defaults. A frozen zombie that chases a player throws snowballs that apply a slowing effect when they hit, and it switches to melee once a target is slowed. A killed frozen zombie can drop a snowball.
Zombies caught in powdered snow convert into frozen zombies, mirroring the way skeletons turn into strays. A frozen zombie that is submerged in water melts back into a regular zombie. The mod requires Fabric API and is published for Fabric only, across four release versions: 1.21, 1.21.1, 1.21.9 and 1.21.10. Servers that run it need every player to install it too. The mod is released under All rights reserved and is not open source, although its source code and issue tracker are public.
Key features
Frozen zombie mob
A frozen zombie variant joins the zombie family and spawns in ice spikes and snowy biomes.
Snowball attacks
Frozen zombies chase players and throw snowballs that apply a slowing effect on hit.
Conversion from powdered snow
Zombies trapped in powdered snow convert into frozen zombies, matching how skeletons become strays.
Melting in water
A frozen zombie submerged in water melts back into a regular zombie.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
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Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Snowy biome encounters
Players exploring ice spikes and snowy biomes meet frozen zombies that slow them with snowballs.
Who it’s for: Players and server owners who want a colder zombie variant in ice spikes and snowy biomes, with snowball attacks and slowing effects, on Fabric.
How it compares
Zombies Slow You is a mod for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt across 1.20 – 1.21.8. Only the server needs it, and players may add it, and it is All rights reserved and not open source. Zombie Improvements is open source under the MIT License and targets Fabric and NeoForge for 1.21.1 – 26.3, and is needed on both the server and the client. Frozen Zombies differs by being a Fabric-only mod that both the server and players must run, with its own frozen mob. Burvy's Zombies is a Fabric mod for 1.21.11 under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license, and it runs on the server alone.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frozen Zombies | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.10 | Client and server | 2025-12-02 |
| Zombies Slow You | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20 – 1.21.8 | Server required, client optional | 2025-07-27 |
| Zombie Improvements | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-18 |
| Burvy's Zombies | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2026-04-06 |
Questions
Does Frozen Zombies need Fabric API?
Does the server need Frozen Zombies installed?
How do zombies become frozen zombies?
Which game versions does Frozen Zombies support?
In the catalog
Frozen Zombies is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 15,569 mods support Minecraft 1.21.10.
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What the author says
With the frozen zombies announced for vanilla Minecraft, this mod will not be updated after 26.3 Adds the Frozen Zombie mob from Minecraft Dungeons. These zombies spawn in biomes defined by the #wich:spawns_frozen_zombies tag [default minecraft:ice_spikes and minecraft:snowy_plains]. When killed by a player, they…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/frozen-zombies
- Owner
- OfficePigeon
- Published
- 2025-11-21
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-12-02
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15