Zombie Horses From Abandoned Villages
by PizzaEight
Zombie Horses From Abandoned Villages changes which horses appear in abandoned villages, replacing ordinary animal pens with zombie horse stables.
What it does
Inside villages, zombie horses now spawn in animal pens and stables where regular animals would otherwise appear, and those horses are permanent rather than temporary. Baby zombie horses can be ridden by zombie villagers, which makes the abandoned settlements feel more like the setting they belong to. The mod is built as a datapack as well, so it can also run on a server through a data pack.
Zombie horses have been in the game for a long time without a natural place to be found. The author notes that Skeleton Horses became obtainable in an earlier update while zombie horses never did, and this mod gives them a world-generated home. Players who search abandoned villages gain a reason to do so, and a ridden zombie horse drops into water the way a skeleton horse does, matching that behavior. Zombie horses still drop enchanted iron gear, as the author describes.
The mod needs the server side to run, and players can join without installing it. It is published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, with files for 1.21 – 1.21.10 and 1.1+mod for 1.21.10 as the latest file on each loader. The code is not open source; it is released under All rights reserved.
Key features
Zombie horse stables
Abandoned village animal pens hold zombie horses instead of ordinary animals.
Permanent zombie horses
The zombie horses placed by village generation stay in the world rather than despawning.
Ridden zombie villagers
Baby zombie horses appear with zombie villagers riding them inside villages.
Skeleton-matching water behavior
A player riding a zombie horse dismounts when entering water, as a skeleton horse does.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x11 of 11 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want zombie horses to appear in abandoned villages, and server owners who want that generation on their world.
How it compares
Following Horses is server-side on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.21 – 1.21.5, under the MIT License, and is not open source; it is a different horse behavior rather than village generation. Tameable Zombie Horse And Skeleton Horse is server-side only, open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later, and runs on NeoForge for 1.21.1 – 1.21.5. Undead Horse Variants covers 1.21.5 – 1.21.10 on all four loaders, open source under the Apache License 2.0.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zombie Horses From Abandoned Villages | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21 – 1.21.10 | Server required, client optional | 2025-10-02 |
| Following Horses | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21 – 1.21.5 | Server required, client optional | 2025-04-22 |
| Tameable Zombie Horse And Skeleton Horse | NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 1.21.5 | Server-side only | 2025-06-16 |
| Undead Horse Variants | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.5 – 1.21.10 | Server required, client optional | 2025-10-11 |
Questions
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In the catalog
Zombie Horses From Abandoned Villages is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,027 World generation mods for Fabric. 15,569 mods support Minecraft 1.21.10.
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What the author says
This mod/datapack makes Zombie Horses spawn in the animal pens or stables of Zombie Villages. While Skeleton Horses were made obtainable in 1.9, Zombie Horses werent so lucky. They have been an unused mob ever since they were added. By making them able to be found naturally in the world in a fitting environment that…
Official listing
- Owner
- PizzaEight
- Published
- 2024-08-20
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-10-02
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15