Ender Dragon Zombie Horde

Quickstart

1. Install the .mcaddon and apply both the Behavior Pack and Resource Pack to your world.
2. Set your difficulty to Easy, Normal, or Hard — the horde does not spawn on Peaceful.
3. Start a new world (or load an existing one) and wait for dusk. A message will appear announcing the night number, and waves of zombies will begin spawning around you automatically.
4. Watch your action bar — it shows your current night, how many horde zombies are nearby, and the countdown to the next wave.
5. To test specific variants in Creative mode, find their spawn eggs in the inventory (search "Zombie Spawn Egg") and place them anywhere.

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Overview

Ender Dragon Zombie Horde turns every night into an escalating zombie apocalypse. A built-in horde controller detects nightfall and automatically spawns waves of custom zombies around every player. Waves grow larger and arrive more frequently as the world ages, and rarer, more powerful variants only appear after enough nights have passed. The action bar HUD keeps you informed at all times, and every zombie variant has unique textures, stats, on-hit effects, and loot.

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What It Adds

Zombie Variants

Over twenty distinct zombie types are introduced, each with their own appearance, health, speed, damage, and special effects. They are unlocked progressively based on the current world night.

Every variant is immune to fire and burning damage. All zombies also carry a chance to drop Rotten Flesh as a baseline, with rare bonus drops triggered by player or pet kills (with Looting increasing the chance).

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How To Use

The Night Horde System

• Automatic spawning: As soon as night falls, waves begin spawning within a radius around each player. You do not need to do anything to trigger this.
• Action Bar HUD: At all times during the night you will see something like:
  Night 4 | Nearby Horde 6/12 | Next Wave 18s
  This tells you which night it is, how many horde zombies are currently near you versus the local cap, and how many seconds until the next wave arrives.
• Wave countdown: When the countdown reaches zero, a new wave spawns. During the day, the "Next Wave" entry shows at dusk instead of a timer.
• Night announcement: At the start of each new night, a chat message announces the night number and warns that the horde is evolving.
• Local horde cap: The number of active horde zombies around you is capped per night. New zombies only spawn if the current count is below the cap, so clearing the horde quickly can buy you time between waves.

Spawn Eggs

Every variant has a corresponding spawn egg available in Creative mode inventory. Use these to:

• Test how a specific variant behaves before facing it in survival.
• Set up custom arenas or challenge scenarios.
• Farm specific rare drops without waiting for the appropriate night.

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Abilities And Mechanics

On-Hit Status Effects

Many variants inflict debuffs when they hit you:

Heavy Variant Buffs

Larger variants receive persistent combat buffs that make them significantly more durable and dangerous:

Door and Block Breaking

Horde zombies can break doors and common surface/defense blocks (including dirt, grass, sand, and sandstone variants), so simple wooden structures offer limited protection in later nights.

Fire Immunity

All horde zombies are permanently immune to fire and burning damage. Lava, fire, and flame enchantments will not stop them.

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Progression And Strategy

How the Horde Scales

The horde controller uses the current world night to determine:

• Which variants can spawn — rarer and more powerful types are locked until later nights.
• Wave size — each wave delivers more zombies as nights progress.
• Wave frequency — the delay between waves shrinks over time, giving you less breathing room.
• Horde cap — the maximum number of zombies that can surround you at once increases night by night.

The Dragon Zombie, the most powerful variant, only appears from Night 9 onward. Surviving to that point means facing an Iron Golem Zombie (Night 8) and Tank Zombie (Night 7) in earlier waves.

Tips for Survival

• Early nights (1–3): Build a solid shelter. Normal, Baby, and Running Zombies are manageable, but Running Zombies are fast — don't get caught in the open.
• Mid nights (4–6): Enderman, Tiger, and Leopard Zombies arrive with high speed. Choke points (narrow corridors, fences, trenches) are more effective than open combat. Panda and Mutant Zombies are very tanky; prioritize high-damage weapons.
• Late nights (7–9): Tank and Iron Golem Zombies can absorb enormous punishment and break through standard defenses. Diamond or Netherite gear and enchanted weapons become necessary. The Dragon Zombie hits for 11 damage and has 150 health — treat it like a mini-boss.
• Don't rely on fire: All zombies are fire-immune. Prioritize melee damage, ranged attacks, and crowd control.
• Looting enchantment matters: Rare bonus drops (diamonds, dragon's breath, emeralds) only trigger on player/pet kills and scale with Looting, so a Looting III sword is a strong investment for farming.
• Watch the HUD: Use the wave countdown to reposition, heal, and prepare before each new group arrives. When the horde count nears the cap, stop fighting and let the counter clear before the next wave hits.