Strider Jockey

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Not to be confused with Spider Jockey.
For other jockeys, see Jockey. For the standalone mobs, see Strider and Zombified Piglin.
Strider Jockey
Strider Jockey.png: Infobox image for Strider Jockey the entity in Minecraft
Health points

Zombified Piglin: 20HP♥ × 10
Strider: 20HP♥ × 10

Attack
strength

Zombified Piglin:
Easy: 3.5HP♥ × 1.75
Normal: 5HP♥♥♥
Hard: 7.5HP♥ × 3.75

Spawn

See § Spawning

A strider jockey is the appearance of a saddled strider being ridden by a zombified piglin.


Strider jockeys can also spawn as baby striders riding adult striders. When this happens, the adult strider is never saddled.

Spawning

Zombified piglins or baby striders have a 130 chance to spawn riding a strider, creating the strider jockey. They spawn in the Nether in lava oceans.

The zombified piglin spawns with a warped fungus on a stick in its hand, instead of the usual golden sword. The zombified piglin can also spawn as a baby. The strider spawns wearing a saddle.

On Halloween and in Java Edition, there is a 22.5% chance for the zombified piglin to spawn with a carved pumpkin on it's head, and a 2.5% chance with a jack o'lantern on its head.

Behavior

Main article: Riding

The movement of the strider jockey is controlled by the zombified piglin. Like regular striders, it will move faster while in lava and slower when on land. They will not purposefully step onto land unless angered.

The strider cannot be tempted by warped fungus or warped fungus on a stick while being ridden by the zombified piglin, but it can be leashed.

Like zombified piglins, strider jockeys are neutral towards the player and other mobs. They are angered when the zombified piglin or any nearby zombified piglin is attacked, resulting in the strider jockey pursuing and attacking the aggressor. They also pathfind towards and stomp on turtle eggs.

When the rider is killed, the strider becomes passive and behaves like usual. Additionally, the strider can immediately be ridden by the player due to spawning with a saddle already equipped. The saddle is dropped upon the strider's death.

The strider’s saddle cannot be removed using shears while the zombified piglin is riding it.

In a strider jockey of a baby strider riding an adult strider the baby strider can still grow up, and when it does the top strider can still be ridden.

Drops

The zombified piglin and the strider each drop mostly the same items they normally would (see Zombified Piglin § Drops and Strider § Drops).

There are two notable differences:

History

Java Edition
1.1620w13aAdded strider jockeys.
20w18aStriders can no longer spawn in stacks of 3 or higher; only an adult and baby strider or an adult strider and a zombified piglin.
Zombified piglins that spawn riding striders no longer despawn.
1.16.2Pre-Release 1Zombified piglins now hold a warped fungus on a stick when spawned as a strider jockey.
Bedrock Edition
1.16beta 1.16.0.57Added strider jockeys.
1.16.100beta 1.16.100.54Zombified piglins now hold a warped fungus on a stick when spawned as a strider jockey.

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