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PASSIVE HOSTILE Added in 1.21.11

Camel Husk mob in Minecraft

The Camel Husk is an undead camel. It does not spawn on its own in a biome: you meet it carrying a husk, and once the rider is gone it can be saddled like a camel. Its food is the rabbit's foot, which the husk riding it can drop.

Health: 3216 hearts
Behavior: Passive
Food: Rabbit's Foot
Found in: Desert

Camel Husk stats

Health: 32 16 hearts
Behavior: Passive
Main drop: Rotten Flesh
Spawns in: —
Size: 1.7 × 2.375 blocks
XP when killed: 1 to 3
Speed: 0.09
Detection range: 16 blocks
Tempt range: 10 blocks

// Experience drops only when a player kills it. Speeds are the game’s internal values, not blocks per second.

Where to find Camel Husk

10% of Husks that spawn naturally ride a Camel Husk, holding an Iron Spear, with a Parched behind.

Desert

Camel Husk drops

Camel Husk dropsFrom the loot table · chance per kill

Rotten Flesh+1 per Looting level2–3

Carried items and gearDropped on death, outside the loot table (game code)

Anything a player put on itAlways dropped: Saddle100%

Health compared

Health vs other passive mobshealth points

Camel32

Camel Husk32

Donkey15–30

Horse15–30

Mule15–30

Turtle30

Zombie Horse25

Camel Husk and its family

Mobs built on the same base in the game code, compared on their game values.

Mob	Health	XP	Speed	Dismounts underwater	Breathes underwater	Ignores Poison and Regeneration	Inverted healing	Weak to Smite	Undead
Camel	32	1–3	0.09	✓	·	·	·	·	·
Camel Husk	32	1–3	0.09	·	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Traits

Properties set in the game files.

Breathes underwaterDoes not drown.

SaddleCan be saddled and ridden.

Ignores Poison and RegenerationThese two effects have no effect on it.

Inverted healingInstant Health hurts it and Instant Damage heals it.

Weak to SmiteSmite deals extra damage to it.

UndeadThe game counts it among the undead, which affects how several effects and enchantments treat it.

Ignored by the WitherThe Wither does not target it.

ZombiePart of the zombie family.

Food and breeding

Items it eats, follows or breeds with.

Rabbit's Foot

Gear and tools

Items it can wear, and items you use on it.

WearsSaddle

Advancements with Camel Husk

Advancements whose criteria involve this mob, from the game files.

Monster HunterKill any hostile monster Monsters HuntedKill one of every hostile monster

Command

Summon a Camel Husk/summon →

/summon minecraft:camel_husk ~ ~ ~

Where camel husks come from

No biome lists the camel husk among its natural spawns. It arrives as a mount: a husk, the desert zombie, rides it. You will therefore meet it where husks live, in the desert, usually at night and alongside other desert monsters such as the parched.

Deal with the rider first. A husk killed while riding a camel husk can drop a rabbit's foot, and Looting improves the odds. Keep it: that is exactly the item the camel husk responds to.

Saddling and food

The camel husk is the same size as a camel and takes a saddle the same way. Its only listed food is the rabbit's foot. Cactus, which camels eat, does nothing for it. If you plan to keep one, set aside a few rabbit's feet before you need them, since rabbits are the other source.

Undead, but not afraid of the sun

A camel husk belongs to the zombie family, but like the husk on its back it does not burn in daylight. Being undead changes several things:

Potions: Instant Health hurts it and Instant Damage heals it. Regeneration and Poison have no effect.
Water: it does not drown, and it does not throw its rider off when it goes underwater, unlike a camel or a horse.
Combat: Smite deals extra damage to it, and the Wither does not target it.

When killed, it drops rotten flesh, never anything useful for a camel farm.

✓ Checked in Java Edition 26.3 · updated 1 November 2026