Infected Drowned

Infected Drowned are the infected version of Drowned, therefore belonging in the Infected tier.

Spawning

• Spawned when a Drowned dies with Mycelium Infection.

• Spawns naturally in the dark, usually in caves or during night.

  • Spawns in groups of 1 - 2 with a spawn weight of 10. Will not spawn in Biomes with an internal temperature value at or below 0.2 or in Deep Dark biomes.

• Can be spawned from Scents, depending on the Scent's list.

• Spawned from Arena Tendrils during the first wave of a raid.

• Spawned from Vigils during the first wave of a Vigil raid.

• A 5% chance when a player hooks something with a Fishing Rod in open water fishing.

Evolution

When having 1 Evolution Point and waiting for the 5 minute Evolution timer to finish, Infected Drowned will Evolve. The following are their possible Evolved forms:

• Bloater and Naiad

• Scamper (failed evolution)

Unique Behavior

• Infected Drowned have a step up height of 1, meaning they don't have to jump to go up one block.

• Enhanced swimming: the Infected Drowned can move much quicker in water than other Infected and can even move into a swimming position.

• Able to breath underwater.

Behavior

• Infected Drowned are melee combatants, being hostile to most mobs.

• Infected Drowned inflict Mycelium Infection for 30 seconds when dealing melee damage.

• Has a follow range of 48 blocks.

• Infected Drowned can fall victim to Starvation.

• Infected Drowned have a 5% chance to drop a Scent upon death.

• Infected Drowned will attempt to group together in hordes with other Infected.

• Infected Drowned will follow Evolved and Hyper Evolved mobs.

• Can perform low leaps/dashes to chase prey quickly through water.

• Able to use Kill Points to give themselves buffs.

• Capable of breaking Glass and Leaves.

• Present a weakness to the cold, like all Spore Mobs.

Related Advancements

• Meet the Team

• Olympic Swimmer

Drops

• Copper Ingot

• Mutated Fibre

• Mutated Heart