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A corpse raised to undeath by necromancy.

"It seemed that while the zombie came from the grave, it was neither a ghost, nor yet a person who had been raised like Lazarus from the dead. The zombie, they say, is a soulless human corpse, still dead, but taken from the grave and endowed by sorcery with a mechanical semblance of life-it is a dead body with is made to walk and act and move as if it was alive. People who have the power to do this go to a fresh grave, dig up the body before it has had time to rot, galvanize it into movement, and then make of it a servant or slave, occasionally for the commission of some crime, more often simply as a drudge around the habitation or the farm, setting it dull heavy tasks, and beating it like a dumb beast if it slackens."
-William Seabrook, _The Magic Island_. 1929.

Zombies are the reanimated corpses of once-living creatures. As a type of derived undead, their stats are based on what the monster had in life.

Useful Info

Zombies are slower, stupider, and clumsier than their alive counterparts. However, they have good durability for a derived undead. Zombies of certain monsters may be more durable than their non-undead selves.

HP: (HD)d5 + 6*HD
AC: Original - 2
EV: Original - 5
Speed: Original - 2 (at least 3)
Melee attacks: 80% of original
Attack flavour: None
Special: Does not regenerate, cannot traverse stairs

Zombies are immune to poison, negative energy, torment, and resistant to cold damage. Like all undead, they are vulnerable to holy.

Zombies may be created by Animate Dead spell, Yredelemnul's passive reaping, and the unrand Sword of Zonguldrok. Hostile zombies may be found the Crypt and in various vaults.

Strategy

As servants, zombies are great meatshields. Despite being weaker than the base monster, a mass of zombies can be quite effective. Most monsters are glass cannons (relative to the player), so 80% damage is still significant.

Even the weakest zombies can be used as retreat fodder. Keep these zombies behind you, and when things go poorly, go behind the zombies. The fodder will block shots and allow you to escape from attacks of opportunity. You can also attack behind zombies with Polearms or smite-targeted attacks.

Your zombies will crumble when you leave the current floor.

Identifying Zombies

Although zombie versions of each monster will have different stats, Crawl tends to lump them together, making identification at a glance difficult. In console mode, zombies will be separated into zs and Zs, representing large or small zombies. Tiles mode is more specific, providing unique tiles for several categories of monster, but there is still a lot of possible variation within those categories. In either mode, you can always press x and highlight the zombie in question to determine exactly what type of monster you are dealing with.

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 -William Seabrook, _The Magic Island_. 1929.}}
-'''Zombies''' are the reanimated corpses of once-living creatures. They are a type of [[derived undead]], and are referred to in game as either "small zombies" or "large zombies". Either way, they are considerably slower, stupider, and clumsier than whatever they were when they were alive. Dealing them damage reduces their max HP, making them unable to recover from injuries. On the flip side, they do come with undead resistances to [[cold]] and [[negative energy]].
+'''Zombies''' are the reanimated corpses of once-living creatures. As a type of [[derived undead]], their stats are based on what the monster had in life.
-Zombies may appear in [[the Dungeon]] as random monsters, or be created by players (or other monsters) through [[Necromancy]] or the [[Invocations]] of certain gods. Note that hostile zombies can serve as a "preview" of upcoming monsters: since they're weaker than the original, the zombie version of monsters will often show up a level or two before the live version.
+==Useful Info==
+Zombies are slower, stupider, and clumsier than their alive counterparts. However, they have good durability for a derived undead. Zombies of certain monsters may be more durable than their non-undead selves.
-As servants, zombies are extremely useful for characters who need meat shields, and make up the main component of a [[necromancer]]'s or [[death knight]]'s strategy. Often simply hiding behind your zombies and waiting is a good strategy in battle against strong foes. Note that a newly-animated zombie can pick up weapons and armor from the square it was animated on (usually their old equipment), but that's your last chance to equip them, as they can't pick anything up or wield/wear new items. Also, you're not getting, ''e.g.'', zombie!Psyche's dagger of chaos back until her zombie is destroyed! Despite having significant disadvantages, zombies can still be very strong, particularly in the case of strong physical monsters or well-equipped [[unique]]s.
+*'''HP:''' (HD)d5 + 6*HD
+*'''AC:''' Original - 2
+*'''EV:''' Original - 5
+*'''Speed:''' Original - 2 (at least 3)
+*'''Melee attacks:''' 80% of original
+*'''Attack flavour:''' None
+*'''Special:''' Does not regenerate, cannot traverse stairs
-One shortcoming of zombies is that they are unable to use stairs, trapping them on the level they were created. However, there are several ways to overcome this difficulty. Carrying a corpse between floors allows you to animate it on whichever level you choose. Another way is to lure dangerous monsters back up to floors already filled with your waiting army.
+Zombies are immune to poison, negative energy, torment, and resistant to cold damage. Like all undead, they are vulnerable to [[holy]].
+Zombies may be created by [[Animate Dead]] spell, [[Yredelemnul]]'s passive reaping, and the [[unrand]] [[Sword of Zonguldrok]]. Hostile zombies may be found [[the Crypt]] and in various [[vault]]s.
+==Strategy==
+As servants, zombies are great meatshields. Despite being weaker than the base monster, a mass of zombies can be quite effective. Most monsters are glass cannons (relative to the player), so 80% damage is still significant.
+Even the weakest zombies can be used as retreat fodder. Keep these zombies behind you, and when things go poorly, go behind the zombies. The fodder will block shots and allow you to escape from [[attacks of opportunity]]. You can also attack behind zombies with [[Polearms]] or [[smite-targeted]] attacks.
+Your zombies will crumble when you leave the current floor.
 ==Identifying Zombies==
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 Below are all the categories of zombies in tiles mode:
+[[Image:Zombie adder.png]] [[Adder]]s
+[[Image:Zombie bear.png]] [[List of bears|Bears]]
+[[Image:Zombie bee.png]] [[Killer bee|Bees]]
+[[Image:Zombie bird.png]] [[List of birds|Birds]]
 [[Image:Bat zombie.png]] [[Bat]]s
+[[Image:Beetle zombie.png]] [[List of arthropods|Beetles]]
+[[Image:Zombie hound.png]] [[List of canines|Canines]]
 [[Image:Zombie centaur.png]] [[Centaur (monster)|Centaurs]]
-[[Image:Zombie crab.png]] Crabs
+[[Image:Zombie crab.png]] [[List of arthropods#Crabs|Crabs]]
 [[Image:Zombie draconian.png]] [[List of draconians|Draconians]]
+[[Image:Zombie drake.png]] [[List of dragons#Drakes|Drakes]]
 [[Image:Zombie dragon.png]] [[List of dragons|Dragons]]
-[[Image:Zombie drake.png]] Drakes
+[[Image:Zombie quicksilver dragon.png]] [[Quicksilver dragon]]s
+[[Image:Zombie iron dragon.png]] [[Iron dragon]]s
+[[Image:Zombie gold dragon.png]] [[Gold dragon]]s
+[[Image:Zombie elephant.png]] [[Elephant]]s
+[[Image:Zombie elf.png]] [[List of deep elves|Elves]]
+[[Image:Zombie eye.png]] [[List of eyeballs|Eyeballs]]
-[[Image:Zombie fish.png]] Fish
+[[Image:Zombie faun.png]] [[List of centaurs#Satyrs|Fauns]]
-[[Image:Zombie frog.png]] Frogs
+[[Image:Zombie frog.png]] [[List of reptiles and amphibians#Amphibian Types|Frogs]]
-[[Image:Zombie griffon.png]] [[Griffon]]s
+[[Image:Zombie cockroach.png]] [[Giant cockroach]]es
-[[Image:Zombie bug.png]] [[List of insects|Insects]]
+[[Image:Zombie gnoll.png]] [[List of gnolls|Gnolls]]
-[[Image:Zombie bee.png]] Insects (winged)
+[[Image:Zombie goblin.png]] [[Goblin]]s
+[[Image:Zombie guardian serpent.png]] [[Guardian serpent]]s
 [[Image:Zombie harpy.png]] [[Harpy|Harpies]]
-[[Image:Zombie hound.png]] [[List of hounds|Hounds and canines]]
+[[Image:Zombie hobgoblin.png]] [[Hobgoblin]]s
+[[Image:Zombie hornet.png]] [[Hornet]]s/[[Spark wasp|Wasps]]
+[[Image:Zombie horror.png]] Horrors
+[[Image:Zombie howler monkey.png]] [[Howler monkey]]s
+[[Image:Zombie human.png]] [[Human (monster)|Humans]]
 [[Image:Small zombie.png]] Humanoids (small)
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 [[Image:Large zombie.png]] Humanoids (large)
-[[Image:Zombie hydra 1.png]] [[Hydra]]s with one head...
+[[Image:Zombie hydra 1.png]] [[Image:Zombie hydra 2.png]] [[Image:Zombie hydra 3.png]] [[Image:Zombie hydra 4.png]] [[Image:Zombie hydra 5.png]] [[Hydra]]s
-[[Image:Zombie hydra 2.png]] ...two heads...
+[[Image:Zombie bug.png]] [[List of arthropods|Insects]]
-[[Image:Zombie hydra 3.png]] ...three heads...
+[[Image:Zombie jackal.png]] [[Jackal]]s
-[[Image:Zombie hydra 4.png]] ...four heads...
+[[Image:Zombie jelly.png]] [[List of jellies|Jellies]]
-[[Image:Zombie hydra 5.png]] ...or five or more heads
+[[Image:Zombie juggernaut.png]] [[Juggernaut]]s
+[[Image:Zombie kobld.png]] [[List of kobolds|Kobolds]]
 [[Image:Zombie kraken head.png]] [[Kraken]]s
-[[Image:Zombie lizard.png]] Lizards
+[[Image:Zombie lernaean 1.png]] [[Image:Zombie lernaean 2.png]] [[Image:Zombie lernaean 3.png]] [[Image:Zombie lernaean 4.png]] [[Image:Zombie lernaean 5.png]] [[Image:Zombie lernaean 6.png]] [[Image:Zombie lernaean 7.png]] [[Image:Zombie lernaean 8.png]] [[Image:Zombie lernaean 9.png]] [[Image:Zombie lernaean 10.png]] [[The Lernaean hydra]]
+[[Image:Zombie lindwurm.png]] [[Lindwurm]]s
+[[Image:Zombie lizard.png]] [[List of reptiles and amphibians|Lizards]]
+[[Image:Zombie meliai.png]] [[Meliai]]
+[[Image:Zombie merfolk.png]] [[List of merfolk|Merfolk]]
+[[Image:Zombie minotaur.png]] [[Minotaur]]s
 [[Image:Zombie naga.png]] [[List of nagas|Nagas]]
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 [[Image:Zombie octopode.png]] [[Octopode (monster)|Octopodes]]
-[[Image:Zombie ogre.png]] [[Ogre (monster)|Ogres]]
+[[Image:Zombie ogre.png]] [[List of ogres|Ogres]]
+[[Image:Zombie orc.png]] [[List of orcs|Orcs]]
 [[Image:Zombie small quadruped.png]] Quadrupeds (small)
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 [[Image:Zombie winged quadruped.png]] Quadrupeds (winged)
+[[Image:Zombie quokka.png]] [[Quokka]]s
 [[Image:Zombie rat.png]] [[List of rats|Rats]]
+[[Image:Zombie salamander.png]] [[List of nagas#Salamander Types|Salamanders]]
+[[Image:Zombie scorpion.png]] [[Scorpion]]s
 [[Image:Zombie snake.png]] [[List of snakes|Snakes]]
-[[Image:Zombie spider.png]] [[List of spiders|Spiders]]
+[[Image:Zombie spider small.png]] [[List of arachnids|Spiders]] (small)
+[[Image:Zombie spider.png]] Spiders (large)
+[[Image:Zombie spriggan.png]] [[List of spriggans|Spriggans]]
 [[Image:Zombie troll.png]] [[List of trolls|Trolls]]
+[[Image:Zombie turtle.png]] [[List of reptiles and amphibians#Turtle Types|Turtles]]
+[[Image:Zombie ugly thing.png]] [[Ugly thing]]s
 [[Image:Zombie worm.png]] [[List of worms|Worms]]
+[[Image:Zombie wyvern.png]] [[Wyvern]]s
+[[Image:Zombie yak.png]] [[Yak]]s
+[[Image:Zombie yaktaur.png]] [[List of centaurs#Yaktaurs|Yaktaurs]]
+==History==
+*Prior to [[0.29]], zombies required a [[corpse]] item to be raised by [[Animate Dead]], which implicitly forbid monsters like [[List of jellies|Slimes]] from being zombies. Reanimated zombies kept their weapons and armour. Zombies could also spawn randomly in the main [[Dungeon]].
+*Prior to [[0.26]], raising a zombie meant losing out on the [[chunk]]s the corpse provided.
 [[Category:Monsters]]
 [[Category:Undead holiness]]

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