Headcrab

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The Headcrab is a creature from Borgy's Mobs.

## Behavior (Wild)

Headcrabs will wander aimlessly, looking for hosts to take over. The hosts can be any of the following:

* Players
* Villagers
* Wandering Traders
* Evokers
* Vindicators
* Pillagers
* Witches
* Piglins
* Brute Piglins

Once they take over a preferred mob they will use the host to find food to consume in order to grow. The headcrab then performs heavy bodily modifications to the host, exposing the ribcage and opening it up to maximize the amount of food it can consume and removing the skin covering the hands to turn them into claws. There are many variants for the headcrab zombies that result from this depending on the host.

Hosts remain conscious, but they cannot do anything to resist the Headcrab's influence. As such, they will usually cry in pain when they take damage. It is impossible to turn them back to normal as their bodies were extremely mutilated by the Headcrab so that it can optimize the amount of food it can consume, which can lead to death.

When the host is killed, the headcrab riding it falls off. You can prevent this by hitting the headcrab to kill both the host and the headcrab.

Headcrabs and Headcrab Zombies will try to avoid Sigbins as much as possible.

Helmets can prevent Headcrabs from taking over the host's body.

## Other Properties

### Spawns In

Almost anywhere

Player Headcrab zombies are the result of players getting attacked by a Headcrab. They may also spawn in dark areas on both the surface and underground.

## Other Properties

### Spawns In

Almost anywhere

Villager Headcrab zombies are the result of villagers getting attacked by a Headcrab. They may also spawn in dark areas on both the surface and underground.

## Other Properties

### Spawns In

Nether Wastes

Piglin Headcrab zombies are the result of Piglins getting attacked by a Headcrab. They may also spawn in the Nether Wastes.

If a Piglin Headcrab Zombie leaves the Nether, they will start shaking. After some time, they will die and drop the Headcrab.

## Other Properties

### Spawns In

Nether Wastes

Piglin Brute Headcrab zombies are the result of Brute Piglins getting attacked by a Headcrab. They may also spawn in the Nether Wastes.

If a Piglin Brute Headcrab Zombie leaves the Nether, they will start shaking. After some time, they will die and drop the Headcrab.

## Other Properties

### Spawns In

Almost anywhere

Vindicator Headcrab zombies are the result of Vindicators getting attacked by a Headcrab. They may also spawn in dark areas on both the surface and underground.

## Other Properties

### Spawns In

Almost anywhere

Pillager Headcrab zombies are the result of Pillagers getting attacked by a Headcrab. They may also spawn in dark areas on both the surface and underground.

## In-game Properties

### Health

30 (before using Totem), 50 (after using Totem)

## Other Properties

### Spawns In

Almost anywhere

Evoker Headcrab zombies are the result of Evokers getting attacked by a Headcrab. They may also spawn in dark areas on both the surface and underground. They still retain their ability to summon Vexes, and if they are approached they will knock them back. They can also use the Totem of Undying. Once they use it, they will curse all nearby mobs with Weakness 3 and Slowness 3 for 30 seconds and summon 16 Vexes.

## In-game Properties

### In-game Identifier

borgy:wandering\_trader\_headcrab\_zombie

## Other Properties

### Spawns In

Almost anywhere

Wandering Trader Headcrab zombies are the result of Wandering Traders getting attacked by a Headcrab. They may also spawn in dark areas on both the surface and underground. When they find a target, they will slurp an Invisibility potion then proceed to attack them.

## Other Properties

### Spawns In

Almost anywhere

Witch Headcrab zombies are the result of Witches getting attacked by a Headcrab. They may also spawn in dark areas on both the surface and underground.

They are probably the most dangerous of all the regular headcrab zombies as they will rush towards their targets with a splash potion. This splash potion may have harming, poison, wither, slowness, or weakness. Once they are near, they will throw it at close range, which affects all nearby mobs including the target and the Witch headcrab zombie themselves. If they somehow survive the attack, they will do normal melee damage for some time until they equip a brand new splash potion, and the cycle repeats.

## Combat

### General

Sigbins are the best counter to Heacrabs and most Headcrab Zombies as they will try to avoid them as much as possible.

### Headcrabs

Headcrabs can be a nuisance especially early on as they will repeatedly kill you and turn you into a zombie. Avoid them as much as possible, and make sure to use ranged weapons if you somehow encounter them.

Wearing a helmet is the best form of protection from them, but do note that due to technical limitations only vanilla helmets or helmets from Borgy's Mobs work.

### (Most) Headcrab Zombies

Many of the headcrab zombie variants are generic zombie clones except that they will drop a headcrab to repeat the parasitic horrors all over again. Make sure to attack the head to prevent the headcrabs from dropping.

### Evoker Headcrab Zombies

These things summon lots of vexes and will try to prevent you from hitting their head with a sword. Make sure to shoot the head as much as you can. Wear some good gear also to mitigate the damage from the vexes. Also, don't focus on the vexes. Focus on the Evoker Headcrab Zombie's head.

### Witch Headcrab Zombies

Always assume that any Witch Headcrab Zombie you find has a harming or decay splash potion. Make sure to shoot their head with a ranged weapon.

## Utility

Headcrabs don't have that much use aside from their meat, which you must cook to eat, or to give to Houndeyes or Sigbins to heal them up. You can also use their raw meat to create the Headcrab Launcher, a ranged weapon you can use to launch headcrabs and turn most mobs into headcrab zombies or troll your friends.

## Notes/Trivia

* The Headcrabs in the addon are based off the ones in the Half-Life series.
* The Witch Headcrab Zombie's ability to rush into their targets while holding a splash potion was partly inspired from the behavior of the Zombines from Half-Life 2