Screenshot 1 of 5. Mobile view of several zombies in a dark, snowy birch forest in Winter Zombie Outbreak.
Winter Zombie Outbreak is a Bedrock addon by SpartanJet that rebuilds the zombie threat around a frozen, post-outbreak setting. An ancient virus released by melting ice-caps has infected most of the world, and it grows nastier as winter sets in. The addon is built for long survival runs where the danger rises with each passing day.
Supported versions
- Minecraft 1.21.120 to 26.0.02.
What it adds
The zombies move at almost half the speed of vanilla zombies, so they are easier to dodge. They also spot you from a longer distance, which makes open ground risky. A few can show up in daylight, so gathering resources is never fully safe.
- Normal infected mutate every 10 days. Their speed, damage and range all increase over time.
- Crawlers have no legs. They are very slow and easy to kill.
- The TNT zombie appears only on day 100 and places TNT when it gets near you.
- Bloodmoon nights strike at random. The chance starts at 5% per night and rises by 10% every 10 days.
- Player infection means that if you die, you turn into one of them.
- Craftable weapons give you something to fight back with.
How to install Winter Zombie Outbreak
Grab the file from the CurseForge listing and open it with Bedrock so it imports. Then switch the packs on in the settings of the world you want to play. If you have not added a pack before, the install guide for Bedrock add-ons walks through each step.
- 1.Open the downloaded file with Bedrock to import it.
- 2.Create a world or edit an existing one.
- 3.Under Behavior Packs and Resource Packs, activate the addon's packs.
- 4.Load the world and survive.
What to expect
This is a focused survival tweak, not a content sprawl. Its strength is the escalating pressure of mutations, Bloodmoon nights and the day 100 TNT zombie. Slower zombies with longer sight reward careful movement over running, and the trade-off is a narrow feature set built around one idea.
Questions about Winter Zombie Outbreak.
4 questions
How do I install Winter Zombie Outbreak on Bedrock?
Get the file from the CurseForge listing and open it with Bedrock, which imports it automatically. Then edit your world, open Behavior Packs and Resource Packs, and activate the addon's packs. Start the world and the changed zombies will be active. Add-ons only work on Bedrock, not Java.
When does a Bloodmoon happen in Winter Zombie Outbreak?
Bloodmoon nights occur at random. Each night carries a 5% chance, and that chance increases by 10% every 10 days. The longer a world survives, the more likely a Bloodmoon becomes, so late-game nights are far riskier than early ones.
What happens when you die in Winter Zombie Outbreak?
Player infection is part of the addon. Once you die, you turn into one of the infected. That makes death more costly than a normal respawn, so it pays to prepare weapons and stay cautious between mutation milestones.
What is the TNT zombie in Winter Zombie Outbreak?
The TNT zombie is a special infected that appears only on day 100. It places TNT when it gets near you, so you need to deal with it at range or keep moving. It is the addon's late-game threat on top of the regular mutating infected.
