Combat profile
Values below describe the Minecraft 26.3 / NeoForge defaults. Health is the configured adult wave baseline, not a promise of final HP. Per-entity stats, tier, size and wave scaling can change combat values; egg and command spawns are not a reliable test of wave overrides.
Behavior
It retains the Husk Hunger attack when its main hand is empty. Hunger duration follows local difficulty. After 600 submerged-eye ticks, a 300-tick conversion begins; it becomes a Zombie Brute, retaining its tier, equipment and relative health. Its dedicated desert texture and thick arms distinguish it from an ordinary Zombie Brute.
As a Tier-3 invader it resists knockback. A sprinting melee hit adds 3 damage and strong knockback, then ends the sprint. It attacks defenders and the Nexus and can mine obstacles. Equipment can change its combat role; weapons, armor and abilities remain configurable.
Spawning and waves
Entity ID: invmod:husk_brute. Its dedicated egg is invmod:husk_brute_spawn_egg; it creates the Tier-3 variant directly.
/give @s invmod:husk_brute_spawn_egg
/summon invmod:husk_brute ~ ~ ~It is a wave-pool variant, not a guaranteed natural replacement of its base mob. There is no fixed first-wave unlock: selection depends on the theme, available budget, active mob settings and a valid spawn location. Standard adult pool cost: 7. RANDOM and RANDOMHELL use their own cost rules (5 for these non-boss mobs); baby options and variant rolls can have different purchase costs.
Shipped theme memberships: ARMORED, RANGED, MIXED, RANDOM, RANDOMHELL, BRUTES, UNDEAD. These list defaults, not a guarantee of appearance. For built-in pool restrictions versus editable custom themes, see mob modes and Custom Themes.
Drops
Delegates to the vanilla Husk loot table. Rotten flesh and conditional Husk loot, including rare iron ingots, carrots or potatoes; Minecraft 26.3 also defines a conditional rabbit-foot drop. Vanilla kill conditions, Looting and server loot changes apply. Tier 3 adds no guaranteed special item; carried equipment drops follow equipment rules.
Related variants
Compare the base mob and the Brute family overview.