Zombies and husks now drop 0-1 iron nuggets on death. Drowned do the same, but with copper nuggets. This allows for cheap early-game farms for copper & iron, and adds some consistency with zombified piglins.

History

1.5.5+

Drowned now drop copper nuggets similarly to how zombies drop iron nuggets.

1.3.0Release+

Husks now drop iron nuggets like zombies do

Release-

Zombie Villager & Drowned Nugget Drops

This is for consistency with all the other zombies—they drop nuggets of their rare drop. Since zombie villagers’ is emerald, they have none. Same applies for drowned as theirs is copper.

the-dark-times+

History on this feature is unclear. It was implemented some time before 0.1.0 and has been marked as such.