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Contagion - A Zombie Infection / Infectious Mod

by PeteMC · for Minecraft

Zombie Infection Mod - This Mod adds the functionality that Zombies are able to give you a deadly infection.

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About Contagion - A Zombie Infection / Infectious Mod

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Zombie Infection Mod - This Mod adds the functionality that Zombies are able to give you a deadly infection.

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This Zombie Infection Mod adds the functionality that Zombies are able to give you a deadly infection.

Changes in the 2.0.0 Update
New Infectious Carrier phase (optional, configurable)

  • Becoming Infectious: In advanced infected stage, every carrier can spread infection through the air (Aerosol)
  • Airborne transmission (Aerosol): Infected entities can pass infection to nearby Players & Villagers through the air.

New mob behaviors

  • Iron Golems attack infected players: Golem recognizes and attacks infected persons (optional)
  • Player-to-player inflicting potential: Infected persons can also infect others (optional)                                                                                                                                              
  • Villager-to-Zombie conversion: A villager dying from infection becomes a Zombie Villager instead (optional)
  • Vanilla Zombies can be configured to spawn with the new infectious effect (as spreaders) to infect Villagers and Players through the air (optional)

New (optional) Cure Options (without immunity)

  • Golden Apples and Enchanted Golden Apples cure for INFECTION + INFECTIOUS effects (optional)



When a Zombie hits you there is a chance that you get infected (default 80%). Armor will lower this chance by a value of up to 60 (with full Diamond/Netherite). If the infection timer runs out you die instantly.

Infection

Starting with version 1.5.0 a small display with the current protection value against infections was added (e.g. a value of 20% means, out of 10 times a Zombie hits you 8 hits will most likely infect you). The protection value display can be enabled/disabled and moved in the settings on the client config page. HUD (protection display)

Killing a Zombie has a 7.5% chance that Contagious Flesh gets droped. The Looting enchantment adds 2.5% per level.

Contagious Flesh

Heating up the Contagious Flesh will give you Heated Zombie Flesh, which is not contagious anymore. Cooking Contagious Flesh

When you combine the Heated Zombie Flesh with Gold Ingots you get Gold Streaked Zombie Flesh. Eating the gold streaked flesh resets the infection timer, but it does not cure you.

Gold Streaked Zombie Flesh

In the last step you brew yourself The Cure, combining the Gold Streaked Flesh with an awkward potion. Brew the cure

You can extend the duration of the cure potion with Redstone and turn it into a Cure Potion II lasting 3x as long. Cure Potion II

Configuration Options: Main config page

Client config page

Highlights

From source data

Game versions

Supports 23 Minecraft versions, the newest being 26.3.

Loaders

Runs on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge.

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

What kind of mod it is

From the catalog
Listed on Modrinth as “Mods”

Creatures & NPCs

Adds or changes creatures, NPCs and how they behave.

Runs on your server

From source side support

Modrinth lists Contagion - A Zombie Infection / Infectious Mod as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.

Compatibility

Game
Minecraft
Loaders
FabricForgeNeoForge
Runs on
Serverrequired on the server
Game versions
26.3 and 22 earlier

Verified at the source

  • ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
  • ✓AuthorPeteMC, as published on Modrinth
  • ✓LicenseMITFree

Contagion - A Zombie Infection / Infectious Mod, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Do my players need to install Contagion - A Zombie Infection / Infectious Mod?

Modrinth lists Contagion - A Zombie Infection / Infectious Mod as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.

Which loaders does it support?

Fabric, Forge and NeoForge.

Is it free?

Yes. Contagion - A Zombie Infection / Infectious Mod is free to download from Modrinth. Its license is MIT.

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