Skyrim:Zombie

A zombie bandit, followed by his puppetmaster

The moment of resurrection

Zombies are any creature or person that has died and been temporarily resurrected. Zombies are still capable of warfare despite no longer being able to think for themselves; thus, they are often used as extra bodies in a fight. Zombies are most typically created by vampires and necromancers for use in combat; however, you may also create your own. Zombies are typically resurrected through the use of a temporary reanimation spell or enchantment. For more details about the use of zombies as allies, see this page.

Most NPC zombies will groan while animated and may say "Must...kill,", "You...must...die," and "Kill," while in combat. They will occasionally make comments indicating gratefulness for release from their undeath upon defeat. Zombies disintegrate into lootable ash piles at death or once the reanimation spell effect wears off, unless they were reanimated by Dead Thrall, The Ritual Stone power, or with staves. They cannot be soul trapped because they've already died before.

Plague of the Dead^CC

A zombie

Plague of the Dead adds a new Zombie creature. Similar in appearance to Ash Spawn, these zombies wield generic weapons and drop an ingredient called Mort Flesh. Zombie hordes can be encountered randomly as a world interaction or as part of the related quest, The Rising Dead. They can also be summoned and encountered at set spawn points in the world.

Variants

All zombies have frost resistance, magic resistance, poison immunity, and waterbreathing. Most zombies have a weakness to fire, except for Dread Zombies, which also have a natural health regeneration ability during combat. Zombies can't cast spells however, as they have no magicka.

In general, aside from abilities, zombies have stats similar (if not identical) to Draugr, with each version having a counterpart. The generic Zombie is equivalent to Draugr, Foul Zombie to Restless Draugr, Putrid Zombie to Draugr Wight, Malignant Zombie to Draugr Scourge, Relentless Zombie to Draugr Deathlord, and Dread Zombie to Draugr Death Overlord.

Zombies wield a leveled one-handed or two-handed melee weapon. They are initially of iron or steel quality, while Orcish start to appear at level 9, Dwarven at level 15, and elven at level 22, though iron and steel are four times more likely to appear than the other types.

Creature (ID)	Lvl		Sta.					Perks/Abilities	Soul
Zombie FExxxD64, FExxxD69, FExxxD6A	1	50	80	60	30	30	100		Petty
Malignant Zombie FExxx816	1	50	80	60	30	30	100		Petty
Zombie FExxx874	3	70	90	60	30	30	100	Extra Damage (+12%/+0%)
Foul Zombie FExxx813	5	140	200	60	30	30	100	Extra Damage (+12%/+0%)	Lesser
Foul Zombie FExxx817, FExxx818, FExxx873	6	150	205	60	30	30	100	Extra Damage (+12%/+0%)	Lesser
Putrid Zombie FExxx81A, FExxx81B, FExxx81C, FExxx875	13	320	340	60	30	30	100	Extra Damage (+50%/+25%)	Lesser
Malignant Zombie FExxx80D, FExxx81C, FExxx876	21	700	480	60	30	30	100	Extra Damage (+100%/+50%)	Common
Relentless Zombie FExxx80F, FExxx814, FExxx815	30	1000	575	30	30	30	100	Extra Damage (+150%/+75%)	Greater
Dread Zombie FExxx812	30	1340	575	0	30	30	100	Extra Damage (+200%/+100%) Fortified Combat Healing 0.5	Greater
Dread Zombie FExxx80E, FExxx811	40	1440	625	0	30	30	100	Extra Damage (+200%/+100%) Fortified Combat Healing 0.5	Grand

†This version of the Malignant Zombie has the wrong stats applied, it appears in a leveled list along with its stronger variant.

‡This is the version summoned by the conjuration spell. Note that they benefit from the Dark Souls perk, despite not technically being reanimated.