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Skeleton

5+ XP
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Skeleton is a monster in Minecraft. It has 20 health points and moves at a speed of 0.25. Its hitbox is 0.6 blocks wide and 1.9 blocks tall.

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20 HP

0.25 spd 0.6w × 1.9h
skeleton 85/126

Behaviors

Skeleton exhibits 10 behaviors, including avoid mob type, equip item, flee sun, hurt by target, look at player, nearest attackable target, pickup items, random look around, random stroll, and ranged attack.

avoid_mob_type equip_item flee_sun hurt_by_target look_at_player nearest_attackable_target pickup_items random_look_around random_stroll ranged_attack

Relationships

Skeleton avoids wolf and actively targets player, irongolem, and baby_turtle.

Avoids

  • wolf

Targets

  • player
  • irongolem
  • baby_turtle

Variants

become_straygot_out_of_powder_snow_environment_sensorin_powder_snow

Loot Drops

When defeated, Skeleton can drop arrow and bone.

1 roll
Item Chance Quantity Modifiers
arrow 100% 0–2 +0–1
1 roll
Item Chance Quantity Modifiers
bone 100% 0–2 +0–1

Spawn Info

Skeleton spawns surface and underground in the world in biomes tagged "monster", "desert", "frozen", "mangrove_swamp", and "soulsand_valley" at light levels 0–7. It has 2 spawn conditions across different biome configurations.

Spawnable Yes
Summonable Yes
XP Reward 5+
SurfaceUnderground easy–hard weight 80

Light level: 0–7

Biomes: monster, desert, frozen, mangrove_swamp, soulsand_valley

SurfaceUnderground easy–hard weight 40

Light level: 0–7

Biomes: monster, desert