Skeleton
Skeletons are hostile mobs that will shoot arrows from their bow when they see the
player to deal damage and potentially kill the player.
This mob has 20 ( × 10) Health and can drop
arrow,
bones and
bow when killed.
Contents
Spawning
Skeletons spawn in dark places in the Overworld, which includes the surface at night.
Besides spawning randomly, skeletons will also spawn from monster spawners, making monster spawners a convenient way to get their drops.
Commands
A Skeleton can be spawned in another way, aside from its respective spawn egg, while cheats are enabled, using the command /summon skeleton
.
In addition to that, you can add data tags to customize the skeleton. examples:
/summon skeleton 1 ~ ~ {name:"skeleton custom", health:30, defaultDrops:false}
/summon skeleton 1 ~ ~ {name:"skeleton", health:1, drops:[{item:{id:"bone_shuriken", name:"shuriken"}, quantity:5, bonus:4}]}
Drops
Skeleton drop experience points when killed.
Upon death it will drop 0-2 Arrow and 0-2
bones. They also have a chance of dropping a
bow with random durability as a rare drop.
Crafting
Crafting with the skeleton drop:
Bone Shuriken | Bone Meal | Bone Block |
---|---|---|
Behavior
If a skeleton gets close enough to the player, it will start following them around. They will also attempt to shoot arrows at the player at regular intervals.
They usually have good aim, but good maneuvering can help avoid their attacks. They walk a bit faster than zombies and do 1.5 ( 3 (
) ) damage.
As with zombies, when skeletons come in contact with sunlight, they catch on fire and take damage.
Tasks
Number | Icon[ng] | Name | Newgrounds name | Description [ng] | Objective | Points[ng] | Requirements |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
17 | Slay a skeleton | Kill a Skeleton | They will shoot arrows at you if you don't | Kill a skeleton | 5 |
History
Version | Date | Changes |
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1.21 | May 17, 2012 |
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1.22 | Jun 29, 2012 |
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1.23 | Oct 31, 2012 |
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1.24 | Dec 22, 2012 |
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1.27 | Nov 13, 2015 |
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1.28 | Oct 08, 2016 |
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1.29 | Sep 27, 2019 |
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Bugs
- 1.28: Skeletons sometimes shoot themselves with their own arrows if moving while they shoot
Trivia
- Waiting until the morning to hunt for skeletons can be a good tactic because they will already be taking damage from the sun.