Skeleton

Spawning

Skeletons appear in dark Overworld spaces and can also be created by a skeleton spawn egg. Their familiar bow silhouette makes them a clear ranged threat when a cave or night route opens into a larger room.

• Skeleton Spawn EggItem
• Soul Sand ValleyBiome

Additional sources

Skeletons can be encountered in Nether fortresses as well as in ordinary dark Overworld spaces. The fortress source is a structure spawn, while the biome spawn table remains the source for natural Overworld encounters.

• Soul Sand ValleyBiome

Drops

Skeletons drop bones and arrows; their summon item keeps the same context. Bones support bone meal and arrows remain useful for ranged combat, making the mob relevant even after the immediate encounter.

• BoneItem
• ArrowItem
• BoneItem
• ArrowItem
• Skeleton Spawn EggItem

Sounds

The entity sound set separates ambient, hurt, death, step, celebrate, and bow-shot events.

Behavior

The skeleton is a ranged hostile creature related to its cold stray variant. It keeps distance where possible and uses a bow, so cover and a shield matter more than simply blocking a melee path.

• StrayMob
• BowItem

Data values

The entity uses the `minecraft:skeleton` identifier and is an undead hostile mob with a ranged attack. The standard skeleton is the base form for cold and mounted variants.

• StrayMob
• BowItem

Gallery

See also

• Mob catalogue
• Minecraft Wiki overview
• StrayMob
• BoneItem
• BowItem
• Skeleton spawn eggItem
• ArrowItem

References

Data: References

Local source	Skeletonskeleton
Entity loot	`data/minecraft/loot_table/entities/skeleton.json`
Entity registration	`net/minecraft/world/entity/EntityTypes.java`
Ranged behavior	`net/minecraft/world/entity/monster/skeleton/Skeleton.java`
Soul Sand Valley spawns	`data/minecraft/worldgen/biome/soul_sand_valley.json`
Nether fortress implementation	`net/minecraft/world/level/levelgen/structure/structures/NetherFortressPieces.java`

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