Overview
Skeletons keep their distance, strafe sideways, and lead their shots, so standing still in the open is how you lose a fight to one. Arrow damage varies with draw and difficulty, roughly 2 to 5 per hit. Raise a shield and the arrows are fully blocked, which turns them from lethal to trivial. They burn at dawn unless standing in water, shade or wearing a helmet, and they flee from wolves.
Skeleton is a hostile mob in Minecraft Java Edition 1.21.4. You will need to deal 20 damage — 10 hearts — to kill one. Its attacks do 4 damage on Normal.
Killing one drops 5 experience.
Properties
- Health
- 20 (10 ♥)
- Attack damage
- 4
- Experience dropped
- 5
- Size
- 0.6 × 1.99
- Dimension
- Overworld, The Nether
- Added in
- 1.0.0
Spawns in
Spawns in Overworld darkness at any height, from dungeon spawners, and in soul sand valleys in the Nether.
Light level: 0
Drops
- Bone: 0–2
- Arrow: 0–2
- Bow: 1 (9%)
Frequently asked questions
How much health does Skeleton have in Minecraft?
Skeleton has 20 health points, which is 10 hearts.
What does Skeleton drop?
It drops Bone, Arrow and Bow, plus 5 experience when killed by a player.
Where does Skeleton spawn?
Spawns in Overworld darkness at any height, from dungeon spawners, and in soul sand valleys in the Nether.
