MinecraftMinecraft Skeleton
Skeleton has 20 health points (10 hearts). Find damage, all drops and their chances, spawn biomes, and ready-to-use /summon commands for Java and Bedrock here.
Built by Florian Galz
English: Skeleton · Data from Java 26.3 and Bedrock 1.26.50.4.
Want to test Skeleton? Try it on your own server with cheats enabled.
Health
Hostile20
Skeleton has 20 health points, or 10 hearts. Attacks you as soon as it sees you.
Damage
–
no fixed value
Attack
Ranged attack
Armor
0
Spawns in
Nether, Overworld
Drops
Arrow
+1 per Looting level
0–2 items
Bone
+1 per Looting level
0–2 items
Looting on your sword increases the quantity and chance with each level.
Spawn
In structures: Nether Fortress (Group 5)
| Biome | Category | Share | Group |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soul Sand Valley | Monster | 28.2 % | 5 |
| Badlands | Monster | 19.4 % | 4 |
| Beach | Monster | 19.4 % | 4 |
| Birch Forest | Monster | 19.4 % | 4 |
| Cherry Grove | Monster | 19.4 % | 4 |
| Dappled Forest | Monster | 19.4 % | 4 |
| Dark Forest | Monster | 19.4 % | 4 |
| Eroded Badlands | Monster | 19.4 % | 4 |
| Flower Forest | Monster | 19.4 % | 4 |
| Forest | Monster | 19.4 % | 4 |
| Frozen Peaks | Monster | 19.4 % | 4 |
| Frozen River | Monster | 19.4 % | 4 |
Share = this mob's weight among all mobs in the same category in the biome.
/summon command
Spawns the mob at your position. Works in chat with cheats enabled, or in the server console with coordinates instead of ~ ~ ~.
/summon minecraft:skeleton ~ ~ ~Discover more
More mobs: Hostile
Other mobs with the same behavior.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about Skeleton.
In Java Edition, Skeleton has 20 health points, or 10 hearts. In Bedrock, it has 20 health points.
When killed, Skeleton drops Arrow, Bone. Quantities, chances and special drops are listed above.
In Java Edition, Skeleton spawns in these biomes, among others: Soul Sand Valley, Badlands, Beach, Birch Forest, Cherry Grove. The full list, including spawn rates and group sizes, is above.
With cheats enabled, enter /summon minecraft:skeleton ~ ~ ~ in Java Edition. In Bedrock, the command is /summon skeleton ~ ~ ~.
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