MinecraftMinecraft Wither Skeleton
Wither 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: Wither Skeleton · Data from Java 26.3 and Bedrock 1.26.50.4.
Want to test Wither Skeleton? Try it on your own server with cheats enabled.
Health
Hostile20
Wither Skeleton has 20 health points, or 10 hearts. Attacks you as soon as it sees you.
Damage
8
Melee, Normal
Attack
Melee
Armor
0
Spawns in
Nether
Damage by difficulty
Damage from one hit without armor, in health points.
- Easy
- 5
- Normal
- 8
- Heavy
- 12
Drops
Coal
+1 per Looting level
0–1 items
Bone
+1 per Looting level
0–2 items
Wither Skeleton Skull
2.5 % chance, +1 % per Looting level · only if killed by a player
1 items
Looting on your sword increases the quantity and chance with each level.
Spawn
In Nether fortresses.
In structures: Nether Fortress (Group 5)
/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:wither_skeleton ~ ~ ~Discover more
More mobs: Hostile
Other mobs with the same behavior.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about Wither Skeleton.
In Java Edition, Wither Skeleton has 20 health points, or 10 hearts. In Bedrock, it has 20 health points.
When killed, Wither Skeleton drops Coal, Bone, Wither Skeleton Skull. Quantities, chances and special drops are listed above.
In Nether fortresses.
With cheats enabled, enter /summon minecraft:wither_skeleton ~ ~ ~ in Java Edition. In Bedrock, the command is /summon wither_skeleton ~ ~ ~.
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