Skeleton
The Skeleton has 20 HP (10 ♥) and deals 2 damage on Normal difficulty (2 on Easy, 3 on Hard). It drops Arrow, Bone, gives 5 XP and spawns in Soul Sand Valley, Badlands, Beach. Everything below comes from the Java 26.3 game files.
- HP
- 2010 ♥ hearts
- Damage (Normal)
- 2Easy 2 · Hard 3
- XP dropped
- 5
- Spawns in
- Soul Sand Valley+54 more biomes
- Drops
- Arrow66.7%
Skeleton stats
Game data- HP
- 20
- Movement speed
- 0.25
- Follow range
- 16 blocks
- Size (width × height)
- 0.6 × 1.99 blocks
- XP when killed
- 5+1–3 per equipped item (always has a bow)
- Immune to fire
- No
Damage by difficulty
| Difficulty | Damage | Hearts |
|---|---|---|
| Easy | 2 | |
| Normal | 2 | |
| Hard | 3 |  |
A melee hit on a player with no armor. Easy = half + 1 (never more than Normal), Hard = 1.5× — the game's own formula.
What does the Skeleton drop?
CalculatedExact chance per kill, with the Looting levels side by side. Rare drops need the kill to come from a player.
| Item | Chance | Looting 1 | Looting 2 | Looting 3 | Count | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Arrow | 66.7% | 83.3% | 91.7% | 94.4% | 1–5 | 1 |
 Bone | 66.7% | 83.3% | 91.7% | 94.4% | 1–5 | 1 |
XP and player-only drops need the player to have hit the mob within the last 5 seconds. Armor and weapons a mob spawned with drop separately (8.5% per item, +1% per Looting level).
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- Mob drops and enchantments
Where does the Skeleton spawn?
Game dataMonster light rules: Overworld block light 0 and light ≤ random 0–7; Nether light ≤ 7; spawnable block below
| Biomes | Group | Weight | Share | Pack size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monsters | 20 | 28.2% | 5 | |
| Monsters | 100 | 16.3%–19.4% | 4 |
| Monsters | 50 | 16.1% | 2 | |
| Monsters | 70 | 13.6% | 4 | |
| Monsters | 50 | 9.71% | 4 | |
| Monsters | 20 | 3.88% | 4 |
Soul Sand Valley
Badlands
Beach
Birch Forest
Cherry Grove
Dappled Forest
Dark Forest
Eroded Badlands
Flower Forest
Forest
Frozen Peaks
Grove
Jagged Peaks
Lush Caves
Meadow
Old Growth Birch Forest
Old Growth Spruce Taiga
Pale Garden
Plains
Savanna
Savanna Plateau
Snowy Beach
Snowy Slopes
Snowy Taiga
Sparse Jungle
Stony Peaks
Stony Shore
Sunflower Plains
Taiga
Windswept Forest
Windswept Gravelly Hills
Windswept Hills
Windswept Savanna
Wooded Badlands
Frozen River
Bamboo Jungle
Jungle
Cold Ocean
Deep Cold Ocean
Deep Frozen Ocean
Deep Lukewarm Ocean
Deep Ocean
Frozen Ocean
Lukewarm Ocean
Ocean
Warm Ocean
Old Growth Pine Taiga
Dripstone Caves
River
Sulfur Caves
Mangrove Swamp
Swamp
Desert
Ice Spikes
Snowy PlainsAlso spawns in
Share is the mob's slice of its group's spawn attempts in that biome (weight ÷ total weight).
Skeleton behaviour
Game dataShoots players, iron golems and baby turtles on sight; avoids wolves
Attacks
- Arrow: fires every 1 s on Hard, every 2 s otherwise
- Melee: when not holding a bow — 2 damage
Immune to
- Freezing
- Drowning
- Poison
- Regeneration
Weaknesses
- Healed by Instant Damage, hurt by Instant Health
- Smite (+2.5/level)
- Burns in sunlight unless helmeted, in water/rain or powder snow
Good to know
- Converts to Stray after 7 s in powder snow + 15 s
- Flees sunlight; avoids wolves within 6 blocks
- 55%×difficulty chance to pick up loot
Advancements with the Skeleton
Monster Hunter
Kill any hostile monster
Monsters Hunted
Kill one of every hostile monster
Skeleton ID and summon command
The entity ID is minecraft:skeleton. Spawn egg: Skeleton Spawn Egg.
/summon minecraft:skeleton ~ ~ ~Data: Minecraft Java Edition 26.3 game files. How we source this
The Skeleton is a hostile mob with 20 health that hits for 2 on Normal. It's one of the most widespread mobs, spawning in 55 biomes. Killing it drops Arrow, Bone. Each kill gives 5 XP.
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Skeleton FAQ (Java 26.3)
How much health does the Skeleton have?
The Skeleton has 20 health points, which is 10 hearts, and 0 armor.
How much damage does the Skeleton do?
Its melee attack deals 2 damage on Easy, 2 on Normal and 3 on Hard, before your armor.
What does the Skeleton drop?
Arrow (66.7%), Bone (66.7%) (chance per kill without Looting), plus 5 XP.
Where does the Skeleton spawn?
It spawns naturally in 55 biomes, most often in Soul Sand Valley, Badlands, Beach.