Wither Skeleton


Wither Skeleton in Minecraft
EffectDesiccation
Health
10
Damage
4
Experience
5

The Wither Skeleton in Minecraft is a hostile mob that looks like a black skeleton armed with a stone sword. He is a little taller than an ordinary skeleton; you can only meet him in the Cave, in the Infernal Fortress. Because of the black color of the Wither Skeleton, it is sometimes difficult to notice in the dark corridors of the fortress.

Attacking a player, the Wither Skeleton puts a "Desiccation" effect on him for 10 seconds, as a result of which the player loses half of the heart every 2 seconds.

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Modify date: 01/23/2023

Questions about wither skeleton


Here you will find detailed answers to frequently asked questions about wither skeleton.

This is a hostile mob with a health of 20 units (10 hearts on the health scale).

The attack power depends on the difficulty level of the game:

  • Light: 5 (3 hearts)
  • Normal: 8 (4 hearts)
  • Hardcore: 12 (6 hearts)

The desiccation effect takes 0.5 hearts from the player every two seconds. The drying effect lasts 10 seconds.

The size of the Wither Skeleton hitbox is 2.4*0.7 blocks.

Spawns in groups of 1 to 4 pieces in the Infernal Fortress at a light level of 7 or lower (11 or lower after version 1.19).

Armed with a stone sword, but can pick up other weapons and armor.

Player, piglin, brutal piglin, iron golem, snow golem, turtles.

  • The Wither Skeleton was added to Minecraft in the Official release of Java Edition in version 1.4.2. It had a height slightly higher than the modern version (2.53*0.72).
  • Since version 1.4.4, the Wither Skeleton quickly runs to the player as soon as he appears in the detection radius
  • From version 1.8, the skull of a Wither Skeleton drops out if it is killed by a charged creeper.
  • Starting from version 1.9, the Wither Skeleton will raise and lower its arms before attacking. With a probability of 11%, a Wither Skeleton with a weapon in his left hand instead of his right one can spawn. In the snapshot 15w39a, the height of the Wither Skeleton has been changed (2.4*0.7).
  • In version 1.11, the developers added a Wither Skeleton summoning egg, in addition, it received its own sounds, and the name was changed to "Wither Skeleton " instead of "Skeleton".
  • In version 1.14, the texture of the Wither Skeleton has been changed.
  • In version 1.16, piglins have been added to Minecraft, which are hostile to Wither Skeleton.

  1. 0-2 dice (the number increases by 1 with each level of the "Loot" enchantment on the player's weapon).
  2. 1 piece of coal with a 1/3 chance (the amount increases by 1 with each level of the "Loot" enchantment on the player's weapon.
  3. The skull of a Wither Skeleton with a 2.5% chance (the number increases by 1% with each level of the "Loot" enchantment on the player's weapon).

Yes, on the normal difficulty of the game or on the hardcore difficulty, a Wither Skeleton with a 55% probability will pick up an iron, diamond or netherite sword, or any kind of armor. He will not pick up a bow, although if you give him a bow with the help of a command, the skeleton wizard will shoot burning arrows from it.

Wither Skeleton is not affected by the effects of "Regeneration", "Poisoning", and «Desiccation".

No, he's immune to fire.

Yes.

To do this, the Wither Skeleton must kill a charged creeper with his explosion. In addition, the skulls of the Wither Skeleton can be found in the ancient city.

Wither Skeleton will run away from the creeper.

No.

  • If the Wither Skeleton was blown up by a charged creeper, then the skull drops out with a 100% chance.
  • The skull of the Wither Skeleton is used to create the Wither – one of the bosses of Minecraft.
  • The animation of the Wither Skeleton strike is similar to the animation of the iron golem strike.
  • When a player is killed by a Wither Skeleton, the message "The player was dried up" is written in the chat.

How to craft wither skeleton


There is only one recipe for how to craft wither skeleton in Minecraft. Below you can see a description of this recipe: a picture with ingredients and step-by-step instructions on how to make wither skeleton in Minecraft.

Where to find wither skeleton


There are 3 places where you can get wither skeleton in Minecraft. Below you can find a detailed description of all these places where you can get wither skeleton in the game Minecraft.

What to craft with wither skeleton


There is only one recipe that uses wither skeleton in crafting in Minecraft. Below you can see a description of this recipe: a picture with ingredients and step-by-step instructions on how to use wither skeleton in Minecraft.

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Drop from wither skeleton


There are several items that drop from wither skeleton in Minecraft. Below you can find a detailed description of these items, which can be obtained by killing wither skeleton in Minecraft.

Video about wither skeleton


There is only one video on the site which has wither skeleton in Minecraft. You can watch this video below to get a better idea of what wither skeleton looks like in Minecraft.

Screenshots of wither skeleton


There are 3 screenshots on the site, which has wither skeleton in Minecraft. Below you can see these screenshots to get a better idea of what wither skeleton looks like in Minecraft.

Command to summon wither skeleton


There is a command that allows you to summon wither skeleton in Minecraft. Below you can see a detailed description of this command to learn how to create wither skeleton in Minecraft.

Wither Skeleton can be summoned using a command in creative mode. This requires:

  1. open chat (press "T")
  2. write command /summon minecraft:wither_skeleton
  3. press "ENTER"

You can also specify the coordinates by which wither skeleton will be called:

/summon minecraft:wither_skeleton ~ ~ ~
the current coordinates of the player
/summon minecraft:wither_skeleton 100 ~ 200
X coordinate = 100, Y = current Y coordinate of the caller, Z coordinate = 200
/summon minecraft:wither_skeleton ~10 50 ~-2
X = current X-coordinate + 10 blocks, Y = 50, Z = current Z-coordinate - 2 blocks

X - coordinate from west to east, Y - height, Z - coordinate from south to north.



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