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Skeleton (Minecraft)
From The Codex
Background
Skeletons are common undead hostile mobs equipped with bows.
Skeletons can spawn in the overworld at a light level of 7 or less, in groups of 1-4. 80% of skeletons spawned directly under the sky spawn as strays in Snowy Tundra, Snowy Mountains, Ice Spikes, Frozen River, Frozen Ocean, and Deep Frozen Ocean biomes.
Strays are variants of skeletons that spawn only in frozen, ice, or snowy biomes.
80% of skeletons spawned directly under the sky in Snowy Tundra, Snowy Mountains, Ice Spikes, Frozen River, Frozen Ocean, Frozen Deep Ocean, and Legacy Frozen Ocean[Bedrock Edition only] biomes are strays. Strays spawn in groups of 4, in Frozen Ocean, Frozen Deep Ocean and Legacy Frozen Ocean. They can spawn on surfaces at altitude 60-66.
Wither Skeletons are hostile mobs with stone swords found in fortresses.
Wither Skeletons spawn in fortresses at a light level of 7 or less, in groups of 5.
Codex Statistics
Key: Skeleton | With best possible equipment | Stray | Wither Skeleton
Tier: 9-B | 9-B to at least 9-B | 9-B | 9-B
Name: Skeleton, Stray, Wither Skeleton
Origin: Minecraft
Sex: None (Notch mentions Sex doesn't exist in Minecraft)
Age: Unknown
Classification: Skeleton, Undead
Dimensionality: 3-D
Attack Potency: Wall level (Can survive in the Nether which can instantly vaporize a cubic meter of water, can tank multiple hits from an Steve, superior to Silverfish) | Wall level to at least Wall level (Superior to Creepers and Endermen, should be comparable to an Steve) | Wall level (Same as the regular Zombie) | Wall level (Same as the regular Zombie)
Durability: Wall level | Wall level to at least Wall level | Wall level | Wall level
Striking Strength: Unknown | Unknown | Wall Class | Wall Class
Lifting Strength: Unknown
Travel Speed: Superhuman (Scaling to Steve)
Combat Speed: Superhuman (Comparable to Endermen, can tag Steve), Superhuman with a Bow and Arrow
Reaction Speed: Unknown
Stamina: Unknown (Never shown to need any rest)
Range: Hundreds of Meters | Hundreds of Meters | Hundreds of Meters | Extended Melee Range
Intelligence: Animalistic with Above Average combat capacity
Powers and Techniques
All previous abilities, Fire Manipulation (Via Flame enchantment), Limited Infinity Manipulation (Via Inifnity enchantment), Damage Transferal (Via Thorns), Limited Ice Manipulation (Via Frost Walker), Resistance to Explosion Manipulation (Blast Protection reduces damage taken from explosions)
All abilities from regular Skeleton, Velocity Manipulation (Arrows from Strays induce Slowness effect), Resistance to Cold Manipulation (Can survive in extreme coldness and it's their natural habitat)
All abilities from regular Skeleton, Durability Negation and Corrosion Inducement (His standard attacks produce the Wither effect which depletes HP despite defenses), Resistance to Fire Manipulation, Magma Manipulation, Corrosion Inducement and Durability Negation (Wither Skeletons are naturally immune to fire and the Wither effect, they can sink into lava without any issue)
Equipment
Bow and Arrows | Bow and Arrows, Netherite Armor | Bow and Arrows | Stone Sword
Other
Weaknesses: Will burn in sunlight, sinks underwater instead of swimming | sinks underwater | sinks underwater | sinks underwater
Battle Records
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