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Quick answer
- Skeletons shoot you from about 15 blocks away.
- They burn in sunlight and run from wolves.
- They drop 0 to 2 bones and 0 to 2 arrows.
Skeletons are the most annoying early mobs. They keep their distance and shoot. Here's how to deal with them.
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Fighting them
- Raise a Shield as you walk towards it to block arrows.
- Close the gap fast, or fight around corners so it has to come to you.
- Bring a tamed wolf. Skeletons flee from wolves.
10hearts of health
~15blocks of shooting range
Drops
- Bone: 0 to 2. Craft into bone meal or use to tame wolves.
Arrow: 0 to 2.- Its
Bow, rarely.
Music discsIf a skeleton's arrow kills a creeper, the creeper drops a music disc.
Strays
A skeleton stuck in powder snow turns into a stray after about 22 seconds. Strays shoot arrows of Slowness.
Cheat sheet
- Shield up and close the gap
- Wolves scare them off
- Burn in sunlight without a helmet
- Drop bones and arrows
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