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Quick answer
- Strays live in snowy biomes and shoot arrows of Slowness.
- Bogged live in swamps and shoot arrows of Poison.
- Both drop tipped arrows you can use yourself.
Strays and bogged are skeleton variants with nastier arrows. Learn which is which so you know what's coming.
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Strays
- Spawn in snowy plains, ice spikes and frozen oceans.
- Their arrows give Slowness for 30 seconds.
- Skeletons stuck in powder snow turn into strays.
Bogged
- Spawn in swamps, mangrove swamps and trial chambers.
- Shoot Poison arrows, but more slowly than skeletons.
- 8 hearts of health, a little less than a skeleton.
- Shear one for 2 mushrooms.
Drops
| Mob | Special drop |
|---|---|
| Stray | Arrow of Slowness (50% chance) |
| Bogged | Arrow of Poison |
Both also drop bones and normal arrows. Tipped arrows only drop when you or your wolf kill them.
MilkA milk bucket clears Slowness and Poison straight away.
Cheat sheet
- Stray: snow, Slowness arrows
- Bogged: swamps, Poison arrows
- Both drop tipped arrows
- Milk clears the effects
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