Wither Skeleton Mob – Wiki Guide
This Minecraft tutorial explains all about wither skeletons with screenshots and step-by-step instructions. Let’s learn about wither skeletons in Minecraft.
Background
A wither skeleton is a variant of a skeleton. The following is a picture of what a wither skeleton looks like in the game:
| Hostility Level | Hostile Mob |
|---|---|
| Health Points | 20 health points x 10 |
| Where to Find | In the Nether |
| Weapon |  Stone Sword |
| Attack Method | Strikes you with a stone sword and gives you the Wither effect for 10 seconds |
| Drops |  0-2 Bones 0-2 Coal 0-1 Stone Sword 0-1 Wither Skeleton Skull (rare) |
| Experience Points | 5 experience points |
Hostility Level (Hostile)
A wither skeleton is a hostile mob. The term mob is short for mobile and is used to refer to all living, moving creatures in the game such as chickens, creepers, and wither skeletons. Because a wither skeleton is a hostile mob, it will attack you in Survival mode but not Creative mode.
Health Points
In Minecraft, a wither skeleton has 10 hearts for health. This gives a wither skeleton 20 health points (because 1 heart = 2 health points). To kill a wither skeleton, you need to inflict 20 points of damage to the wither skeleton.
Hostile Mob
A wither skeleton is a hostile mob. The term mob is short for mobile and is used to refer to all living, moving creatures in the game such as chickens, endermen, and wither skeletons. Because a wither skeleton is a hostile mob, it will attack you in Survival mode but not Creative mode.
Where to Find Wither Skeletons
In Minecraft, you can find wither skeletons in the Nether. Wither skeletons are the Nether’s version of a skeleton. While an Overworld skeleton carries a bow and arrow, a wither skeleton from the Nether carries a stone sword.
If you haven’t been to the Nether, you need to build a nether portal to take you to the Nether. When you walk through a nether portal, it will transport you between the Overworld and the Nether. This is what a nether portal looks like:
If you are having trouble finding a wither skeleton, you can summon a wither skeleton using a cheat or you can use a spawn egg.
Weapon
The wither skeleton is armed with a stone sword as a weapon.
Attack Method
In Minecraft, a wither skeleton will move towards you and try to strike you with its stone sword when it attacks. If it hits you with its sword, you will get the Wither effect for 10 seconds. You can drink milk to remove this effect immediately or wait 10 seconds for the Wither effect to wear off.
Drops
When you kill a wither skeleton in Minecraft, it may drop one or more of the following items: bones, coal or a stone sword. And in rare circumstances, a wither skeleton may drop a wither skeleton skull.
Make sure you pick up any dropped items before they disappear. They are useful and should be kept in your inventory to be used later.
Experience Points
As you play the game, you will gain experience. The most common way to gain experience is by killing mobs. When a mob is killed you will see tiny green and yellow balls appear and move towards you.
These orbs represent experience points. When you kill a wither skeleton, you will gain 5 experience points.
Spawn Egg for Wither Skeleton
You can spawn a wither skeleton using the following spawn egg:
Wither Skeleton Spawn Egg
Wither Skeleton Spawn EggCommand Examples
Here are some game command examples for a wither skeleton in Minecraft:
NBT Tags for Wither Skeleton (Java Edition)
Here are the NBT tags (formerly called data tags) that you can use in game commands for a wither skeleton in Java Edition:
Spawn Events for Wither Skeleton (Bedrock/Education)
Here are the spawn events that you can use in game commands for a wither skeleton in Bedrock Edition and Education Edition:
Other Mobs
Here are some of the other mobs in Minecraft:
Allay
Axolotl
Bat
Bee
Blaze
Camel
Cat
Cave Spider
Chicken
Cod
Cow
Creeper
Dolphin
Donkey
Drowned
Elder Guardian
Ender Dragon
Enderman
Endermite
Evoker
Fox
Frog
Ghast
Giant
Glow Squid
Goat
Guardian
Hoglin
Horse
Husk
Illusioner
Iron Golem
Killer Bunny
Llama
Magma Cube
Mooshroom
Mule
Ocelot
Panda
Parrot
Phantom
Pig
Piglin
Piglin Brute
Pillager
Polar Bear
Pufferfish
Rabbit
Ravager
Salmon
Sheep
Shulker
Silverfish
Skeleton
Skeleton Horse
Slime
Snow Golem
Spider
Squid
Stray
Strider
Tadpole
Trader Llama
Tropical Fish
Turtle
Vex
Villager
Vindicator
Warden
Witch
Wither Boss
Wolf
Zoglin
Zombie Horse
Zombified Piglin (Zombie Pigman)
Zombie Villager
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