Skeleton Drops & Spawning in Minecraft

HOSTILE MOBS JAVA & BEDROCK

What does a Skeleton drop in Minecraft? 0–2 Bone, 0–2 Arrow and 1 Skeleton Skull. Spawns in 57 biomes. Drop chances per Looting level for Java & Bedrock.

3different item drops

57spawn biomes

+1.5Bone per kill with Looting III

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What does a Skeleton drop? 3 items

Edition

JavaBedrock

Looting

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Item	Quantity	Chance	Avg. per kill
Bone	0–2	66.7%	1
Arrow	0–2	66.7%	1
Skeleton Skull	1	100%	1

Skeleton Skull only drops under special conditions — the chance shown applies when the condition is met.

Item	Quantity	Chance	Avg. per kill
Bone	0–3	83.3%	1.5
Arrow	0–3	83.3%	1.5
Skeleton Skull	1	100%	1

Skeleton Skull only drops under special conditions — the chance shown applies when the condition is met.

Item	Quantity	Chance	Avg. per kill
Bone	0–4	91.7%	2
Arrow	0–4	91.7%	2
Skeleton Skull	1	100%	1

Skeleton Skull only drops under special conditions — the chance shown applies when the condition is met.

Item	Quantity	Chance	Avg. per kill
Bone	0–5	94.4%	2.5
Arrow	0–5	94.4%	2.5
Skeleton Skull	1	100%	1

Skeleton Skull only drops under special conditions — the chance shown applies when the condition is met.

Item	Quantity	Chance	Avg. per kill
Bone	0–2	66.7%	1
Arrow	0–2	66.7%	1
Skeleton Skull	1	100%	1

Skeleton Skull only drops under special conditions — the chance shown applies when the condition is met.

Item	Quantity	Chance	Avg. per kill
Bone	0–3	66.7%	1.33
Arrow	0–3	66.7%	1.33
Skeleton Skull	1	100%	1

Skeleton Skull only drops under special conditions — the chance shown applies when the condition is met.

Item	Quantity	Chance	Avg. per kill
Bone	0–4	66.7%	1.67
Arrow	0–4	66.7%	1.67
Skeleton Skull	1	100%	1

Skeleton Skull only drops under special conditions — the chance shown applies when the condition is met.

Item	Quantity	Chance	Avg. per kill
Bone	0–5	66.7%	2
Arrow	0–5	66.7%	2
Skeleton Skull	1	100%	1

Skeleton Skull only drops under special conditions — the chance shown applies when the condition is met.

Chance = how likely one kill drops the item · Avg. per kill = expected amount per kill · Looting only counts when a player kills the mob with a Looting weapon.

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Where does a Skeleton spawn? 57 biomes

Edition

JavaBedrock

In Java Edition the Skeleton can spawn in 57 biomes. The bar shows its share of the spawn weight among the hostile mobs of each biome.

Soul Sand Valleyweight 20/71 · group 428.2%Badlandsweight 100/515 · group 419.4%Bamboo Jungleweight 100/515 · group 419.4%Beachweight 100/515 · group 419.4%Birch Forestweight 100/515 · group 419.4%Cherry Groveweight 100/515 · group 419.4%Dappled Forestweight 100/515 · group 419.4%Dark Forestweight 100/515 · group 419.4%Eroded Badlandsweight 100/515 · group 419.4%Flower Forestweight 100/515 · group 419.4%Forestweight 100/515 · group 419.4%Groveweight 100/515 · group 419.4%

Show all 57 biomes

Jungleweight 100/515 · group 419.4%Lush Cavesweight 100/515 · group 419.4%Meadowweight 100/515 · group 419.4%Old Growth Birch Forestweight 100/515 · group 419.4%Old Growth Spruce Taigaweight 100/515 · group 419.4%Pale Gardenweight 100/515 · group 419.4%Snowy Beachweight 100/515 · group 419.4%Snowy Taigaweight 100/515 · group 419.4%Sparse Jungleweight 100/515 · group 419.4%Stony Peaksweight 100/515 · group 419.4%Stony Shoreweight 100/515 · group 419.4%Taigaweight 100/515 · group 419.4%Windswept Forestweight 100/515 · group 419.4%Windswept Gravelly Hillsweight 100/515 · group 419.4%Windswept Hillsweight 100/515 · group 419.4%Wooded Badlandsweight 100/515 · group 419.4%Cold Oceanweight 100/520 · group 419.2%Deep Cold Oceanweight 100/520 · group 419.2%Deep Lukewarm Oceanweight 100/520 · group 419.2%Deep Oceanweight 100/520 · group 419.2%Lukewarm Oceanweight 100/520 · group 419.2%Oceanweight 100/520 · group 419.2%Plainsweight 100/520 · group 419.2%Savannaweight 100/520 · group 419.2%Savanna Plateauweight 100/520 · group 419.2%Sunflower Plainsweight 100/520 · group 419.2%Warm Oceanweight 100/520 · group 419.2%Windswept Savannaweight 100/520 · group 419.2%Jagged Peaksweight 100/525 · group 419%Snowy Slopesweight 100/525 · group 419%Frozen Peaksweight 100/540 · group 418.5%Frozen Riverweight 100/541 · group 418.5%Old Growth Pine Taigaweight 100/540 · group 418.5%Deep Frozen Oceanweight 100/545 · group 418.3%Frozen Oceanweight 100/545 · group 418.3%Ice Cavesweight 90/520 · group 417.3%Dripstone Cavesweight 100/610 · group 416.4%Riverweight 100/615 · group 416.3%Sulfur Cavesweight 50/315 · group 215.9%Mangrove Swampweight 70/516 · group 413.6%Swampweight 70/516 · group 413.6%Desertweight 50/515 · group 49.7%Nether Fortressweight 2/28 · group 57.1%Snowy Plainsweight 20/530 · group 43.8%Ice Spikesweight 20/540 · group 43.7%

In Bedrock Edition the Skeleton can spawn in 55 biomes. The bar shows its share of the spawn weight among the hostile mobs of each biome.

Soul Sand Valleyweight 80/126 · group 1–263.5%Badlandsweight 80/495 · group 1–216.2%Bamboo Jungleweight 80/495 · group 1–216.2%Beachweight 80/495 · group 1–216.2%Birch Forestweight 80/495 · group 1–216.2%Cherry Groveweight 80/495 · group 1–216.2%Dappled Forestweight 80/495 · group 1–216.2%Dark Forestweight 80/495 · group 216.2%Eroded Badlandsweight 80/495 · group 1–216.2%Flower Forestweight 80/495 · group 1–216.2%Forestweight 80/495 · group 1–216.2%Groveweight 80/495 · group 1–216.2%

Show all 55 biomes

Jungleweight 80/495 · group 1–216.2%Lush Cavesweight 80/495 · group 1–216.2%Meadowweight 80/495 · group 1–216.2%Old Growth Birch Forestweight 80/495 · group 1–216.2%Old Growth Pine Taigaweight 80/495 · group 1–216.2%Old Growth Spruce Taigaweight 80/495 · group 1–216.2%Pale Gardenweight 80/495 · group 1–216.2%Snowy Beachweight 80/495 · group 1–216.2%Snowy Taigaweight 80/495 · group 1–216.2%Sparse Jungleweight 80/495 · group 1–216.2%Stony Peaksweight 80/495 · group 1–216.2%Stony Shoreweight 80/495 · group 1–216.2%Taigaweight 80/495 · group 1–216.2%Windswept Forestweight 80/495 · group 1–216.2%Windswept Gravelly Hillsweight 80/495 · group 1–216.2%Windswept Hillsweight 80/495 · group 1–216.2%Wooded Badlandsweight 80/495 · group 1–216.2%Plainsweight 80/500 · group 1–216%Savannaweight 80/500 · group 1–216%Savanna Plateauweight 80/500 · group 1–216%Sunflower Plainsweight 80/500 · group 1–216%Windswept Savannaweight 80/500 · group 1–216%Ice Cavesweight 90/570 · group 1–215.8%Swampweight 80/545 · group 214.7%Cold Oceanweight 80/595 · group 1–213.4%Deep Cold Oceanweight 80/595 · group 1–213.4%Deep Lukewarm Oceanweight 80/595 · group 1–213.4%Deep Oceanweight 80/595 · group 1–213.4%Dripstone Cavesweight 80/595 · group 1–213.4%Lukewarm Oceanweight 80/595 · group 1–213.4%Oceanweight 80/595 · group 1–213.4%Warm Oceanweight 80/595 · group 1–213.4%Sulfur Cavesweight 50/436 · group 211.5%Snowy Plainsweight 24/250 · group 1–29.6%Frozen Riverweight 24/270 · group 1–28.9%Nether Fortressweight 2/28 · group 2–37.1%Desertweight 40/760 · group 1–25.3%Jagged Peaksweight 24/560 · group 1–24.3%Snowy Slopesweight 24/560 · group 1–24.3%Frozen Peaksweight 24/580 · group 1–24.1%Ice Spikesweight 24/585 · group 1–24.1%Deep Frozen Oceanweight 24/680 · group 1–23.5%Frozen Oceanweight 24/680 · group 1–23.5%

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Skeleton FAQ

What does a Skeleton drop in Minecraft?

A Skeleton drops 0–2 Bone (66.7% chance) and 0–2 Arrow (66.7% chance) in Java Edition. Skeleton Skull only drops under special conditions.

Where does a Skeleton spawn in Minecraft?

In Java Edition the Skeleton spawns in 57 biomes, most often in Soul Sand Valley, Badlands and Bamboo Jungle. In Bedrock Edition it spawns in 55 biomes.

How common is a Skeleton in Soul Sand Valley?

In Java Edition the Skeleton has a spawn weight of 20 out of 71 among the hostile mobs of Soul Sand Valley, so 28.2% of those spawn attempts pick it, in groups of 4.

Does Looting increase Skeleton drops?

Yes. With Looting III a Skeleton drops on average 2.5 Bone per kill instead of 1 without Looting (Java Edition). Switch the Looting level in the drop table to see every item.

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