Skeleton Horse Mob Wiki Guide

This Minecraft tutorial explains all about skeleton horses with screenshots and step-by-step instructions. Let’s learn about skeleton horses in Minecraft.

Background

A skeleton horse is a variant ofÂ horseÂ in Minecraft. The following is a picture of what a skeleton horse looks like in the game:

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Hostility Level	Passive Mob
Health Points	53 health points Â x 26.5
Where to Find	Occurs when a regular horse is struck by lightning
Weapon	None
Attack Method	Will never attack you
Drops	Â 0-2 Bones Â 1 SaddleÂ (if equipped)
Experience Points	1-3 experience points
Special Skills	Can be ridden

Hostility Level (Passive)

A skeleton horse is a passive mob. The termÂ mobÂ is short forÂ mobileÂ and is used to refer to all living, moving creatures in the game such as chickens, creepers, and skeleton horses. Because a skeleton horse is a passive mob, it will never attack you in the game (Creative or Survival mode).

Health Points

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Â for health. This gives a skeleton horse 53 health points (because 1 heart = 2 health points). To kill a skeleton horse, you need to inflict 53 points of damage.

Where to Find Skeleton Horses

In Minecraft, skeleton horses occur in the game when a regular horse is struck by lightning. If you are having trouble finding a skeleton horse, you canÂ summon a skeleton horseÂ using a cheat or you can use aÂ spawn egg.

Weapon

A skeleton horse does not carry a weapon.

Attack Method

You are safe to walk near a skeleton horse and it will not attack or cause you any damage. And if you attack a skeleton horse, it will just try to run away. It will not attack you back.

Drops

When you kill a skeleton horse in Minecraft, it will dropÂ bones.

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If the skeleton horse was wearing aÂ saddle, it would also have been dropped when the skeleton horse was killed.

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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.

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These orbs represent experience points. When you kill a skeleton horse, you will gain 1-3 experience points.

Foods to Feed a Skeleton Horse

In Minecraft, you can not feed a skeleton horse!

But if you need to restore the health for a skeleton horse, you can use an item that has anÂ Instant DamageÂ effect such as:

How to make an Arrow of Harming (Instant Damage)
How to make an Arrow of Harming (Instant Damage II)
Â How to make a Splash Potion of Harming (Instant Damage)
How to make a Splash Potion of Harming (Instant Damage II)
How to make a Lingering Potion of Harming (Instant Damage)
How to make a Lingering Potion of Harming (Instant Damage II)

Since a skeleton horse is undead, the Instant Damage effect will restore health points to the skeleton horse. Try throwing a splash potion or lingering potion of Harming at the skeleton horse or shoot an arrow of Harming at the skeleton horse to restore its health.

Skeleton Horse Mob Wiki Guide

Background

Hostility Level (Passive)

Health Points

Where to Find Skeleton Horses

Weapon

Attack Method

Drops

Experience Points

Foods to Feed a Skeleton Horse

Spawn Egg for Skeleton Horse

Things to Do with Skeleton Horses

Command Examples

NBT Tags for Skeleton Horse (Java Edition)

Spawn Events for Skeleton Horse (Bedrock/Education)

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