Wither Skeleton
This article is about the skeleton variant. For the boss, see Wither.Wither skeletons are tall black variants of skeletons equipped with stone swords that inflict the poison-like Wither effect. They are found exclusively in nether fortresses and are the only source of wither skeleton skulls, as well as the only renewable source of coal.Contents1 Spawning1.1 Halloween1.2 Withers1.3 Jockeys2 Drops3 Behavior4 Sounds5 Data values5.1 ID5.2 Entity data6 Achievements7 Advancements8 History9 Issues10 Trivia11 Gallery11.1 Renders11.2 Screenshots11.3 In other media12 ReferencesSpawning[]Wither skeletons spawn in nether fortresses at a light level between 0 and 7, in groups of up to 4. They are the only mobs that can spawn inside wither roses due to their immunity to the damaging effect.Halloween[] This feature is exclusive to Java Edition. On Halloween, wither skeletons have a 22.5% chance of spawning wearing a carved pumpkin and a 2.5% chance of spawning wearing a jack o'lantern. This is not dr...