Skeleton

Skeletons are a hostile mob which can spawn in Minecraft.

Behavior

Skeletons will shoot arrows at players while strafing. Arrows shot by a skeleton cannot be picked up by players, unlike player shot arrows.

Drops

Skeletons can drop up to 3 bones and arrows upon dying.

Spawning

Skeletons naturally spawn in darkness and at night.

Monster spawners are capable of generating as skeleton spawners, which will periodically spawn skeletons.

Skeletons can spawn as a result of the player having a nightmare.

Skeletons can rarely spawn riding a spider, which is referred to as a spider jockey.