Talk:Skeleton/Archive 2

Shooting through water
"Skeltons can shoot arrows through water with little to no effect on their speed and accuracy"

From my experience this is not true. If a skeleton shoots upwards through 4 blocks of water, the arrow does not make it out the top of the water, but falls back down, often hitting the skeleton. At least this was shortly after the Boo! update. I will check again. Capt0z 22:40, 21 December 2010 (CST)
 * Just tested, and when a Skeleton shoots upwards through 4 blocks of water, the arrow makes it barely out of the top of the water, maybe up to a block out, before turning and heading down. But I can stay safe by sitting 2 blocks above the top of the water. Capt0z 22:49, 21 December 2010 (CST)

Bones
Skeletons, without a doubt, drop both bones AND arrows now. Stop changing it to only bones! NovaSilisko 07:59, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Has anyone actually had 3 bones dropped? I only get 1-2. Hawky133
 * The code only allows 2.

i = rand.nextInt(3); for(int k = 0; k < i; k++) {           dropItem(Item.bone.shiftedIndex, 1); }
 * rand.nextInt(3) generates a number from 0 to 2. Alphap 08:31, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Hey do skeletons drop black bones because one time i killed a skeleton and it droped a black bone but when i picked it up it was white im confused... Shradiel
 * That sounds like a lightning bug. For example, if you fire arrows into the underside of a block, they might turn black. Alphap 08:31, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

So...if the code only allows two bones/arrows, then shouldn't the page say 0-2 instead of 0-3? Or was it changed in another update? CactusTrio 05:28, 23 April 2011 (UTC)CactusTrio
 * It might've been changed in the update, but I've yet to see 3 of anything drop yet. Haven't played 1.5 much though. - Alphap T ~ C 05:51, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

'Behavior' subsection
Many mobs, hostile and passive, have a section which describes their behavior. This page doesn't have much in the way of that, so maybe someone could write down what they know about skeleton behavior. I will make a small start for this section, but I'm not an expert on skeletons, so feel free to edit/add. LTK 70 20:43, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Deflecting Arrows?
I have never been able to do this, and would be gladly be corrected if we get a video, or proof.-Master7432

New pic?
Can someone add a new pic of one with its arms out and with a bow?

Skeletons arrows, peaceful?
I was fighting a skeleton and was about to die, so i changed it to peaceful. But it shot before i did, and the arrow seemed to stick on to me, not hurting me. maybe a new glitch?

Skeletons being struck by lightning?
Does anyone know if something special happens if a skeleton is struck by lightning?
 * No. Using SPC, I struck pigs, cows, chickens, zombies, creepers, skeletons, and spiders with lightning, and here's what happened:
 * Creeper - Became electrified, and upon exploding made a much larger hole than usual
 * Pig - Became a pig zombie
 * The rest - Took some damage and went on fire but was put out instantly due to the rain. Cool12309(T 16:07, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Shooting through glass?
According to Spider Jockey, a skeleton on a spider can shoot through glass. This article does not mention whether regular skeletons can do the same. Perhaps this should be part of the article, whether they can or cannot? (I'd also be curious to know why spider jockeys can if skeletons cannot.) -Etoile 05:08, 30 April 2011 (UTC)


 * It might have something to do with the spider's ability to see through walls, so regular skeletons' arrows may go through glass, but they won't shoot through glass (on purpose) because they don't see you. Though, I'm just making a guess. FatherToast 14:04, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Shooting Indoors
I have found something rather cool, that helps with killing skeletons. Normaly, when a skeleton shoots an arrow, it shoots it in an arch. Because of this arch shape it fires it's arrows in, the arrows often hit the ceiling while indoors. I found that if you make your rooms/tunels/corridors 2 blocks high(minimum for players to walk in) then it makes it impossible for skeletons' arrows to hit you. You don't even see the arrows, they are instantly caught in the block above the skeleton. (Havent't tested if the arrows can hit you if you bump into the skeleton though.) J N Cressey 19:07, 24 July 2011 (UTC)