Minecraft Dungeons:Skeleton Horseman

"SKELETON HORSEMAN – If you see a white horse: beware: when you approach, it will transform into four skeleton horsemen. These large mobs need constant damage to be defeated and are best dealt with using a powerful ranged weapon."

- Guide to Minecraft Dungeons: A Handbook for Heroes

A skeleton horseman is an undead powerful undead mob that can be found within the various missions of Minecraft Dungeons. In the arcade edition, skeleton horsemen are considered to be normal hostile mobs.

Appearance
Skeleton horsemen take on the appearance of a skeleton riding a skeleton horse, but with enchanted reinforced mail.

Spawning

 * Missions
 * (Adventure)
 * (Adventure)
 * (Adventure)
 * (Apocalypse)
 * (Apocalypse)
 * (Adventure) (Arcade)
 * (Apocalypse)
 * (Secret area or Adventure)
 * (Adventure)
 * (Arcade
 * (Secret area)
 * (Arcade
 * (Secret area)


 * Mobs

Behavior
Skeleton horsemen have high hit points and require constant damage to be defeated. In the arcade edition, skeleton horsemen have less health than normal.

Four skeleton horsemen appear out of nowhere near the hero if they go to a specific area. In the arcade edition, usually just one skeleton horseman spawns. When spawned, a music soundtrack is played.
 * Spawn

Skeleton horsemen can commonly gallop away from melee reach.
 * Walk

Skeleton horsemen sometimes shoot at the hero with longbows, dealing extreme damage.
 * Basic attack

Skeleton horsemen sometimes “Novelty” when they idling.
 * Novelty

Skeleton horse
A skeleton horse is an undead hostile animal that can be found within the various missions of Minecraft Dungeons.

Appearance
Skeleton horses are skeleton versions of horses. Unlike their counterparts in the original Minecraft game, their bones are more accurately colored to actual bones rather than the stark white texture.

Spawning

 * Missions
 * (Adventure)
 * (Adventure)
 * (Adventure)
 * (Apocalypse)
 * (Apocalypse)
 * (Adventure)
 * (Arcade as a non-boss)
 * (Apocalypse)
 * (Secret area or Adventure)
 * (Adventure)
 * (Arcade as a non-boss)
 * (Secret area)
 * (Arcade as a non-boss)
 * (Secret area)


 * Mobs

Behavior
Skeleton horses are hostile and will attack the hero. Unlike the original game, skeleton horses are not tame-able.

Data value

 * In the game files, skeleton horsemen are referred to internally by the name.
 * Although skeleton horsemen use the same textures as skeletons, they do not use the model of skeletons. The model of skeleton horsemen is included within the skeleton horsemen file.

Trivia

 * Rarely during ancient hunts, a single skeleton horsemen or at least less than four can spawn. They are also seen without a boss health bar.
 * A single skeleton horseman can also be found within a secret area in the dingy jungle. This one has a boss bar however.
 * In Default difficulty, skeleton horsemen are the rarest powerful mob in the game, only spawning within the fossil area in the cacti canyon.
 * The first skeleton horse that heroes find has a rider, unlike within the original game.
 * The Skeleton Horse model is different to the one the original game uses, since all Horse models were changed in recent versions. Due to the model being different, the texture is outdated.
 * In a Twitter video, three skeleton horsemen were featured patrolling some ruins within the cacti canyon.