Wither Skeleton

Wither Skeletons are dangerous hostile mobs that spawn in Nether Fortresses. Wither Skeletons are the Nether equivalent of skeletons. Unlike skeletons, however, Wither Skeletons use stone swords and are over two blocks tall. When hit by a Wither Skeleton, the player may be inflicted with the "Wither" effect for a few seconds. When killed, the mob may drop coal and bones, and very rarely drop their skull and the stone sword. The skulls are the key items to creating the Wither boss.

Wither Skeletons, like all Nether mobs, are immune to fire and lava and are not damaged by daylight. Wither Skeletons can also occasionally pick up items, weapons, and tools, or spawn naturally with armor, similar to other undead-type monsters.

Skeleton spawn eggs are able spawn Wither Skeletons instead of the skeletons only when used in the Nether.

Trivia

 * The relationship between Wither Skeletons and skeletons can be seen as similar to Zombie Pigmen and zombies.
 * wither skeletons have the "chest ripping outward" animations that zombies and skeletons used to have in an older survival test version. zombies still do not have these animation yet.

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