Skeleton Horse

Passive Mob

Health Points: 15

A skeleton horse will sometimes spawn when lightning strikes naturally. It is spawned as part of a skeleton horse trap, and when the player comes within 10 blocks of it, it will trigger a lightning strike that will not destroy any terrain or damage any mobs or players. The lightning strike will transform the skeleton horse into a skeleton horseman, a skeleton or a stray riding a skeleton horse. Three additional skeleton horsemen will also be spawned. The skeleton horses themselves will not be able to hurt the player, and simply act as mounts for the skeleton riders.

When killed, a skeleton horse will drop 0-2 bones, and 1-3 experience if they were killed by a player or a tamed wolf.

Once the skeleton is killed, the player will be able to ride the skeleton horse. Clicking Use on the skeleton horse will allow you to mount it. In Java Edition, when the player opens their inventory while riding a skeleton horse, the skeleton horse's inventory will be opened. A saddle must be placed in the appropriate slot before the player can move around on the horse. It can also be equipped by using the saddle on the skeleton horse. In Bedrock Edition, the skeleton horse has no GUI and a saddle is not required to ride it.

The horse can be controlled using the standard movement controls. The control for sneaking will allow the player to dismount.

When the player is riding a skeleton horse, their hunger bar will be replaced by the horse's health points. The experience bar is replaced by a bar that shows the horse's jump height when the player makes it jump.

Skeleton horses cannot be bred.