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Wither Skeleton Skull

A wearable mob head dropped by wither skeletons that is required to summon the wither. Three are placed atop soul sand or soul soil.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Miscellaneous

Version Added

1.4

Item ID

wither_skeleton_skull

Wither Skeleton Skull at a glance

Miscellaneous holds Wither Skeleton Skull: an item out of mob drop (Wither Skeleton). 64 Wither Skeleton Skull fit in a slot, 576 across the hotbar, 3456 in a double chest.

On the hardness scale Wither Skeleton Skull sits at 1. An explosion meets the same 1, so Wither Skeleton Skull is no safer against TNT than against a tool. It sits between Wind Charge and Woodland Explorer Map in Miscellaneous, number 145 of 147 there.

How to obtain

  • Mob drop (Wither Skeleton)

Mobs that drop it

Wither Skeleton drops 1 of them.

Notes

Drops with a 2.5% chance, increased by the Looting enchantment. Place three above a T-shape of soul sand or soul soil to spawn the wither.

Frequently asked questions about Wither Skeleton Skull

  1. How do you get Wither Skeleton Skull in Minecraft?

    Wither Skeleton Skull is obtained through mob drop (Wither Skeleton). It cannot be crafted, only obtained the way described.

  2. How many Wither Skeleton Skull can you stack?

    64 Wither Skeleton Skull in a slot, a double chest 3,456, and your own 36 inventory slots 2,304. A shulker box of Wither Skeleton Skull comes to 1,728, over 27 slots.

  3. What is Wither Skeleton Skull used for?

    A wearable mob head dropped by wither skeletons that is required to summon the wither. Three are placed atop soul sand or soul soil.

  4. When was Wither Skeleton Skull added to Minecraft?

    Wither Skeleton Skull was added in version 1.4.

  5. How long does Wither Skeleton Skull take to break?

    Hardness 1 is what the game stores for Wither Skeleton Skull, next to blast resistance 1 on it. When the two numbers on Wither Skeleton Skull match, it offers nothing extra against TNT. Nothing in the block data ties Wither Skeleton Skull to a tool tier, and it breaks the same regardless. Java 26.2 records Wither Skeleton Skull with the numbers above, and it keeps them here.

  6. Which mobs drop Wither Skeleton Skull?

    Wither Skeleton drops 1 of them.

Building with it

Wither skeletons rarely drop their skull, and three of them on four soul sand summon the wither. Looting raises the chance, but even so a wither fight is preceded by a long stay in a fortress corridor, which is the real cost of a beacon.

Related Astroworld Resources

Wither Skeleton drops Wither Skeleton Skull

The Wither Skeleton page on Astroworld Mobs, where Wither Skeleton Skull is listed as a drop

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