Dungeons:Wither Skeleton

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A wither skeleton is an undead hostile mob that can be found within the Flames of the Nether DLC of Minecraft Dungeons. They are equipped with nether swords, resembling the stone swords they wield in Minecraft.

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  Nether Wastes
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  Basalt Deltas
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  Nether Fortress
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  Warped Forest
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  Gold Room
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  Soul Sand Valley
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  Daily Trial
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    First Anniversary
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    Spooky Fall 2022
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  Ancient Hunt
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  Tower

Unlike the original game, Wither Skeletons are not immune to lava, and do not attack piglins. Their behavior AI is similar to Vindicators, as they have same base health, retreat after hitting heroes, and have the "target lock" and "novelty" behaviors. However, they have long attack range and move faster, and can switch attack behavior similarly to iron golems.

Walk

Wither skeletons move fast and run at high speed toward the hero.

Wither skeletons have two attack behaviors, which both inflict Wither to heroes for two seconds. After wither skeletons hit a hero, they retreat.

Basic attack

Stabs with their sword, dealing light damage.

Strong attack

After performing a basic attack, slashes heroes sideways with their sword, dealing moderate damage. Wither Skeletons always switch to a basic attack after a strong attack.

Target lock

Wither skeletons turn to "lock onto the hero" if they run more than fifteen blocks^[verify] away. Once triggered, their charge speed is slightly increased and they no longer retreat after hitting. Instead, they will continuously attack the hero until their aggression is exhausted.

Novelty animation

If the hero is surrounded by three or more wither skeletons and has already been attacked by some of them, a wither skeleton that has retreated or is outside the battlefield will do a call out behavior called "Novelty" before their next attack, as one of the easter eggs in the game.

• In the game files, wither skeletons are referred to internally by the name WitherSkeleton while their swords are referred to internally by the name NetherSword.

• 👁 Wither skeleton.
  
  Wither skeleton.
• 👁 Wither skeleton walking.
  
  Wither skeleton walking.
• 👁 Wither skeleton basic attack.
  
  Wither skeleton basic attack.
• 👁 Wither skeleton strong attack.
  
  Wither skeleton strong attack.
• 👁 Nether sword, a reskinned sword model.
  
  Nether sword, a reskinned sword model.

• 👁 Wither skeleton idle.
  
  Wither skeleton idle.
• 👁 Wither skeleton walk.
  
  Wither skeleton walk.
• 👁 Wither skeleton basic attack.
  
  Wither skeleton basic attack.
• 👁 Wither skeleton strong attack.
  
  Wither skeleton strong attack.
• 👁 Wither skeleton novelty.
  
  Wither skeleton novelty.
• 👁 Wither skeleton stun.
  
  Wither skeleton stun.
• 👁 Wither skeleton basic attack (unused leg animation).
  
  Wither skeleton basic attack (unused leg animation).
• 👁 Wither skeleton strong attack (unused leg animation).
  
  Wither skeleton strong attack (unused leg animation).
• 👁 Wither skeleton novelty (unused leg animation).
  
  Wither skeleton novelty (unused leg animation).

• 👁 Wither skeleton shadow texture file.
  
  Wither skeleton shadow texture file.
• 👁 Nether sword texture file.
  
  Nether sword texture file.
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• MCD:Wither Skeleton Archer
• Skeleton (disambiguation)