How To Get A Skeleton Horse

Skeleton Horse in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains all about skeleton horses with screenshots and step-by-step instructions. Let's learn about skeleton horses in Minecraft.

Supported Platforms

Skeleton horses are available in the following versions of Minecraft:

Platform	Supported (Version*)
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	Yes (1.6.1)
Pocket Edition (PE)	Yes (0.15.0)
Xbox 360	Yes (TU19)
Xbox One	Yes (CU7)
PS3	Yes (1.12)
PS4	Yes (1.12)
Wii U	Yes
Nintendo Switch	Yes
Windows 10 Edition	Yes (0.15.0)
Education Edition	Yes (1.0)

* The version that it was added or removed, if applicable.
NOTE: Pocket Edition (PE), Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Windows 10 Edition are now called Bedrock Edition. We will continue to show them individually for version history.

Background

A skeleton horse is a variant of horse in Minecraft. The following is a picture of what a skeleton horse looks like in the game:

skeleton horse

Hostility Level (Passive)

A skeleton horse is a passive mob. The term mob is short for mobile and is used to refer to all living, moving creatures in the game such as chickens, creepers, and skeleton horses. Because a skeleton horse is a passive mob, it will never attack you in the game (Creative or Survival mode).

Health Points

In Minecraft, a skeleton horse has 26.5 for health. This gives a skeleton horse 53 health points (because 1 heart = 2 health points). To kill a skeleton horse, you need to inflict 53 points of damage.

Where to Find Skeleton Horses

In Minecraft, skeleton horses occur in the game when a regular horse is struck by lightning. If you are having trouble finding a skeleton horse, you can summon a skeleton horse using a cheat or you can use a spawn egg.

Weapon

A skeleton horse does not carry a weapon.

Attack Method

You are safe to walk near a skeleton horse and it will not attack or cause you any damage. And if you attack a skeleton horse, it will just try to run away. It will not attack you back.

Drops

When you kill a skeleton horse in Minecraft, it will drop bones.

bone

If the skeleton horse was wearing a saddle, it would also have been dropped when the skeleton horse was killed.

saddle

Make sure you pick up any dropped items before they disappear. They are useful and should be kept in your inventory to be used later.

Experience Points

As you play the game, you will gain experience. The most common way to gain experience is by killing mobs. When a mob is killed you will see tiny green and yellow balls appear and move towards you.

experience points

These orbs represent experience points. When you kill a skeleton horse, you will gain 1-3 experience points.

Foods to Feed a Skeleton Horse

In Minecraft, you can not feed a skeleton horse!

But if you need to restore the health for a skeleton horse, you can use an item that has an Instant Damage effect such as:

Since a skeleton horse is undead, the Instant Damage effect will restore health points to the skeleton horse. Try throwing a splash potion or lingering potion of Harming at the skeleton horse or shoot an arrow of Harming at the skeleton horse to restore its health.

Spawn Egg for Skeleton Horse

You can spawn a skeleton horse using the following spawn egg:

Things to Do with Skeleton Horses

Here are some activities that you can do with skeleton horses in Minecraft:

Command Examples

Here are some game command examples for a skeleton horse in Minecraft:

NBT Tags for Skeleton Horse (Java Edition)

Here are the NBT tags (formerly called data tags) that you can use in game commands for a skeleton horse in Java Edition:

Spawn Events for Skeleton Horse (Bedrock/Education)

Here are the spawn events that you can use in game commands for a skeleton horse in Bedrock Edition and Education Edition:

Other Mobs

Here are some of the other mobs in Minecraft: