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Template:Update Template:Infobox entity A stray is a Minecraft:skeleton variant that spawns in various snow-covered Minecraft:biomes. They behave very similarly to skeletons, except they fire Minecraft:tipped arrows of Minecraft:Slowness from their Minecraft:bows and do not freeze in Minecraft:powder snow.

Spawning

A stray may spawn directly under the sky in Minecraft:snowy plains, or Minecraft:ice spikes, replacing 80% of skeletons. Additionally, a stray may spawn in frozen rivers, Minecraft:frozen oceans, Minecraft:deep frozen oceans, Minecraft:legacy frozen oceans, Minecraft:snowy slopes, Minecraft:jagged peaks, and Minecraft:frozen peaks in Minecraft:Bedrock Edition. Strays do not spawn naturally from Minecraft:monster spawners Template:In.

Template:Mob spawn table

Converting

When a Minecraft:skeleton is kept inside Minecraft:powder snow for Template:Convert, it begins shaking. After another Template:Convert, it becomes a stray. A converted stray appears with full health even if the original skeleton did not have full health. Items being held or worn by a skeleton when it becomes a stray remain unchanged. Unlike regular skeletons, Minecraft:bogged and Minecraft:parched do not turn into strays, but take freezing damage instead.

Trial spawners

Strays have a Template:Frac chance to be selected as the "ranged" mob for Minecraft:trial spawners in Minecraft:trial chambers.

Spider jockeys

Template:IN, Minecraft:spiders and Minecraft:cave spiders spawned in biomes where strays can spawn (spiders cannot naturally spawn in Minecraft:snowy plains) have a 1% chance to spawn as a Minecraft:spider jockey, with an 80% chance of the rider being a stray. Template:IN, stray spider jockeys cannot spawn naturally, but the skeleton rider can convert into a stray and continue as a stray spider jockey.

Drops

On death

Template:DropTable

Any picked-up equipment has a 100% chance of dropping and drops with the same damage level it had when picked up.
Any naturally spawned equipment, including the Minecraft:bow, has an 8.5% chance of dropping (9.5% with Minecraft:Looting I, 10.5% with Looting II and 11.5% with Looting III). It is damaged and may be enchanted.
Template:Xp Minecraft:experience orbs when killed by a player or tamed Minecraft:wolf and an extra Template:Xp if the stray has Minecraft:armor.

Behavior

Strays behave the same as normal skeletons but make noises with an echoing effect and shoot Minecraft:tipped arrows that inflict Minecraft:Slowness for 30 seconds on any target that they hit. Template:IN, strays that are underwater use a melee attack that inflicts Slowness. Strays do not take damage from freezing in powder snow, but they are not immune to Slowness. A stray holding a Minecraft:tipped arrow or Minecraft:spectral arrow in its off-hand always shoots that type of arrow instead, and the arrow held is not consumed.

Being an Minecraft:undead mob, they are:

Damaged by the status effect Minecraft:Instant Health and healed by the status effect Minecraft:Instant Damage.
Unaffected by the status effects Minecraft:Regeneration and Minecraft:Poison.
Ignored by the Minecraft:wither.
Affected by the Minecraft:Smite enchantment.
Unable to swim in Minecraft:water, but do not drown.
A threat to Minecraft:armadillos, causing them to hide in their shell.

As they are also under the "skeletons" Minecraft:entity type tag, if a stray kills a Minecraft:creeper, the creeper drops a Minecraft:music disc, randomly selected from 13, cat, blocks, chirp, far, mall, mellohi, stal, strad, ward, 11, and wait.

Like Minecraft:bogged and Minecraft:parched, the eyes of strays are emissive with Minecraft:Vibrant Visuals.

Picking up items

Template:Main Some strays spawn with the ability to pick up dropped Minecraft:items from the ground. Unlike Minecraft:zombies, however, they pick up only weapons, Minecraft:shields, and armor. Template:IN, strays pick up items that they happen to walk near. Template:IN, they actively search for and walk towards dropped items.

If the picked up item is a Minecraft:weapon (other than a bow), the stray uses the item as a melee weapon. Strays do not pick up Minecraft:spears under any circumstances. Template:IN, strays prefer bows over other weapons, and do not pick up other weapons while wielding a bow. Template:IN, the only weapon a stray will swap its held bow for is a Minecraft:sword. When picking up weapons, strays prefer ones that deal more damage without considering enchantments. They also prefer weapons with NBT data over those without, and weapons that are less damaged.

If the picked up item is a shield, the stray equips the shield into their offhand. It cannot use the shield to block incoming attacks, however.

If the picked up item is Minecraft:armor, a Minecraft:carved pumpkin or a Minecraft:head, the stray equips itself with the item. Strays prefer armor that give more armor points, and will replace their current armor with it. Strays pick up cosmetic wearables (heads and carved pumpkins) as long as they aren't wearing a Minecraft:helmet, and will replace the cosmetic wearable if they find a helmet.

If a stray has equipment and picks up something they prefer more, the stray drops the old equipment, with the same chance as if killed with Looting ITemplate:Verify, in favor of the new one.

A stray equipped with a picked-up Minecraft:item becomes persistent and does not Minecraft:despawn, similar to being named.

Sounds

Template:JE: Template:SoundTable

Template:BE: Template:SoundTable

Data values

ID

Template:Edition: Template:ID table

Entity data

Strays have entity data associated with them that contains various properties.

Template:El: Template:Main

Template:Nbt Entity data
- Template:Nbt inherit/entity
- Template:Nbt inherit/mob

Template:El:

See Minecraft:Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Achievements

Template:Load achievements

Achievements that apply to all mobs: Template:Collapse

Advancements

Template:Load advancements

Advancements that apply to all mobs: Template:Collapse

History

Template:More sounds

Issues

Template:Issue list

Trivia

Strays and other skeleton variants do not know how to use a Minecraft:crossbow, despite the same using method as a Minecraft:bow.
According to the Minecraft:Minecraft website, the slowness arrows represent frozen arrows that freeze on impact.<ref name=":0" />
The stray's fourth ambient sound is the skeleton's second ambient sound but partly edited.

Gallery

Renders

A stray targeting

A stray targeting
A sitting stray

A sitting stray
A stray spider jockey

A stray spider jockey
A stray cave spider jockeyTemplate:Only

A stray cave spider jockeyTemplate:Only
A stray riding a Minecraft:skeleton horse

A stray riding a Minecraft:skeleton horse
A stray with Minecraft:invisibility effect

A stray with Minecraft:invisibility effect

Screenshots

A stray being compared to other skeleton variants Template:In

A stray being compared to other skeleton variants Template:In
A stray standing next to a normal Minecraft:skeleton

A stray standing next to a normal Minecraft:skeleton
Stray wearing a pumpkin on Halloween

Stray wearing a pumpkin on Halloween
Stray without a bow

Stray without a bow
A stray in a Minecraft:superflat world

A stray in a Minecraft:superflat world
Several strays spawned during an ominous trial

Several strays spawned during an ominous trial

Developer images

One of the first images of strays, as tweeted by Minecraft:Jeb

One of the first images of strays, as tweeted by Minecraft:Jeb
Two strays, one in full gold armor. Note the old texture

Two strays, one in full gold armor. Note the old texture
First image of a stray in Bedrock Edition

First image of a stray in Bedrock Edition

Textures

Stray texture file

Stray texture file
Stray overlay texture file

Stray overlay texture file

In other media

Artwork of a stray

Artwork of a stray
Minecraft:Lego Minecraft stray

Minecraft:Lego Minecraft stray
The potato stray from 24w14potato

The potato stray from 24w14potato
An artwork from Minecraft:Minecraft.net

An artwork from Minecraft:Minecraft.net
Animation of a stray falling into powder snow

Animation of a stray falling into powder snow
Stray Minecraft:action figure

Stray Minecraft:action figure
A Template:MCSM as it appears in Template:MCSM

A Template:MCSM as it appears in Template:MCSM
A Template:MCD as it appears in Template:MCD

A Template:MCD as it appears in Template:MCD

References

Template:Reflist

External links

Template:Mcnet

Navigation

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 {{about|the snowy skeleton variant|other skeletons|Skeleton (disambiguation)|untamed cats|Stray cat}}
+{{Update|New arrow damage in Bedrock Edition}}
 {{Infobox entity
-| defaultimagesize = 100px
 | image = Stray.png
 | invimage = Stray Spawn Egg
 | health = {{hp|20}}
-| armor = {{armor|0}}
 | behavior = Hostile
 | mobtype = {{EntityLink|Undead}}<br>{{EntityLink|Monster}}
@@ Line 14: / Line 13: @@
 Normal: {{hp|3}} - {{hp|5}}<br>
 Hard: {{hp|4}} - {{hp|8}}<br>
-'''{{IN|Bedrock}}:'''<br>
+'''{{IN|Bedrock}}:''' {{needs testing}}
-Easy and Normal: {{hp|1}} - {{hp|4}},<br>
-depending on proximity<br>
-Hard: {{hp|1}} - {{hp|5}},<br>
-depending on proximity
 <br>
 [[File: Arrow of Slowness.png|16px]] [[Minecraft:Tipped Arrow|Arrow of Slowness]] : <br>
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 '''{{IN|Bedrock}}:'''<br>
 Height: 1.9 Blocks<br>Width: 0.6 Blocks
-| spawn = * When a [[Minecraft:skeleton]] [[Minecraft:Powder Snow|freezes]].
+| spawn =
-* {{EnvLink|Trial Chambers}}: from [[Minecraft:trial spawner]]s.
+* At night or during thunderstorms:
-*At night or during thunderstorms:
 * {{BiomeLink|Snowy Plains}}
 * {{BiomeLink|Ice Spikes}}
@@ Line 43: / Line 37: @@
 * {{BiomeLink|Jagged Peaks}}{{only|bedrock|short=1}}
 * {{BiomeLink|Frozen Peaks}}{{only|bedrock|short=1}}
+* Rarely when a [[Minecraft:spider]] or [[Minecraft:cave spider]] spawns in one of the above biomes, as a [[Minecraft:spider jockey]].{{only|BE}}
+* When a [[Minecraft:skeleton]] [[Minecraft:Powder Snow|freezes]].
+* {{EnvLink|Trial Chambers}}: from [[Minecraft:trial spawner]]s.
 | equipment = {{drop|Item|Bow}} (right hand: 95%; left hand: 5%{{only|java|short=1}}; may be enchanted)<br>
 {{drop|Item|id=chestplate|Armor}} (occasionally, may be enchanted)<br>
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 == Spawning ==
-A stray may spawn directly under the sky in [[Minecraft:snowy plains]], or [[Minecraft:ice spikes]], replacing 80% of skeletons. Additionally, a stray may spawn in [[Minecraft:Frozen River|frozen rivers]], [[Minecraft:frozen ocean]]s, [[Minecraft:deep frozen ocean]]s, [[Minecraft:legacy frozen ocean]]s, [[Minecraft:snowy slopes]], [[Minecraft:jagged peaks]] and [[Minecraft:frozen peaks]] in ''[[Minecraft:Bedrock Edition]]''. Strays do not spawn naturally from [[Minecraft:monster spawner]]s {{in|java}}.
+A stray may spawn directly under the sky in [[Minecraft:snowy plains]], or [[Minecraft:ice spikes]], replacing 80% of skeletons. Additionally, a stray may spawn in [[Minecraft:Frozen River|frozen rivers]], [[Minecraft:frozen ocean]]s, [[Minecraft:deep frozen ocean]]s, [[Minecraft:legacy frozen ocean]]s, [[Minecraft:snowy slopes]], [[Minecraft:jagged peaks]], and [[Minecraft:frozen peaks]] in ''[[Minecraft:Bedrock Edition]]''. Strays do not spawn naturally from [[Minecraft:monster spawner]]s {{in|java}}.
 {{Mob spawn table}}
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 Like [[Minecraft:bogged]] and [[Minecraft:parched]], the eyes of strays are emissive with [[Minecraft:Vibrant Visuals]].
+=== Picking up items ===
+{{main|Geared mobs#Picking up gear}}
+Some strays spawn with the ability to pick up dropped [[Minecraft:item]]s from the ground. Unlike [[Minecraft:zombie]]s, however, they pick up only weapons, [[Minecraft:shield]]s, and armor. {{IN|Java}}, strays pick up items that they happen to walk near. {{IN|Bedrock}}, they actively search for and walk towards dropped items.
+If the picked up item is a [[Minecraft:weapon]] (other than a bow), the stray uses the item as a melee weapon. Strays do not pick up [[Minecraft:spear]]s under any circumstances. {{IN|Java}}, strays prefer bows over other weapons, and do not pick up other weapons while wielding a bow. {{IN|Bedrock}}, the only weapon a stray will swap its held bow for is a [[Minecraft:sword]]. When picking up weapons, strays prefer ones that deal more damage ''without considering enchantments''. They also prefer weapons with NBT data over those without, and weapons that are less damaged.
+If the picked up item is a shield, the stray equips the shield into their offhand. It cannot use the shield to block incoming attacks, however.
+If the picked up item is [[Minecraft:armor]], a [[Minecraft:carved pumpkin]] or a [[Minecraft:head]], the stray equips itself with the item. Strays prefer armor that give more armor points, and will replace their current armor with it. Strays pick up cosmetic wearables (heads and carved pumpkins) as long as they aren't wearing a [[Minecraft:helmet]], and will replace the cosmetic wearable if they find a helmet.
+If a stray has equipment and picks up something they prefer more, the stray drops the old equipment, with the same chance as if killed with Looting I{{Verify|Is this still the case in both Java and Bedrock?}}, in favor of the new one.
+A stray equipped with a picked-up [[Minecraft:item]] becomes persistent and does not [[Minecraft:despawn]], similar to being [[Minecraft:Name Tag|named]].
 == Sounds ==
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 |The in-game name of strays is now "Stray" instead of "entity.Skeleton.name".
 |[[Minecraft:Creeper]]s no longer drop [[Minecraft:music disc]]s when killed by strays.<ref>{{bug|MC-112579}}</ref>
-|Strays can no longer spawn from normal skeleton spawn eggs used in snowy biomes.}}
+|Strays can no longer spawn from normal skeleton spawn eggs used in snowy biomes.|The entity ID <code>Skeleton</code> has been changed to <code>skeleton</code>, <code>wither_skeleton</code> and <code>stray</code> for those respective mob.
+|The <code>SkeletonType</code> [[Minecraft:tag]]{{verify|tags did not exist until 1.13}} has been removed.}}
 |{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=18w19a|Strays now sink underwater.
 |Strays no longer [[Minecraft:drown]] underwater.}}
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 |{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w13a|Strays are now immune to [[Minecraft:freezing]].
 |Skeletons now only take 20 seconds to convert to strays when in powder snow, instead of 45.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||1.20.3|dev=23w40a|Strays are now part of the {{cd|#can_breathe_under_water}} and {{cd|#undead}} [[Minecraft:tag]]s.}}
 |{{HistoryLine||1.20.3|exp=Update 1.21|dev=23w45a|Strays now spawn in [[Minecraft:trial chambers]] behind the "[[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.21|Update 1.21]]" [[Minecraft:experimental]] [[Minecraft:data pack]].}}
 |{{HistoryLine||1.20.5|exp=Update 1.21|dev=24w04a|No longer retaliates against attacks from the [[Minecraft:breeze]].}}
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 |{{HistoryLine||v0.16.0|dev=build 5|New [[Minecraft:sound]]s have now been added for strays, which allow them to have their own sounds. Previously, they had the same sounds as the regular [[Minecraft:skeleton]].}}
 |{{HistoryLine|pocket}}
 |{{HistoryLine||1.0.0|dev=alpha 0.17.0.2|[[File:Stray BE2.png|32px]] The clothing of strays now has their own overlay and no longer glitch through their bones.}}
 |{{HistoryLine|||dev=alpha 1.0.0.1|Strays can now drop [[Minecraft:tipped arrow]]s of [[Minecraft:Slowness]] when killed by players.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||1.1.0|dev=alpha 1.1.0.0|The entity ID has now changed from <code>skeleton.stray</code> to <code>stray</code>.|Because of the above change, they cannot spawn as riders of [[Minecraft:spider jockey]]s anymore.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-89549}}</ref>}}
 |{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
 |{{HistoryLine||1.5.0|dev=beta 1.5.0.0|Strays now sink underwater.
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 |{{HistoryLine||1.20.60|exp=Update 1.21|dev=Preview 1.20.60.20|Strays now spawn in [[Minecraft:trial chambers]] behind the "[[Minecraft:Bedrock Edition 1.21.0|Update 1.21]]" [[Minecraft:experimental]] toggle.}}
 |{{HistoryLine||1.20.70|exp=Update 1.21|dev=Preview 1.20.70.21|Strays no longer retaliate against attacks from [[Minecraft:breeze]]s.}}
-|{{HistoryLine||1.21.90|dev=Preview 1.21.90.26|Strays now spawn as riders in [[Minecraft:spider jockey]]s again. They did not since Pocket Edition 1.1.0 due to an identifier change.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||1.21.90|dev=Preview 1.21.90.26|Strays now spawn as riders of [[Minecraft:spider jockey]]s again.}}
 |{{HistoryLine||26.0|dev=Preview 26.0.23|Strays can no longer pick up spears.}}
-|{{HistoryLine|bedrock upcoming}}
+|{{HistoryLine||26.30|dev=Preview 26.30.20|Strays now shoot arrows with difficulty-based attack intervals instead of distance-scaled intervals, making them easier to take down.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-61036||Skeletons’ rate of fire is too high|F}}</ref>}}
-|{{HistoryLine||26.30|dev=Preview 26.30.20|Strays now shoot arrows at the same rate as {{JE}}, with difficulty-based attack intervals instead of distance-scaled intervals, making them easier to take down.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-61036}}</ref>}}
+|{{HistoryLine|||dev=Preview 26.30.25|Strays’ difficulty-based attack intervals now match {{JE}}, making them even easier to take down.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||26.40|dev=Preview 26.40.27|Arrow damage from strays now depends on its velocity and difficulty, rather than being randomized between a range.}}
 }}
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 |{{HistoryLine|3ds}}
 |{{HistoryLine||0.1.0|[[File:Stray JE1 BE3.png|32px]] Added strays.}}
-}}
-=== Data history ===
-==== ''Java Edition'' ====
-{{HistoryTable
-|{{HistoryLine|java}}
-|{{HistoryLine||1.11|dev=16w32a|The entity ID <code>Skeleton</code> has been changed to <code>skeleton</code>, <code>wither_skeleton</code> and <code>stray</code> for those respective mob.
-|The <code>SkeletonType</code> [[Minecraft:tag]]{{verify|tags did not exist until 1.13}} has been removed.}}
-|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=17w47a|Numeric IDs for entities were presumably deprecated in this version.{{info needed|what was this entity's numeric ID?}}}}
-|{{HistoryLine||1.20.3|dev=23w40a|Strays are now part of the {{cd|#can_breathe_under_water}} and {{cd|#undead}} [[Minecraft:tag]]s.}}
-}}
-==== ''Bedrock Edition'' ====
-{{HistoryTable
-|{{HistoryLine|pocket}}
-|{{HistoryLine||1.1.0|dev=alpha 1.1.0.0|The entity ID has now changed from <code>skeleton.stray</code> to <code>stray</code>.}}
 }}
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 == Gallery ==
 === Renders ===
-{{Needs render|aiming render is replaced with targeting mode|section=1}}
 <gallery>
-Stray Aiming.png|A stray aiming.
+Stray Aiming.png|A stray targeting
-File:Sitting Stray.png|A sitting stray.
+Sitting Stray.png|A sitting stray
-File:Spider Jockey (Stray).png|A stray spider jockey.
+Spider Jockey (Stray).png|A stray spider jockey
-File:Cave Spider Jockey (Stray) BE2.png|A stray cave spider jockey.{{Only|be}}
+Cave Spider Jockey (Stray) BE2.png|A stray cave spider jockey{{Only|be}}
-Stray horseman.png|A stray riding a [[Minecraft:skeleton horse]].
+Stray horseman.png|A stray riding a [[Minecraft:skeleton horse]]
+Invisible stray.png|A stray with [[Minecraft:invisibility]] effect
 </gallery>
 === Screenshots ===
 <gallery>
-Skeleton comparison.png|A stray being compared to its variants {{in|je}}.
+Skeleton comparison.png|A stray being compared to other skeleton variants {{in|je}}
-File:StrayAndSkeleton.png|A stray standing next to a normal [[Minecraft:skeleton]].
+File:StrayAndSkeleton.png|A stray standing next to a normal [[Minecraft:skeleton]]
-File:Stray on Halloween.png|Stray wearing a pumpkin on Halloween.
+File:Stray on Halloween.png|Stray wearing a pumpkin on Halloween
-File:Stray without bow.png|Stray without a bow.
+File:Stray without bow.png|Stray without a bow
-File:Winter stray superflat.png|A stray in a [[Minecraft:superflat]] world.
+File:Winter stray superflat.png|A stray in a [[Minecraft:superflat]] world
 File:Stray Squad.jpg|Several strays spawned during an [[Minecraft:Ominous Trial|ominous trial]]
 </gallery>
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 === Developer images ===
 <gallery>
-Ragged Skeleton.png|One of the first images of strays, as tweeted by [[Minecraft:Jeb]].
+Ragged Skeleton.png|One of the first images of strays, as tweeted by [[Minecraft:Jeb]]
-GoldOldStray.png|Two strays, one in full [[Minecraft:Armor|gold armor]]. Note the old texture.
+GoldOldStray.png|Two strays, one in full [[Minecraft:Armor|gold armor]]. Note the old texture
-Pocket Edition Stray.jpg|First image of a stray in ''Bedrock Edition''.
+Pocket Edition Stray.jpg|First image of a stray in ''Bedrock Edition''
 </gallery>
 === Textures ===
 <gallery class="pixel-image">
-Stray (texture).png|Stray texture file.
+Stray (texture).png|Stray texture file
-Stray Overlay (texture).png|Stray overlay texture file.
+Stray Overlay (texture).png|Stray overlay texture file
 </gallery>
 === In other media ===
 <gallery>
-File:Stray Minecraft Instagram.jpg|Artwork of a stray.
+File:Stray Minecraft Instagram.jpg|Artwork of a stray
-File:LEGO Stray.png|[[Minecraft:Lego Minecraft]] stray.
+File:LEGO Stray.png|[[Minecraft:Lego Minecraft]] stray
-File:Stray potato.png|The potato stray from [[Minecraft:Java Edition 24w14potato|24w14potato]].
+File:Stray potato.png|The potato stray from [[Minecraft:Java Edition 24w14potato|24w14potato]]
-File:Stray snowy plains artwork.webp|An artwork from minecraft.net
+File:Stray snowy plains artwork.webp|An artwork from [[Minecraft:Minecraft.net]]
-File:Winter is coming.gif|Animation of a stray falling into powder snow.
+File:Winter is coming.gif|Animation of a stray falling into powder snow
-Action Figure Photo Stray.jpg|Stray [[Minecraft:action figure]].
+File:Action Figure Photo Stray.jpg|Stray [[Minecraft:action figure]]
+File:MCSM2 Stray Idle.png|A {{MCSM|stray}} as it appears in {{MCSM|2}}
+File:MCD Stray Idle.gif|A {{MCD|stray}} as it appears in {{MCD}}
 </gallery>