Minecraft:Wither Skeleton Skull

Template:Infobox block A wither skeleton skull is the Minecraft:head of a Minecraft:wither skeleton in the form of a Minecraft:block, which is a rare drop from killed wither skeletons. Three of them can be used to summon a Minecraft:wither, a destructive Minecraft:boss mob that is the only source of Minecraft:Nether stars.

Obtaining

Breaking

No tool can accelerate the breaking process of wither skeleton skull.<ref>Template:Bug</ref> Template:Breaking row Wither skeleton skull drops itself when it's destroyed. When destroyed by an Minecraft:explosion, the wither skeleton skull always drops as an item.

Mob loot

A Minecraft:wither skeleton has a 2.5% chance of dropping a wither skeleton skull when killed by a player or a tamed Minecraft:wolf. In Java Edition, the chance is increased by 1% per level of Minecraft:Looting, for a maximum of 5.5% with Looting III. Template:IN, the chance is increased by 2% per level of Minecraft:Looting, for a maximum of 8.5% with Looting III.

A wither skeleton always drops a wither skeleton skull if it dies from a Minecraft:charged creeper's explosion. Template:IN, if multiple mobs are killed by the same charged creeper, all of them drop their heads;<ref>Template:Bug</ref> Template:In, only one mob selected at random drops its head.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Usage

Decoration

Wither skeleton skulls can be oriented in 16 different directions on top of a block, and 4 directions on the sides of blocks, similar to Minecraft:signs. They can be placed on top of or beside each other by shift clicking.

Wearing

The player can wear wither skeleton skulls, similarly to Minecraft:pumpkins or helmets. This overlays the second layer of the player's Minecraft:skin.

Disguise

Unlike some other heads and skulls, wearing a wither skeleton skull does not reduce the detection range for Minecraft:wither skeletons.

Template:IN, wearing a wither skeleton skull makes the player invisible to other players on a locator Minecraft:map.

Locator bar

Like all other mob heads, a wither skeleton skull can be worn by a player to hide their location, as it will prevent other players from finding them using the Minecraft:locator bar.

Withers

Minecraft:Withers can be spawned by placing soul sand or soul soil in a T shape and placing 3 wither skeleton skulls on top of the T. The T can be horizontal or vertical, and the last block placed must be one of the three wither skeleton skulls. A dispenser can also create a wither by placing the final wither skeleton skull onto soul sand directly in front of and below it.

Dispensers

A Minecraft:dispenser can equip a wither skeleton skull on a player, mob, or armor stand with an empty helmet slot, within the block the dispenser is facing.

The Minecraft:dispenser can also complete the construction of a wither by placing wither skeleton skulls unless the Minecraft:difficulty is set to peaceful.

Enchantments

Wither skeleton skulls can receive the following enchantments, but only through an Minecraft:anvil.

Name	Max level	Method
Minecraft:Curse of Binding	I	Template:BlockLink
Minecraft:Curse of Vanishing	I	Template:BlockLink

Note blocks

Placing a wither skeleton skull above a Minecraft:note block causes the note block to play the Minecraft:wither skeleton's Template:Cd sound when activated.

The block below the note block does not affect the mob sound it creates.

Piston interactivity

Wither skeleton skulls are destroyed when pushed by a Minecraft:piston and cannot be pulled by a Minecraft:sticky piston.

Sounds

Unique

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Data values

ID

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Block states

{{#lst:Head|block states}}

Block data

A wither skeleton skull has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.

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See Minecraft:Bedrock Edition level format/Block entity format.

History

Trivia

• Wither skeleton skulls do not have their own textures; they take their textures from other objects.
• When Minecraft:breaking any head, the particle effect of breaking it is the same as Minecraft:soul sand.
• Template:IN, the skull variant for the item is stored under the Template:Cd component, normally used for items with Minecraft:durability.

Gallery

Renders

• Minecraft:Alex wearing a wither skeleton skull
  Minecraft:Alex wearing a wither skeleton skull
• Minecraft:Ari wearing a wither skeleton skull
  Minecraft:Ari wearing a wither skeleton skull
• Minecraft:Efe wearing a wither skeleton skull
  Minecraft:Efe wearing a wither skeleton skull
• Minecraft:Kai wearing a wither skeleton skull
  Minecraft:Kai wearing a wither skeleton skull
• Minecraft:Makena wearing a wither skeleton skull
  Minecraft:Makena wearing a wither skeleton skull
• Minecraft:Noor wearing a wither skeleton skull
  Minecraft:Noor wearing a wither skeleton skull
• Minecraft:Steve wearing a wither skeleton skull
  Minecraft:Steve wearing a wither skeleton skull
• Minecraft:Sunny wearing a wither skeleton skull
  Minecraft:Sunny wearing a wither skeleton skull
• Minecraft:Zuri wearing a wither skeleton skull
  Minecraft:Zuri wearing a wither skeleton skull

In other media

• Template:MCSMs as they appear in Template:MCSM
  Template:MCSMs as they appear in Template:MCSM
• Wither skeleton skulls as they appear in Minecraft: Volume 1
  Wither skeleton skulls as they appear in Minecraft: Volume 1