Minecraft:Skeleton Skull

Template:Infobox block A skeleton skull is the Minecraft:head of a Minecraft:skeleton in the form of a Minecraft:block. It can be obtained from Minecraft:ancient cities or by killing a skeleton using a Minecraft:charged creeper's Minecraft:explosion.

Obtaining

Breaking

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

Natural generation

Skeleton skulls can generate in Minecraft:ancient cities, which sometimes generate in the Minecraft:deep dark.

Mob loot

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

Usage

Decoration

A skeleton skull 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 skeleton skulls, similarly to Minecraft:pumpkins or helmets. This overlays the second layer of the player's Minecraft:skin.

Disguise

Wearing a skeleton skull reduces the detection range for Minecraft:skeletons. This is similar to (and stacks with) the reductions in detection range from Minecraft:sneaking and from the Minecraft:Invisibility status effect.

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

Locator bar

Like all other mob heads, a 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.

Dispensers

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

Enchantments

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

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

Piston interactivity

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

Sounds

Generic

Skeleton skulls use stone-like sounds, unlike the bone sounds used by Minecraft:bone blocks. Mojang have stated that this is not a valid discrepancy to address.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Unique

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Data values

ID

Template:Edition: Template:ID table Template:ID table Template:ID table

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Block states

{{#lst:Head|block states}}

Block data

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

Template:El: Template:See also {{#lst:Head|block data}}

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

History

Trivia

• Skeleton skulls do not have their own textures and take their textures from other objects.
• When Minecraft:breaking a skeleton skull, 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 skeleton skull
  Minecraft:Alex wearing a skeleton skull
• Minecraft:Ari wearing a skeleton skull
  Minecraft:Ari wearing a skeleton skull
• Minecraft:Efe wearing a skeleton skull
  Minecraft:Efe wearing a skeleton skull
• Minecraft:Kai wearing a skeleton skull
  Minecraft:Kai wearing a skeleton skull
• Minecraft:Makena wearing a skeleton skull
  Minecraft:Makena wearing a skeleton skull
• Minecraft:Noor wearing a skeleton skull
  Minecraft:Noor wearing a skeleton skull
• Steve wearing a skeleton skull
  Steve wearing a skeleton skull
• Minecraft:Sunny wearing a skeleton skull
  Minecraft:Sunny wearing a skeleton skull
• Minecraft:Zuri wearing a skeleton skull
  Minecraft:Zuri wearing a skeleton skull

Screenshots

• Minecraft:Kai wearing a skull, near a skull, near a skeleton, in an ancient city
  Minecraft:Kai wearing a skull, near a skull, near a skeleton, in an ancient city