Baby Skeleton

Baby Skeleton
Mod	Born in Chaos
Type	Hostile
Health	10 ♥×5
Attack damage	2
Armor	1
Speed	0.31
Follow range	16
Size	0.6 × 1.3 blocks
XP dropped	3
Spawns in	283 biomes
Category	Monster
ID	born_in_chaos_v1:baby_skeleton

The Baby Skeleton is a hostile mob added by Born in Chaos. It is a small, melee-only skeleton that spawns in most overworld biomes and in the Dark Tower structures, and it is one of the most common hostiles in the pack. It has 10 health (5 hearts), 2 attack damage and 1 armour, so it is weak on its own but comes in groups. Players meet it mostly at night and in caves, where its spawn conditions are easiest to meet.

Two other forms exist: the Baby Skeleton (minion), a stronger hostile variant, and the Controlled Baby Skeleton, a tameable ally that can be summoned with a Bonescaller item. Both are listed in the variants table below.

Spawning

Baby Skeletons are natural spawns. Each spawn attempt checks the following conditions:

• Light: where the sky can be seen above the block, the light level at the spawn position must be 4 or lower. Where the sky cannot be seen, it must be 0. Open-sky areas are therefore dark enough only at night or in deep shade.
• Biome: the spawn is blocked in Deep Dark and Mushroom Fields. Otherwise it is allowed in overworld biomes (the minecraft:is_overworld tag, plus Terralith biomes), in Soul Sand Valley and in Plains.
• Gamerule: the babySkeletonSpawn gamerule must be on (it is on by default). Turning it off stops all natural spawning of this mob.

Spawn groups are 1 to 2 Baby Skeletons. The mob spawns in 283 biomes, including caves, oceans, rivers, forests and plains. Its spawn table is shown below.

Baby Skeletons also generate in the Dark Tower structures (forest, plains and taiga variants).

On natural spawn, a Baby Skeleton has a 40% chance to use an alternative texture. The texture is a visual change only and does not alter its stats.

The pack places horror structures, including Born in Chaos structures, about 30% closer together than vanilla spacing.

Behavior

Baby Skeletons are melee-only hostiles. They do not use a bow.

• Targeting: they target players. They also retaliate against whatever hurt them.
• Movement: the baby skeleton moves at speed 0.31 and has a follow range of 16 blocks. When it sees a Wolf, a Dread Hound or a Dire Hound Leader within 6 blocks, it runs away from that mob.
• Rain: while it is raining, the baby skeleton stays out of open sky.
• Immunity: drowning damage does not affect it.
• Experience: it drops 3 experience points on death.

Drops

On death, a Baby Skeleton always drops one bone. The table below lists the drops in the mob's loot data.

Baby Skeleton

No item drops.

Variants

The variants table below lists all three forms. Their key differences are:

• Baby Skeleton (minion): 10 health, 2 attack damage and speed 0.3. It targets players, Iron Golems, golems, Controlled Baby Skeletons and Pumpkin Spirits. It has no natural biome spawns and appears only where structures, events or summoning place it. It has a spawn egg of its own.
• Controlled Baby Skeleton: 20 health, 4 attack damage, speed 0.3 and a follow range of 20 blocks. It is tameable and follows its owner. It attacks hostile monsters near its owner and defends its owner when the owner is attacked. It does not despawn when players are far away. It is immune to fire, falling, cactus and drowning damage. On spawn it gains Resistance II for 60 seconds (1,200 ticks).

The Bonescaller Staff, a staff from Born in Chaos Staffs and Ranged Weapons, summons Controlled Baby Skeletons. Right-clicking a solid block that has an open block above it summons them beside the player and applies Magic Depletion to the player for 460 ticks. The staff loses one durability per use.

Tips

• Light your base and approach. Torches and other light sources keep the light level above 4 in open areas and above 0 in enclosed spaces, which stops natural spawns there.
• Because Baby Skeletons are weak in melee, they are simple to fight one at a time. In a group of two, keep your back to a wall so they cannot surround you.
• Controlled Baby Skeletons are the easiest way to protect yourself early, since they fight for you and stay with you indefinitely. The Dark Ritual Dagger sacrifices one for healing and a strength effect when you no longer need it.