Mutant Skeleton

Mutant Skeleton
Mod	Mutant Monsters
Type	Boss
Health	150 ♥×75
Attack damage	3
Speed	0.27
Follow range	48
Knockback resist.	0.75
Size	1.2 × 3.6 blocks
XP dropped	30
Spawns in	275 biomes
Category	Monster
ID	mutantmonsters:mutant_skeleton

The Mutant Skeleton is a boss-scale hostile mob added by Mutant Monsters. It has 150 health (75 hearts) and fires volleys of arrows that can apply poison, hunger or slowness. It spawns naturally alongside vanilla skeletons in many biomes, so it can appear in ordinary terrain at night as well as in horror biomes. On death it breaks apart into body-part entities, which drop the crafting materials for the Mutant Skeleton armor set.

Spawning

Mutant Skeletons spawn naturally as an addition to the vanilla skeleton spawn entries. For every biome where vanilla skeletons spawn, the mod adds a matching Mutant Skeleton entry. Its weight is set by a config multiplier that defaults to 0.05, which gives the mutant roughly 5% of the vanilla skeleton's weight. Each spawn group is a single mob. The mutant counts toward the monster spawn cap and competes with vanilla monsters for the same slots. The spawns table below lists the biomes where it appears.

A vanilla skeleton hit by a Chemical X effect has a 3/4 chance to be replaced by a Mutant Skeleton. No villager trade or chest loot provides the mob or its drops.

While it is in a night-time world, a Mutant Skeleton below full health heals 2 health every 100 ticks.

Behavior

The Mutant Skeleton targets the nearest player it can see and keeps that target for up to 300 ticks after losing sight of it. It also attacks iron golems, wolves and the Wither when the Wither hurts it. It takes no damage from other Mutant Skeletons, including their arrows and death shatter. Its movement speed is 0.27, its follow range is 48 blocks and its knockback resistance is 75%.

Ranged attacks

The mob has two bow attacks. Both fire mutant arrows, which are arrows that can carry status effects.

• Single shot. When the target is more than 2 blocks away and in line of sight, the mob has a 1/12 chance per tick to fire one arrow at a speed of 2.4.
• Multi-shot volley. When the mob is on the ground with the target in line of sight, it has a 1/26 chance per check (checked every 3 ticks) to move toward the target, or away from it if the target is within 4 blocks. It then fires a volley of 6 arrows at a speed of about 2.0.

Each mutant arrow has a 1/4 chance to apply each of the following effects on a hit:

Melee attacks

When the target is close, the mob attacks with one of two animations. Each attack picks one at random: 3 in 4 use the standard melee, and 1 in 4 use the rib-crushing grab.

• Standard melee. Hits every living entity within 3 blocks in front of the mob for 3 damage plus 0 or 1 random extra. Each hit pushes the target away with a horizontal force of 1.8 to 2.5.
• Rib-crushing grab. Deals 9 damage (the 3 attack damage plus 6). If the target blocks the hit with a shield, the shield is disabled for 100 ticks.

Death

When the Mutant Skeleton dies, every living entity within 3 blocks horizontally and 2 blocks vertically takes 7 damage. This damage uses the mutant skeleton shatter damage type. The mob then spawns 18 body-part entities (ribs, limbs, pelvis, shoulder pads and skulls), which are thrown outward. Each body part has its own loot table. The game allows up to 128 body-part entities per level, so a fight in a small area can leave a dense pile of loot.

Drops

The body parts are the mob's main drop source, and the crafting materials for the armor set come from these tables. The Mutant Skeleton Skull is a loot-only item. It can be worn as a helmet or placed as a block, and it has no crafting recipe.

No item drops.

Related items

The Mutant Skeleton's drops form the Mutant Skeleton armor set, and the mob's spawn egg summons it directly. The set's pieces cannot receive armor trims.

Armor set

• Mutant Skeleton Boots give Jump Boost II (amplifier 1) for 100 ticks while worn. They have 195 durability.
• Mutant Skeleton Leggings give Speed II while worn. They have 225 durability.
• Mutant Skeleton Chestplate draws the wearer's bow 2 ticks faster while the bow is below full draw. It has 240 durability.
• Mutant Skeleton Skull replaces a bow's normal shot with a multi-shot volley. The skull loses durability when its wearer is hurt, by one quarter of the damage taken with a minimum of 1. It does not reduce the damage taken. Fire damage does not wear it down if the wearer is fire-resistant. It has 165 durability.

The armor pieces have an enchantment value of 9. Their defense values are 2 for the boots, 5 for the leggings, 6 for the chestplate and 2 for the skull. None of them has armor toughness or knockback resistance.

Mutant Skeleton Arms · Crafting

Mutant Skeleton Rib Cage · Crafting

Mutant Skeleton Chestplate · Crafting

Mutant Skeleton Leggings · Crafting

Mutant Skeleton Boots · Crafting

Tips

• Break line of sight with the mob. Both bow attacks need a clear view of the target, so a wall or a corner stops the volleys and single shots until the mob moves.
• Stay out of the 3-block reach of its melee. The 9-damage rib-crushing grab is its strongest single hit.
• Do not stand next to the mob when it dies. The death shatter deals 7 damage within 3 blocks, and that damage bypasses armor.
• The skull and boots suit combat best. The skull turns bow shots into volleys, and the boots add Jump Boost II for closing or escaping distance.