Skeleton

Biodata

Appearance

A Skeleton has a white, human-like bone frame that clatters as it moves 4.

• Carries a crude bow but has no visible quiver 4.
• Breaks into fragments when killed 4.

Abilities & Behavior

Archery

• Fires arrows repeatedly despite having no visible supply of them 4.
• Its arrows can penetrate stone; Fang Bie warns that they can penetrate half a meter into the ground 2 11.
• A Skeleton sheltering beneath a tree shoots Fang Bie in the back and head 4.

Targeting

• Pursues a target it has detected, but stops firing when Fang Bie digs four blocks underground 4.
• Retaliates against whatever hits it first. Fang Bie exploits this behavior to make several Skeletons shoot one another 45.

Sunlight and Darkness

• Can remain active during the day under tree shade; Fang Bie cuts down the tree sheltering one after killing it 4 5.
• Skeletons attack a village on an overcast day, when sunlight does not burn the monsters 45.
• Fang Bie encounters Skeleton Archers in narrow, dark mine tunnels 43.

Drops

• One Skeleton killed by Fang Bie drops a bone and two arrows 4.
• Fang Bie later collects bones from Skeleton Archers in the mines 43.

Notable Encounters

• First fight — Fang Bie avoids an archer’s fire by tunneling beneath it, traps its feet over an opening, and kills it with a Wooden Sword 4.
• Village defense — Five Skeletons fire near a village under attack. Fang Bie strikes one, takes cover, and lets the others shoot each other before finishing the survivors 45.