Skeletons Rising
Skeletons Rising, a Forge and NeoForge mod, adds several skeleton types that spawn in biomes, each dropping its own loot and new weapons.
What it does
Most of the added skeletons spawn in particular biomes, so exploring different regions brings different enemies and drops. Certain bosses can be summoned by players: an Undead Army event starts from a Totem of Undying-style item crafted from netherite, deepslate and bone blocks, and a Skeleton Merchant appears in a tent and sells gold, golden apples and unusual bones. Killing the merchant turns him into a tainted merchant who sells new bones and a bone sword fragment.
Soul steel is the material behind much of the new content. It is earned from a warrior leader and used to craft bows, armor and a Soulhunter set at an archery workshop. Skeleton Prime is a mini-boss summoned with a mechanical totem and drops prime scraps for a Prime Saw. The mod is not open source: it is released under All rights reserved. It runs on client and server, so both the server and every player need it, and it is published for Forge and NeoForge across 1.20.1 – 1.21.8.
Key features
Skeleton types
Several skeleton variants spawn in biomes, each with its own loot table and weapons.
Undead Army event
A summoned event brings waves of undead, with a totem recipe that uses netherite and deepslate.
Skeleton Merchant
A merchant in a tent sells gold, golden apples and bones, and later turns into a tainted merchant selling new items.
Soul steel equipment
Soul steel is used for bows, armor and a Soulhunter set, with an archery workshop for the crafting.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Questions
Does Skeletons Rising need to be installed on the server?
Which loaders does Skeletons Rising support?
How is Skeleton Prime summoned?
What the author says
Skeleton Rising is a mod who add new skeletons to minecraft. Most of skeletons spawns in their biome/biomes UNDEAD ARMY Its an event which u can trigger by using Totem of Undeads you can craft it using 2 netherite scraps, 2 deepslate, 3 bone blocks and 2 diamonds, if you use it you'll have to fight with under warrior…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/skeletons-rising
- Owner
- placekdobrypan
- Published
- 2026-02-24
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-23
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15