Skelly & Bones
by Voxla
Skelly & Bones adds two neutral skeleton mobs that players can trade with for experience and random enchanted items, and a few new iron weapons and armor pieces.
What it does
Skelly and Bones are two unique neutral skeletons. Skelly spawns during rain at night and passively brings Bones into the area around him, so Bones appear whenever Skelly does. Trading with either mob gives the player experience, and the trades pick random enchantments, so each offer differs. Bones fight back when attacked, against whatever attacked them, including the player or an iron golem.
The mod also adds the Iron Pike, an iron sword-like item that is enchanted like a sword but attacks more slowly, and the Iron Knight Helmet, which matches the Iron Helmet but has better armor toughness and knockback resistance. Neither item can be crafted; they come only from trading with Skelly or Bones or from killing them. Both are repaired with iron blocks. The mod is released under the MIT License and requires Geckolib.
Key features
Two neutral skeletons
Skelly and Bones are neutral mobs that stay peaceful until something attacks them, and Bones then defend themselves.
Randomized trades
Each trade offers random enchantments, and the trades are randomized every time they refresh.
Iron Pike weapon
A sword-like iron item with more damage than an iron sword, enchanted like a sword but slower to swing.
Iron Knight Helmet
An iron helmet variant with better armor toughness and knockback resistance, repaired with iron blocks.
Configurable spawning
Options in the config file control dialogue, a spawn sound, a spawn chat message and whether Bones spawn only near Skelly at night during rain.
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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.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
How it compares
Skeleton Uprising is a Forge mod for 1.18.2 – 1.20.1 that runs on client and server and is released under All rights reserved, so it is not open source. Lost Skeleton is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 that is also client and server and is released under the MIT License, the same license as this mod. Unique Sword targets 1.20.1 on Fabric and Forge, is client and server, and is released under All rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skelly & Bones | Forge | 1.18.2 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2023-12-24 |
| Skeleton Uprising | Forge | 1.18.2 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-01-26 |
| Lost Skeleton | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-09-12 |
| Unique Sword | Fabric and Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-08-31 |
Questions
Does Skelly & Bones require Geckolib?
Does the server need Skelly & Bones?
How are the spawn options changed?
In the catalog
Skelly & Bones is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,527 Mobs mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Skelly has a chance of spawning when it is raining at night and will passively spawn Bones around him if Bones does not exist. When traded with, they will give the player XP. The trades are random, and the enchantments on the trades are always randomized.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/skelly-and-bones
- Owner
- Voxla
- Published
- 2023-12-24
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2023-12-24
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15