This data pack turns Skeletons and their variants into scrappy little minibosses by allowing them to swap between different weapons when fighting the player.
Skeletons will swap to a mace at close range and use wind charges to bounce themselves in the air to land a devastating critical blow!
Parcheds use a golden spear to deliver a staggering dash attack to check players who get too close.
Wither Skeletons can two forms of damage over time with their flaming arrows and withering axe strikes.
Boggeds swap between bow, sword, and shield-breaking axe attacks to keep up the pressure! They wear a leather cap that protects them from sunlight.
Strays perform mace attacks similarly to skeletons, but also swap to an axe at close range to cleave shields. They also wear leather boots and a chainmail helmet. Scary!
Works with vanilla Minecraft, no resource packs required.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.11
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — see the MC Java Mods guides for the full walkthrough.
- Downloads as Skeletons-and-Sidearms!.zip
- Download size: 216 KB
- Download link checked 21 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.