ModsJava
BoneSkeleton
This mod turns all skeletons into melee mobs: bones, fish, poisoned arrows and dead bushes. No more shooting. Free Minecraft Java mod for 26.2.
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Unofficial fan work, not affiliated with Mojang or Microsoft.
Ever get picked off by a skeleton hiding in a dark corner, shooting you with its bow? This mod fixes that - skeletons no longer snipe from a distance. All four vanilla skeletons are now melee creatures that rush at you instead:
| Mob | Holds | Drops |
|---|---|---|
| Skeleton | Bone | Bone + Arrows (0-2) |
| Stray | Cod | Cod + Arrow of Slowness |
| Bogged | Tipped Arrow of Poison | Arrows + Arrow of Poison |
| Parched (1.21.11+) | Dead Bush | Dead Bush + Arrow of Weakness |
Features:
- All four skeletons fight melee only - no more bow sniping from afar
- Even if you give them a bow via commands, they will never shoot
- Melee damage 2.0 (1 heart on Normal difficulty)
- Bows removed from loot tables; each skeleton now drops its themed arrows instead
- Wither skeletons are unaffected
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- Ships as boneskeleton-1.2.0+26.2.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 156 KB
- Download link checked 2 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.