Skeleton Valheim 1.0.20

The Skeleton is a creature in Valheim 1.0.20 with 40 health, found in the Meadows, Swamp, Mountains, Black Forest and Plains. It belongs to the undead faction.

Skeleton is an undead creature with 40 health. It is listed as living in the Black Forest, and its spawn rules also cover Meadows, Swamp, Mountain and Plains. It appears at night only, in groups of 1 to 3, at any altitude up to 1000 m, and only after Bonemass is defeated.

In a fight, the Skeleton attacks with a sword for 25 damage to a body, using a horizontal swing with a range of 1.8. It can also use a bow for 20 damage. It is weak to blunt and fire, resists pierce and frost, and is immune to chop, pickaxe and poison.

Each Skeleton drops 1 Bone Fragments with a 100 percent chance. It also has a 10 percent chance to drop 1 Skeleton Trophy.

Resistances

Damage types it takes more or less damage from than normal:

Damage	Effect
Blunt	Weak
Pierce	Resistant
Chop	Ignores
Pickaxe	Ignores
Fire	Weak
Frost	Resistant
Poison	Immune

Attacks

Attack	Damage	To a body	Range
Sword	25 slash	25	1.8 m
Bow	20 pierce	20	1 m

Damage is the base value before the creature's level and the difficulty setting change it. "To a body" leaves out chop and pickaxe damage, which only hurts trees, rocks and buildings.

Drops

Item	Amount	Chance
Skeleton Trophy	1	10%
Bone Fragments	1	100%

Creatures with stars drop more of the items that scale with level.

Where it spawns

Biome	Group	Conditions
Meadows, Swamp, Mountains, Black Forest, Plains	1–3	At night, altitude any to 1000 m, after the bonemass key is set

Open the seed map to see the biomes of your world.