How to Tame and Equip Baby Skeletons
Taming Juvenile Skeleton Variants
Miniature skeletons serve as versatile guards once tamed. First, gather the specific tribute item required for the skeleton variant you wish to tame:
- Skeleton: String
- Stray: Rabbit Hide
- Bogged: Mushrooms
- Parched: Water Bottles
- Wither Skeleton: Nether Wart
Hold the target mob's favorite item in your hand, approach the juvenile creature, and right-click it repeatedly until it accepts the offering and enters tamed mode.
Arming and Commanding Your Guards
Right-click your tamed companion with an empty hand to toggle between Follow and Stay orders. In Follow mode, skeletons travel with you as ranged bodyguards. In Stay mode, ranged skeletons act as stationary sentries that fire at hostile targets from their post.
To increase their defense and combat effectiveness, right-click skeleton variants while holding bows or armor pieces to equip them. If you tame a baby Wither Skeleton, right-click it with swords to equip it as a frontline melee companion.
When your companions take damage, right-click them with bones to restore their health. You can also hold Shift and right-click with a bone to inspect their current health points without consuming the item.