Earth:Skeleton Wolf

Skeleton Wolf

Health points	10HP
Behavior	Hostile
Mob type	Undead, Monster
Attack strength	4HP
Hitbox size	Height: 0.8 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks
Spawn	Desert
Rarity	Rare
Player journal description No bones about it, this wolf is scary. Its menacing howl empowers its skeletal brethren when they are on the prowl.

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    "footer": "'''[[Earth:Journal|Player journal description]]'''<br />No bones about it, this wolf is scary. Its menacing howl empowers its skeletal brethren when they are on the prowl."
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Skeleton wolves were skeletal variations of the wolf found only in Minecraft Earth.

Behavior

Skeleton wolves behaved similarly to wolves. They wandered aimlessly, avoiding lava and cliffs high enough to cause fall damage. However, unlike the wolves, skeleton wolves weren't tameable, were hostile, and had the ability to howl. If a skeleton wolf howled, nearby skeleton-themed mobs gained a damage boost effect. This excluded the mob itself unless another skeleton wolf howls while it was nearby. Additionally, skeleton wolves did not attack skeletons. Their melee attacks dealt 4HP and, just like other undead mobs, they could sink in water. However, they were also shown to be hostile towards and prey on jumbo rabbits.

Obtaining

Tappables

Item	Source	Chance
Skeleton Wolf	Stone Mound tappables	0.2%

Drops

When killed, an adult skeleton wolf dropped:

• 1-2 Bone

Sounds

Sounds
Sound	Description	Identifier
	Bark	sfx_mob_skeletonwolfbark
	Death	sfx_mob_skeletonwolfdeath
	Growl	sfx_mob_skeletonwolfgrowl
	Howl	sfx_mob_skeletonwolfhowl
	Hurt	sfx_mob_skeletonwolfhurt
	Pant	sfx_mob_skeletonwolfpanting
	Shake	sfx_mob_skeletonwolfshake
	Step	sfx_mob_skeletonwolfstep
	Whine	sfx_mob_skeletonwolfwhine

Data values

ID

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
Skeleton Wolf	genoa:skeleton_wolf	5009	entity.skeleton_wolf.name

Challenges

Challenge	Description	Reward	Rarity
Best defense	Defeat 1 hostile mob in an adventure	40XP
A rare sight	Collect 1 rare mob	80XP	Rare
Adventure crusher	Defeat 10 hostile mobs in adventures	30XP	Common
Building a farm	Place 5 mobs on buildplates	50XP	Common
Start a zoo	Place 15 mobs on a buildplate	150XP	Uncommon
Zoo keeper	Collect 25 mobs	150XP	Rare
On the farm	Collect 1 mob
Adding life	Place 1 mob on a buildplate
Home farm	Collect 1 mob
Loot!	Obtain 1 drop from hostile mobs in adventures
Mob booster	Collect 1 mob while xp boosted
Mob coaster	Place 1 mob in a minecart on a buildplate
Farm plate	Place 1 hostile mob on a buildplate
Fire attack	Defeat 1 mob in an adventure with fire
Molten doom	Defeat 1 mob in an adventure with lava
Boom box	Defeat 1 mob with tnt
Best hiders	Collect 1 rare mob

History

Minecraft Earth
0.11.0							Added skeleton wolves, though they are unobtainable at this time.
0.13.0							Skeleton wolves are now obtainable from tappables.
0.14.0							Reduced the damage of skeleton wolves.

Trivia

• In the biome category of the journal, it said that they spawned in the desert.
• Prior to the mob's inception, a popular YouTuber named DanTDM had his own skeleton wolf character, named Grim. Because of the channel's popularity and frequent collaborations with Mojang Studios, it is possible the mob was inspired by him.

Gallery

• 
  A howling skeleton wolf shown on Minecraft Earth's Twitter
• 
  A render using a development texture for the mob
• 
  A render using a development angry texture for the mob
• 
  Skeleton wolf journal icon
• 
  Skeleton wolf texture file
• 
  Angry skeleton wolf texture file