

The skeleton trap horse is triggered when a player comes within 10 blocks of it, resulting in a lightning strike that does not start fires or damage nearby entities. The trap horse despawns after 15 minutes if not triggered. Lightning strikes caused by a Channeling-enchanted trident and lightning strikes on a lightning rod never spawn a skeleton trap horse. In Java Edition, the lightning that spawns a trap horse doesn't strike nearby entities or spawn fires. Skeleton horsemen spawn only from a "skeleton trap horse".Ī “skeleton trap horse” is a hostile skeleton horse spawned from a fraction of lightning generated naturally by a thunderstorm (0.75–1.5% chance on Easy, 1.5–4% on Normal, and 2.25–6.75% on Hard, depending on regional difficulty). A group of skeleton horsemen spawned by a "skeleton trap" horse.Ī skeleton horseman consisting of a skeleton and a skeleton horse.Ī skeleton horseman is a undead jockey consisting of a skeleton riding a skeleton horse.
