Stray

HostileHealth: 20 (10 hearts)JavaBedrock

Quick answer: Snowy biomes: snowy plains, ice spikes, frozen rivers and frozen oceans - replaces 80% of skeletons there (Java).

How to find Stray

Snowy biomes: snowy plains, ice spikes, frozen rivers and frozen oceans - replaces 80% of skeletons there (Java).

Spawn conditions: Light level 0 in snowy Overworld biomes, exposed to the sky (they do not spawn under cover).

Drops

ItemAmountNotes
Bone0-2Up to 5 with Looting III
Arrow0-2Up to 5 with Looting III
Arrow of Slowness0-1Only with Looting; tipped arrows for your own use

How to kill Stray

Exactly like a skeleton, but every arrow inflicts 30 seconds of Slowness - rushing them through the slowdown is painful, so use a shield, pillars or your own bow.

Behavior

A frozen skeleton variant shooting tipped arrows of Slowness. Burns in daylight and hides in shade and water like other skeletons; wolves attack strays on sight. In Java, a skeleton that freezes inside powder snow converts into a stray.

Taming and breeding

Cannot be tamed or bred.

Related mobs: SkeletonZombieCreeperBogged