Stray
HostileHealth: 20 (10 hearts)JavaBedrock
How to find Stray
Snowy plains and ice spikes (Java and Bedrock), replacing 80% of skeletons under open sky. In Bedrock also frozen rivers, frozen oceans, snowy slopes, jagged peaks and frozen peaks.
Spawn conditions: Spawns directly under the sky in the biomes above. Strays do not spawn from monster spawners in Java; trial spawners can spawn them.
Drops
| Item | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Bone | 0-2 | Up to 5 with Looting III |
| Arrow | 0-2 | Up to 5 with Looting III |
| Arrow of Slowness | 0-1 | Only with Looting; tipped arrows for your own use |
How to kill Stray
Like a skeleton, but its arrows are tipped with Slowness (30 seconds). Use a shield, pillars or your own bow.
Behavior
A skeleton variant that fires Slowness arrows and does not freeze in powder snow. Burns in daylight. A skeleton kept in powder snow for 7 seconds shakes, then becomes a stray after 15 more seconds. Drops bone, arrow and sometimes an arrow of Slowness; 5 XP when killed by a player or tamed wolf. Source: minecraft.wiki Stray.
Taming and breeding
Cannot be tamed or bred.