In Minecraft, we’ve got regular skeletons, wither skeletons, strays, and spider jockeys. However, that doesn’t seem to be enough, as Mojang is adding yet another new skeleton variant with the upcoming Minecraft 1.21 update, and it’s called the Bogged. In this guide, we will be covering the Bogged in its entirety, from its properties to where it spawns and what it drops in Minecraft.
Who is the Bogged in Minecraft
Bogged is a newly added skeleton mob that attacks using a bow and poison arrows. It looks as if it’s covered with moss and even has mushrooms growing out of its skull. It is without a doubt the most detailed skeleton mob in the game and probably the coolest appearance-wise.
Bogged Properties in Minecraft
With the appearance out of the way, let’s take a look at this skeleton mob’s properties and abilities.
Health
Bogged has 8 hearts or 16 health points. Since it’s a hostile mob, it’s always aggressive towards the player. The Bogged is also an undead mob, so it burns in the daylight, takes damage from health potions, and heals from harming potions. This mob naturally spawns with a bow, with a majority of Bogged mobs being right-handed.
The Bogged takes damage from most environmental sources, including fire, lava, fall damage, and even powder snow. Unlike regular skeletons, Bogged doesn’t convert into a stray, but just dies from freezing damage. Also, this mob cannot swim in the water but doesn’t take drowning damage.
Damage
The damage the Bogged deals to you depends on the difficulty you’re playing on. It will deal 3 points of damage (1.5 hearts) on easy, 4 points of damage (2 hearts) on normal, and 5 damage points or 2.5 hearts on hard difficulty. However, this is the raw arrow damage.
The Bogged uses poison arrows that apply the poison status effect to the target, which further decreases health points over time. The posion effect lasts for 4 seconds and deals a total of 3 points of damage or 1.5 hearts, regardless of the difficulty. Furthermore, the Bogged fires less frequently than regular skeletons due to the cooldown between shots being longer.
Where to Find the Bogged
Bogged’s appearance actually indicates where it spawns, at least in one way. You will encounter this skeleton in the swamp and mangrove swamp Minecraft biomes. It may even blend a little too much with the surrounding terrain, so you have to be careful while exploring these areas. Bogged doesn’t completely replace the regular skeleton spawns and other hostile mobs still spawn as usual.
Moreover, you will also find the Bogged in trial chambers. They are one of the ranged mobs that the game assigns to the specific structure. This means you won’t find Bogged in every trial chamber, but only in some. Trial spawners with bone blocks and podzol blocks with red mushrooms around them are the ones that summon the Bogged.
Similarly to other trial spawners, except the Breeze trial spawner, three Bogged will spawn upon activation in the single-player mode. Once you do away with one Bogged, one more will spawn. A total of 6 Bogged will spawn from a single trial spawner. It might get quite rough if you fight both the Bogged and some other mobs, so we recommend you bring a bucket of milk that’ll allow you to remove the poison effect.
How to Defeat the Bogged
Despite the Bogged being scary-looking, it’s fairly easy to take down. It’s a skeleton after all.
Not only that, but it also has 2 hearts less than a regular skeleton, so killing it will be even faster if you are carrying the right tools. While fighting the Bogged, you should keep track of their position and whether they’re firing arrows or not.
Blocking arrows with a Minecraft shield will help you a lot to avoid being inflicted with the poison effect. Moreover, since Bogged is an undead mob, the smite enchantment on a sword or an axe will deal a lot more damage to it than sharpness.
What Does the Bogged Drop
After you kill the Bogged, you get the usual skeleton drops, including bones, arrows, XP orbs, and occasionally bows. In addition to those items, you may also get one poison arrow. This is one of the tipped arrows whose effect lasts for 5 seconds.
The number of bones and arrows can be increased with the looting enchantment. This will also increase the chances of the poison arrow dropping. Check out the table below for more information on the chances and quantities of dropped items.
| Item | Default Quantity/Chance | Looting I | Looting II | Looting III |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bone | 0-2 | 0-3 | 0-4 | 0-5 |
| Arrow | 0-2 | 0-3 | 0-4 | 0-5 |
| 1 Poison Arrow | 50% | 75% | 87.5% | 93.75% |
That’s it for this guide. Now you know everything about the Bogged skeleton mob in Minecraft 1.21. Alongside the Breeze, this is quite a cool mob that makes the combat update much more interesting.