Bone

A bone is an item primarily obtained from skeletons and similar mobs. It can be crafted into bone meal or used to tame wild wolves.

Obtaining[]

Chest loot[]

Mob loot[]

Skeletons, wither skeletons, skeleton horses, and strays may drop 0–2 bones upon death. The maximum drop is increased by 1 per level of Looting, for a maximum of 0-5 bones with Looting III.

In Bedrock Edition, salmon, cod, pufferfish, and tropical fish have 25% chance to drop 1-2 bones upon death. The maximum drop is increased by 1 to 2 per level of Looting, for a maximum of 2-8 bones with Looting III. Salmon (small and medium size) have 25% chance to drop 1 bone upon death, The maximum drop is increased by 1 to 2 per level of Looting, for a maximum of 2-7 bones with Looting III. The chance of dropping bones increases by 1% per looting level, so with Looting III there is up to a 28% chance of bones dropping.

Fishing[]

Bones can also be obtained by fishing as part of the junk category. The best chance of catching a bone is achieved without the Luck of the Sea enchantment, yielding a 1.1% chance.

Usage[]

Helmet[]

While a bone cannot be equipped in the head slot in Survival mode, equipping it using commands causes it to appear in the player's mouth.

Taming[]

Using a bone on a wild wolf has a ¹⁄₃ chance of taming it. Bones cannot tame a hostile wolf or a wolf that has already been tamed. However, bones can be used to attract the attention of the tamed ones.

Crafting ingredient[]

A bone can be crafted into 3 bone meal.

Achievements[]

Advancements[]

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location
	Best Friends Forever	Tame an animal	Husbandry	Tame one of these 8 tameable mobs: Cat Donkey Horse Llama Mule Parrot Trader Llama Wolf	husbandry/tame_an_animal

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

History[]

Java Edition Beta
1.2					Added bones.
					Bones can be crafted into bone meal.
1.4					Bones can now be used to tame wolves.
Java Edition
1.3.1		12w21a			Bones can now be found within desert temples, allowing bones to be obtainable on Peaceful difficulty.
1.4.2		12w36a			Added wither skeletons, which has a chance to drop bones when killed.
1.6.1		13w16a			Added skeleton horses, which drop bones when killed.
1.7.2		13w36a			Bones can now be more easily obtained in Peaceful difficulty by fishing. Although, they are considered a "junk" item.
1.9		15w44a			The average yield of bones in desert temples has been slightly decreased.
					Bones can now be found in dungeon chests.
1.10		16w20a			Added strays, which drop bones when killed.
1.11		16w39a			Bones can now found in the new woodland mansion chests.
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 352.
1.14		18w43a			The texture of bones has now been changed.
		18w44a			The texture of bones has now been slightly changed.
1.19		Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1			Bones now generate in ancient city chests.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0					Added bones. They are currently unobtainable and serve no purpose.
v0.3.3					Added skeletons, which drop bones when they die.
					Bones can now be used to craft bone meal.
v0.5.0					Bones can now be obtained after activating the nether reactor.
v0.9.0		build 1			Added bones to Creative mode.
v0.11.0		build 1			Bones can now be more easily obtained in Peaceful difficulty by fishing. Although, they are considered a "junk" item.
v0.12.1		build 1			Added wither skeletons, which have a chance to drop bones when killed.
					Bones are no longer available from the nether reactor.
v0.13.0		build 1			Bones can now be found inside of the desert temple hidden chest room.
v0.15.0		build 1			Added strays and skeleton horses, which drop bones when killed.
					Bones can now be found in jungle temple chests.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Bone can now be found inside woodland mansion chests.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0		beta 1.2.14.2			Bones now drop from fish mobs.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The texture of bones has now been changed.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.00	Patch 1		Added bones.
TU5					Bones can be found in the Miscellaneous tab in the Creative inventory.
TU12					Moved bones to the Materials tab in the Creative inventory.
TU19	CU7	1.12			Added wither skeletons, which have a chance to drop bones when killed.
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3		Bones can now be obtained from fishing.
TU46	CU36	1.38	Patch 15		Added strays and skeleton horses, which drop bones when killed.
		1.90			The texture of bones has now been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added bones.

Issues[]

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See also[]

• Bone meal
• Wolf
• Dyeing