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HOSTILE Added in 1.21

Bogged mob in Minecraft

The Bogged is the mossy skeleton of swamps and Trial Chambers. It shoots like a Skeleton, but its arrows poison you. It is a little more fragile, and you can shear the mushrooms off its head.

Health: 168 hearts
Behavior: Hostile
Main drop: Arrow
Found in: Mangrove Swamp+1 more

Bogged stats

Health: 16 8 hearts
Behavior: Hostile
Main drop: Arrow
Spawns in: 2 biomes
Size: 0.6 × 1.99 blocks
XP when killed: 5+1 to 3 per item it wears
Speed: 0.25
Detection range: 16 blocks

// Experience drops only when a player kills it. Speeds are the game’s internal values, not blocks per second.

How much damage Bogged deals

Damage to a player without armor, by world difficulty. 1 ♥ = 2 damage points.

Ranged attack · Arrow

Base 2, multiplied by the projectile’s speed: the faster it flies, the harder it hits.

Poison: 5 s

Melee attack

Peaceful00 ♥

Easy21 ♥

Normal21 ♥

Hard31.5 ♥

What else changes with difficulty

Aim gets more accurate as difficulty rises (spread 10 / 6 / 2)
Shoots every 3.5 s on Easy, 3.5 s on Normal, 2.5 s on Hard

// Armor, Protection and Resistance reduce these values. Base values read from the game code (26.3).

Where to find Bogged

Biomes where it spawns naturally, with its share of the spawns in each group.

Mangrove Swamp

Swamp

Spawning

Group size: 4
Light level: Block light 0and light 7 or less overall

Structures

Trial spawnerTrial Chambers

Bogged drops

Bogged dropsFrom the loot table · chance per kill

Arrow+1 per Looting level0–2

Bone+1 per Looting level0–2

Tipped Arrow+1 per Looting level · Only when killed by a player0–1

Carried items and gearDropped on death, outside the loot table (game code)

The weapon or armor it spawned withEach piece: 8.5% chance, +1% per Looting level. The item comes back damaged.8.5%

Items it picked up off the groundAlways dropped. Only some of them can pick items up.100%

Also gives you

Brown MushroomShearing50%

Red MushroomShearing50%

Health compared

Health vs other hostile mobshealth points

Wither Skeleton20

Zombie20

Zombie Villager20

Bogged16

Magma Cube16

Parched16

Slime16

Bogged and its family

Mobs built on the same base in the game code, compared on their game values.

Mob	Health	Attack	XP	Speed	Burns in daylight	Freeze immune
Bogged	16	2	5	0.25	✓	·
Parched	16	2	5	0.25	·	·
Skeleton	20	2	5	0.25	✓	·
Stray	20	2	5	0.25	✓	✓
Wither Skeleton	20	4	5	0.25	·	·

Traits

Properties set in the game files.

Burns in daylightCatches fire in sunlight unless it wears a helmet or stands in shade or water.

Breathes underwaterDoes not drown.

Ignores Poison and RegenerationThese two effects have no effect on it.

Inverted healingInstant Health hurts it and Instant Damage heals it.

Weak to SmiteSmite deals extra damage to it.

SkeletonWolves attack it on sight.

UndeadThe game counts it among the undead, which affects how several effects and enchantments treat it.

Ignored by the WitherThe Wither does not target it.

Effects

InflictsPoison

What you can do with Bogged

Items to use on it and what happens.

ShearShearsShears cut the mushrooms off its head.

Gear and tools

Items it can wear, and items you use on it.

Use on itShears

Advancements with Bogged

Advancements whose criteria involve this mob, from the game files.

Monster HunterKill any hostile monster Monsters HuntedKill one of every hostile monster

Command

Summon a Bogged/summon →

/summon minecraft:bogged ~ ~ ~

Where you meet the Bogged

The Bogged spawns at night in Swamps and Mangrove Swamps, alongside ordinary Skeletons. You meet far more of them in Trial Chambers, where they come out of trial spawners in waves.

Poison arrows

A Bogged fights like any skeleton: it keeps its distance, moves sideways and shoots on sight. Each arrow that lands also poisons you. Poison does not kill on its own, it stops at half a heart, but it keeps draining you while the next arrows come in. In a Trial Chamber with several Bogged at once, that adds up fast.

Block with a shield. A blocked arrow does not poison you.
Carry a Milk Bucket. It clears Poison at once, which matters more here than against a plain Skeleton.
Bring wolves. They attack the Bogged like any skeleton.
Use Smite. The Bogged is undead, and it has a bit less health than a Skeleton.

Like other skeletons, it burns in direct sunlight unless it wears a helmet. Swamp trees give it plenty of shade, so do not count on the morning.

Shearing a Bogged

Use Shears on a Bogged and it drops two mushrooms, each one a Brown Mushroom or a Red Mushroom. Its mossy head loses them at the same time. It does not calm it down: it is still hostile afterwards. Shearing one is still a handy way to get mushrooms early, for stew or a Fermented Spider Eye.

Drops

The Bogged drops bones and arrows like a Skeleton. When a player kills it, it can also drop an Arrow of Poison. Poison arrows are good against mobs that are not immune to Poison, but they do nothing to undead mobs or spiders. Making them yourself takes a lingering Potion of Poison.

✓ Checked in Java Edition 26.3 · updated 1 November 2026

Bogged — FAQ

What is the difference between a Bogged and a Skeleton?

The Bogged shoots poison arrows, has a bit less health, can be sheared for mushrooms and spawns mostly in swamps and Trial Chambers.

What do you get from shearing a Bogged?

Two mushrooms, each either brown or red. The Bogged stays hostile after shearing.

Can Bogged poison kill you?

Poison alone stops at half a heart, but the arrows themselves still deal damage. Use a shield and keep a Milk Bucket.

Where does the Bogged spawn?

In Mangrove Swamp and Swamp.

What does a Bogged drop?

Arrow, Bone and Tipped Arrow. Only when killed by a player: Tipped Arrow. It also drops the weapon or armor it spawned with (8.5% chance per piece) and any items it picked up off the ground.

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