Stray in Minecraft: Everything you need to know – Sportskeeda

Minecraft has no shortage of interesting creatures known as mobs. With nearly every Minecraft update, brand new passive, neutral, and hostile mobs are introduced. One of the classic, original hostile overworld mobs are skeletons.

Back in 2016 with the Minecraft 1.10 update, a new skeleton variant called strays was introduced. Strays are some of the most underrated and lesser known Minecraft mobs.

These mobs are similar to skeletons, but they have some distinctive properties about them that separate the mobs from their original variants. This article provides Minecraft players with essential information about stray mobs.

Also read: Skeleton vs Stray in Minecraft: What’s the difference?


Everything to know about Strays in Minecraft

Basics

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These hostile mobs have a unique look that players can use to identify them. Strays wear seemingly worn and torn icy gray armor.

A stay will shoot arrows at players just like skeletons do, except a stray’s arrows will inflict its target with the slowness effect. As the name suggests, this attack will cause the hit entity to move much slower than normal.

Slowness can be quite detrimental in a battle against strays, or any other nearby mob for that matter.

Specifics

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Wondering how strays match up against other Minecraft mobs? DSV Gamer on YouTube made a video that features battles between strays and every other mob. Check it out here:

Also read: 5 best Minecraft animal mods


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Edited by Sijo Samuel Paul


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