Auric Skeleton & Blighted Skeleton Add-on

v2.1.1 – The Corrupted Arsenal

The Corrupted Arsenal expands both skeletons with redesigned equipment systems, improved combat effects, updated visuals, and refined vanilla-compatible behavior.

Visuals

Auric Skeleton

• Added a brand new base texture.
• Added a new clothing overlay.
• Updated the Spawn Egg texture.

Blighted Skeleton

• Added a brand new base texture.
• Added a new clothing overlay.
• Updated the Spawn Egg texture.
• Returned to the standard Skeleton geometry.
• Removed the Wither Skeleton geometry.

Items

• Updated the Golden Bond texture.

Resource Pack

• Converted all Eyes textures from PNG to TGA.
• Converted all Eyes Dim textures from PNG to TGA.
• Improved overall texture quality and organization.

Equipment

Auric Skeleton

Melee

• Reworked melee equipment selection.
• Can now spawn with:
  • Golden Sword
  • Stone Sword
  • Iron Spear
• Melee variants now use Leather and Iron armor sets.

Ranged

• Ranged variants now use Chainmail and Gold armor sets.

Blighted Skeleton

Melee

• Reworked melee equipment selection.
• Can now spawn with:
  • Netherite Spear
  • Iron Sword
  • Golden Sword
  • Golden Spear
• Melee variants now use Chainmail and Gold armor sets.

Ranged

• Ranged variants now use Iron and Diamond armor sets.

• Increased equipment enchantment frequency.

• Equipment enchantments are now fully controlled through loot tables.

Gameplay

Auric Skeleton

• Melee attacks now inflict Poison.
• Rage Mode now inflicts Fatal Poison.

Blighted Skeleton

• Rage Mode now inflicts Nausea.

Balance

• Rebalanced effect durations.
• Status effects now last between 60–80 ticks.

Loot

• Completely redesigned equipment loot tables.
• Completely redesigned entity loot tables.
• Improved equipment variety.
• Improved equipment progression.
• Improved enchantment distribution.

Technical

• Removed assume_symmetry from the Golden Bond recipe.
• Removed the Wither tag from Blighted Skeleton.
• Piglins no longer treat Blighted Skeleton as a Wither-type mob.
• Improved vanilla compatibility.
• Improved behavior consistency.
• Improved long-term maintainability.

Thank you for playing Auric Skeleton & Blighted Skeleton Add-on.

Enjoy The Corrupted Arsenal!