No one knows how skeletons came alive… some skeletons even mutated to embrace the sun and now burn eternally…
Careful though, they seem to be on a whole other level compared to regular skelies.

Abilities

Cinder Body

Permanent flame aura. Body burns with continuous flame particles. Renders glow with dynamic-light mods.

Sun Immune

Does not burn in daylight. Hunts you in the open at noon.

Cinder Shot

Every arrow ignites the target. Default 5-second burn (configurable).

Flaming Bow

The bow itself is wreathed in fire while held. Visible to all players.

Volley Burst

20% chance per shot to fire a 3-arrow rapid burst (configurable count, chance, interval).

Ash Cloak

Fades from view when out of combat (~25% opacity). Reveal triggers: takes damage OR fires a shot. Distance-graded — visible up close, ghostly far away.

Pyre Feast

Heals when any nearby undead dies (8-block radius). Each kill stacks +2 max HP, capped at 8 stacks (+16 max HP). Strong in raids and dungeons.

Traits

Brittle to Water

Splash water bottle: ×1.5 damage
Water source / rain contact: continuous HP bleed
Snowball impact: 1 HP (vanilla skeleton takes 0)

Bumped Drops + XP

2× XP. Slightly more arrows and bones than vanilla skeleton.

Spawning

10% chance to replace any natural skeleton spawn (overworld + Nether)
×3 multiplier in Nether biomes (effective 30% in Nether)
Native Nether spawn entry (Nether Wastes, Soul Sand Valley)

Counters

Snowballs deal real damage
Splash water bottles
Don't fight near other undead — Pyre Feast snowballs hard
Force them into rain

Configuration

Every stat is configurable in-game (/flamingskeletons set ) or via config/flamingskeletons.json. Spawn rate, ignite duration, burst chance, stealth opacity, heal amount, water multiplier, XP multiplier — all knobs exposed.

Compatibility

Shaders (Iris/OptiFine): vanilla render paths → flames bloom and glow naturally
LambDynamicLights / Sodium Dynamic Lights: entity emits light like a torch
Server + singleplayer
Required on both client and server (entity sync)

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Flaming Skeletons

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