Spawn Events for Wither Skeleton in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains the spawn events that you can use for a wither skeleton in Minecraft Bedrock Edition (PE, Win10, Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch) and Education Edition.

Background

In the latest version of Minecraft Bedrock Edition and Education Edition, the entity value for a wither skeleton is wither_skeleton. The wither_skeleton entity has a unique set of spawn events that can be used in Minecraft commands such as: /summon and /event. (The spawn event parameter is called spawnEvent in the Minecraft help for the /summon command and eventName in the Minecraft help for the /event command.)

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What is a Spawn Event?

Spawn events allow you to trigger certain in-game events for an entity in Bedrock Edition (PE, Win10, Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch) and Education Edition. Currently, you can only trigger one spawn event at a time when you use the /summon or /event commands.

List of Spawn Events

Here is a list of the spawn events that you can use for a wither skeleton in Minecraft Bedrock Edition (PE, Win10, Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch) and Minecraft Education Edition:

Minecraft ID Description Bedrock Edition
(Added in)
minecraft:entity_spawned Wither Skeleton has spawned 1.12.0

Spawn Event Example

To summon a wither skeleton that has spawned in Bedrock Edition (PE, Win10, Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch) or Education Edition:

/summon wither_skeleton ~ ~ ~ minecraft:entity_spawned

Next, learn how to use the game commands in Minecraft.

Command Examples

Here are some game command examples for a wither skeleton in Minecraft:

Command Generators

If you need help, you can use these tools to automatically generate commands for you: