The Mechanical Skull is used to summon Skeletron Prime, the hardmode version of Skeletron. It can only be used during night time. Using another Mechanical Skull while Skeletron Prime is alive will not consume the skull, and a second Skeletron Prime will not be summoned. It can also be used in a world without hardmode activated.
If you have not defeated Skeletron Prime yet and are already in hardmode, all enemies (minus statue-spawned enemies and meteor heads) have a 1 in 2500 chance of dropping this item.
Crafting
Recipe
All versions
Template:Crafting recipe | Template:Crafting recipe |
Used in
Console and Mobile versions
Template:Crafts top Template:Crafts row Template:Crafts bottom
Achievement
Like a Boss • “Obtain a boss-summoning item.”
Obtain any boss-summoning item. Template:Pc icon
Notes
- The Mechanical Skull's texture is based off of the Skull Lantern furniture item.
- Like the Mechanical Worm, it looks like a wind-up toy.
Trivia
- The Mechanical Skull bears a slight resemblance to the old Skeleton sprite, before update 1.0.4.
See Also
History
- 1.3.1: Sprite updated.
- 1.2.1: Drop chance reduced from 1 in 1000 (0.1%) to 1 in 2500 (0.04%).
- 1.1: Introduced.
Template:Iron
Template:Translation project