Mechanical Skull

Mechanical Skull
Statistics
Type	Summoning
Use time	44 (Very Slow)
Tooltip	Summons Skeletron Prime
Rarity
Internal Item ID: 557

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

Crafting Station Mythril Anvil / Orichalcum Anvil Ingredient(s) Amount Bone 30 Soul of Light 3 Soul of Night 3 Iron Bar 5 Result Mechanical Skull 1

Crafting Station Mythril Anvil / Orichalcum Anvil Ingredient(s) Amount Bone 30 Soul of Light 3 Soul of Night 3 Lead Bar 5 Result Mechanical Skull 1

Used in

Console and Mobile versions

Result Ingredients Crafting Station Suspicious Looking Skull   Mechanical Skull Mythril Anvil / Orichalcum Anvil Mechanical Eye (2) Soul of Light (5) Soul of Night (5) Adamantite Bar or Titanium Bar (10)

Achievement

	Like a Boss • "Obtain a boss-summoning item."
	Obtain any boss-summoning item.

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

• Mechanical Worm
• Mechanical Eye

History

• 1.3.1: Sprite updated.
• 1.2.1: Drop chance reduced from 1 in 1000 (0.1%) to 1 in 2500 (0.04%).
• 1.2: Now a Hardmode drop. Recipe changed.
• 1.1: Introduced.