"Minecraft": The Wither Trivia Quiz

Answer: Wither Skeleton

Wither Skeletons were added in the Pretty Scary Update, and they are the Nether version of Skeletons. They look like Skeletons, but they are black and they are taller than Skeletons. They spawn in Nether Fortresses and have a 2.5% chance to drop their skulls, which are needed to spawn the Wither.

Answer: Wither

Wither is the name of a negative effect, with an ID of 20. During the effect, your hearts will turn black and you lose one half-heart every two seconds at level I and 1 second at level II. It's similar to Poison, but the healthbar is harder to observe and the effect can kill players and entities directly.

Answer: Soul Sand

Four blocks of soul sand is needed to spawn the Wither. You must arrange the soul sand in a "T" shape and put the skulls on the top of the soul sand.

Answer: 300

The Wither have 300 health points (150 hearts). This makes the Wither the mob with the highest health overall.

Answer: True

The Wither is actually undead, which means it will get damaged by Potion of Healing and healed by Potion of Harming. It will also be affected by the Smite enchantment, which increase damage to undead mobs.

Answer: Wither Armor

When the Wither have 150 health, it will get the Wither Armor, which deflects arrows. It will also only hover at the same height as you in the time it has the armor, allowing you to slay it with your sword.

Answer: Obsidian

The Blue Wither Skull, along with the Black Wither Skull, are shot from the Wither' head as an attack and have an explosion force of 1. It treats all blocks (except indestructible blocks) as having a blast resistance lower than 4, allowing it to blow up obsidian (blast resistance 6000) easily.

Answer: The Beginning?

The achievement "The Beginning?" is obtained when spawning the Wither, though "The End." is required. "Into Fire", "The End." and "Local Brewery" is obtained by picking up a Blaze Rod, killing the Ender Dragon and brewing a potion, respectively.

Answer: 50

Unlike the Ender Dragon, the Wither only drop 50 experience along with a Nether Star, which is used to craft Beacons. The Beacon has to be placed on a mineral block pyramid. After you place the Beacon, it emits a light beam with a light level of 15.

Answer: True

The Wither when newly spawned and having Wither Armor will create sky blue potion particles (called "mobSpell" in the game source code). The Wither will also be blue when spawned before it blinks rapidly and explode, which also create a ghastly sound that can be heard at everywhere (even at other dimensions) in the process.