Skeleton Statue

The Skeleton Statue is one of 83 Statues. It can be found randomly in underground caverns, and may be harvested with a pickaxe. The Skeleton Statue will spawn a Skeleton when powered. The statue will not spawn a skeleton if there are 10 or more skeletons anywhere in the world, 6 or more skeletons within 800 pixels, or 3 or more skeletons within 300 pixels.

The Skeletons spawned from the statue will not drop coins, although they are still able to drop Hooks (crafting material), Bone Sword, Ancient Iron Helmet, Ancient Gold Helmet, Skulls, Skeleton Banner and Hearts. Hooks can be obtained this way, but it is unlikely that one would not have a Grappling Hook by the time they had access to wires and power triggers (after rescuing the Mechanic in the Dungeon).

Beginning in 1.3, Skeleton Statues can be generated wired to red or green Pressure Plates as Traps during world generation.