# Skeletal Mesh bone location

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/skeletal-mesh-bone-location/227245>\
**Category:** Blueprint\
**Tags:** unreal-engine\
**Created:** [April 30, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/skeletal-mesh-bone-location/227245 "2021-04-30T14:49:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![JaredTherriault](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/jaredtherriault/32/1194499_2.png) [@JaredTherriault](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/JaredTherriault)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/skeletal-mesh-bone-location/227245/2 "2021-04-30T16:39:01Z")

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One long-standing UX issue with Unreal Engine is that the nodes for Sockets also apply to bones. Not sure why it was never clarified!

Just put your bone name in the GetSocketLocation node. It will return the bone location.

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