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Skeletons are aggressive creatures found in the Black Forests and the Swamps guarding Burial Chambers and sometimes Ruined towers.

Skeletons appear 80% of the time as melee variants and 20% of the time as ranged variants.

Melee have a 25% chance to equip a Wood shield and a 25% chance for a Bronze buckler. Shields are purely cosmetic and don't drop on death.

Drops[]

Item 0 Star 1 Star 2 Star
Bone fragments Bone fragments 1 2 4
Skeleton trophy Skeleton trophy 10% 10% 10%

Spawning[]

Type Limit Frequency Stars
Anywhere in the Swamps 4 Common Yes
Anywhere during the night time after defeating Bonemass, despawn at dawn 3 Common No
Possible spawn point at Dolmens in Meadows during the night time - One time Yes
3 spawn points outside Burial Chambers - 1 respawns every hour Yes
Common spawn point in Burial Chambers - One time Yes
Multiple spawn points near Ruined towers and houses in Black Forests and Mountains - One time Yes
From Evil bone piles in Burial Chambers, Swamps or Mountain towers 2 Every 6 seconds Yes
Spawned by Bonemass (4 per ability) 8 - No
During "A foul smell from the swamp" event before defeating Bonemass 6 Very common No
During "Skeleton surprise" event after defeating Bonemass 20 Very common No
During "She is hot on your trail" event after defeating Brenna 4 Very common No

Attacks and abilities[]

For strategies for defeating Skeletons, see Aggressive creature strategies § Skeletons.

Gallery[]

Notes[]

  • Skeletons cannot swim or drown, and will instead walk on the seafloor.
  • Starred Skeletons also appear in the "She is hot on the trail" event.
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