Skeleton

This article is about the generic undead creatures. For the version summoned by the Legendary Skeletal Lich, see Skeleton (skeletal lich summon).

Skeleton

Race

Halloween creature, Minion

Level

14-84

Location

Kessex Hills
(Kryta)
Gendarran Fields
(Kryta)
Mad King's Labyrinth
(Mad King's Realm)

Image(s)

Longbow-wielding version.

Skeletons are undead minions created by certain necromantic rituals or bound to Bloody Prince Thorn in the Mad King's Realm. In combat, they either wield axes and shields or longbows. They are considered to be Halloween creatures mechanically.

Locations

Kryta

• Kessex Hills
  • Blackroot Cut
  • Cereboth Canyon
  • Darkwound Defile
  • Delanian Foothills
  • Dominion Killing Zone
  • Earthlord's Gap
  • Earthworks Bluff
  • Eukaryan Caves
  • Greyhoof Meadows
  • Halacon Cataracts
  • Lychcroft Mere
  • Manefire Hills
  • Meremoot Hill
  • Overlord's Greatcamp
  • Triskellion Vale
  • Viath Shore
  • Viathan's Arm

• Gendarran Fields
  • Almuten Estates
  • Ascalon Settlement
  • Blood Hill Camps
  • Brigantine Isles
  • Broadhollow Bluffs
  • Cornucopian Fields
  • Lionbridge Expanse
  • Newbeach Bluffs
  • Northfields
  • Provern Shore
  • Provernic Crypt (from Suspicious Location)
  • Talajian Piedmont
  • The Bloodfields
  • The Lawen Ponds

The Mists

• Mad King's Realm
  • Mad King's Labyrinth
  • Ascent to Madness

Historical locations

Kryta

• Queensdale
  • Altar Brook Vale
  • Krytan Freeholds
  • Lake Delavan
  • Queen's Forest
  • Orlaf Escarpments
  • Phinney Ridge
  • Scaver Plateau
  • Shaemoor Fields
  • Taminn Foothills
  • The Heartwoods
  • Village of Shaemoor

Story involvement

Living World Season 3

• Episode 4: The Head of the Snake
  • Confessor's End

Path of Fire story

• Act II
  • Hallowed Ground

Event involvement

Defeat the strange foes coming through the haunted door (8, 19, 20, 22, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)

Combat abilities

Stolen skills

•   Throw Gunk
•   Throw Net
•   Rusty Scrap Strike
•   Shoot Rifle
•   Use Scepter
•   Use Staff

Axe and Shield

Abilities

• Blocks
• Causes Bleeding
• Cripples

Effects (historical)

•  Berserk - Gained at 25% health.

Skills

• Chop - Melee auto-attack that inflicts  Bleeding for 4 seconds.
  • Chop - Melee attack that hits 2 times, inflicting  Bleeding for 4 seconds with each hit.
    • Chop - Melee attack that hits 3 times, inflicting  Bleeding for 4 seconds with each hit.
• Throw Axe - Projectile attack that bounces up to 3 times,  crippling for 4 seconds with each hit.
• Shield Stance - The skeleton kneels down and channels, blocking all attacks for the next 3 seconds.

Longbow

Abilities

• Knocks Back

Effects

•  Berserk - Gained at 25% health.

Skills

• Bow Shot - Projectile auto-attack.
• Charged Shot - Projectile attack that  knocks back the first enemy it hits; 1 second cast time.
• Kick - Melee attack that  Launches target foe. This skill is only used if an enemy is within melee range.

Drops

Name	Type	Rarity	Quantity
Trick-or-Treat Bag	Container	BBasic	1-2
Limited-Use Mad King Finisher	Consumable	BBasic	1
Limited-Use Scarecrow Finisher	Consumable	BBasic	1
Chattering Skull	Crafting material	DMasterwork	1
Piece of Candy Corn	Consumable, Crafting material	BBasic	1-2
Ancient Bone	Crafting material	ERare	1
Large Bone	Crafting material	CFine	1
Heavy Bone	Crafting material	CFine	1
Bone	Crafting material	CFine	1
Bone Shard	Crafting material	CFine	1
Bone Chip	Crafting material	CFine	1
Porous Bone	Trophy	AJunk	1-2
Crumbling Bone	Trophy	AJunk	1-2
Brittle Bone	Trophy	AJunk	1-2

Notes

Anomaly:

Skeletons use male human sounds if they're hit by projectiles or killed with Fire or Lightning damage.

Trivia

• Skeletons were first introduced with the October 22nd, 2012 update, as part of the Shadow of the Mad King release.
• They were added back into the game with the October 15th, 2013 update, as part of the Blood and Madness release.
• This creature has a tonic transformation.

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Skeleton

Skeleton • Veteran Skeleton • Champion Skeleton • Labyrinthine Horror • Legendary Skeletal Lich