Skeleton

Skeletons are Undead.

The risen, animated bones of dead adventurers, skeletons fight tenaciously with a variety of melee weapons. Since they are just bones, they are highly resistant to various elemental attacks. They do not deal a great deal of damage or move very quickly, but take a lot of punishment before dying and can swarm the unwary adventurer.

• All values are listed by difficulty level: Normal / Nightmare / Hell.

Statistics

• The TC/Rune drops listed are the highest Treasure Class/Rune Group a normal monster of that type can drop.
  • Champions and Bosses can sometimes drop from the next higher TC.
  • The max TC/Rune possible depends on which level a monster spawns in, and can vary slightly from the listed values (monsters that spawn in later levels can drop higher level items). See the item calculators to ascertain precisely what a monster from a given area can drop.

Type	Level	Experience	Hit Points	Speed	Max TC/Rune
Skeleton	2 / 37 / 68	34 / 2333 / 23878	7-11 / 391-559 / 2219-4227	3	3 / -, 42 /Io, 75 / Ber
Returned	6 / 38 / 69	68 / 2498 / 25033	17-25 / 415-593 / 2279-4342	4	6 / -, 42 / Io, 69 / Lo
Bone Warrior	14 / 61 / 83	143 / 10778 / 41205	45-62 / 965-1379 / 3124-5952	4	6/-, 42/Io, 87/Zod
Burning Dead	13 / 43 / 74	130 / 3502 / 30809	40-58 / 534-764 / 2581-4917	5	15 / Nef, 45 / Ko, 72 / Ber
Horror	14 / 44 / 78	143 / 3747 / 35429	45-62 / 557-797 / 2823-5377	5	15 / Nef, 48 / Ko, 75 / Ber
Guest Monsters (Act Five, NM/Hell only)
Returned	-- / 63 / 83	-- / 12111 / 41205	-- / 1012-1447 / 4166-5952	5	--. 63/Vex, 87/Zod
Bone Warrior	-- / 61 / 83	-- / 10778 / 41205	-- / 965-1379 / 4166-5952	5	-- / 60/Ist, 87/Zod

Offense

Type	Attack	Attack Rating	Elemental Damage
Skeleton	1-3 / 12-31 / 31-78	12 / 907 / 3314	--
Returned	2-5 / 12-32 / 32-80	41 / 928 / 3360	--
Bone Warrior	4-10 / 20-51 / 37-94	125 / 1425 / 3998	--
Burning Dead	4-9 / 14-36 / 34-76	113 / 1036 / 3289	Fire Damage: 50% chance of: 1-4 / 9-19 / 21-46
Horror	4-10 / 14-37 / 35-89	125 / 1058 / 3770	Lightning Damage: 60% chance of: 3-6 / 11-18 / 26-44
Guest Monsters (Act Five, NM/Hell only)
Returned	-- / 20-52 / 37-94	-- / 1530 / 4165	Cold Damage, 60% chance of: -- / 15-31 (3sec) / 28-56 (5sec) Lightning Damage, 60% chance of: -- / 15-31 (3sec) / 28-56 (5sec)
Bone Warrior	-- / 20-51 / 37-94	-- / 1485 / 4165	Cold Damage, 60% chance of: -- / 15-30 (3sec) / 28-56 (5sec) Lightning Damage, 60% chance of: -- / 15-30 (3sec) / 28-56 (5sec)

Defenses

No life or mana can be drained from skeletons in v1.11.

• Regen Rate tells what % of a monster's hit points are recovered per second. Standard is 1.2/sec.
• Blocking tells what % of successful, blockable attacks will not damage the monster. Monsters need not carry a shield to block.
• Drain Effectiveness tells what % of a character's mana and life steal apply to that monster. 100 is all, 0 is none.
• Chill Effectiveness tells what % of a character's cold length applies to the monster. 100 is all, 0 is no freeze/chill at all.

Type	Defense	Blocking	Regen Rate	Drain Effectiveness	Chill Effectiveness
Skeleton	10 / 540 / 1352	10%	1.2%	0% / 0% / 0%	50% / 40% / 25%
Returned	30 / 552 / 1370	15%	1.2%	0% / 0% / 0%	50% / 40% / 25%
Bone Warrior	70 / 828 / 1616	30%	1.2%	0% / 0% / 0%	50% / 40% / 25%
Burning Dead	65 / 520 / 612	25%	1.2%	0% / 0% / 0%	50% / 40% / 25%
Horror	70 / 624 / 1528	30%	1.2%	0% / 0% / 0%	50% / 40% / 25%
Guest Monsters (Act Five, NM/Hell only)
Returned	-- / 852 / 1616	30%	1.2%	-- / 0% / 0%	-- / 40% / 25%
Bone Warrior	-- / 828 / 1616	30%	1.2%	-- / 0% / 0%	-- / 40% / 25%

Resistances

• Resistances over 99% are listed as immunities and monsters will take no damage from that type of attack.
• Immunities can be "broken" by skills that lower resistance, if the value drops below 99%. See the Resistances page for more details.

Type	Physical	Fire	Cold	Lightning	Poison	Magic
Skeleton	0% / 0% / 33%	0% / 0% / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%	0% / 0% / 100%	50% / 75% / 75%
Returned	0% / 0% / 33%	0% / 0% / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%	50% / 75% / 100%
Bone Warrior	0% / 0% / 33%	20% / 40% / 70%	0% / 25% / 50%	0% / 0% / 25%	60% / 80% / 100%	50% / 75% / 105%
Burning Dead	0% / 0% / 33%	0% / 0% / 0%	50% / 75% / 100%	0% / 0% / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%	50% / 75% / 75%
Horror	0% / 0% / 33%	20% / 40% / 70%	0% / 0% / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%	60% / 80% / 120%	50% / 75% / 75%
Guest Monsters (Act Five, NM/Hell only)
Returned	-- / 0% / 33%	-- / 25% / 50%	-- / 0% / 25%	-- / 80% / 100%	-- / 75% / 110%	-- / 0% / 0%
Bone Warrior	-- / 0% / 33%	-- / 25% / 50%	-- / 0% / 25%	-- / 80% / 100%	-- / 75% / 105%	-- / 40% / 70%

Locations

• Guest Monsters are found only in Act Five, and only on Nightmare and Hell difficulty levels.
• Monsters in areas marked "Boss Only" will only appear as random bosses or champions.
• Monsters in areas marked "No Boss" will never appear as random bosses or champions.

Type	Normal, Nightmare, and Hell
Skeleton	Act 1: Cave 1-2, Burial Grounds (No boss), Crypt, Mausoleum, Field of Stones
Returned	Act 1: Black Moor, Tristram. Act 2: Halls of the Undead 1-3
Bone Warrior	Act 1: The Pit 1-2. Act 2: Claw Viper Temple 1-2 (no boss),
Burning Dead	Act 2: Sewers 1-3, Tal Rasha's Tombs 1-7 (no boss).
Horror	Act 2: The Stony Tomb 1-2, Sewers 1-3 (no boss on 1-2).
Guest Monsters (Act Five, NM/Hell only)
Returned	Halls of Anguish
Bone Warrior	Glacial Trail