Skeleton

Skeletons closing in.

Skeletons are Undead.

Fierce undead warriors, skeletons do not seek to consume the flesh of the living, but only to extinguish the life of their victims. Skeletons, unrelenting in their goal, move faster than zombies and have some spark of intelligence as demonstrated by their use of weapons. These bony undead have been observed wielding swords, clubs, bows, and even armor and shields, and are often equipped in the same armament in which they fell. Even more terrifying are the animated skeletal remains of expired magic wielders, who prove that even the dead can wield the forces of magic.

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