Skeleton

skeleton enemy dark soul
physical protection dark souls dks strike protection dark souls dks slash protection dark souls dks thrust protection dark souls dks magic protection dark souls dks
247 ~ 264 173 ~ 185 247 ~ 264 309 ~ 330 191 ~ 204
fire protection dark souls dks lightning protection dark souls dks poison resistance dark souls dks toxic dark souls dks bleed resistance dark souls dks
168 ~ 179 255 ~ 284 S S S
HP 154 ~ 196 (NG+ 310 - 396 )
Drops 50 - 100 Souls (NG+ 200 - 400 )
Scimitar
Red & White Round Shield
Short Bow

Skeleton is an Enemy in Dark Souls and Dark Souls Remastered. Enemies are hostile creatures that respawn when players rest at a Bonfire or upon death. Special enemies that do not respawn are classified as Bosses, Mini Bosses or Invaders.

 

Information

 Your basic skeletal warrior. Utilizes deft combat techniques and are quick to punish reckless attackers. Equipped with either a large curved sword, a small curved sword and shield, or a longbow.

Attacks

Scimitar and Shield : Basic sword and shield wielding skeleton. Attacks inflict bleed status.

  • Rolling attack
  • Regular attack: 1-3 strikes
  • Fast double slash with backstep
  • Will hurl itself towards the player while spinning horizontally.
  • A stance that can parry most player attacks

Falchion : Harder hitting sword wielder, but no shield for blocks or parries. Attacks inflict bleed status.

  • Rolling attack
  • Regular attack: 1-3 strikes
  • Jumping slash attack
  • Two-handed heavy attack
  • Will hurl itself towards the player while spinning horizontally.

Skeleton Archer : Uses bow only.

  • Only ranged.

Drops

Strategy

The skeletons in the Catacombs are corpses reanimated by an Undead Mage, and as such cannot be downed permanently unless the Undead Mage is killed. If their eye sockets remain lit, they will resurrect.

  • Using divine weapons can kill skeletons and stop them from resurrecting, making it a useful way to dispose of them until you dispatch their Undead Mage.
  • Killing their Undead Mage will stop the skeletons under their control from resurrecting, making them susceptible to conventional means of killing without the necessity of a divine weapon.
    • Undead Mages live only once per new-game cycle, so it is helpful to make them a priority target as you progress.
  • Using club-type weapons, two-handing a sword or larger weapon, will shatter them temporarily on a successful attack, allowing you to get another hit in while they reform.
  • Skeletons wielding a shield have a stance that can parry your attacks.
    • Jumping attacks can counter this stance, as they cannot be parried.
  • Hitting skeletons off ledges can remove the threat of troublesome, resurrecting skeletons for a time.

 

Location

Location Health NG+ Souls NG+ Respawn
Firelink Shrine (Graveyard) 185 402 50 200 Yes
The Catacombs 196 (Falchion & Scimitar)
154 (Archer)
396
310
100
100
400
400
Yes

 

 

Enemies
Balder Knight  ♦  Banshee  ♦  Basilisk  ♦  Bat Wing Demon  ♦  Blowdart Sniper  ♦  Bone Tower  ♦  Bounding Demon of Izalith  ♦  Burrowing Rockworm  ♦  Chained Prisoner  ♦  Chaos Bug  ♦  Chaos Eater  ♦  Clan of Forest Protectors  ♦  Cragspider  ♦  Crow Demon  ♦  Crystal Golem  ♦  Crystal Knight  ♦  Crystal Lizard  ♦  Darkmoon Soldier  ♦  Darkwraith Knight  ♦  Drake  ♦  Egg Carrier  ♦  Engorged Zombie  ♦  Ents  ♦  Flaming Attack Dog  ♦  Frog-Ray  ♦  Ghost  ♦  Giant  ♦  Giant Humanity  ♦  Giant Leech  ♦  Giant Mosquito  ♦  Giant Skeleton  ♦  Giant Skeleton Archer  ♦  Great Stone Knight  ♦  Hollow Warrior  ♦  Hollows  ♦  Infested Barbarian  ♦  Infested Barbarian (Boulder)  ♦  Infested Ghoul  ♦  Large Mushroom People  ♦  Large Rats  ♦  Man Serpent  ♦  Man-Eater Shell  ♦  Man-Serpent  ♦  Mass of Souls  ♦  mimic  ♦  Minor Capra Demon  ♦  Minor Taurus Demon  ♦  Oolacile Resident  ♦  Oolacile Sorceress  ♦  Oscar of Astora  ♦  Painting Guardian  ♦  Parasitic Wall Hugger  ♦  Phalanx  ♦  Pinwheel Servant  ♦  Pisaca  ♦  Possessed Tree  ♦  Royal Sentinel  ♦  Sentinel  ♦  Serpent Mage  ♦  Sewer Rats  ♦  Silver Knight  ♦  Skeleton Baby  ♦  Skeleton Beast  ♦  Slimes  ♦  Small Mushroom People  ♦  Small Rats  ♦  Snow Rat  ♦  Stone Demon  ♦  Stone Guardian  ♦  Torch Hollows  ♦  Treant Gardener  ♦  Tree Lizard  ♦  Undead Assassin  ♦  Undead Attack Dog  ♦  Undead Crystal Archer  ♦  Undead Crystal Soldier  ♦  Undead Knight Archer  ♦  Undead Mage  ♦  Undead Soldier (Spear)  ♦  Undead Soldier (Sword)  ♦  Undead Warrior  ♦  Vagrants  ♦  Vile Maggot  ♦  Wheel Skeleton  ♦  Wisp



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