Skeleton

Skeletons are undead monsters found in various locations around RuneScape. They are generally vulnerable to Earth Spells, but some are weak to other types of spells and crush attacks. A Salve amulet or Salve amulet (e) provide a Strength and accuracy boost of +15% and +20% respectively against Skeletons.

Varieties
There are a huge range of skeletal creatures in the game in Gielinor, most of which are simply named "Skeleton". Varieties not listed in this article includes:


 * Skeleton (Ape Atoll), skeletal apes found in Ape Atoll Dungeon.
 * Skeleton (Daemonheim), found in Daemonheim.
 * Skeleton (Demon Slayer), fought during Demon Slayer.
 * Skeleton (Lumbridge Catacombs), found in the Lumbridge Catacombs.
 * Skeleton (Tarn's Lair), a variety of skeletons found in Tarn's Lair and the Chaos Tunnels.
 * Skeleton (POH) - may be purchased at level 70 Construction, to guard a players dungeon.

Other skeletal monsters, such as Skeleton hero, and Skeletal warrior, are listed in the disambiguation page.

Slayer alternatives
Any monsters named "skeleton", with the exception of guard skeletons in a player-owned house and the Skeletons found in Daemonheim and Sinkholes, may be killed to complete a slayer assignment. The following alternatives are also available:
 * Skeleton mages.
 * Skeletal miners.
 * Skeletal hands.
 * Skeleton Fremenniks.
 * Skeleton warlords.
 * Skoblins.

Habitats
There is a very high number of skeletons in the game compared most other monsters. They are found all over RuneScape, in relation to almost any area.

Location by combat level
This table includes ALL monsters named 'Skeleton', not just those covered in this article. For more information about them, see the Varieties section of the article.

Banking tips
Many skeleton locations are far from banks. For players wishing to slay skeletons and bank their drops, consider the following:


 * The Draynor Sewers are moderately close to the Draynor Village bank.
 * The Lair of Tarn Razorlor has a banker. However, using this dungeon requires the Haunted Mine quest, The Lair of Tarn Razorlor miniquest, and a 100 coin payment to the banker for each access to the bank.
 * The skeleton cave in the Chaos Tunnels is easily accessed from entrance #1 to tunnels and is thus moderately close to the Edgeville bank. However, care should be taken in that entrance #1 is in low-level Wilderness and also enters the cave with rather dangerous Gargoyles. The tunnels are a multiway combat area, and aggressive Zombies in the cave with the skeletons may interfere with skeleton hunting.
 * Skeletal Hands may also be slain in the Meiyerditch Dungeon if the player looking for good drops from skeletons.

Champions' Challenge
Skeletons are one of the races who have lesser champions in the Champions' Challenge activity. To fight the Skeleton Champion, the player must kill skeletons until one drops a Champion scroll, which is a very rare (1 in 5000). Obtaining the scroll usually takes several hours of dedicated skeleton hunting, therefore it is advice to kill lower level skeletons to increase the kill rate as much as possible.

Drops

 * Note: Items marked "(m)" are members-only.
 * Note:This drop table is an amalgamation of different varieties of skeleton, and doesn't necessarily give a good indication of what a particular skeleton will drop.

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Trivia

 * As of 9 November 2009, various skeletons' combat animations and sounds have been reworked.
 * The level 84 skeletons in the Crandor and Karamja Dungeon seem bigger than the other skeletons.
 * The skeletons in the Barrows did not drop the champion scroll for several years. This bug was eventually fixed.
 * When in a player-owned-house oubliette or dungeon when building mode is on, they are called Bones.
 * In the Hallowe'en 2011 event the player has to choose a skeleton to represent Pestilence in statue form.

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