Skeleton

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This article is about the generic skeleton. For other uses, see Skeleton (disambiguation).

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Skeleton

Release	4 January 2001 (Update)
Members	No
Examine
Could do with gaining a few pounds.
Combat info
Level	LP	XP	XP
15	550	33.9	11.1
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
2 / 1 / 0
Aggressive		Poisonous
Slayer
Level	XP	Category
1	8.8	Skeletons
Assigned by
Offensive
Max hit
44	0	0	? (edit)
Style		Speed
		4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
11 1 1 Accuracy 213 0 0
Defensive
Armour		Weakness
213	11
Affinities
90	55	45	65
Immunities

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Defined properties:

All Life points: 550 Life points1: 550 All Life points: 600 Life points2: 600 All Life points: 1,150 Life points3: 1,150 All Life points: 7,750 Life points4: 7,750 All Life points: 3,300 Life points5: 3,300 All Life points: 3,400 Life points6: 3,400 All Life points: 8,750 Life points7: 8,750 All Life points: 9,250 Life points8: 9,250 All Life points: 9,500 Life points9: 9,500 All Life points: 9,750 Life points10: 9,750 All Life points: 2,100 Life points11: 2,100 All Life points: 2,500 Life points12: 2,500 All Slayer experience: 8.8 Slayer experience1: 8.8 All Slayer experience: 9.2 Slayer experience2: 9.2 All Slayer experience: 13 Slayer experience3: 13 All Slayer experience: 36 Slayer experience4: 36 All Slayer experience: 39.4 Slayer experience5: 39.4 All Slayer experience: 41.4 Slayer experience6: 41.4 All Slayer experience: 43.2 Slayer experience7: 43.2 All Slayer experience: 47.2 Slayer experience8: 47.2 All Slayer experience: 49.6 Slayer experience9: 49.6 All Slayer experience: 51.6 Slayer experience10: 51.6 All Slayer experience: 29.6 Slayer experience11: 29.6 All Slayer experience: 43.2 Slayer experience12: 43.2 All Combat experience: 0 Combat experience: 0 All Combat experience: 33.9 Combat experience1: 33.9 All Combat experience: 35.7 Combat experience2: 35.7 All Combat experience: 50.4 Combat experience3: 50.4 All Combat experience: 208.8 Combat experience4: 208.8 All Combat experience: 113.8 Combat experience5: 113.8 All Combat experience: 119.7 Combat experience6: 119.7 All Combat experience: 249.3 Combat experience7: 249.3 All Combat experience: 272.7 Combat experience8: 272.7 All Combat experience: 286.2 Combat experience9: 286.2 All Combat experience: 297.9 Combat experience10: 297.9 All Combat experience: 114.6 Combat experience11: 114.6 All Combat experience: 166.8 Combat experience12: 166.8 All Release date: 4 January 2001 Release date1: 4 January 2001 All Release date: 4 January 2001 Release date2: 4 January 2001 All Release date: 4 January 2001 Release date3: 4 January 2001 All Release date: 4 July 2006 Release date4: 4 July 2006 All Release date: 4 July 2006 Release date5: 4 July 2006 All Release date: 4 July 2006 Release date6: 4 July 2006 All Release date: 4 July 2006 Release date7: 4 July 2006 All Release date: 4 July 2006 Release date8: 4 July 2006 All Release date: 4 July 2006 Release date9: 4 July 2006 All Release date: 4 July 2006 Release date10: 4 July 2006 All Release date: 4 January 2001 Release date11: 4 January 2001 All Release date: 4 January 2001 Release date12: 4 January 2001 All Combat level: 15 Combat level1: 15 All Combat level: 16 Combat level2: 16 All Combat level: 32 Combat level3: 32 All Combat level: 43 Combat level4: 43 All Combat level: 46 Combat level5: 46 All Combat level: 47 Combat level6: 47 All Combat level: 49 Combat level7: 49 All Combat level: 51 Combat level8: 51 All Combat level: 53 Combat level9: 53 All Combat level: 54 Combat level10: 54 All Combat level: 58 Combat level11: 58 All Combat level: 70 Combat level12: 70 All Is members only: false Is members only1: false All Is members only: unknown Is members only2: unknown All Is members only: false Is members only3: false All Is members only: unknown Is members only4: unknown All Is members only: false Is members only5: false All Is members only: false Is members only6: false All Is members only: unknown Is members only7: unknown All Is members only: unknown Is members only8: unknown All Is members only: unknown Is members only9: unknown All Is members only: unknown Is members only10: unknown All Is members only: false Is members only11: false All Is members only: false Is members only12: false All NPC ID: 90 NPC ID1: 90 All NPC ID: 91 NPC ID2: 91 All NPC ID: 92 NPC ID3: 92 All NPC ID: 5366 NPC ID4: 5366 All NPC ID: 4384 NPC ID5: 4384 All NPC ID: 4385 NPC ID6: 4385 All NPC ID: 5365 NPC ID7: 5365 All NPC ID: 4386 NPC ID8: 4386 All NPC ID: 5367 NPC ID9: 5367 All NPC ID: 5368 NPC ID10: 5368 All NPC ID: 93 NPC ID11: 93 All NPC ID: 5388 NPC ID12: 5388

[FAQ] • [doc]

Skeletons are a common undead monster found all over Gielinor. Like zombies, they are the result of a necromancer reanimating the bodies of the dead. As such, they are the commonly found in tombs, graveyards and dungeons.

They are generally weak to magic, with most skeletons being especially vulnerable to earth or water spells. A salve amulet or salve amulet (e) will provide a damage and accuracy boost of +15% and +20% respectively against skeletons and other undead.

Varieties, combat levels and locations

Skeletons are one of the most common enemies in the game. Unlike most enemies, skeletons wildly differ in stats, combat levels and locations. The table below lists the known locations and combat levels of all monsters named "Skeleton", and also provides links to the skeletons with separate articles.

Standard skeletons

Type	Combat level	Location
Lumbridge Catacombs	15	Lumbridge Catacombs
Generic	15	Crandor and Karamja Dungeon, Taverley Dungeon, Edgeville Dungeon, North of Edgeville, Steel Mine, Digsite Dungeon/Senntisten Temple, Ogre Enclave, Draynor Sewers
	16	Edgeville Dungeon, Varrock Sewers
	32	Crandor and Karamja Dungeon, Crandor, Taverley Dungeon, Edgeville Dungeon, Varrock Sewers, Steel Mine, Bone yard, Wilderness Agility Course, Draynor Sewers, Underground Pass, Temple of Ikov
	58	Crandor and Karamja Dungeon, Yanille Dungeon, Edgeville Dungeon, Waterfall Dungeon, Temple of Ikov
	43	Stronghold of Security fourth floor, Wilderness Volcano
	30
	47
	49
	51
	53
	54
Ullek	70	Ullek cliffs
POH	70	Player-owned house dungeon
Tarn's Lair	47	Tarn's Lair
	70
	71
	72
	79
	77	Tarn's Lair, Chaos Tunnels
Ape Atoll	78	Ape Atoll Dungeon
Barrows	86	Barrows crypts
	88
The Arc	Varies	Uncharted Isles

Quest skeletons

Type	Combat level	Location
Demon Slayer	2	Beneath Varrock Church (during Demon Slayer)
Smoking Kills	9	Catolax's tomb (during Smoking Kills)
	11
	12
Draynor Manor	11	Draynor Manor
Melzar's Maze	12	Melzar's Maze
Thok Your Block Off	56	Daemonheim (during Thok Your Block Off)

Slayer alternatives

Any monsters named "skeleton", with the exception of guard skeletons in a player-owned house and the Skeletons found in Daemonheim (also including the Unholy Cursebearer boss) 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

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. 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 Distraction and Diversion. To fight the Skeleton Champion, the player must kill skeletons until one drops a Champion's scroll, a very rare drop. Obtaining the scroll usually takes several hours of dedicated skeleton hunting, therefore it is advised to kill lower level skeletons to increase the kill rate as much as possible.

Drops

Items marked "(m)" are members-only.

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.

100%

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Bones	1	Always	266

Herbs

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Grimy guam	1	Common	709
	Grimy marrentill	1	Common	2,307
	Grimy tarromin	1	Common	105
	Grimy harralander(m)	1	Common	741
	Grimy ranarr(m)	1	Uncommon	1,860
	Grimy irit(m)	1	Uncommon	5,008
	Grimy avantoe(m)	1	Uncommon	1,043
	Grimy kwuarm(m)	1	Uncommon	11,782
	Grimy cadantine(m)	1	Rare	4,322
	Grimy dwarf weed(m)	1	Rare	8,476
	Grimy lantadyme(m)	1	Rare	7,551

Equipment

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Staff of air	1	Common	2,013
	Chargebow	1	Common	1,004
	Iron dagger	1	Common	1,584
	Iron helm	1	Common	631
	Bronze arrow	1–11	Common	31–341
	Iron mace	1	Common	1,964
	Iron hatchet	1	Uncommon	2,576
	Iron arrow	1; 12–15	Uncommon	14–210
	Iron sword	1	Uncommon	2,481
	Iron scimitar	1	Rare	4,269
	Steel arrow	1	Rare	17

Runes

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Air rune	12–15	Common	1,080–1,350
	Water rune	2–9	Common	50–225
	Earth rune	1–3	Common	18–54
	Fire rune	2	Common	318
	Mind rune	1–25	Common	19–475
	Mud rune	3	Uncommon	2,604
	Chaos rune	3–8	Uncommon	456–1,216
	Nature rune	1–3	Uncommon	405–1,215
	Cosmic rune	2	Uncommon	824
	Law rune	2	Uncommon	1,140
	Death rune	1–50	Rare	232–11,600

Charms (m)

No charm
89–91%	5–6%	0.6–1.2%	2–3%	0.7–1.4%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 2,346 kills. 1 charm is dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Coins	1–65	Common	1–65
	Bucket	1	Uncommon	155
	Cannonball(m)	3	Uncommon	1,140
	Wheat	1	Uncommon	193
	Tin ore	1	Uncommon	116
	Iron ore	1	Uncommon	449
	Bronze bar	1	Uncommon	929
	Fire talisman	1	Rare	209
	Pot lid(m)	1	Rare	Not sold
	Spirit sapphire(m)	1	Rare	Not sold
	Spirit emerald(m)	1	Rare	Not sold
	Spirit ruby(m)	1	Rare	Not sold
	Sealed clue scroll (medium)(m)	1	Rare	Not sold
	Skeleton Champion's scroll(m)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy(m)	1	Very rare	Not sold

Potions

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Attack potion (3)	1	Uncommon	226
	Agility potion (2)(m)	1	Uncommon	369
	Antipoison (3)(m)	1	Uncommon	327
	Fishing potion (1)(m)	1	Rare	135

Rare drop table drops

This monster has access to the rare drop table.
Luck-enhancing items such as a ring of wealth or luck of the dwarves are not required to access the table.

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	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Coins	250–500	Common	250–500
	Uncut sapphire	1	Common	809
	Uncut emerald	1	Common	2,555
	Uncut ruby	1	Common	1,842
	Uncut diamond	1	Common	4,843
	Uncut diamond	45–55 (noted)	Rare	217,935–266,365
	Loop half of a key	1	Common	11,053
	Tooth half of a key	1	Common	11,538
	Uncut dragonstone	1	Uncommon	12,077
	Uncut dragonstone	45–55 (noted)	Rare	543,465–664,235
	Dragon longsword	1	Common	56,212
	Dragon spear	1	Rare	35,861
	Battlestaff	180–220 (noted)	Rare	542,160–662,640
	Rune javelin	5	Rare	905
	Rune platebody	1	Uncommon	37,480
	Rune platebody	15–25 (noted)	Rare	562,200–937,000
	Shield left half	1	Rare	64,399
	Dragon helm	1	Uncommon	58,601
	Rune arrowheads	113–137	Common	14,916–18,084
	Onyx bolts	135–165	Very rare	1,003,725–1,226,775
	Chaos talisman	1	Rare	1,923
	Nature talisman	1	Rare	1,473
	Water talisman	65–82 (noted)	Rare	164,320–207,296
	Earth talisman	65–82 (noted)	Rare	12,025–15,170
	Fire talisman	25–35 (noted)	Rare	5,225–7,315
	Raw lobster	135–165 (noted)	Common	47,655–58,245
	Raw shark	225–275 (noted)	Uncommon	321,075–392,425
	Big bones	68–82 (noted)	Uncommon	13,804–16,646
	Dragon bones	180–220 (noted)	Rare	384,480–469,920
	Coal	200–1,100 (noted)	Uncommon	22,400–123,200
	Gold ore	90–110 (noted)	Common	52,830–64,570
	Adamantite ore	180–220 (noted)	Uncommon	40,860–49,940
	Adamant bar	14–16 (noted)	Common	24,654–28,176
	Adamant bar	135–165 (noted)	Rare	237,735–290,565
	Runite ore	90–110 (noted)	Rare	127,710–156,090
	Rune bar	3 (noted)	Common	8,955
	Rune bar	45–55 (noted)	Rare	134,325–164,175
	Grimy torstol	90–110 (noted)	Uncommon	485,010–592,790
	Grimy snapdragon	90–110 (noted)	Uncommon	161,010–196,790
	Super restore (4)	45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	125,910–153,890
	Prayer potion (4)	45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	130,950–160,050
	Lantadyme seed	14–16	Uncommon	10,164–11,616
	Dwarf weed seed	14–16	Uncommon	11,508–13,152
	Magic seed	4	Uncommon	209,856
	Palm tree seed	10	Rare	396,000
	Flax	450–550 (noted)	Common	43,200–52,800
	Molten glass	45–55 (noted)	Common	27,585–33,715
	Soft clay	450–550 (noted)	Uncommon	188,550–230,450
	Yew logs	68–82 (noted)	Uncommon	11,356–13,694
	Yew logs	675–825 (noted)	Rare	112,725–137,775
	Teak plank	45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	16,740–20,460
	Mahogany plank	270–330 (noted)	Rare	356,670–435,930
	Blurberry Special	1	Uncommon	12,008
	Vecna skull	1	Very rare*	124,871
	Hazelmere's signet ring	1	Very rare*	1,432,268,388
	Brawling gloves (Melee)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Magic)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Ranged)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Agility)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Cooking)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (FM)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Fishing)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Hunter)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Mining)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Prayer)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Smithing)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Thieving)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (WC)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 1	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 2	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 3	1	Very rare	Not sold

Universal drops

Universal drops are dropped by nearly every monster outside of Daemonheim.

These drops are dropped alongside main drops.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Key token	1	Rare	Not sold
	Mimic kill token	1	Very rare	5,575

Trivia

• As of 9 November 2009, various skeletons' combat animations and sounds have been reworked.
• The level 58 skeletons in the Crandor and Karamja Dungeon are 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.