Skeleton

Dragon Quest monster Skeleton File:DQ Skeleton.png
Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese がいこつ Romaji Skeruton First appearance Dragon Quest Old localization Skeleton

Characteristics

Skeletons, are, much like their name would imply, a hostile and occasionally armed skeletons. Interestingly, their skulls are far longer than that of a normal human's, to the point that in some 3D games the cranium curves backwards slightly.

Appearances

Dragon Quest

Skeleton (がいこつ gaikotsu)

Original (NES)

Sprite	HP	MP	Experience	Gold	Attack	Defense	Agility
	30	?	11	29	28	22	22

Spell(s)
Location(s)	East of Kol

Evasion	Fizzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance	Sizz & Sizzle Resistance
1⁄16	15⁄16	0⁄16	0⁄16

Remakes (SFC, GBC, Mobile)

Sprites	HP	MP	Experience	Gold	Attack	Defense	Agility
	30	0	25	42	28	22	17

Spell(s)
Location(s)	Near Kol

Evasion	Fizzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance	Sizz & Sizzle Resistance
1⁄32	7⁄7	0⁄7	0⁄7

Dragon Quest VII 3DS

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Dragon Quest VIII

Original (PS2)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	?	3	40
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
21	25	41	15

Bestiary no.	035
Family	Undead
In-game description	Human knights that met a foul and painful end. Frustration and sadness at their painful fate keeps them in this world as undead monsters.
Spell(s)	Kasap
Skill(s)	None
Location(s)	Kingdom of Ascantha
Item(s) dropped	Soldier's sword1⁄32 Templar's uniform1⁄256

Evasion	Attack Resistance	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *
0⁄64	30%	0%	0%
Fire Breath Resistance *	Bang Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Crack Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	50%
Ice breath Resistance *	Strike/Rock Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance
50%	0%	0%	0%
Whack Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *
0%	0%	15%	0%
Snooze resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Ban Dance Resistance
0%	0%	0%	100%
Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *	Army Resistance *
100%	50%	0%

Remake (3DS, Mobile)

Notable Changes

None

Dragon Quest IX

#028 - Skeleton
File:Dq9skeleton.png
HP MP Experience Gold 42 6 81 60 Attack Defense Speed 48 40 54
Dropped Item	Cotton Gloves (common, 3.13%) Copper Sword (rare, 0.78%)
Locations	Doomingale Forest, Brigadoom
Skills	Helm Splitter
Family	Zombie
Bestiary #	028
Game	Dragon Quest IX
Console	DS

Dragon Quest X

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Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2

Skeletons when synthesised over level twenty create a Skeleton X. Two level fifty Skeleton X's make a Skeleton XY.

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 Professional

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Dragon Quest Builders

Skeleton

Chapter 1

HP	Attack	Defense	Item(s) Dropped
23~28	14~16	6~8	Coarse cloth (★★☆), Bones (★☆☆)
Location(s)
?

Final Chapter

HP	Attack	Defense	Item(s) Dropped
30	13	12	Coarse cloth (★★☆), Bones (★☆☆)
Location(s)
?

Sprite

Dragon Quest Heroes I & Dragon Quest Heroes II

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Related Monsters

• Skeleton scrapper
• Skeleton soldier
• Dark skeleton
• Sekerleton
• Skeleton swordsman

Gallery

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  Dragon Warrior. (NES)

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  Dragon Quest I. (SFC)

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  Dragon Warrior I. (GBC)

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  Skeleton in Dragon Quest Monster: Joker.