Skeleton

Dragon Quest Monster
Skeleton Soldier
First Appearance	Dragon Quest
Old Localization	{{{old}}}

Dragon Quest Monster
Skeleton Scrapper
Kanji	しりょう
Romanji	shirō
First Appearance	Dragon Quest
Old Localization	{{{old}}}

Dragon Quest Monster
Skeleton
	; Art by Akira Toriyama
Kanji	がいこつ
First Appearance	Dragon Quest
Old Localization	{{{old}}}

Characteristics[edit]

Skeletons, are, much like their name would imply, a hostile and occasionally armed skeletons.

Appearances[edit]

Dragon Quest[edit]

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 (SNES, 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 VIII[edit]

Original (PS2)

Sprite	HP	MP	Experience	Gold	Attack	Defense	Agility
File:Skeleton.PNG	?	3	41	15	40	21	25

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 *	Bang Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
⁰⁄₆₄	30%	0%	0%	0%	0%	50%	0%
Flame *	Ice *	Stone/Strike Resistance *	Troop Resistance *	Death Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *	Shock Resistance *
0%	50%	0%	0%	0%	0%	15%	100%
Sleep *	Confusion *	Dazzle Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Dance Sealing Resistance	Sap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance	Deceleratle Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	100%	50%	0%	?

Remake (3DS, Mobile)

Sprite	Notable Changes
	None

Dragon Quest IX[edit]

#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 Monsters: Joker 2[edit]

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[edit]

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Related Monsters[edit]

Skeleton Scrapper[edit]

The Skeleton Scrapper (formerly called the Wraith) is a slightly stronger form of the Skeleton that is capable of healing itself.

Dragon Quest[edit]

Skeleton Scrapper (しりょう shirō)

Original (NES)

Sprite	HP	MP	Experience	Gold	Attack	Defense	Agility
	36	?	17	59	44	34	34

Spell(s)	Heal
Location(s)	South of Rimuldar

Evasion	Fizzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance	Sizz & Sizzle Resistance
¹⁄₁₆	⁰⁄₁₆	⁷⁄₁₆	⁰⁄₁₆

Remakes (SNES, GBC, Mobile)

Sprites	HP	MP	Experience	Gold	Attack	Defense	Agility
	36	9	42	62	44	34	23

Spell(s)	Heal
Location(s)	Near Rimuldar

Evasion	Fizzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance	Sizz & Sizzle Resistance
⁰⁄₆₄	⁰⁄₇	⁰⁄₇	⁰⁄₇

Skeleton Soldier[edit]

The Skeleton Soldier (formerly called the Wraith Knight), is essentially a slightly buffed version of the Skeleton Scrapper.

Dragon Quest[edit]

Skeleton Soldier (しりょうのきし shirō no kishi)

Original (NES)

Sprite	HP	MP	Experience	Gold	Attack	Defense	Agility
	46	?	28	119	68	56	56

Spell(s)	Heal
Location(s)	Near Damdara

Evasion	Fizzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance	Sizz & Sizzle Resistance
¹⁄₁₆	⁰⁄₁₆	⁵⁄₁₆	³⁄₁₆

Remakes (SNES, GBC, Mobile)

Sprites	HP	MP	Experience	Gold	Attack	Defense	Agility
	46	12	72	120	62	46	36

Spell(s)	Heal
Location(s)	Grave of Galen

Evasion	Fizzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance	Sizz & Sizzle Resistance
⁰⁄₆₄	⁰⁄₇	⁶⁄₇	⁰⁄₇

Dragon Quest VIII[edit]

Original (PS2)

Sprite	HP	MP	Experience	Gold	Attack	Defense	Agility
	94	12	93	26	93	95	62

Bestiary No.	104
Family	Undead
In-Game Description
Spell(s)	Midheal
Skill(s)	None
Location(s)
Item(s) Dropped

Evasion	Attack Resistance	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Bang Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
⁰⁄₆₄	30%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Flame *	Ice *	Stone/Strike Resistance *	Troop Resistance *	Death Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *	Shock Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	0%	50%	0%	50%	100%
Sleep *	Confusion *	Dazzle Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Dance Sealing Resistance	Sap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance	Deceleratle Resistance *
50%	50%	15%	100%	0%	100%	?

Remake (3DS, Mobile)

Sprite	Notable Changes
	None

Dark Skeleton[edit]

Dragon Quest Monster

Dark skeleton

Art by Akira Toriyama

Kanji

影の騎士

First Appearance

Dragon Quest

Old Localization

{{{old}}}

Dragon Quest[edit]

Dark skeleton (影の騎士 kage no kishi)

Original (NES)

Sprite	HP	MP	Experience	Gold	Attack	Defense	Agility
	50	?	37	149	79	64	64

Spell(s)
Location(s)	Near Damdara

Evasion	Fizzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance	Sizz & Sizzle Resistance
¹⁵⁄₆₄	¹⁵⁄₁₆	¹⁵⁄₁₆	¹⁵⁄₁₆

Remakes (SNES, GBC, Mobile)

Sprites	HP	MP	Experience	Gold	Attack	Defense	Agility
	43	0	90	148	79	51	40

Spell(s)
Location(s)	Near Damdara

Evasion	Fizzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance	Sizz & Sizzle Resistance
¹⁄₃₂	⁷⁄₇	⁵⁄₇	⁴⁄₇

Dragon Quest VIII[edit]

Original (PS2)

Sprite	HP	MP	Experience	Gold	Attack	Defense	Agility
File:Dq8shadowknight.png	288	0	304	31	214	154	115

Bestiary No.	180
Family	Undead
In-Game Description	These dedicated and fiercely loyal monsters stand against humanity.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Paralysis Attack Sleep Attack
Location(s)	World of Darkness
Item(s) Dropped	Moonwort bulb¹⁄₁₆ Bronze shield¹⁄₆₄

Evasion	Attack Resistance	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Bang Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
⁰⁄₆₄	30%	0%	0%	0%	25%	25%	0%
Flame *	Ice *	Stone/Strike Resistance *	Troop Resistance *	Death Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *	Shock Resistance *
0%	25%	0%	0%	50%	50%	15%	100%
Sleep *	Confusion *	Dazzle Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Dance Sealing Resistance	Sap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance	Deceleratle Resistance *
100%	50%	50%	100%	15%	100%	?