Skeleton

A Skeleton in Citadel Agartha.

The Skeleton is an enemy encountered in Citadel Agartha and Axis Mundi. Slow walking, the only threat it poses is its attack that can pass through walls.

## Behaviour

The Skeleton is a slow walking ranged enemy. It moves with small steps, often going back and forth. It attacks by throwing bones in a tall arc in front of itself. While it doesn't aim, it will adapt how far it throws its projectile depending on the distance to the player: it will more often throw it near if the player is close, and more often farther is the player is far.

It cannot fall off edges on its own, but will get hurt by spikes and environmental hazards (water & clouds) if it falls into them.

## Attacks

### Bone Throw

The Skeleton throws a bone high in the air in front of them that travels in a tall arc and accelerates as it goes down.

This bone is a Mid-sized Projectile that can **pass trough walls** and can be countered by a lot of means, like the  Ivy Canopy talent,
the notes from the  Lute weapon or
Barbarian's  Winter's Shout
.

While predictable and not dangerous if you're at the same level as the Skeleton or higher, the bone can fall down on you through walls and surprise you if you're lower.

The Skeleton can change how tight the arc of its throw is depending on how far the player is.

Skeleton's bone throw in a tight arcSkeleton's bone throw in a wide arc
## Location

Skeletons can only appear naturally in Citadel Agartha and Axis Mundi (including within red portals).

Once you reach NG+1, you will unlock the use of burdens:

* enabling the  Burden of Mundi’s Crossing will evolve every Skeletons in Axis Mundi into Mr. Bones.
* each level of the  Burden of Evolution enabled adds a 10% chance for a Skeleton in the Citadel and Axis Mundi to instead spawn as its next higher tier, the Mr. Bones
* using both burdens make it possible for Skeletons on the Bridge to evolve into their highest variant, the McRib.

## Trivia

 Name in the game files | Skeleton\_Basic

Eyeballs (Scout • Pupil • Visionary) -
Fire Elementalists (Flamelock • Blazelock • Sollock) -
Skeletons (**Skeleton** • Mr. Bones • McRib) -
Skeleton Mages (Staffens • Stavens • Stouffles) -
Sword Knights (Soldier • Champion • Royal Knight) -
Spear Maidens (Spear Maiden • Javelin Maiden • Partisan Maiden) -
Flying Axes (Ember Hatchet • Burning Axe • Molten Ono) -
Flying Swords (Static Blade • Shock Edge • Thunder Poniard) -
Flying Hammers (Earthen Maul • Rock Crusher • Land Cracker) -
Blob Fish (Blob Fish • Bubbly Fish • Bobble Fish) -
Lamp Ghosts (Lamps • Lights • Beacons) -
Rocket Boxes (Sentry • Defentry • Entry Preventry) -
Skeleton Archers (Skarcher • Skranger • Skranger Danger) -
Lightning Elementalists (Sparkologer • Thundologer • Stormologer) -
Flying Shields (Aqua Brace • Silver Shield • Oceanic Bastion) -
Ice Elementalists (Frosten • Icen • Glacien) -
Mushrooms (Mushboom • Portobellow • Trumpoot) -
Zombies (Risen • Re-Risen • Re-Re-Risen) -
Wolves (Warg • Wargen • Wargenflorgen) -
Wisps (Will'o • Wisp'o • Ore'o) -
Crossbows (Crass Bough • Rude Wood • Wicked Weald) -
Paintings (Doomvas • Doomtrait • Doomscape) -
Mimics (Mimic • Mimicant • Mimicrunch) -
Slugs (Slug • Sluug • Sluuuuuuuuuuug) -
Volcanoes (Ash • Lava • Magma) -
Flying Masks (Blink • Blank • Blonk) -
Fireballs (Charite • Pyrite • Infernite) -
Curse Elementalists (Cursor • Vilificator • Maledictor) -
Flying Skulls (Skubat • Boobat • Skubidydoobidyboobat) -
Axe Knights (Axe Forger • Axe Solder • Axe Welder) -
Void Elementalists (Voidist • Nulltist • Cosmotist) -
Knuts (Wall Knut • Chest Knut • Coco Knut) -
Plants (Weed • Tweed • Threed)