A Decaying Skeleton

Classic Era (added 1999-2000)

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a decaying skeleton
Race: Undead
Class: Warrior
Level: 1, 7-10 (Steamfont Mountains)
Spawn
Zone: Various
Location: Various
Stats
AC: 1
HP: 16 (1)
Damage per hit: 1-4
Attacks per round: 1 (100%)
Special: None

Description

Found in low level zones throughout Antonica, Odus, and Faydwer. They are especially common near the East Freeport zoneline in North Ro, making this an ideal spot to farm bone chips.

In Greater Faydark, 4 spawns can be found near the abandoned druid rings outside kelethin and between the newbie & pod lift. They may also be found outside of Felwithe.

In Nektulos Forest, decaying skeletons con scowling. Everywhere else, they are indifferent. They will social with other skeletons nearby. The decaying skeletons in here will also drop a Yellow Whip

The Cracked Staff they sometimes carry is easily spotted and prized by newbies for its relatively high resale value over 1 platinum. On occasion they will be carrying a Worn Great Staff which looks identical but is much less profitable.

All decaying skeletons are standard newbie fodder except for those in Steamfont Mountains. In all other locales, these undead are level 1 with less than 20 HP, while in Steamfont they are between levels 7 to 10. The newbie equivalent in Steamfont is a decaying gnome skeleton, meanwhile the newbie equivalent in Butcherblock Mountains is a decaying dwarf skeleton.

They drop reasonable starter loot for newbies such as rusty weapons and cloth armor. They also drop bone chips, which are of course required by Necromancers and Shadow Knights for their pets. One stack of 20 bone chips can be sold for, on average, 5-10p to players. Bone chips are also an excellent source of extra XP and/or faction for people whose starting towns offer quests for them[1].

Known Loot

• Ale

  Ale

  

  WT: 0.4 Size: SMALL
  Class: ALL
  Race: ALL
  
  (5%)
• Bandages

  Bandages

  

  WT: 0.5 Size: SMALL
  Class: ALL
  Race: ALL
  
  (2.5%)
• Bone Chips

  Bone Chips

  

  WT: 0.1 Size: SMALL
  Class: ALL
  Race: ALL
  
  (72.3%)
• Bottle of Kalish

  Bottle of Kalish

  

  QUEST ITEM
  WT: 0.3 Size: SMALL
  Class: ALL
  Race: ALL
  
  (2.5%)
• Cloth Armor (Rare)
• Iron Ration

  Iron Ration

  

  This is a hearty meal.
  WT: 0.6 Size: SMALL
  Class: ALL
  Race: ALL
  
  (1.7%)
• Loaf of Bread

  Loaf of Bread

  

  This is a meal!
  WT: 0.5 Size: SMALL
  Class: ALL
  Race: ALL
  
  (1.7%)
• Ration

  Ration

  

  This is a meal.
  WT: 1.0 Size: SMALL
  Class: ALL
  Race: ALL
  
  (1.7%)
• Rusty Weapons (Rare)
• Short Beer

  Short Beer

  

  QUEST ITEM
  WT: 0.4 Size: SMALL
  Class: ALL
  Race: ALL
  
  (3.4%)
• Small Bag

  Small Bag

  

  WT: 0.5 Weight Reduction: 0%
  Capacity: 4 Size Capacity: MEDIUM
  
  (0.8%)
• Water Flask

  Water Flask

  

  This is a drink.
  WT: 0.4 Size: SMALL
  Class: ALL
  Race: ALL
  
  (1.7%)
• Yellow Whip

  A Yellow Whip

  

  LORE ITEM
  Slot: PRIMARY SECONDARY
  Skill: 1H Slashing Atk Delay: 33
  DMG: 7
  WT: 6.0 Size: MEDIUM
  Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD BRD ROG
  Race: ALL
  
  (Extremely Rare? Found in Nek forest)

Coin

• 0 - 0 Platinum
• 0 - 0 Gold
• 0 - 1 Silver
• 1 - 11 Copper

Factions

• None

Opposing Factions

• None

Related Quests

• Bone Chips Quests