Skeletons

Skeletons are Humanoid Enemies in Elden Ring. Skeletons are considered to be Those Who Live in Death. Often found around dungeons, crypts, caves, cemeteries, or ruins, these hostile remains stalk their place of unrest in pursuit of the living, who they will immediately attack on-sight. They can sometimes be found as piles of bones, that will then reform into a humanoid shape in order to ambush their victims. Since they are Those Who Live in Death, skeletons will attempt to revive themselves upon defeat, and can do this an infinite number of times. Players can prevent this by damaging (attacking) a skeleton's glowing ribcage after it is defeated, or by using spells/incantations/buffs that will prevent Those Who Live in Death from rising again.

Where to Find Skeletons:

• Players can encounter Skeletons in the beaches and dungeons of LimgraveRegion, and in the graveyards.

• They can be found in the Deathtouched CatacombsGrace.

• Located roaming the graves of Liurnia of The Lakes.

• Can be found in Wyndham CatacombsGrace.

• Weeping PeninsulaRegion. West of Witchbane RuinsLandmark.

• Crumbling Farum AzulaDungeon. They are beastman skeletons instead of human, but otherwise act the same.

• Gelmir Hero's GraveGrace.

• Auriza Hero's GraveGrace.

• Capital OutskirtsRegion. They are in the graveyards outside the capital, and can hover up above the player in a t-shaped pose, where they will breathe down a black smoke that will cause damage but no status build-up.

• Those Who Live in Death

• All Skeletons share their resurrection mechanic. Once defeated, the glowing remains they leave behind must be hit to avoid them reforming and attacking again.

• If a Skeleton is killed by a weapon, spell, skill, or consumable that's strong against Those Who Live in Death, it will not resurrect.

• Necromancers, which can only be found in the Black Knife CatacombsGrace, can each continuously resurrect certain nearby Skeletons (unless they are killed by certain Sacred weapons or weapon skills) until they are killed, at which point each Skeleton they can resurrect will disintegrate.

• The Skeletons in the Capital OutskirtsRegion can hover up into the air in a t-pose and breathe black smoke downwards, which does continuous damage until it dissipates.

• In the Deathtouched CatacombsGrace, Skeletal Swordsmen can wield an Iron Roundshield but instead will drop a Scripture Wooden Shield.

• Those found in Crumbling Farum AzulaDungeon are skeletons of Beastmen, though they wield the weapons of the human skeletons, not the weapons of Beastmen. The ones with a Glaive or an Executioner's Greataxe can use a Fire Breath attack. It is not clear why the drop Human Bone Shards.

• According to the description of the Skeletal Militiaman Ashes, Skeletal Militiamen "live in Death, and will continue to rise again until properly finished off. This is the grotesque fate of those who come into contact with Deathroot."

• According to the description of Skeletal Bandit Ashes, Deathroot appeared in the Lands Between after Godwyn's assassination took place, and "Those Who Live in Death" followed. "Those Who Live in Death" includes Skeletons.

• According to the description of the Grave Scythe, Skeletal Mages are "the aged grave keepers who tend the forgotten graveyards throughout the Lands Between." They can summon black-and-white wraiths, like Skeletal Snails.

• The description of the Sun Realm Shield says, "Shield of honor depicting a city crowned by the sun. It has seen better days. Much like the wear upon the shield, the Seat of the Sun is long faded away." Neither the Seat of the Sun nor the Sun Realm is mentioned in the rest of the game. The Sun is mentioned various times in the game, almost always in reference to it being eclipsed. A cartoonish Sun is also visible on the "watch" in the bottom-right corner of the in-game map screen. There is still a Sun in The Lands BetweenRegion, but it is usually obscured from the view of the player, except in a few locations. This is presumably due to the light pollution caused by the Erdtree's gross incandescence. Therefore, it is possible that this city and its soldiers predate the Erdtree.