Editing Dark Bones

{{about|the enemy from the ''Paper Mario'' series|the playable character in ''Mario Super Sluggers''|[[Dry Bones#Mario Baseball series|Dry Bones § Mario Baseball series]]}}
{{distinguish|Dark Dull Bones}}
{{species infobox
|title=Dark Bones
|image=[[File:PMTTYD_Dark_Bones.png|150px]]
|variant_of=[[Dry Bones]]
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: Bedrock Edition]]''([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
}}

{{quote|Let those who would disturb [[Shadow Queen|her]] sleep fall into the depths of endless darkness...|Dark Bones|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}

'''Dark Bones''' are an enemy in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. They are the most powerful type of [[Dry Bones]]. Instead of being pale gray with red shoes, they are indigo with purple shoes. Dark Bones are only found in the [[Palace of Shadow]], where they are seen twice, once in a corridor and yet again in [[Riddle Tower]]. A certain Dark Bones's pre-battle speech seems to indicate that it has been ordered to keep the Shadow Queen from awakening.

In battle, Dark Bones behave like regular Dry Bones, having the same moves and stats except much higher HP. After being defeated in both areas they appear in, they cannot be fought again.

In the Super Mario Mash-up in ''[[Minecraft]]'', the Wither Skeletons resemble Dark Bones.
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==Profiles and statistics==
{{:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door bestiary|transcludesection=Dark Bones|image=[[File:PMTTYDDarkBones.png]]|align=horizontal}}
===Field Tattle===
Outside of battle, [[Goombella]] can use [[Tattle]] on Dark Bones only in [[Palace of Shadow]] before Mario examines it.
*"''Those are some weird-colored bones. Very suspicious! ...But I feel like I've seen something like them before. I guess we're not gonna get much farther without checking them out, are we?''"

==Gallery==
<gallery>
PMTTYD Tattle Log - Dark Bones.png|The [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door bestiary|Tattle Log]] image for Dark Bones in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
Minecraft Mario Mash-Up Dark Bones.jpg|Dark Bones in ''Minecraft: Wii U Edition''
</gallery>

==Related==
*[[Dry Bones]]
*[[Red Bones]]
*[[Dull Bones]]

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ブラックカロン
|JapR=Burakku Karon
|JapM=Black [[Dry Bones]], may allude to the Japanese name of [[Red Bones]]
|Chi=
|ChiR=
|ChiM=
|Dut=
|DutM=
|Fre=Skelangoisse
|FreM=Portmanteau of ''squelette'' ("skeleton") and ''angoisse'' ("dread")
|Ger=Geistertrocken
|GerM=Portmanteau of ''geister'' ("ghosts") and ''Knochentrocken'' ("Dry Bones")
|Ita=Tartosso nero
|ItaM=Black Dry Bones
|Kor=
|KorR=
|KorM=
|SpaE=Koopa Esq. Negro<ref>{{cite|author=aacglucas|date=September 18, 2013|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=famiW_LaKdU|title=Paper Mario: La puerta milenaria 100% Paper Luigi, recetas, medallas y más (34/34)|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=June 5, 2023}}</ref>
|SpaEM=Black Skeleton Koopa; "esq." is the abbreviated form of ''esqueleto'' ("skeleton"). ''Koopa Esqueleto'' is [[Dull Bones]]' Spanish name.
}}

==References==
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{{Dry Bones}}
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[[Category:Dry Bones]]
[[Category:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemies]]
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