Dark Bones

"Let those who would disturb her sleep fall into the depths of endless darkness..."

- Dark Bones

Dark Bones are enemies 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.

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?"

Related

 * Dry Bones
 * Red Bones
 * Dull Bones

Names in other languages
Geistertrocken Tartosso nero