Dark Bones

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

- Dark Bones

Dark Bones are the most powerful type of Dry Bones. Instead of being a pale gray with red shoes, they are a bluish violet 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) in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.

It is unknown whether Dark Bones affiliate with Bowser or not, but they appear to be affiliated with the Shadow Queen. However, a certain Dark Bones's pre-battle speech seemed to indicate that it had been ordered to keep the Shadow Queen from awakening.

Dark Bones also makes a small appearance in Mario Super Sluggers. By changing the color on Dry Bones to red, its name is changed to Dark Bones and it takes on the Dark Bones's appearance (black color, spike shell, etc.). It is also notable that Dark Bones is a slightly more powerful hitter than the standard Dry Bones.

Related

 * Dry Bones
 * Red Bones
 * Dull Bones

Trivia

 * The Red Dry Bones of Mario Superstar Baseball (which would more logically be assumed to be a Red Bones) would seem to be designed after Dark Bones, though it has a red, spiked shell and a horn on the end of its nose, similar to a Rex. It also wore red shoes and gloves making itself different from Dark Bones.