Dull Bones

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“We're gonna take the skin off YOUR bones!”
Dead Bones, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Dull Bones are a yellowed variant of Dry Bones found in the Paper Mario series.

History

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

The Dull Bones swarm in Hooktail Castle
The Dull Bones army

In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Dull Bones are weaker than Dry Bones and appear commonly in Hooktail Castle, appearing among many identical lifeless piles. Dull Bones attack by throwing bones at Mario and his partners. Despite having very low HP, their defense power makes them slightly harder to defeat. Still, they are easily taken out by simply using the Hammer. Using a POW Block or Koops’s Power Shell is also very efficient, especially when there are many Dull Bones in battle. Unlike Dry Bones, they cannot reassemble once they are smashed. However, Dull Bones can construct other Dull Bones to help in the fight. A subtype of Dull Bones, the Red Bones, appears as a miniboss here and summons an enormous horde of Dull Bones to repel Mario, though these are not fought in the typical way and instead must be pushed through. Three of them later appear in the Glitz Pit called the Dead Bones. One is also in the Riddle Tower as the weakest Dry Bones-esque enemy, which must be defeated first. They also appear in the first ten floors of the Pit of 100 Trials.

Super Paper Mario

Dull Bones also appear in Super Paper Mario, where they are now stronger than Dry Bones and can be found in The Underwhere, Castle Bleck and in the Flipside Pit of 100 Trials. Unlike Dry Bones, Dull Bones can throw bones to attack. They are very weak against Bowser's Fire Breath. A shadowy version called the Dark Dull Bones appears in the Flopside Pit of 100 Trials.

Other appearances and references

Several Dull Bones make a cameo appearance in the Nintendo Monopoly board game.

Statistics

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Dull Bones
A Dull Bones from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Max HP 1 Attack 2 Defense 1
Location(s) Hooktail Castle, Glitz Pit, Palace of Shadow, Pit of 100 Trials (Levels 1, 4-6, 9) Role Support, common Level 9
Sleep? 0% Dizzy? 50% Confuse? 50%
Tiny? 100% Stop? 95% Soft? 95%
Burn? 100% Freeze? 90% Fright? 10%
Gale Force? 90% KO? 50% Moves Bone Throw (2), Build (summons Dull Bones)
Exp. points 0 Coins 1 Items Dried Shroom (drop only), Fire Flower, Fright Mask (drop only), Mushroom, POW Block (drop only)
Tattle Log #:
20
Log A Koopa Troopa that became a skeleton. It throws bones to attack and builds buddies to help it fight.
Tattle That's a Dull Bones. Sort of a skeleton thing. It was a Koopa Troopa…once. Max HP is 1, Attack is 2, and Defense is 1. These creeps throw bones to attack. Oh, and they build reinforcements, too! Attacks that can strike multiple Dull Bones at once are the most effective.

Super Paper Mario

Super Paper Mario enemy
Dull Bones
Sprite of a Dull Bones from Super Paper Mario. Max HP 15 Role Common Location(s) Underwhere Road (7-2), Castle Bleck Entry (8-1), Flipside Pit of 100 Trials (Room 62)
Attack 4 Card type Common
Defense 0 Items Card location(s) Card Shop; Catch Card/SP
Score 800
Card description This undead Koopa walks around with a blank stare. It's not too psyched out about being dead. It mostly throws bones out of sheer spite.
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Tattle This is a Dull Bones. It's a lifeless Koopa that enjoys throwing bones... Max HP is 15 and Attack is 4. No matter how many times you stomp it, it will keep getting back up... I have heard that they are not too fond of fire, though...

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Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ホネノコ
Honenoko
Portmanteau of「骨」(hone, bone) and「ノコノコ」(Nokonoko, Koopa Troopa)

German Knochen-Koopa
Bone Koopa
Italian Kooposso
Pun on "Koopa" and "osso" (bone).
Korean 좀비와르르
Jombi Wareureu
Zombie Dry Bones

Spanish Koopa Esqueleto
Sketeton Koopa