The Skeleton, Bone Fighter, Skull Warrior, Dark Soldier, and Cursed Soldier are enemies that are randomly battled throughout each game in the Golden Sun series. These monsters, resembling animate human skeletons wearing gloves, boots, and loincloths and holding short swords, are palette swaps of each other that have differing levels of power and defense and are fought in different locations in the games.

In Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age

Skeleton

A Skeleton (スケルトン) is a variant with typical bone color that is level 5 in Golden Sun and level 8 in The Lost Age. Skeletons are first battled in Goma Cave, and subsequently in the overworld region of Angara encompassing Bilibin, Kolima, and Kolima Forest, as well as within Kolima Forest itself. Most interestingly, it is even fought in Fuchin Falls Cave, right alongside its stronger counterpart, the Bone Fighter. In The Lost Age, Skeletons are fought in Dehkan Plateau and the south half of Indra's overworld region.

When they first appear in Goma Cave in the first game, they are the strongest monsters both offensively and defensively, but gradually become easier as stronger monsters are introduced to correspond to your building levels and equipment. The appearance of the Skeleton in a dungeon as late as Fuchin Falls Cave, where the Bone Fighter is fought, is bizarre; literally every one of its statistics are far outperformed at that point by literally every other monster in the location. In the second game, it is not quite as statistically high as the Rat Soldier and the Mini-Goblin.

A Skeleton is especially likely to be affected by Attack-lowering effects. Its statistics are as follows:

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Skeleton	60	0	46	14	18	1
Elemental Resistances and Levels			Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
127 (Lv 1)   72 (Lv 0)   48 (Lv 0)   25 (Lv 2)			10	11	Herb	1/16

A Skeleton uses the following battle commands with low intelligence:

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Attack	6/8 (75%)	--	Standard physical attack.
Bone Charge	2/8 (25%)	100 Power	Enemy ability where the user suffuses itself with an aura of blue energy and charges a single Adept. Deals a Venus-aligned standard physical attack with the end result multiplied by 1.7.

Bone Fighter

A Bone Fighter (ボーンファイター) is a variant with light blue bone color that is level 11 in Golden Sun and level 17 in The Lost Age. Bone Fighters are ideally first battled in Fuchin Falls Cave, and subsequently throughout Mogall Forest, the region of Angara's overworld encompassing the exit to Mogall Forest and the entrance to Lamakan Desert, and the second and third basement levels of Altin Peak. In The Lost Age, Bone Fighters are fought in the lower area of Gondowan's overworld region, as well as both Gabomba Statue and Gabomba Catacombs.

In Fuchin Falls Cave, the Bone Fighter is the "main" monster to focus on in battle, because it has the highest of all statistics when compared to almost all the other monsters, with only the Dirge slightly outspeeding it. With strong offensive and defenses, it is about the toughest random monster fought throughout Mogall Forest as well, ignoring the scripted but optional battles with single Apes. In The Lost Age, it is roughly as strong and sturdy as the other monsters it is fought alongside, but quite a bit slower.

A Bone Fighter is especially likely to be affected by Attack-lowering effects. Its statistics are as follows:

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Bone Fighter	122	0	131	35	52	1
Elemental Resistances and Levels			Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
127 (Lv 1)   72 (Lv 0)   48 (Lv 0)   25 (Lv 2)			51	63	Sleep Bomb	1/32

A Bone Fighter uses the following battle commands with low intelligence:

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Attack	6/8 (75%)	--	Standard physical attack.
Undead Sword	2/8 (25%)	100 Power	Enemy ability where a glowing orange image of a sword blade with symbols on it spear out of the ground to impale an Adept. Deals a Venus-aligned standard physical attack with 15 damage points added to the end result.

Skull Warrior

A Skull Warrior (スカルウォリアー) is a level 26 variant with violet bone color. Skull Warriors are battled in the road to Babi Lighthouse, Tunnel Ruins, and the later portion of Venus Lighthouse.

While pretty powerful if it uses its Bone Charge relatively often, other enemies outperform it in all statistics from the start, including the Chimera Mage.

A Skull Warrior is especially likely to be affected by Attack-lowering effects. Its statistics are as follows:

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Skull Warrior	283	16	322	112	130	5
Elemental Resistances and Levels			Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
127 (Lv 1)   72 (Lv 0)   48 (Lv 0)   25 (Lv 2)			301	188	Vial	1/32

A Skull Warrior uses the following battle commands with moderate intelligence:

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Attack	4/8 (50%)	--	Standard physical attack.
Bone Charge	2/8 (25%)	100 Power	Enemy ability where the user suffuses itself with an aura of blue energy and charges a single Adept. Deals a Venus-aligned standard physical attack with the end result multiplied by 1.7.
Dull	2/8 (25%)	Level 0	Psynergy costing 6 PP that attempts to temporarily lower a single Adept's Attack rating by 25%.

In Golden Sun: Dark Dawn

Skeleton

A Skeleton (スケルトン) is a level 10 variant with typical bone color. They are fought in the Konpa Ruins, where they have a disproportionately high Attack stat compared to the other monsters fought there; even a relatively well-traveled party reaching Konpa Ruins can find this monster surprisingly lethal.

A Skeleton is especially likely to be affected by Attack-lowering effects. Its statistics are as follows:

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Skeleton	112	0	112	32	46	3
Elemental Resistances and Levels			Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
127 (Lv 1)   72 (Lv 0)   48 (Lv 0)   25 (Lv 2)			98	51	Sleep Bomb	1/16

A Skeleton uses the following battle commands with low intelligence:

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Attack	7/8 (87.5%)	--	Standard physical attack.
Bone Charge	1/8 (12.5%)	100 Power	Enemy ability where the top half of the Skeleton's body separates and charges into a single Adept. Deals a Venus-aligned standard physical attack with the end result multiplied by 1.5.

Bone Fighter

A Bone Fighter (ボーンファイター) is a level 18 variant with red bone color. Bone Fighters are fought in the Craggy Peak Ruins.

A Bone Fighter is especially likely to be affected by Attack-lowering effects. Its statistics are as follows:

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Bone Fighter	195	0	206	61	95	4
Elemental Resistances and Levels			Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
127 (Lv 1)   72 (Lv 0)   48 (Lv 0)   25 (Lv 2)			219	110	Elixir	1/16

A Bone Fighter uses the following battle commands with low intelligence:

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Attack	7/8 (87.5%)	--	Standard physical attack.
Bone Charge	1/8 (12.5%)	100 Power	Enemy ability where the top half of the Bone Fighter's body separates and charges into a single Adept. Deals a Venus-aligned standard physical attack with the end result multiplied by 1.5.

Dark Soldier

A Dark Soldier (ダークソルジャー) is an extremely dark purplish-blue level 35 variant with a blue sword. Dark Soldiers are encountered in the overworld regions affected by the Grave Eclipse.

A Dark Soldier is especially likely to be affected by Attack-lowering effects. Its statistics are as follows:

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Dark Soldier	382	0	409	189	205	4
Elemental Resistances and Levels			Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
127 (Lv 1)   72 (Lv 0)   48 (Lv 0)   25 (Lv 2)			1518	163	Potion	1/32

A Dark Soldier uses the following battle commands with low intelligence:

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Attack	7/8 (87.5%)	--	Standard physical attack.
Bone Charge	1/8 (12.5%)	100 Power	Enemy ability where the top half of the Dark Soldier's body separates and charges into a single Adept. Deals a Venus-aligned standard physical attack with the end result multiplied by 1.5.

Cursed Soldier

The Cursed Soldier (カースドソルジャー) is a black level 42 variant with a red sword. Cursed Soldiers are fought on the Endless Wall and the overworld west of Tonfon.

These enemies drop Gunpowder Bombs, which incidentally cannot be obtained by the player by any other means at any other point in the game.

A Cursed Soldier is especially likely to be affected by Attack-lowering effects. Its statistics are as follows:

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Cursed Soldier	460	0	480	241	253	4
Elemental Resistances and Levels			Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
127 (Lv 1)   72 (Lv 0)   48 (Lv 0)   25 (Lv 2)			2457	179	Gunpowder Bomb	1/16

A Cursed Soldier uses the following battle commands with low intelligence:

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Attack	7/8 (87.5%)	--	Standard physical attack.
Bone Charge	1/8 (12.5%)	100 Power	Enemy ability where the top half of the Cursed Soldier's body separates and charges into a single Adept. Deals a Venus-aligned standard physical attack with the end result multiplied by 1.5.