The Curse Skull, Haunt Skull, Shield Skull, Dark Skull, and Whisper Skull are enemies that are battled in Golden Sun: Dark Dawn. These monsters, resembling skulls cloaked in a glowing aura, are palette swaps of each other that have differing levels of power and defense and are fought in different locations in the games. The Curse, Haunt, and Shield Skulls appear exclusively during the boss battle with Sludge in Phantasmal Bog, as monsters Sludge may summon with its Call Skull enemy ability. The Dark Skull and Whisper Skull are among the many monsters spawned by the Grave Eclipse.

In Golden Sun: Dark Dawn

Curse Skull

A Curse Skull (パープルスカル Purple Skull) is a level 24 variant cloaked in a purple aura. It is the only variant that does not start out alongside Sludge in the battle, and it can only be seen if Call Skull happens to call this out of the three available Skull varieties.

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

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Curse Skull	294	41	267	91	117	23
Elemental Resistances and Levels			Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
152 (Lv 1)   100 (Lv 1)   72 (Lv 0)   25 (Lv 2)			794	131	None	N/A

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

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Attack	4/8 (50%)	--	Standard physical attack.
Curse	2/8 (25%)	Level 0	Psynergy costing 6 PP that briefly generates a candle icon at the target Adept's position. The target has a chance to get inflicted with a 7-turn Death Curse status ailment.
Condemn	2/8 (25%)	Level 0	Psynergy costing 8 PP that projects an image of the Grim Reaper that approaches a targeted Adept and slashes once with its scythe. The target has a chance to be instantly downed.

Category:Psynergy-capable enemies in Dark Dawn

Haunt Skull

A Haunt Skull (レッドスカル Red Skull) is a level 24 variant cloaked in a red aura. One of these starts out alongside Sludge at the beginning of the battle.

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

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Haunt Skull	416	0	275	91	124	24
Elemental Resistances and Levels			Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
152 (Lv 1)   100 (Lv 1)   72 (Lv 0)   25 (Lv 2)			1,046	131	None	N/A

A Haunt Skull uses the following battle commands with low intelligence:

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Attack	4/8 (50%)	--	Standard physical attack.
Witchlight	4/8 (50%)	95 Power Level 1	Enemy ability that summons an array of glowing red wispy skull-faced spirit energy that converges on a single Adept. Deals a Mars-aligned attack with 30 base damage, and there is a chance that the hit Adept will be inflicted with Haunt.

Shield Skull

A Shield Skull (ブルースカル Blue Skull) is a level 24 variant cloaked in a blue aura. One of these starts out alongside Sludge at the beginning of the battle.

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

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Shield Skull	320	0	260	91	126	23
Elemental Resistances and Levels			Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
152 (Lv 1)   100 (Lv 1)   72 (Lv 0)   25 (Lv 2)			830	131	None	N/A

A Shield Skull uses the following battle commands with low intelligence:

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Sludge Shield	5/8 (62.5%)	--	Enemy ability that summons an array of glowing blue wispy skull-faced spirit energy that forms a protective aura around Sludge. All damage Sludge takes this turn is reduced by 50%, and this move acts with increased priority.
Attack	3/8 (37.5%)	--	Standard physical attack.

Dark Skull

A Dark Skull (ダークスカル) is a blue level 35 variant cloaked in a black aura. Dark Skulls are encountered in Kaocho and the surrounding overworld area.

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

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Dark Skull	382	56	357	171	173	21
Elemental Resistances and Levels			Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
152 (Lv 1)   100 (Lv 1)   72 (Lv 0)   25 (Lv 2)			817	163	Antidote	1/16

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

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Attack	6/8 (75%)	--	Standard physical attack.
Curse	1/8 (12.5%)	Level 0	Psynergy costing 6 PP that briefly generates a candle icon at the target Adept's position. The target has a chance to get inflicted with a 7-turn Death Curse status ailment.
Condemn	1/8 (12.5%)	Level 0	Psynergy costing 8 PP that projects an image of the Grim Reaper that approaches a targeted Adept and slashes once with its scythe. The target has a chance to be instantly downed.

Category:Grave Eclipse enemies | Category:Psynergy-capable enemies in Dark Dawn

Whisper Skull

A Whisper Skull (イビルスカル Evil Skull) is a black level 42 variant cloaked in a red aura. Whisper Skulls are encountered in the Endless Wall and the surrounding overworld area, as well as the Lost Ship.

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

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Whisper Skull	460	65	419	218	213	22
Elemental Resistances and Levels			Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
152 (Lv 1)   100 (Lv 1)   72 (Lv 0)   25 (Lv 2)			1,323	179	Sleep Bomb	1/8

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

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Attack	6/8 (75%)	--	Standard physical attack.
Curse	1/8 (12.5%)	Level 0	Psynergy costing 6 PP that briefly generates a candle icon at the target Adept's position. The target has a chance to get inflicted with a 7-turn Death Curse status ailment.
Condemn	1/8 (12.5%)	Level 0	Psynergy costing 8 PP that projects an image of the Grim Reaper that approaches a targeted Adept and slashes once with its scythe. The target has a chance to be instantly downed.

Category:Grave Eclipse enemies | Category:Psynergy-capable enemies in Dark Dawn

Enemy Lines in Dark Dawn
Enemy Lines
Amaze • Ape • Ball • Bat • Bugman • Chimera • Curse Demon • Cuttle • Dark Devourer • Dirge • Dread Hound • Drone Bee • Flutter Seed • Ghost • Gobling • Great Dragon • Gryphon • Harpy • Hobble • Hydra • Kobold • Lizard Brute • Lizard Man • Mad Plant • Mauler • Merman • Minotaurus • Mole • Momonga • Pixie • Rat • Rat Soldier • Salamander • Scuttler • Siren • Skeleton • Skorpna • Skull • Sky Dragon • Slime • Spider • Stealthy Scout • Troll • Wild Wolf • Willowisp • Wolfkin • Wyvern • Zombie
Recurring single enemies
Jupiter Djinni • Mars Djinni • Mercury Djinni • Mimic • Venus Djinni