How to Defeat Bonetail

Bonetail is a boss you can fight in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (TTYD). Read on to learn more about this boss, its stats, and how to beat it!

How to Beat Bonetail

1. Prevent Status Effects with Feeling Fine
2. Prepare a Lot of Recovery Items
3. Use Power Lift to Increase Attack and Defense Powers
4. Flurrie's Lip Lock is Very Effective

Prevent Status Effects with Feeling Fine

Most Recommended Badges
Feeling Fine	Feeling Fine P

Remember to equip Feeling Fine and Feeling Fine P badges to prevent getting affected by status effects, such as Sleep, Frozen, and Confusion, from Bonetail's powerful attacks.

Prepare a Lot of Recovery Items

Most Recommended Items
Life Shroom x2	Jelly Ultra x3

Prepare a lot of recovery items, like Life Shroom, to revive knocked out characters, and Jelly Ultra, the best healing item, for the long battle with Bonetail, who has a high HP of 200.

Use Power Lift to Increase Attack and Defense Powers

You can use the Power Lift special move to increase your attack and defense powers to reduce the damage from Bonetail's very powerful attacks.

Note that Bonetail cannot be affected by any status effects except being burned, so the basic strategy is to increase your stats and then use powerful attacks.

Flurrie's Lip Lock is Very Effective

Madame Flurrie's Lip Lock move is very effective against the Bonetail because the move ignores the enemy defense and allows Flurrie to damage the enemies by stealing their HP and then heals her own.

It's also a good strategy to position Flurrie in front, so she can shield Mario and fight while recovering.

Bonetail Rewards

999 Coins

You will get 999 coins once you defeat Bonetail, which is a lot more compared to the chapter bosses in the game.

Combined with the amount of coins you can get while going down the Pit of 100 Trials, you'll be able to get a lot of coins if you're able to clear the dungeon.

How to Get Coins Fast

1 Star Point

You will also get 1 Star Point after defeating Bonetail, even though it is a challenging fight.

How to Level Up Fast and Level Cap

Return Postage Badge

After defeating the boss, a chest will appear in the area which contains the Return Postage badge. This also acts as the last badge reward in the Pit.

How to Get Return Postage Badge

Bonetail Details and Stats

Tattle Log No. 104
Bonetail
Description	The oldest brother of Hooktail. He's just bones now. He's incredibly tough... Maybe even the toughest?
Type	Secret Boss

All Enemies in Paper Mario TTYD

Stats

Move Resistances

Move Resistances
Jump	Hammer	Showstopper
Gulp	Gale Force	Kiss Thief

Status Effect Resistances

Status Effect Resistances
Burn				Freeze				Dizzy				Confuse				Sleep
Soft					Shrink					Fright Mask					Time Stop

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Related Guides

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Chapter Bosses	Mini Bosses	Secret Bosses

Secret Boss List

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Atomic Boo	Bonetail	Gus	Prince Mush
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