Skeleton Locations, Drops, and How to Beat | Valheim

Skeleton is one of the enemies found in the game Valheim. Learn where to find Skeleton, spoils dropped by Skeleton, as well as strategy for defeating Skeleton and more.

Skeleton General Info

Skeleton
Behavior	Hostile
Tameable?	No
Enemy Spawn Code	Skeleton

Skeleton Locations

Biomes(s)

Biome	Boss Description
Swamp	Boss: Bonemass Treacherous biomes where even the terrain seems to stack the odds against you.

Biome	Boss Description
Black Forest	Boss: The Elder Dark woods that host a variety of aggressive monsters such as Greydwarves, Skeletons, and Trolls.

Dungeon(s)

Dungeon	How to Access
Burial Chambers	Search for stone entrances that are guarded by skeletons.

Raid(s)

Raid	Spawn Conditions
Skeleton Raids	Available once you defeat Bonemass at least once.
Swamp Creature Raids	Available once you defeat The Elder at least once and discovered a Swamp biome.

Enemy Spawn

If you don't mind using cheats to find it, Skeleton can also easily be spawned with the console command.

To spawn the enemy, first turn on cheat codes by typing imacheater in the F5 console, and use the spawn Skeleton command to spawn the enemy.

All Cheats and Spawnable Items

Skeleton Drops

The Skeleton creature can drop the following materials. Higher level enemies will typically drop higher quantities of each item.

Item	Qty.	Drop Rate
Bone Fragments	Level 1: 1 Level 2: 2 Level 3: 4	Level 1: 100% Level 2: 100% Level 3: 100%
Skeleton Trophy	Level 1: 1 Level 2: 1 Level 3: 1	Level 1: ~5% Level 2: ~5% Level 3: ~5%

Skeleton Battle Strategy

Reduce their Numbers

When you encounter Skeletons, you will mostly see them in a small group of 3 to 5 Skeletons. It is highly recommended that you slowly reduce their numbers first since a small group of Skeletons can still kill an unprepared player.

Use Blunt Weapons

Skeletons are naturally weak to blunt weapons, so using weapons like the Stagbreaker, Bronze Mace, or even the Torch.

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