Skeleton

HP 10
Gil 3 gil
Experience 9
Size Small
Damage 10
Hit Rate 1×85%
Critical Hit Chance 1%
Absorb 0
Evade 6%
Magic Defense 9%
Morale 124 (may run if party is level 22 or higher)
Monster Family Undead
Elemental Vulnerability
Fire
Ice
Status
Poison
Death
Encountered In
World Map
Temple of Chaos
Marsh Cave
Skeletons are easier to kill than anything else in the game, featuring only 10 HP and no Defense. They can deal a reasonable amount of damage early in the game, however. Crawlers can lock down your party with Paralysis, and should be taken out first when appearing with Skeletons, but Bloodbones are another story. They are much more dangerous than Skeletons, but also much harder to kill. Optimally the Skeletons will be taken out by the Dia2 or Fire2 Spell used to soften up the Bloodbones.
Compare Skeleton to other Monsters
Random Encounters: With Skeleton – 6 shown
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Monsters
The probability of any given encounter being this one when you have a random battle on its map
Frequency
A modifier to the base chance of the monsters surprising the party; your party leader's agility and luck also factor into the surprise chance
Surprise
Is it possible to run from this encounter?
Run?
The average amount of total experience you can expect to earn from this encounter (this is split evenly among surviving party members)
Avg. Exp.
The average amount of gil you can expect to earn from this encounter
Avg. Gil
World Map Near Temple of Chaos Skeleton ×2–4 18.8% +0% Yes 27 9 gil
Temple of Chaos Skeleton ×2–4 18.8% +0% Yes 27 9 gil
Marsh Cave B2 Skeleton ×2–4, Bloodbones ×1, Crawler ×1 9.4% +0% Yes 591 587 gil
Marsh Cave B3 Skeleton ×2–4, Bloodbones ×1, Crawler ×1 18.8% +0% Yes 591 587 gil
Marsh Cave B1 Skeleton ×3–5, Crawler ×0–2 9.4% +0% Yes 222 212 gil
Marsh Cave B2 Skeleton ×3–5, Crawler ×0–2 18.8% +0% Yes 222 212 gil
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Related

Bloodbones

HP 144
Gil 378 gil
Experience 378
Size Small
Damage 26
Hit Rate 1×101%
Critical Hit Chance 1%
Absorb 12
Evade 21%
Magic Defense 38%
Morale 156 (may run if party is level 38 or higher)
Monster Family Undead
Elemental Vulnerability
Fire
Ice
Status
Poison
Death
Encountered In
Marsh Cave
Ice Cavern
Bloodbones look like normal Skeletons, but they are a whole different ballgame. With 144 HP and 12 Defense, these are some of the toughest creatures you've seen by the time you reach the Marsh Cave. They have accurate and powerful attacks, and should not be trifled with. When they appear in groups later in the Ice Cavern, Dia Spells might be worthwhile, if you can spare them. At that point a solid physical attack should suffice, though.

BONE

Sprite
HP 10
Gold 3 G
Experience 9
Absorb 0 Evade 6% Magic Def. 9%
Damage 10–20 Hit 85%
Critical Hit Chance 1%
Family Undead
Morale 124 (may run at party level 22+)
Elemental Vulnerability
Fire
Cold
Status
Poison
Death
Encountered In
World Map
Temple of Fiends
Marsh Cave
BONES are very easy to kill, but deal a dangerous 10–20 damage (minus Absorb) per attack. In the Marsh Cave they can be safely ignored while you deal with the CRAWLS and R.BONES they appear with.

Skeleton

HP 54
Level 5
Job Level 8
Gil 26 gil
Experience 40
Intelligence 12
Mind 12
Attack Power 13
Attacks/Accuracy 3×65% (1.9)
Attack Element Holy
Defense 1
Evasion 0×15% (0.0)
Magic Defense 1
Magic Resistance 0×10% (0.0)
Monster Type This monster is undead (it is damaged by healing effects)
Stolen Item Potion
Elemental Vulnerability
Fire
Holy
Recovery

Skeleton

HP 135
Gil 126 gil
Experience 238
Attack Power 26
Defense 2
Magic Defense 8
Monster Family Undead
Elemental Vulnerability
Fire
Darkness
Holy