a skeleton  

The hilt is an Uber rare drop. spent 10+ hours killing and got none

16 cleric, 13 monk, 12 shammy, and 15 mage killed him today, 12-18-05, and he dropped a waterflask and some coin. no other loot.

Any Pallies who try to solo these skeletons in your mid-20s beware, they are a little higher lvl than is said here (lt. and dark blue to a lvl 32) and they hit pretty nasty. Not bad to do once you get at 32, but I would suggest having both your Instrument of Nife Proc cast on you at all times and your undead nukes loaded.

It was a cake walk to solo the three surroundin the pool at 30 only hassle was the occasional ogre guard wandered by and agroed and ran a few times no return trains though so more of an annoyance than anything else for my pally used up lots of bandages bring empty bags exp is good solo at thirty use your nife spell it will make you glad to be a pally

Kyradax
lvl 30 pally
i SEE Dead People

I was reading this very page, when I heard goblins attacking me. I switched screens and killed it, and 2 others... Got Blade of Nobility after 6 kills.

When my DE rogue was 33, the skeleton still dished out 50+ hits. Be wary if you're a rogue...you'll win but the victory will be a bitter one with 50% of life remaining....(he conned light blue too !!!)

FYI...these guys ( at least the 3 skellies by the pond) are on a 10 minute timer exactly. plenty of time to kill, med, kill, med, kill, rinse and repeat.

I've been through 30 or 40 of these so far and no hilt.


-Baelnorm ElMarr
Mithanial Marr Server
33rd Level Pally
Knights of Marr

The skeletons named simply, "a skeleton", are MOBs that infrequently drop the Noblemans Hilt, a needed component of the Ghoulbane quest.

In addition to the less frequent noblemans hilt, they drop small ringmail and a few platinum on the nicer drops or cloth sandals and a few gold on the chincy drops. They seem to be warriors and cast no spells, but they may have a damage shield cast upon them by one of the nearby magicians. They hit for up to 60 HPs. Upon slaying them, the only faction adjustment is the lowering of Najena faction.

I went into Najena alone in my low 20s (I forget which level exactly), for the sole purpose of getting a con check on "a skeleton". Sure enough, the skeleton found me before I found him. To complicate things, one of the ogre guards was still blue to me, so he jumped into the fight. Unfortunately, I was unable to target the skeleton in that short time before I had to run for the zone, so I did not get to con him.

I went back to Najena at level 29 to find nothing conned blue to me except tentacle terrors and "a skeleton" on the route to the skeletons. This meant that I could handle a solo fight with the skeleton and run back to the zone to meditate for the next fight. I fought the skeleton at the spiral staircase, and recooperated until the next one popped 10 minutes later. In short, at level 29 you paladins can likely solo these if you are careful and don't get jumpy with the Lay Hands.

As many have found this skelly is a tough mob. He is mid 20's but this is an undercon. He can hit for 60 and has far more hit points than the other skellies in the zone. That said he is also a very important mob. His main loot is the "nobleman's hilt", used for the Ghoulbane quest. The skellies spawn in very particular places and are numbered skelly #1, skelly #2, etc to those questing for the piece. They are on an 8 minute death to spawn cycle so you should have plenty of med time while camping these creatures.

Zahmlikker Cheekeemunkee
33rd season Dwarven Paladin of Vazaelle

If this is the skellie just inside the door entrance then she is very tough to take down. We tried and both of us, a 18 Shadow Night and I was a 17 Mage at the time, died. Not a pretty sight but it was a learning experience.