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Catacomb Skulls

The Catacomb Skulls are Dungeons and Combat’s undead skeleton soldiers. They never spawn in the open: each one stands inside a structure when it generates, mostly in the Lugubrious Catacombs and the Tower of Eldrich. The Skull Mimic waits inside Skull Chests. No quest asks for them.

Spawning#

Mob Where
Skull Lugubrious Catacombs
Skull Deserter Lugubrious Catacombs
Prisoner Skull Lugubrious Catacombs, Tower of Eldrich
Royal Skull Tower of Eldrich
Counselor Skull Tower of Eldrich
Skull Mimic Any Skull Chest

The Lugubrious Catacombs generate in Dark Forest, Forest and Snowy Taiga biomes; the Tower of Eldrich in Dark Forest, Plains, Forest and Snowy Taiga.

Warning

Opening or breaking a Skull Chest destroys it and releases a Skull Mimic. Skull Chests appear in the Lugubrious Catacombs, the Field of the Fallen and the Ruins of Kamath.

Stats#

None of these mobs has a level setting, so their level matches the Soulrend level of the nearest player (see Mob Levels). The table gives health / attack damage / armor, before the weapons and armor they spawn with.

Mob Base Act I (10) Act II (40) Act III (100)
Skull 22 HP / 3 / 0 81.4 HP / 5.7 / 0 279.4 HP / 14.7 / 0 675.4 HP / 32.7 / 0
Skull Deserter 12 HP / 1 / 0 44.4 HP / 1.9 / 0 152.4 HP / 4.9 / 0 368.4 HP / 10.9 / 0
Prisoner Skull 10 HP / 4 / 2 37 HP / 7.6 / 2.2 127 HP / 19.6 / 2.9 307 HP / 43.6 / 4.2
Royal Skull 12 HP / 1 / 0 44.4 HP / 1.9 / 0 152.4 HP / 4.9 / 0 368.4 HP / 10.9 / 0
Counselor Skull 14 HP / 3 / 0 51.8 HP / 5.7 / 0 177.8 HP / 14.7 / 0 429.8 HP / 32.7 / 0
Skull Mimic 28 HP / 3 / 2 103.6 HP / 5.7 / 2.2 355.6 HP / 14.7 / 2.9 859.6 HP / 32.7 / 4.2

All of them notice players from 16 blocks. Every Skull except the Prisoner Skull has 40% knockback resistance.

Equipment#

Several Skulls spawn armed and armored, which raises their damage and armor above the table:

Mob Spawns with
Skull Deserter Full [[items/armor/strength-path/deserter-armor
Prisoner Skull Prisoner Helmet
Royal Skull Full Royal Steel armor (Royal Steel Helmet) and a Royal Steel Sword
Counselor Skull Counselor Tunic, Counselor leggings and a Cursed Steel Dagger

Drops#

Mob Drops
Skull 0–2 Bone; then 0–1 Steel Ingot (4 in 35) or 1 Cursed Soul (1 in 35)
Skull Deserter 0–2 Bone; 0–2 Steel Ingot (8 in 40) or 1 Cursed Soul (2 in 40); an Armor Plate (1 in 6)
Skull Mimic 0–4 Bone Planks; 0–1 Mimic Eye; 0–1 Slimy Tongue; 0–2 Bone; 0–3 Gold Ingot (10 in 46), 0–1 Golden Apple (5 in 46) or 0–3 Stick (1 in 46); an Avarice Mask (1 in 11)

Each entry separated by a semicolon is its own roll. Prisoner, Royal and Counselor Skulls have no loot table of their own. Looting doesn’t change these drops.