Haunted Skull

Haunted Skull
Information
Spawns In:	Quarry Mine The Mines random dungeon floors
Floors:	All
Killable:	Yes
Base HP:	160
Base Damage:	15
Base Def:	1
Speed:	3
XP:	15
Variations:	Haunted Skull (dangerous)
Drops:	Aquamarine Ring (1.3%) Dark Sword (1.3%) Earth Crystal (1.3%) Magic Rock Candy (0.13%) Mega Bomb (1.3%) Oak Resin (1.3%) Prehistoric Skull (1.3%) Ruby Ring (1.3%) Skeletal Hand (1.3%) Solar Essence (1.3%) Void Essence (1.3%) Gray Baggy Pants (0.22%) Dark Bandana Shirt (0.22%) Dark Highlight Shirt (0.22%) Gray Relaxed Fit Pants (0.22%) Skeleton Shirt (0.22%) Skull Shirt (0.22%) Cursed Mannequin (M) (0.43%) Cursed Mannequin (F) (0.43%) Only in Winter: Rice Shoot (21.43%) If Vault bundles completed: Artifact Trove (1.3%) If Vault bundles not completed: Omni Geode (1.3%) If reached bottom of Mines: Diamond (0.05%) Prismatic Shard (0.05%)

Haunted Skulls are a flying enemy found in the Quarry Mine and in dungeon floors in The Mines.

Behavior

Their behavior is similar to that of Bats and Serpents; they may fly away from the player and change the direction of attack.

They have 2 methods of appearing:

• They can be regular enemies on the floor. Approaching them makes them active and they will attack the player from this point on.
• They can appear at random. They will screech and then one will approach from a random direction outside the floor.

Strategy

The best weapon may be a regular sword swing (not a club or dagger), since its angle is large. If possible, move in a contrary direction to the Skull so a mob is all on one side of the player, and swing at them all at once.

Gallery

• Quarry Mine.jpg

  Haunted Skulls in the Quarry Mine

References

Basic stats (HP, damage, defense, speed, and XP) can be found in Content\Data\Monsters.xnb, MineShaft::getMonsterForThisLevel and the constructor for Bat in the game code.

History

• 1.4: Introduced.
• 1.6: Added Cursed Mannequins to drop pool.