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| Location | Dungeons and graveyards of the Lands Between |
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35 - 682 Skeletal Bandits are Humanoid Enemies in Elden Ring. Skeletal Bandits are bare-boned creatures skilled in ambushing their preys in groups, often alongside Skeletal Militiamen, Skeleton Mages, and several other Skeletons. These light-armored pirates often act as lifeless corpses in order to surprise-attack their targets, but will mostly attack from beneath the ground. Just like all other Skeletons, Skeletal Bandits will not die upon defeat, making them able to re-take their previous shape and keep on fighting. In order to avoid this, players should also attack their remains even after these creatures are defeated.
The spirit of a Skeletal Bandit can be summoned for aid in battle by using Skeletal Bandit Ashes.
The remains of former bandits that will continue to rise again until properly finished off.
After the night of the plot, Deathroot appeared in the Lands Between, and Those Who Live in Death soon followed.
Skeletal Bandit Location in Elden Ring
Where to Find Skeletal Bandits:
- Caelid. At the cemetery past Summonwater Village.
- Weeping Peninsula. At the cemetery directly west of the Church of Pilgrimage (in the graveyard just next to it)
Skeletal Bandit Drops in Elden Ring
- Bandit's Curved Sword
- Other Skeletal Bandit drops go here.
Item |
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| Runes | 100% |
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| Bandit's Curved Sword | 2.00% | N/A |
| Bandit's Curved Sword (x2) | 1.00% | N/A |
| Human Bone Shard | 5.00% | N/A |
Elden Ring Skeletal Bandit Notes & Tips
- All Skeletons share their resurrection mechanic. Once defeated, the glowing slime they leave behind must be hit to avoid them reforming and attacking again.
- A weapon empowered by Ash of War: Sacred Blade will kill skeletons without resurrection.
- You can also just poke most Skeletons with a torch to kill them once the "slime" is exposed.
- Holy Water Pot can, on most occasions, kill a Skeletal Bandit in a single throw. This will also prevent them from resurrecting.
Elden Ring Skeletal Bandit Image Gallery
AnonymousThese dudes can also be found in the GY at the northern tip of Liurnia, near the church Thops hangs out in.
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Got dropped a scimitar instead of bandits? This game is playing me
- Anonymous
Gonna take a wild chance and see if the ones spawned by mariners have a higher chance
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If you didn’t know these skeletons actually have a mist attack threat they can spray out to do damage. I just saw this happen today near the merchant that sells Holy Greatarrows. Don’t know if the summon can do it as well
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Drop rates may be a bit wonky. 116 discovery, had 17 Bone Shard drop in 148 tries total. On the verge of giving up, 147 gave me the first Sword, 148 the second. From what I read so far, is there a system that massively increases subsequent drop chances for the same item, once you got it the first time?
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After 63 kills with 45 Arcane I wasn’t sure if these weapons could drop. But suddenly kill 64 and 67 got me my 2 Bandit’s Curved Swords. Don’t give up Tarnished!
- Anonymous
I am single handedly brining down the average chance to find a bandit's by my place on the bell curve
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christ, sometimes rng wrecks you. with 186 discovery I feel like I did 50 cycles of the sage water cave trio and got so many bone shards before I got a single sword drop. I was only looking for 1 sword (first one all game, to pair with scavengers). the real kicker? when one finally dropped another one I didn't care about dropped in the same cycle, two 1x drops if that wasn't clear.
oh well, 20 minutes extra boredom is a small price to pay to cheese Malenia for randos stuck on her online.
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Seriously why don't these guys drop their helmet? Wtf FromSoft?
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- Anonymous
Sad that they don't drop their helm. It would look so ridiculous on your character. I'd wear it constantly.
killed 142 of them with 170 discovery and didn't get a SINGLE BONE SHARD
there must be something wrong with my game...
sorry, i'm giving up.
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