Skeleton

“HAH, IT DIED. CLASSIC HUMAN MISTAKE.”

Skeletons are the remains of other unknown adventurers who perished before the main character entered the world. They can occasionally be found in the wilderness, usually around Set Pieces, and often have random loot beside them.

When defeated, a Big Tentacle can drop one of these.

Skeletons are not to be confused with Bones.

Reign of Giants

In the Reign of Giants DLC, Skeletons can be struck with a Hammer to produce 2 Bone Shards. When the player dies in RoG, an identical skeleton with a special character examination quote will be left in that location with the player's gear, implying that all set pieces are dead players.

Trivia

The model of the Skeleton is the same model as the unimplemented character Wilton found in the Don't Starve files.
There is a crispy variant of the skeleton found in the Dragonfly preset in Don't Starve Together. Those skeletons cannot be destroyed by the player.

Quotes

When examining skeleton found in the world:

Wilson: "Better him than me."
Willow: "Oh my. I hope he went out in a blaze of glory."
Wolfgang: "Not enough muscle."
Wendy: "I envy his escape."
WX-78: "HAH, IT DIED. CLASSIC HUMAN MISTAKE."
Wickerbottom: "An incredibly well preserved human skeleton."
Woodie: "Sorry, friend."
Maxwell: "Ha, I remember that one!"
Wigfrid: "Rest easy in Valhalla."
Webber: "Hello? Are you alright?"

When examining a player's own skeleton (RoG):

Wilson: "Better him than... wait a minute!"
Willow: "That gives me the willies."
Wolfgang: "Where did all muscles go?!"
Wendy: "I was so, so close."
WX-78: "DOES NOT COMPUTE"
Wickerbottom: "My, what a specimen I make!"
Woodie: "That's just downright unnerving."
Maxwell: "The master becomes the student."
Wigfrid: "This fight is nöt yet över."
Webber: "Er, where did the spider parts go?"

Skeleton appearances

See also: Other Set Pieces

Naturally spawning world objects view
Plants	Berry Bush • Carrot • Cave Banana Tree • Cave Lichen • Evergreen • Flower (Evil Flower • Fern) • Grass • Light Flower • Lureplant • Mandrake • Mushrooms • Mushtree • Plant • Reeds • Sapling • Spiky Bush • Totally Normal Tree (Birchnut Tree • Cactus • Tumbleweed ) (Ash Tree • Bamboo Patch • Coffee Plant • Elephant Cactus • Jungle Tree • Mangrove Tree • Palm Tree • Regular Jungle Tree • Seaweed Plant • Sweet Potato • Viney Bush ) (Aloe • Asparagus • Bramble • Bramble Bloom • Claw Palm Tree • Cocooned Tree • Exotic Flower • Hedge • Intricate Topiary • Lawn Decoration • Lotus Plant • Nettle Vine • Rainforest Tree • Tall Grass • Tea Tree • Tuber Tree ) (Bull Kelp • Juicy Berry Bush • Lune Tree • Sporecap • Stone Fruit Bush • Succulent • Twiggy Tree )
Mobs and Mob Housing	Beehive • Hound Mound • Mermhouse • Pond • Pig House • Pig King • Pig Torch • Rabbit Hole • Rabbit Hutch • Slurtle Mound • Spider Den • Spilagmite • Splumonkey Pod • Tallbird Nest • Walrus Camp • Worm Hole (Burrow • Hollow Stump ) (Ballphin Palace • Crabbit Den • Dragoon Den • Dragoon Egg • Fishermerm's Hut • Merm Hut • Prime Ape Hut • Sharkitten Den • Shoal • Tidal Pool • Wildbore House • Wobster Den • Yaarctopus ) (Dung Pile • Gnat Mound • Lily Pad • Mandrake Hill • Mant Hill • Ominous Carving • Thundernest • Town House • Watch Tower ) (Antlion • Bat Cave • Gigantic Beehive • Magma • Shattered Spider Hole )
Resources	Ancient Statue • Bones • Boulder • Flotsam • Grave • Harp Statue • Marble Pillar • Marble Tree • Maxwell Statue • Merm Head • Pig Head • Relic • Sinkhole • Skeleton • Stalagmite (Mini Glacier ) (Brainy Sprout • Charcoal Boulder • Coral Reef • Crate • Debris • Lava Pool • Limpet Rock • Magma Pile • Mussel Bed • Obsidian Boulder • Poisonous Hole • Sandy Pile • Tar Slick • Watery Grave • Wildbore Head • Wreck ) (Artichoke Boulder • A Smashing Pot • Basalt Eruption • Crashed Balloon • Hot Air Balloon • Ruined Sculptures • Stalacmite Throne • Stone Slab • Weathered Objects • Wicker Basket ) (Cave Hole • Driftwood • Lake • Marble Sculptures • Meteor Boulder • Moon Glass • Petrified Tree • Sea Bones )
Inanimate	Ancient Pseudoscience Station • Basalt • Compromising Statue • Gramaphone • Headstone • Marble Pillar • Maxwell's Door • Maxwell's Light • Nightmare Light • Nightmare Lock • Nightmare Throne • Obelisk • Ornate Chest • Pillars • Sunken Boat • Suspicious Dirt Pile • Touch Stone • Thulecite Wall (Glommer's Statue ) (Electric Isosceles • Gunpowder Barrel • Krissure • Limestone Wall • Obsidian Workbench • Steamer Trunk • Seaworthy • Slot Machine • Suspicious Bubbles • Volcano • Volcano Altar of Snackrifice • Woodlegs' Cage • X Marks the Spot ) (Ancient Wall • Cave Cleft • Crumbling Brazier • Fountain of Youth • Royal Gallery Exhibit • Ruinous Entrance • Secret Bandit Camp • Spooky Hole • Striking Carving • Striking Statue • Suspicious Crack • Unimportant Pillar • Wall Brazier • Wishing Well ) (Ancient Chest • Ancient Gateway • Ancient Mural • Ancient Obelisk • Anenemy • Celestial Fissure • Florid Postern • Hot Spring • Inviting Formation • Loot Stash • Moon Stone • Rock Den • Salt Formation • Sea Stack • Stagehand • Suspicious Marble • Suspicious Moonrock )
Items	Box Thing • Crank Thing • Eye Bone • Metal Potato Thing • Ring Thing • Wooden Thing (Fishbone • Grassy Thing • Rawling • Ring Thing • Screw Thing • Wooden Platform Thing • Wooden Potato Thing ) (Iron Thing • Lever Thing • Regal Scepter • Relic Thing • Rock Thing • Stone Egg • Stone Thing ) (Celestial Altar Pieces • Star-Sky )
The Gorge	Mealing Stone • Salt Pond • Spotty Shrub • Sugarwood Tree • The Altar of Gnaw