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. Skeletons can be struck with a Hammer to produce 2 Bone Shards.
In Don't Starve Together, a pair of two Pig/Merm Skeletons can be found under a Cave Light in the Caves, together with some Silk.
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In all DLCs, when the player dies, an identical skeleton with a special character examination quote will be left in that location with the player's items, implying that all set pieces are dead players. When examining their own skeleton, characters will say the following:
The model of the Skeleton is the same model as the unimplemented character Wilton found in the Don't Starve files.
The word 'Boon' means 'Favor' and given that skeletons make up the majority of boons, it's likely that this is a pun on the word "Bones".
There is a type of skeleton in Don't Starve Together that appears to have a Spear stuck in it, though when hammered, it does not drop a Spear.
Before the Quality of Life update, skeletons couldn't be struck with a Hammer to produce 2 Bone Shards in the base game.
In Don't Starve Together, the pair of Pig/Merm Skeletons found in the Caves seem to refer to the Pigman and Merm in the animated short Tales From the Constant: Falling.
As the Skeletons are looking very similar, it is not possible to tell which one is the Pig and which one is the Merm.
See also: Other Set Pieces 
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