Dry Bones

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Dry Bones is an enemy in Super Mario World, though he first appeared in Super Mario Bros. 3. Dry Bones is usually not that great of a threat, as he generally wanders around on a ledge, turning around when reaching the edge, except in one specific level in the game, #3 Lemmy's Castle, where Dry Bones will walk off ledges. When stomped on, he crumbles, only to reform after a few seconds. He cannot be permanently defeated unless you whack him with a Cape Spin.

There is also a version that stops and throws Bones every so often. This version is more dangerous than his more "peaceful" counterpart, and will always walk off ledges. This version first appears in #6 Wendy's Castle, and is dangerous to stomp on while holding a bone, as if he throws it as you stomp on him, you will take damage from the Bone. It will also stay on ledges and throw bones if it's placed in Level 10D or one of it's sublevels.

Hacking Information

• The Stay-on-Ledges Dry Bones is sprite 32.
• The bone-throwing version is sprite 30.

ROM Addresses
PC	SNES	Description
x0E654	$01:E45E	Sprite tilemap for Dry Bones and Bony Beetle crumble animation, frame 1 (1 byte)
x0E65E	$01:E454	Sprite tilemap for Dry Bones and Bony Beetle crumble animation, frame 2 (1 byte)
x0E7F3	$01:E5F3	Sound effect for Dry Bones crumble sound effect. (1 byte)
x0E7FF	$01:E5FF	Time it takes for Dry-Bones to come back to life. (1 byte)
124CC	$02:A2CC	1 byte Sprite tilemap related Dry Bones: frame 1 of thrown bone
124D0	$02:A2D0	1 byte Sprite tilemap related Dry Bones: frame 2 of thrown bone
124DA	$02:A2DA	1 byte Sprite tilemap related Dry Bones: palette/gfx page of thrown bone
124DF	$02:A2DF	8 bytes Sprite tilemap related Hammer Tilemap (Also, the flip of Dry Bones' bone)
1C5B3	$03:C3B3	12 bytes Sprite tilemap related Dry Bones x-displacement table (Bone, Head, Body)
1C5BF	$03:C3BF	3 bytes Sprite tilemap related Dry Bones palette/gfx page (Facing right) (Bone, Head, Body)
1C5C2	$03:C3C2	3 bytes Sprite tilemap related Dry Bones palette/gfx page (Facing left) (Bone, Head, Body)
1C5C5	$03:C3C5	9 bytes Sprite tilemap related Dry Bones y-displacement table (Bone, Head, Body)
1C5CE	$03:C3CE	9 bytes Sprite tilemap related Dry Bones tile table
1C662	$03:C462	1 byte Sprite number Object that Dry Bones throws

Common Enemies found in Super Mario World
Boo | Bony Beetle | Bullet Bill | Buzzy Beetle | Cheep Cheep | Dry Bones | Jumpin' Piranha Plant | Koopa Troopa | Goomba | Podoboo | Spike Top | Spiny | Thwimp | Thwomp