Bestiary entry

Rustshield Skeleton

An Old Prison sentinel that commits to a rusted sword cleave, then circles its shield through close sweeping attacks.

AggressiveTrack range 500px

Field identification

Animated field sprite shown in its neutral pose.

Rustshield Skeleton animated sprite sheet, shown at its idle frame

Base life33

Base damage5

Base speed70

Collision radius16px

Level scaling

Monster level is clamped between 0 and 99. Health, damage, and XP rise with level; speed increases up to a fixed bonus.

Rustshield Skeleton stats at representative levels
Level	Life	Speed	Damage	XP	Track range
0	33	70	5	20	500px
10	131	94	16	35	500px
25	259	106	32	59	500px
50	603	106	88	98	500px
99	1752	106	307	174	500px

Values are read from the same gameplay catalogs used by Worlds Worth Looting.

Elite form

Beginning at monster level 5, this species can spawn as a rare gold-stamped elite with the exclusive Rustshield Cyclone attack and a guaranteed level-matched item promoted one rarity tier above its normal roll. Each elite affix independently has a 50% chance to add one ordinary, non-promoted item roll.

Rustshield Skeleton elite stats at level 10
Level	Life	Speed	Damage	XP	Track range
10	360	98.7	22	105	575px

Behavior and rewards

Rustshield Skeleton base behavior and reward summary
Temper	Movement	First spawn	Special attack	Defeat result	XP	Radius	Tracking
Aggressive	Ground	Level 0	Rustshield Sweep	Standard reward burst	20	16px	500px

Standard melee

Rustshield Skeleton holds at 50% of its authored melee reach, commits to the visible strike, and can deal at most one hit. Each strike connects only when its target intersects that trail during the corresponding active frames. Moving outside the trails or waiting until their active windows have passed avoids them, while touching the monster still deals 90% of its current outgoing damage.

Rustshield Skeleton standard melee timing and reach
Reach	Approach range	Active clip frames	Windup	Active	Recovery	Base cooldown	Earliest repeat	Swipe damage	Body collision
70px	35px (50%)	4–8 of 18 (zero-based)	0.22s	0.28s	0.50s	0.25s	1.00s	1.8× physical	0.9× physical

Rustshield Sweep

Cuts a close crescent with the rusted sword using only the authored Old Prison attack animation.

Rustshield Skeleton special attack timing and damage
Windup	Active	Recovery	Cooldown	Damage	Type
0.55s	0.35s	0.35s	6.2s	1.71×	physical

Elite: Rustshield Cyclone

Chains three close rusted sweeps, with each authored revolution able to strike once.

Rustshield Skeleton elite-only special attack timing and damage
Windup	Active	Recovery	Cooldown	Damage	Type	Range
0.7s	1s	0.45s	13s	1.08×	physical	88px