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Bonetail is a boss from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. He cannot speak properly, possibly due to his fading memory. His appearance is similar to what Gloomtail would become if he was suddenly skeletonized.

Biography[]

Bonetail Discovery

Mario and Goombella meet Bonetail.

Bonetail is found in the Pit of 100 Trials who used to belong to the Shadow Queen, as a pet. The creature was too powerful that she supposedly put him at the very bottom of the Pit of 100 Trials and Bonetail became a mere skeleton following years of being in the Pit of 100 Trials without anything to eat, any of his actions outside of the Pit of 100 Trials, if any, are unknown. Bonetail is the older brother of Gloomtail and Hooktail. He is also known to be the strongest enemy in the game, as his tattle log describes him.

Battle[]

Bonetail Battle

Mario and Goombella do battle with Bonetail.

When Mario and co. successfully reach the bottom of the Pit of 100 Trials, they find Bonetail who roars, starting the battle. He has various breath attacks that he uses to attack Mario and co. his blue breath freezes them, his white breath makes them sleepy, green can confuse Mario and co. and finally the purple one can shrink them. When his HP is low, Bonetail can recover his HP by 20 and may stomp on Mario and co. to injure them. Along with that, Bonetail may also chomp them to use as an attack (an un-superguardable attack).

When Mario manages to avoid from fainting along with his allies and defeat him, Bonetail becomes defeated and releases a chest containing the Return Postage badge which makes enemies take half the damage they do to Mario and co.

Strategy[]

Bonetail Attack

Mario after using Fire Drive (a very powerful and useful attack) against Bonetail.

Bonetail can be very difficult to fight due to the condition Mario may be in from battling the rest of the enemies of the Pit of 100 Trials. First off, Mario should keep a partner that has many HP and the ability to heal oneself without using items. Flurrie is the best choice for this fight (unless Bonetail charges up for his Megabreath attack in which Vivian should be swapped out for her to use her Veil technique). Having the Piercing Blow badge equipped may help as well and having the Feeling Fine badge may help as well. Mario will most likely have more HP at this point so if a partner is feeling weak, then the Quick Change badge should be equipped so that Mario can swap out another partner without wasting his turn. Star Power should be used with Sweet Feast and pulling off Stylish Moves will help as well.

What an Enormous Dragon![]

Dragon Slaying Battle[]

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • Despite being implied to've not always been a skeleton, according to Grifty, his name was always Bonetail even before being left in the Pit of 100 Trials.
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