Scorched Skeleton

Based on game build 714014 | Last updated: 2026-03-07

Overview

The scorched_skeleton prefab is a static, breakable environmental object that appears in specific areas (e.g., the Ruins). It has multiple idle animation variants and responds to the HAMMER action. When hammered to completion, it drops a randomized set of loot (boneshards and ash) and spawns a collapse FX, then destroys itself. It supports game save/load via custom OnSave/OnLoad handlers and is conditionally hidden if the player lacks skeleton-related content.

Usage example

-- Typically created automatically via worldgen; manual instantiation example:
local inst = Prefab("scorched_skeleton", fn)
-- Note: The prefab is instantiated by the engine using its `fn` constructor.
-- Modders should not manually call `fn()`; instead, override worldgen or extend prefabs.

Dependencies & tags

Components used: lootdropper, workable, inspectable, transform, animstate, network, soundemitter
Tags: None explicitly added/removed; relies on engine-provided tags (e.g., buildable, structure via physics setup).

Properties

Property	Type	Default Value	Description
animnum	number	Random from [1,2,3,4,5,6]	Selected animation variant used for idleX animation playback.

Main functions

This prefab does not define custom public methods beyond event callbacks. Core behavior is implemented via callbacks passed to components.

onhammered(inst)

• Description: Callback triggered when the workable component finishes hammering. Drops loot, spawns a collapse FX, and removes the entity.
• Parameters: inst (Entity) — the scorched skeleton instance.
• Returns: Nothing.
• Error states: N/A.

onsave(inst, data)

• Description: Callback used during save to persist the current animation variant.
• Parameters: inst (Entity), data (table) — save data table to populate.
• Returns: Nothing.

onload(inst, data)

• Description: Callback used during load to restore the animation variant and resume the correct animation.
• Parameters: inst (Entity), data (table or nil) — loaded save data.
• Returns: Nothing.
• Error states: Early exit if data or data.anim is missing.

Events & listeners

• Listens to: None (custom event callbacks are attached directly as inst.OnSave/inst.OnLoad, not via ListenForEvent).
• Pushes: entity_droploot — automatically triggered by lootdropper:DropLoot().