Editing Dry Bones Shell

{{item infobox
|image=[[File:SMM2 Dry Bones Shell NSMBU icon.png|150px]]<br>A Dry Bones Shell in the ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' style
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]])
|latest_appearance=''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' (2023)
|effect=Allows hopping, floating across liquid hazards, ground pounding and temporary invulnerability.
|variant_of=[[Koopa Shell]]
}}
{{quote|I'm thinking of changing the look of my room to something like this! Visitors have to get over the [[lava]] by floating in a Dry Bones Shell. Pretty hardcore, eh?|[[inkipedia:Pearl|Celebrity MC]]|''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''}}
 
The '''Dry Bones Shell''' is an item in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', available in the editor as an alternate object to [[Dry Bones]]. Unlike [[Buzzy Shell]]s and [[Spiny Shell (red)|Spiny Shell]]s, Dry Bones Shells are upside down and cannot be worn on the head. Instead, they can be worn by Mario in a similar way to a [[Goomba's Shoe]] and are used to float across liquid hazards (including [[lava]] and [[poison (obstacle)|poison]]), ground pound, and become invulnerable temporarily by turning into a pile of bones. Additionally, they can be kicked, though they break upon hitting a wall.

The Dry Bones Shell is the only possible means of [[Ground Pound]]ing in the ''Super Mario World'' game style. Much like giant Goomba's Shoes, Ground Pounding with a Dry Bones Shell instantly defeats boss enemies, even [[Bowser]], as if a [[Thwomp]], a [[Muncher]], or a solid object landed on top of them. The only enemies that cannot be defeated with a Dry Bones Shell are Thwomps, Munchers (both of which are instead treated as terrain), the [[Angry Sun]], and [[Phanto]]s produced from [[Cursed Key]]s (both of which still damage the player).

When a Dry Bones Shell is placed or kicked underwater, it floats towards the surface instead of sinking down like other items; when worn, the player acts as if they grabbed an item: the player cannot use the jump buttons to swim, but they float towards the surface when not inputting any buttons, and can also manually float by pressing {{button|switch|Up}} or sink by pressing {{button|switch|Down}}. 

The usage of Dry Bones Shell to gain temporary invulnerability resembles [[Statue Mario]]'s ability in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''; its secondary use as a Ground Pound while airborne is also similar to how Statue Mario works in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', where attempting to perform a Ground Pound while under the [[Statue Leaf]]'s effect causes Mario to turn into Statue Mario in the air. 

In the story mode, [[Undodog]] gives Mario the job [[Swamp Escape by Shell!]], which when completed gives Undodog a big Dry Bones Shell as a doghouse. Another job called [[Secret of the Dry Bones Shell]] focuses on the shell as well.

Even though there are Dry Bones in the ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' style, the Dry Bones Shell is not available in that game style.

In the climax of ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'', [[Invincible Mario|Invincible Luigi]] briefly uses a Dry Bones Shell from a defeated Dry Bones as a shield.

==Profiles==
===''Super Mario Maker 2''===
*'''North American website bio:''' ''"Even lava doesn’t faze the Dry Bones Shell. Play dead for a sec and you’ll be temporarily invincible!"''

==Gallery==
<gallery style="--bg:#7686FF;--bg1:#FFF;--bg2:#93FCEE;--bg3:#98E0E0">
SMM2-SMB-DryBonesShell.png|A Dry Bones Shell in the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' style
SMM2-SMB-DryBonesShellIcon.png|''Super Mario Bros.'' style icon{{class|bg1}}
SMM2 SMB3 Dry Bones Shell.png|A Dry Bones Shell in the ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' style{{class|bg2}}
SMM2 SMW Dry Bones Shell.png|A Dry Bones Shell in the ''[[Super Mario World]]'' style{{class|bg3}}
SMM2-SMB-Dry-Bones-Shell-Mario.png|[[Super Mario (form)|Super Mario]] in a Dry Bones Shell
SMM2-SMB-Dry-Bones-Shell-Luigi.png|[[Super Mario (form)|Super Luigi]] in a Dry Bones Shell
SMM2-SMB-Dry-Bones-Shell-Blue-Toad.png|[[Super Mario (form)|Super Toad]] in a Dry Bones Shell
SMM2-SMB-Dry-Bones-Shell-Toadette.png|[[Super Mario (form)|Super Toadette]] in a Dry Bones Shell
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=カロンこうら
|JpnR=Karon Kōra
|JpnM=Dry Bones Shell
|SpaA=Caparazón de huesitos
|SpaAM=Dry Bones Shell
|SpaE=Caparazón de Huesitos
|SpaEM=Dry Bones Shell
|FraA=Carapace de Skelex
|FraAM=Dry Bones Shell
|FraE=Carapace de Skelerex
|FraEM=Dry Bones Shell
|Ita=Guscio di Tartosso
|ItaM=Dry Bones Shell
|Ger=Knochentrocken-Panzer
|GerM=Dry Bones Shell
|Dut=Dry Bones-schild
|DutM=Dry Bones Shell
|Kor=와르르등껍질
|KorR=Wareureu Deungkkeopjil
|KorM=Dry Bones Shell
|Rus=Панцирь купы-скелета
|RusR=Pantsir' kupy-skeleta
|RusM=Dry Bones Shell
|ChiS=碎龟壳
|ChiSR=Suì Guīké
|ChiSM=From "碎碎龟" (''Suìsuìguī'', Dry Bones) and "龟壳" (''guīké'', shell)
|ChiT=碎碎龜殼
|ChiTR=Suìsuì Guīké
|ChiTM=Pun on "碎碎龜" (''Suìsuìguī'', Dry Bones) and "龜殼" (''guīké'', shell)
|PorE=Carapaça de Caverinha<ref> Nintendo Portugal. (May 15, 2019). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG5PwoP3Ch8 Super Mario Maker 2 Direct - 15/05/2019]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved January 10, 2021.</ref>
|PorEM=Dry Bones Shell
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Invincibility power-ups]]
[[Category:Shells]]
[[Category:Super Mario Maker 2 objects]]
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