Bones (also called Krossbones and Bone Kritters) are enemies that appear in Donkey Kong 64. They are skeletal Kritters that are first found in Fungi Forest during nighttime and later at Creepy Castle as the most common enemies there. They are rather uncommon enemies to encounter overall due to appearing late in the game.

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Bones tend to patrol an area until they spot a Kong. When they attack, Bones mainly swing their bone club. However, this attack tends to miss especially against smaller Kongs like Diddy Kong and Tiny Kong; because of this, Bones may, instead, deliver a short-ranged kick that is effective and certain to hit up close. If a Bones are attacked once by a weak attack, it's head will fall off but will still be able to move around easily. After enough hits, they will be defeated.

Characters	Playable characters	Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Lanky Kong • Tiny Kong • Chunky Kong • Krusha • Klaptrap • Mario
	Non-playable characters	Banana Fairy • Banana Fairy Princess • Beanstalk • Beetle • Candy Kong • Cranky Kong • Funky Kong • Ice Creature • K. Lumsy • Llama • Mermaid • Microbuffer • Mini Car • Necky • Owl • Rabbit • Scoff • Seal • Snide • Troff • Worm • Wrinkly Kong
	Animal Friends	Rambi the Rhino • Enguarde the Swordfish • Squawks the Parrot • Lightfish
Locations	Worlds	Jungle Japes • Angry Aztec • Frantic Factory • Gloomy Galleon • Fungi Forest • Crystal Caves • Creepy Castle • Hideout Helm
	DK Isles	Kong Isle • Banana Fairy Island • Crocodile Isle • K. Lumsy's Prison
	Other locations	DK's Tree House • Llama's Temple • Five Doored Temple • Funky's Store • Candy's Music Shop • Cranky's Lab • Wrinkly Door • Snide's H.Q. • King Kruiser II
Bosses	Main Bosses	Army Dillo • Dogadon • Mad Jack • Puftoss • King Kut Out • King K. Rool/King Krusha K. Rool
	Minor Bosses	Giant Spider • Toy Monster • Giant Kosha
Enemies	Enemies	B. Locker • Barrel • Bat • Bones • Book • Fire • Fireball • Flame • Ghost • Gnawty • Jack • Kasplat • Klaptrap • Klobber • Kaboom • Klump • Kop • Kosha • Krash • Kritter • Kroc • Mecha-Zinger • Mr. Dice • Oyster • Puftup • Purple Klaptrap • Robokremling • Resident Demon • Ruler • Sand Pile • Scubi • Shroom • Shuri • Sir Domino • Small Spider • Super Block • Skull Cart • Tomato • Zinger
Items	Items	5-Banana Coin • Bananas (Yellow, Red, Blue, Purple, Green) • Banana Balloon • Banana Fairy's Camera • Banana Camera Film • Banana Coins • Banana Medal • Battle Arena Crown • Blueprint • Boss Key • Crystal Coconut • Candy's Headphones • Golden Banana • Melon Slice • Nintendo Coin • Orange • Rareware Coin • Supply Crate
Techniques	From Cranky	Baboon Balloon • Baboon Blast • Chimpy Charge • Gorilla Gone • Gorilla Grab • Hunky Chunky • Mini-Monkey • Monkeyport • OrangStand Sprint • OrangStand • Pony Tail Twirl • Primate Punch • Rocketbarrel Boost • Simian Slam • Simian Spring • Strong Kong
	From Candy	Bongo Blast • Guitar Gazump • Saxophone Slam • Triangle Trample • Trombone Tremor
	Other	Super Slam
Bonus Stages	Mini-games	Batty Barrel Bandit • Peril Path Panic • Big Bug Bash • Searchlight Seek • Kremling Kosh • Mine Cart Ride • Splish Splash Salvage • Speedy Swing Sortie • Mad Maze Maul • Minecart Mayhem • Stealthy Snoop • Teetering Turtle Trouble • Busy Barrel Barrage • Beaver Bother • Krazy Kong Klamor • Stash Snatch
Objects	Barrels and crates	Animal Crate • Barrel • Bonus Barrel • Cranky's Kong Barrel • Steel Barrel • Tag Barrel • TNT Barrel • Training Barrel
	Switches	Kong Switch • Target Switch • Wall Switch
	Pads	Bananaport Pad • Battle Arena Pad • Cranky's Kong Pad • Music Pad
	Weapons	Coconut Shooter • Peanut Popgun • Grape Shooter • Feather Bow • Pineapple Launcher • Orange grenade launcher
	Other	Blast-o-Matic • Boulder • DK Dirt Pile • Kannon • Kannonball • Minecart • Toxic waste
Miscellaneous	Miscellaneous	Banana Hoard • DK Rap • Donkey Kong • Jetpac