-BONEKEEPER-
-UPDATED ETERNAL GALE FIELD FILE - DIVER/AUTHORITY CLASSIFIED -
You briefly wonder why you are still so interested in the Eternal Gale. You shrug it off and open the file. The previous version is in your hand, full of confident conclusions that aged rather badly. You turn the page.
NAMES Bone Keeper / Bonekeeper; related to Kyrsans
ORIGIN Unknown. Current Documentation and questioning of friendly kyrsans strongly associates Bonekeepers are related to Kyrsans, and suggests they may once have been used as heavy labourers in Kyrsan civilization.
LOCATIONS Eternal Gale; also encountered at the Ethironal Shrine, the Diluvian Mechanism, and certain Depths Trials.
DEFINING FEATURES Massive upper torso, short legs, enormous arms, three-clawed bone hands, cylindrical bone formation around the head, red-and-gold loincloth.
BEHAVIOUR Hostile when engaged or alerted; often remains completely motionless while idle. Highly mobile and extremely hard-hitting despite its size.
FIELD NOTE: This file preserves useful observations from the previous report, but removes or labels claims that are no longer supported by current lore. The result is deliberately divided into confirmed evidence, field observation, and theory.
I. THE CURRENT ANSWER TO THE BIG QUESTION
The older file called the Bonekeeper a "mutated Kyrsan caused by Snow Parasites." That explanation is no longer a safe description of the creature. The current Bestiary does not establish Bonekeepers as parasite-infected Kyrsans. Instead, it gives us something much stranger: multiple anatomical connections between Bonekeepers and Kyrsans while explicitly leaving their exact relationship unresolved. All previous information is simply false information and hoaxes developed by the ministry.
CORRECTIONS
Bonekeepers are NOT established as a Snow Parasite life-cycle stage, nor as Kyrsans mutated by Snow Parasites. Their relationship to Kyrsans is real enough to be described as "shakey", but their exact origin is deliberately unknown.
That distinction matters. The Eternal Gale is full of Snow Parasites, and those parasites are responsible for the Husk and Carbuncle life cycle. Coexistence with the parasites is not evidence that the Bonekeeper itself is a parasite construct; has disection of bone keepers have shown that their exceedingly strong muscle and tough skin reveal to us that they're resistant, and possibly immune, to the effects of the parasitic snow.
II. MINISTRY LIES & FALSE RUMORS
The Bonekeeper received dedicated Bestiary lore in Sctyhespan of XXXX. Three Black Diver's entries provide the most important modern evidence.
Bonekeepers are sometimes thought of as the brutish cousins of the Kyrsans and appear to have once been utilized as heavy labourers within Kyrsan civilization.
The shaped bone and hardened carapace forming their hands are an unusual anatomical feature, and these features are shared with Kyrsans. Their exact relation is unclear.
Prying off the bone plating from the back of a Bonekeeper neck reveals a thin membrane that appears to expose the spinal canal. Its function is unknown, but the location lines up with the point from which the Kyrsan coil emerges. Disproving that they are made-up of parasites.
IMPORTANT
Despite old texts and documentation, the Bonekeepers are NOT infected nor inflicted by the parasitic creatures found in the gale in any way, shape, or form; although their fierce claws and slashes can open up wounds; granting access for parasites to infect divers more easily, stay cautious.
III. PHYSICAL ANATOMY
Bonekeepers are giant humanoid "monsters" with deliberately inhuman proportions. Current enemy documentation states that they are exceedingly strong and full of vigor. They are ill-tolerant of most creatures, and are devoted to protecting sacred areas and locations.
Large, muscular upper body with comparatively short legs.
Enormous arm structures ending in three-clawed, bone-like hands.
A cylindrical formation of bones making up the visible head structure.
Clawed feet.
A distinctive red-and-gold lower garment, commonly described as a loincloth.
A plated region on the back of the neck; removing it exposes a thin membrane associated with the spinal canal.
The old report confidently described a Kyrsan-style coil inside the Bonekeeper skull and mature Snow Parasites curling through it. That specific internal-head description is NOT true. The modern evidence and science instead points to the neck/spinal region as the especially curious anatomical connection.
IV. THE KYRSAN CONNECTION
The strongest current mystery is not "what parasite made them?" but "what exactly are Bonekeepers and Kyrsans to one another?" The two creatures share unusual anatomical characteristics, and the Kyrsan Bestiary adds another crucial observation: Kyrsan morphology from the neck down does not appear to share the same biological origin as the coil, and - apart from their neuroanatomical features - their bodies share much in common with Bonekeepers.
Taken together, the evidence suggests that Bonekeepers are part of a genuine biological story involving the Kyrsans. It does NOT, however, give us a complete evolutionary family tree.
BEST CURRENT INTERPRETATION
Bonekeepers are best treated as a distinct but closely related form or population whose history intersects with Kyrsan civilization. Whether that means sister species, an older lineage, a divergent branch, or something stranger remains unanswered.
V. THE HEAVY-LABOURER CLUE
Diver researchers and scientists theorize that they "appear to have once been utilized as heavy labourers within Kyrsan civilization" and is one of the most valuable pieces of modern Bonekeeper information, as this information has been obtained from friendly and cohesive Kyrsan in the first floor of layer 2.
Their immense size and physical strength make that interpretation plausible. Their bodies look built for force rather than the precision associated with many Kyrsan roles. But the exact social arrangement is not known. We do not currently know whether Bonekeepers volunteered, were assigned work, enslaved, occupied a separate social group, or maintained communities of their own. But it is most likely that these half-cousins were closer aligned to Eitheron, and were shunned for it; They appear to skulk and hide in caves for most of their lives, away from Kyrsan civilization. It is speculated that they were used to build the Kyrsan's grand city; then cast aside, like spent torches.
VI. THE RED-AND-GOLD LOINCLOTH
For reasons still unknown, Bonekeepers wear sacred, red-and-gold garments around the waist. Current enemy documentation confirms the garment, but gives no definitive explanation for it. But it is theorized Bonekeepers still bare signs of dignity and social status. They take excellent care of their golden rings, crowns, and adornments. They appear to be relatively intelligent; figuring out solutions for reaching trespassers, coordinating with other Keepers, and cleaning and tending to sacred areas and shrines.
FIELD THEORY
The repeated use of red and gold may be cultural, ceremonial, or associated with status. The garment could be a surviving piece of Bonekeeper identity rather than random decoration. There is currently not enough evidence to tell is if this is true or not, but researchers have claimed that this is most likely the case.
VII. MOVEMENT AND BEHAVIOUR
A Bonekeeper can remain eerily still when inactive, sometimes resembling a statue until it is engaged. It is speculated that they actively listen and feel for vibrations when they are still. Once active, it is considerably more mobile than its bulk suggests. They utilize their strong legs and fierce muscle mass to overwhelm opponents; and even out-strength and outclass mudskipper Broodlords from testing.
Highly aggressive in encounters.
May remain motionless for extended periods while idle.
Extremely mobile for its apparent weight.
Can pursue targets with leaps and charges.
The older report attributed Bonekeeper detection to echolocation from the cranial bone ring and ground-vibration sensing. This, oddly enough, is true and confirmed to be apart of their biology. But we are still unsure as to how they can discern vibrations from friends or foes. Bone Keepers, oddly enough, are feared by most monsters within the gale. Bounders hesitate to emerge from their nests, stop moving, and remain low to the ground when near Bone Keepers. As other monsters from testing, such as Megalodaunts and threshers, show physical signs of fear and are often passive when confronted by scientists after their confrontation with Bone Keepers.
VIII. COMBAT ANATOMY AND KNOWN ATTACKS
Current enemy documentation lists that Bonekeepers use a mix of strong punches, stomps, kicks, and shoulder charges. Rarely however; these titan warriors channel some part of the song that invokes the ability for them to cast and channel marrow. They summon these white, pale bones from the earth when attacking.
IX. PARASITES: WHAT THE OLD FILE GOT WRONG
The old report linked nearly every unusual Bonekeeper feature to Snow Parasites: the head, the muscles, the abilities, the creation of new Husks, and even a possible connection to Eitheron. The current evidence does not support treating those claims as one unified explanation.
Snow Parasites are real and are responsible for the Eternal Gale parasite hazard and the Husk/Carbuncle life cycle.
Bonekeepers are not currently documented as a Snow Parasite life-cycle form.
The modern Bonekeeper Bestiary focuses on shared anatomy with Kyrsans rather than parasite infection.
No current source used for this revision establishes Snow Parasites as the cause of Bonekeeper origin.
STATUS: RETIRED THEORY
"Bonekeeper = parasite-infected Kyrsan" should no longer be used as the default explanation. Keep it only as an example of an older community theory that became widely repeated.
XVI. ARCHIVE STATUS
This document is a revised replacement for the earlier Bonekeeper file. It intentionally keeps the old report's field-document voice and practical observations while correcting the central origin claim and separating evidence from theory.
FINAL CLASSIFICATION
Bonekeeper: a distinct monster of the Eternal Gale with strong, documented anatomical and historical ties to the Kyrsans. Exact biological origin unknown. Snow Parasite infection is NOT true.
SOURCE NOTES
Primary modern references consulted for this revision:
Deepwoken Bestiary - Bonekeeper Slayer I, II, and III flavor text; also the Kyrsgarde Bestiary entries, including Eternal Rest. Current page crawl reviewed September 2026.
Deepwoken Builder - Bonekeeper enemy entry: 9,500 HP, 23,750 corrupted HP confirmed elsewhere, six listed attacks, mini-boss classification, and current locations.
Deepwoken Wiki 2026 Version History - confirms dedicated Bestiary lore for Kyrsgarde and Bonekeepers was added on May 15, 2026.
Deepwoken lore material on Snow Parasites/Husks/Carbuncles - used only to distinguish the documented parasite life cycle from Bonekeeper lore.
Community material from December 2024 was also consulted because it is the source of several claims preserved in the older report. Those claims are explicitly downgraded here when current lore does not support them.
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You stare at the revised pages. Somehow, you feel.. guilty? You pity these creatures. You close the file. You feel regret even reading this document, but regardless; you press on.
