Necromancy

Summary

• Necromancy on Outlands features 10 Necromancy Abilities inspired by classic Necromancy spells, rebalanced for mage characters in PvM.
• Players with the Necromancy skill accumulate Unholy Symbols, a virtual resource used to activate Necromancy abilities.
• Players earn 1 Unholy Symbol every 5 seconds and can bank up to:

 (Effective Necromancy Skill / 10)(rounded down).

• Each ability has an Unholy Symbol Cost (ranging from 1 to 5).
• Necromancy Abilities do NOT cost mana and are NOT affected by Fame/Karma.
• Activation:
  • Instant, cannot be interrupted, and does not require empty hands.
  • Each ability has a 30-second cooldown before it can be used again.
  • Some abilities can be used while hidden, but will not display effects while hidden.

Acquiring and Increasing Necromancy Skill

While players do not have to unlock Necromancy Abilities, they do however need to acquire a Book of Necromancy in order to use them.

Players can acquire Books of Necromancy in various ways:

• Players who select the Necromancy skill on Character Creation will start with a Book of Necromancy in their backpack
• From Necromancer NPCs by spending 5,000 Gold or sacrificing 25,000 Fame
  • Players can speak to Necromancer NPCs in various towns by saying "Necromancer", "Necromancy", or "Book" out loud near them
  • Players can Train up to 50 Necromancy skill at a Necromancer NPC in the normal method of training any skill from an NPC
• Players who have a Book of Necromancy in their backpack will automatically gain Necromancy skill while making Spell attacks, similar to gaining Magery skill
• Players can reach 101-120 Necromancy skill through use of Skill Scrolls
• Epic Skill Scrolls increase the Skill Cap of the Necromancy skill
• Necromancy requires Magery skill: A player's Effective Necromancy skill is capped by their Magery skill as long as the latter is no larger than 100 (the Effective Necromancy skill go above 100 freely if the player has 100 Magery)

Necromancy Menu

• Players with a Book of Necromancy can access the Necromancy Menu by:
  • Double-clicking the book or typing [Necromancy.
• The menu displays:
  • Unholy Symbols count (current/max).
  • List of Necromancy abilities, including costs and skill requirements.
  • "Activate Ability" button to use abilities (if requirements are met).

Necromancy Hotbar

• Players can open the Necromancy Hotbar by:
  • Clicking "Open Hotbar" in the Necromancy Menu.
  • Typing [NecromancyHotbar.

Ability Button Colors

• Yellow: Enough Unholy Symbols available.
• Light Grey: Not enough Unholy Symbols.
• Dark Grey: Ability on cooldown.
• Red: Player does not meet the skill requirement.

Additional Hotbar Features

• Layout Switching:
  • Clicking the Orb Button changes between vertical/horizontal, single/double rows, and minimalist mode.
• Ability Auto-Renew:
  • If enabled, abilities automatically activate when possible.
  • Multiple abilities prioritize cheaper ones first.
  • Auto-renew stops if the player is out of combat for 30 seconds.

Saving the Hotbar on Logout

Players can save the hotbar position using: -savenecrobar

To automatically restore the hotbar on login:

1. Open Options Gump.
2. Open Hotbar.
3. Hold Ctrl + Alt and click the Symbol Icon.
4. Name the gump entry.
5. Check "Remember across client restarts".
6. Click "Remember UI Window Positions".

Necromancy Commands

For full list of commands, see Commands § Necromancy.

Players can access Necromancy abilities using:

• [Necromancy1, [Necromancy2, [Necromancy3, etc. (corresponds to Hotbar positions).
• Specific commands like [EvilOmen or [RaiseDead.

Necromancy in PvP

• Necromancy abilities do NOT work in PvP.
• Some abilities can be activated, but effects will not apply while flagged in PvP.
• Instead, players gain a flat PvP Spell Damage Bonus:
  • (10% * (Necromancy Skill / 100)) (similar to Camping, Forensics, Tracking, etc.).
• Summoned followers follow Spirit Speak handling in PvP.
• Unholy Symbols still accumulate while in PvP.
• The Wither and Vampiric Embrace abilities CANNOT be activated in PvP.

Necromancy Ability Descriptions

The table below outlines each Necromancy Ability, including:

• Name
• Unholy Symbol Cost
• Minimum Skill Requirement
• Ability Icon
• Effect Description

Name	Unholy Symbol	Min. Skill	Description
Vengeful Spirit	1	50	For next 30 seconds all summon spells cast will instead create an Undead follower that loses 1% health & max health every 10 seconds but has damage increased by (20% * (Necromancy / 100))
Poison Strike	1	55	Target a creature that you have applied Spell Poison or Disease onto to resolve up to 3 Poison ticks and up to 8 Disease ticks remaining at (100% * (Necromancy / 100)) normal damage. The number of ticks resolved is capped by (Poison Ticks Already Resolved + 1) Poison Strike will now consider all ticks resolved from weaker/previous Poison effects a player has already resolved on a creature Poison Aspect Armor's "Chance for Extra Poison Tick" will boost the total number of Poison Ticks resolved with Poison Strike (to a maximum of 5) provided the player has already resolved that total number of ticks on the creature
Evil Omen	2	60	For next 30 seconds Spell Damage is increased by (20% * (Necromancy / 100)) but spells have a 25% chance to inflict (ManaCost / 2) damage on the player
Corpse Skin	2	65	For next 30 seconds any damaging spell will apply a Disease effect dealing damage of (25% * (Necromancy / 100)) over 30 seconds
Vampiric Embrace	3	70	Target a nearby corpse to heal player's Undead followers for (15% * (Necromancy / 100)) of their Maximum Health (You can target an enemy or yourself and it will automatically search the surrounding area for a corpse to trigger the ability)
Mind Rot	3	75	For next 30 seconds any new Poison Spell or spell-based Disease effects will inflict (20% * (Necromancy / 100)) more damage
Blood Oath	4	80	Player takes 5 damage and for next 30 seconds increases damage their Undead followers inflict by (30% * (Necromancy / 100))
Strangle	4	85	For next 30 seconds Spell Damage you inflict will be delayed by 5 seconds but will be increased by (30% * (Necromancy / 100)) damage
Wither	5	90	Player takes 10 damage and for next 30 seconds gains (30 * (Necromancy / 100)) mana that can only be spent on non-damage causing spells (When a spell consumes mana from the Wither mana pool, it will have its chance to proc mana-based trigger effects (such Aspect Spellbook Special Effects) reduced to only the percentage of "real" mana used)
Pain Spike	5	95	Target a nearby corpse to inflict (800 * (Necromancy / 100)) damage divided between 4 creatures within 4 tiles with damage max of (600 * (Necromancy / 100)) per target (You can target an enemy directly and it will automatically search the surrounding area for a corpse to trigger the ability). The amount of damage inflicted on a creature is capped by the total damage previously inflicted on that creature by that player, with a minimum of 100 damage If there are multiple valid creatures in range of a corpse, the ability will select the creatures the player has damaged the most so far

Undead Summons

• When the "Vengeful Spirit" ability is active, summons will appear as undead variants.
• Undead Summons:

 * No time limit but slowly decay over time.
 * Stronger than regular summons but require more frequent re-summoning.
 * Affected by Spirit Speak, increasing Stats, Skills, and Dispel Resistance.
 * Do NOT inherit spell hues and retain their original hue.

Summon Creature/Raise Dead

When Summon Creature is cast with Vengeful Spirit active, the spell will summon a random undead creature.

Pool 1	Pool 2	Pool 3	Pool 4
Skeleton Zombie	Skeletal Knight Ghoul	Ghost Skeletal Mage	Skeletal Marksman Rotting Flesh

Effective Necromancy Skill

• Each ability has a minimum skill requirement.
• A player's Effective Necromancy Skill is capped by Magery.

 * Example: 80 Necromancy + 60 Magery → Effective Necromancy = 60.
 * At 100 Magery, Necromancy can increase above 100 (via Skill Scrolls).

• Necromancy power scales with Effective Skill but bonuses do NOT count toward activation requirements.
• The maximum number of Unholy Symbols banked is:

 * (Effective Necromancy Skill / 10) (rounded down).

Summoner's Tome

Main article: Summoner's Tome

• Requires 80 Spirit Speaking and 80 Magery.
• Undead summons receive the same upgrades as standard summons.

Training

A Book of Necromancy is required to train Necromancy.

Skill	Activity
0-50	Train from NPC
50-80	Passively while casting spells in the New Player Dungeon
80-120	Passively while casting spells