Changes: Undead

Revision as of 01:50, 19 September 2006

The undead were once living creatures, but after their death, were somehow supernaturally animated. Because these horrifying creatures are not actually living, they find it hard (if not impossible) to regenerate their bodily tissue, thus most undead are seen with the flesh rotting off their bodies and bare bones protruding through their garments. With this in mind, its not hard to understand why some undead creatures are capable of inflicting their victims with disease. Another side-effect of being animated (as opposed to being alive) is that most undead creatures no longer have blood flowing through their veins, and as such they cannot be made to bleed. This renders useless certain skills that many warriors and rangers equip.

The undead can be found in numerous places throughout Tyria. The undead infesting the northern parts of the Kingdom of Kryta seem to be the animated remnants of the army of Orr (as they occassionally leave behind Decayed Orr Emblems when defeated) and are all minions of the Lich Lord. Raging Cadavers, and other skeleton-like nasties, can be found in The Catacombs of Pre-Searing Ascalon. Undead created by the necromancer Oberan the Reviled can be found in Old Ascalon. In addition to the undead hordes in Tyria, there is also an undead Skeleton Army prowling the battlefield in the Fissure of Woe.

While the majority of the undead encountered are humanoid, the undead can be found in other forms such as Hellhounds and Bone Dragons.

Additionally, most recently-deceased creatures can have their corpse exploited by a Necromancer to create an undead minion. This is done through the casting of an animation spell (like Animate Bone Horror or Animate Bone Fiend) on the creature's corpse. Be aware, though, that most undead creatures themselves do not leave behind corpses, limiting the use of such spells in areas where the undead are prevalent.

Any party should be careful when adventuring in undead-infested regions such as Kryta. A solitary Zombie Warlock which seems like easy pickings suddenly becomes dangerous when numerous previously-unseen ghouls burst forth from the sand to come to its rescue.

Undead creatures take double damage from holy damage and light damage.

Known Sub-Types

The undead army includes every creature in the skeleton, zombie, and awakened families, as well as a number of creatures from the ghost / phantom / wraith family and one creature from the elemental family.

Region	Family	Type	Trophy
Prophecies Campaign
Pre-Searing	Skeleton	3 Raging Cadaver 1 Restless Corpse	Skeletal Limb
Kryta	Ghost / Phantom / Wraith¹	17 Wraith 17 Smoke Phantom	Decayed Orr Emblem
	Zombie²	11 Grasping Ghoul 18 Executioner 18 Bone Dragon 24 Rotting Dragon 18 Damned Cleric 14 Zombie Warlock 18 Necrid Horseman 30 Rotscale¹
	Skeleton	16 Hellhound 13 Skeleton Ranger 17 Skeleton Bowmaster 12 Skeleton Monk 13 Skeleton Mesmer 13 Skeleton Sorcerer
Ring of Fire Islands	Ghost¹	24 Portal Wraith	Decayed Orr Emblem
Nightfall Campaign
Istan	Ghost / Phantom / Wraith¹	15 Tomb Wraith	Skeleton Bone
Istan	Skeleton	10 (24) Relentless Corpse 10 (24) Restless Dead	Skeleton Bone
The Desolation	Elemental¹	24 (26) Carven Effigy	Mummy Wrappings
The Desolation	Awakened²	24 (26) Awakened Blademaster 24 (26) Awakened Gray Giant 24 (26) Awakened Acolyte 24 (26) Awakened Defiler 24 (26) Awakened Head 24 (26) Awakened Thought Leech 24 (26) Awakened Cavalier 24 (26) Awakened Dune Carver	Mummy Wrappings
Eye of the North Expansion
Far Shiverpeaks	Ghost¹	21, 22, 23 Shock Phantom	?
	Skeleton	21, 23 Skeleton Priest 22, 23 Skeleton Illusionist 20, 21, 22 Skeleton Wizard	Undead Bone
	Zombie²	20 (26) Crypt Slasher 20 (26) Crypt Ghoul	?
Depths of Tyria	Zombie²	28 Ancient Blademaster 28 Ancient Effigy 28 Ancient Cavalier 28 Ancient Tomb Carver 24 Crypt Keeper	?
		24 Zombie Brute 23 Zombie Horseman 24 Zombie Necromancer 24 Chained Cleric 20 Evil Corpse	Undead Bone
		28 Decayed Dragon	?
	Skeleton	21-24 Skeletal Hound 24 Skeleton Archer 24 Skeleton Wizard 24 Skeleton Illusionist 24 Skeleton Priest	Undead Bone
	Ghost	22, 23 Ash Phantom 21 Crypt Banshee 22 Crypt Wraith	Diessa Chalice
	Ghost	/28 Restless Dead	?
Realms of the Gods (Core)
Fissure of Woe	Zombie²	30 Dragon Lich	Dark Claw
Fissure of Woe	Skeleton Army	24 Skeletal Berserker 24 Skeletal Impaler 24 Skeletal Bond 24 Skeletal Ether Breaker 24 Skeletal Icehand	Umbral Skeletal Limb

These creatures are not vulnerable to holy damage.
These undead are fleshy creatures.

Hard mode levels are in brackets

Animated Undead
Name	Level	Skill	Notes
Bone Fiend	1..18	Animate Bone Fiend	ranged attack
Bone Horror	1..18	Animate Bone Horror Aura of the Lich¹ Malign Intervention²
Bone Minion	0..13	Animate Bone Minions	one corpse produces 2 minions
Celestial Horror	25	Star Servant	summoned rather than animated party members gain 25 health and 3 energy each time it hits
Flesh Golem³	3..26	Animate Flesh Golem	leaves an exploitable corpse
Shambling Horror	1..18	Animate Shambling Horror	creates a Jagged Horror when it dies
Jagged Horror	0..16	Animate Shambling Horror² Jagged Bones²	attacks inflict bleeding
Vampiric Horror	1..18	Animate Vampiric Horror	whenever it deals damage, it heals its controller for an equal amount of health
Minion of Zoldark	20	Animate Undead	only usable by Zoldark the Unholy

This skill creates one minion, plus one more for each corpse within earshot.
These skills create minions upon the death of the target creature rather than creating them immediately.
This minion is a fleshy creature.

For a listing of known types of undead units see Category:Undead.

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-The [[undead]] were once living creatures, but after their death, were somehow supernaturally animated. Because these horrifying creatures are not actually living, they find it hard (if not impossible) to regenerate their bodily tissue, thus most undead are seen with the flesh rotting off their bodies and bare bones protruding through their garments. With this in mind, its not hard to understand why some undead creatures are capable of inflicting their victims with [[disease]]. Another side-effect of being animated (as opposed to being alive) is that most undead creatures do not have blood flowing through their veins, and as such they cannot be made to [[Bleeding|bleed]]. This renders useless certain [[skill]]s that many [[warrior]]s and [[ranger]]s equip.
+The [[undead]] were once living creatures, but after their death, were somehow supernaturally animated. Because these horrifying creatures are not actually living, they find it hard (if not impossible) to regenerate their bodily tissue, thus most undead are seen with the flesh rotting off their bodies and bare bones protruding through their garments. With this in mind, its not hard to understand why some undead creatures are capable of inflicting their victims with [[disease]]. Another side-effect of being animated (as opposed to being alive) is that most undead creatures no longer have blood flowing through their veins, and as such they cannot be made to [[Bleeding|bleed]]. This renders useless certain [[skill]]s that many [[warrior]]s and [[ranger]]s equip.
 The undead can be found in numerous places throughout [[Tyria (Continent)|Tyria]]. The undead infesting the northern parts of the Kingdom of [[Kryta]] seem to be the animated remnants of the army of [[Orr]] (as they occassionally leave behind [[Decayed Orr Emblem]]s when defeated) and are all minions of the [[Lich Lord]]. [[Raging Cadaver]]s, and other skeleton-like nasties, can be found in [[The Catacombs]] of [[Pre-Searing Ascalon]]. Undead created by the necromancer [[Oberan the Reviled]] can be found in [[Old Ascalon]]. In addition to the undead hordes in Tyria, there is also an undead [[Skeleton Army]] prowling the battlefield in the [[Fissure of Woe]].