The Necromancer is a hardcore spawner tower that can be unlocked in the store for 2,250 and has a level requirement of Level 50. It could have also been obtained through a gamepass for 1,500.
The Necromancer fires magic bolts at enemies. At Level 4, these are replaced by beams fired from its book, which are not projectiles. This makes it now lock on enemies, meaning it will not change what enemy it is targeting until the current enemy moves out of range or is killed. These beams deal damage based on the number of enemies targeted. For example, if it only targets one enemy, it will deal 30 damage, 45 damage when targeting two enemies, and 90 damage when targeting three enemies. The Necromancer also has a soul meter of 105, which it fills up by damaging enemies. When the soul meter is full, the Necromancer will summon gravestones. The Necromancer can destroy these gravestones using its Raise the Dead ability. The Necromancer will summon gravestones until it reaches the limit at that level. At Level 3, the Necromancer can now upgrade gravestones. After dealing enough damage it will upgrade the gravestones, regardless of whether they are currently placed down or not. Upgraded gravestones summon stronger units. At Level 4, these gravestones can also deal damage when destroyed. This is done through an explosion which has no damage fall off. It can also only hit 1,000 enemies, which due to how high the limit is makes it effectively infinite.
The units spawned depend on the Level of the tower and the gravestone. At Level 0, Level 1 gravestones can only spawn Skeletons, at Level 1, Level 1 gravestones gain the ability to summon Sword Skeletons. At Level 2, Level 1 gravestones gain the ability to summon Giant Skeletons. At Level 3, gravestones can be upgraded to Level 2, where they spawn Skeletons, Skeleton Knights, Hallow Guards and Giant Skeletons. At Level 4, gravestones can be upgraded to Level 3, where they spawn Skeleton Knights, Hallow Guards and Executioner Skeletons. The units that spawn from gravestones are random, with each unit having a chance of being summoned, though once the gravestones are at their final Level and they are all placed down, the summoned units will always be the same, based on the limits set for them at a specific Necromancer level.
The Necromancer has a placement limit of three per player.
Placement is important for the Necromancer, because of the way it spawns gravestones.
The Necromancer needs to be placed next to the path so that it can summon gravestones, so you might not be able to utilize the most of its range.
It is best to bring the Necromancer on maps with long paths, as it can often cover the entire map while placed at the back. This allows the Necromancer to stack its units more easily and fill its Soul Meter more quickly, as it will be continuously attacking at all times with full map range. Maps like Honey Valley, Polluted Wasteland II, and more, allow the Necromancer to fully utilize the potential DPS of its units, and itself.
The Necromancer stops attacking while summoning gravestones, making it unable to attack for a while.
This does not happen when the Necromancer upgrades gravestones.
This makes it unable to defend by itself, as hordes of fast enemies like the Bolt or Fallen could get out of its range fairly easily. Thus, bringing in reliable towers like the Minigunner will help avoid this issue.
The Necromancer'sRaise the Dead ability can be used to summon various skeletons, which get quite powerful at later levels.
It is recommended to wait until gravestones are at their higher level so that it spawns its strongest units.
The units that spawn have determined limits, meaning that once the maximum amount of gravestones are upgraded to their final level, the summoned units will be the same every single time. If the gravestones are not fully upgraded, the summons will still be random.
At Level 4, the Level 3 gravestones explode when you activate the ability, which can make them useful as traps to take down groups of weaker enemies and chip the health down of stronger ones.
Units spawned by the Necromancer, especially at higher levels, have high health, making them useful against crowds of enemies.
The Executioner Skeleton's axe also deals piercing damage, rapidly dealing damage to any enemy caught by it, though its high firerate and the far distance that its axe travels make it quite inconsistent.
The Necromancer has flying detection at Level 0, which can make it fairly useful against flying enemies, and while it does not have hidden detection until Level 2, some of its units can detect Hidden enemies and all of them can deal damage to them, making it still useful against Hidden enemies before being upgraded to Level 2.
At Level 4, it also gets lead detection, making it useable against Lead enemies.
You should not solely rely on the Necromancer for these two traits alone, however; there are better and cheaper alternatives such as Ace Pilot, Militant, and Golden Crook Boss.
That being said, the Necromancer's pierce and high damage makes it great against hordes of Hiddens and Balloons, only slightly compounded by its slow firerate. At Level 4, it can do quite well against groups of Hidden Bosses along with supplementary damage with its ability.
The Necromancer is quite expensive to upgrade. Because of this, towers like the Farm or Cowboy are recommended to afford them more easily.
The DJ Booth can also be helpful at reducing its upgrade costs.
As its units provide it with a huge increase in DPS, having support towers that make upgrading gravestones faster is recommended with this tower.
The Necromancer can pair up well with the Mercenary Base, because its Field Medics can heal multiple skeletons. This is particularly useful for the Executioner Skeleton as its primary attack is ranged.
Additionally, its Damage Buff can be useful at boosting the Necromancer's damage, increasing its DPS and making it build graves faster.
Try stacking Executioner Skeletons on the map. To do this, wait for the Necromancer to place down its gravestones, and check if most of them have reached their max level. Once most of the gravestones are at max level, use the Raise the Dead ability. Repeat this process continuously.
Certain maps, like Honey Valley, are better for stacking, as the Executioner Skeletons can be both summoned far away from the entrance while also having enemies in range for most of the time, delaying them from reaching the entrance as much as possible.
This allows the Necromancer to reach its full potential DPS by stacking the various units from its gravestones. The units can also deal a lot of damage by ramming into enemies, such as the Hallow Guard and Executioner Skeleton.
Paired with Firework Technician, Necromancer is able to trigger multiple fireworks across multiple enemies.
Unfortunately, fireworks damage and burn damage do not contribute to the Soul Meter.
Trivia
A Necromancer tower was originally planned to be added for the Halloween 2020 Event, however, it was replaced with the Toxic Gunner to avoid potential drama due to the tower being similar to the Graveyard tower from Tower Battles.
The Necromancer was the first non-hardcore tower to be obtainable for Gems.
Originally, the Necromancer was planned to be only available every Halloween, though during the Lunar Overture Event, it was on sale until 2nd of December 2023.
However, due to a bug, it returned on 21st of December 2023 and was present in the store since. An update on the 15th of January 2025 made the Necromancer a hardcore tower, now officially making it permanent rather than a bug.
Because of this, the Necromancer was considered an event tower and put in the Exclusive category.
The Necromancer's beam attack at Level 4 shares a visual resemblance to the Plasma Trooper's attack from Tower Battles.
The original Necromancer Level 4 upgrade name is a reference to the Darkhold from the Marvel Comics.
The Necromancer was planned to be the final reward for the Lunar Overture Season Pass, but was later changed to only be obtainable via purchasing with gems on the shop, as BelowNatural stated it would have been "too easy" to obtain it from the Season Pass.
The Necromancer was originally meant to deal splash damage, but this was changed to pierce for unknown reasons.
Update History
For previous cosmetic variations, see the gallery page.
Raise the Dead ability no longer kills all units present on the path from the Necromancer that activated the ability.
Units now have limits on how many can spawn, completely getting rid of random summons when gravestones are fully upgraded.
Beams at Level 4 now deal damage based on how many enemies they are targeting, if they are attacking less than the max amount of enemies it can hit, the damage will scale for each enemy that is not being attacked, increasing damage dealt.
Bug: Duck skin at Level 4 will break if placed in range of a Firework Technician after it generates a firework, it will stop dealing damage and once the targeted enemies get out of its range, it will stop attacking enemies entirely.
Bug: Duck skin is not affected by certain debuffs.
Bug: Duck skin is unaffected by stuns from legacy enemy if they are fired like a minigun or beam, examples include the Gunslinger, Warden and Minigunner enemies.
Bug: Duck skin can attack enemies when frozen by freeze from legacy enemies.
Bug: When the Duck skin is in range of a Medic, it will be able to affect less towers with its Cleansing ability. Stacks with each Duck skin or other similarly bugged tower/skin in range.
Bug: Necromancer continues to attack enemies when stunned on any Level.
Bug: Necromancer's level 2 upgrade will not subtract cash from a player that buys the upgrade.
Bug: If a Necromancer that is level 2 or above is cloned by a Hacker, the cloned tower will be level 2 and will act like a normal tower, being able to be upgraded and sold. The clone will not disappear.
Bug: When a Revive is used with a level 3-4 Necromancer placed down, the tower will be reverted back to level 2 and the player will not be refunded.
Hallow Guard health increased from 2,000 to 2,500.
Notes
↑ 1.01.1At Level 0, the projectile fired by the Necromancer can indirectly hit a hidden enemy. Additionally, the Skeletons it spawns can collide with hidden enemies.
↑ 4.04.1DPS assumes only one enemy is hit and does not include unit DPS. For Level 4, DPS assumes all beams hit the same enemy and does not include unit DPS.
↑ 5.05.1Skeletons are not affected by any buffs or debuffs.
↑ 6.06.1DPS does not include collision damage and assumes only one enemy is hit by a unit. For the Executioner Skeleton, DPS is calculated as (Damage ÷ Tick) ÷ Firerate.
↑ 7.07.1Units when gravestones are fully placed down and upgraded.
↑ 8.08.1Health for units with defense is calculated as Health × Defense.
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