For users who may wish to go into Necromancy blind:

The information below contains details about Necromancy's tutorial and early levels as well as listing a large amount of tooltips for its core content. You've been warned.

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Skill Guide

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Tutorial

The entry-level guide

• Players begin their journey entering the Underworld portal

  
  located near Draynor lodestone.

• Upon doing so allow you to begin the "Necromancy!"

  
  quest.
  • After a cutscene and some dialogue you will be guided through completing a Makeshift communion ritual
    
    .
  • Players will then take on some ghost trolls
    
    to get 1 talent point.
  • Players will then unlock the Conjure Skeleton Warrior talent in the Well of Souls
    
    .
  • Upon quest completion players will reach Level 5 Necromancy.

• From here on players can explore the City of Um and pick-up a few handouts:

  • Soul Supplies will provide some free supplies (4 Basic ritual candles and 12 Basic ghostly ink)
  • Selene will unlock some of the Necromancy prayers assuming you meet the requirements.
  • Buried Bargains will provide some free tier 10 Necromancy robes.
  • The Ghost Troll Cave allow players to train Necromancy through combat and acquire a 'Deathstorm drape'
    
    .
  • Players may also begin working on completing the new City of Um area achievement task sets.

• Upon reaching level 20 players will unlock access to significantly more content.

 

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City of Um

The Necromancy Hub

Key Locations	Details
Ritual Site	The area in which you perform rituals and can interact with the Well of Souls.
Lodestone	Allows players to freely teleport to the City of Um.
Ghost Troll Cave	An entry level training ground located south of the graveyard where players can attack ghost trolls and acquire a 'Deathstorm drape'
Soul Supplies	A general store where players can acquire necroplasm, candles, and ghostly ink.
Graveyard	A thematic park with a shrine where players can unlock prayers/curses.
Buried Bargains	An equipment shop , located near the docks, is where players can acquire Necromancy robes.
Runecrafting Altar Portal	A dark portal where players can enter after a quest to create the new Necromancy runes.
Pub	A place where familiar faces gather and buy drinks
Forge	A place where players can create equipment.
An Owlery	A place where there are owls.
Boat Shop	A place where players can take a boat tour or rent a boat.

 

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Well of Souls - Talent Tree

There are two currencies, Souls and Talent Points.

• Souls are obtained by performing rituals and interacting with the citizens of Um.
• Talent Points are earned by gaining Necromancy XP through combat.

 

Talent Points can be spent to earn Talents with each Talent costing 1 Talent point.

Number	XP Required
1	80
2	2,000
3	8,000
4	18,000
5	???
-	-
18	???

^{There's currently a max of 18 talents}

 

Unlocking a talent tree tier requires: [Necromancy level | Souls | at least 1 talent of the previous tier].

Tier	Lvl Req	Soul Req	Talent	Talent	Talent	Talent
7	90	35,000	Split Soul (Lvl 92)	-	-	-
6	80	8,500	Darkness (Lvl 86) Q	Spectral Scythe (Lvl 62) U	Spirit Pact III U	Invoke Death (Lvl 80) Q
5	70	4,500	Greater Bone Shield (Lvl 73) Q	Spectral Scythe (Lvl 62) U	Spirit Pact II U	Life Transfer (Lvl 76) Q
4	60	2,000	Command Vengeful Ghost (Lvl 60) U	Spectral Scythe (Lvl 62)	Spirit Pact I	Command Putrid Zombie (Lvl 60) U
3	40	400	Conjure Vengeful Ghost (Lvl 40)	Threads of Fate (Lvl 44)	-	Conjure Putrid Zombie (Lvl 40)
2	20	50	Command Skeleton Warrior (Lvl 20) U	-	-	-
1	-	-	Conjure Skeleton Warrior (Lvl 2)	-	-	-

^{U = Requires previous themed talent first}

^{Q = Requires a quest.}

 

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Abilities

Necromancy abilities function slightly differently than ordinary combat abilities. There are no threshold abilities and the basic attack acts as an ability but generates 9% adrenalin. Players are encourage to use Full Manual in order to fully grasp each ability as they progress through the skill. However, players still have the option to use revolution.

Lvl	Name	Lvl	Name	Name
-	Necromancy (Basic attack)
2	Conjure Skeleton Warrior	20	Command Skeleton Warrior
8	Finger of Death
11	Touch of Death
28	Death Skulls
36	Blood Siphon
40	Conjure Putrid Zombie	60	Command Putrid Zombie
40	Conjure Vengeful Ghost	60	Command Vengeful Ghost
48	Bloat
54	Soul Sap
54	Soul Strike
62	Spectral Scythe	62	Upgrade 1	Upgrade 2
66	Volley of Souls
76	Living Death

 

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Incantations

Incantations are the magic spells of Necromancy which require up to 4 new runes.

Lvl	Name	Spirit Runes	Bone Runes	Flesh Runes	Miasma Runes
24	City of Um Teleport	5	-	-	-
25	Lesser Bone Shield	5	5	-	-
44	Threads of Fate	5	2	1	-
73	Greater Bone Shield	10	10	5	-
76	Life Transfer	10	5	2	1
80	Invoke Death	10	5	5	2
86	Darkness	30	15	8	4
92	Split Soul	10	5	2	1

 

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Rituals

Rituals allow players to progress through the Necromancy skill and to acquire Necromancy related items. To perform a ritual players will need to use [Candles | Glyphs | Offerings].*

There are brand new Necromancy candles which players can use for rituals with the best version being needed for the best rituals. Glyphs require a new type of item called Ghostly Ink and similarly will need the best version for the best rituals.

 

Ritual Types

There are 4 types of rituals:

Ritual	Offering	Unique Reward
Communion	Bones/Mementos	Grants souls to the 'Well of Souls' (Talent Tree).
Necroplasm	Necroplasm	Grants ectoplasm (to conjure undead creatures).
Essence	Pure Essence	Grants impure essence (to craft Soul/Bone/Flesh/Miasma runes)
Ensoul material	Unensouled bar/Magic or Crafting Equipment	Grants ensouled bars (to craft equipment upgrades)

 

Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3
Lesser communion	Greater communion	Powerful communion
Lesser necroplasm	Greater necroplasm	Powerful necroplasm
Lesser ensoul material	Greater essence	Powerful essence
Lesser essence	Ensoul material
	Greater ensoul material

^{The type of offering for communion rituals affects the number of souls output.}

 

Glyphs

There are two types of glyphs

• Foundational Glyphs - Required glyphs to start a ritual.
• Alteration Glyphs - Optional glyphs which yield various benefits

 

Foundational Glyphs	Alteration Glyphs	Alteration Glyph description
Reagent I - III	Attraction I - III	Increases spirit attraction
Commune I - III	Protection I - III	Improves material durability? unsure
Change I - III	Multiply I - III	Increases ritual output & Increases spirit attraction
Elemental I - III	Speed I - III	Decreases ritual duration & Increases spirit attraction

 

Ritual Disturbance

Whilst performing rituals players may come across random events. The higher a player's soul attraction the more often they appear.

Type	Description	Reward
Sparkling Glyph	During a ritual a glyph may begin to sparkle and can be restored.	40% of Small XP Lamp
Wandering Soul	A wandering soul appears and attempts to leave the ritual site.	40% of Small XP Lamp
Deathshead moth	A moth will roam around the ritual site.	???

^{XP reward is an estimation}

 

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Quests

There are 9 new quests split into 2 quest series which explore Necromancy and the City of Um's story and mechanics.

The First Necromancer Quests	City of Um Quests
Necromancy!	Kili Row
Rune Mythos	That Old Black Magic
Vessel of the Harbinger
The Spirit of War
Tomes of the Warlock
Remains of the Necrolord
Alpha vs Omega

 

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Achievements

Alongside this update Jagex are introduce a new are task set for the City of Um. For now there will only be Easy/Medium task sets. Upon completion players can get the task set item, Tome of Um.

City of Um - Easy (12 Achievements)

Name	Description
A Prayer For The Dying	Talk to Selene to learn a Necromancy Prayer.
A View To Die For	Find the amazing viewpoint overlooking the City of Um that will give you hours of enjoyment.
And They Called Him Weapon Poison+++	Kill a ghost troll with Necromancy in the cave entrance to Trollgrav.
Basic Soul Forgery	Upgrade a piece of Death Skull or Deathwarden equipment to tier 20.
Damage Without Consequences	Use the Finger of Death ability while having 6 stacks of Necrosis to avoid draining any adrenaline.
Don't Lose Your Focus	Deposit a ritual focus object into the focus storage at the City of Um ritual site.
I'm Ready To Believe You!	Dispel any ritual disturbance while performing a Necromancy ritual.
Lesser Ritualist	Complete a Lesser Necroplasm ritual.
My Skeleton Can Beat Up Your Skeleton	Conjure a Skeleton Warrior while fighting a skeleton in the Lumbridge Catacombs.
Nobody Tell Guthix	Craft some spirit or bone runes.
Poltergeist Pen Pal	Craft some regular ghostly ink while in the City of Um
The One Stop Occultist's Shop	Buy something from the Lupe's Soul Supplies shop in the City of Um.

 

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City of Um - Medium (10 Achievements)

Name	Description
A Grave Concoction	Make a Necromancy potion while in the City of Um.
Mourning Ritual	Complete a communion ritual using a memento.

^{I forgot to get the rest}

 

Area Rewards

• Easy
  
  - Given by Icthlarin, near the ritual site.
• Medium
  

 

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Other

Here are some bonus bits of information:

• The Ghost troll cave is a shard instance similar to the Senntisten Asylum and the Fort Forinthry Crypt on their release.
• Certain Necromancy prayers, such as the t99 one, Ruination
  
  have Necromancy levels.
• The Ritual disturbances will appear over players and are noticeable even when the area is crowded with other players.
  • Pets will be hidden in the ritual site.
• The City of Um Lodestone hotkey is 'U'.
• Players will be given 3 free action bars and 50 free bank space on release.
• Upon leveling up there are various chat messages notifying the player of new changes in the City of Um.
• The new hitchance target information
  
  applies to all 4 combat styles.
  • Only Necromancy benefits from the damage potential (accuracy changes).
• There appeared to be a bug with Tears of Guthix

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