Dungeons:Necromancer

Necromancer

Health points	600
Behavior	Hostile
Classification	Undead
Attack strength	50

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“	NECROMANCER THE THREAT – Another Undead horror, necromancers use their staffs to summon zombies and skeletons to carry out their dirty work. They will also rapidly fire damaging bolts from their staff to make dealing with their summoned minions even harder! YOUR STRATEGY – The best way to defeat a necromancer is to keep your distance and shoot it with a bow – Ideally one enchanted with Multishot so you can hit the summoned mobs at the same time as the necromancer. If you are forced into melee combat, try to hide in a corner to avoid being swarmed by skeletons and zombies.	„
	— Guide to Minecraft Dungeons: A Handbook for Heroes

A necromancer is an undead hostile mob that can be found within the various missions of Minecraft Dungeons.

Spawning

• Creeper Woods (Apocalypse)
• Creepy Crypt (Apocalypse)
• Woodland Mansion
• Woodland Prison
• Cacti Canyon (Adventure)
• Desert Temple
• Lower Temple
• Abyssal Monument (Secret area)
• The Stronghold
• Daily Trial
• Tower

Behavior

Basic attack

Necromancer basic attack

Necromancers use their staff to summon zombies to attack heroes. They summon mobs much more often than the Nameless One. Should the hero get too close, necromancers immediately flee until they are a safe distance from the hero, and then summon mobs again. They do not summon mobs if there's about seven or more zombies around them. Also, if a necromancer is cornered against a wall, they might not summon any zombies due to the lack of space.

Strong attack

Necromancer strong attack

Necromancers also rapidly fire damaging laser orbs from their staff to heroes. The laser orbs deal less damage than the zombie's melee attack but more damage than the skeleton's ranged attack, and they also knock the hero back.

Novelty

Necromancer "Novelty"

Necromancers sometimes throw their staff into the air while idling.

Health

Necromancers have 600 HP in the code, the small largest health of any mob than mountaineers and vindicators. The haunted callers have 1200 HP in the code. On Default I, all mobs have 9.6% health and 12% damage of what is set in the code.

Haunted caller

Haunted Caller

Health points	1200
Behavior	Hostile
Classification	Ancient Undead
Attack strength	50

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The arena where the Haunted Caller is summoned and fought.

The haunted caller is an ancient necromancer that can be encountered during ancient hunts with the minimum offering of the following runes:

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The ancient resides within Haunted Caller Ancient Dungeon and possesses, at minimum, the following enchantments:

• Accelerate
• Fire Trail
• Gravity Pulse
• Rapid Fire

Six enchanted skeleton horsemen act as the ancient's minions, possessing the following enchantments:

• Cowardice

Upon defeating the haunted caller, a gilded variant of the following items drops as a reward:

• Longbow
  • Red Snake
  • Guardian Bow
• Rapid Crossbow
  • Auto Crossbow
  • Butterfly Crossbow
• Sickles
  • The Last Laugh
  • Nightmare's Bite
• Spelunker Armor
  • Cave Crawler

Sounds

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Description	Resource location
	Boney laugh	sfx_mob_NecromancerBoneyLaugh_soundWave
	Death	sfx_mob_NecromancerDeath_soundWave
	Hurt	sfx_mob_NecromancerHurt_soundWave
	Idle	sfx_mob_NecromancerIdle_soundWave
	Laugh	sfx_mob_NecromancerBoneyLaugh_soundWave
	Prepare summon	sfx_mob_evokerPrepareSummon_soundWave sfx_mob_NecromancerPrepareSummon_soundWave
	Spell	sfx_mob_NecromancerSpell_soundWave sfx_multi_evokerCastSpell_soundWave
	Step	sfx_mob_NecromancerStep_soundWave
	Summon	Sfx mob skeletonNecromancerSummoned_soundWave

Arrows

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Description	Resource location
	Arrow Impact Normal	sfx_item_necromancerArrowImpactNormal

Data values

• In the game files, necromancers are referred to internally by the name SkeletonNecromancer.
• In the sound file, the torment quiver is referred to internally by the name necromancerQuiver.

SkeletonNecromancer;

• Basic health: 600
• Push multiplier: 0.6
• Ranged Post Attack Delay: 5.0
• Ranged Acquire Target Range Units: 1200.0
• Ranged Lose Target Range Units: 1600.0
• Ranged Min Distance Before Fleeing: 500.0
• Range: 1200.0
• Number Of Projectiles: 1
• Delay Seconds: 0.5
• Delay Seconds Per Projectile: 0.0
• Angle Span: 0.0
• Angle Off set: 0.0
• Max Randomized Angle Factor: 0.0
• Non Random First Arrow: true

History

[hide]Minecraft Dungeons
Dungeons Beta							Added necromancers.
1.3.2.0							Now spawns in a secret area in the Overgrown Temple.
1.8.0.0							Added the haunted caller.
							Now appears in the Woodland Mansion and Woodland Prison.
1.9.1.0							Now spawns in a secret area in the Abyssal Monument.
1.10.2.0							Now appears in The Stronghold.
1.10.3.0							Reduced charge speed.
							A necromancer can lock onto a hero who flees more than 20 blocks.

Trivia

• A necromancer was seen summoning drowned within the reveal trailer for the Hidden Depths. However, it was a placeholder for drowned necromancers, the aquatic variant of the mob. Despite this, it can spawn within the Dry Dry Dungeon of the Abyssal Monument.
• A necromancer's laugh can be heard in 0:30 Caves & Cliffs part one trailer.
• When playing multiplayer, if both heroes press the button at the same time, the haunted caller spawns alongside an extra duplicate. This makes it harder to beat than the Unbreakable One and the Thundering Growth due to both the undead enchantments.

Gallery

Renders

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  Necromancer.

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  Necromancer casting spell.

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Animations

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  Necromancer idle.

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  Necromancer walk

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  Necromancer basic attack.

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  Necromancer strong attack.

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  Necromancer stun

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  Necromancer novelty.

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  Necromancer get hit front (unused).

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  Necromancer get hit left (unused).

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  Necromancer get hit right (unused).

Textures

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  Necromancer texture file.

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  Necromancer shadow texture file.

Screenshots

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  A necromancer standing alongside the Nameless One.

Concept artwork

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  Early Necromancer design.

In other media

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  A necromancer as seen in the trailer.