Undead Enemies
Overview
Certain enemies are flagged as Undead or Ghost for the purposes of changing the effect of certain powers targeting them.
Undead Affecting Powers
The following powers deliver additional damage against Undead Enemies, sometimes referred to as True Undead.
- Ghost Slaying Axe
- Holy Shotgun Shells
- Soul Trap - Also reduces additional Endurance
- Undead Slaying Axe
Ghost Affecting Powers
The following powers deliver additional damage against Ghost Enemies.
- Divining Rod
- Ghostslayer Bomb
- Ghostslayer Rifle
- Soul Trap - Also reduces additional Endurance
Undead Enemies
The following enemies are flagged as Undead.
Arachnos
Some Arachnos can be found as ghosts in some of Veluta Lunata's missions.
Banished Pantheon
Circle of Thorns
- Caleb
- Nerva Spectral Daemon
- Nerva Spectral Daemon Lord
- Spectral Daemon
- Spectral Daemon Lord
- Spectral Follower
- Spectral Knight
Ghosts
- Spirit (Croatoa)
- Spirit (Portal)
- Spirit (Ghost Ship event)
- Apparition (Croatoa)
- Apparition (Portal)
- Apparition (Ghost Ship event)
- Lost Soul (Croatoa)
- Lost Soul (Portal)
- Lost Soul (Ghost Ship event)
Halloween Enemies
Abominations
Only the Abominations with the appearance of Shivans count as Undead, and likely only take 60% of the additional damage like regular Shivans.
Dark Fiends
Only the Dark Fiends with the appearance of Vampires count as Undead.
Deadly Apocalypse
- Greater Mystic Aspect (only Adamastor and Caleb forms)
Dr. Kane's Horrors
Spirits
Transparent Terrors
Unseelie Court
Vampire
Zombies
Zombie Apocalypse
Mastermind Henchmen (Necromancy)
Only in PvE such as via Doppelgangers or Mission Architect. In order to provide a fair balance for human players, any PvP against a Mastermind's henchmen from the Necromancy power set will not deal additional damage even though these henchmen are technically True Undead.
Midnight Masters
- Reanimated Acolyte
- Ghoulish Mystic
- Shambling Archmage
- Soul of Percy Winkley
- Animated Midnight
- Master Midnight
- Montague Castanella
Midnight Squad
Miscellaneous
Nightmare
Praetorians
Shivans
Shivans, while affected like True Undead, only take 60% of the additional damage.
Skulls
Summoned by Veles.
- Grave Knight
- Lich
- Spirit
Spectral Pirates
Scrapyarders
The Cabal
The Black Knights
- Black Feather
- Eternal Guard
- Armiger
- Black Chevalier
- Black Warden
- Dread Templar
- Black Queen
- Lord Lorn
- Nega-Pendragon
- Pendragon
- Scarlet
- Sir Agnan
- Sir Bedwyr
- Sir Emric
- Sir Lucane
Tsoo
Ghost Enemies
The following enemies are flagged as Ghosts.
Apparitions
Apparitions are the only Ghosts that do not also count as Undead.
- Coalesced Spirit
- Dispersed Impression
- Enraged Spectre
- Fearsome Reflection
- Formed Impression
- Fractured Impression
- Fractured Spectre
- Fractured Spirit
- Hive of Anger
- Ripped Spectre
- Scattered Spirit
Arachnos
Some Arachnos can be found as ghosts in some of Veluta Lunata's missions.
Circle of Thorns
Ghosts
- Spirit (Croatoa)
- Spirit (Portal)
- Spirit (Ghost Ship event)
- Apparition (Croatoa)
- Apparition (Portal)
- Apparition (Ghost Ship event)
- Lost Soul (Croatoa)
- Lost Soul (Portal)
- Lost Soul (Ghost Ship event)
Halloween Enemies
Transparent Terrors
Mastermind Henchmen (Necromancy)
Only in PvE such as via Doppelgangers or Mission Architect. In order to provide a fair balance for human players, any PvP against a Mastermind's henchmen from the Necromancy power set will not deal additional damage even though these henchmen are technically Ghosts.
Miscellaneous
Scrapyarders
Skulls
Summoned by Veles.
- Spirit
Spectral Pirates
The Cabal
Tsoo
Enemies that are not Undead or Ghosts
There are several enemies that you would think are Undead or Ghosts, but are instead animated through other means or not treated as such by the game.
- 5th Column
5th Column Vampyri are created through scientific means, and are not Undead.
- Arachnos
- Ghost Widow - Ghost Widow is not flagged as Undead or Ghost, likely to prevent vulnerability to temporary powers.
- Banished Pantheon
Banished Pantheon spirit masks and totems are not undead. Instead, they appear to be animated spirits.
- Council
Council Vampyri are created through scientific means, and are not Undead.
- Dr. Kane's Horrors
- The Abomination is evidently more machine than man and counts as Electronic rather than Undead.
- Freedom Phalanx
- Numina - Numina is not flagged as Undead or Ghost, likely to prevent vulnerability to temporary powers.
- Ghouls/Failed Experiments/Forlorn
Ghouls and their related groups are genetically altered, feral humans and not Undead.
- Infected
Infected originally were treated as undead, but are actually diseased. This was fixed on December 7, 2006.
- Legacy Chain
- War Witch - War Witch is not flagged as Undead or Ghost, likely to prevent vulnerability to temporary powers.
- Praetorians
- Diabolique - Diabolique is not flagged as Undead or Ghost, likely to prevent vulnerability to temporary powers.
- Vahzilok
Dr. Vahzilok animates his Cadavers and Abominations through scientific means and they are not True Undead.
- Vindicators
- Woodsman - Woodsman is not flagged as Undead or Ghost, likely to prevent vulnerability to temporary powers.