Undead Enemies
Some powers, such as the Undead Slaying Axe and the Ghost Slaying Axe, do extra damage to true undead.
True Undead Affecting Powers
The following Temporary Powers deliver additional damage against True Undead.
Ghost Affecting Powers
The following Temporary Powers deliver additional damage against ghosts.
True Undead
The following enemies are treated as True Undead.
Arachnos
Some Arachnos can be found as ghosts in some of Veluta Lunata's missions.
Banished Pantheon
Circle of Thorns
Circle of Thorns spirits are Undead but not Ghosts, instead classed as Demons.
- Caleb
- Nerva Spectral Daemon
- Nerva Spectral Daemon Lord
- Spectral Daemon
- Spectral Daemon Lord
- Spectral Follower
- Spectral Knight
Ghosts
The Ghosts faction was originally bugged, with the Lost Souls and Female Apparitions affected as if they were True Undead while the Spirits and Male Apparitions were unaffected. This was fixed on December 7, 2006.
- 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 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
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
Ghosts and Spirits
There are some temporary powers that are specially focused on ghosts. These powers will not affect other types of undead.
The following enemies are affected by ghost weapons.
Apparitions
- 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
- Caleb
- Nerva Spectral Daemon
- Nerva Spectral Daemon Lord
- Spectral Daemon
- Spectral Daemon Lord
- Spectral Follower
- Spectral Knight
Halloween Enemies
Transparent Terrors
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)
Mastermind Henchmen (Necromancy)
Only in PvE such 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
Spectral Pirates
Scrapyarders
Skulls
Summoned by Veles.
- Spirit
The Cabal
Tsoo
Enemies that are not undead
There are several enemies that at first may seem to be true undead or ghosts, but are instead animated through other means or not treated as such by the game.
Arachnos
Banished Pantheon
Banished Pantheon spirit masks and totems are not undead. Instead, they appear to be animated spirits from another realm.
Council
Council Vampyri are created through scientific means, and are not True Undead.
Dr. Kane's Horrors
- The Abomination is more machine than man and counts as Electronic.
Ghouls/Failed Experiments/Forlorn
Ghouls 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
Praetorians
- Diabolique
- Pre-Issue 23 Shadow Hunter (via flashback)
Vahzilok
Dr. Vahzilok animates his Cadaver and Abomination through scientific means and they are not True Undead.