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TheDiablo 4Necromancer class gives the undead a taste of their own medicine. Using essence, Necromancers can conjure undead to fight for them and even conjure sharp bone spears to cut down their enemies. But if you really want to strike fear into your enemies, you’ll want to unlock the ability to summon Golems.
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Golems are giant amalgamations of Blood, Iron, and Bone; unlike most of the Necromancer’s abilities, you won’t have to spend precious essence to spawn Golems, making them very valuable in battle. However, you won’t be able to summon Golems until you’ve reached a few requirements.
Requirements For Summoning A Golem
You will want to unlock theMenestad Waypointbefore starting the Necromancer: Call fo the Underworld quest, since the quest takes placein the Western Ways and the Sallow Riverbanks area.
Necromancer: Call Of The Underworld Quest Walkthrough
Once you hit level 25, theNecromancer: Call of the Underworld Questwill automatically be added to your map. Your character will need to pray at the Shrine of Rothma located in the Western Ways area of Fractured Peaks.
A spectral figure named Maltorius will meet you upon praying at the shrine. He explains that he will teach you how to build a Golem if you cancollect 12 Unbroken Bonesand bring them to him.
How To Collect The Unbroken Bones
Skeleton-type enemies have a chance to drop Unbroken Bones. You’ll find large groups of Skeletons in theSarkova Pass and Western Ways area.
Watch out for elite skeletons and Skeleton Ballistaas they have powerful and long-range attacks.
Luckily, they take a long time to charge their attacks. You caneasily evade their attacks if you watch their loading animation.
Find The Cave Containing The Vile Artifact - Bitter Cave
Once you’ve collected all 12 Unbroken Bones, return to Maltorius, who will give you your next objective to find the vile artifact that will grant you the power to create a Golem.
You’re looking for theBitter Cave; it will have a Cellar map icon and can be foundby traveling southwest from the Shrine of Rothma. Jump down the cliff side to enter theSallow Riverbanks area.
Then,travel southto find the Bitter Cave entrance.
Fill The Jar Of Souls
Bitter Cave is a small cave that features theJar of Souls artifact;your objective is to open the jar and then fill the jar with the souls of enemies that spawn in the cave. To do this,kill the enemies and walk into the glowing green souls.
Once the jar is full,Maltorius will appear and grant you the power to build Golems.
There’s plenty of value in unlocking the Golem skill in the Book of the Dead tab,even if you don’t summon creatures in your Necromancer build. You can sacrifice the ability to summon your Golem forpowerful passive abilitiesfor your character.
How To Summon A Golem
Now that you have completed the Necromancer: Call of the Underworld Quest, you willunlock the Book Of The Dead ability tab accessed via the character menu.
Choose the type of Golem you want to summon andselect an upgrade.
you may only activate one Golem upgrade at any given time.You won’t be able to summon the Iron-type Golem until you reach level 32.
Once you’ve chosen your Golem, you mustassign the Golem spell to your hot bar. Open your skills andassign Golem to a spell slot. Your Golem will automatically spawn when the ability is placed on your hotbar; activating the Golem spell willcause the Golem to respawn at your location.
Having a hot bar with both the Golem summoning skill and minion summoning skill istaxing on your character’s offensive capabilities in combat. Fewer skill slots mean you’ll berelying more on your minions to deal damage for you.
It’s possible toswitch your Golem variant in battle by accessing the Book of the Dead skill tree; however, switching your Golem will cause your current Golem to die and trigger a hefty cooldown before you can summon your new Golem.
If your Golem dies, it willautomatically respawn after a short duration of time.
Bone Golem Type
The Bone Golem acts as a protector that tauntsnearby enemies to attack it; this effectively gives you a tank companion.
The more mobs that the Bone Golem taunts, the more damage it will take, meaning you’ll want toincrease your character’s Thorn statas much as you can.
The Bone Golem is a fantastic choice if you like to play solo, as itgrants you a buffer from enemy attacks. Upgrade 2 is a superior option for solo players as thisgives your Golem more survivability and offensive capabilities with Thorn damage.
Blood Golem Type
The Blood Golem cannot taunt enemies like the Bone Golem, but it candrain the life of nearby enemies to heal itself. You can use this to great effect to kill large groups of damaged mobs.
Blood Golems are an alternative defensive Golem thatact as a Templar by decreasing damage taken to you. The Blood Golem sacrifices its own life to keep you Healthy.
Upgrade 2 synergizes well with Blood Magicspells that focus on healing and keeping your Necromancer Healthy. You canactivate the Blood Golem’s drain life ability every ten seconds, giving it more survivability than the Iron Golem in combat.
Iron Golem Type
The Iron Golem is an offensive variant that can slam the ground to Stun nearby enemies.
The Iron Golem has thebest Sacrifice passive of the Golem types for solo players, as 30 percent is a significant increase and works perfectly with Bone Spear Necromancer builds.
The Iron Golem is fantastic at supporting you while fighting Elite enemies, as its slam ability grants you a short window to put in some free damage, which can be increased further by making your targets Vulnerable.
The Iron Golem’sslam attack can be used every ten seconds, giving you a reliable stun throughout boss fights.
