Diablo 4 Bone Skills - Necromancer

The Necromancer has four high-level playstyles that players can choose between. These playstyles are Bone, Darkness, Blood, and the Army.

A classic direct offense and enemy detaining skills, the new iteration of Bone skills are supplemented by effects such as Critical Strike and benefit from a large Essence pool.

The battlefield can be divided with Bone Prison, to either restrict enemies into certain areas or enclose them in a narrow space to facilitate area of effect skills. Bone Spirit is a foe-seeking missile that explodes on impact, but has a cooldown and consumes all Essence though with the benefit of its firepower increased per point of Essence spent.

D4 Damage with Bone Skills:

  • Increases damage dealt by your Skills that have the Bone tag.
  • You have +{#} of this stat from items and Paragon.

Bonus Critical Strike Damage with Bone Skills:

  • Extra damage granted to Bone Skills when they Critically Strike.
  • Stacks with your normal Critical Strike Damage Bonus.
  • You have +{#} of this stat from items and Paragon.

Bone Skills

NameDescriptionTagsPower NameRewards
Bone Spear

Essence Cost: 25
Lucky Hit Chance: 50% (per hit)
Conjure a bone spear from the ground, dealing {85/93.5/102/110.5/119/127.5/136/144.5/153/161.5}% damage and piercing through enemies.

skill_rankup_desc: Damage {85/93.5/102/110.5/119/127.5/136/144.5/153/161.5}%

Tags: Core, Bone, Damage, Physical, Essence

Necromancer BoneSpear
  • e type: 0
  • max talent ranks: 5
  • power id: 432879
  • power mod hash: 0
  • reward name: Necro Unlock BoneSpear
Bone Splinters

Generate Essence: 6
Lucky Hit Chance: 17% (per hit)
Fire 3 bone splinters, dealing {8/8.8/9.6/10.4/11.2/12/12.8/13.6/14.4/15.2}% damage each. Each subsequent time an enemy is hit by the same cast of Bone Splinters, you gain 1 Essence.

skill_rankup_desc: Damage {8/8.8/9.6/10.4/11.2/12/12.8/13.6/14.4/15.2}%

Tags: Basic, Bone, Damage, Physical, Essence

Necromancer BoneSplinters
  • e type: 0
  • max talent ranks: 5
  • power id: 500962
  • power mod hash: 0
  • reward name: Necro Unlock BoneSplinters
Supernatural Bone Spear

Bone Spear makes the first enemy hit Vulnerable for 3 seconds.

Tags: Core, Bone, Damage, Physical, Essence

Necromancer BoneSpear
  • e type: 1
  • max talent ranks: 3
  • power id: 432879
  • power mod hash: 3341564621
  • reward name: Necro Mod BoneSpear 01
Acolyte's Bone Splinters

Hitting the same enemy at least 3 times with the same cast of Bone Splinters grants +8% Critical Strike Chance for 4 seconds.

Tags: Basic, Bone, Damage, Physical, Essence

Necromancer BoneSplinters
  • e type: 1
  • max talent ranks: 3
  • power id: 500962
  • power mod: UpgradeA
  • power mod hash: 2686060809
  • reward name: Necro Mod BoneSplinters 01
Bone Spirit

Cooldown: 12 seconds
Essence Cost: All Remaining Essence
Lucky Hit Chance: 33% (per hit)
Consume all of your Essence to conjure a spirit of bone that seeks enemies. Upon reaching an enemy, the spirit explodes, dealing {80/88/96/104/112/120/128/136/144/152}% damage to the target and all surrounding enemies. Damage is increased by x3% for each point of Essence spent casting Bone Spirit.

skill_rankup_desc: Damage {80/88/96/104/112/120/128/136/144/152}%

Tags: Macabre, Bone, Damage, Cooldown, Essence, Physical

Necromancer BoneSpirit
  • e type: 0
  • max talent ranks: 5
  • power id: 469641
  • power mod hash: 0
  • reward name: Necro Unlock BoneSpirit
Bone Prison

Cooldown: {20/19/18/17.2/16.4/15.8/15.2/14.8/14.4/14/13.6/13.2/13/12.8/12.6/12.4/12.3/12.2/12.1/12} seconds
Unearth a prison of bone with {#} Life that surrounds the target area for 6 seconds.

skill_rankup_desc: Bone Prison Life {#}
Cooldown {20/19/18/17.2/16.4/15.8/15.2/14.8/14.4/14/13.6/13.2/13/12.8/12.6/12.4/12.3/12.2/12.1/12} seconds

Tags: Macabre, Bone, Cooldown

Necromancer BonePrison
  • e type: 0
  • max talent ranks: 5
  • power id: 493453
  • power mod hash: 0
  • reward name: Necro Unlock BoneWall
Ghastly Bone Prison

Enemies inside of Bone Prison are Vulnerable.

Tags: Macabre, Bone, Cooldown

Necromancer BonePrison
  • e type: 1
  • max talent ranks: 3
  • power id: 493453
  • power mod: Vulnerable
  • power mod hash: 3437839728
  • reward name: Necro Mod BoneWall 01
Ghastly Bone Spirit

Bone Spirit has an additional +10% Critical Strike Chance.

Tags: Macabre, Bone, Damage, Cooldown, Essence, Physical

Necromancer BoneSpirit
  • e type: 1
  • max talent ranks: 3
  • power id: 469641
  • power mod hash: 2738743384
  • reward name: Necro Mod BoneSpirit UpgradeA
Bone Storm

Cooldown: 60 seconds
Lucky Hit Chance: 39.608% (per use)
A swirling storm of bones appears around you and your Golem, dealing 180% to surrounding enemies over 10 seconds.

Tags: Ultimate, Bone, Physical, Cooldown, Damage, Minion

Necromancer BoneStorm
  • e type: 0
  • max talent ranks: 5
  • power id: 499281
  • power mod hash: 0
  • reward name: Necro Unlock BoneStorm
Prime Bone Storm

Your Damage Reduction is increased by 15% while Bone Storm is active.

Tags: Ultimate, Bone, Physical, Cooldown, Damage, Minion

Necromancer BoneStorm
  • e type: 1
  • max talent ranks: 3
  • power id: 499281
  • power mod hash: 2740659209
  • reward name: Necro Mod BoneStorm 01
Compound Fracture

After Critically Striking 10 times with Bone Skills, your Bone Skills deal x{5/10/15/20/25/30/35/40/45/50}% increased damage for 5 seconds.

skill_rankup_desc: Damage Bonus x{5/10/15/20/25/30/35/40/45/50}%

Tags: Critical Strikes, Damage, Bone

Necromancer Talent Caster T3 N2
  • e type: 2
  • max talent ranks: 3
  • power id: 495565
  • power mod hash: 0
  • reward name: Necromancer Talent Caster T3 N2
Serration

Your Bone Skills have a +{0.3/0.6/0.9/1.2/1.5/1.8/2.1/2.4/2.7/3}% increased Critical Strike Chance for each 10 Essence you have upon cast.

skill_rankup_desc: Critical Strike Chance Bonus +{0.3/0.6/0.9/1.2/1.5/1.8/2.1/2.4/2.7/3}%

Tags: Critical Strikes, Essence, Bone

Necromancer Talent Caster T4 N3
  • e type: 2
  • max talent ranks: 3
  • power id: 503508
  • power mod hash: 0
  • reward name: Necromancer Talent Caster T4 N3
Ossified Essence

Your Bone Skills deal x1% increased damage for each point of Essence you have above 50 upon cast.

Tags: Damage, Essence, Bone

Necromancer Talent Caster T5 N1
  • e type: 2
  • max talent ranks: 1
  • power id: 495577
  • power mod hash: 0
  • reward name: Necromancer Talent Caster T5 N1
Rapid Ossification

Every 100 Essence you spend reduces the cooldowns of your Bone Skills by {0.5/1/1.5/2/2.5/3/3.5/4/4.5/5} seconds.

skill_rankup_desc: Cooldown Reduction {0.5/1/1.5/2/2.5/3/3.5/4/4.5/5} seconds

Tags: Essence, Cooldown, Bone

Necromancer Talent Playstyle T1 N1
  • e type: 2
  • max talent ranks: 3
  • power id: 588207
  • power mod hash: 0
  • reward name: Necromancer Talent Playstyle T1 N1
Evulsion

Your Bone Skills deal x{6/12/18/24/30/36/42/48/54/60}% increased Critical Strike Damage to Vulnerable enemies.

skill_rankup_desc: Critical Strike Damage Bonus x{6/12/18/24/30/36/42/48/54/60}%

Tags: Vulnerable, Critical Strikes, Damage, Bone

Necromancer Talent Summoning T1 N2
  • e type: 2
  • max talent ranks: 3
  • power id: 495561
  • power mod hash: 0
  • reward name: Necromancer Talent Summoning T1 N2
Supreme Bone Storm

Your Critical Strike Chance is increased by +20% while Bone Storm is active.

Tags: Ultimate, Bone, Physical, Cooldown, Damage, Minion

Necromancer BoneStorm
  • e type: 1
  • max talent ranks: 3
  • power id: 499281
  • power mod hash: 2740659210
  • reward name: Necro Mod BoneStorm 02
Initiate's Bone Splinters

Bone Splinters has a 20% chance per hit to make enemies Vulnerable for 2 seconds.

Tags: Basic, Bone, Damage, Physical, Essence

Necromancer BoneSplinters
  • e type: 1
  • max talent ranks: 3
  • power id: 500962
  • power mod: UpgradeB
  • power mod hash: 2686060810
  • reward name: Necro Mod BoneSplinters 02
Dreadful Bone Spirit

After Bone Spirit hits an enemy, you generate 30 Essence over the next 4 seconds.

Tags: Macabre, Bone, Damage, Cooldown, Essence, Physical

Necromancer BoneSpirit
  • e type: 1
  • max talent ranks: 3
  • power id: 469641
  • power mod hash: 469784046
  • reward name: Necro Mod BoneSpirit UpgradeB
Dreadful Bone Prison

Fortify for 5% Base Life for each enemy trapped by Bone Prison.

Tags: Macabre, Bone, Cooldown

Necromancer BonePrison
  • e type: 1
  • max talent ranks: 3
  • power id: 493453
  • power mod hash: 3069256803
  • reward name: Necro Mod BoneWall 02
Paranormal Bone Spear

Bone Spear has a +5% increased Critical Strike Chance. If Bone Spear's primary projectile Critically Strikes, it fires 2 additional bone shards upon being destroyed.

Tags: Core, Bone, Damage, Physical, Essence

Necromancer BoneSpear
  • e type: 1
  • max talent ranks: 3
  • power id: 432879
  • power mod hash: 888765145
  • reward name: Necro Mod BoneSpear 02
Enhanced Bone Splinters

Bone Splinters has a 25% chance to fire 2 additional projectiles if cast while you have 50 or more Essence.

Tags: Basic, Bone, Damage, Physical, Essence

Necromancer BoneSplinters
  • e type: 1
  • max talent ranks: 3
  • power id: 500962
  • power mod: SkillRank
  • power mod hash: 2849853803
  • reward name: Necro Mod BoneSplinters 03
Enhanced Bone Spear

Bone Spear breaks into 3 shards when it is destroyed, dealing {25/27.5/30/32.5/35/37.5/40/42.5/45/47.5}% damage each.

Tags: Core, Bone, Damage, Physical, Essence

Necromancer BoneSpear
  • e type: 1
  • max talent ranks: 3
  • power id: 432879
  • power mod hash: 2837665256
  • reward name: Necro Mod BoneSpear 03
Enhanced Bone Prison

If an enemy is trapped by Bone Prison, gain 15 Essence, plus an additional 5 per enemy trapped.

Tags: Macabre, Bone, Cooldown

Necromancer BonePrison
  • e type: 1
  • max talent ranks: 3
  • power id: 493453
  • power mod hash: 4194637413
  • reward name: Necro Mod BoneWall 03
Enhanced Bone Spirit

If Bone Spirit Critically Strikes, its Cooldown is reduced by 6 seconds. This effect can only happen once per cast.

Tags: Macabre, Bone, Damage, Cooldown, Essence, Physical

Necromancer BoneSpirit
  • e type: 1
  • max talent ranks: 3
  • power id: 469641
  • power mod hash: 3620634164
  • reward name: Necro Mod BoneSpirit SkillRank

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Necromancer Bone SkillsD4

Bone skills are relatively physical in nature, and thus benefit more heavily from effects such as Critical Strike. These skills also benefit from having and spending large amounts of Essence, as they have various effects that can cause each of their individual attacks to be even more powerful.

Bone Spirit is back in Diablo IV, and it now has a unique twist that exemplifies what Bone skills are all about. Bone Spirit not only has a cooldown, but also consumes all Essence the player currently has. Once cast, a spirit of bone is conjured that seeks out the nearest enemy. Upon reaching them, the spirit will explode, dealing a high amount of damage to the target and all other enemies in the area. This damage is increased by a certain percentage per point of Essence spent, meaning that players who spend the maximum amount of Essence will deal a significant amount of damage to enemies hit. This skill can also be upgraded so that when it Critically Strikes its cooldown is significantly reduced, meaning that players who commit to generating lots of Essence while also having a high Critical Strike chance will get a lot of damage from this skill.

Another Bone skill that Necromancers will have access to is Bone Prison. When the player casts Bone Prison, they slam their weapon into the ground, calling forth a circular wall of Bone to surround the targeted enemy or area. Enemies cannot move through this space while the Bone Prison persists, which makes it incredibly versatile and able to be combined with many other skills, even those that are not themed around Bone. Bone Prison is great for blocking off hallways, trapping groups of enemies inside to set them up for an AoE attack, or for simply sectioning off a group of enemies to deal with later while you handle higher priority targets.

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