Corpse

File:Corpse of Brave Brent Poltroon.jpg

Example of a corpse.

Most fleshy creatures leave a corpse when they die. As in "real life," a corpse is the lifeless body of the original creature. Corpses may be used to resurrect dead allies, or may be exploited for certain Necromancer spells, as well as the Wurm skill Junundu Feast, and the Devourer skill Siege Devourer Feast.

Exploiting a corpse

• Skills in the game will refer to using a corpse. By this they mean to exploit a fresh corpse.
• Skills that "exploit the nearest corpse" refer to the closest corpse to the caster within spell range.
• A fresh corpse is also known as an exploitable corpse. A fresh corpse is the corpse of a fleshy creature which has not been exploited by a skill. Each fresh corpse may only be exploited once. Corpses that have been exploited will appear darker.
• If a fleshy creature is resurrected from an exploited corpse, then dies again, that creature will leave another exploitable corpse.
• Players killed by Unyielding Aura (PvP), and pets leave pre-exploited corpses.
• Some creatures, including most animates, constructs, ghosts, spirits and elementals, leave corpses that can never be exploited.
• A player that has had their corpse exploited can still be resurrected

List of skills that exploit corpses

Icon	Name	Description						Attribute	Campaign
File:Animate Bone Fiend.jpg	Animate Bone Fiend	Spell. Creates a level 1...14...17 bone fiend that can attack at range. Exploits a fresh corpse.	0	1515	01.001	0055		Death MagicZ	Core
File:Animate Bone Horror.jpg	Animate Bone Horror	Spell. Creates a level 1...14...17 bone horror. Exploits a fresh corpse.	0	055	01.001	0055		Death MagicZ	Prophecies
File:Animate Bone Minions.jpg	Animate Bone Minions	Spell. Creates two level 0...10...12 bone minions. Exploits a fresh corpse.	0	1010	01.001	0055		Death MagicZ	Core
File:Animate Flesh Golem.jpg	Animate Flesh Golem	Elite Spell. Creates a level 3...21...25 flesh golem which leaves 1...3...4 fresh corpse(s) when it dies. Exploits a fresh corpse. You can have only one flesh golem at a time.	0	1010	01.001	03030		Death MagicZ	Factions
File:Animate Shambling Horror.jpg	Animate Shambling Horror	Spell. Creates a level 1...14...17 shambling horror. When the shambling horror dies, it is replaced by a level 0...12...15 jagged horror that causes Bleeding with each of its attacks. Exploits a fresh corpse.	0	1010	01.001	02525		Death MagicZ	Nightfall
File:Animate Vampiric Horror.jpg	Animate Vampiric Horror	Spell. Creates a level 1...14...17 vampiric horror. You gain Health equal to the damage it deals. Exploits a fresh corpse.	0	1010	01.001	01515		Death MagicZ	Factions
File:Aura of the Lich.jpg	Aura of the Lich	Elite Enchantment Spell. Exploit all corpses in earshot. Animates a level 1...14...17 bone horror, plus one for each exploited corpse. You have +1 Death Magic (5...37...45 seconds).	0	1515	02.002	04545		Death MagicZ	Prophecies
File:Consume Corpse.jpg	Consume Corpse	Spell. Teleport to a corpse's location. You gain 25...85...100 Health and 5...17...20 Energy. Exploits a fresh corpse.	0	055	01.001	0		Death MagicZ	Prophecies

Related skills

Skills that exploit corpses, like Animate Bone Fiend, require the corpse to be fresh. Other spells that require a corpse in some range, like Nibble ^{[verification requested]} or Signet of Sorrow, still work with an exploited corpse.

Temporary skills that exploit corpses

• File:Animate Candy Golem.jpg Animate Candy Golem - Core
• File:Junundu Feast.jpg Junundu Feast - Nightfall
• File:Siege Devourer Feast.jpg Siege Devourer Feast - Eye of the North

Skills that trigger when a corpse is within a certain area of effect

• File:"I Will Avenge You!".jpg "I Will Avenge You!" (ally corpses only)
• File:"Retreat!".jpg "Retreat!" (ally corpses only)
• File:Signet of Sorrow.jpg Signet of Sorrow
• File:Lamentation.jpg Lamentation
• File:"Tango Down!".jpg "Tango Down!"

Skills that create exploitable corpses

• File:Animate Flesh Golem.jpg Animate Flesh Golem (when the golem dies)

Notes

• Corpses do not cause body blocking.
• Corpses of non-boss NPCs generally vanish after a while. Non-fleshy non-boss creatures' corpses generally disappear within a few seconds, while fleshy non-boss NPCs' corpses last much longer (approximately 45 seconds), and player character, henchman, hero and boss corpses remain indefinitely, as do the corpses of NPCs who start dead, such as the dead troops in the Consulate Docks mission.