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Some powers, such as the Undead Slaying Axe and the Ghost Slaying Axe, do extra damage to true undead.

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.

  • Wolf Spider Ghost
  • Wolf Spider Phantom
  • Wolf Spider Shade

Banished Pantheon[]

Circle of Thorns[]

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.

Miscellaneous[]

Shivans[]

Shivans, while affected like True Undead, only take 60% of the additional damage.

Spectral Pirates[]

Praetorians[]

Scrapyarders[]

Spirits[]

Tsoo[]

Unseelie Court[]

Vampire[]

Zombies[]

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.

Arachnos[]

Some Arachnos can be found as ghosts in some of Veluta Lunata's missions.

  • Wolf Spider Ghost
  • Wolf Spider Phantom
  • Wolf Spider Shade

Circle of Thorns[]

Ghosts[]

Miscellaneous[]

Spectral Pirates[]

Scrapyarders[]

Tsoo[]

Enemies that are not undead[]

There are several enemies that at first may seem to be true undead, but are instead animated through other means.

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.

Infected[]

Infected originally were treated as undead, but are actually diseased. This was fixed on December 7, 2006.

Vahzilok[]

Dr. Vahzilok animates his Cadaver and Abomination through scientific means and they are not True Undead.

Mastermind Henchmen (Necromancy)[]

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 the henchmen are technically True Undead.

Powers that focus on True Undead[]

The following Temporary Powers deliver additional damage against True Undead.

Powers that focus on Ghosts[]

The following Temporary Powers deliver additional damage against ghosts.

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