Necropolis (H4)

For the faction in other games, see Necropolis.

Necropolis
Faction information
Classes	Death Knight (might) Necromancer (magic)
Campaign heroes	Gauldoth Half-Dead Kalibarr Suraze Baron Von Tarkin
Grail building	Infernal effigy
Spell schools	Death Chaos Order
Organisations	Head of Death
Kingdom	Nekross

The Necropolis is a faction in Heroes of Might and Magic IV. It is associated with Death Magic, and is populated by demons and the undead.

Lore

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Classes

Death Knight (might)

Necromancer (magic)

Creatures

• Standard lineup
• External lineup

Skeleton	Imp	Ghost	Cerberus
Vampire	Venom spawn	Bone dragon	Devil

Zombie	Gargoyle	Mummy	Ice demon
Dark champion

Buildings

Basic

Village hall	Town hall	City hall	Tavern	Prison
Provides 500 gold per day. It is required before you can build any other town structure.	Provides 750 gold per day.	Provides 1000 gold per day.	Allows the recruitment of heroes	Holds captured enemy heroes.*
Requires: N/A	Requires: 10 wood 10 ore 2500 gold	Requires: 10 wood 10 ore 5 gems 5 crystals 2500 gold Town hall	Requires: 2 wood 500 gold	Requires: N/A
Fort	Citadel	Castle	Caravan	Shipyard
Builds a level one city wall. It is required to build 1st level creature dwellings.	Builds a moat and level two city wall.	Builds a keep and level three city wall.	Sends heroes and creatures to remote locations. Travel time is computed using a high (30 move / day) movement rate.	Builds ships, and allows caravans to travel across bodies of water.
Requires: 20 wood 20 ore 5000 gold	Requires: 10 wood 10 ore 7500 gold Fort	Requires: 10 wood 10 ore 7500 gold Citadel	Requires: 10 wood 4000 gold Fort	Requires: 20 wood 2000 gold Fort

Other

Undead transformer	Necromancy amplifier	Armory	Infernal effigy
Converts Level One and Two creatures into skeletons, Level Three creatures into ghosts, and Level Four creatures into vampires.*	Incerases the effects of the Necromancy skill by 10%.	Sells Swords, Chain Mail, Shields, Vials of Poison, Potions of Restoration, Clouds of Despair, Vials of Choking Gas, and Potions of Immortality.	Provides 3000 gold per day. Also, the strength of all Death Magic spells are increased by 50%. The maximum number of creatures that can be raised by necromancy is increased by 50%, and the effects of the Necromancy skill are increased by 10%.
Requires: 10 ore 5 mercury 2500 gold Cemetry	Requires: 6 wood 3 sulfur 3 mercury 1000 gold Fort Tower of Darkness Level 1	Requires: 4 wood 10 ore 3000 gold	Requires: Grail

Mage guild

Tower of Darkness level 1	Tower of Darkness level 2	Tower of Darkness level 3	Tower of Darkness level 4	Tower of Darkness level 5
Teaches 3 Level One Death Magic spells. Heroes who visit regain up to 35% of their spell points. Heroes who spend the night recover all of their spell points.	Teaches 3 Level Two Death Magic spells. Heroes who visit regain up to 50% of their spell points. Heroes who spend the night recover all of their spell points.	Teaches 2 Level Three Death Magic spells. Heroes who visit regain up to 65% of their spell points. Heroes who spend the night recover all of their spell points.	Teaches 2 Level Four Death Magic spells. Heroes who visit regain up to 80% of their spell points. Heroes who spend the night recover all of their spell points.	Teaches 1 Level Five Death Magic spell. Heroes who visit or spend the night recover 100% of their spell points.
Requires: 2 wood 2 ore 1 sulfur 1000 gold	Requires: 1 sulfur 1000 gold Tower of Darkness level 1	Requires: 1 sulfur 1000 gold Tower of Darkness level 2	Requires: 1 sulfur 1000 gold Tower of Darkness level 3	Requires: 1 sulfur 1000 gold Tower of Darkness level 4
Annex of wizardry	Chaos annex
Teaches Order Magic spells. Depending on the level of the mage guild, it teaches 2 spells for Level One, Two and Three and 1 spell each for Levels Four and Five.	Teaches Chaos Magic spells. Depending on the level of the mage guild, it teaches 2 spells for Level One, Two and Three and 1 spell each for Levels Four and Five.
Requires: 2 wood 2 ore 2 gems 2500 gold Tower of Darkness level 1	Requires: 2 wood 2 ore 2 mercury 2500 gold Tower of Darkness level 1

Creature production

Cemetry	Torture chamber	Barrow mound	Kennels	Mansion
Generates Skeletons.	Generates Imps.	Generates Ghosts. Building the Barrow Mound prevents the construction of the Kennels.	Generates Cerberi. Building the Kennels prevents the construction of the Barrow Mound.	Generates Vampires. Building the Mansion prevents the construction of the Spawning Pit.
Requires: 1500 gold Fort	Requires: 1500 gold Fort	Requires: 3 crystals 3250 gold Undead transformer Cemetry or torture chamber	Requires: 4 wood 1 sulfur 3000 gold Torture chamber	Requires: 8 wood 8 crystals 6250 gold Tavern Barrow mound or kennels
Spawning pit	Dragon graveyard	Temple of the Damned
Generates Venom Spawns. Building the Spawning Pit prevents the construction of the Mansion.	Generates Bone Dragons. Building the Dragon Graveyard prevents the construction of the Temple of the Damned.	Generates Devils. Building the Temple of the Damned prevents the construction of the Dragon Graveyard.
Requires: 8 ore 8 mercury 6250 gold Tower of Darkness level 1 Barrow mound or kennels	Requires: 12 wood 14 ore 6 mercury 6 sulfur 6 crystal 6 gems 14000 gold Necromancy amplifier Mansion or spawning pit	Requires: 6 wood 8 ore 20 sulfur 10 gems 14000 gold Chaos annex Mansion or spawning pit

Necropolis towns (without Fort (west), Fort (north), Citadel (east), Castle (south).