Wraith

Wraith

T2NecropolisUpgradeUndead130+19/week

Wraith is one of two alternative upgrades of the tier 2 line for Necropolis. It has the highest speed of any tier 2 creature in the game.

Stats

Bars compare against the best tier 2 creature
Health
8
Attack
6
Defense
0
Damage
2–4
Morale
Unaffected by Morale
Luck
0
Initiative
7
Speed
7
Best at tier 2
Movement
Flying
Counterattacks
1
Unaffected by MoraleLuck range -5 to 5Action points 1
HP per gold 0.062Avg damage per gold 0.023Derived from the 130 gold recruit cost — higher is more army per gold
Weekly growth +19HP per week 152Avg damage per week 57Gold per week 2,470
Updated from the game files · build 24128879 · 9 Aug 2026

Abilities

Howl of the Banshee

1 round cooldown1 energy

Forces the target enemy creature to move to a random free hex, if possible.

Traits

Undead

A creature or person whose life has been prolonged by unnatural means.

Morale: Always neutral.

Luck range: –5 to 5.

Fallen Undead cannot be raised as Undead after battle.

Melee Attack

Can only attack adjacent enemies. Provokes counterattacks.

Flying

Movement ignores obstacles and traps.

Phantom Vampirism

Each attack restores 30% of Damage dealt as HP to this creature. This can create temporary units in this creature’s stack.

Upgrade line

Base form and its two upgrade options — the pair costs the same, so pick on strengths
Base
8
3
0
2–4
0
5
6
Wight
100
+19/week
Upgrade

Wraith

8
6
0
2–4
0
7
7
  • New
Wraith
130
+19/week
Upgrade
8
6
4
2–4
0
6
7
  • New
Phantasm
130
+19/week

Stats are compared against Wight: green is higher, red ▼ lower. A badged glyph is a power the base form does not have; a gold-ringed one is a power it has under the same name but with different rules.

Other tier 2 creatures

16
5
4
3–5
0
0
7
6
13
6
4
3–6
0
2
6
7
Austringer
Austringer
Temple130+14/week
10
5
3
3–4
0
0
4
4
Dawn Hoplet
Dawn Hoplet
Grove250+9/week
18
9
5
4–8
1
2
6
6
Binder
Binder
Schism220+12/week
15
5
7
4–6
0
0
5
5

On the adventure map

Guards these battle sites

Lore

Sometimes a soul is brought back with enough clarity to grasp its eternal entrapment in the living world. This harrowing realization of rage and despair gives rise to a wraith.