Level 100 Raise Spectre Necromancer^3.25

Notes

=== NOTES ===

1. Some quests or rewards are not mentioned. This is either because there is only one reward, the choice doesn't matter, or the choice depends on your gear.
2. All gem groups and links are listed in order of priority, with gem groups from top to bottom and gem links from left to right, from highest to lowest.

=== TIPS ===

1. Pick up rare summoner wands as they can have many useful mods. You can also pick up normal summoner wands and use Essences of Fear on them.
2. Craft "Immunity to Freeze and Chill during Effect" on your Quicksilver Flask (or any other utility flask) as soon as you have enough beasts in The Menagerie. Otherwise, avoid opening magic or rare strongboxes beyond Act 3.
3. Use this regex for early 3L gear and movement speed boots: b-b-r|b-r-b|r-b-b|nne|rint
4. Use this regex for 4L gear (Act 3+): -\w-.-

=== ACT 1 ===

TIP: Buy a Jade Amulet, 2 Sapphire Rings, and a Heavy Belt from Nessa as they become available. You can also use a vendor recipe to get a Sapphire Ring (Iron Ring + blue gem).
TIP: Open the hidden strongbox in The Upper Prison (use an Orb of Transmutation on it if it's white). If you're lucky, you can get multiple Quicksilver Flasks, which you can then use in vendor recipes to create or upgrade movement speed boots.

1. Complete the quest "Enemy at the Gate". Get Rolling Magma as a reward. Buy Raise Zombie.
	[NEW] Rolling Magma - Arcane Surge (lvl 1)
	[NEW] Raise Zombie

2. Complete the quest "Mercy Mission". Get a Quicksilver Flask and Summon Phantasm as rewards. Keep Arcane Surge in your inventory.
	[NEW] Rolling Magma - Summon Phantasm
	Raise Zombie

3. Complete the quest "Breaking Some Eggs". Get Summon Raging Spirit and Frostblink as rewards. Buy Holy Flame Totem.
	[NEW] Summon Raging Spirit - Arcane Surge (lvl 1)
	[NEW] Holy Flame Totem - Summon Phantasm
	Raise Zombie
	[NEW] Frostblink

5. Reach The Lower Prison. Get Minion Damage as a reward. Buy another Minion Damage and 2 x Melee Splash.
	[NEW] Summon Raging Spirit - Minion Damage - Melee Splash
	Holy Flame Totem - Summon Phantasm
	[NEW] Raise Zombie - Minion Damage - Melee Splash
	Frostblink

6. Complete the quest "The Caged Brute". Get Flame Dash as a reward. Buy Vitality.
	Summon Raging Spirit - Minion Damage - Melee Splash
	Holy Flame Totem - Summon Phantasm
	Raise Zombie - Minion Damage - Melee Splash
	[NEW] Flame Dash
	[NEW] Vitality (lvl 10)

=== ACT 2 ===

1. Complete the quest "The Great White Beast". Get a Quicksilver Flask as a reward. Now that you have 2 Quicksilver Flasks, you can use one of them to create or upgrade movement speed boots.
2. Complete the quest "Intruders in Black". Get Desecrate as a reward and put it in your stash. Buy Summon Skitterbots and Infernal Legion (Act 1). You can keep the totem until later if you have free sockets.
	Summon Raging Spirit - Minion Damage - Melee Splash
	[NEW] Summon Skitterbots - Infernal Legion
	Raise Zombie - Minion Damage - Melee Splash
	Flame Dash
	Vitality (lvl 10)

3. Complete the quest "Deal with the Bandits". Help Alira to increase your resistances.

=== ACT 3 ===

TIP: Starting from this act, check vendors for 4L gear. You either want 1R3B or an armor/ES hybrid base for easy recoloring. 
       Once you get a 4L, use any resistance essence on it if possible. You can use Unbound Ailments (Act 1) as the fourth link instead of Unleash for now.

1. Complete the quest "Lost in Love". Get Flammability as a reward.
	Summon Raging Spirit - Minion Damage - Melee Splash
	Summon Skitterbots - Infernal Legion
	Raise Zombie - Minion Damage - Melee Splash
	Flame Dash
	Vitality (lvl 10)
	[NEW] Flammability

2. Complete the quest "The Ribbon Spool". Get a Jade Amulet as a reward.
3. Complete the quest "Sever the Right Hand". Get Raise Spectre as a reward. Go to The Old Fields in Act 2 and raise 2 Carnage Chieftains so your minions have frenzy charges. 
    You can raise a Host Chieftain for power charges when you reach The Riverways in Act 6.
	Summon Raging Spirit - Minion Damage - Melee Splash
	Summon Skitterbots - Infernal Legion
	Raise Zombie - Minion Damage - Melee Splash
	Flame Dash
	Vitality (lvl 10)
	Flammability
	[NEW] Raise Spectre

4. Complete the quest "A Fixture of Fate". Get Feeding Frenzy as a reward. Buy Convocation, Steelskin, and Determination (level it in the weapon swap) from Siosa. Buy Automation from Clarissa.
	Summon Raging Spirit - Minion Damage - Melee Splash
	Summon Skitterbots - Infernal Legion
	Raise Zombie - Minion Damage - Melee Splash
	Flame Dash
	Vitality (lvl 10)
	[NEW] Automation - Steelskin - Convocation
	Flammability
	[NEW] Raise Spectre - Feeding Frenzy

=== ACT 4 ===

TIP: Complete the normal lab before you start this act.

1. Complete the quest "Breaking the Seal". Get Summon Carrion Golem as a reward.
	Summon Raging Spirit - Minion Damage - Melee Splash
	Summon Skitterbots - Infernal Legion
	Raise Zombie - Minion Damage - Melee Splash
	Flame Dash
	Vitality (lvl 10)
	Automation - Steelskin - Convocation
	Flammability
	Raise Spectre
	[NEW] Summon Carrion Golem - Feeding Frenzy

2. Complete the quest "The Eternal Nightmare". Get Unleash as a reward. If you care more about damage, consider keeping Summon Skitterbots instead of Determination. 
	[NEW] Summon Raging Spirit - Unleash - Minion Damage - Melee Splash
	Raise Zombie - Minion Damage - Melee Splash
	Flame Dash
	Vitality (lvl 10)
	Automation - Steelskin - Convocation
	[NEW] Determination
	Flammability
	Raise Spectre
	Summon Carrion Golem - Feeding Frenzy

=== ACT 5 ===

Complete the quest "The Key to Freedom". Get a Granite Flask as a reward.

=== ACT 6 ===

TIP: You can replace one of your Carnage Chieftains with a Host Chieftain for power charges when you reach The Southern Forest. Raise another Carnage Chieftain when you gain 3 spectres.

1. Complete the quest "Bestel's Epic". Get a Citrine Amulet as a reward.

=== ACT 7 ===

TIP: Complete the cruel lab after getting the waypoint in The Den.

1. Complete the quest "The Silver Locket". Get a Quartz Flask as a reward.
2. Complete the quest "In Memory of Greust". Get a Citrine Amulet as a reward.

=== ACT 8 ===

Complete the quest "Essence of the Hag". Get a Two-Stone Ring as a reward.

=== ACT 9 ===

1. Stop here and farm 9 Humility cards in The Blood Aqueduct for Tabula Rasa. This might take you over 9 hours, but it's the most reliable method. 
2.Buy Added Chaos Damage (Lily Roth), Chance to Poison (Lily Roth), and Multistrike (Act 4). Use Multistrike for bosses instead of Melee Splash.
	[NEW] Summon Raging Spirit - Unleash - Added Chaos Damage - Chance to Poison - Minion Damage - Melee Splash
	Raise Zombie - Minion Damage - Melee Splash
	Flame Dash
	Vitality (lvl 10)
	Automation - Steelskin - Convocation
	Determination
	Flammability
	Raise Spectre
	Summon Carrion Golem - Feeding Frenzy

=== ACT 10 ===

TIP: Complete the merciless lab before entering The Canals.

1. Complete the quest "Safe Passage". Get a Silver Flask as a reward.
2. Complete the quest "Map to Tsoatha". Get a Heavy Belt as a reward.

=== BANDITS ===

Help Alira first and later respec to a passive point. To respec, you need to vendor an Onyx Amulet together with 20 Orbs of Regret to get a Book of Reform.

=== ASCENDANCY ===

Commander of Darkness -> Mindless Agression -> Unnatural Strength -> Mistress of Sacrifice 

=== PANTHEON ===

Major god: Soul of the Brine King
Minor god: Soul of Shakari (if your chaos resistance is low) or Soul of Abberrath

=== MAP PROGRESSION ===

TIP: If you find Vaal Haste, replace Haste with Vaal Haste.
TIP: Unfortunately, there is no reliable way to obtain The Covenant, it's a T2 world drop which makes it quite rare.

1. Roll freeze immunity, increased armor, shock immunity, and increased movement speed on the utility flasks in no specific order.
    Do NOT use Glassblower's Baubles on your flasks right away. 
    Instead, use the bench craft "Used when Charges reach full" (5 Instilling Orbs + 5 Glassblower's Baubles) on the utility flasks as you get the required currency. 
    Start applying quality to your flasks after you're done bench-crafting them.
2. Buy all the missing gems for the early map setup.
    Additionally, buy 2 x Summon Raging Spirit (Act 1). Level them in the weapon swap until they're level 20, then use Gemcutter's Prisms on them and corrupt them using any method. Repeat until you succeed.
    After corrupting Summon Raging Spirit, you can repeat the process for other gems, such as Animate Guardian.
3. Farm Abyss and Harvest (Atlas tree #1).
    Get 2 Ghastly Eye Jewels from Abyssal Troves (they sometimes spawn after completing an abyss). 
    Get Vivid Crystallized Lifeforce from the monsters in The Sacred Grove (the entrance sometimes spawns in maps).
    Make sure the jewels are rare.
    Use the Harvest craft "Reforge a Rare item with random modifiers, including a Chaos modifier" on the jewels to get the suffix "Minions have (10-15)% chance to Poison Enemies on Hit" (~ 1/10 chance). 
    Socket the jewels into the tree.
4. Keep farming Abyss and Harvest (Atlas tree #1).
    Get 2 Ghastly Eye Jewels from Abyssal Troves (they sometimes spawn after completing an abyss). If you already have some extra, great! 
    Get Darkness Enthroned from the bosses in Abyssal Depths (the entrance sometimes spawns after completing an abyss in a red map).
    Take the jewels you've socketed into the tree and socket them into the belt instead.
    Get Vivid Crystallized Lifeforce from the monsters in The Sacred Grove. 
    Make sure the jewels are rare.
    Use the Harvest craft "Reforge a Rare item with random modifiers, including a Chaos modifier" on them to get any useful affixes (refer to the CRAFTING section to see what affixes to prioritize). 
    Socket the jewels into the tree. 
5. Farm Breach, focusing on Chayula's and Uul-Netol's breaches (Atlas tree #2). Cap your chaos resistance for this step!
    Get 2 Blessings of Chayula from the boss in Chayula's Domain (use a Chayula's Breachstone in the map device to get there). 
    Get Severed in Sleep and The Green Dream from the monsters in Chayula's breaches or the boss in Chayula's Domain.
    Use one blessing to upgrade Severed in Sleep into United in Dream. Once you do, use Envy provided by the sword together with Generosity (Act 3). Keep Haste/Vaal Haste for later. Replace Chance to Poison with Unbound Ailments (Act 1).
    Use another blessing to upgrade The Green Dream into The Green Nightmare. Once you do, socket the jewel into the tree near Eternal Youth and get all the passives on the Sanctuary wheel.
    Get a Blessing of Uul-Netol from the boss in Uul-Netol's Domain (use an Uul-Netol's Breachstone in the map device to get there). 
    Get The Anticipation from the monsters in Uul-Netol's breaches or the boss in Uul-Netol's Domain.
    Use the blessing to upgrade The Anticipation into The Surrender.
6. There are several things you can do next:
    - Refer to the CRAFTING section for instructions on how to craft your rare gear.
    - Farm Abyss (Atlas tree #1).
      Get Amanamu's Gaze from Stygian Spires or the bosses in Abyssal Depths.
    - Farm Delve (Atlas tree #3). 
      Get a variation of Aul's Uprising with Envy from the boss in The Crystal King's Throne (sometimes spawns in the Primeval Ruins biome in Azurite Mine at 130+ depth).
      Use Haste/Vaal Haste in the sword (make sure it is NOT linked to Generosity, unlike Envy).
      Later you can farm Blight to get Clear Oil, Crimson Oil, and Silver Oil from Blight encounters (they sometimes spawn in maps). 
      Use the oils to annoint the amulet with Death Attunement.
    - Farm Maven's Invitations or the boss in Absence of Mercy and Empathy (use The Maven's Writ in the map device to get there) to get awakened gems. Some awakened gems cannot be obtained from Maven's Invitations.

=== CRAFTING ===

TIP: Fracturing process is not covered in this guide. In SSF, your best bet is to get a decent base with the desired fractured affix. In trade, you can simply buy fractured bases or even finished gear (which is oftentimes cheaper).

HELMET
- Get an ilvl 85+ Haunted Bascinet (or a worse base) with the fractured suffix "+(13-14)% chance to Suppress Spell Damage". In trade, you can buy this helmet with the prefix "+2 to Level of all Minion Skill Gems".
  Make sure the helmet is rare.
  Use Shrieking or Deafening Essences of Greed on the helmet to get the prefix "+(76-90) to maximum Life" (or higher) and an open suffix (~ 1/4 chance).
  Use any resistance bench craft on the helmet.
  Use Lesser Eldritch Embers and Lesser Eldritch Ichors on the helmet to get the implicits "10% increased Despair Curse Effect" and "6% of Physical Damage from Hits taken as Fire Damage" (or cold/lightning).

GLOVES
- Get an ilvl 85+ pair of Wyvernscale Gauntlets (or a worse base) with the fractured suffix "+(13-14)% chance to Suppress Spell Damage".
  Make sure the gloves are rare.
  Use Deafening Essences of Anger/Hatred/Wrath on the gloves to get the suffix "+(46-48)% to Fire Resistance" (or cold/lightning), the prefix "+(85-99) to maximum Life" (or higher), and an open suffix (~ 1/53 chance).
  Use any resistance bench craft on the gloves.
  Use Lesser Eldritch Embers and Lesser Eldritch Ichors on the gloves to get the implicits "Minions deal (14-16)% increased Damage" and "+5% chance to Suppress Spell Damage".

BOOTS
- Get an ilvl 85+ pair of Wyvernscale Boots (or a worse base) with the fractured suffix "+(13-14)% chance to Suppress Spell Damage".
  Make sure the boots are rare.
  Use Shrieking or Deafening Essences of Zeal on the boots to get the prefix "30% increased Movement Speed" (or higher), the prefix "+(85-99) to maximum Life" (or higher), and an open suffix (~ 1/17 chance).
  Use any resistance bench craft on the boots.
  Use Greater (!) Eldritch Embers and Lesser Eldritch Ichors on the boots to get the implicits "Bone Offering has 9% increased Effect" (you can use Blessed Orbs to change the value) and "+5% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate".

RINGS
- Get 2 ilvl 84+ Amethyst Rings with the fractured prefix "+(70-84) to maximum Life" (or higher).
  Make sure the rings are rare.
  Use Shrieking or Deafening Essences of Sorrow on both rings to get the suffix "+(43-50) to Dexterity" (or higher), an open suffix, and one of the following suffixes (~ 1/38 chance): 
    - "+(42-45)% to Fire Resistance" (or higher)
    - "+(42-45)% to Cold Resistance" (or higher)
    - "+(42-45)% to Lightning Resistance" (or higher) 
  Use any resistance bench craft on both rings.
  Later you can farm Ultimatum to get 20 Prismatic Catalysts.
  Use the catalysts on both rings to boost resistances.

JEWELS
- Farm Delirium to get an ilvl 84+ Large Cluster Jewel with minion damage and 12 passives and an ilvl 84+ Medium Cluster Jewel with minion life and 4-5 passives from Delirium encounters (A Mirror of Delirium sometimes spawns in maps).
  Make sure the jewels are rare.
  Use the Harvest craft "Reforge a Rare item with random modifiers, including a Cold modifier" (or lightning, but NOT fire because it shares the tag with a notable) on the Large Cluster Jewel to get an elemental resistance suffix, the prefix "Added Small Passive Skills have 25% increased Effect" (or higher), and NO notables (~ 1/14 chance).
  Use the Harvest craft "Reforge a Rare item with random modifiers, including a Life modifier" on the Medium Cluster Jewel to get the prefix "1 Added Passive Skill is Blessed Rebirth" (~ 1/17 chance).
- Farm Abyss to get 5 ilvl 84+ Ghastly Eye Jewels.
  Make sure the jewels are rare.
  Use the Harvest craft "Reforge a Rare item with random modifiers, including a Chaos modifier" on all the jewels. You want to get the suffix "Minions have (10-15)% chance to Poison Enemies on Hit" on at least 2 of them. Socket those into the belt.
  For all other jewels and affixes, you want to get as many minion damage or minion utility affixes as possible. These are (from best to worst):
    - Suffix "Minions deal (15-20)% increased Damage if you've used a Minion Skill Recently"
    - Prefix "Minions deal # to # additional Chaos Damage"
    - Suffix "Minions have #% chance to Blind on Hit with Attacks" (enough to get on one jewel)
    - Suffix "Minions have #% chance to Taunt on Hit with Attacks" (enough to get on one jewel)
    - Suffix "Minions have (4-6)% increased Attack Speed, Minions have (4-6)% increased Cast Speed"

=== SPECTRES ===

TIP: You cannot desecrate Affliction corpses, so if they die or you remove the gem (or do anything to make the gem inactive, including weapon swapping), you lose them permanently.
TIP: Affliction spectres are much worse when it comes to screen clutter. If you prefer subtlety over raw DPS, I highly recommend sticking to the T17 spectres.

Once you reach T17 maps, you can replace your spectres with these:
- 2 Arena Masters (give your minions increased attack and movement speed)
- Pale Seraphim (reduces your enemies' action speed)

A much better setup is using Affliction corpses (you can run Ritual in SSF or buy them in trade, ideally you want ilvl 85, but they are very expensive):
- Hulking Miscreation (gives your SRS 100% increased damage and 30% attack speed)
- Perfect Forest Warrior (gives your minions Onslaught and Culling Strike, the latter is also available from Kingmaker)
- Perfect Forest Tiger (casts Haste which will allow you to drop it in favor of Malevolence, make sure the latter IS linked to Generosity)

=== ANIMATE GUARDIAN ===

TIP: Do not put valuable gear on a low level AG! Ideally you want him to be 21/20 for things like Kingmaker.
TIP: Unique tiers go from 5 (most common) to 0 (least common).

- Dying Breath -> Kingmaker
  Dying Breath is a common world drop.
  Kingmaker can be made by combining Soul Taker, Heartbreaker, and an Orb of Fusing.
  Soul Taker is a T0 world drop (you'll likely never drop it), so you should farm 9 cards The Soul instead. The cards drop in Malformation (T10), The Putrid Cloister (T12), and Abomination (T17).
  Heartbreaker is a T5 world drop.
- Rare helmet with resistances and life -> Leer Cast -> Crown of the Tyrant with a white socket (use an Omen of Blanching to turn it white)
  Leer Cast is a T5 world drop.
  Crown of the Tyrant drops from the boss in The Crystal King's Throne.
- Rare body armor with resistances and life -> Bloodbond or Belly of the Beast or Carcass Jack -> Garb of the Ephemeral
  Bloodbond is a T4 world drop.
  Belly of the Beast is a T3 world drop.
  Carcass Jack is a T3 world drop.
  Garb of the Ephemeral drops from the boss in Cortex (T11).
- Rare gloves with resistances and life -> Southbound -> Asenath's Gentle Touch (only use together with Windscream)
  Southbound is a T5 world drop.
  Asenath's Gentle Touch is a T3 world drop.
- Rare boots with movement speed, resistances, and life -> Windscream
  Windscream is a T3 world drop.