The Necromancer has the power to summon the undead. Thanks to the Book of the Dead, players from this class can imprint Powers on items to improve their capabilities. Legendary Aspects/Affixes are special powers in the game that can be imprinted onto armor and weapons. These affixes can affect and enhance certain cooldowns, stats, and skills. All Legendary Aspects can be obtained via Legendary item drops, but you can also get some using the Codex of Power.
In this guide, I’ll outline all 41 Legendary Affixes for the Necromancer, including what effects they provide for your character, what dungeons you need to unlock them, and where you can find them. Not all affixes can be found in the wild; sometimes, it all boils down to RNG.
The Big Five
The item's Legendary Power will increase whenever you use the Codex of Power through the Occultist NPC to imprint a Legendary Aspect to an item slot. There are five categories for Necromancer’s list of Legendary Aspects.
- Resource
- Utility
- Offensive
- Defensive
- Mobility
Aspect of Frienzied Dead
Source: Legendary Item Drop
Type: Offensive
Location: N/A
Whenever one of your Summoning Minions damages an enemy, they’ll gain 10-14% attack speed for three seconds.
Aspect of Bursting Bones
Source: Codex of Power
Type: Offensive
Location: Path of the Blind, Dry Steppes
Whenever a segment of your Bone Prison gets destroyed or expires, it will deal a certain amount of damage in an area around itself.
Aspect of Grasping Veins
Source: Codex of Power and Extraction
Type: Offensive
Location: Kejihstan
Enemies stunned by Corpse Tendrils will be made Vulnerable for a short duration. Should they die while they’re stunned, there’s a 15% chance to spawn a Blood Orb.
Blighted Aspect
Source: Codex of Power
Type: Offensive
Location: Akkhan’s Grasp, Hawezar
You can deal up to 50-120% damage for 6 seconds after stacking the Shadowblight Key passive ten times.
Blood-Bathed Aspect
Source: Codex of Power
Type: Offensive
Location: Hoarfrost Demise, Fractured Peaks
After a short delay, Blood Surge’s nova echoes again, dealing 60% less damage after its first usage.
Blood Seeker’s Aspect
Source: Codex of Power
Type: Offensive
Location: Mercy’s Reach, Fractured Peaks
Your Blood Lance deals 150% increased damage against Chilled or Slowed enemies, while it deals 30% more damage against Stunned enemies.
Blood-Soaked Aspect
Source: Extraction
Type: Offensive
Location: N/A
Your Blood Mist leaves a trail that lasts for four seconds, dealing an x amount of Shadow damage per second to enemies that stand on it. When Blood Mist is active, your movement speed is no longer reduced.
Aspect of the Damned
Source: Codex of Power
Type: Offensive
Location: Uldur’s Cave, Kejihstan
You gain additional 30% Shadow damage to enemies afflicted by Iron Maiden and Decrepify.
Aspect of Potent Blood
Source: Codex of Power
Type: Resource
Location: Betrayer’s Row, Dry Steppes
Blood Orbs grant 10-20 Essence while your health is full.
Aspect of Empowering Reaper
Source: Codex of Power
Type: Offensive
Location: Flooded Depths, Scosgen
Your scythe’s damage will increase by 6-30% whenever a target is hit along Sever's path.
Aspect of Reanimation
Source: Codex of Power
Type: Offensive
Location: Scosglen (Unknown Dungeon)
While alive, your Skeletons gain increased damage by up to 20% after ten seconds.
Aspect of Swelling Curse
Source: Codex of Power
Type: Offensive
Location: Hive, Scosglen
Bone Spirit deals increased damage by up to 15% (based on the distance traveled).
Sacrificial Aspect
Source: Codex of Power
Type: Offensive
Location: Ruins of Eridu, Hawezar
Sacrifice bonuses are increased by 15%.
Unyielding Commander’s Aspect
Source: Codex of Power
Type: Offensive
Location: Faceless Shrine, Hawezar
When Army of the Dead is active, your Minions take 90% reduced damage and gain 70% attack speed.
Fastblood Aspect
Source: Codex of Power
Type: Resource
Location: Hawezar (Unknown Dungeon)
Your Blood Orbs reduce your Ultimate cooldown by 0.5 seconds.
Flesh-Rending Aspect
Source: Codex of Power
Type: Resource
Location: Ostrava Deepwood, Fractured Peaks
Gain 10 Essence after Decompose spawns a Corpse.
Requiem Aspect
Source: Codex of Power
Type: Resource
Location: Scosglen (Unknown Dungeon)
Gain up to 3.0 Essence per Minion you have active.
Hulking Aspect
Source: Codex of Power
Type: Resource
Location: Sepulcher of Forsworn, Kehjistan
Your active cooldown is reduced by a second each time your Golem damages an enemy.
Aspect of Torment
Source: Codex of Power
Type: Resource
Location: Black Asylum, Fractured Peaks
Your Essence Regeneration is increased by 20% for four seconds when using Critical Strikes with Bone Skills.
Torturous Aspect
Source: Codex of Power
Type: Utility
Location: Kehjistan (Unknown Dungeon)
Enemies inflicted with Iron Maiden have a 15% chance of getting stunned for a second when they deal direct damage.
Aspect of the Void
Source: Extraction
Type: Utility
Location: Rimescar Cavern, Fractured Peaks
When Blight’s defiled area is spawned, it automatically pulls in enemies around the affected area.
Aspect of Decay
Source: Extraction, Legendary Item Drop
Type: Offensive
Location: N/A
Whenever your Shadowblight Key passive deals damage, it increases your Shadowblight’s damage within x seconds by a percentage. This can be stacked multiple times.
Aspect of Explosive Mist
Source: Legendary Item Drop
Type: Offensive
Location: N/A
Blood Mist triggers Corpse Explosion on your surrounding Corpses. Whenever Blood Mist detonates a Corpse, your cooldown will be reduced.
Aspect of Exposed Flesh
Source: Legendary Item Drop
Type: Resource
Location: N/A
Generate a chance to create Essence whenever you hit a Vulnerable enemy using your Bone skills.
Aspect of Hardened Bones
Source: Legendary Item Drop
Type: Defensive
Location: N/A
Your Minions gain increased damage reduction when you have a certain amount of Minions.
Aspect of Hungry Blood
Source: Legendary Item Drop
Type: Offensive
Location: N/A
There’s a chance to fire a Blood Lance at an enemy nearby whenever your Blood Lance hits an enemy that’s already been lanced.
Aspect of Plunging Darkness
Source: Codex of Power
Type: Offensive
Location: Rimescar Cavern, Fractured Peaks
Bone Prison spawns a Blight pool that deals bonus damage for a short duration.
Aspect of Rathma’s Chosen
Source: Legendary Item Drop
Type: Offensive
Location: N/A
You gain increased attack speed for a few seconds whenever your Blood skills Overpower.
Aspect of Serration
Source: Extraction
Type: Offensive
Location: N/A
Ossified Essence Key passive increases the Critical Strike damage or your Bone skills by a certain amount of Essence.
Aspect of Shielding Storm
Source: Extraction
Type: Defensive
Location: N/A
Gain a Barrier equal to your health whenever Bone Storm damages an enemy.
Aspect of the Embalmer
Source: Legendary Item Drop
Type: Defensive
Location: N/A
Whenever you consume a Corpse, there’s a chance to spawn a Blood Orb.
Aspect of Ultimate Shadow
Source: Legendary Item Drop
Type: Offensive
Location: N/A
Blood Wave and Bone Storm gain additional effects. Blood Wave can desecrate the ground it travels over, dealing Shadow damage for a few seconds. Bone Storm inflicts Shadow damage to enemies damaged by the skill.
Blood Getter’s Aspect
Source: Legendary Item Drop
Type: Utility
Location: N/A
The maximum number of Skeletal Warriors you can spawn is increased.
Aspect of Untimely Death
Source: Legendary Item Drop
Type: Resource
Location: N/A
You’ll gain bonus Overpower damage for your next Overpower attack whenever you heal beyond your maximum life.
Cadaverous Aspect
Source: Extraction, Legendary Item Drop
Type: Offensive
Location: N/A
The damage of your following Core skill increases after consuming a Corpse.
Osseous Gale Aspect
Source: Legendary Item Drop
Type: Offensive
Location: N/A
Bone Storm can consume Corposes to increase its duration.
Coldbringer’s Aspect
Source: Legendary Item Drop
Type: Utility
Location: N/A
For every few seconds, Cold Skeletal Mages can cast a blizzard that continuously Chills enemies and deal Cold damage for a duration.
Rotting Aspect
Source: Extraction
Type: Offensive
Location: N/A
You can chain additional targes using Decompose. When Decompose spawns a Corpse, there’s a chance to spawn a Corpse with all afflicted targets.
Tidal Aspect
Source: Extraction
Type: Offensive
Location: N/A
Blood Wave can fire two additional waves, but its damage will be less than when it was previously used.
Viscous Aspect
Source: Legendary Item Drop
Type: Utility
Location: N/A
The maximum number of Skeletal Mages you can have is increased.
Splintering Aspect
Source: Codex of Power
Type: Offensive
Location: Guulrahn Slums, Dry Steppes
The Bone Shards from Bone Spear can deal bonus damage to Vulnerable enemies and pierce them. Meanwhile, Bone Speark’s primary attack makes enemies hit beyond the first Vulnerable trigger for a few seconds.
Wind Striker Aspect
Source: Codex of Power
Type: Mobility
Location: Shivta Ruins, Kehjistan
Triggering Critical Strikes will grant you 8-16% Movement Speed for 1-6 seconds.
That’s All, Folks!
You might’ve noticed that most Legendary Affixes can be obtained through Legendary Item drops, while a few can be extracted from the Codex of Power. It’s worth noting that any Legendary Aspect you can get via the Codex of Power can also be received as a drop from monsters in the Sanctuary.
There’s no telling if Blizzard will decide to add more Aspects to Diablo 4’s classes in the future, but for now, this is the list of Legendary Aspects you can get for the Necromancer.
