Enshrouded 1.0 Summoner Build (Necromancer & Minion Guide)

✔ Updated 2026-10-17Verified against Enshrouded 1.0 (hotfix 1.0.0.2). Skill costs and effects come from the 1.0 game data (build 1267041).

Overview

Summons are new in Enshrouded 1.0. Keen Games added spells that summon Hollow allies (the Hollow Wretch line) and three elemental totems: Fire, Ice and Shock. By default you can have only one Hollow ally and one totem out, so the build's two key skills are Advanced Necromancy and Totem Mastery, both new in 1.0. Each raises its cap by up to 3.

The older Necromancer skill is still in the Healer area and still gives you a chance to raise a Skull Companion when you kill with a magic weapon. The game now counts the creatures each player has summoned and replaces the oldest one when you go over the cap. The 1.0 changelog also notes that the Gem of Lesser Necromancy now has a limit on resurrected companions.

How to play the Summoner

• Before a fight, cast your Hollow Wretch allies and drop totems so they draw attention.
• Mix totems: Ice Totem slows, Shock Totem fills Stun Bars, Fire Totem explodes when it expires.
• Fight from behind your summons with a wand, or use staff spells on clustered enemies.
• Recast summons after big fights. Your oldest summon is replaced when you go over the cap.

Core skills

These are the skills the build depends on. Values are the in-game numbers at max level.

Skill order: level 1 to 50

Each stage builds on the one before it, and every skill is connected to the tree. The point totals are exact. "Points available" assumes you have collected the Shroud Roots (1 point) and Elixir Wells (3 points) in the biomes you have finished at that level, on top of the 2 points you get per level.

The level 50 plan spends 176 of 212 points. That leaves 36 flexible points for quality-of-life skills such as Double Jump, Dessert Stomach or the gathering nodes, or for a second weapon style. Attribute nodes give a flat +1 each.

Best gear & weapons

Item facts below come from the wiki pages updated for 1.0. Set bonuses for the new level 45 sets are not documented yet, so check them in game before you commit materials.

Weapons

Armor & off-hand

Summons & support spells

Food & buffs

You start with 3 food slots and can only have one food of each type active. The Survivor skill Dessert Stomach adds a 4th slot. Mana is the limit on how often you can resummon, so keep Mana foods up.

These values come from the wiki's food tables, which were last edited before 1.0 and may have been rebalanced. New 1.0 foods such as Grandleaf Cabbage Rolls, Prickle Pearl Tart, Exotic Fruit Salad, Pearlbloom Nectar don't have documented buff values yet.

Pros & cons

FAQ

Is there a Necromancer class in Enshrouded?

Not as a separate class. Any character can put points into the necromancy skills (Necromancer, and in 1.0 Advanced Necromancy) and use the new summon spells. Builds like this one are what players call a necromancer or summoner.

How many skeletons can I summon in 1.0?

The Hollow Wretch spell description says the default cap is 1 Hollow ally. Advanced Necromancy raises it by 1 per level, up to +3 at level 3. Totems work the same way through Totem Mastery.

Do the Gems of Necromancy still work?

Yes. The 1.0 changelog adds more Gems of Necromancy, but the Gem of Lesser Necromancy now has a limit on resurrected companions, and gem-raised companions slowly lose health when out of combat.

Sources

• Keen Games – 1.0 release changelog (Steam, Oct 14 2026)
• Keen Games – “1.0 Combat: changes and additions” (Steam, Sep 23 2026)
• Enshrouded 1.0 skill tree export, game build 1267041 (rossicler/enshrouded-skill-tree, GPL-3.0)
• Enshrouded Wiki (wiki.gg, CC BY-SA 4.0) – item, spell and food pages

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