| Skill | Rank | Percent | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deathsight | Inept | 0% | Attune yourself to the Underworld. |
| Essence | Inept | 0% | Seek out the power that burns within. |
| Chill | Novice | 0% | Send the cold of the grave to plague an opponent. |
| Dissect | Novice | 0% | Gather vital organs. |
| Nightsight | Novice | 50% | Nothing can hide in the darkness. |
| Sense | Apprentice | 0% | Seek out the life force of another being. |
| Decay | Apprentice | 37% | Causing your opponent's flesh to decay. |
| Night | Capable | 0% | Create darkness in the room. |
| Shroud | Capable | 40% | Perform many actions in secret. |
| Screech | Adept | 0% | The shriek of the banshee. |
| Belch | Adept | 25% | Spew forth a noxious gas. |
| Taint | Adept | 62% | Attack the living. |
| Leech | Adept | 75% | Leech away the mental energy of your target. |
| Necrofeed | Skilled | 0% | Derive sustenance from another being. |
| BoneDagger (Indorani only) | Skilled | 10% | Draw forth a dagger of bone from the dead. |
| Lifevision | Skilled | 20% | Allows you to see many hidden beings. |
| Shrivel | Skilled | 40% | Cause your opponents limbs to shrivel up. |
| Soulmask | Skilled | 60% | Conceal your aura from prying eyes. |
| Cannibalism | Skilled | 80% | Rip out and consume the heart of your victims. |
| Sapience | Gifted | 0% | Draw upon your essence to increase your mana. |
| Vigour | Gifted | 33% | Draw upon your essence to increase your health. |
| Corruption (Infernal only) | Gifted | 66 % | Selling your soul for mortal strength. |
| Putrefaction (Indorani & Infernal only) | Expert | 0% | Cause your flesh to decay and melt. |
| Drain | Expert | 25% | Drain your life essence into another Necromancer. |
| Blightstrike (Infernal only) | Expert | 25 % | Shock the wounds opened by your blade. |
| Deathaura | Virtuoso | 0% | Surround yourself in a miasma of evil. |
| BoneHelm (Indorani only) | Virtuoso | 11% | Draw forth a helm of bone from the dead. |
| Disfigure | Virtuoso | 33% | Curse someone with the visage of a rotting corpse. |
| Soulstorm | Virtuoso | 66% | Driving animal spirits away. |
| Gravehands | Fabled | 0% | Summon the hands of the grave to hinder your opponents. |
| Gravechill | Fabled | 9% | Let the chill of the grave spread to your foe. |
| Rot | Fabled | 27% | Bestow the horrific curse of Farag's Rot upon your victim. |
| Exterminate | Fabled | 55% | Destroy all plant life in a location. |
| Vengeance | Fabled | 73% | Revenge with your dying breath. |
| Regeneration | Mythical | 0% | Regenerate a body with your necromantic powers. |
| ToxicShock (Infernal only) | Mythical | 15% | Shock your victim's digestive system. |
| Blackwind (Cabalist and Indorani only) | Mythical | 31% | Assume the form of the deadly blackwind. |
| Vivisect | Mythical | 62% | Rip your victim's chest open and torture him to death. |
| Soulcage | Transcendent | 0% | Harness your life essence to escape death itself. |