How to Summon the Golem

This is a guide to summoning the Necromancer's Golem in Diablo 4 (D4). Read on to see how to unlock the Necromancer's Golem Skill with Book of the Dead, how to summon the Golem, all the different types of Golem, the best Golem to use, and all Golem related Aspects!

How to Summon the Golem

Complete Call of the Underworld Quest

Call of the Underworld is a class specific questline for the Necromancer. Despite most class quests unlocking at level 15, this Necromancer quest will only unlock at 25.

Upon reaching the required level, you should see a Priority Quest () icon appear on the Western Ways in Fractured Peaks.

Proceed to the location and complete the objectives of the quest to unlock the last part of the Book of the Dead which will allow you to summon golems. Note that you must equip the Golem to your skill hotbar to summon it.

Necromancer: Call of the Underworld Quest Walkthrough and Rewards

How to Assign Golem Skill to Hotbar

Open the Skill Assignment Tab

To summon the Golem, you'll need to equip the Golem skill into an empty skill slot in your hotbar. To do this, first open your Abilities menu and go to Skill Tree. Once there, click on Skill Assignment found at the bottom right of the screen. This will open the Skill Assignment tab and allow you to place the Golem skill to your hotbar.

You do not need to consume a corpse to summon the Golem, as it will automatically spawn once placed in your skill hotbar.

Both Skeletons and Golems Can Be Equipped

It is possible to have both the skeletal mages and warriors active while also having the golem. However, to do so, you'll need to allocate two active skill slots and equip both skills at the same time!

Types of Golems

Golem Type	Upgrade Options
Bone Golem	• Each time your Bone Golem takes up to 20% of its Maximum Life as damage, it sheds a Corpse. • Your Bone Golem gains 10% Maximum Life and the amount of Thorns it inherits from you is increased from 30% to 50%. • Sacrifice: You gain +10% increased Attack Speed, but you lose the ability to summon a Golem
Blood Golem	• Your Blood Golem absorbs 15% of damage you would take. • While Healthy, your Blood Golem gains 25% Damage Reduction and x50% increased damage. • Sacrifice: Your Maximum Life is increased by x10%, but you lose the ability to summon a Golem
Iron Golem	• Every 4th Iron Golem attack causes a shockwave, dealing 40% damage to the primary enemy and to enemies behind them. • Your Iron Golem's slam attack also makes enemies Vulnerable for 3 seconds. • Sacrifice: You deal x30% Critical Strike Damage, but you lose the ability to summon a Golem

Golems Can Be Sacrificed For Buffs

You can sacrifice a golem to gain specific buffs based on the Golem you select. Sacrificed Golems can no longer be summoned.

Best Golems to Use

Bone Golem is Best Overall

The best Golem to have in general is the simplest one out of all, the Bone Golem. This Golem greatly helps your survival by Taunting enemies away and dealing effective AoE damage through its swings.

This Golem is best summoned with its 2nd upgrade option, which allows it to have 10% more Maximum Life and gain a certain amount of Thorns for even more damage.

Blood Golem is Best for Bosses

The Blood Golem provides the best single-target damage, which is useful when fighting bosses. Partner that with its insane sustainability, and you have yourself a powerful, undying Golem. The only downside is that it falls short of dealing with hordes of enemies, which is often the scenario in endgame content.

This Golem is best summoned with its 2nd upgrade, which increases both its offensive and defensive capabilities by boosting its Damage Reduction and giving it a significant Damage multiplier while Healthy.

Iron Golem is Best for Crowd Control

If you want a Golem that excels at dealing with multiple enemies, then the Iron Golem is the best option for you. This Golem deals impactful damage while keeping groups of enemies in check with its ability to Stun.

This Golem is best summoned with its 1st upgrade option for more AoE damage, unless you have no consistent way to apply Vulnerable.

Golem Aspects

Aspect	Effect and How to Get
Aspect of Reanimation (Offensive)	How to Get: Scosglen (Story Campaign) Your Golem and Skeletons gain increased damage while alive, up to (30-40)% after 10 seconds.
Hulking Aspect (Utility)	How to Get: Sepulcher of The Forsworn (Dungeon Clear) Your Golem has a (4-10)% chance to reduce its active Cooldown by 2 seconds and a (2-5)% chance to spawn a Corpse each time it damages an enemy with its normal attack.

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