Necrophages

Necrophages are the corpse eaters of the witcher world. They are drawn to graveyards, battlefields and any place where bodies are left to rot. Ghouls, Alghouls, Grave Hags, Rotfiends and Drowners all belong to this species. Many of them turn on the living whenever there are enough of them.

Ghouls walk on all fours, with strangely familiar faces, and feed in small groups. A smarter Alghoul sometimes leads them. Grave Hags suck rotten marrow from bones with long tongues. Once the corpses run out, they start killing men and burying them to rot. Rotfiends stink of decay and are so full of gas that a dying one explodes. Their larger cousins, the Scurvers, throw out bone spines when they burst.

Other Necrophages live in the water and the mist. Folk believe Drowners rise from people who drowned in shallow water, but their gills and scaly skin show they are a different species. Water Hags build dens of sludge and carrion in the wetlands. Foglets hide in the fog and drive their prey mad or lead it into a bog. Wights are the odd ones out. They live alone and care far more about their cauldrons than about a fight.

Ghouls, Alghouls, Drowners and Rotfiends are most dangerous at dusk and through the night. They hunt in packs that try to surround their prey. Witchers coat their silver swords with Necrophage Oil, a formula known from the very start. Igni burns Drowners and Rotfiends, and Quen and Yrden help against hags. Moon Dust forces Foglets out of hiding.

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All Necrophages

Name	Image	Variant of	Oil	Signs	Bombs	Location	DLC
Abaya		Water Hag	Necrophage Oil	Quen Igni	Northern Wind	Skellige	Base game
Alghoul		-	Necrophage Oil	Axii	-	-	Base game
Devourer	-	-	Necrophage Oil	-	-	Skellige Velen	Base game
Drowned Dead	-	Drowner	Necrophage Oil	Igni	-	Velen Novigrad Skellige Kaer Morhen White Orchard	Base game
Drowner		-	Necrophage Oil	Igni Aard	-	Skellige White Orchard	Base game
Foglet		-	Necrophage Oil	Quen	Moon Dust	Velen Novigrad Skellige Kaer Morhen Toussaint Isle of Mists	Base game
Ghoul		-	Necrophage Oil	-	-	White Orchard Velen	Base game
Grave Hag		-	Necrophage Oil	Yrden Quen	-	Velen Skellige	Base game
Ignis Fatuus		Foglet	Necrophage Oil	Quen	Moon Dust	Velen	Base game
Mourntart		Grave Hag	Necrophage Oil	Yrden Quen	-	-	Base game
Mucknixer	-	-	Necrophage Oil	Igni	-	Skellige Velen	Base game
Rotfiend		-	Necrophage Oil	Igni	-	Velen White Orchard Skellige Toussaint	Base game
Scurver		-	Necrophage Oil	-	-	Toussaint	Blood and Wine
Spotted Wight		-	Necrophage Oil	Igni Yrden Axii	-	Toussaint	Blood and Wine
Water Hag		-	Necrophage Oil	Quen Igni	Northern Wind	White Orchard	Base game
Wight		-	Necrophage Oil	Axii	-	Toussaint	Blood and Wine