Soul Reaping

Soul Reaping is the primary attribute of characters with the profession Necromancer.

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For each point of Soul Reaping, you gain 1 Energy whenever a non-Spirit creature near you dies. You may only gain Energy in this way 3 times every 15 seconds.

— in-game description

Inherent effect

Progression
Soul Reaping Energy per death Maximum every 15 seconds	0 0 0 1 1 3 2 2 6 3 3 9 4 4 12 5 5 15 6 6 18 7 7 21 8 8 24 9 9 27 10 10 30 11 11 33 12 12 36 13 13 39 14 14 42 15 15 45 16 16 48 17 17 51 18 18 54 19 19 57 20 20 60 21 21 63

Game mechanics

• You only gain energy when your energy is below maximum. Deaths while at maximum energy do not count towards the limit of 3 triggerings per 15 seconds.
• You gain energy whenever a non-spirit creature dies within 2508 gwinches, which is roughly equivalent to spirit range or 2.5 Danger Zone radii.
• The Necromancer of Grenth blessing increases Soul Reaping by 1, even if your character's primary profession is not Necromancer.

Bug.Sometimes it's possible to see energy gain on foes.

Soul Reaping skills

Icon	Name	Description						Campaign
	Angorodon's Gaze	Spell. Steals 10...42...50 Health. You gain 3...10...12 Energy if you have a condition.	0	055	01.001	01010		Eye of the North
	Foul Feast	Spell. Transfers all conditions from target ally to yourself. You gain 0...36...45 Health and 0...2...2 Energy for each condition transferred. Half recharge if you remove Disease. Cannot self-target.	0	055	00.250.25¼	0044		Eye of the North
	Hexer's Vigor	Enchantment Spell. (10 seconds.) You have +1...7...8 Health regeneration. Ends if you use a non-hex skill.	0	055	00.250.25¼	01010		Eye of the North
	Icy Veins	Elite Hex Spell. (10...30...35 seconds.) Deals 20...92...110 cold damage to nearby foes if target foe dies. Initial effect: deals 10...74...90 cold damage.	0	1010	01.001	0055		Factions
	Masochism	Enchantment Spell. (10...34...40 seconds.) You have +2 Death Magic and Soul Reaping. Sacrifice 5...3...3% Health when you cast a spell.	0	055	01.001	02020		Eye of the North
	Masochism (PvP)	Enchantment Spell. (30 seconds.) You gain 1...3...3 Energy whenever you sacrifice Health.	0	055	01.001	02020		Eye of the North
	Reaper's Mark	Elite Hex Spell. (30 seconds.) Causes -1...4...5 Health degeneration. You gain 5...13...15 Energy if target foe dies while suffering from this hex.	0	055	01.001	01515		Nightfall
	Signet of Lost Souls	Signet. You gain 10...82...100 Health and 1...8...10 Energy if target foe is below 50% Health.	0	0	00.250.25¼	0088		Nightfall
	Signet of Sorrow	Signet. Deals 15...63...75 damage. Recharges instantly if target foe is near a corpse or has a dead pet.	0	0	01.001	03030		Nightfall
	Soul Taker	Elite Enchantment Spell. (3...25...30 seconds.) Attacks deal +15...19...20 damage and sacrifice 15...19...20 health. PvE Skill	0	055	01.001	01515		Core
	Wail of Doom	Elite Hex Spell. (1...3...4 second[s].) Target foe's attributes are 0.	}10%	011	00.250.25¼	01515		Factions

Related skills

Skills increasing Soul Reaping

Icon	Name	Description						Attribute	Campaign
	Masochism	Enchantment Spell. (10...34...40 seconds.) You have +2 Death Magic and Soul Reaping. Sacrifice 5...3...3% Health when you cast a spell.	0	055	01.001	02020		Soul ReapingZ	Eye of the North

Skills with effects scaling with Soul Reaping

Icon	Name	Description						Attribute	Campaign
	Cultist's Fervor	Elite Enchantment Spell. (5 seconds plus 3 seconds more for every rank of Soul Reaping.) Your Necromancer spells cost 1...5...6 less Energy. You suffer from Bleeding (10 seconds) each time you cast a Necromancer spell.	0	055	01.001	02525		Blood MagicZ	Factions

Trivia

• Prior to the November 13th, 2007 update, spirits also contributed to the Soul Reaping's energy gain when they died.
• Prior to the April 5th, 2007 update, there was no frequency limit to earning energy from Soul Reaping. The update introduced a "up to 3 times per 15 seconds" restriction.
  • The update also halved energy gain from spirits' deaths and limited energy gain from spirit's deaths to those of spirits created by the Necromancer. This dramatically nerfed certain Necromancers-based teams revolving around spamming spirits to provide energy to the whole team, such as Blood Spike teams.