Check the Cemetery setup and your difficulty
Necropolis is a King of Blood quest with a starting Cemetery arrangement. The opening below uses an Imp in the center and diagonal Cemetery destruction to raise the Cemeteries adjoining it to level 3. Preserve those adjoining Cemeteries while following this opening.
Quest Mode offers Knight, King, and Chaos difficulties. Necropolis players encountered changes to early enemy scaling in October 2026, making older, easier openings less reliable. Match the route to your selected difficulty and the pressure you actually face.
An update added one extra starting Sacrifice card to Necropolis. Check your hand before copying an older opening, and keep the extra card in mind when planning your targets. Review the quest's displayed victory and defeat conditions before spending lives on deliberate losses.
Follow the opening in order
- Place Imp on the center plot during year 1. This establishes the troop plot around which the Cemetery opening is arranged.
- Destroy the diagonal Cemeteries to bring the Cemeteries adjoining the central Imp to level 3. Use those neighboring Cemetery levels as your checkpoint before moving on.
- Take the first planned battle loss to obtain Demon Altar. That reward supplies the next part of this route.
- Deploy the Demon Altar obtained from the loss. Allied deaths permanently strengthen its demons, giving the altar time to develop behind the opening army.
- Take the next planned loss to obtain another Imp. This supplies the Imp card used toward the central troop upgrade.
- Upgrade the central Imp to level 3 in year 3. Keep the upgrade on the central plot used by the Cemetery opening.
- Prefer Nature opponents while the Demon Altar engine strengthens. This is the opponent preference used by the successful route during its buildup.
Choose your later support
| Choice | When to use it |
|---|---|
| Covenant | Choose it when offered to strengthen Demon Altars. It was recommended alongside the successful central-Imp route. |
| Bombers and Cauldron | Try this combination when the original approach keeps failing. Another successful Necropolis clear added both cards. |
Bombers contribute area damage and die in their own explosions. Those deaths also feed Demon Altar's permanent growth. A Cauldron beside the Bombers adds poison to their attacks, giving that alternate approach another source of damage.
Keep planned losses tied to their rewards
Check each loss against the card you need next: Demon Altar first, then another Imp. Put the altar into play before proceeding with the next planned defeat. If your rewards differ, reassess the board before spending another life.
The October 2026 route predates the PC full release on November 12, 2026. Use its placement and upgrade checkpoints to judge whether the opening fits your run. If early battles overwhelm it, consider the Bombers-and-Cauldron alternative when those cards become available.
After downloading a patch, start a new run so its changes apply. Existing runs do not store those updates and can cause conflicts. Check the fresh starting hand before committing to the loss sequence.