Necropolis of Dominion

The Necropolis of Dominion is a permanent upgrade tree that applies to every minion at once. Its currency, Essence of Conquest, comes only from setting better clear grades on each floor — so clearing well matters as much as going deep. Whatever you invest here stays with you through death and Reincarnation.

How it opens

After you rescue Merchant Jeff on floor 3 and return to the village, the First Death points you to Spend a mastery point, and the Necropolis of Dominion lights up.
Tap the constellation altar to open the Dominion screen. The screen shows your Dominion Lv (the sum of all node levels) and the Essence of Conquest you hold.
The statue glows whenever you have Essence to spend or stars you haven’t placed yet.

Earning Essence of Conquest

When you clear a floor and beat your best grade on it, you earn Essence of Conquest for each grade you climbed. Higher grades give more.
A C-grade clear gives no Essence. Clearing the same floor again at the same or a lower grade gives none either.
The first time you reach a new grade, you also get a one-time gold and Essence bonus.
On the stage select screen, choosing a floor shows the Essence of Conquest left on it; floors cleared at SS show Fully conquered.
Your per-floor grade records survive Reincarnation, and so does the Essence you’ve already earned.

See Floors, Combo & Grades for how to raise your clear grade.

Three lines, seven nodes

The tree splits into three lines: Undying Legion, Carnage Legion and Command Legion. Each node raises a stat for all your minions, and each has its own keystone.

Line	Node	Keystone	Keystone effect
Undying Legion	Final Minion HP	Undying Flesh	Minions take less damage.
Undying Legion	Final Minion Leech	Grave Hunger	Minion life leech increases further.
Carnage Legion	Final Minion ATK	Endless Slaughter	Minion attack increases further.
Carnage Legion	Final Minion Crit Rate	Cruel Precision	Minion critical chance increases further.
Carnage Legion	Final Minion Crit DMG	Mortal Wound	Critical kills make the corpse explode, damaging nearby enemies.
Command Legion	Final Minion ATK SPD	Relentless Tempo	Summon cooldown is reduced.
Command Legion	Final Command	Iron Dominion	Maximum Command increases further.

You raise nodes one level at a time with Essence. Each level costs more Essence as the node gets higher.
The Final Command node increases both your maximum Command and the Command you start each battle with.

Keystones ignite in three stages

Each time a node reaches a set level band, its keystone ignites one stage, and the third stage is full ignition. A short cinematic marks each ignition.
Undying Flesh, Relentless Tempo and Mortal Wound change how battles play out, and each stage makes them stronger.
Mortal Wound isn’t limited to minions: critical kills by your hero and by Siege turrets also detonate corpses.
The other keystones add more of their stat at each stage.

Reallocate

Reallocate resets every node for a gold fee, and all the Essence of Conquest you spent comes back.
The fee grows with how much Essence you’ve invested in nodes.
Reallocation only resets nodes. Your Awakening Constellation level stays as it is.

Awakening Constellation

Unlocking and awakening

Once your Dominion Lv reaches a certain point, the Awakening Constellation opens. Until then, the screen shows the Dominion Lv it needs.
Press Awaken to spend spare Essence of Conquest and raise your awakening by one level. Each level costs more than the last.
Every awakening grants one star and raises every minion’s HP, attack, attack speed, crit, leech and Command together.

The three constellations and their sigils

Place your stars in one of three constellations. The more stars a constellation holds, the more of its sigils unlock, in order.

Constellation	Sigil	Effect
Petrified Bone	Calloused Hide	Right after being summoned, a minion briefly takes much less damage.
Petrified Bone	Blood Covenant	Killing an enemy heals nearby minions.
Petrified Bone	The Unbroken	A minion survives one lethal hit.
Crimson Scythe	First Blood	Right after being summoned, a minion briefly gains critical chance.
Crimson Scythe	Chain Slaughter	Critical kills briefly raise the whole legion’s attack speed.
Crimson Scythe	Blood Harvest	Critical kills make the corpse explode — weakly without Mortal Wound, stronger and wider with it.
Black Crown	Signal of Ranks	Summoning casts faster.
Black Crown	Unceasing Beat	Summon cooldown is reduced.
Black Crown	The King’s March	Right after being summoned, a minion briefly gains attack speed.

Placing and recalling stars

Use Place Star to put an unplaced star into the constellation you want. The screen shows how many more stars the next sigil needs.
Reallocate Stars recalls every placed star for free, at any time. Your total star count never drops, so re-place freely whenever your deck or strategy changes.

Dominion tips

Short on Essence? Re-clear old floors. Early floors are easy to SS with your current strength. Use the Essence of Conquest left shown on stage select to pick targets.
Aim for ignition bands. Pushing one keystone to its next ignition stage usually feels stronger than spreading a few levels everywhere.
Crit decks: Carnage Legion and Crimson Scythe. Mortal Wound plus Blood Harvest turns every critical kill into a big corpse blast.
Summon-heavy play: Command Legion and Black Crown. Faster cooldowns and casting let you rebuild your army quickly.
Stars move for free. If you want to try a new sigil, just reallocate.

Common mistakes

Clearing new floors at C and waiting for Essence. C gives no Essence. Keep your combo going to raise the grade.
Repeating a floor at the same grade. Essence only comes from beating your best grade.
Being afraid to Reallocate. It only costs gold, and all your Essence comes back. Use it whenever your build changes.
Not placing stars after awakening. Unplaced stars don’t open sigils. If the statue keeps glowing, check for unplaced stars.