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Necromorphs

48 entries tagged Necromorphs. Every entry is sourced from the Dead Space games, their in-game lore, or the official reference material.

Alien NecromorphThe Alien Necromorphs were Necromorph forms created from the long-extinct alien species native to Tau Volantis. Towering and brute-like, they had lain frozen in the planet's ice for millennia before thawing and returning to life when human expeditions reached the world.
Brethren MoonsThe Brethren Moons were gigantic, intelligent space-faring Necromorphs and the ultimate source of every Marker signal. Formed by a Convergence Event, they spread Black Markers across the stars to seed new civilizations, harvest them, and birth more of their kind in an endless cycle of extinction.
BruteThe Brute was a massive Necromorph assembled from multiple human corpses, encased in a spiked exoskeleton of bone and calcified skin. It charged with crushing force and, when crippled, hurled explosive organic projectiles from within its chest.
CrawlerCrawlers were explosive Necromorphs formed from reanimated infants, their swollen bodies carrying an organic explosive, encountered on the Sprawl and later on Tau Volantis in alien form.
Creeper and ShamblerThe Creeper was the disembodied head of a Divider, and the Shambler was the armed corpse it animated by burrowing into a body''s neck. The pair appeared during the events on Tau Volantis, where reanimated soldiers turned their own firearms on the living.
CystThe Cyst was a stationary Necromorph that grew out of the Corruption and served as a living mine. It excreted organic pods that detonated on impact, attacking anything that came near without distinguishing friend from foe.
DividerDividers were tall, thin Necromorphs that strangled their prey with a long tongue and, when badly hurt, fell apart into a swarm of independent crawling components. The head itself was the true creature, able to seize a fresh corpse and turn it into a Shambler.
ExploderThe Exploder was a Necromorph that attacked as a living bomb, swinging the volatile pustule grown on its arm to detonate among its prey. Slow and clumsy, it relied on numbers and ambush to overwhelm survivors.
FeederThe Feeder was a Necromorph formed from a human who had eaten Necromorph flesh. Emaciated, light-sensitive, and guided by sound, Feeders rose from starving Sovereign Colonies soldiers on Tau Volantis who consumed the creatures they had killed.
FlierThe Flier was a winged Necromorph encountered during the outbreak on Aegis VII, capable of sustained flight and striking its prey from above. Survivors often heard the creatures before they saw them.
FodderThe Fodder, also called the Waster, was a Necromorph form that kept the full appearance of its human host to pass as a living person before it struck. It appeared during the outbreaks on the New Horizons Lunar Colony and on Tau Volantis.
GrabberThe Grabber was an aquatic Necromorph that hid as an apparently intact corpse before whipping its head forward on an impossibly long neck to seize its prey. It lay in wait in the flooded drainage system of the USG Ishimura.
GuardianThe Guardian was a sessile Necromorph fused to the walls by the Corruption, unable to hunt but able to kill anything that drew near with a scythe-tipped tentacle. It spat embryonic Pods to keep threats at a distance and guarded the places most vital to the infestation.
The HunterThe Hunter was a Regenerator Necromorph deliberately engineered by the Unitologist Dr. Challus Mercer aboard the USG Ishimura, grown from the living patient Brant Harris. Able to regrow severed limbs in seconds, it could not be killed by dismemberment and stalked Isaac Clarke across the ship.
InfectorThe Infector was a winged Necromorph whose sole purpose was to convert corpses into new Necromorphs, stabbing a proboscis into the skull to inject infectious tissue. Often the first form created by a Marker signal, it acted as an accelerant that spread an outbreak across a population of the dead.
LeaperThe Leaper was a Necromorph reanimated from a single corpse whose legs were fused into a long, scythe-tipped tail. It used that tail to launch itself great distances at its prey and to stab like a scorpion, making it one of the most agile and deadly of the common forms.
LurkerThe Lurker was a small Necromorph specialized for ranged attacks, usually reanimated from human infants or, in later outbreaks, from infected dogs. It stalked walls and ceilings on sticky tentacles and fired barbs of sharpened bone at its prey from a distance.
NecromorphNecromorphs were aggressive creatures formed when the Markers' electromagnetic signal reshaped dead tissue into monstrous new forms. Driven to kill the living and gather corpses for Convergence, they were the recurring plague that destroyed the Aegis VII colony, the USG Ishimura, and Titan Station.
NestThe Nest was a sessile Necromorph form found only in zero gravity, anchored to a surface and serving as an area denial sentinel. It launched swarms of small exploding Necromorphs from bulbous arms and could be killed only by destroying those arms.
Nexus OrganismNexus organisms, also called Hive Minds, were massive Necromorphs that received the control signal of the Markers and Brethren Moons and relayed it to the smaller Necromorph forms. They served as the second in command of an outbreak, coordinating the horde across whole worlds and ships.
NexusThe Nexus, also called a Nexus Organism or Hive Mind, was the commander-tier Necromorph that received and broadcast the Marker signal to lesser forms. The best-known specimen was raised from the natives of Tau Volantis and frozen beneath the planet alongside the Alien Machine.
PodsPods were small, embryo-like Necromorphs ejected by Guardians as a defense. Grown from underdeveloped infants, they clung near their parent creature and flung sharp projectiles, bursting apart when their tentacle was severed.
PregnantThe Pregnant, also called the Swollen, was a heavy Necromorph distinguished by the enormous sac that hung from its abdomen. The sac was filled with smaller Necromorphs that burst free when it was ruptured, turning the creature into a walking carrier for fresh attackers.
PukerThe Puker was a ranged Necromorph whose body had been remade by its own digestive acids, leaving it able to spew corrosive bile at survivors from a distance. It appeared during the outbreaks on Titan Station and on Tau Volantis.
RegeneratorRegenerators were Necromorphs able to regrow any lost limb within seconds from a seemingly endless supply of biomass. Tall, muscular, and almost impossible to kill by ordinary means, the strain included the Hunter, the Ubermorph, and the Hunters of Tau Volantis.
SlasherThe Slasher was the most common form of Necromorph, reanimated from a single human corpse and named for the blade-like protrusions of bone that grew from its arms. Weak alone but lethal in numbers, it was the form survivors encountered most often in every major outbreak.
SpitterThe Spitter was a Slasher-type Necromorph created from a female host, set apart from the male form by the ability to spew acidic bile across short distances. Otherwise a close relative of the Slasher, it harried survivors from range while other creatures closed in.
StalkerThe Stalker was a Necromorph that hunted in packs, using cover, feints, and coordinated charges to flank its prey. Armored-headed and fast, it was among the most intelligent of the common Necromorphs.
Swarm InfectorThe Swarm Infector was a small, crustacean-like Necromorph that hunted in droves, burrowing into corpses to reanimate them en masse. Encountered during the events on Tau Volantis, it combined the roles of the Infector and the Swarmer into a single creeping swarm.
SwarmerThe Swarmer was the smallest of the Necromorphs, a scrap of reanimated flesh that attacked in great numbers. Swarmers spilled from ruptured Pregnants and other corpses, latching onto victims to overwhelm them in seconds.
Tau Volantis MoonThe Tau Volantis Moon was a half-formed Brethren Moon, a colossal Necromorph spawned by an interrupted Convergence Event over the world of Tau Volantis. The Alien Machine froze it in a nascent state, and from orbit it broadcast its signal through the Markers, begging for the Machine to be turned off.
TentacleTentacles were massive Necromorph growths that appeared either as predators in their own right or as the limbs of far larger creatures. Some dragged victims into the walls, others guarded sacred ground, and the greatest served the Brethren Moons themselves.
The BossThe Boss was a massive, heavily mutated Necromorph that infested the Titan Shard reactor core during the outbreak on Titan Station and drove it toward a catastrophic overheat. Possessing no recognizable human features, it commanded lesser Necromorphs and was confronted by the saboteur Vandal.
The CorruptionThe Corruption was an encrusting mass of Necromorph tissue that grew wherever an outbreak took hold, spreading in the presence of a Marker signal. It reshaped its surroundings into a habitat for the horde, poisoning the atmosphere and providing a ready supply of biomass.
The Hive MindThe Hive Mind was a massive Nexus Necromorph created by Marker 3A on Aegis VII, a worm-like behemoth that resided in the planet's core and commanded the Necromorph hordes. It coordinated the assault on the CEC colony and the USG Ishimura before Isaac Clarke destroyed it in 2508.
The Hunters (Tau Volantis)The Hunters of Tau Volantis were Regenerator-type Necromorphs formed from the Sovereign Colonies Deep Dig Team, men who went mad near the Markers and carved Marker symbols into their own flesh. Sealed away for two centuries, they were loosed again on the CMS Terra Nova and the frozen planet.
The LeviathanThe Leviathan was a massive, amorphous Necromorph that lodged in the USG Ishimura''s Food Storage and barricaded the Hydroponics Deck. Named by Elizabeth Cross, it grew enormous on the colonists'' biomass before Isaac Clarke destroyed it.
The NexusThe Nexus was a gargantuan Necromorph Hive Mind form created from the remains of the extinct natives of Tau Volantis. Like the Hive Mind of Aegis VII, the Nexus served as a ground commander for lesser Necromorphs, broadcasting and receiving Marker signals across the infestation.
The PackThe Pack was a swarming Necromorph form built from the intact bodies of adolescent children. Fragile but ferocious, its members attacked in overwhelming numbers, shrieking in their childlike voices as they tore prey apart on the Sprawl.
The SlugThe Slug was an enormous Necromorph that clamped itself over the blast doors of the USG Ishimura, blocking the communications array Isaac Clarke needed to warn the USM Valor away from an infected escape pod. It was driven off only by the ship''s own anti-asteroid cannons.
The Snow BeastThe Snow Beast was a massive Necromorph on the frozen world of Tau Volantis, thought to be the reanimated form of an ancient crustacean. It stalked and ambushed survivors with long tentacles and a lashing tongue, retreating whenever it was wounded.
The SpiderThe Spider was a massive, armor-plated Necromorph that clung to the exterior of the derelict USG Ishimura. It attacked Nathan McNeill after he disabled the ship''s ADS Cannon, pinning his arm to the hull with a spike.
The TormentorThe Tormentor was a gigantic Necromorph built from many corpses that hunted Isaac Clarke through Titan Station, its bone armor proof against gunfire until he turned the void itself against it.
The UrchinThe Urchin was a massive aquatic Necromorph that grew in the water purification facilities deep within the USG Ishimura''s sewer system. A formless body wreathed in tentacles, it ambushed survivors below the Hydroponics Deck during the ship''s outbreak.
TripodThe Tripod was a large three-legged Necromorph assembled from several human corpses, encountered during the Necromorph outbreak on Titan Station. It struck with long arms and a bladed tongue, and a single grotesque female variant grown around a mother and infant was found within the Church of Unitology.
TwitcherTwitchers were a fast and erratic variant of Slasher Necromorph created from hosts carrying Stasis Modules or adrenaline, whose reversed time dilation drove them to move far faster than any other strain. They were first encountered in the ruins of the USM Valor and recurred across the Sprawl and Tau Volantis.
UbermorphThe Ubermorph was a unique regenerating Necromorph encountered during the final hours of the Titan Station outbreak. A small Hive Mind form, it led the assault on the Government Sector and stalked Isaac Clarke through the laboratories surrounding the Site 12 Marker.
WheezerThe Wheezer was a stationary Necromorph that generated and exhaled poisonous gas, fouling the air around it without ever attacking directly. It served as a kind of terraformer for the Necromorph ecosystem, making spaces toxic to the living.