Necrons
Advancing in inexorable lockstep come the deathless legions of the Necrons. Eldritch energy weapons crackle and howl, erasing swathes of the enemy. Godlike beings twist reality to their will. The living fall to dust, swept away by ancient powers beyond comprehension. The Necrons have risen to reclaim the stars, and none shall stand in their way.
Books
| Book | Kind | Edition | Version | Last update |
 Necrons | ||||
| Necrons | Index | 10 | July 2023 | |
 Legends: Necrons | ||||
| Legends: Necrons | Datasheet | 10 | July 2023 | |
 Imperial Armour: Necrons | ||||
| Imperial Armour: Necrons | Datasheet | 10 | June 2023 | |
Army Rules
Reanimation Protocols
The scattered dynasties of the Necrons pursue many different paths to dominance, embracing their own traditions and martial doctrines. All dynasties also benefit from the nigh-supernatural technologies that once saw them dominate the galaxy, perhaps the most unsettling of which are their reanimation protocols. Should a Necron be slain, its body becomes wreathed in an eerie glow. Crawling limbs reattach, sundered torsos and smashed skulls reform and the Necron rises again, shambling back into battle.
If your Army Faction is NECRONS, at the end of your Command phase, each unit from your army with this ability activates its Reanimation Protocols and reanimates D3 wounds. Each time such a unit reanimates a wound:- If that unit contains one or more models with fewer than their starting number of wounds remaining, select one of those models; that model regains one lost wound.
- If all models in that unit have their starting number of wounds, but that unit is not at its Starting Strength, one destroyed model is returned to that unit with one wound remaining.
Awakened Dynasty
Command Protocols
The Necron nobility make war in a codified and relentless fashion. Their command protocols crackle out across multi-dimensional spectra from carrier-wave projectors, compelling their semi-sentient soldiery into battle one overriding directive at a time.
While a NECRONS CHARACTER model is leading this unit, each time a model in this unit makes an attack, add 1 to the Hit roll.Stratagems
If you are using the Awakened Dynasty Detachment rule, you can use these Awakened Dynasty Stratagems.TARGET: One NECRONS INFANTRY CHARACTER model from your army that was just destroyed.
EFFECT: Set your model back up on the battlefield as close as possible to where it was destroyed and more than 1" away from all enemy models, with half of its starting number of wounds remaining.
RESTRICTIONS: Each model can only be targeted with this Stratagem once per battle.
TARGET: One NECRONS unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, add 1 to the Strength characteristic of melee weapons equipped by models in your unit. In addition, If a NECRONS CHARACTER is leading your unit, until the end of the phase, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of melee weapons equipped by models in your unit by 1.
TARGET: One NECRONS unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack that targets a unit within half of the firing weapon’s range, you can re-roll the Wound roll. If a NECRONS CHARACTER is leading your unit, until the end of the phase, this effect applies at the firing weapon’s full range instead.
TARGET: One NECRONS unit from your army that had one or more of its models destroyed as a result of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Your unit activates its Reanimation Protocols and reanimates D3 wounds. When doing so, if a NECRONS CHARACTER is leading your unit, your unit reanimates D3+1 wounds instead.
TARGET: One NECRONS unit from your army.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [ASSAULT] ability. In addition, if a NECRONS CHARACTER is leading your unit, until the end of the phase, you can re-roll Advance rolls made for your unit.
TARGET: One NECRONS unit from your army that had one or more of its models destroyed as a result of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Your unit can shoot as if it were your Shooting phase, but it must target the enemy unit that just attacked it, and can only do so if that enemy unit is an eligible target. In addition, if a NECRONS CHARACTER is leading your unit, until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [IGNORES COVER] ability.
Enhancements
If you are using the Awakened Dynasty Detachment rule, you can use these Awakened Dynasty Enhancements.
This device was fashioned from transpositanium, a substance so rare that it can only be found in a handful of places in the galaxy. It is highly sought after by the Necrons, and wars have been waged to secure it. Activated with a thought, the Veil causes space and time to warp around its user and those near them, enfolding them in a swirling darkness. As the darkness fades, the user and their comrades appear elsewhere on the battlefield, transported through a miracle of arcane science. NECRONS model only. Once per battle, at the end of your opponent’s turn, if the bearer’s unit is not within Engagement Range of any enemy units, the bearer can use this Enhancement. If it does, remove that unit from the battlefield. Then, in the Reinforcements step of your next Movement phase, set up that unit anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 9" horizontally away from all enemy models. |
By simply pointing and activating this slender quasinium rod, the bearer shrouds their allies in a whirling field of accumulated hypermatter. NECRONS model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, models in that unit have the Stealth ability. In addition, each time a ranged attack targets the bearer’s unit, if the attacker is not within 12", models in that unit have the Benefit of Cover. |
A band of living quicksilver, this strange artefact is shot through with artificial networks of commandwave nano-circuitry. This strange pseudo-animate crown is gifted to especially prominent nobles. As it is donned it sinks through the metallic skin of its wearer’s brow and meshes with their synthetic cortex, enhancing and projecting their dominating will through multiple spectra across a substantial distance. NECRONS model only. While a friendly NECRONS unit is within 6" of the bearer, that unit counts as being led by a NECRONS CHARACTER model. |
Only the finest Cryptek artificers know the secret of crafting a Sempiternal Weave. These gossamer-thin plates are formed from phase-hardened amarathine and threads of adamantine. They are then layered over the bearer’s carapace of living metal, stiffening and contracting when struck to turn aside energy blades, bolt shells and even the searing heat of a plasma burst. NECRONS model only. The bearer has the Feel No Pain 4+ ability. |
An unmodified Hit roll of 6 is called a Critical Hit and is always successful. An unmodified Hit roll of 1 always fails. A Hit roll can never be modified by more than -1 or +1.
- Hit Roll (Ranged Attack): A hit is scored if the D6 result equals or exceeds that attack’s BS.
- Hit Roll (Melee Attack): A hit is scored if the D6 result equals or exceeds that attack’s WS.
- Critical Hit: Unmodified Hit roll of 6. Always successful.
- An unmodified Hit roll of 1 always fails.
- A Hit roll can never be modified by more than -1 or +1.
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If the result of the Wound roll is greater than or equal to the required number shown in the table above, then that Wound roll is successful and scores one wound against the target unit. Otherwise, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends.
An unmodified Wound roll of 6 is called a Critical Wound and is always successful. An unmodified Wound roll of 1 always fails. A Wound roll can never be modified by more than -1 or +1.
- Critical Wound: Unmodified Wound roll of 6. Always successful.
- An unmodified Wound roll of 1 always fails.
- A Wound roll can never be modified by more than -1 or +1.
The scattered dynasties of the Necrons pursue many different paths to dominance, embracing their own traditions and martial doctrines. All dynasties also benefit from the nigh-supernatural technologies that once saw them dominate the galaxy, perhaps the most unsettling of which are their reanimation protocols. Should a Necron be slain, its body becomes wreathed in an eerie glow. Crawling limbs reattach, sundered torsos and smashed skulls reform and the Necron rises again, shambling back into battle.
If your Army Faction is NECRONS, at the end of your Command phase, each unit from your army with this ability activates its Reanimation Protocols and reanimates D3 wounds. Each time such a unit reanimates a wound:- If that unit contains one or more models with fewer than their starting number of wounds remaining, select one of those models; that model regains one lost wound.
- If all models in that unit have their starting number of wounds, but that unit is not at its Starting Strength, one destroyed model is returned to that unit with one wound remaining.
Assault weapons fire so indiscriminately that they can be shot from the hip as warriors dash forward.
Weapons with [ASSAULT] in their profile are known as Assault weapons. If a unit that Advanced this turn contains any models equipped with Assault weapons, it is still eligible to shoot in this turn’s Shooting phase. When such a unit is selected to shoot, you can only resolve attacks using Assault weapons its models are equipped with.- Can be shot even if the bearer’s unit Advanced.
- Advance Move: Models move up to M+D6".
- Cannot move within Engagement Range of any enemy models.
- Units that Advance cannot shoot or charge this turn.
Some weapons are designed to root enemy formations out of entrenched positions.
Weapons with [IGNORES COVER] in their profile are known as Ignores Cover weapons. Each time an attack is made with such a weapon, the target cannot have the Benefit of Cover against that attack.Models cannot be set up or end a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move within Engagement Range of any enemy models. If for any reason a model cannot meet this condition, that model is destroyed.
- Engagement Range: Within 1" horizontally and 5" vertically.
- Models cannot be set up or end a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move within Engagement Range of any enemy models.
Some warriors are masters of disguise and concealment.
If every model in a unit has this ability, then each time a ranged attack is made against it, subtract 1 from that attack’s Hit roll.Shattered ruins and twisted wreckage afford much-needed shelter from enemy salvoes. Even heavily armoured warriors unfazed by small arms fire are thankful for such cover when foes bring their biggest guns to bear.
Models can sometimes gain a measure of protection from terrain features. The rules below detail the conditions under which a terrain feature confers the Benefit of Cover on a model.Each time a ranged attack is allocated to a model that has the Benefit of Cover, add 1 to the saving throw made for that attack (excluding invulnerable saving throws). Models with a Save characteristic of 3+ or better cannot have the Benefit of Cover against attacks with an Armour Penetration characteristic of 0. Multiple instances of the Benefit of Cover are not cumulative – a model cannot benefit from this rule more than once at any one time.
- Benefit of Cover: Add 1 to armour saving throws against ranged attacks.
- Does not apply to models with a Save of 3+ or better against attacks with an AP of 0.
- Multiple instances are not cumulative.
Some attacks are so powerful that no armour or force field can withstand their fury.
Some attacks inflict mortal wounds. Each mortal wound inflicts one point of damage on the target unit, and they are always applied one at a time. Do not make a Wound roll or saving throw (including invulnerable saving throws) against a mortal wound – just allocate it as you would any other attack and inflict damage to a model in the target unit as described below.Unlike damage inflicted by normal attacks, excess damage from mortal wounds is not lost if the damage can be allocated to another model. Instead, keep allocating damage to another model in the target unit until either all the damage has been allocated or the target unit is destroyed.
If, when a unit is selected to shoot or fight, one or more of its attacks can inflict mortal wounds on the target, resolve any normal damage inflicted by the attacking unit’s attacks on that target before inflicting any mortal wounds on that target. If an attack inflicts mortal wounds in addition to any normal damage, but the normal damage is subsequently saved, the target unit still suffers those mortal wounds, as described above.
- Each mortal wound inflicted on a unit causes one model in that unit to lose one wound.
- No saving throws can be made against mortal wounds.
- Mortal wounds inflicted by attacks always apply after any normal damage, even if that damage was saved.
Some warriors refuse to be laid low, even by what should be fatal wounds.
Some models have ‘Feel No Pain x+’ listed in their abilities. Each time a model with this ability suffers damage and so would lose a wound (including wounds lost due to mortal wounds), roll one D6: if the result is greater than or equal to the number denoted by ‘x’, that wound is ignored and is not lost. If a model has more than one Feel No Pain ability, you can only use one of those abilities each time that model suffers damage and so would lose a wound.- Feel No Pain x+: Each time this model would lose a wound, roll one D6: if the result equals or exceeds ‘x’, that wound is not lost.
