A sick new guide for West of Loathing Necromancy%
By Schir

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Author's Note:
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man it sure would be bad if this were posted anywhere other than gameFAQs.
if this were to somehow end up in a pastebin without my permission, it'd
be absolutely disastrous!!

copyright 2018 Some Internet Rando Ink Limited LLC Company Incorporated Inc.

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 Dependency Tree for Necromancy%
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Necromancer's Crown:
Obtain 6 Nex-Mex books and get five clues.

Clues:
    robe receipt
    cryptic note about Ley lines
		Perfessor's House
			Weird Triangle
				Humming Cave
					10 muscle / 4 dynamite
					Rescue Mission
						Man in street
							2 encounters and a rest

    burned scroll
		Hellstrom Ranch
			grave plot #1 - Reboot Hill
				Doc Alice
				Shovel
					(you should start the game with one)
    discipline slip
		Passin' Fair Mycologist
			Mycology, Yourcology
				Military Cemetery grave 420
					Doc Alice
    sticky note
		Examine all clues.

	Clue locations:
		Easy:
			Fort Alldead
			Reboot Hill
				requires:
					20 M/M/M,
					stench resistance
						50 meat, dirtwater
			Military Cemetery
				Plot 13
			Buffalo Pile
				trash pile next to a toilet
			Daveyard
				Far end of the hut. no fights required
		Medium:
			Old Mission
				Requires one fight, 2-3 dynamite
		Hard:
			Shroomcave
				longer dependency tree to get here. Go for it if you find it while wandering.
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  Nex-Mex Books
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	Easy:
		Fort Alldead
			Doc Alice
		Reboot Hill
			Doc Alice
			20 mysticality
		Fort Memoriam
			Military Cemetery
				Doc Alice
		Buffalo Pile
			Doc Alice
		Military Cemetery
			Doc Alice
		13th encounter
			Pale Horse
	Medium
		skeleton and cultist in region A
	Hard:
		Chuck's House


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         Walkthrough
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	Start
	do the normal stuff for leaving the house
	Dirtwater
	-Talk to Doc Alice
	-Buy a flower from the girl
	head to daveyard
		-get necromancy clue from inside tomb
		-Scatter the ashes you get.
			//(Grants 10 XP. This is mainly for addressing a 5 XP
			// shortage when trying to increase Hornswogglin' to 3 at the railroad later)
	Head to railroad
		-talk to doc alice
		-talk to white hat
		-talk to bowler hat
	gustavson gulch
		-increase hornswogglin' to 2
		-hornswoggle mayor
		-read lockpickin' book
		-go through the town (this is the same as any%)
		-get the dynamite
	head to railroad
		-increase hornswogglin' to 3
		-hornswoggle boss
	head to second railroad
		-talk to doc alice
		-talk to bowler hat
	head to breadwood
		-talk to doc alice
		-talk to man in barracks, unlock petting cemetery
	head to military cemetery
		-grave 13, get necromancy clue
		-grave 420, get mycology, yourcology
		-grave 666, get nex-mex book
		-go to shack, unlock fort memoriam
	petting cemetery
		-talk to doc alice
	head to buffalo pile
		-make buffalo mix (milk, blood, ichor)
		-get key in buffalo-making room
		-get necromancy clue in toilet room
		-get nex-mex book, unlock footlocker
		-make fudge (milk, milk, lemonade
		-make buffalo buffalo buffalo bill
		-get unlimited bones
	head to fort alldead
		-get necromancy clue
		-get nex-mex book from far end
	head to rescue mission
		-unlock humming cave
	head to dirtwater
		-sleep in the inn (or leave your room through the left door if you've collapsed from anger)
		-talk to the injured man outside
	fort memoriam
		-drink fudge
		-get the nex-mex book
	reboot hill
		-head to plot 1
			--go all the way to the left side of the screen, dig up dirt. Unlock Hellstrom Ranch.
		-head to the back
		-dispel the skulls
		-wait for the cultists to get owned
		-grab the nex-mex book
		-equip the sweet-smelling flower
		-get necromancy clue from outhouse
	humming cave
		-push over rocks
		-head to bizarre ruin from el vibrato portal
	(the order of fort memoriam, reboot hill, and humming cave is done in the order of highest skill requirement to lowest (30/20/10). You want the fudge to be active for at least those three locations as those are the only places where skill checks are required. You do those after a new day to minimize the odds of getting too angry and passing out.)
	bizarre ruin
		-get weird stone arrow
	wander, hope you find the perfessor's house
	perfessor's house
		-examine leyline clue
		-show him the leyline thing, get the leyline diagram
	Hellstrom Ranch
		-You just have to have seen it.
	read mycology, yourcology
	examine all clues
	examine necromancy journal, find necromancer's tower location
	read all six nex-mex books
	go to necromancer's tower
		-read the ancient sigils, crush your enemies
		-make it to the top
		-become the necromancer
		-get the necromancer's crown
		-let doc alice abandon you
	head to second railroad
		-build the bridge of bones
		-talk to bowler hat, unlock frisco
	head to frisco
		-give Norton the necromancer's crown
		-beat the game.