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Trove — The Tomb Raiser Guide 2026: Best Builds

The Tomb Raiser remains Trove’s premier minion summoner class: you harvest souls, summon skeletons, buff and heal them, and then either let them do the work or merge them into more powerful minion. This Trove guide walks you through the Tomb Raiser abilities, builds, rotations, gem choices, emblem/flask picks and endgame tuning.

The Tomb Raiser Abilities & Passive

Trove — The Tomb Raiser Guide: Best Builds Basic Attack: Channels a piercing laser which damages enemies and heals Trove — The Tomb Raiser Guide: Best Builds Bonetourage Skellittles and Trove — The Tomb Raiser Guide: Best Builds Grave Goliath.

Trove — The Tomb Raiser Guide: Best Builds Soul Caller: Attracts a Restless Soul every 10 seconds and upon slaying enemies, up to a maximum of 3. Every Restless Soul attracted will spawn Skellittles, up to a maximum of 6.

Trove — The Tomb Raiser Guide: Best Builds Basic Attacks return 2% of the damage done as health.

Trove — The Tomb Raiser Guide: Best Builds Bonetourage: You generate Souls by killing enemies and in some cases over time; Souls are the currency that lets you summon skeletons, cast minion-heal effects, and fuel larger minion combos. Learning to harvest souls efficiently — where to pull, when to kill, when to delay — is the single habit that separates good Tomb Raisers from great ones.

Trove — The Tomb Raiser Guide: Best Builds Banshee’s Boon: Turns the user into a ghost. While in ghost form you take 90% less damage, your Trove — The Tomb Raiser Guide: Best Builds Basic Attacks will deal extra damage and affects all enemies and Skellitles around you, and your healing output is increased to 10. Ghost form rapidly depletes your energy and ends when energy reaches 0. The class gem Beckon Banshee (if equipped) make Trove — The Tomb Raiser Guide: Best Builds Banshee’s Boon summons a banshee that heals your Skellittles and damages enemies. and whene the banshee dies attract a Restless Soul.

Trove — The Tomb Raiser Guide: Best Builds Grave Goliath: Gather the Restless Souls possessing your Skellittles to summon a Grave Goliath! The more Skellittles that are possessed, the stronger the Grave Goliath is.

The Builds

Minion Build

This is the “I will outnumber you” build. Focus: maximize minion count and damage while letting minions draw aggro and clear packs.

You’ll stack Magic Damage, Critical Damage, and Light for endgame scaling. Empowered gems like Explosive Epilogue and Pyrodisc are frequently used because minions kill things rapidly and those on-kill explosions chain into huge clears.

  • Trove — The Tomb Raiser Guide: Best Builds stats: Magic Damage → Crit Damage → Crit Chance → Light.
  • Trove — The Tomb Raiser Guide: Best Builds Gems: Explosive Epilogue (on-kill AoE), Pyrodisc (AoE + MS), Vampiric for sustain if solo.
  • Emblems & Flask: Trove — The Tomb Raiser Guide: Best Builds Arcane + Trove — The Tomb Raiser Guide: Best Builds Chronomantic for burst; Trove — The Tomb Raiser Guide: Best Builds Death-Defying Vial is handy for risky solo content.
  • Ally: Trove — The Tomb Raiser Guide: Best Builds Chronomancer Qubesly
  • Rotation: Pull → spawn minions (spend souls) → cast Banshee’s Boon when the pack collapses → heal/minion-buff → fall back and collect souls → resummon as needed.

Tank Builld

If you want to stand in the middle and carry a low-PR party, this build trades some raw minion DPS for survivability and control. You still summon, but you invest more in Max Health, Stability, and Health Regen so you can act as a conduit: taunt/pull, then let your minions and allies melt the mess.

Banshee’s Boon is a core tool here — it gives you survival windows and amplifies minion healing. Choose class gems that improve durability.

  • Trove — The Tomb Raiser Guide: Best Builds stats: Max Health → Stability → Magic Damage → Health Regen.
  • Trove — The Tomb Raiser Guide: Best Builds Gems: Defensive empowered gems or Vampiric if you solo; Explosive Epilogue still useful for group clears.
  • Emblems & Flask: Trove — The Tomb Raiser Guide: Best Builds Chronomantic + Trove — The Tomb Raiser Guide: Best Builds Vampiric for cooldown + lifesteal; Trove — The Tomb Raiser Guide: Best Builds Death-Defying Vial for clutch solo moments.
  • Ally: Trove — The Tomb Raiser Guide: Best Builds Prowling Shadow provides health healing per hit.
  • Rotation: Lead pull with Bulwark-like control (use your class’s taunt/placement options) → deploy minions into choke → activate Banshee’s Boon during heavy telegraphs → heal minions and teammates → reclaim souls and reset.

Farming Build

Yes — Tomb Raiser can be a surprisingly efficient farmer. The trick is to maximize clear density: short, repeated spawns, Explosive Epilogue for chain kills, and mobility so you never stop moving. You don’t rely on big minion here — instead your minions are little time-savers that convert small clumps into instant corpses you harvest for souls.

  • Trove — The Tomb Raiser Guide: Best Builds stats: Movement Speed → Attack Speed → Magic Damage → Energy Regen
  • Trove — The Tomb Raiser Guide: Best Builds Gems: Pyrodisc (MS + AoE) or Explosive Epilogue for chains.
  • Emblems & Flask: Trove — The Tomb Raiser Guide: Best Builds Arcane + Trove — The Tomb Raiser Guide: Best Builds Chronomantic; Trove — The Tomb Raiser Guide: Best Builds Elysian Bandolier for quick flask cycling.
  • Ally: Trove — The Tomb Raiser Guide: Best Builds Orchian for Light stat, Magic Damage Bonus + Speed bonus when defeating enemies.
  • Rotation: Run route → drop minimal minions on nodes → rely on on-kill explosions to clean → pick up souls and sprint.

Gear Stats Priorities

Trove — The Tomb Raiser Guide: Best Builds
SlotMinion DPSHybrid TankSpeed Farm
Trove — The Tomb Raiser Guide: Best Builds
Weapon		Magic Damage → Crit Damage → Crit ChanceMax Health → Magic Damage → StabilityAttack Speed → Magic Damage → Movement
Trove — The Tomb Raiser Guide: Best Builds
Hat		Crit Damage → Magic Damage → LightMax Health → Stability → Magic DamageMovement → Attack Speed → Magic Damage
Trove — The Tomb Raiser Guide: Best Builds
Face		Magic Damage → Crit Chance → Crit DamageMax Health → Energy Regen → Magic DamageEnergy Regen → Movement → Magic Damage
Trove — The Tomb Raiser Guide: Best Builds
Ring		Magic Damage / Light → CritMax Health / Health Regen → Magic DamageMovement / Attack Speed → Magic Damage
Trove — The Tomb Raiser Guide: Best Builds
Banner		Light → Magic Damage → CritMax Health → Light → Magic DamageAS / Movement → Magic Damage

Progression Roadmap

Early (0–PR5k): Learn minion summon timing and Banshee usage. Prioritize Magic Damage and some survivability.

Mid (PR5k–PR20k): Choose your role and chase empowered gems (Explosive Epilogue / Pyrodisc). Hunt a class gem from Everdark Vaults and craft/polish your ring.

Endgame (Long Shade / Shadow Tower): Invest Mystic/Cosmic gem upgrades into Light and MD/ CD lines where appropriate, tune emblem + ally pairings, and practice long Delve rotations in groups to refine timing.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Is Tomb Raiser good in 2026?

A: Yes. Tomb Raiser remains a strong minion-focused class for both topside farming and Delves when built and played to its summoner strengths.

Q: Which empowered gems are best?

A: Explosive Epilogue and Pyrodisc are generalist staples due to how they amplify on-kill chains in minion play.

Q: Should I prioritize Magic Damage or Max Health?

A: For Minion DPS, prioritize Magic Damage + Crit. For Hybrids, prioritize Max Health/Stability and then MD as secondary.

Final Thoughts

Tomb Raiser isn’t a class you watch grow overnight; it’s a slow, deliberate climb into competence. The satisfaction comes from a well-executed chain: a perfectly timed spawn, a Banshee’s Boon that eats the boss telegraph, empowered gem explosions that cascade through a room, and you, collecting the souls and smiling at the tidy battlefield.

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