

Iron Golems can gain the abilities of Socketed Gem weapons. Items with Knockback should be avoided, as the golem will tend to follow that opponent behind enemy lines and get killed. Some magical item properties are not transferred to the Iron Golem, such as Chance to find Magical Items and Mana Steal. Saving powerful Rare and Magical Items one doesn't wish to sell, use or trade to create Iron Golems is a popular tactic. One can only create Iron Golems from metal items, and cannot make them from Clubs, Wands, Crystal Swords, Gloves, Belts, Throwing Weapons, Staves, Bows, Crossbows, Quest Items, Jewelry, Leather Armor, common and leather Boots, and all variations of these items. Thanks to the ability of Iron Golems to take on the traits of whatever item they are made from, they are potentially the best golems for damage-dealing, while still proving to be durable meatshields. Currently Golems do not receive the damage benefit for using two-handed weapons. The Golem will receive the additional Damage listed on weapons, or the Defense listed on armor. Iron Golems can be constructed from items of any quality, even non- magical items.

Clay Golem: +20 Attack Rating Per Level.The construct takes on the properties of the original source material, including any magical effects or other properties the original metal might have possessed. Through complicated arcane rituals and great mental concentration, a Necromancer can summon forth a Golem from common base metals. While many mages spend their lives devoted to studying the transmutation of base metals into gold, the Necromancers have always had a somewhat different approach to transforming metals.
