Kill

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The term kill refers to causing death of a creature.

When kills are made by summoned minions, totems, traps or mines, player characters are credited for kills for the purposes of increased item quantity and rarity, flasks, and achievement-related stats, but generally not combat-related stats, where the non-player entity would get the credit for the kill instead.^{[citation needed]} However, there is currently a bug that causes any damage over time kills to always grant credit to the player character even if they are caused by a minion, totem, trap, or mine.^{[citation needed]}

Corpses

Most creatures leave corpses on death. Totems and non-unique monsters killed when frozen or under certain effects (e.g. PyrePyre
Sapphire RingRequires Level 11+(20-30)% to Cold Resistance+(25-35)% to Fire Resistance
(60-80)% increased Burning Damage
40% of Cold Damage Converted to Fire Damage
10% increased Light Radius
Ignited Enemies you hit are destroyed on KillLet winter come. It will only make my fire burn brighter.) don't leave corpses.

Corpses can be:

• raised (Raise SpectreRaise SpectreSpell, Minion
  Mana Cost: (21 to 42)
  Cast Time: 0.85 secRequires Level 28Raises a spectral version of a defeated foe as a minion to fight for you in battle.Per 1% Quality:
  1% increased Minion Movement SpeedCan raise up to 1 Spectre at a time
  Minions deal (-30-10)% more Damage
  Minions have (20-0)% less Life
  Minions have (20-0)% less Energy Shield
  55% more Minion Movement Speed
  Minion Movement Speed is Capped
  Minions have +30% to all Elemental ResistancesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Necromancer monsters)
• exploded (Detonate DeadDetonate DeadCast, AoE, Fire
  Radius: 22
  Mana Cost: (7 to 30)
  Cast Time: 0.80 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%Requires Level 4Explodes an unused corpse, dealing fire damage to nearby enemies.Per 1% Quality:
  1% increased Cast SpeedExplosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 6% of the corpse's maximum Life
  Deals (4-276) to (5-414) Fire Damage
  Damage cannot be ReflectedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., strongboxes with the Putrifying [?] prefix)

On/when kill effects

Similarly to on-hit effects, there are effects that trigger when creature has been killed:

• gain temporary buffs (e.g. charges)
• gain life, mana or energy shield
• skill-specific effects (e.g. Infernal BlowInfernal BlowAttack, AoE, Melee, Fire
  Radius: 15
  Mana Cost: 6
  Cast Time: 1.00 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
  Damage Effectiveness: (130% to 160%)Hits the enemy, converting some of your physical damage to fire damage. If the enemy dies soon after being hit, they will explode, dealing fire damage to nearby enemies. The damage from this explosion cannot be reflected. Requires a Sword, Axe, Mace, Staff or Unarmed.Per 1% Quality:
  0.5% increased Area of EffectDeals (130-160.4)% of Base Damage
  50% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
  Base duration is 0.5 seconds
  Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 10% of the corpse's maximum LifePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.'s explosion)