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Overview[1]

Image of Flaming Zombie Spirit; Image of Revolver Outlaw Spirit; Image of Covenant Archer Spirit; Image of Acid Skeleton Spirit; Image of Normal Skeleton Spirit EntityInfobox Spirits are ally variants of enemies that died near the Ghost Train.

Spirits are allied entities that have transparent bodies. They spawn upon killing enemies near a Ghost Train. Additionally, they have identical stats compared to their normal counterparts, except they despawn after about 20 seconds. Unlike tamed Wolves, they cannot be picked up while alive, though their corpses can still be stored inside a Sack. Corpses will also disappear once their time is up.

Stats

Attackrange
Same as the original entity
Behavior
Passive
Category
Exclusive Variant
Hp
Depends on the entity
Location
Ghost Train

Strategies

These entities are pretty useful when raiding Towns, since they serve as a good distraction and have the potential to kill and convert even more enemies into Spirits, continuing the cycle. Simply lure the enemies close to the Ghost Train and kill them. This also works with Outlaw's Town. Since Spirit corpses can be used as Fuel, you can collect dead Spirits and burn them before they disappear, giving you some additional Fuel. This also works with the Zombie class since players can actually eat the "corpses" before they disappear. This makes the Ghost Train viable with Zombie class. Since all Spirits can be sold or turned in for money, it is recommended to kill them (if near a Fortified Town) and sell them for some extra money. Note that you have to be quick since they will despawn in 20 seconds. This also works with Goliath and Lincoln's Ghost, but instead you should bait him to the front of the Ghost Train, run him over, and quickly shoot the Spirit dead before it despawns. Be careful not to accidentally burn the original corpse with the train's furnace.

Strategy

Spirits use the base body colors of their respective entity, which is why the Vampire spirit has blue legs. Spirits have 2 another similar counterpart of them, which are Lincoln's Ghost and Ghost. Although Nikola Tesla's Spirit indicates that he can be sold for $300, it is unknown if it's possible to sell it due to the low amount of time to kill it and place it inside a Sack before it disappears. However, since corpse selling mechanics are shared across normal and Spirit corpses, it might be theoretically possible. Although Spirits are not meant to be physical, their "corpses" can still be used as Fuel or get eaten by the Zombie class. This is likely an oversight.

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References

  1. 1.Sourced from deadrails.fandom.com · checked Aug 17, 2026
  2. 2.Image from Dead Rails Wiki (Fandom) · CC BY-SA · checked Jul 18, 2026

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