diff --git a/src/engine/gameManager/NPCManager.java b/src/engine/gameManager/NPCManager.java
index 54f88a90..3a535e75 100644
--- a/src/engine/gameManager/NPCManager.java
+++ b/src/engine/gameManager/NPCManager.java
@@ -436,6 +436,44 @@ public enum NPCManager {
             }
 
         }
+
+        if (mob.isNecroPet())
+            applyNecroPetStats(mob);
+    }
+
+    // No client data grants NECROPETSTATS, yet NEC-018 and DRU-066 require it on the target; the server adds it to necro pets
+    private static void applyNecroPetStats(Mob mob) {
+
+        EffectsBase necroPetStats = PowersManager.getEffectByIDString("NECROPETSTATS");
+        String effectKey;
+        Effect currentEffect;
+        int rank = -1;
+
+        if (necroPetStats == null) {
+            Logger.error("NECROPETSTATS effect not loaded");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // GUESS: rank follows the pet's own level ladder (PET_NECRO / PET_NECRO_HARDHIT, from reqLvl 9), as the old DB rows did
+        for (MobBaseEffects mbe : mob.mobBase.effectsList)
+            if (mbe.getReqLvl() > 0 && mbe.getReqLvl() <= (int) mob.level)
+                rank = Math.max(rank, mbe.getRank());
+
+        if (rank < 0)
+            return;
+
+        effectKey = Integer.toString(necroPetStats.getUUID());
+        currentEffect = mob.effects.get(effectKey);
+
+        if (currentEffect != null) {
+
+            if (currentEffect.getTrains() >= rank)
+                return;
+
+            currentEffect.cancelJob();
+        }
+
+        mob.addEffectNoTimer(effectKey, necroPetStats, rank, true);
     }
 
     public static void applyEquipmentResists(Mob mob) {