You can cast this spell only at night. Choose up to three corpses of Medium or Small humanoids and a skeleton within range. Each corpse must be within 5 feet of each other and must be under your control.
As an action on each of your turns, you can mentally command any creature you animated with this spell if the creature is within 120 feet of you. You decide what action the creature will take and where it will move during its next turn, or you can issue a general command, such as to guard a particular chamber or corridor. If you issue no commands, the creature only defends itself against hostile creatures. Once given an order, the creature continues to follow it until its task is complete.
The creature is under your control for 12 hours, after which it stops obeying any command you have given it. To maintain control of the creature for another 12 hours, you must cast this spell on the creature before the current 12-hour period ends. This use of the spell reasserts your control over up to three creatures you have animated with this spell, rather than animating new ones.
* - (one clay pot filled with grave dirt, one clay pot filled with brackish water, and one 150 gp black onyx stone for each corpse)