Souls Guide

ALEXz407 · Jan 17, 2016

Souls

Souls add diversity to player builds with unique account-wide stat bonuses.

Main feature of souls is leveling: each time your hero gains experience from killing mobs/bosses, equipped souls gain experience too.
You can level up high level souls even with new character, so playing as fresh alt character now can upgrade your main character's power.

Soul Vault

All souls are contained in Soul Vault.
You can access it through Town Portal spellbook after first soul consumed or vault code loaded.

Hero can use two souls at the same time: one defensive and one offensive.
You can swap souls with Activate Soul button when soul selected.
To clear soul slot completely, just select it and use Deactivate Soul.
Name, stat bonuses and soul level can be viewed both from top-right stats panel and from Souls/Slots with Examine Soul button.

Account can have only 7 souls in the vault. Therefore you need to remove weak souls with Release Soul button. Soul will be lost after that forever, so use it carefully.

Vault code overwrites old code after '-save' command, also it can be loaded only once per game.

Soul item can not be saved, only consumed and stored in the vault souls saved.
You can create 1 blue soul from 3 green souls at Nether Circle.

Drop chances

Soul can drop when any unit dies (except soul units in the vault).

Bosses 28+ lvl have 5% chance to drop a soul:
- 50% green (2.5%)
- 45% blue (2.25%)
- 5% red (0.25%)

Elite mobs and remaining bosses have 1.5% / 3% / 4% (based on power) chance to drop a soul:
- 65% green (0.975% / 1.95% / 2.6%)
- 35% blue (0.525% / 1.05% / 1.4%)

Common mobs 40+ level have 1% chance to drop a soul:
- 65% green (0.65%)
- 35% blue (0.35%)

Remaining common mobs have 1% chance to drop a soul:
- 80% green (0.8%)
- 20% blue (0.2%)

As you can see, red soul appears approximately every 400 boss (25+ lvl) kills.

Bonus value

Bonuses can have:
- Percentage bonus: increases every level till 50.
- Flat bonus: increases every level till 10.

Percent based bonuses like Evasion/Fire damage/etc do not have Flat part.
But percentage added directly to stats, not via multiplication of item stats.

Double bonuses have doubled level bonus obviously.

Bonuses per rarity

- Green: 2 bonuses
- Blue: 3 bonuses
- Red: 3 predefined bonuses + 1 aura

Chances to get desired bonus

First roll is soul type: 50%/50% Offensive/Defensive.
After that happens 2-3 rolls (based on soul rarity) for bonuses. Some bonuses in 1 and 2 slot rerolled once to decrease obtain chances.
Each roll selects one bonus from 16. Bonus in 3 slot can not be same with 1 and 2, but bonuses in 1 and 2 slot can be similar for double effect.

So, you can calculate chances to get desired bonus type:
Single - 50% * (1/16)% = 3.125% ~ 32 tries
Double - 50% * (1/16)% * (1/16)% = 0.195% ~ 513 tries

Soul name generation

Green - "[Double] Soul"
Green/Blue - "[Single/Double] Soul of the [Last]"
Blue - "[Single] Soul of the [Single] [Last]"
Red - Unique name.

Offensive Souls

Bonus	Percentage	Flat	Single	Double	Last
Str from items	7%	5	Strong	Vigorous	Savage
Agi from items	7%	5	Cunning	Dexterous	Trickster
Int from items	7%	5	Smart	Clever	Genius
AP from items	7%	5	Brutal	Deadly	Soldier
ArP from items	15%	5	Piercing	Crushing	Marksman
SP from items	7%	5	Bright	Vivid	Chanter
Attackspeed	10%	-	Quick	Swift	Acrobat
Critical Chance	7%	-	Lucky	Favored	Victor
Critical Damage	20%	-	Relentless	Merciless	Champion
Fire Damage*	10%	-	Fiery	Flaming	Firebug
Water Damage*	10%	-	Watery	Aqueous	Seal
Lightning Damage*	10%	-	Sparkling	Electrifying	Eel
Magic Damage*	10%	-	Phasing	Flickering	Wight
Shadow Damage*	10%	-	Shady	Black	Ghoul
Poison Damage*	10%	-	Venomous	Poisonous	Cobra
Physical Ability Damage*	10%	-	Blunt	Skillful	Gladiator

* rerolled once if appear in first/second bonus slot

Defensive Souls

Bonus	Percentage	Flat	Single	Double	Last
HP from items	10%	25	Healthy	Vital	Brute
MP from items	10%	15	Inspired	Brilliant	Genius
Armor from items	7%	5	Spiteful	Defying	Survivor
Spell Haste	20%	-	Glaring	Radiating	Swindler
Evasion	7%	-	Parrying	Fending	Duelist
Critical Damage Reduction	15%	-	Rigid	Unyielding	Guard
Movespeed	10%	-	Ready	Rapid	Athlete
Threat Reduction	10%	-	Plain	Veiled	Wraith
Healing Received	15%	-	Sanative	Youthful	Axolotl
All Resistances*	7%	-	Resilient	Resisting	Wanderer
Fire Resistance*	15%	-	Tempered	Hotheaded	Desert-Dweller
Water Resistance*	15%	-	Steadfast	Marine	Sailor
Lightning Resistance*	15%	-	Diverting	Insulated	Firefly
Magic Resistance*	15%	-	Stark	Demure	Skeptic
Shadow Resistance*	15%	-	Glowing	Radiant	Nightwatch
Poison Resistance*	15%	-	Purifying	Cleansing	Leech

* rerolled once if appear in first/second bonus slot

Red Souls

Red Soul have less random in generation - all 3 bonuses are predefined per soul name. Plus each Red Soul have random Aura bonus.
Instead of 5 good rolls, you need only 2 to gain desired Soul: (1/25)% * (1/9)% = 0.44% ~ 228 tries

Names

Name	Type	Bonus #1	Bonus #2	Bonus #3
Lady Nephthys	Offensive	Int from items	Int from items	SP from items
Zaltharim the Conqueror	Offensive	Str from items	Str from items	Physical Ability Damage
The Spirit of Deepwood	Offensive	Int from items	SP from items	SP from items
Ashwalker Sharkath	Offensive	AP from items	Critical Chance	Critical Damage
The Heart of Wildenthorn	Defensive	Armor from items	Armor from items	Critical Damage Reduction
Reothren the Heretic	Defensive	Spell Haste	Spell Haste	HP from items
The Lord of Undermine	Defensive	HP from items	HP from items	MP from items
The Fallen Prince	Defensive	MP from items	Spell Haste	Threat Reduction
Kravoth the Almighty	Offensive	SP from items	Magic Damage	Fire Damage
Ikorov the Damned	Defensive	HP from items	MP from items	All Resistances
Ceros Venomwalker	Offensive	Int from items	SP from items	Critical Chance
Maiden of Mercury	Offensive	Agi from items	Agi from items	Attackspeed
Lord Everfrost	Defensive	Evasion	Critical Damage Reduction	All Resistances
Curator Osseous	Defensive	HP from items	Evasion	All Resistances
The Nameless Exiled	Offensive	Str from items	AP from items	Attackspeed
Izhara the Tyrant	Defensive	MP from items	MP from items	Spell Haste
The Undying Hand	Defensive	MP from items	Spell Haste	Movespeed
The Mistress of Agony	Offensive	Int from items	Fire Damage	Fire Damage
The Void Within	Defensive	HP from items	Movespeed	Threat Reduction
Hinjo the Collector	Offensive	Agi from items	AP from items	Critical Chance
The Pawn of Northwind	Offensive	SP from items	Water Damage	Lightning Damage
The Weeping Matriarch	Offensive	Agi from items	AP from items	ArP from items
Deuce the traveling Alchemist	Defensive	HP from items	Armor from items	Healing Received
Jol'zin of the Eastern Tribes	Offensive	Int from items	AP from items	SP from items
Vargoth The Immortal	Defensive	Armor from items	All Resistances	All Resistances

Auras

Icon	Name	Description	Type	Bonus
	Elemental Conduit	Decreased fire and water and lightning Resistance.	Debuff	-10% Fire/Water/Lightning Resistance
	Great Endurance	Increased HP.	Buff	+5% HP
	Great Resilience	Increased resistances.	Buff	+5% All Resistances
	Great Wisdom	Increased MP.	Buff	+5% MP
	Quick Recovery	Increased Healing received.	Buff	+10% Healing Received
	Quickness	Increased spellhaste and movement and attack speed.	Buff	+5% Movespeed/Attackspeed/Spell Haste
	Vile Conduit	Decreased magic and shadow and poison resistance.	Debuff	-10% Magic/Shadow/Poison Resistance
	Weakened Grip	Reduced chance to score a critical hit.	Debuff	-5% Critical Chance
	Weakened Strikes	Reduced Critical Strike damage.	Debuff	-7% Critical Damage

Icon	Name	Description	Bonus
	Endurance of the Boar	Increased HP.	+5% HP
	Wisdom of the Owl	Increased MP.	+5% MP
	Quickness of the Leopard	Increased evasion.	+3% Evasion
	Force of the Bear	Increased chance to score a critical hit.	+3% Critical Chance
	Swiftness of the Nymph	Increased spell haste.	+5% Haste
	Resilience of the Lizard	Increased resistances.	+5% All Resistances
	Precipitance of the Eagle	Increased movement speed.	+5% Movespeed
	Relentlessness of the Spider	Increased attack speed.	+5% Attackspeed
	Affinity of the Hydra	Increased fire and water and lightning damage.	+5% Fire/Water/Lightning Damage
	Affinity of the Roach	Increased magic and shadow and poison damage.	+5% Magic/Shadow/Poison Damage

Jumbo · Jan 17, 2016

You rock Alex - as usual!

SaikoDeMoN · Jan 18, 2016

Nice.
What does "* rerolled once if appear in first/second bonus slot" mean exactly?

Zwiebelchen · Jan 18, 2016

SaikoDeMoN said:
Nice.
What does "* rerolled once if appear in first/second bonus slot" mean exactly?

In practice, this simply means that they are ~50% less likely to be rolled than the other bonuses.

This is for the simple reason that these bonuses would appear far too often compared to the "general" bonuses if they had the normal 1/16 weighting (because there are 6 damage types and 7 resistances, so you'd end up with 6 times the likelyhood of having an element bonus than for example an armor bonus).
So by rolling twice, the chance for a soul to have an element bonus is 7/16 * 7/16 = ~19% instead of 7/16 = 43%.

I just thought you people would skin me alive if half of all souls would have elements on them when half of the classes don't even have elemental attacks.

For resistances, I applied the same mechanic for the same reason: resistances would appear way too common if they had normal weighting.

0.mY.g0d · Jan 23, 2016

Great work done!

Devlain · Feb 1, 2016

What means 5 Int from items? Sounds kinda confusing to me =o

ALEXz407 · Feb 2, 2016

Devlain said:
What means 5 Int from items? Sounds kinda confusing to me =o

It's a flat bonus to stats, which increases till 10 soul level.

For example bonuses from Vigorous Soul (2x STR):
1 lvl: +1 STR (5+5)*(1/10) and +0.28% STR from items (7%+7%)*(1/50)
7 lvl: +7 STR (5+5)*(7/10) and +1.96% STR from items (7%+7%)*(7/50)
20 lvl: +10 STR (5+5)*(10/10) and +5.60% STR from items (7%+7%)*(20/50)

Or bonuses from Spiteful Soul of the Swindler (1x Ar, 1x SH):
1 lvl: +0.5 Ar (5)*(1/10) and +0.14% Ar from items (7%)*(1/50) and +0.40% SH (20%)*(1/50)
10 lvl: +5 Ar (5)*(10/10) and +1.40% Ar from items (7%)*(10/50) and +4.00% SH (20%)*(10/50)
50 lvl: +5 Ar (5)*(10/10) and +7.00% Ar from items (7%)*(50/50) and +20.00% SH (20%)*(50/50)

Devlain · Feb 2, 2016

ALEXz407 said:
It's a flat bonus to stats, which increases till 10 soul level.

For example bonuses from Vigorous Soul (2x STR):
1 lvl: +1 STR (5+5)*(1/10) and +0.28% STR from items (7%+7%)*(1/50)
7 lvl: +7 STR (5+5)*(7/10) and +1.96% STR from items (7%+7%)*(7/50)
20 lvl: +10 STR (5+5)*(10/10) and +5.60% STR from items (7%+7%)*(20/50)

Or bonuses from Spiteful Soul of the Swindler (1x Ar, 1x SH):
1 lvl: +0.5 Ar (5)*(1/10) and +0.14% Ar from items (7%)*(1/50) and +0.40% SH (20%)*(1/50)
10 lvl: +5 Ar (5)*(10/10) and +1.40% Ar from items (7%)*(10/50) and +4.00% SH (20%)*(10/50)
50 lvl: +5 Ar (5)*(10/10) and +7.00% Ar from items (7%)*(50/50) and +20.00% SH (20%)*(50/50)

Let me check if I understood it right. Flat bonuses have nothing to do with your bonus from items. Am I right?

ALEXz407 · Feb 3, 2016

Devlain said:
Let me check if I understood it right. Flat bonuses have nothing to do with your bonus from items. Am I right?

Yes. That's why they are very valuable at low level characters.
You can have level 1 cleric with +15 SP purely from lvl 10 soul bonuses and he will annihilate everything

Vestra · Feb 19, 2016

ALEXz407 said:
Yes. That's why they are very valuable at low level characters.
You can have level 1 cleric with +15 SP purely from lvl 10 soul bonuses and he will annihilate everything

Magnificent guide man, really handy for learning the ropes again.

Also, can't you not get +15 SP because the third slot can't roll the same?

SaikoDeMoN · Feb 19, 2016

I'm sure he means +15 SP from double SP + INT or double INT + SP.

Vestra · Feb 19, 2016

Very true, my apologies, still learning all this!

The Troller · Feb 25, 2016

Can someone still help me with the soul rolling thing, I haven't quite got it yet.
So you use the roll ability on a soul that just dropped, but that just shows a random number, and doesn't change the soul at all. Or I have no idea how this thing works.

SaikoDeMoN · Feb 25, 2016

You only dice/roll for souls in multiplayer to see who gets to have it, it doesn't affect the soul and isn't supposed to. The "roll" and "reroll" that Alex says in this post refers to the chance the game has to give a soul a certain stat bonus (you have no control over this roll).

GasQueen · Mar 15, 2016

Hi, there's a question I need to ask. My friend and I are playing Gaias, but we don't quite get the idea of "only one Vault can be loaded per game". Does this mean that if I load my vault code, my friend can't load his?

I need someone to clear this up for me, as my friend can't see any souls he has got (actually he only found one, but he can't see it in the soul vault).

Thanks!

SHBlade · Mar 15, 2016

No, it means that ONE player can't have 2 vaults loaded at same time.
Did he activate the soul (move to main inventory and use same way you use potion)? If the answer is yes, soul probably doesnt have model so it's invisible (error in model's file path) but targetable. Ask your friend to check every field in his vault (ofc if he saved it

), I am sure soul is there.

GasQueen · Mar 15, 2016

I see. I appreciate the information. We'll check it out and see if we can make it work.

SaikoDeMoN · Mar 15, 2016

I haven't had a model error in the latest version. If that is what you're experiencing, you should delete your current extension and install the latest one. Make sure you're on version 1.2B(13) too.

If it's not that, a replay would help with investigating the issue.

GasQueen · Mar 16, 2016

The problem is solved, turns out my friend didn't realise he had to activate the souls in order to gain its benefits!

S0ulseeker · Mar 16, 2016

When it says only one vault can be loaded per game it means per player. Everytime you type -save if you've loaded yourvault already it will save both vault and hero at same time. Your vault works for every single character you have (same account ) so you only need one vault.

Is your friend clicking the souls to activate them? He should be able to see them.

Edit: ignore my post. Turns out my forums didn't refresh properly on my phone and it appears I've missed several posts as this has not only been answered but resolved as well lol

GasQueen · Mar 26, 2016

Ok, so we're having another issue here. Supposedly, you can create a blue soul by placing 3 green souls and a item with ilvl +35 on the nether circle, right? The thing is, we're in a game right now, but nothing happens. My friend collected 3 green souls (he didn't added them to his vault of course) and placed them on the nether circle along with a corresponding item. But nothing happens. It only says "You must place a valid item to disenchant on top of the nether circle".

Any ideas?

SaikoDeMoN · Mar 26, 2016

I believe there's a bug where weapons don't work for combining souls (because the material disenchant takes preference), you have to use armor. It could be that.
Haven't had any other hiccups for combining souls, what items did you try? Also, make sure the items are not saved.

GasQueen · Mar 26, 2016

Ohh, so that was probably it. I think we were trying to use a saved item. We were using items that dropped from Hill Giant, but yeah, I guess they were saved.

Thanks a lot!

froz · Mar 27, 2016

Can someone help regarding this:

Elite mobs and remaining bosses have 1.5% / 3% / 4% (based on power) chance to drop a soul:
- 65% green (0.975% / 1.95% / 2.6%)
- 35% blue (0.525% / 1.05% / 1.4%)

1.5% / 3% / 4% (based on power) is something undocumented or do we actually know what is what? What creeps drop from 1.5%, 3% and 4% respectively? It would seem logical to assume that 1.5% is D1 elites, 3% D2 and 4% D3. But with content not being done completely it might differ.

Does anyone know what are level thresholds for these percentages? Or what percentage are D3 waves?

ALEXz407 · Apr 17, 2016

Guide updated!

Main 1.2B(14) changes:
- Blue Soul craft now need only 3 Green Souls (without 35+ lvl blue item).
- Red Souls now drop from 28+ bosses (instead of 25+).
- Red Souls now have pre-defined stats (25 patterns).
- Red Souls Auras changed and some of them can debuff enemies (4 debuffs and 5 buffs instead of 10 buffs).

Hansa · Apr 19, 2016

Alex are you god in disguise how did you do this holy cow. You'll probably say zwie helped you but dude this was still quick as hell. Kudos man!