Soul of Light

Soul of Light

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Statistics

Type	Crafting material
Tooltip	'The essence of light creatures'
Rarity	03*
Sell	2 SC
Research	25 required

• Internal Item ID: 520

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Divine CrateDivine Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	2–5	50*1/2 (50%)

For strategies on gathering souls, see Guide:Harvesting Souls.

Soul of Light is a Hardmode crafting material dropped by most enemies killed in the Underground Hallow (in the Cavern layer) with a 1/5 (20%) / 9/25 (36%) chance. This also includes enemies not native to the biome such as Granite Elementals. For details about enemies dropping souls, see Notes.

Crafting all items, including a full stack of five Light Discs and excluding the boss-summoning items and Key of Light(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions), requires (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) 118 / (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) 89 Souls of Light. One of each boss-summoning item and a Key of Light require an additional (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) 24 / (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) 14 Souls of Light, for a total of (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) 142 / (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) 103 Souls of Light.

Crafting

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
only: Crystal Storm	Spell Tome Crystal Shard20 Soul of Light15	Bookcase
only: Crystal Storm	Spell Tome Crystal Shard30 Soul of Light15
Soul of Light in a Bottle(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Bottle Soul of Light	By Hand
only: Angel Wings	Feather10 Soul of Flight20 Soul of Light15	Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil
only: Angel Wings	Feather10 Soul of Flight20 Soul of Light25
Chik(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Wooden Yoyo(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Crystal Shard15 Soul of Light10
Cool Whip(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Soul of Light8 Soul of Night8 Frost Core(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
Dao of Pow	Dark Shard Light Shard Soul of Night7 Soul of Light7
only: Fairy Bell	Bell Pixie Dust25 Soul of Light8 Soul of Sight10
only: Fairy Bell	Bell Pixie Dust80 Soul of Light12 Soul of Sight20
only: Light Disc	Hallowed Bar20 Soul of Light15 Soul of Might25
only: Light Disc	Hallowed Bar4 Soul of Light3 Soul of Might5
Logic Sensor (Day)(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Soul of Light5 Any Iron Bar Wire
Mechanical Eye	Lens3 Any Iron Bar5 Soul of Light6
Mechanical Skull	Bone30 Any Iron Bar5 Soul of Light3 Soul of Night3
Meteor Staff(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Meteorite Bar20 Pixie Dust10 Soul of Light10
only: Neptune's Shell	Soul of Fright20 Coral15 Goldfish15 Shark Fin5 Soul of Light5 Soul of Night5
only: Rainbow Rod	Crystal Shard10 Unicorn Horn2 Pixie Dust10 Soul of Light8 Soul of Sight15
only: Rainbow Rod	Crystal Shard30 Unicorn Horn4 Pixie Dust60 Soul of Light10 Soul of Sight20
Sky Fracture(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Magic Missile Light Shard2 Soul of Light16
Suspicious Looking Skull(Old-gen console and 3DS versions)	Mechanical Skull Mechanical Eye2 Adamantite Bar or Titanium Bar10 Soul of Night5 Soul of Light5
Key of Light(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Soul of Light15	Work Bench

Notes

• The drop conditions of Souls of Light are as following:
  • The world is in Hardmode.
  • The enemy is in the Hallow biome in the Cavern layer and below.
    • In a Don't dig up(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) world, the enemy only needs to be in the Hallow biome to drop the Soul of Light.
  • The enemy is not a boss, a Slimer with wings, (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) and certain slimes:

Blue Slime Green Slime Pinky Baby Slime Black Slime Purple Slime Red Slime Yellow Slime Jungle Slime Spiked Slime(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

• • The enemy's health is more than 1 (i.e. not a spell, Fungi Spore, Spore, etc.).
  • The enemy drops at least 1 CC (i.e. Statue-spawned enemies, Meteor Heads during Hardmode, boss minions, etc. will not drop souls).
• On the Nintendo 3DS version, there is a currently unknown chance of souls dropping in the surface Hallow.^Verify

Tips

• One of the best ways to farm for Souls of Light is to go to the Underground Hallow, and deep underground where lava spawns frequently, and place a few Water Candles. The enemies the Underground Hallow spawns do not go through blocks (except for Enchanted Swords) and are not special in any real way, so they get affected by the lava and drop Souls of Light. This is also effective for any other item dropped by Underground Hallow enemies.
• (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) Another easy way to farm these is to go to the Underground Hallow and summon King Slime using the Slime Crown. All of the Blue Slimes he summons have a chance to drop Souls of Light (this method will also work for the Soul of Night).

Trivia

• Although the tooltip reads 'The essence of light creatures', Souls of Light can be dropped by enemies that are not native to the Underground Hallow.
• In the 1.3 trailer, the Soul of Light used its old sprite.

See also

• Soul of Night

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • You can no longer get Soul of Light from King Slime's minions.
  • Now used to craft the Soul of Light in a Bottle and Cool Whip.

• Desktop 1.3.3: Now used to craft the Sky Fracture.

• Desktop 1.3.1: Now used to craft the Logic Sensor (Day).

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • Sprite updated. Previous sprite was .
  • Drop rate increased for Expert Mode worlds.
  • No longer used to craft the Neptune's Shell.
  • Now used to craft the Chik, Meteor Staff and Key of Light.

• Desktop 1.2:
  • Drop rate increased from 1 in 7 (14.29%) to 1 in 5 (20%).
  • Stack limit increased from 250 to 999.

• Desktop 1.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Made changes from PS4's 1.0.750.0 update. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: ()
  • Sprite updated to match Desktop 1.3.0.1.
  • Drop rate increased for Expert mode worlds.

• Console 1.02:
  • Drop rate increased from 1 in 7 to 1 in 5.
  • Stack limit increased from 250 to 999.

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced with changes up to Desktop 1.3.0.1.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.3.0.7:
  • Sprite updated to match Desktop 1.3.0.1.
  • Drop rate increased for Expert mode worlds.

• Mobile 1.2.6508:
  • Drop rate increased from 1 in 7 to 1 in 5.
  • Stack limit increased from 250 to 999.

• Mobile 1.1.5536: Made obtainable.

• Mobile 1.1.8: Introduced, but unobtainable.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced with changes up to Desktop 1.2.