Soul of Night

Soul of Night

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Statistics

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

• Internal Item ID: 521

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Defiled CrateDefiled Crate	2–5	50*1/2 (50%)
Hematic CrateHematic Crate	2–5	50*1/2 (50%)

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

Soul of Night is a Hardmode crafting material dropped by most enemies killed in the Underground Corruption or Underground Crimson (in the Cavern layer), with a 20*1/5 (20%) / 36*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, excluding the boss-summoning items and Key of Night, requires 134 / 89 Souls of Night. One of each boss-summoning item and a Key of Night require an additional 24 / 14 Souls of Night.

Crafting

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
only: Cursed Flames	Spell Tome Cursed Flame20 Soul of Night15	Bookcase
only: Cursed Flames	Spell Tome Cursed Flame30 Soul of Night15
only: Golden Shower	Spell Tome Ichor20 Soul of Night15
only: Golden Shower	Spell Tome Ichor30 Soul of Night15
Soul of Night in a Bottle	Bottle Soul of Night	By Hand
Cool Whip	Soul of Light8 Soul of Night8 Frost Core	Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil
Dao of Pow	Dark Shard Light Shard Soul of Night7 Soul of Light7
only: Demon Wings	Feather10 Soul of Flight20 Soul of Night15
only: Demon Wings	Feather10 Soul of Flight20 Soul of Night25
Logic Sensor (Night)	Soul of Night5 Any Iron Bar Wire
only: Magical Harp	Harp Crystal Shard20 Soul of Night8 Soul of Sight15
only: Magical Harp	Harp Crystal Shard25 Soul of Night12 Soul of Sight20
Mechanical Skull	Bone30 Any Iron Bar5 Soul of Light3 Soul of Night3
Mechanical Worm	Rotten Chunk6 Any Iron Bar5 Soul of Night6
	Vertebra6 Any Iron Bar5 Soul of Night6
only: Neptune's Shell	Soul of Fright20 Coral15 Goldfish15 Shark Fin5 Soul of Light5 Soul of Night5
Onyx Blaster	Shotgun Dark Shard2 Soul of Night10
Spirit Flame	Desert Spirit Lamp Forbidden Fragment2 Soul of Night12
Suspicious Looking Skull	Mechanical Skull Mechanical Eye2 Adamantite Bar or Titanium Bar10 Soul of Night5 Soul of Light5
Key of Night	Soul of Night15	Work Bench
Decay Chamber	Flesh Cloning Vat Soul of Night10	Work Bench and Ecto Mist
Flesh Cloning Vat	Decay Chamber Soul of Night10

Notes

• The drop conditions of Souls of Night are as following:
  • The world is in Hardmode.
  • The enemy is in a Corruption/Crimson biome in the Cavern layer and below.
    • In a Don't dig up world, the enemy only needs to be in the Corruption/Crimson biome to drop the Soul of Night.
  • The enemy is not a boss, a Slimer with wings, and certain slimes:

Blue Slime Green Slime Pinky Baby Slime Black Slime Purple Slime Red Slime Yellow Slime Jungle Slime Spiked Slime

• • The enemy's health is more than 1 (i.e. not a spell, Fungi Spore, Spore, etc.).
  • The enemy drops at least 1 (i.e. Statue-spawned enemies, Meteor Heads during Hardmode, boss minions, etc. will not drop souls).

Tips

• An easy way to farm Souls of Night is to go to the Underground Corruption/Crimson and summon King Slime using the Slime Crown. All of the Blue Slimes he summons have a chance to drop Souls of Night (this method will also work for the Soul of Light).

Trivia

• Although the tooltip reads 'The essence of dark creatures', Souls of Night can be dropped by enemies that are not native to the Underground Corruption or Crimson.

See also

• Soul of Light

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.1: Now used to craft the Decay Chamber and Flesh Cloning Vat.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • King Slime's minions no longer drop Souls of Night.
  • Now used to craft the Soul of Night in a Bottle and Cool Whip.

• Desktop 1.3.3: Now used to craft the Onyx Blaster and Spirit Flame.

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

• 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 Key of Night.

• Desktop 1.2:
  • Drop rate increased from 1 in 7 (14.29%) to 1 in 5 (20%).
  • Stack limit increased from 250 to 999.
  • Now used to craft the Golden Shower.

• 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.