Soul of Night

Soul of Night

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Statistics

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

• Internal Item ID: 521

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Defiled Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Defiled Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	2–5	1/2 (50%)
Hematic Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Hematic Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	2–5	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 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, excluding the boss-summoning items and Key of Night(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions), requires (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) 134 / (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) 89 Souls of Night. One of each boss-summoning item and a Key of Night require an additional (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) 24 / (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) 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(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Bottle Soul of Night	By Hand
Cool Whip(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Soul of Light8 Soul of Night8 Frost Core(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)	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)(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	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(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Shotgun Dark Shard2 Soul of Night10
Spirit Flame(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Desert Spirit Lamp(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Forbidden Fragment(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)2 Soul of Night12
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 Night(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Soul of Night15	Work Bench
Decay Chamber(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Flesh Cloning Vat(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions) Soul of Night10	Work Bench and Ecto Mist(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Flesh Cloning Vat(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)	Decay Chamber(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Soul of Night10

Notes

• The drop conditions of Souls of Night are as following:
  • The world is in Hardmode.
  • The player is in a Corruption/Crimson biome when killing enemies.
  • The enemy must die in the Cavern layer and below.
    • In a Don't dig up(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) or Get fixed boi(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) world, this condition is not applied.
  • 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).
  • 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)

Tips

• (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) 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.