Soul Shards: The Old Ways Mod — Reference

Items

The mod adds several intermediate materials used for crafting the Vile Sword and Soul Cages.

Vile Dust

Obtained by smelting Soul Sand in a furnace. It is the primary component for all soul-related crafting.

Corrupted Essence

Crafted by combining Vile Dust with Glowstone Dust. It serves as a potent fuel and a crafting ingredient for Corrupted Ingots.

Corrupted Ingot

Created by combining Corrupted Essence, Vile Dust, and an Iron Ingot. These ingots are used to build the physical housing for soul shards.

Vile Sword

Crafted with two Corrupted Ingots and a Stick. While its base damage is comparable to an Iron Sword, it possesses a unique property: it grants +1 bonus soul per kill, effectively doubling your leveling speed for shards.

Soul Shard

The core item of the mod. It stores the souls of a specific mob type. You must have the shard in your hotbar or off-hand to collect souls.

Blocks

Soul Cage

The Soul Cage is the block that actually performs the summoning. * Crafting: 4 Corrupted Ingots and 4 Iron Bars. * Usage: Place the cage in the world and right-click it with a bound Soul Shard (Tier 1 or higher). To retrieve the shard, simply break the cage with a pickaxe; both the cage and the shard will drop. * Mechanics: Mobs spawned from a Soul Cage do not grant souls to shards, preventing infinite self-looping farms. However, they do drop standard loot and experience.