Soul of Light

Soul of Light

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Statistics

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

• Internal Item ID: 520

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 Underground and 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, but Meteor Heads do not drop Souls of Light.

Crafting all items, including a full stack of five Light Discs and excluding the boss-summoning items and Key of Light, requires 118 / 109 /   89 Souls of Light. One of each boss-summoning item and a Key of Light require an additional 24 /   14 Souls of Light.

Crafting

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Crystal Storm (  )	Spell Tome Crystal Shard (20) Soul of Light (15)	Bookcase
Crystal Storm ( )	Spell Tome Crystal Shard (30) Soul of Light (15)
Soul of Light in a Bottle	Bottle Soul of Light	By Hand
Angel Wings	Feather (10) Soul of Flight (20) Soul of Light (25)	Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil
Chik	Wooden Yoyo Crystal Shard (15) Soul of Light (10)
Cool Whip	Soul of Light (8) Soul of Night (8) Frost Core
Dao of Pow	Dark Shard Light Shard Soul of Night (7) Soul of Light (7)
Fairy Bell (  )	Bell Pixie Dust (25) Soul of Light (8) Soul of Sight (10)
Fairy Bell ( )	Bell Pixie Dust (80) Soul of Light (12) Soul of Sight (20)
Light Disc	Hallowed Bar (4) Soul of Light (3) Soul of Might (5)
Logic Sensor (Day)	Soul of Light (5) Any Iron Bar Wire
Mechanical Eye	Lens (3) Any Iron Bar (5) Soul of Light (6)
Mechanical Skull	Bone (30) Any Iron Bar (5) Soul of Light (3) Soul of Night (3)
Meteor Staff	Meteorite Bar (20) Pixie Dust (10) Soul of Light (10)
Neptune's Shell ( )	Soul of Fright (20) Coral (15) Goldfish (15) Shark Fin (5) Soul of Light (5) Soul of Night (5)
Rainbow Rod (  )	Crystal Shard (10) Unicorn Horn (2) Pixie Dust (10) Soul of Light (8) Soul of Sight (15)
Rainbow Rod ( )	Crystal Shard (30) Unicorn Horn (4) Pixie Dust (60) Soul of Light (10) Soul of Sight (20)
Sky Fracture	Magic Missile Light Shard (2) Soul of Light (16)
Suspicious Looking Skull ()	Mechanical Skull Mechanical Eye (2) Adamantite Bar (10) Soul of Night (5) Soul of Light (5)
Suspicious Looking Skull ()	Mechanical Skull Mechanical Eye (2) Adamantite Bar or Titanium Bar (10) Soul of Night (5) Soul of Light (5)
Key of Light	Soul of Light (15)	Work Bench

total: 21 row(s)

Notes

• 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.
• Enemies spawned by a statue will not drop souls, even if the statue is in the Underground Hallow.
• On the  Desktop version,  Console version, and  Mobile version, Meteor Heads will no longer drop souls, even when killed in the Underground Hallow.
• On the  Mobile version and  3DS version, there is a currently unknown chance of souls dropping in the above-ground 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.
•    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).

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.
  • 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.

 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 1.26508:
  • 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.

 3DS version

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