Soulstones

Soulstones are socket items that can equipped onto weapons or armour to yield elemental bonuses. Weapons gain a chance to deal extra elemental damage while armour yields extra elemental defense. The exact specifics of how Soulstones work are currently unknown and this page contains approximations of how they fully work. Soulstones are a very powerful mechanic that is very commonly ignored by new players and is generally always a part of raid requirements.

## Obtain

Soulstones can be obtained as drops from elemental Rookie Raids or Golden Citadel. They can also be crafted from Jenna by using Soulstone Fragments which can be found in the elemental raids.

### Hidden Soulstones

Hidden Soulstones or Slumbering Soulstones are a sub-variant of normal Soulstones that offer more power to the non-hidden variety but are more costly to upgrade. They are only obtainable from the Lonely Christmas event in the Gameforge version. Currently, the interaction of extra elemental attack damage is not well-studied and full interactions with Hidden Soulstones are still a mystery. However, it is conclusive that they are stronger than normal Soulstones and should replace the normal soulstones if you have a chance to obtain them. Hidden Soulstones are soulbound by default but can traded to other players by using equipment with the Hidden Soulstones equipped.

## Soulstone Interaction

You can only equip up to three Soulstones per item with up to two identical elements. You cannot use any opposing elements on that item. Soulstones can be leveled to a maximum level of 9.

## Elemental Attack Damage

Elemental Attack damage is a value possessed by each element that affects it's activation order, damage dealt, and proc rate. The higher the element's value, the more damage it will do along with a higher priority rate and proc rate. You can increase your elemental attack damage by equipping Soulstones on your weapon. It is highly recommended to equip two Soulstones of the same element to maximize your elemental damage and proc rate. You can also equip a third non-opposing Soulstone to help increase your proc rate but this does not help increase the maximum amount of Soulstone damage dealt.

If you have multiple elements equipped, then you will generally always activate the element with the highest elemental attack damage after subtracting an enemy's elemental resistance. If a tie exists between multiple elements, the activation order is Virtue > Sin > Grace > Hate > Torment > Solace. However, it is still possible to activate multiple Soulstone elements on an enemy with some form of elemental resistance. Elemental activation order is not a well-studied concept due to the deprecation of elemental raids and is best to no longer pay attention to this mechanic.

The extra damage dealt by this mechanic is treated as a different multiplier.

## Proc Rate

Soulstones do not have a 100% chance to activate. The proc rate becomes higher as your elemental attack damage increases and a third soulstone can be equipped to help increase overall proc rates. Proc rate is mostly affected by soulstone resistance and elemental resistances. Elemental resistance will either increase or decrease proc rates while, soulstone resistance affects the maximum proc rate.

## Soulstone Resistance

Soulstone Resistance is a hidden value *only possessed by monsters* that affects the amount of damage dealt by SoulStones and it's activation. This value is shared across all elements and current values found on the wiki are only approximations of this value. You must have a single elemental attack value higher than the monster's Soulstone Resistance in order to activate bonus Soulstone damage.

**Example**.

If a boss possesses 2,300 Soulstone resistance, you must have 2,300 or higher elemental attack damage in order to activate Soulstones. If you have lower than 2,300 elemental attack damage, then your Soulstones will never activate.

Your elemental attack damage can be found in your *Profile - Details - Attack* sub section. A majority of endgame content have resistances values beyond 2300+ so, using two Soulstones of the same element is a necessity for endgame content.

## Elemental Resistance

Elemental Resistance is a value that affects the proc rate of elements; it does not affect the maximum amount of damage dealt. Enemies with elemental resistance can be found in the elemental modes of each Rookie Raid and Golden Citadel. Additionally, enemies with no elemental resistance are considered to be elemental-weak and have a higher chance of activating soulstone damage. A majority of enemies in game are elemental weak. You can also increase your elemental resistance by equipping Soulstones onto equipment pieces to reduce the chance of receiving elemental damage. However, due to the release of content beyond Golden Citadel, elemental resistance is commonly overlooked.

## Damage Reference

* The damage formula for soulstones is currently unknown and this is a reference captured from the damage values found in game. There appears to be a hard cap of 100% extra bonus damage from Soulstones

## Proc Rate Reference

* More research is required on this topic as rates appear to differ based on Soulstone Resistance
* Formula for the proc rate is currently unknown, these values were found from experiment and will unlikely be updated due to the amount of time used for testing

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