Soul Essence

Soul Essence is a currency used to unlock the various bonuses in the Soul Essence tab of the main menu.

It is accumulated on a character as it kills enemies during a run, and is granted to your account when that run ends, the amount of essence earned is subject to various modifiers, being the difficulty level, timed mode, and toggled unlocks.

## Unlockables

* **Trained Body**

Start the game with +1 Con

* **Sturdy Body** (Req: Trained Body)

Start the game with +3 Con

* **Graceful Moves**

Start the game with +1 Agi

* **Dexterous** (Req: Graceful Moves)

Start the game with +3 Agi

* **Tough Guy**

Start the game with +1 Str

* **Fierce Guy** (Req: Tough Guy)

Start the game with +3 Str

* **Observant**

Start the game with +1 Per

* **Insightful** (Req: Observant)

Start the game with +3 Per

* **Magically Touched**

Start the game with +1 SP

* **Magically Infused** (Req: Magically Touched)

Start the game with +3 SP

* **Smart**

Start the game with +1 Int

* **Brilliant** (Req: Smart)

Start the game with +3 Int

* **Touched by Fate**

Start the game with +1 Fate

* **Favored by Fate** (Req: Touched by Fate)

Start the game with +3 Fate

* **Past Lives I** (Req: Observant)

+4% Exp earned

* **Past Lives II** (Req: Past Lives I, Insightful)

+10% Exp earned

* **Food Disinterest** (Req: Trained Body)

-3% Food Consumption

* **Just a Sustenance** (Req: Food Disinterest, Sturdy Body)

-8% Food Consumption

* **Smart Talker** (Req: Smart)

5% Merchant discount

* **Smart Listener** (Req: Smart Talker, Brilliant)

10% Merchant Discount

* **Talented Explorer** (Req: Graceful Moves)

5% Tile exploration rate

* **Renowned Explorer** (Req: Talented Explorer, Dexterous)

10% Tile exploration rate

* **Thorough Checks** (Req: Observant, Touched by Fate)

+10% Champion drop rate

* **Secret Stash** (Req: Thorough Checks, Insightful, Favored by Fate)

+20% Champion drop rate

* **Bowels Search** (Req: Renowned Explorer, Insightful, Brilliant, Favored by Fate)

Animals can drop loot

* **Improved Loot** (Req: Touched by Fate)

Slightly improves loot quality

* **Give Me Epics** (Req: Improved Loot, Favored by Fate)

Further improves loot quality

* **Improved Resistances** (Req: Trained Body, Smart)

+3% Resistances

* **Great Resistances** (Req: Improved Resistances, Sturdy Body, Brilliant)

+6% Resistances

* **Embraces Choice** (Req: Touched by Fate)

Unlocks 4th skill card slot for level ups

* **Gold Saver**

Start with a small amount of gold

* **Heavy Gold Saver** (Req: Gold Saver)

Start with a little more gold

* **Extreme Gold Saver** (Req: Heavy Gold Saver)

Start with even more gold

* **Locksmith Relative**

Start with a random key

* **Locksmith Parent** (Req: Locksmith Relative)

Start with some random keys

* **Ferry Discounts I**

8% Discount on ferry use

* **Ferry Discounts II** (Req: Ferry Discounts I)

20% Discount on ferry use

* **Shopping Spree I**

25% larger merchant inventory

* **Shopping Spree II** (Req: Shopping Spree I)

50% larger merchant inventory

* **Ethistos is Strong I** (Req: Touched by Fate)

Shadows envelop the world 5% slower

* **Ethistos is Strong II** (Req: Ethistos is Strong I, Favored by Fate)

Shadows envelop the world 10% slower

* **Bend Fate**

Spend soul essence to reroll skill choice on level up.