[h1]Soul Harvest {ModVersion}[/h1]
[i]One sickle. Six parallel forms. A character-bound journey to become Death.[/i]

[b]This is the new SoulHarvest Workshop release.[/b] Do not enable it together with the legacy DeathMod release. Because the internal mod name has changed, character data saved by the legacy release is not automatically shared with this edition.

Soul Harvest is a tModLoader progression mod built around the Harvest Sickle, souls, the Death Altar, and the Death Domain. Your forms, stages, skills, common nodes, souls, Soul Seals, and domain-slash upgrades follow the character instead of one weapon item.

[b]Source code · issue tracker · complete guides[/b]
[url=https://git.xfe.studio/XFEstudio/DeathMod]https://git.xfe.studio/XFEstudio/DeathMod[/url]

[h2]Gameplay Preview[/h2]
[img]https://git.xfe.studio/File/Content/XFEstudio/59/deathmod_1.gif[/img]
[img]https://git.xfe.studio/File/Content/XFEstudio/60/deathmod_2.gif[/img]

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[h2]Quick start[/h2]
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[*][b]Create a character.[/b] New characters begin with 150 souls.
[*][b]Extract Soul Essence.[/b] Right-click the Soul Icon in the upper-right to spend 100 souls and receive 1 Soul Essence. Left-click it to convert 1 essence back into 100 souls.
[*][b]Craft the Harvest Sickle.[/b] Use 10 Wood and 5 Iron or Lead Bars at an Iron/Lead Anvil.
[*][b]Craft the Death Altar.[/b] Use 1 Soul Essence at a Work Bench, place the altar, then right-click it.
[*][b]Choose a progression entry.[/b] The altar lists the character-bound Harvest Sickle and Death Domain together with eligible Death Robes, Wings of Death, and Death Necklaces in your inventory or equipment.
[*][b]Select, inspect, confirm.[/b] Drag the central tree to explore it. Clicking a node only selects it; purchase it with the confirmation button in the right detail panel.
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[b]Other equipment recipes[/b]
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[*]Death Robe: 20 Silk + 1 Soul Essence at the Death Altar
[*]Wings of Death: 20 Souls of Flight + 1 Soul Essence at the Death Altar
[*]Death Necklace: Panic Necklace + Obsidian Rose + 3 Soul Essence at the Death Altar
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[h2]Stages and Soul Seals[/h2]
All six form branches can be trained in parallel. Illuminating a stage never consumes or replaces your Harvest Sickle.
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[*][b]Stage I · Form Awakening:[/b] defeat Skeletron, earn an Awakening Soul Seal, and spend 1 Soul Essence.
[*][b]Stage II · Metamorphosis:[/b] enter Hardmode, earn a Boundary Soul Seal, and spend 2 Soul Essence.
[*][b]Stage III · Ultimate Release:[/b] defeat all three mechanical bosses, earn a Dominion Soul Seal, and spend 3 Soul Essence.
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After a stage gate opens, deal positive damage during any boss kill to gain one character-bound seal for the highest unlocked stage and every earlier stage at once: Awakening after Skeletron; Awakening plus Boundary in Hardmode; all three after the mechanical trio. Each stage caps at six, and a capped stage does not block the others. The inventory seal is only a visible receipt; the character ledger is authoritative.

[h2]Default controls[/h2]
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[tr][th]Action[/th][th]Default[/th][th]Rule[/th][/tr]
[tr][td]Primary combo[/td][td]Mouse1[/td][td]Uses the current form's highest unlocked stage[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Form special[/td][td]Mouse2[/td][td]Independent cooldown[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Form ultimate[/td][td]Mouse3[/td][td]Requires Stage III and a full form meter[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Form wheel[/td][td]V[/td][td]Hold, aim, and release to switch for free[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Death Domain[/td][td]O[/td][td]Tap the finite field; hold after Death Descends unlocks[/td][/tr]
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All mod controls can be rebound in tModLoader's control settings.

[h2]Harvesting souls[/h2]
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[*][b]Normal enemies:[/b] hit them with the Harvest Sickle to apply Death Mark before harvesting them. Rewards scale with maximum life.
[*][b]Bosses:[/b] land at least one valid Harvest Sickle hit during the encounter to qualify for the character soul reward. Every qualified online participant receives the full reward.
[*][b]Soul Essence:[/b] use the upper-right Soul Icon whenever you need to exchange 100 souls and 1 Soul Essence in either direction.
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[h2]Six forms and the final Death form[/h2]
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[*][b]Bone Wraith:[/b] close bone cuts, Bone Seals, anchored shatters, and restraint.
[*][b]Blood Covenant:[/b] life sacrifice, blood reaps, controlled life steal, and execution.
[*][b]Infernal:[/b] movement-driven melee chains, reversals, rushes, and molten scars.
[*][b]Frost Soul:[/b] frost marks, charged cross-cuts, refraction, and mark shatters.
[*][b]Soul:[/b] anchored soul echoes, a single familiar, and Fated inscriptions.
[*][b]Void:[/b] pure melee spatial lines and dislocated aftercuts, with no enemy pull.
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Each branch has three unique skills plus its own ultimate and energy-building rule. Reach Stage III on all six branches and raise all 18 unique skills to Lv.3 to awaken the final [b]Death Sickle[/b].

[h2]Death Domain and reaper equipment[/h2]
The character-bound Death Domain exists from the start and does not require the necklace. Its tree upgrades slash interval, slash damage, Multislash, domain life steal, and Soul Refinement. Soul Refinement adds 10% harvested souls per level, up to +50%; weapon- and wing-cut domain rifts use the same character levels.

The [b]Death Necklace[/b] remains the only toggle for the complete field. Tap the domain key while it is equipped to unfold or withdraw the finite domain. Upgrade Domain Radius and Absorb All, then spend 30 Soul Essence to unlock [b]Death Descends[/b]. Hold the domain key for about 0.75 seconds to manifest or dismiss the full-screen domain; only the manifested state enables screen-wide harvesting and its intensified fourth slash.

[h2]Multiplayer, migration, and help[/h2]
Progression, purchases, soul rewards, boss participation, cooldowns, and important damage are validated by the server. Legacy sickles in the character inventory and personal banks migrate automatically; old necklace frequency, damage, Multislash, and life-steal levels merge into the character's Death Domain progression.

For the full form-by-form guide, exact upgrade rules, troubleshooting, source code, and bug/feature reports, visit:
[url=https://git.xfe.studio/XFEstudio/DeathMod]SoulHarvest repository and issue tracker[/url]