Orb of Ankou

Orb of Ankou

Module Type	Expansion
Created by	BluePsychoRanger
Required Modules	Metallurgy
Compatible MC Versions	1.16+

This module adds the ability to store certain effects from mobs and apply onto the player.

Features

Orb of Ankou adds the Corripio Shamir to obtain Soul Essence from mobs. Soul Essence gathered from mobs contain a pneuma which gives effects to Soul Shards and Orbs of Ankou. The effects are only applied when a Soul Shard or Orb of Ankou is in the player's offhand.

Items

Soul Essence

Soul Essence holds the power of a mob. Soul Essence can be extracted from a mob using the Corripio Shamir on a sword. However, while Soul Essence holds the power, the player cannot utilize the powers until a ritual is done to create a Soul Shard. For a list of Soul Essence drops, see the Corripio Shamir page.

Soul Shard

Soul Essence can be condensed into a Soul Shard in a Soul Forge with the Condensing Ritual. Once a Soul Shard is created, the player will be able to harness the powers of the pneuma present on the Soul Shard by holding the Shard in the offhand. However, all Soul Shards will reduce the player's Attack Damage by 20% while in the offhand.

Orb of Ankou

An Orb of Ankou is used to hold multiple pneumas. Soul Shards can be fused into an Orb of Ankou with the Fusing Ritual. While Soul Shards hold only one pneuma, an Orb of Ankou can hold up to four. Additionally, the Attack Damage debuff caused by the Soul Shard is removed when a Shard is fused into an orb. Like the Soul Shard, the Orb of Ankou must be held in the offhand for the pneuma to activate.

Crafting

An empty Orb of Ankou can be crafted in a Custom Crafter using 4 netherite scrap, 4 clay balls, and 1 nether star.

Custom Crafter

Soul Forge

The Soul Forge Structure built in The Nether

A Soul Forge is created by creating an obsidian ring (8 blocks) above a soul fire-producing block in the nether and lighting a soul fire in the center with a flint and steel. A Soul Forge can only be created by a player physically lighting the fire themselves. Any ritual performed using the Soul Forge consumes all items and spawns spirits which when killed drop the ritual resulting item.

Condensing Ritual

In order to create a Soul Shard, a Condensing Ritual must be preformed in the Soul Forge. This ritual is preformed by throwing 13 Soul Essence into a Soul Forge with some glowstone dust and some blaze powder.

The value of required glowstone dust and blaze powder is randomized based on the seed (seed random), meaning each world will have a different value and must be experimented to figure out. The required amount is be between 1-64 glowstone dust and 1-64 blaze powder; the values will likely be different for each ingredient.

If enough glowstone dust and blaze powder is thrown in with the 13 Soul Essences, extinguishing the flame in the Soul Forge will reveal a Possessed Soul Shard: a bat that will drop the Soul Shard upon killing it. More glowstone dust and blaze powder will allow the ritual to succeed, but using less than the required values will result in the ritual failing. Extra glowstone dust and blaze powder will be converted into spirits upon extinguishing the flame.

Fusing Ritual

Pneumas can be fused into an Orb of Ankou by throwing a Soul Shard, and the Orb of Ankou into a Soul Forge. Once this is done, the ritual will begin. Particles will appear in a 13x13 area around the Forge. The player must place wither roses where the particles are in order for the Forge to consume the wither rose power, transforming the wither rose into a lily of the valley in the process. Some ghast tears must also be thrown in before completing the ritual. The ghast tears can be added at any time before extinguishing the fire.

The value of required wither roses and ghast tears is also seed random. The required amount is be between 3-16 wither roses and 3-16 ghast tears; the values will likely be different for each ingredient.

If enough wither roses are consumed and enough ghast tears are thrown into the Soul Forge, extinguishing the flame in the Soul Forge will fuse the pneuma into the orb, revealing a new Orb of Ankou. This ritual can be completed up to four times to stack multiple pneumas onto a single orb. If an orb with four pneumas is used in a Fusing Ritual, the ritual will fail. More wither roses and ghast tears will allow the ritual to succeed, but using less than the required values will result in the ritual failing. Extra wither roses and ghast tears will be converted into spirits upon extinguishing the flame.

Spirits

Any extraneous items used in a Soul Forge ritual are transformed into spirits. Some spirits are summoned when the Soul Forge is extinguished and others are summoned when an item is thrown into the Forge.

Spirit	Summon Conditions	Details
Fiery Sprite	Upon extinguishing, if there is unused blaze powder (1 per extra powder)	A flaming, invisible baby zombie with enchanted golden leggings.
	Upon extinguishing, if there is unused glowstone dust (1 per extra dust)
Wandering Tear	Upon extinguishing, if there are unused ghast tears (1 per extra tear)	An invisible, glowing vex.
Withering Magic	Upon extinguishing, if there are unused wither roses (only 1 cloud will spawn)	A withering area effect cloud lasting around 1.5 minutes
Severed Soul	Upon extinguishing, if there are unused Soul Essences (1 per extra Essence)	An Endermite that can be killed to reclaim unused Soul Essences.
	If a Soul Essence is thrown into a Soul Forge that has already absorbed a different Soul Essence
Possessed Soul Shard	Upon extinguishing, if the Condensing Ritual succeeds	A bat that drops a Soul Shard upon death.
Congealed Soul Shard	Upon extinguishing, if there is an unused Soul Shard
	If a Soul Shard is thrown into a Soul Forge that has already absorbed a Soul Shard
Living Orb	Upon extinguishing, if there is an unused Orb of Ankou	A silverfish that drops an Orb of Ankou upon death
	If an Orb of Ankou is thrown into a Soul Forge that has already absorbed an orb

Pneumas

Pneumas are special powers that are harnessed through the use of a Soul Shard or Orb of Ankou. There are six categories of pneumas, depending on their activation trigger: defensive, offensive, passive, sneak charge, sneak tap, and sneak hold.

Defensive Pneumas

Defensive pneumas are activated when the player is damaged.

Pneuma	Damage Type	Effect
Aggressive	Any	Player receives the Strength II for 3 seconds
Incombustible	Fire	Player receives Fire Resistance for 15 seconds
Lifeless	Magic (Instant Damage)	Player heals 1-2 hearts if Harming is inflicted on them
	Poison	Player cannot be inflicted with Poison
Neutralizing	Magic (Instant Damage)	Harming deals less damage
	Poison	Player cannot be inflicted with Poison
Pricking	Attack	The item has Thorns V: the attacker has a 75% chance to take 1-4 damage
Retreating	Any	Player receives Speed III for 3 seconds
Volatile	Any	If the player is low on health (0-3 health) they will explode

Offensive Pneumas

Offensive pneumas are activated upon using an attack.

Pneuma	Attack Type	Effect
Blasting	Crossbow	Shoots a high velocity fireball in the direction the player is looking at
		(Ammo) Consumes an arrow and 1 blaze powder
Depriving	Melee	Applies Hunger to the target for 7 seconds
Freezing	Melee	Applies Slowness to the target for 30 seconds
Hawkeye	Bow	Arrows shot by the player have a Damage value of 4 and a Piercing value of 1
Venomous	Melee	Applies Poison to the target for 7 seconds
Withering	Melee	Applies Wither II to the target for 8 seconds

Passive Pneumas

Passive pneumas will activate on their own and need no input from the player.

Pneuma	Effect
Agile	Prevents the player from taking fall damage
Anchoring	Grants the player 90% Knockback Resistance
Bargaining	Grants the player Regeneration II for 4 seconds upon trading with a Villager or Wandering Trader
Bashing	Grants +70% Attack Damage at the cost of -40% Attack Speed
Bubbly	When the player enters water they receive Water Breathing for 2 minutes This timer will be reset when the player exits the water
Enduring	Gives the player +8 max health at the cost of -20% Speed
Gliding	When the player swimming, they will receive Dolphins Grace II for 3 seconds
Striding	Lava source blocks below the player gets temporarily replaced with magma blocks
Synergetic	Grants Strength for 5 seconds to owned wolves and other nearby players with the Synergetic pneuma

Sneak Charge

Sneak Charge pneumas require the player to sneak to charge up the ability. The ability is activated when the player stops sneaking. The longer the player sneaks, the greater the effect will be. While charging, the players will hear a clicking sound, which gets higher pitched to indicate the next level. The pitch changes after 20, 40, and 60 ticks, meaning the level increases after hearing the pitch change.

Pneuma	Effect	Charging Result	Level
			1 (10+ ticks)	2 (20+ ticks)	3 (40+ ticks)	4 (60+ ticks)
Bounding	Player receives Jump Boost for 30 seconds	Level of jump boost increases	Jump IV	Jump VI	Jump VIII	Jump X
Conjuring	The Evoker's fang attack is is cast	Number of fangs increases	6 fangs	9 fangs	12 fangs	15 fangs
Draining	Applies Mining Fatigue III for 12 seconds to players around the user	Radius of the area of effect increases	16 block radius	32 block radius	48 block radius	64 block radius
Expeditious	Player will be teleported to a random location, similar to a chorus fruit	Radius of teleportation increases	8 block radius	16 block radius	24 block radius	32 block radius
Rushing	Player receives Speed	Level of Speed and duration of Speed increases	Speed I 10s	Speed I 20s	Speed III 10s	Speed III 20s
Shrieking	Player attacks a single target up to 15 blocks away with the Warden's ranged sonic boom	Requires max charge to use				Deals 6 hearts of magic damage

Sneak Tap

Sneak Tap pneumas are activated by sneaking. Every time a player sneaks, they will activate the pneuma. If the player continuously sneaks, the pneuma will continuously activate.

Pneuma	Effect
Blinding	Players up to 6 blocks away from the user receive Blindness for 6 seconds
Gazing	Player receives Night Vision for 30 seconds
Feathery	Player recieves Slow Falling for 6 seconds
Soaring	Tapping sneak toggles the ability. When active, the player will hover at the same altitude. Looking straight up or down will cause the player to ascend or descend respectively.
	(Passive) Reduces player's health by 20% when equipped in the offhand
Vanishing	Player receives Invisibility for 90 seconds

Sneak Hold

Sneak Hold pneumas require the player to continuously sneak to activate the pneuma. Unlike the sneak tap pneumas, these pneumas require the player to hold their sneak key to function, rather than tapping the sneak key for a short burst of effect.

Pneuma	Effect
Phasing	Allows the player to walk through 1-block wide walls
Scaling	Allows the player to climb walls
	(Incompatibility) Does not work with the Levity Shamir

Advancements

Advancement	Requirement
A Small Price to Pay... Obtain a mob's soul	Pick up a Soul Essence from a mob using a sword with the Corripio Shamir
A Dangerous Magic Light a Soul Forge	Use a flint and steel on soul sand with a ring of obsidian above it
Was It Worth the Sacrifice? Forge a Soul Shard	Have a Soul Shard in your inventory
I Believe I Can Fly! Fly with the Soaring Pneuma	Have a Soul Shard or Orb of Ankou with the Soaring pneuma
Heavy Artillery    0/34 Few have wielded this much power	Have all 34 pneumas in your inventory at least once
We're Full Here... Max out an Orb of Ankou	Create an Orb of Ankou that holds 4 pneumas

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History

Version	Date	Change
1.15	28 Jun 2020	Beta released on Public Server 6
		Soul Forges use a netherrack above the soul sand.
	02 Jul 2020	Soaring pneuma overhauled to have a power that no longer requires the elytra
1.16	04 Sep 2020	Orb recipe changed to use Netherite Scraps instead of Iron Blocks
		Sneak Charge pneumas buffed
		Striding and Freezing pneumas added
	26 Jan 2021	Released Orb of Ankou
1.19	22 Aug 2022	Sneak Charge pneumas rebalanced and charge times reduced
		Added Shrieking pneuma
		Updated pneuma drops and added Bubbly to aquatic mobs missing it