The Animus Mastery was announced and introduced with the Summer Update 2024. Players can unlock a creature’s Animus Mastery by obtaining a Soul Core of that creature and then sacrificing it at the Soulpit challenge. Any character who participates in the fight and remains alive when the final foe is defeated will unlock the Animus Mastery for that creature.
The reward of unlocking it is a permanent +2% base XP bonus when defeating these creatures. Additionally, this bonus increases by +0.1% for every ten creatures a character has Animus Mastery unlocked for, up to a maximum of an extra +2%. This means that a character with 200 Animus Masteries unlocked will receive a total of +4% extra base XP for every creature it has Animus Mastery for.
The XP bonus appears in the Server Log Channel and is applied to the raw experience gain, making it multiplicative with other experience bonuses.
Display and Rewards[]
Unlocked Animus Masteries are displayed in both the Bestiary and the Char Bazaar. Obtaining all possible Animus Masteries rewards the Title:
- Master (male characters)
- Mistress of Souls (female characters)
Completing at least one Soul Core in each bestiary class grants the Soul Crusher achievement.