- This page is about the creature Tainted Soul. For the NPC, see A Tainted Soul.
- *Crinkle*
- *Sizzle*
Notes
If an unlucky mortal gets lost in the swamps and meets his death there, often his soul is unable to find peace. It haunts the bogs as a wraith or ghost light in search of peace and salvation. Such hapless souls may be captured and cursed by evil witches or warlocks, thus transforming into tainted souls that aggressively and enviously attack everything they encounter. There are tales though that it is possible to redeem even these tainted souls.
They are souls tainted by the witch Ekatrix. They can be redeemed by using a Sacred Antler Talisman on them. The process of tainting and redeeming them is described in How to Curse a Soul.
You must redeem 100 of them to fight the boss Ekatrix in The Tainted Souls Quest.
Abilities
Melee (0-30?)
3 squares range Life Drain (22-48 )
3 squares range Mana Drain (15-25 )
Summons (1 Tainted Soul)
Self-Healing (20-30)Damage Taken From Elements
Location
Tainted Caves in the Green Claw Swamp.
Behaviour
Chases its target.
A tainted soul attacks in melee range. A tainted soul will retreat at 10 to 74 (4% - 29.6%, red) health.
Strategy
They yield no experience and very poor loot, so they aren't worth hunting unless if you want to complete its Bestiary entry or gain Weapon Proficiency. If you have a Sacred Antler Talisman, you can use it to redeem them.
After using the Sacred Antler Talisman and the Redeemed Soul is spawned, the Tainted Soul can persist for up to two seconds and killed without interrupting the Redeemed Soul spawn, the later which can be killed for its own Bestiary and to gain Weapon Proficiency as well, so it is possible to progress both bestiaries and count progress to access Ekatrix chamber.