SoulsCraft

SoulsCraft is a datapack for Minecraft 1.21 that brings the gloomy atmosphere of the Dark Souls game series by FromSoftware into your world. It adds key elements like ominous bonfires and famous items from the original games.

SoulsCraft is designed for survival mode gameplay and fully adapted for multiplayer.

⚠️ Important Warning

Please note that this datapack uses a technique to create invisible minecarts. This is fundamentally important for the pack's operation. Unfortunately, this creates difficulties when removing the datapack from a world. All previously placed minecarts will become invisible and won't display correctly without the corresponding resource pack.

Safe datapack removal:

1. Remove the datapack but keep the resource pack active
2. Replace all important minecarts
3. Remove the resource pack
4. Everything should now work normally

A fix via function may be added in future versions.

🔥 Core Features

The Bonfire

The central element of SoulsCraft is the new station — The Bonfire.

To create a new bonfire, combine a campfire and an iron sword on the ground.

Bonfire Mechanics

Resting at a Bonfire

Resting at a bonfire fully restores your health and sets your respawn point at the last visited bonfire. Additionally, you will periodically receive a Soul.

Linking Items

Using the power of the kindled flame, you can link resources together to discover new items and equipment.

To link items, simply place them in the three resource slots to the left of the green arrow in the Linking Menu. Once you input a valid resource combination (order doesn't matter), the resources will be consumed, and a new item will appear to the right of the green arrow.

Note that crafting isn't 100% precise and will consume MORE resources than needed if you put in extras. Currently, the linking mechanic doesn't support detecting excess resources and cannot output more than one resulting item.

Collecting Souls

Periodically when resting at a bonfire, you'll notice you've received a Soul of a Lost Undead. When killing mobs and enemies, you unknowingly collect soul shards! Each time you accumulate enough to form a whole soul, you'll receive one at your next bonfire rest.

But be careful! Every time you die, you lose all your soul shards.

🔜 Future Plans

Although SoulsCraft currently seems quite modest, many features are already partially implemented and awaiting completion!

Look forward to future additions like a leveling system for using abilities and custom weapons, unique structures for exploration and battles with familiar enemies from Dark Souls games, and much more.

💡 Feedback and Bug Reports

If you find a bug, need help, or have ideas for future features, please create an issue on the datapack's GitHub or message me on Discord: askasdestiny! :D

🤝 Credits

All textures and icons are either self-made or from the Raven Fantasy Icons set by Clockwork Raven!

Thanks to Cloud Wolf, MCStacker, and Misode for excellent videos, tutorials, and tools that helped me create this datapack!