Soul Shards in All the Mods 10: To the Sky
All the Mods 10: To the Sky 2.1.0 ships version 1.3.15 · First seen in 1.0
Soul Shards is a mod in All the Mods 10: To the Sky 2.1.0, where it is version 1.3.15. "". (Summary from the mod's Modrinth page.)
Soul Shards guide for All the Mods 10: To the Sky
Last verified for All the Mods 10: To the Sky v2.1.0 on Oct 13, 2026 · text last changed Oct 13, 2026
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3 sections are written for this pack; 1 is shared from another pack's guide.
Every recipe and number here was checked against All the Mods 10: To the Sky 2.1.0, read from the running game on Oct 15, 2026.
What is Soul Shards?
This pack includes Soul Shards at version 1.3.15, using the NeoForge build for Minecraft 1.21 (soulshards-1.21-1.3.15-neoforge.jar). It has been part of the pack since version 1.0 or earlier, so it's a long-standing member of the mod list.[1]
Unverified The sources here include no in-jar guidebook or description for Soul Shards, so what the mod does, along with its recipes and config options in this pack, is not shown here. Check the mod's own item tooltips in game for details.
How do you get started with Soul Shards?
5 parts
Same as in the All the Mods 10: To the Sky 2.0.4 guide
Soul Shards is about capturing the souls of the mobs you kill. In this pack, the early game comes down to one material, the Corrupted Ingot, which you need for both the Soul Cage and the Vile Sword. Here's the order I'd go in.[2]
First: Vile Dust
Start with Vile Dust. You get it by smelting soul soil, so grab some and cook it. You'll need the dust for the Corrupted Ingot later on.[2]
Next: Corrupted Essence
Then comes Corrupted Essence. The pack changed this recipe, so don't rely on what you remember from other modpacks. The recipe below is the one that counts here.[2]
This recipe is changed by the pack.
Then: Corrupted Ingot
Combine the essence and the dust to make a Corrupted Ingot. The pack changed this recipe too. The ingot is the key material for the rest of this guide.[2]
Crafting Shaped
| any iron ingot | ||
Recipe id: soulshards:corrupted_ingot
This recipe is also changed by the pack.
Soul Cage and Vile Sword
With a Corrupted Ingot in hand, you can make the Soul Cage and the Vile Sword. Both use the ingot as a main ingredient, and both are the mod's own recipes, not changed by the pack.[2]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | ||
Recipe id: soulshards:soul_cage
This is the mod's own recipe.
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| Empty slot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: soulshards:vile_sword
This is the mod's own recipe.
Getting your first Soul Shard
The Soul Shard is a vessel for the souls of the slain. You get it by building a structure in the world and using an item on its origin block. The structure is 4 Obsidian, 4 Blocks of Quartz and 1 Glowstone, and you right-click the top of the Glowstone Block.[3]
How does Soul Shards work?
4 parts
The sources for Soul Shards cover a small set of mechanics: building a structure to get your first shard, collecting souls from kills, and crafting the gear that goes with it. Here is what can be confirmed.[3]
Getting a shard: the multiblock
The Soul Shard is described as a vessel for the souls of the slain. You get it by building a structure in the world and using a specific item on the origin block. The structure needs 4x Obsidian, 4x Block of Quartz and 1x Glowstone. To finish it, right-click the top of the Glowstone Block with the required item in hand.[3]
Unverified The exact layout of the obsidian and quartz blocks around the Glowstone, and which item you must hold when you right-click, are not shown in the sources available here.
Collecting souls
The Soul Stealer enchantment increases the souls collected per kill by one per level. The tag that controls what it can go on lists only the Vile Sword.[3][4]
Some entities can't be captured at all. The no-capture list contains the armor stand, the elder guardian, the ender dragon, the wither and the player. The mod also has a chat message, "The shard seems to refuse the trapped soul...", for when a shard won't absorb a soul.[3][5]
The crafting chain
Most of the gear is built from the Corrupted Ingot. It starts with Corrupted Essence, and the pack has changed that recipe from the mod's own version.[6]
This recipe is changed by the pack.
The ingot recipe also uses Vile Dust, and it too is changed by the pack.[6]
Crafting Shaped
| any iron ingot | ||
Recipe id: soulshards:corrupted_ingot
This recipe is changed by the pack.
You get Vile Dust by smelting soul soil.[6]
Smelting recipe, unchanged from the mod.
Gear and the Soul Cage
The Vile Sword is the item the Soul Stealer enchantment applies to. Its recipe is the mod's own.[4][6]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| Empty slot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: soulshards:vile_sword
Mod recipe, not changed by the pack.
The Soul Cage has a loot table that gives the block itself, so you can pick it up again after placing it. Its crafting recipe is the mod's own.[6][7]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | ||
Recipe id: soulshards:soul_cage
Mod recipe, not changed by the pack.
Unverified What the Soul Cage does once placed, how many souls a shard can hold, and any shard tiers or config options are not covered by the sources available here. No config files for this mod were found in the pack.
How do you progress through Soul Shards?
2 parts
In this pack, Soul Shards progression is a short crafting chain. You start with Corrupted Essence, turn it into a Corrupted Ingot, and use that ingot for the Soul Cage and the Vile Sword.[6]
The crafting chain
- Craft Corrupted Essence. The pack changed this recipe, so it is not the mod default.[6]
- Smelt soul soil to get Vile Dust. This is the mod's own smelting recipe.[6]
- Craft Corrupted Ingot from the essence, the dust and an iron ingot. The pack changed this recipe too.[6]
- Spend the ingot on a Soul Cage or a Vile Sword. Both are unchanged mod recipes.[6]
This recipe is changed by the pack.
Crafting Shaped
| any iron ingot | ||
Recipe id: soulshards:corrupted_ingot
This recipe is also changed by the pack.
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | ||
Recipe id: soulshards:soul_cage
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| Empty slot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: soulshards:vile_sword
Good to know
The Vile Sword is the only item in the mod's soul stealer enchantable tag, so it is the one tool the mod marks for that enchantment.[4]
A Soul Cage drops itself when you break it, so you can pick it up and move it.[7]
Some targets are off limits. The mod's no-capture tag lists the armor stand, elder guardian, ender dragon, wither and player, so you can't capture those.[5]
Sources
- All the Mods 10: To the Sky 2.0.6 mod list · pack file
- All the Mods 10: To the Sky 2.0.4 recipe dump: recipes making Soul Shards items · pack recipe dump
- soulshards tooltips and descriptions (English lang file) · official mod data
- data/soulshards/tags/item/enchantable/soul_stealer.json (soulshards's jar) · official mod data
- data/soulshards/tags/entity_type/no_capture.json (soulshards's jar) · official mod data
- All the Mods 10: To the Sky 2.0.6 recipe dump: recipes making Soul Shards items · pack recipe dump
- data/soulshards/loot_table/blocks/soul_cage.json (soulshards's jar) · official mod data
Where this guide comes from
Written from what All the Mods 10: To the Sky itself ships: its files and recipes, the in-game guidebooks and the mods' own pages. Every statement links to the source it came from, and the numbers are checked against the pack before publishing.
Guide last verified Oct 13, 2026.
Guides for other versions: 1.0 to 2.0.5
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Version in each release
25 releases, first in 1.0
| All the Mods 10: To the Sky | Version | Jar | Where it came from |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1.0 Oct 15, 2026 | 1.3.15 | soulshards-1.21-1.3.15-neoforge.jar | From the published release |
| 2.0.7 Oct 5, 2026 | 1.3.15 | soulshards-1.21-1.3.15-neoforge.jar | From the published release |
| 2.0.6 Sep 21, 2026 | 1.3.15 | soulshards-1.21-1.3.15-neoforge.jar | From the published release |
| 2.0.5 Sep 21, 2026 | 1.3.15 | soulshards-1.21-1.3.15-neoforge.jar | From the published release |
| 2.0.4 Sep 11, 2026 | 1.3.15 | soulshards-1.21-1.3.15-neoforge.jar | From the published release |
| 2.0.3 Sep 9, 2026 | 1.3.15 | soulshards-1.21-1.3.15-neoforge.jar | From the published release |
| 2.0.2 Apr 1, 2026 | 1.3.15 | soulshards-1.21-1.3.15-neoforge.jar | From the published release |
| 2.0.1 Mar 27, 2026 | 1.3.15 | soulshards-1.21-1.3.15-neoforge.jar | From the published release |
| 2.0.0 Feb 24, 2026 | 1.3.15 | soulshards-1.21-1.3.15-neoforge.jar | From the published release |
| 1.9.1 Feb 5, 2026 | 1.3.15 | soulshards-1.21-1.3.15-neoforge.jar | From the published release |
| 1.9 Feb 4, 2026 | 1.3.15 | soulshards-1.21-1.3.15-neoforge.jar | From the published release |
| 1.8 Dec 20, 2025 | 1.3.15 | soulshards-1.21-1.3.15-neoforge.jar | From the published release |
| 1.7 Nov 28, 2025 | 1.3.15 | soulshards-1.21-1.3.15-neoforge.jar | From the published release |
| 1.6.1 Oct 23, 2025 | 1.3.15 | soulshards-1.21-1.3.15-neoforge.jar | From the published release |
| 1.6 Oct 17, 2025 | 1.3.15 | soulshards-1.21-1.3.15-neoforge.jar | From the published release |
| 1.5.1b Oct 2, 2025 | 1.3.15 | soulshards-1.21-1.3.15-neoforge.jar | From the published release |
| 1.5 Sep 26, 2025 | 1.3.15 | soulshards-1.21-1.3.15-neoforge.jar | From the published release |
| 1.4 Sep 11, 2025 | 1.3.15 | soulshards-1.21-1.3.15-neoforge.jar | From the published release |
| 1.3.1 Sep 3, 2025 | 1.3.15 | soulshards-1.21-1.3.15-neoforge.jar | From the published release |
| 1.2.1 Aug 28, 2025 | 1.3.15 | soulshards-1.21-1.3.15-neoforge.jar | From the published release |
| 1.2 Aug 28, 2025 | 1.3.15 | soulshards-1.21-1.3.15-neoforge.jar | From the published release |
| 1.1.2 Aug 22, 2025 | 1.3.15 | soulshards-1.21-1.3.15-neoforge.jar | From the published release |
| 1.1.1 Aug 21, 2025 | 1.3.15 | soulshards-1.21-1.3.15-neoforge.jar | From the published release |
| 1.0.2 Aug 15, 2025 | 1.3.15 | soulshards-1.21-1.3.15-neoforge.jar | From the published release |
| 1.0 Aug 14, 2025 | 1.3.15 | soulshards-1.21-1.3.15-neoforge.jar | From the published release |
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