A Soul is an obtainable item which is dropped from every monster in the series. The main purpose of the soul is to replenish player's health and depending on the soul's color it can either replenish different amount of health.
Green Soul[]
Green Souls are the most common ones and they are dropped by almost every monster in the game. They restore 1HP.
These souls do not appear in Trauma mode.
Trivia[]
- In older versions of the game, the other souls weren't added yet, so this one replaced every single one of them.
- Also every monster dropped only red souls, so the minimum amount a soul could give you was 6HP.
Red Soul[]
Red Souls are the rarer souls to find as they are dropped by much stronger monsters such as Black Demons. They restore 6HP. In Painkiller: Hell Wars, the red soul restores 15 HP.
There is a special variation of this soul only available in Multiplayer which is dropped from other players, it will give you 15HP only if you have below 250HP and also contains the weapon that the now deceased player held.
These souls do not appear in Trauma mode.
Yellow Soul[]
Yellow Souls are common souls that can be found thorough almost every level of Painkiller and in almost every single multiplayer map. They restore 25HP when absorbed and have a 25 seconds respawn time only in Multiplayer mode.
Unlike the souls dropped by monsters, this one will never fade away and stay on the playing field indefinitely, but cannot be picked up unless the player has below 100HP, or 150HP if Vitality is used.
Mega Soul[]
Mega Souls are the rarest souls you will ever encounter, they are almost every time found in secret areas, but can also be found regularly before or during a difficult fight. They restore the most HP, 100HP, when absorbed and have 60 seconds respawn time only in Multiplayer mode.
Unlike the souls dropped by monsters, this one will never fade away and stay on the playing field indefinitely, but cannot be picked up unless the player has below 250HP.
Boss Soul[]
Boss Souls are massive green souls that are dropped from bosses, they restore 1HP when absorbed and fully charges your Soul Catcher. They can only be absorbed by using the Soul Catcher.
The Necrogiant from Painkiller Hell & Damnation is the only one who drops such soul.