Swords & Souls is a game developed by Soulgame Studio, set in the same world as Rogue Soul. It combines RPG and idle elements in which you face waves of enemies in turn-based combat and train your soul through various minigames to train your skills.
Controls[]
- Mouse: menu navigation, combat, and minigames
- WASD or arrow keys: directions in minigames
- 1-6 keys: skills
- Space: alternative trigger for super critical in combat
Plot[]
A lowly soul living in Soul Town wants to make it big in the battle arena, but doesn't have the skill to take on the rough and tough brawlers dominating the arena. Luckily, a living scarecrow named Sir Scarow takes the young lad under his wing and offers to train him to become a mighty warrior. Now the soul warrior must train up, fight battles, and rake in big money to become the greatest arena champion of all time!
Gameplay[]
The gameplay of Swords & Souls has two main parts: training and battling. Training involves you playing minigames to increase your soul's stats so he can become strong enough to defeat tougher enemies. There are five minigames, each one representing a different stat, and you can play them whenever and for however long you want. Battling entails entering the arena and playing through its fights. Each fight comprises a series of enemies back-to-back, ending in a (stronger) boss enemy, with the goal naturally being to live to defeat them all. Winning a fight for the first time awards a chest containing some money and resources such as clovers, potions, and scrolls, and also unlocks the next fight. Both training and defeating enemies in the arena award XP which goes to levelling up your soul. Gaining levels grants various points which can be used to increase stats and upgrade a number of passive and active abilities. There are also a few other locations you can visit—namely the museum, home, and shop—which each provide unique modes of progression throughout the game.
The Hero[]
The hero menu allows you to view your soul's stats, skills, and talents, as well as to upgrade them using points acquired through gaining levels.
Stats[]
These are your soul's most basic stats. They can be upgraded both by spending skill points on them and by playing the Training minigames.
- Strength: Determines the amount of damage you do with melee attacks. Melee attacks are your basic attack that the soul performs automatically unless you activate a skill for him to use.
- Accuracy: Determines the amount of damage you do with ranged attacks, as well as the chance of a ranged attack being triggered. Ranged attacks are triggered randomly, and the soul still gets to use a melee attack or skill after using a ranged attack.
- Block: Determines the amount of health you have and the chances you'll block an enemy's attack with your shield.
- Dodge: Determines the amount of health you have and the chances you'll dodge an enemy's attack.
- Critical: Determines the amount of health you have and the chances you'll score a Critical Hit. Critical Hits are triggered randomly and deal double damage by default, but if you click anywhere on the screen at the right time, the attack will become a Super Critical Hit which deals triple damage instead (this amount can be increased even further by upgrading the Deadly talent).
Skills[]
These are special abilities that you can use to give yourself an edge over your enemies. Each one has to be activated by either clicking on its icon or pressing its hotkey in order to use it, and enters a cooldown once used.
- Double Slash (Hotkey 1, Unlocked at Hero Level 2): Lets you perform a more advanced melee attack that hits an enemy twice and has a small chance to weaken the enemy so they deal less damage. Upgrading this skill increases the chances your enemy will be weakened.
- Shield Bash (Hotkey 2, Unlocked at Hero Level 6): Lets you bash an enemy with your shield to stun them for a few seconds. Upgrading this skill makes the stun last longer.
- Toxic Stab (Hotkey 3, Unlocked at Hero Level 12): Lets you perform a melee attack that poisons an enemy, causing their health to drain over time. Upgrading this skill decreases its cooldown.
- Magic Protection (Hotkey 4, Unlocked at Hero Level 25): Lets you use a magic spell to buff your defense, temporarily making you take less damage from enemies' attacks. Upgrading this skill makes the defense buff last longer and increases the amount of damage reduced by the buff.
- Heal (Hotkey 5, Unlocked at Hero Level 35): Lets you use a magic spell to heal yourself. Upgrading this skill increases the amount of health this skill restores.
- Omnisoul (Hotkey 6, Unlocked at Hero Level 50): Lets you perform an extra-powerful melee attack that hits an enemy many times. Upgrading this skill increases the number of times this attack hits the enemy.
Talents[]
These are extra bonus skills that add other helpful effects to your soul in various ways.
- Brutal (Unlocked at Level 3): Gives a small chance that a normal melee attack will stun an enemy for three seconds. Upgrading this talent increases the chances of the stun taking effect.
- Sneaky (Unlocked at Level 3): Gives a small chance that an enemy will drop Soulings (small pearls that give you XP when collected) when attacked. Upgrading this talent increases the chances of the Souling drop taking effect.
- Impatient (Unlocked at Level 3): Decreases the cooldowns of all your skills. Upgrading this talent decreases the cooldowns even more.
- Treacherous (Unlocked at Level 15): Gives a small chance that a ranged attack will poison an enemy. Upgrading this talent increases the chances of the poison taking effect.
- Vampiric (Unlocked at Level 15): Gives a small chance that you regain a small amount of health back when you kill an enemy. Upgrading this talent increases the chances of the healing taking effect.
- Lucky (Unlocked at Level 15): Increases the chances of Clovers spawning during a Training minigame or Arena battle. Upgrading this talent increases the chances of Clovers spawning even more.
- Alchemist (Unlocked at Level 32): Increases the effectiveness of all potions. Upgrading this talent increases potion effectiveness even more.
- Deadly (Unlocked at Level 32): Increases the amount of damage dealt from Super Critical Hits. Upgrading this skill increases the damage done by Super Critical Hits even more.
- Blessed (Unlocked at Level 32): Gives a small chance that you'll be revived with full health when you get killed by an enemy. Upgrading this skill increases the chances of being revived even more.
The Museum[]
The museum is mostly an information hub, but also serves as a financial service as it generates money over time that you can collect whenever you want.
Museum Income[]
The Museum Income is the feature that allows you to collect some of the money that the museum makes from its revenue. Every minute, the museum generates some money and puts part of that money towards your share, which you may collect by clicking on the money bag on the clerk's desk. Or, if you leave the game and then come back to it later, the game will automatically give you all the money in your share generated by the museum in the time you were gone.
Initially, the amount of money put into your share is a miniscule amount, but it can be raised by both directly upgrading the Income to increase your share and by contributing to the museum by unlocking more features in all of its exhibits.
Champy[]
This friendly champroom lives in the museum and feeds on Clovers which are randomly awarded occasionally during training and Arena fights. Whenever you feed Champy a Clover, he gives you a reward. This reward can be any of the following:
- Money
- Soulings
- Shop Coupon
- More Clovers
- An upgrade to one of your stats
- A rare painting
Statues[]
Whenever you win an Arena battle level for the first time, you earn a statue of whichever enemy served as the boss of that level. The Statues room is where you can go to view all the statues you've earned.
Trophies[]
This is the room where you can view all of the game's achievements and keep track of which ones you have and haven't completed.
Training Medals[]
These are achievements earned from the Training minigames for reaching . They come in five variants: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Perfect Gold, in that order.
- Mission Medals: Earned for completing a certain number of missions within a Training minigame.
- Combo Medals: Earned for achieving a large combo within a Training Minigame.
Arena Medals[]
These are achievements earned for completing various unique tasks within the Arena.
- Bow and Arrow Medal: One-shot an enemy with a ranged attack.
- Apple Medal: Finish a level with full health.
- Magic Medal: Use each type of spell five times.
- Skull and Sword Medal: Score five Super Critical Hits.
- Armor Medal: Max out all equipment from the Shop.
- Thumbs-Up Medal: Unlock all six special skills.
- Dead Skull Medal: Max out all your skills and talents.
- Champion Medal: Beat all 30 normal levels in the Arena.
- Sir Scarow Medal: Defeat Sir Scarow in the Arena.
Secrets[]
These are unique achievements earned for completing various tasks all around the game.
- Some Extra Gold!: Earn extra gold from the game by liking at least one of Soulgame Studio's social media pages.
- Family Time: Fully upgrade the Home.
- I'm a Weirdo: Click on the weird old guy who occasionally peeks out from behind one of the stands in the Shop.
- Fire Lit: Light the candle on the clerk's desk in the Museum by clicking on it repeatedly.
- Leave Me Alone!: Freak out the Soulette at the Home by clicking on her repeatedly (this only works before the Home has been fully upgraded).
- R.I.
P....B.: Click on the top of the Shop repeatedly to get Rogue Soul to fall from the sky and bounce off of it. - Hello Ground!: Upgrade the Training room enough times to unlock the toy whale decoration.
- I Love Mouse: Upgrade the Training room enough times to unlock the cat in the window.
- Lost Children: Find and click on all 13 children hidden in various spots all over the game.
- Rare Paintings: A series of four portraits of mysterious knights drawn by Deviant artist MenasLG. Each one randomly spawns from the Friendshroom.
Armory[]
This is the room where you can see all the gear you've bought from the Shop.
Melee Weapons[]
- Stick
- Wooden Shortsword
- Iron Shortsword
- Spear
- Rusty Sword
- Axe
- Iron Sword
- Cutlass
- Shovel
- Scimitar
- Saber
- Scepter
- Lance
- Battle Axe
- Golden Sword
- Big Scimitar
- Double Spear
- Great Sword
- Dark Zoul Staff
- Pickaxe
- Blood Sword
- Tree Sword
- Blood Axe
- Mega Blade
- Dark Sword
Armors[]
- Cloth Armor
- Tough Cloth Armor
- Leather Armor
- Tough Leather Armor
- Iron Armor
- Brute Armor
- Brass Armor
- Gold Armor
- Platinum Armor
- Dark Armor
- Holy Armor
- Blood Armor
- Champion Armor
Shields[]
- Wooden Plank
- Rusty Buckler
- Rusty Shield
- Wooden Buckler
- Iron Shield
- Spiky Shield
- Reinforced Buckler
- Golden Buckler
- Platinum Shield
- Dark Shield
- Holy Shield
- Blood Shield
- Champion Shield
Ranged Weapons[]
- Apple
- Dagger
- Throwing Axe
- Bow and Arrows
- Shuriken
- Javelin
- Longbow
- Dynamite
- Recurved Bow
- Rubber Duck
- Bomb
- Golden Bow
- Champion Bow
Gallery[]
This is the room where you can see pictures of all the enemies you've encountered in the Arena and how many times you've killed them. The enemies in this game are as follows:
Animals[]
- Moskito: Small mosquito-like creature that stabs you with its proboscus.
- Mole: Large burrowing animal that attacks with its claws.
- Sick Bat: Large bat who attacks by swooping at you.
- Giant Fly: Giant, weird-looking fly that whacks you with its trunk.
- Eagle: Giant bird that scratches you with its talons.
Outlaws[]
- Bandit: Low-life criminal who attacks with a dagger.
- Marauder: Village-raiding thug who attacks with a wooden spear.
- Hobo: Homeless wanderer who has no weapon but deals heavy damage by kicking.
- Assassin: Shady hitman who throws daggers at you.
- Borin Hood: A notorious thief who was once the most wanted criminal in town until Rogue Soul dethroned him in the first Rogue Soul game. Attacks you with his double spear.
Guards[]
- Guard: Lightly armored guard who attacks with a spear.
- Elite Guard: Stronger guard who attacks with a double spear.
Soldiers[]
- Soldier: Heavily armored soldier who attacks with a sword.
- Elite Soldier: Stronger soldier who attacks with a bigger sword.
Axemen[]
- Brute Junior: Small axe-wielding soul who attacks with an axe.
- Brute: Bigger soul who attacks with a bigger axe.
- Berserker: Huge soul who attacks with a giant axe.
Captains[]
- Captain: Elite warrior who attacks with a scimitar.
- Black Captain: Stronger captain who attacks with a bigger scimitar.
Archers[]
- Archer: Bow-wielding soul who shoots arrows at you.
Wizards[]
- Mage: Woodland sorcerer who shoots fireballs at you.
- Cultist: Occult sorcerer who shoots dark magic blasts at you.
- Reaper: Powerful necromancer who whacks you with his bone staff.
- Dark Zoul: Evil wizard who was the main antagonist of Rogue Soul 2. Attacks by shooting laser beams at you.
Goblins[]
- Goblin Peon: Basic goblin grunt who attacks with a shovel.
- Goblin Spearman: Lightly armored goblin soldier who attacks with a spear.
- Goblin Warrior: Stronger goblin soldier who attacks with a sword.
- Goblin Priest: Magic-using goblin who attacks by sending energy surges up from underground to hit you.
- Goblin Shaman: Magic-using goblin who attacks by shooting lightning balls at you.
- Goblin Engineer: Really smart goblin who wears a jetpack and attacks by punching you.
Orcs[]
- Orc Peon: Basic orc grunt who attacks with an axe.
- Orc Warrior: Lightly armored orc soldier who attacks with a bigger axe.
- Armored Orc: Heavily armored orc soldier who attacks with a spear.
- Orc Berserker: Extra-powerful orc soldier who attacks with a sword.
- Orc Shaman: Magic-using orc who whacks you with his magic staff.
Kobolds[]
- Kobold: Humanoid reptilian creature who attacks with a pickaxe.
- Kobold Bilious: Stronger kobold with an acid barrel on its back; attacks by shooting acid at you.
Freaks[]
- Champroom: Sentient mushroom that shoots exploding spores at you.
- Scarecrow: Living scarecrow that whacks you with its wooden arms.
- Angry Apple: Living apple that attacks by slamming you with its body.
- Icy Troll: Giant yeti-like monster that attacks by punching you.
Rogues[]
- Rogue Soul: The dashingly handsome rogue who was the main protagonist of the first two Rogue Soul games. Attacks you with his sword.
- Golden Rogue: Heavily upgraded Rogue Soul decked out in golden gear. Attacks you with his golden scepter.
Training[]
Rogue Soul's note to the player, viewable after the Training room is around 90% upgraded
The Training room is where you go to raise your soul's stats by playing minigames to earn XP and stat points. Each minigame gives you XP and stat points for the corresponding stat as you play. You can increase the rate at which you earn XP and stat points from these minigames by upgrading the Training room, which also adds more decorations to the room as you upgrade it more.
Each minigame has a different objective to perform in order to earn points, as well as an optional Perfect objective you can do to get extra points.
Strength Training[]
- Objective: Sir Scarow constantly spits apples at you. The apples fly at various heights as he spits them; depending on how high the apples fly, use the up, right, and down arrow keys to strike the apples with your weapon so they don't hit you.
- Perfect Objective: Stars sometimes fall behind you. When a star is right next to you, use the left key to lunge back and collect it for bonus points.
Block Training[]
- Objective: Apples come at you from all directions. Using your mouse to control your shield, maneuver the shield around you to block the apples from hitting you.
- Perfect Objective: Sometimes stars will come at you. To collect a star, let it hit you for bonus points.
Accuracy Training[]
- Objective: Archery targets constantly appear and disappear, with some floating in one place while others move around the screen. Using your mouse to aim and clicking to fire, shoot arrows at the targets before they disappear.
- Perfect Objective: Hit targets in their centers for bonus points.
Dodge Training[]
- Objective: Sir Scarow constantly tries to attack you with his body, attempting to either bodyslam you, whack you with his arms, or sweep you with his single wooden leg. Depending on which attack he uses, use the up, left, and down arrow keys to dodge him.
- Perfect Objective: Dodge Sir Scarow's attacks at the last possible second for bonus points.
Critical Training[]
- Objective: Sir Scarow will command you to either attack him or do nothing, When he orders you to attack, click anywhere on the screen to attack and land a Critical Hit.
- Perfect Objective: Earn bonus points by not doing anything when Sir Scarow tells you to stay still and by scoring a Super Critical Hit on Sir Scarow when attacking him.
Shop[]
The Shop is where you can use some of your hard-earned money from battles and training to buy new gear to get stronger, as well as spells and potions to give yourself an edge over your enemies. However, if you have a Shop Coupon, you can use it to buy something for free. Each Coupon is a single-use item.
Equipment[]
- Melee Weapons: Increases damage done by your melee attacks.
- Armors: Increases your max HP.
- Shields: Increases the amount of damage that gets blocked when you block an enemy's attack.
- Ranged Weapons: Increases damage done by your ranged attacks.
Spells[]
- Fireball Spell: Shoots a huge fireball that deals massive damage to an enemy.
- Poison Spell: Shoots a poison cloud that deals moderate damage and poisons an enemy.
- Lightning Spell: Shoots a lightning bolt that deals heavy damage and stuns an enemy.
Potions[]
- Health Potion: Restores some of your health.
- Energy Potion: Shortens the cooldowns of your skills.
- Strength Potion: Increases the damage done from all of your attacks.
Home[]
The Home is a location whose sole purpose is to boost the amount of money and XP you obtain from other parts of the game. Upgrading the Home allows you to build a new part of the Home, which in turn increases the factor by which the money and XP you get from the game is multiplied, but the cost of upgrading the Home increases each time. Once the Home is fully upgraded, all money and XP you gain is multiplied by 10.
Arena[]
The Arena is the "main" part of the game, where you go to pit your soul against enemies and try to beat them all. These battles take place across a set of levels, each having various amounts of enemies to take on. Combat in these battles uses a combination of turn-based and real-time combat; you and the enemy take turns attacking each other, attacking automatically for the most part. You have the option to select a skill, spell, or potion to use on your following turn; otherwise, your soul will make a basic melee attack by default.
The objective of each level is quite simple: defeat all the enemies to win; otherwise, you lose if an enemy defeats you. Winning each level for the first time rewards you with a huge amount of money that you can use to upgrade your soul, which is very necessary to do because the enemies in each level are stronger than the ones in the previous level.
Standard Levels[]
These are the Arena's standard levels, unlocked in linear fashion. Each one has a predetermined sequence of enemies. The last enemy in each of these levels is a King enemy, which is just a normal enemy whose health and attack power are significantly higher to make them tougher to defeat.
- Battle 1: The Newbies
- Moskito
- Mole
- King Moskito
- Battle 2: The Pariahs
- Bandit
- Marauder
- Marauder
- King Bandit
- Battle 3: The Village Guards
- Guard
- Guard
- Soldier
- King Soldier
- Battle 4: The Goblin Stooges
- Goblin Peon
- Goblin Spearmann
- Goblin Peon
- King Goblin Spearman
- Battle 5: The Flapping Monsters
- Moskito
- Sick Bat
- Moskito
- Sick Bat
- King Giant Fly
- Battle 6: The "Ready to Work!"
- Orc Peon
- Orc Peon
- Orc Peon
- Orc Peon
- King Orc Peon
- Battle 7: The Brutes
- Brute Junior
- Brute
- Brute Junior
- Brute
- King Brute
- Battle 8: The Town Guards
- Archer
- Soldier
- Elite Soldier
- Guard
- King Elite Soldier
- Battle 9: The Kezan Warriors
- Goblin Spearman
- Goblin Peon
- Goblin Warrior
- Goblin Spearman
- King Goblin Warrior
- Battle 10: The Apprentices
- Mage
- Mage
- Mage
- Mage
- King Mage
- Battle 11: The Swamp Squad
- Champroom
- Moskito
- Giant Fly
- Champroon
- Giant Fly
- King Mole
- Battle 12: The Lok'Tar
- Orc Warrior
- Armored Orc
- Orc Warrior
- Armored Orc
- Orc Warrior
- King Armored Orc
- Battle 13: The Outlaws
- Bandit
- Marauder
- Assassin
- Bandit
- Marauder
- King Assassin
- Battle 14: The Punk Gang
- Goblin Warrior
- Goblin Warrior
- Goblin Warrior
- Goblin Warrior
- Goblin Warrior
- King Orc Berserker
- Battle 15: The Scarecrow Union
- Scarecrow
- Scarecrow
- Scarecrow
- Scarecrow
- Scarecrow
- King Scarecrow
- Battle 16: The City Guards
- Elite Soldier
- Archer
- Elite Guard
- Archer
- Soldier
- Elite Guard
- King Captain
- Battle 17: The Hat Guild
- Cultist
- Mage
- Champroom
- Cultist
- Mage
- Cultist
- King Champroon
- Battle 18: The Cave Creeps
- Kobold
- Mole
- Kobold
- Sick Bat
- Kobold Bilious
- Mole
- King Kobold Bilious
- Battle 19: The Borin Team
- Hobo
- Assassin
- Marauder
- Bandit
- Marauder
- Assassin
- King Borin Hood
- Battle 20: The Wind Masters
- Moskito
- Eagle
- Sick Bat
- Eagle
- Sick Bat
- Giant Fly
- King Eagle
- Battle 21: The Peon Union
- Goblin Peon
- Goblin Peon
- Orc Peon
- Orc Peon
- Goblin Peon
- Goblin Peon
- King Goblin Engineer
- Battle 22: The Freak Show
- Angry Apple
- Scarecrow
- Giant Fly
- Champroom
- Giant Apple
- Kobold Bilious
- King Icy Troll
- Battle 23: The Barbarians
- Brute Junior
- Brute
- Berserker
- Brute
- Brute Junior
- Berserker
- Brute Junior
- Berserker
- Battle 24: The Death Jokers
- Cultist
- Cultist
- Cultist
- Cultist
- Reaper
- Reaper
- Reaper
- King Reaper
- Battle 25: The Fubidi Avengers
- Goblin Priest
- Goblin Shaman
- Goblin Warrior
- Goblin Spearman
- Goblin Priest
- Goblin Warrior
- Goblin Shaman
- King Goblin Priest
- Battle 26: The Imperial Guards
- Elite Soldier
- Captain
- Elite Guard
- Captain
- Elite Guard
- Elite Soldier
- Captain
- King Black Captain
- Battle 27: The Melting Pot
- Icy Troll
- Hobo
- Archer
- Goblin Engineer
- Kobold
- Reaper
- Eagle
- King Angry Apple
- Battle 28: The "Shall Not Pass!"
- Goblin Shaman
- Cultist
- Dark Zoul
- Mage
- Goblin Shaman
- Cultist
- Orc Shaman
- King Dark Zoul
- Battle 29: The Grishnahk's Guards
- Orc Warrior
- Orc Berserker
- Orc Shaman
- Armored Orc
- Orc Berserker
- Orc Shaman
- Orc Warrior
- King Orc Shaman
- Battle 30: The Warlords
- Black Captain
- Goblin Engineer
- Icy Troll
- Goblin Engineer
- Black Captain
- Dark Zoul
- Borin Hood (named Shiro96)
- Rogue Soul
- King Golden Rogue
Extra Levels[]
- Survival: This level is unlocked after beating Battle 30. It has you fight an endless onslaught of random enemies, in waves of five enemies each. The enemies become stronger with each wave.
- The Final Battle: This level is unlocked by beating at least 25 waves in Survival before dying. In this level, Sir Scarow is impressed with your combat prowess and decides to challenge you himself, so you must beat him in a duel. Sir Scarow has insanely high health and attack power, and can be extremely difficult if not impossible to defeat if you are underprepared.
Errors[]
- Some King enemies have crowns on their heads, but others don't.
- The Goblin Engineer's sprite was reused from Rogue Soul 2 where he appeared as a boss, so he's shown with his jetpacks facing forward. However, since all enemies stand still in Swords & Souls, this actually defies the laws of physics; if actual physics applied, the Goblin Engineer would keep flying straight ahead continuously until he ran into something.
- The Borin Hood in Battle 30 is named Shiro96 as a homage to the Kongregate user of the same name.
Glitches[]
- Sometimes, when entering the Arena's level select screen, some of the levels' names will glitch out and display placeholder text ("The Mole", "The KoboldBilious", etc.) instead of their proper names. It's unknown what exactly triggers this glitch.
Trivia[]
- Some of the Arena's level names are references to goblins and orcs in popular culture.
- Kezan is the name of a tropical island inhabited by goblins in World of Warcraft.
- Lok'tar is the Orcish word for 'victory' in World of Warcraft, usually said as part of the battle-cry "lok'tar ogar," meaning "victory or death".
- Grishnahk is the name of an orc captain from Lord of the Rings.