Spirit Reaver (Soul Reaver)

The Spirit Reaver was a temporary elemental enhancement for the Wraith Blade that was planned for inclusion in Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, but was ultimately cut due to time constraints.

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Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver - Deleted Forges, Reavers, and the Spirit Glyph

Behind the scenes[]

The Spirit Reaver was a temporary enhancement for the Wraith Blade associated with elemental Spirit. It was intended to be discovered by Raziel, but the Reaver enhancement were ultimately cut due to time constraints^[1]^[2] along with the companion Spirit Glyph^[3].

The blade would have been a temporary enhancement, though when lost it could be re-imbued from enemies Souls. The blade was intended to be have several special abilities; "destroying" enemies in a single strike or Force bolt^[1].

The Spirit Reaver was present in the Soul Reaver alphas publicized in 2020 where it is a bright green blade. The forge for the blade was located in the Citadel. The blade could kill enemies with one strike or projectile and its usage prevented Raziel from feeding on enemies souls.

Unlike other cut enhancements, the Spirit Reaver is not present in any form in the retail version of Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver and it is not listed under the debug menu. The place of the Spirit Reaver was ultimately taken in the retail version by the Kain Reaver^[1].

Once Raziel has visited the Spirit Forge and baptized the Reaver in the elemental altar, the blade has the potential to be imbued with spirit wherever it appears in the environment. Once manifest in the material plane, the blade can be imbued with spirit by striking any fleeing soul with it. (Note - the soul is absorbed into the Reaver, so Raziel can't get any health benefit from it, but he shouldn't need it if the Reaver is active).

A single blow with the Spirit Reaver blade, or impact with a Spirit Reaver projectile, destroys the affected enemy.

―Steve Starvis (Eidos)^[4]

Notes[]

A similarly named Spirit Reaver was planned to appear in Soul Reaver 2 but was ultimately cut; with the enhancement becoming an all powerful final blade (more like the concepts of the Ariel Reaver and Amplified Reaver enhancements). With the Spirit Reaver removed from Soul Reaver 2, it would be left to Legacy of Kain: Defiance to debut a more permanent Spirit Reaver enhancement and its special abilities.^{[Defiance/12]}^[Defiance]

References[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 The Elemental Reavers at The Lost Worlds (by Ben Lincoln)
↑ The Elemental Reaver Forges at The Lost Worlds (by Ben Lincoln)
↑ The Spirit Glyph at The Lost Worlds (by Ben Lincoln)
↑ November 24, 2001 snapshot of Soul Reaver Playstation (PSone) Cheat Codes in ABSOLUTE PLAYSTATION ( PSX, PS, PS1 ) - Soul Reaver at ABSOLUTE PLAYSTATION

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This article is about The elemental Spirit Reaver enhancement planned for Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver. For The enhancement planned to be gained from Ariel in Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, see Ariel Reaver. For the Spirit Reaver enhancement planned for Soul Reaver 2, see Spirit Reaver (Soul Reaver 2). For the permanent enhancement seen in Legacy of Kain: Defiance, see Spirit Reaver (Defiance).

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Items

Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain

Blood types	Red blood Black blood Blue blood Green blood

Armor	The Iron Armor The Bone Armor The Chaos Armor The Flesh Armor The Wraith Armor

Weapons	The Iron Sword The Spiked Mace The Axes The Flame Sword The Soul Reaver

Objects	The Heart of Darkness Anti-Toxin Flay The Pentalich of Tarot Implode Font of Putrescence Energy Bank Slow Time

Power-ups	Blood beakers Blood vials Magic energy Magic spheres Rune triangles

Tokens	Nupraptor's Head Vorador's Signet Ring Bane's Antler Headdress DeJoule's Insulating Cloak Malek's Helmet Azimuth's Eye Elzevir's Doll Time-streaming devices Moebius's Hourglass Anarcrothe's Alchemical Scales Mortanius's Death Orb

Minor items	Vorador's sword Malek's armor Malek's pike The Death's Head mask Souls The battered shield The broken mirror The goblet The guillotine The newly-crafted shield The shotgun The vampire hunters' banner Moebius's Staff

Cut items	The Bone Sword

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver

Weapons	Claws "catpipe" "cstaff" "hubstaff" "lstaff" "lukpoon" "pipestk" "prong" "staff" "stake_f" "stake_l" "stake_r" "stdaluk" "stdcath" "stdorac" "stdskin" "stdtomb" "stnaff" "gong" "hndtrch" "boldasc" "boldasd" "boldase" "boldasf" "urnx" "urny" "urnz" "walbose"

Reavers	The Wraith Blade (The Spectral Reaver The Material Reaver The Fire Reaver)

Essential items	Souls (Melchiah's soul Zephon's soul Rahab's soul Dumah's soul) Eldritch energy Eldritch energy power-ups Health power-ups The telekinetic force projectile relic

Minor items	Claws The Soul Reaver Vorador's Signet Ring Blue blood Red blood Crossbows Flamethrowers Knives "stick" The vampire hunters' banner The Ariel Reaver The Kain Reaver Moebius's Staff

Other items	Nupraptor's Head

Cut items	The Amplified Reaver The Chaos Armor Green blood Malek's Helmet The Sound Reaver The Spirit Reaver The Stone Reaver The Sunlight Reaver The Water Reaver

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver comic

Red blood The Soul Reaver Vorador's Signet Ring "cstaff" Souls

Soul Reaver 2

Essential items	Souls

Reavers	The Wraith Blade (The Material Reaver The Spectral Reaver The Dark Reaver The Light Reaver The Air Reaver The Fire Reaver)

Weapons	Claws Air Forge axes Axes Dark Forge staffs Falchions Halberds Light Forge halberds Light Forge tridents Long swords Scimitars Short swords Torches Tridents The Reaver

Puzzle objects	Emblem keys The Sun Disk The Reflector The Light Forge key The blue heart The green heart The red heart Blood chalices

Minor items	Vorador's Signet Ring Moebius's Staff Blue blood Red blood The Soul Reaver Hand cannons Black blood Green blood The Golden Ouroboros The Heart of Darkness Malek's armor Malek's Helmet Pikes Melchiah's soul Zephon's soul Rahab's soul Dumah's soul Turel's soul

Other items	The Iron Armor Vorador's sword

Cut items	The Earth Reaver The Spirit Reaver The Water Reaver

Blood Omen 2

Weapons	Claws "Hsword" "LClub" "Lsword4" "Dagger" "polearm" "Hax" "LSword" "Scepter" "Lsword2" "Handax2" The Soul Reaver

Obtainable objects	Red blood Lore Weapon power The Nexus Stone

Costumes	Costume A Costume B Costume C Costume D The Iron Armor

Minor items	Crossbows Firebombs Throwing knives

Other items	Moebius's Staff The Heart of Darkness

Cut items	"dagger2" "handaxe2" "Lsword3" "mace"

Legacy of Kain: Defiance

Kain's Reavers	The Reaver (The Balance Emblem Flame Dimension Lightning Time The Soul Reaver) The cardboard tube

Raziel's Reavers	The Wraith Blade (The Spectral Reaver The Material Reaver The Dark Reaver The Light Reaver The Fire Reaver The Air Reaver The Water Reaver The Earth Reaver The Spirit Reaver)

Artifacts	The Falcon Insignia Malek's Shield Malek's Sword The Decorative Sword The Ornamental Shield Kain's Family Crest The Faceted Orb The Stone Disc The Bronze Disc The Howling Heartstone The Wheel of Life The Rusted Scales The Carved Stone Skull The Blood Drinker The Heart Seeker The Gold Half of Vorador's Crest The Soul Stealer The Silver Half of Vorador's Crest The Library Seal The Earth Globe The Sphere of Energy The Obsidian Sphere The Dark Scripture The Heart of Darkness The Golden Ouroboros

Bonus items	Health talismans Telekinetic runes Arcane tomes

Essential items	Red blood Souls (Turel's soul)

Minor items	Vorador's Signet Ring Moebius's Staff Vorador's sword The Death's Head mask Blue blood

Other items	Malek's armor Malek's Helmet The Iron Armor

Cut items	The Blue Chalice The Crimson Chalice of Evisceration The cardboard tube The cut Pillar Reaver upgrades The Mystical Gold Chalice Raziel's shield The unused artifact

Legacy of Kain: Defiance comic

The Reaver Vorador's Signet Ring Tridents Red blood The Heart of Darkness The Iron Sword The Soul Reaver "cstaff" Time-streaming devices The Wraith Blade Souls

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Cut content/Items

Legacy of Kain: The Dark Prophecy

The Soul Reaver Vorador's Signet Ring

Legacy of Kain: Dead Sun

Essential items	Souls

Bonus items	Golden souls Saradin glyphs Seals Named souls

Minor items	Red blood

Other items	The Soul Reaver

Nosgoth

Skins

Human

Hunter	Hunter's Armor Armor of the Exile Guardian's Brigandine Mercenary's Harness Veteran's Armor Dead Man's Mail Exalted Iron Guard Bloody Survivor Bloody Victor Auric Iron Guard Elite Iron Guard "SunCult"

Alchemist	Alchemist's Leathers Elustra's Mask Robes of the Desert Brimstone Vest Chemical Harness Nomad's Guise Exalted Red Sister Bloody Victor Auric Red Sister Bloody Survivor Elite Red Sister

Scout	Scout's Armor Armor of the Watch Marksman's Regalia Blight Stalker's Garb Assassin's Shroud Shroud of Lost Souls Exalted Watcher Auric Watcher Elite Watcher

Prophet	Prophet's Vestments Bloody Raiment Face of Malus Cenobite's Hood Woods Witch Witch of the North Woods Relic Hunter Auric Lost Seer Exalted Lost Seer Elite Lost Seer

Vanguard	Vanguard's Leathers Outlaw's Hood Ravager's Helm Corsair's Jack Mark of the Survivor War Cultist Auric Drowning Man Exalted Drowning Man Elite Drowning Man

Beastmaster	Furs of the Scourge Hunter's Furs Raptor's Mail Elementalist's Coat Druid's Hood

Vampire

Reaver	Reaver's Armor Raider's Hauberk Nightstalker's Mail Dumahim Platemail Imperial Guard Regalia Founder's Reaver Armor Marked Dumahim Evolved Dumahim Marked Evolved Dumahim

Tyrant	Tyrant's Armor Gilded Colossus Turelim Platemail Gladiator's Aegis Armor of the Imperial Guard Forgemaster's Mail Marked Turelim Conqueror Warlord Executioner Evolved Turelim Marked Evolved Turelim

Sentinel	Sentinel's Armor Iridescent Chitin Marauder's Carapace Hammerhead Husk Dark Angel's Carapace Eternal Scale Marked Razielim Evolved Razielim Marked Evolved Razielim

Deceiver	Deceiver's Armor Robes of the Manipulator Infiltrator's Mantle Flayer's Harness Imperial Guard Vestments Marked Zephonim Ashen Torturer Evolved Zephonim Marked Evolved Zephonim

Summoner	Ghoul-caller's Mantle Summoner Armor Gilded Corpse Melchahim Platemail Robes of the Imperial Guard Marked Melchahim Cager of Souls Evolved Melchahim Marked Evolved Melchahim

Rahabim	"RahabVampire" "RahabVampire2" "RahabVampire3" "RahabVampire4" "RahabVampire5"

Weapons

Hunter	Repeater Multibow Siege Bow Bolt-thrower

Alchemist	Hand Cannon Fullbore Cannon Multi Cannon Viscous Cannon

Scout	Compound Bow War Bow Swiftbow Stormbow Splinter Bow

Prophet	Dual Pistols Heavy Pistols Piercing Pistols Quick Pistols

Vanguard	Kama Waraxe Splitter Hatchet Impaler Axe

Beastmaster	Shotgun Repeating Shotgun Heavy Shotgun Hunter's Shotgun

Shields

Raptors

Treshawks

Currency

Materials

Boosters

List of Nosgoth boosters

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Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver

Series

Games	Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (1999)

Demos	"proto1" The Fire Glyph demo Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver - Quest for Melchiah

Manuals	The Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver manual Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver: Prima's Official Strategy Guide Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver - Das Offizielle Lösungsbuch

Comics	The Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver comic (1999)

Concepts	Kain II Shifter

Prototypes	Jan 23, 1999 Feb 4, 1999 Feb 16, 1999 Apr 14, 1999 May 12, 1999 Jun 1, 1999 Jun 10, 1999 Jun 18, 1999 Jun 28, 1999 Jul 2, 1999 Jul 14, 1999 Dec 13, 1999 Jan 12, 2000 Jan 18, 2000

History

Documents	"Lord Kain and the Story of Nosgoth"

Eras	The history preceding Blood Omen · The events of Soul Reaver

Events	Raziel's execution · Raziel's resurrection

Timelines	Timelines (The second timeline)

Characters

Major characters	Raziel The Elder God Kain Melchiah Zephon Rahab Dumah Ariel Moebius The Tomb Guardian

Minor characters	Turel List of Soul Reaver minor characters

Other characters	"astat" "babar" Malek Mortanius Nupraptor "stnglph" Vorador

Cut characters	The Priestess

Locations

Major locations	The Underworld The Lake of the Dead Raziel's Clan Territory The Necropolis The Sanctuary of the Clans (The Pillars of Nosgoth (Soul Reaver)) The Silenced Cathedral The Tomb of the Sarafan The Drowned Abbey The Ruined City of the Dumahim The Oracle's Cave The Chronoplast

Overland	The Overland

Villages	The Human Citadel

Dungeons	The Force Glyph Altar The Stone Glyph Altar The Sound Glyph Altar The Fire Forge The Water Glyph Altar The Fire Glyph Altar The Sunlight Glyph Altar

Minor locations	The Smokestack Nupraptor's Retreat The Sarafan Stronghold Time-streaming chambers

Cut locations	"adda2" Dark Eden Kain's Mountain Retreat The Lake of Lost Souls Malek's Bastion Push Riley's Test Area The Robert Chang tests The Sound Forge The Spirit Forge The Spirit Glyph Altar The Stone Forge The Sunlight Forge Turel's Clan Territory The Undercity The Water Forge

Inhabitants

Races	Humans · Vampires (Vampires (events of Soul Reaver))

Creatures	Animals · Reavers · Sluagh · Specters · Wraiths

Factions	The agents of the Elder God · The Circle of Nine · Kain's empire (The Council · The Dumahim · Kain's lieutenants · The Melchahim · The Rahabim · The Razelim · The Turelim · The vampire worshippers · The Zephonim) · The vampire hunters (events of Soul Reaver)

Walkthrough

"Vampire Scourge" "Underworld" "Raziel's Clan Territory" "Necropolis" "Melchiah" "Soul Reaver" "The Silenced Cathedral" "Zephon" "Tomb Of Sarafan" "The Drowned Abbey" "Rahab" "Ruined City of the Dumahim" "Dumah" "Oracle's Cave" "Showdown With Kain"

"Force Glyph" "Stone Glyph" "Fire Glyph" "Sound Glyph" "Sunlight Glyph" "City Life And Death"

Terms

The Abyss Ariel's platform Bells Blocks Cheats The Chronoplast visions Constrict objects Doors The Elder God's platform Eldritch energy recharges Feeding Fire Force fields The health coil Health recharges Levers Permeable barriers Planar portals Pupating Melchahim Pupating Rahabim Pupating Zephonim Rotatable and movable objects Revived vampires The ring menu Scalable walls Sealed doors The soul altar Sunlight Switches Telekinetic breakables Teleportation Updrafts Wall spikes Warp gates Water Wheels

Debug menus Lava Pupating Turelim

Items

Weapons	Claws "catpipe" "cstaff" "hubstaff" "lstaff" "lukpoon" "pipestk" "prong" "staff" "stake_f" "stake_l" "stake_r" "stdaluk" "stdcath" "stdorac" "stdskin" "stdtomb" "stnaff" "gong" "hndtrch" "boldasc" "boldasd" "boldase" "boldasf" "urnx" "urny" "urnz" "walbose"

Reavers	The Wraith Blade (The Spectral Reaver The Material Reaver The Fire Reaver)

Essential items	Souls (Melchiah's soul Zephon's soul Rahab's soul Dumah's soul) Eldritch energy Eldritch energy power-ups Health power-ups The telekinetic force projectile relic

Minor items	Claws The Soul Reaver Vorador's Signet Ring Blue blood Red blood Crossbows Flamethrowers Knives "stick" The vampire hunters' banner The Ariel Reaver The Kain Reaver Moebius's Staff

Other items	Nupraptor's Head

Cut items	The Amplified Reaver The Chaos Armor Green blood Malek's Helmet The Sound Reaver The Spirit Reaver The Stone Reaver The Sunlight Reaver The Water Reaver

Abilities

Innate abilities	Combat Crouching Gliding Shifting Sneaking Soul devouring

Earned abilities	Phasing through gates Scaling walls Telekinetic force projectiles/Reaver bolts Swimming Constricting

Glyphs	Glyphs (The Shift Glyph The Force Glyph The Stone Glyph The Sound Glyph The Water Glyph The Fire Glyph The Sunlight Glyph)

Cut abilities	Amplified force projectiles Possess Shape-shifting Shift At Will The Spirit Glyph

Enemies

Enemies	Adepts Adult Dumahim Adult Melchahim Adult Rahabim Adult Turelim Adult Zephonim Fledgling Dumahim Fledgling Melchahim Fledgling Rahabim Fledgling Turelim Fledgling Zephonim Novitiates Sluagh Vampire hunters (crossbow) Vampire hunters (flamethrower) Vampire wraiths

NPCs	Villagers

Bosses	Melchiah Kain (Pillars) Zephon The Tomb Guardian Rahab Dumah Kain (Chronoplast)

Cut enemies	Forsaken Kain's brides Monsters Winged vampires Wolf-like vampires The Priestess Turel Kain (Retreat)

Production

Cast	Michael Bell Tony Jay Simon Templeman Neil Ross Anna Gunn Richard Doyle

Gallery

Audio	Music (Cathedral Drowned Abbey Necropolis Ozar Midrashim Pillars Ruined City Sound Glyph Spectral Underworld Sunlight Glyph The City Turel Clan Underworld Underworld Lt) Voiceover

Documents	Manual.pdf

Images	Screenshots Cinematic stills Bitmaps Texture maps Arnold Ayala images Boyd Lake images Brett Hartshorn images Casto Vocal images Daniel Cabuco images Dave Reyes images Eidos Interactive images Freddie Lee images GlyphX images Nosgothic Realm images Robert Chang images Stephen Trusty images The Lost Worlds images Soul Reaver comic images

Videos	YouTube videos

Archive

Transcripts	Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver transcript

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