Sins (Shards of Atheria)

Sin is a mechanic introduced by Shards of Atheria. When the player creates a character for the first time, they start with a Sinful Soul, which can be turned into one of the 7 Sinful Souls. The Wall of Flesh will drop another Sinful Soul and a Sinful Armament, which when used, transforms into either a Weapon or Accessory based on the active sin of the user.

Sinful Souls

Item	Buff	Effect	Sinful Armament
Envy Soul	Envy	Inflicts Darkness. Increases damage dealt to consecutively struck enemy.	✗
Gluttony Soul	Gluttony	Inflicts Starving when not Well Fed. Increases survivability while enemies are being killed.	Gomorrah
Greed Soul	Greed	Increases damage and reduces defense for each Gold Coin in inventory. Punishes dying by deleting all coins.	Pantheon
Lust Soul	Lust	Reduces damage but increases max minions. Enemies may drop hearts when struck.	✗
Pride Soul	Pride	Increases damage while having not taken damage. Punishes poor aim with reduced damage, defense, and speed.	Magnus
Sloth Soul	Sloth	Increases damage with minimal movemennt.	✗
Wrath Soul	Wrath	Increases damage with damage taken and dying.	Yamiko

Clensing

Virtuous Soul
File:Virtuous Soul (Shards of Atheria).png
File:Virtuous Soul (Shards of Atheria).png
Statistics
Cause	Using Virtuous Dagger with a sin active.
Effects	Increase damage by 10% Increase defense by 10Attackers also take damage
Tooltip	Damaging monsters increases purification by 1 When Purification charge reaches 35, the next critical hit creates a Holy Fire Explosion This explosion damages all enemies on the screen

Only one sin can be active at a time however they can be removed with the Virtuous Dagger. Removing a sin with the Virtuous Dagger replaces it with the Shards of Atheria/Virtuous SoulVirtuous Soul buff. It increases defense by 10, damage by 10%, and causes enemies to also take damage when coming in contact with the player. Every time the player with Virtuous Soul deals damage to an enemy it increases Purification by 1. When purification reaches over 35, the next critical hit will create an explosion which damages all enemies on screen.

Trivia

• The entire idea of this mechanic was inspired by the anime/manga series Re:Zero.