Elin:Gods

Some of the text on this page is from the Beta build of the game.

Worship provides many bonuses to the player. The Gods of Elin each have their own domains and relationships with each other.

Bonuses from worship scale with how long you have been worshipping the deity in question, as well as your favor with him or her.

Special actions granted by worship cost stamina to activate.

Gods

God	Offerings	Passive	Pet	Artifact	Gift	Bonuses	Static Altar	Altar Material
Eyth of Void		(Demigod Only)Strength, Endurance, Dexterity, Perception, Learning, Will, Magic, Charisma, Speed					Truce Ground	Granite
Kumiromi of Harvest	Corpses, Seeds, Vegetables, Fruits	Perception, Dexterity, Learning, Farming, Alchemy, Weaving, Literacy	Cute Fairy			Seeds are generated from rotting food. Seeds are enhanced.	Truce Ground	Topaz
Opatos of Earth	Corpses, Ore	Strength, Endurance, Shield, Weightlifting, Mining, Blacksmith	Golden Knight			Reduce all damage taken by 10%.	Truce Ground	Adamantite
Itzpalt of Element	Corpses, Spellbooks, Polearms, Ancient Books, Naughty Books	Magic, Meditation, Fire Resistance, Cold Resistance, Lightning Resistance	Exile	Elemental Staff		Learn the special action "Absorb Mana", restores mana.	Truce Ground	Rubynus
Mani of Machine	Corpses, Guns, Drugs	Dexterity, Perception, Gun, Spot Hidden, Lockpicking, Appraising, Strategy	Android			Dominate Hostile Machines.	Truce Ground, Aquli Teola	Chromite
Ehekatl of Luck	Corpses, Fish	Charisma, Luck, Evasion, Magic Capacity, Fishing, Stealth	Black Cat			Randomize mana and stamina cost.	Truce Ground	Mica
Jure of Healing	Corpses, Junk, Gravestones, Cake, Bread, Cookie	Will, Endurance, Regeneration, Meditation, Anatomy, Cooking, Magic Device, Magic Capacity	Defender	Holy Lance		Learn the special action "Prayer of Jure", heals the party.	Truce Ground, Noyel	Diamond
Lulwy of Wind	Corpses, Booze, Bows, Crossbows	Perception, Speed, Bow, Crossbow, Evasion, Taming	Black Angel			Learn the special action "Lulwy's Trick", grants speed.	Truce Ground	Lapis Lazuli
Elin of Harmony							N/A	Opal
Yaksha of Oblivion							N/A	Onyx
Kizuami of Trickery	Corpses, Short Swords, Rice Meal, Noodle Meal	Charisma, Luck, Speed, Memorization, Control Magic, Nether Resistance, Holy Resistance	White Vixen			Learn the special action "Kizuami's Trick", buffs self and debuffs enemy	Mifu Village	Jade
Horome of Moonshadow	Corpses, Long Swords, Rods	Magic, Charisma, Long Sword, Casting, Music, Darkness Resistance	Fox Maid			Learn the special action "Headpat". Raises affection; if the target is aligned with Horome, grant a buff. Steal mana with melee attacks.	Nefu Village	Dawn Cloth
Yevan of Strife	Corpses, Long Swords, Axes, Body Armour	Strength, Dexterity, Perception, Tactics, Two Handed, Dual Wield, Riding, Travel	Militant			Physical attacks temporarily enhanced with enemies defeated. Effect stacks up to the more enemies you defeat, with more enemies required per level. Gradually fades if the player stops killing.	The Place Where Winds Rest	Titanium

Aside: Festivals and Gods

In seasonal festivals, some deities are worshipped or motifs are used as the main actors of the festival.

Yaksha of Oblivion: Festival of the Dead in Port Kapul, 6th month

Kumiromi of Harvest: Harvest Festival in Yowyn, 9th month

Jure of Healing: the Holy Night Festival in Noyel, 12th month

The Moonsong Festival of Olvina, 3rd month, is also a festival in honor of Odina, the goddess of charity, although she is not a deity that can be worshipped.

Worship

By right-clicking on the altar and selecting “Worship”option, you can worship that deity.

At the Truce Ground north of Palmia, there are altars set up for the seven Pillars of Ylva (Izpalt, Opatos, Kumiromi, Jure, Lulwy, Ehekatl, and Mani) and Eyth. Note that the altar of Mani is also located in Aquli Teola, so if you wish to worship him, we recommend that you head that way, which is closer to My home.

As for the other deities, Kizuami has an altar dedicated to him in Mifu Village, south of Lumiest, Horome in Nefu Village, further north from the Truce Ground, and Yevan in The Place Where Winds Rest, east of Mysilia.

If you convert to another god while you have faith in a deity other than Eyth, you will receive divine punishment from the original deity with a strength corresponding to the number of days of faith.

Praying

The player may pray to their god once a day. Praying completely heals the player's HP and MP, in addition to training faith. Unlike in Elona, it does not cost favor.

Offerings and Favor

The player may offer an item as an offering by highlighting an altar of their god and selecting the "offer" option, or directly placing the item on the altar.

While all the gods of Ylva accept corpses as offerings, each also accepts other items. Heavier corpses and more valuable offerings grant more favor. Gifting offerings also trains the player's faith.

Unlike in Elona, gods do not appear to have favored offerings amongst those they accept. Instead, particularly valuable offerings will provoke the same response from the player's worshipped deity that was reserved for favored offerings in Elona.

Other changes from Elona include the fact that food-based offerings, such as fish and vegetables, are worth much less when spoiled. Also, they cannot be offered after being cooked. However, for gods who favor cooked dishes, the raw ingredients cannot be offered; for example, Kizuami will request "noodle dishes" but will not accept "noodles" before they are cooked.

A stack of items can be offered all at once; it will count as a single offering with the combined weight/value of the entire stack.

Favor can be exchanged for goods and services. When the player has acquired enough piety by making offerings, praying will deliver a reward.

The Value of the Offering

The text of the item's dedication gives the approximate value of the item (the favor gained).

Value	Message
< 0.5	disappears.
0.5 ~ 2.0	shines for a moment and disappears.
2.0 ~ 3.0	shines for a moment and disappears. A three-leaved falls from the alter.
> 3.0	shines all around and disappears. + Response from your God

There are two main standards of value for offerings, either variable in weight or fixed value. The quality of the offering has no effect on its value, with rotten food having the lowest value unconditionally.

Depends on total weight (corpses, fish, equipment)

The ratio of weight to value varies for each type of offering

Corpses: 1.0 / 1.0s, fish: 1.0 / 0.2s, equipment: 1.0 / 0.5s

Fixed value

All stackable items except corpses and fish are worth 1 point each.

All non-stackable books and rods are supposed to have the following values, regardless of the number of uses remaining, type, or deciphering status.

Magic books: +4, Ancient Books and Naughty Books: +5, Rods: +3

Stacking and dedicating items increases the strength of each offering.

However, there is an upper limit to the amount of favor that can be increased by a single offering, and if too many items are offered at once, the excess will be wasted.

The maximum amount is 30 points, so it is advisable to make offerings in smaller portions.

(currently being verified) Maximum amount of items to be offered at one time.

A border is set for each 30 points of favor, and if you dedicate all the points exceeding this border at once, the points earned for the amount exceeding the border will be reduced to about half the value. In addition, the excess can only accumulate a maximum of 15 points (equivalent to 30 points without halving).

Therefore, the maximum amount of favor that can be raised by a single offering is 45 points (equivalent to 30 points plus 15 points for the excess half).

Favor

The upper limit of favor is faith skill x 30, and the approximate current value can be measured from the yellow-green text that appears every 30 points earned.

The message will vary according to the ratio of the current favor to the maximum favor. If the message “You have felt oneness with God.” means that you are currently at the maximum level of faith, and you will need to increase your faith skill level to deepen your faith beyond that point.

Current value/max value	Message
0 ~ 25%	You felt God's presence far away.
25 ~ 45%	You felt the distance between you and God shrinking.
45 ~ 75%	You feel a sense of peace.
75 ~ 99%	You feel as if your God is right beside you.
100%	You feel a sense of oneness with your God.

Altar conversion

Offering an item on an altar not of one's god will attempt to claim the altar for the player's god. The success chance is dependent on the offering's favor gain. Failure will result in punishment. Attempts to convert altars dedicated to Eyth will never fail as the altar is considered empty.

Special altars like Mani's machine altar in Aqui Teola, Kizuami's shrine in Mifu Village, Horome's shrine in Nefu Village, and the altar of Yevan in cannot be converted.

Special altars such as the cyber altar at Mani in Aquli Teola, the altar of Kizuami in Mifu Village, the altar of Horome in Nefu Village, and the altar of Yevan in The Place Where Winds Rest cannot be taken over.

In addition, the altars located at the Truce ground and the altar of Jure in Noyel, which look like ordinary altars, cannot be taken over as well.

Rewards

Pets

The first reward a god offers will be a pet. In order to advance your favor to the level where you can receive a pet, you must have a Faith skill of 15 or higher.

This follower will be of the apostle race, and always has the faith of its respective god. They are all considered good for riding.

While you can collect followers from different gods, attempting to put more than two in a party together will cause infighting amongst the different apostles, which practically speaking means you can only ever use two at a time at most.

God	Pet	Gender	Class	STR	END	DEX	PER	LER	WIL	MAG	CHA	Life	Mana	Speed	Ability	Trait		Feat		Additional Notes
Eyth of Void
Kumiromi of Harvest	Cute Fairy	Male	Archer	21	17	25	19	15	11	10	10	50	150	141	Mind Arrow, Slow, Eye of Dimness, Levitation, Summon Tentacle	Elemental Dust 2	Magic, Dark, Nerve, Nether, Sound, Mind, Chaos Res ++	Ranged Mastery 2	Increased effectiveness of ranged weapons.	Tentacles have 4 hands and 180 life. They pull nearby enemies close and entangle them in place.
																Fairy Belly	Spits out seeds after eating.
Opatos of Earth	Golden Knight	Female	Warrior	26	27	14	11	11	15	10	12	100	150	101	Charge, Taunt, Nature's Embrace	Earthen Master	You can carry heavy items without complaint. Earth's gravity affects weapon attacks.	Weapon Mastery 2	Increased Effectiveness of melee weapons.	Initial carry weight is about 260s before she refuses to accept more. Can survive fatal blows (exact mechanics unknown).
Itzpalt of Element	Exile	Male	Wizard	11	11	11	17	16	25	25	10	100	150	101	Magic Dart, Darkness Dart, Nether Dart	Continuous Casting	Number or magic projectiles +1	Magic Mastery 2	Specialized Domains +2	Has innate magic, dark and nether immunities. With his faith bonuses, he can eventually be immune to 6 elements.
Mani of Machine	Android	Male	Gunner	11	13	18	24	19	17	16	11	100	150	101	None	Arcane Core	Lightning Res - Poison, Cut Res ++++ Immune to Daze, Bleeding	Thief's Luck 1	+10 Luck	Reboot is instant and recovers about 25% health. Recharges when sleeping.
																Continuous Shooting	Number of projectiles fired +2, Reload time reduced	Ranged Mastery 1	Increased effectiveness of ranged weapons
																Reboot	You can reboot yourself upon death.
Ehekatl of Luck	Black Cat	Any	Predator	22	29	24	11	11	11	11	12	50	150	171	Nether Arrow, Bane, Eye of Insanity	Fluffy Tail	Increased speed when not wearing waist gear.			Unlike Elona, Black cat does NOT need to land the killing blow to lick. Black cat will lick boss chests as well as treasure chests, enchanting all equipment inside.
																Blessing of Ehekatl	Enhance dropped equipment.
Jure of Healing	Defender	Male	Paladin	22	23	10	11	11	16	12	20	100	150	101	Cure Critical Wounds, Holy Veil, Lay on Hands			Devout 2	Increase benefit from god's favour.	Lay on hands recharges after sleeping. Innately immune to holy.
																		Defensive Instinct 1	Lay on hands available when worshipping Jure.
Lulwy of Wind	Black Angel	Female	Archer	21	16	23	19	14	12	12	11	100	150	101	Speed, Slow, Insult, Levitate	Continuous Shooting	Number of arrows fired +1, Reload time reduced	Ranged Mastery 2	Increased power of ranged weapons	Boost threshold is at about 25%. Cannot boost while ridden or as a symbiote.
																Boost	You have greatly improved abilities when dying
Kizuami of Trickery	White Vixen	Female	Wizard	11	10	10	17	16	26	27	11	80	150	131	Nether Bolt, Holy Bolt	Fluffy Tail	Increased speed when not wearing waist gear.	Magic Mastery 2	Specialized Domains +2	Cursed equipment must be gifted (held and right click), destroyed on gift. Grants small amount of XP to a random spell proportional to item value. Doomed items grant more XP. Innately immune to holy.
																Miko	You draw power from cursed equipment.
Horome of Moonshadow	Fox Maid	Female	Paladin	22	23	10	11	11	16	12	20	80	150	106	Hero, Taunt	Fluffy Tail	Increased speed when not wearing waist gear.	Devout 2	Increase benefit from god's favour.	The level of the feat increases as the maid levels up, conferring additional bonus stats (15 life, 5 speed, and 1 holy, darkness and magic resistance per feat level). Sprite does not change from "evolution". Reaching 9 tails took about 150 hours of playtime. While hero is single-target and not party-cast, she can target allies with it.
																Celestial Fox	Life + 15, Speed +5, Dark, Magic, Holy Res+, Evolves with each additional tail.	Defensive Instinct 1	Lay on hands available when worshipping Jure
Elin of Harmony
Yaksha of Oblivion
Yevan of Strife	Militant	Male	Warmage	20	21	14	13	11	18	23	10	100	150	101	Hero, Cure Critical Wounds	Frontline Commander	Strengthen allies per enemy count on the same level +50% Base Potential for Long Sword, Mace, Staff, Polearm, Heavy Armor, Light Armor, and Shield	Weapon Mastery 1	Increased Effectiveness of melee weapons.	Strength, dexterity, and perception boost applies to all party members. The value is approximately 1 for every 5 enemies on the current map.
																		Magic Mastery 1	Specialized Domains +1

Artifacts

The second reward a god offers will be an artifact. In order to advance your favor to the level where you can receive an artifact, you must have a Faith skill of 30 or higher.

Each weapon has a faction effect and can be equipped by anyone belonging to the same faction as the player, benefiting the entire faction.

However, the faction effect only works if the player has faith in the deity corresponding to the artifact. The faction effect on the artifact disappears when the player converts, but the enchantment is restored when the player returns to that faith again.

Blessing

Obtaining a pot of water and placing it on the altar of one's god (Eyth included) will bless the water. The blessed water can then be blended with an item to bless it.

Placing water on an altar of a god one is not aligned with will curse it instead, and the cursed water can be blended with an item to curse it.

Relation

Gods begin the game indifferent to the player. The relation value can be negative or positive. Turning apostate from one god to the other reduces relation by a small amount from the god one is forsaking, but has no change in relation for the god of new worship. Certain actions seem to passively change the relation with gods, but offerings change relation more actively.

Attempting to convert an altar and failing (200 turns) or turning apostate (length dependent on previous degree of worship) hexes the player with a Punishment Hex which places an iron ball in their inventory that cannot be dropped, burdening the player. The weight of this ball is variable and scales with the player's carrying capacity.

The Pantheon

The Seven Pillars

The chief deities of Ylva: Itzpalt, Opatos, Kumiromi, Jure, Lulwy, Ehekatl and Mani (formerly Eyth). They govern large domains that impact the daily lives of Ylva's population and command most of the worship to be had.

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  Interpersonal relationships between the Seven Pillars and Eyth, by MT.

Major Gods

Major deities of the pantheon. While not as prominent as the Seven Pillars, they hold sway over sizeable domains and have a good number of followers.

Examples of major gods are Elin of Harmony and Yakasha of Oblivion.

Minor Gods

Lesser gods of the pantheon. They govern smaller or specialized domains which the major gods have overlooked, and are worshipped by a smaller number of select peoples or professions.

Examples of lesser gods are Kizuami of Trickery and Horome of Moonshadow.

Negentropy (Chaos) Gods

Some gods are bad. During previous ages of Ylva, they were defeated in holy wars and sealed away by the Seven Pillars of the pantheon.

Innos Tur'as is an example of a negentropy god, and may be encountered in The Place Where Winds Rest.