Elin:Gods

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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.

God Offerings Passive Pet Gift Artifact Bonuses Festival Altar
Eyth of Void (Demigod Only)Strength, Endurance, Dexterity, Perception, Learning, Will, Magic, Charisma, Speed Granite
Kumiromi of Harvest Corpses, Seeds, Vegetables Perception, Dexterity, Learning, Farming, Alchemy, Weaving, Literacy Cute Fairy Seeds are generated from rotting food. Seeds are enhanced. Yowyn, 9th Month Topaz
Opatos of Earth Corpses, Ore Strength, Endurance, Shield, Weightlifting, Mining, Blacksmith Golden Knight Reduce all damage taken by 10%. Adamantite
Itzpalt of Element Corpses, Spellbooks, Polearms Magic, Meditation, Fire Resistance, Cold Resistance, Lightning Resistance Exile Learn the special action "Absorb Mana", restores mana. Rubynus
Mani of Machine Corpses, Guns, Drugs Dexterity, Perception, Gun, Spot Hidden, Lockpicking, Appraising, Strategy Android Dominate Hostile Machines. Chromite
Ehekatl of Luck Corpses, Fish Charisma, Luck, Evasion, Magic Capacity, Fishing, Stealth Black Cat Randomize mana and stamina cost. Mica
Jure of Healing Corpses, Junk, Gravestones, Cake Will, Regeneration, Meditation, Anatomy, Cooking, Magic Device, Magic Capacity Defender Learn the special action "Prayer of Jure", heals the party. Noyel, 12th Month 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. Lapis Lazuli
Elin of Harmony Opal
Yaksha of Oblivion Port Kapul, 6th Month Onyx
Kizuami of Trickery Corpses, Short Swords, Rice Meal, Noodle Meal Charisma, Speed, Memorization, Control Magic, Nether Resistance, Holy Resistance White Vixen Learn the special action "Kizuami's Trick", buffs self and debuffs enemy 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 physical attacks.

Dawn Cloth
Yevan of Strife Titanium

Moonsong Festival -> Olvina, 3rd month

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 and a relevant stat a small amount (speed for Lulwy). 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.

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.

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 and Kizuami and Horome's shrines in Mifu Village cannot be converted.

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

Rewards

Pets

The first reward a god offers will be a pet. This follower will be of the apostle race, and always has the faith of its respective god. Humanoid god pets 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 godservants, 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 ++ Fairy Belly Spits out seeds after eating. Tentacles have 4 hands and 180 life. They pull nearby enemies close and entangle them in place.
Ranged Mastery 2 Increased effectiveness of ranged weapons.
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. Initial carry weight is about 260s before she refuses to accept more.

Can survive fatal blows (exact mechanics unknown).

Weapon Mastery 2 Increased Effectiveness of melee weapons.
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 Has innate magic, dark and nether immunities. With his faith bonuses, he can eventually be immune to 6 elements.
Magic Mastery 2 Specialized Domains +2
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

Continuous Shooting Number of projectiles fired +2, Reload time reduced Reboot is instant and recovers about 25% health.
Reboot You can reboot yourself upon death.
Thief's Luck 1 +10 Luck
Ranged Mastery 1 Increased effectiveness of ranged weapons
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. Blessing of Ehekatl Enhance dropped equipment. 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.
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 Boost threshold is at about 25%.

Cannot boost while ridden or as a symbiote.

Boost You have greatly improved abilities when dying
Ranged Mastery 2 Increased power of ranged weapons
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. Miko You draw power from cursed equipment. 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.

Magic Mastery 2 Specialized Domains +2
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. Celestial Fox Life + 15, Speed +5, Dark, Magic, Holy Res+, Evolves with each additional tail. 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.

Defensive Instinct 1 Lay on hands available when worshipping Jure
Devout 2 Increase benefit from god's favour.
Elin of Harmony
Yaksha of Oblivion
Yevan of Strife

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.

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 Place Where Winds Rest.