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<big>'''Backlash'''</big>: I've noticed on 2 or 3 ocassions that you can get a backlash if you pray at another altar inside the holysite area.  This matters because at several holy sites I've seen people put altars right next to the holy site. It is a pain to walk outside the holy site area to spam prays but then your characters with bad soul strength won't blow up the holysite. I've seen backlashes cause between 3-10 corruption.(Dirk, Apr 24th 2023)   <big>'''Soul Crystals Crystal Data''' :</big> (By Dirk, Apr 24th 2023) '''-Minimum Skill''': There appears to be a minimum skill tick size that is set by your current skill and possilby some other factors like how far above the critters skill you skill is. You get the minimum when your skill is higher than the soul crystal creatures skill. Effective ql, critter idenity, and rare+ seem to have little or no affect on the minimum skill gained, especially if you skill is much higher than the critters. Rare+ may give higher skill, but not if its a minimum gain.  When you get a minimum gain the event tab says: "[01:30:04] Your knowledge of Body control already surpasses that of the former rooster, but you still manage to learn something."  Dirk Minimum Strength Data:

| supreme soul crystal [bull] supreme || 68.44 || 3.56 || 66.00 || [22:32:11] Body strength increased by 0.0047 to 52.8575|} Dirk Minimum Body Stamina Data:  {| class="wikitable"|-! Name !! Quality !! Damage !! Effective QL !! Skill Tick|-| soul crystal [large rat] || 91.33 || 1.15 || 90.28 || [23:36:54] Body stamina increased by 0.0059 to 41.1168|-| soul crystal [lava spider] || 87.78 || 0.00 || 87.78 || [23:41:53] Body stamina increased by 0.0059 to 41.1227|-| soul crystal [mountain gorilla] || 96.51 || 0.00 || 96.51 || [23:42:57] Body stamina increased by 0.0059 to 41.1285|-| soul crystal [horse] || 93.31 || 0.00 || 93.31 || [23:23:57] Body stamina increased by 0.0059 to 41.0554|-| soul crystal [horse] || 89.97 || 0.15 || 89.84 || [23:24:16] Body stamina increased by 0.0059 to 41.0613|-| soul crystal [horse] || 96.65 || 0.00 || 96.65 || [23:24:46] Body stamina increased by 0.0059 to 41.0672|-| soul crystal [horse] || 86.84 || 1.49 || 85.55 || [23:25:28] Body stamina increased by 0.0059 to 41.0731|}  Dirk Minimum Skill for Rare Vs Normal:{| class="wikitable"|-! Name !! Quality !! Damage !! Effective QL !! Skill Tick|-| soul crystal [black bear] || 99.05 || 0.00 || 99.05 || [22:15:23] Soul strength increased by 0.0064 to 36.4641|-| soul crystal [mountain lion] || 95.86 || 11.44 || 84.89 || [23:45:40] Soul strength increased by 0.0063 to 36.8667|-| rare soul crystal [pig] || 95.09 || 0.00 || 95.09 || [23:50:57] Soul strength increased by 0.0063 to 36.9095|}  '''-When Do You Get More Than Minimum Skill?:'''A few of my skills were low enough that some critters gave about 3-10x more skill than the apparent minimums. For my skill gains that were ''not'' the minimum, they ''did'' appear to be affected by effective ql of the soul crystal and creature type. I see this most strongly for weaponless fighting since those ticks are the larges. When you get a tick bigger than the minimum, the event tab says: "[01:34:17] You absorb some of the former sea serpent's knowledge of Body control."  Doods that gave me higher than the minimum Characteristic gains on Dirk. {| class="wikitable"|-! Higher Body Stamina !! Higher Body Control !! Higher Soul Strength|-| Huge Shark || Dolphin, Huge Shark, Sea Serpent || Blue Whale, Croc, Dolphin, Hell Horse, Huge Shark, Lava Spider, Octopus, Sea Serp|}  Dirk Ticks That Were Above The Mininmum:{| class="wikitable"|-! Name !! Quality !! Damage !! Effective QL !! Skill Tick|-| soul crystal [blue whale] || 95.50 || 11.44 || 84.57 || [22:18:56] Soul strength increased by 0.0153 to 36.4794|-| soul crystal [blue whale] || 94.01 || 0.00 || 94.01 || [22:19:14] Soul strength increased by 0.0163 to 36.4957|-| soul crystal [crocodile] || 46.91 || 13.33 || 40.66 || [22:40:59] Soul strength increased by 0.0411 to 36.5685|-| soul crystal [dolphin] || 95.32 || 3.54 || 91.95 || [22:51:40] Body control increased by 0.0520 to 48.1004|-| soul crystal [dolphin] || 95.02 || 0.00 || 95.02 || [22:53:45] Body control increased by 0.0532 to 48.2094 ***Wth Sleep Bonus|-| soul crystal [dolphin] || 100.00 || 0.00 || 100.00 || [22:52:42] Body control increased by 0.0559 to 48.1562|-| soul crystal [dolphin] || 98.41 || 0.00 || 98.41 || [22:55:44] Soul strength increased by 0.0165 to 36.5913|-| soul crystal [hell horse] || 92.29 || 8.29 || 84.64 || [23:15:51] Soul strength increased by 0.0961 to 36.7288|-| soul crystal [huge shark] || 97.21 || 0.00 || 97.21 || [23:31:19] Body stamina increased by 0.0319 to 41.1050|-| soul crystal [huge shark] || 95.93 || 0.00 || 95.93 || [23:31:57] Soul strength increased by 0.0155 to 36.8154|-| soul crystal [huge shark] || 100.00 || 0.00 || 100.00 || [23:32:10] Soul strength increased by 0.0159 to 36.8313|-| soul crystal [lava spider] || 92.80 || 1.15 || 91.73 || [23:41:13] Soul strength increased by 0.0150 to 36.8463|-| soul crystal [lava spider] || 93.73 || 12.41 || 82.10 || [23:41:28] Soul strength increased by 0.0141 to 36.8604|-| soul crystal [octopus] || 89.07 || 0.58 || 88.55 || [23:47:15] Soul strength increased by 0.0146 to 36.8813|-| soul crystal [sea serpent] || 89.75 || 0.00 || 89.75 || [00:08:43] Body control increased by 0.0231 to 48.3722|-| soul crystal [sea serpent] || 96.90 || 0.00 || 96.90 || [00:08:58] Body control increased by 0.0244 to 48.3966|-| soul crystal [sea serpent] || 99.93 || 0.00 || 99.93 || [00:09:23] Soul strength increased by 0.1352 to 37.1429|-| soul crystal [champion huge shark] || 93.76 || 3.96 || 99.93 || [22:36:20] Weaponless fighting increased by 0.2293 to 24.4362|-| soul crystal [champion dolphin] || 95.90 || 0.00 || 95.90 || [22:35:31] Weaponless fighting increased by 0.1627 to 24.2069|-| soul crystal [dolphin] || 100.00 || 0.00 || 100.00 || [22:52:42] Weaponless fighting increased by 0.1247 to 24.8186|-| soul crystal [goblin brute] || 95.08 || 0.00 || 95.08 || [23:03:43] Weaponless fighting increased by 0.0621 to 24.8807

Dirks Minimum gains for comparison:  Body Stamina: [23:36:54] Body stamina increased by 0.0059 to 41.1168 Body Control: [22:13:48] Body control increased by 0.0052 to 47.9964 Soul Strength: [22:15:23] Soul strength increased by 0.0064 to 36.4641 Weaponless fighting: [23:22:55] Weaponless fighting increased by 0.0187 to 25.1705  '''-Rare/supreme Higher Chance to Get a Certain Skill?:''' It may be random chance since I only have a few data points but, some critters crystals give the same minimum seem to have a higher chance of giving a particular skill where as most other critters gave a normal soul crystal random assortment of skills. Examples:  Horse: 4/9 crystals were Body Stamina Hell Hound: 4/9 crystals were Body Strength Mountain Gorilla: 3/4 crystals were Body Strength Huge Spider: 3/4 crystals were Body Control Mule crystals: 6/13 cystals were Soul Strength Lava fiend 4/5 crystals were Weponless Fighting Rooster: 4/6 crystals were Soul Strength  '''Additional Things:''' -The above data came from snorting 418 crystals in one go, my toon was high AF afterwards. -Sleep bonus, your nutrition/water level, and faith skill do not appear to affect the same animal regardless amount of effective qlskill gained. {| class="wikitable"|-! Name !! Quality !! Damage !! Effective QL !! Skill Tick !! Notes|-| soul crystal [mule] || 96.78 || 1.02 || 95.79 || [00:17:36] Soul strength increased by 0.0063 to 37.1743 || Almost empty food/water|-| soul crystal [mule] || 94.72 || 0.87 || 93.90 || [00:19:16] Soul strength increased by 0.0063 to 37.1806 || Full food/water|-| soul crystal [dolphin] || 95.32 || 3.54 || 91.95 || [22:51:40] Body control increased by 0.0520 to 48.1004 || SB off|-| soul crystal [dolphin] || 95.02 || 0.00 || 95.02 || [22:53:45] Body control increased by 0.0532 to 48.2094 || SB on|-| soul crystal [crocodile] || 100.00 || 0.00 || 100.00 || [22:39:36] Body control increased by 0.0052 to 48.0432 || Faith 1.8564|-| soul crystal [donkey] || 100.00 || 0.00 || 100.00 || [23:00:56] Body control increased by 0.0052 to 48.2146 || Faith 2.8564

-My weaponless fighting was low enough that soul crystals of critters gave about 4-10x more skill than Note: The sleep bonus ones in the apparent minimum. Most table above changed only because of my Weaponless fighting gains from soul crystals effective ql (i.e. the ones that were not which happens on ticks larger than the minimum gain) ''did'' appear to be affected by effective ql of the soul crystal and creature type, not because SB.

Stay tuned for supporting data..-No decay on soul crystals was observed after several weeks on or off deed sitting on the ground or in a cart.