✦ THE SOULBINDING (ATTUNEMENT) ✦

„A pact, written in the frequencies of the Void. Wherever your body wanders, your soul remains chained to the monoliths. Even death does not break this resonance.“

Soulbinding is the ritual act that links you to a runestone. Without this connection, the altar refuses to communicate with you. Only through the bond of the soul do the energies of the socketed runes flow directly into your character.

1. The Ritual: How to bind yourself?

If you find a completely unbound or foreign shrine in the world, you must tune your frequency to the stone.

  1. Approach the black monolith closely.
  2. Aim at the block and hold the right mouse button (interaction key).
  3. A loading bar with the text "Soulbinding..." appears on your screen.
  4. Hold the key for exactly 3 seconds ($60$ ticks). A solemn sound plays, the stone cracks open, and the bond is forged.

The Laws of the Bond

  • ✦ Exclusivity: You can only be bound to a single shrine at a time. As soon as you perform the ritual at a new runestone, your old connection is severed immediately.
  • ✦ Collective Use: The shrine is not selfish. Multiple players can bind themselves to the same shrine. It then serves as a communal hub for your entire team.
  • ✦ Beyond Death: Once forged, the bond remains permanent even after death. When you respawn, you do not have to walk back – the resonance of your altar reaches you everywhere.

2. The Flow of Power: Rune Activation

Once the bond is active, your character becomes the receiver of the altar. You do not need to be near the stone to use its power. As long as you maintain the necessary experience level, the shrine feeds the passive attributes of the Minor and Major Runes as well as your active Milestone abilities directly into your body – regardless of how far away you are.

Go to the GUI Explanation to learn how to use runes and which level caps you must observe.

3. The Shadows: Your Lasting Presence

As soon as a player binds themselves to a runestone, their soul leaves a permanent imprint in the physical world. Eerie Shadows manifest around the altar.

These figures mirror the presence of the bound players and guard the shrine in silence. What is behind their shifting appearance or the ominous objects in their hands, you will have to experience firsthand when standing in the dark before the altar...

4. 🧭 The HUD Feature: Shrine Resonance

Have you lost your way deep in the wilderness and no longer know where your altar is located? The mod provides you with a built-in compass for which you do not need a map:

Simply take any Rune into your main or off-hand. As soon as you hold a rune, the "Shrine Resonance" is displayed on your HUD above the hotbar. The interface shows you with precise directional arrows (⬆, ⬈, ➡ etc.) and an exact distance display in blocks/meters where your soul anchor is located. Should you be in a completely different dimension (e.g., in the Nether), the compass warns you with the display "Unknown Dimension".