Soul Urn

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You'd think people would be more excited about a jar of souls!

— Soul Urn

The Soul Urn, also known as Spirit Urn, Soul Jar or Spirit Jar, is an object in the game that spawns at the 10 minutes mark and respawns in 5 minute intervals thereafter.

Players can choose to pick up the urn and deliver it to the other Soul Urn location on the other side of the map. Doing so will grant the team who delivered the urn some Soul Orbs; a Golden statue buff; and the courier themselves is granted an Ability Point, as well as additional Souls.

The Soul Urn will respawn after delivery on the side it was delivered to.

Carrying the Soul Urn[edit | edit source]

After 10 minutes has elapsed in a match, the Soul Urn will spawn in one of two positions located in either of the two outermost lanes; beside the overhanging bridge at York Street (Yellow Lane) or beside the bridge at Park Avenue (Green Lane). It will start by descending slowly from the sky and can only be grabbed after fully landing, which takes 30 seconds. Once landed, standing near the urn will cause the player to pick it up, taking 2 seconds. The player carrying the urn will be silenced.

While carrying the urn, the urn courier will have their Sprint Speed set to and limited to 15 m/s no matter what, but will be completely disarmed and silenced. The courier is revealed on the Minimap to the enemy team 15 seconds after picking it up. Couriers are also incapable of riding Ziplines or taking Teleporters, forcing them to run directly to the urn drop off point.

The courier can choose to drop the urn at any moment by pressing their parry key.

A heavy melee attack or any stun from an enemy will also force the courier to drop the urn. Dropped urns can be collected by any player, including the enemy team, and will walk back to its spawn point if left on the ground for too long.

The urn's drop-off point is on the opposite side of the map, indicated by a small green box on the Minimap. If one team is in the lead (measured by total soul delta, currently 15% for the first urn and 10% afterwards), the drop-off point will be closer to the losing team's side. It takes 2 seconds to properly drop off the urn, which then rewards the courier's team with soul orbs and additional bonuses. When the opposing team is carrying the Soul Urn, the green drop off box will appear red. The first time the Soul Urn spawns into the match at 10 minutes will never have a team-side spawn preference.

Soul Urn Reward[edit | edit source]

The Soul Urn Bounty is currently 1725 + 230/min (10 min spawn is 4,025) (Patch 15-10-24) ^[1]

A random Golden Statue buff is granted to each member of the capturing team.
60% of the total Soul value is immediately given to the capturing team.
- The remaining 40% of Souls are given in Soul Orbs, which may be Denied.
The courier receives an extra 25% of the share of Souls and an Ability Point.
If the capturing team is behind, extra Souls are granted based on the magnitude of the deficit (Patch 06-13-24) ^[1].

Approximate Reward Breakdown[edit | edit source]

The courier will receive 20.83% of the urn value (12.5% instantly, 8.33% in Soul Orbs).
The courier's teammates will receive 16.67% of the urn value (10% instantly, 6.66% in Soul Orbs). ^[1]

Minute	Bounty	Bounty+Bonus	Individual	Courier
10	4,025	4,193	671	838
15	5,175	5,390	863	1,078
20	6,325	6,588	1,054	1,317
25	7,475	7,786	1,246	1,557
30	8,625	8,984	1,438	1,797
35	9,775	10,182	1,629	2,036
40	10,925	11,380	1,821	2,276
45	12,075	12,578	2,013	2,515
50	13,225	13,776	2,204	2,755
55	14,375	14,973	2,396	2,994
60	15,525	16,171	2,588	3,234
65	16,675	17,369	2,779	3,473
70	17,825	18,567	2,971	3,713
75	18,975	19,765	3,163	3,952
80	20,125	20,963	3,354	4,192

Update history[edit | edit source]

Main article: Update history

Update	Changes
April 4, 2025	Fixed Ivy, Viscous and Magic Carpet moving faster than desired when holding the soul urn Urn reveal time reduced from 25s to 15s Urn speed limit increased from 13 m/s to 15 m/s
December 6, 2024	Carrying Urn now sets and limits your movespeed to a fixed 13 (this includes things like Ivy Air Drop). It no longer provides sprint. The speed cannot be reduced or increased. Urn spawn point now alternates left and right starting with left, rather than being random
November 21, 2024	Urn time to reveal increased from 20s to 25s Initial Urn bounty reduced from 4050 to 3000 (changed from 1750 + 230Min to 700 + 230Min) Adding an alternate Urn mechanic as an experiment for 2 days. This will be enabled this weekend only and Monday will be back to normal. Urn pickup location is the same, but drop-off location is now always at the top of mid temple. The bonus souls the team gets is reduced by 60% (the delivering player reward is unchanged). The reveal time is now 40s.

Lore[edit | edit source]

Trapper builds Soul Urns for the New York Municipal Coven.^[2]

The Urn is sentient and says its job is to keep New York clean by capturing rogue spirits, which should then be released in another location.

The Urn nags heroes to be delivered quickly and believes its work is underappreciated.

Trivia[edit | edit source]

It is currently possible to activate the Magic Carpet or use Ivy's Air Drop before being silenced in a very short timing window, allowing the courier to carry the urn while under the effect of the Magic Carpet.
In Neon Prime, the Urn was called the Idol.

References[edit | edit source]

↑ ^{Jump up to: 1.0} ^1.1 ^1.2 Unofficial Deadlock FAQ
↑ Trapper's background - "An employee of the New York Municipal Coven; Trapper spends his days building Spirit Urns, luring giant rats, and capturing various invasive species from The Outer Planes."

[Deadlock_FAQ-1] {Jump up to: 1.0} ^1.1 ^1.2 Unofficial Deadlock FAQ

[2] Trapper's background - "An employee of the New York Municipal Coven; Trapper spends his days building Spirit Urns, luring giant rats, and capturing various invasive species from The Outer Planes."

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