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==Unsecured Souls==
[[File:Unsecured souls.png|thumb|Unsecured souls icon]]{{Quotation|[[The Hidden King]]'s herald|Great job, you didn't just take their money, you took a little bit of their self respect!
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Souls earned from killing [[Neutrals]], destroying Sinner's Sacrifice machines, and destroying [[Crates]] are '''unsecured''' and are lost on death. If a player dies with at least {{DataProp|Convar|citadel_player_neutral_gold_drop_min}} + {{DataProp|Convar|citadel_player_neutral_gold_drop_min_increase_per_minute}}/minute unsecured souls they will be dropped in a '''Soul Container''', which can be claimed by any player by hitting it with a [[Melee Attack|Heavy Melee]]. Soul Containers will despawn after 3 minutes. These containers are marked with a circle icon on the [[Minimap]] and have a green glow effect. If a player dies with fewer than {{DataProp|Convar|citadel_player_neutral_gold_drop_min}} + {{DataProp|Convar|citadel_player_neutral_gold_drop_min_increase_per_minute}}/minute unsecured souls, no Soul Container will drop-they are permanently lost.

Unsecured souls are converted into secured souls over time, meaning they will no longer be dropped on death. This conversion rate is dynamic:

* '''Percentage Drain:''' Each second, '''{{#expr:{{DataProp|Convar|citadel_secure_gold_percent}}*100}}%''' of the player's ''current'' unsecured souls are converted. This means larger amounts of unsecured souls secure faster initially.
* '''Base Drain:''' In addition to the percentage, a flat amount is secured every second. This starts at '''{{DataProp|Convar|citadel_secure_gold_fixed}} souls/second''' and increases as the match progresses (scaling with the global bounty growth of {{#expr:{{DataProp|Convar|citadel_secure_gold_fixed_growth}}*100}}% per minute).
** '''Example at 10 Minutes:''' A player carrying '''1,000 unsecured souls''' will secure them at a rate of roughly '''7.9 souls/second''' (5 from percentage + ~2.9 base).
** '''Example at 20 Minutes:''' That same player carrying '''1,000 unsecured souls''' will secure them faster, at a rate of roughly '''9.2 souls/second''' (5 from percentage + ~4.2 base), due to the base rate scaling over time.

[[Image:Unsecured_Souls_HUD.png|thumbnail|300px|Souls UI for Heroes]]

Unsecured souls may be spent in the shop, but are spent ''after'' secured souls. They are indicated by the silver-green ball on the Hero's hip known internally as a Soul Container, as well as in the number on the HUD with a red icon.

Unsecured souls count towards leveling up. However, if the player dies and loses those souls, they will remain at the last unlocked level but lose progress to the next level equivalent to their dropped souls.

On the character UI, the large souls number is the '''total''' number of secured and unsecured souls added together.