Soul sphere

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The Soul sphere is a fictional artifact from the video game Doom 1 and Doom 2.

It is highly sought after in a deathmatch session and since Doom has appeared in some form (although different name) in many modern deathmatch games.

The soul sphere is a powerup that appears as a floating blue orb with a human face. Picking one up increases the player's health by 100%, up to a maximum of 200% (199% in early versions of Doom 1), and the player receives the message "SUPERCHARGE!".

At one point in Doom's development, it was intended for the player to have a limited number of lives. The soul sphere was said to contain a human soul (hence the name and appearance) and collecting it would award an extra life. That behavior would have made it resemble the "extra life" orb item from Wolfenstein 3D.

Soul spheres are included in the items percentage displayed at the end of each level.

Soul sphere data
Thing type 2013 (decimal), 7DD (hex)
Appears in Shareware Doom
Registered Doom
Ultimate Doom
Doom II/Final Doom
Radius 20
Sprite SOUL
Class Artifact
Pickup

[edit] Appearance statistics

The IWADs contain the following numbers of soul spheres:

Game ITYTD and HNTR HMP UV and NM
Ultimate Doom 37 37 38
Doom II 37 39 39
TNT: Evilution 34 28 29
Plutonia 28 28 29

[edit] Doom RPG

In the Doom RPG, the soul sphere gives the player maximum health and maximum armor, similar to the Megasphere in Doom II.