Darksiders / Upgrades guide

Darksiders upgrades and souls guide: Vulgrim, Wrath and weapon growth

Spend currency on moves and survival tools you will actually use.

Edition covered

The original 2010 campaign, illustrated with the original PC Steam app’s screenshots. Warmastered Edition upgrades presentation; Darksiders II, III and Genesis have different heroes and progression systems.

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Soul colors have separate jobs

Vulgrim currency

Blue souls

Useful habit: Compare the next move with survival purchases.

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Health recovery

Green souls

Useful habit: Collect after taking damage.

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Wrath recovery

Yellow souls

Useful habit: Keep an ability ready for difficult groups.

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Enables Chaos Form when ready

Chaos meter

Useful habit: Save the transformation for a threatening encounter.

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Wrath abilities serve different roles

Area damage around War

Blade Geyser

Good use: A group that has closed in.

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Defensive enhancement

Stoneskin

Good use: A demanding close-range exchange.

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Fire damage around War

Immolation

Good use: Nearby enemies during sustained pressure.

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Damaging supernatural attack

Affliction

Good use: A group where its effect can persist.

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Quick notes

Soul colors have separate jobs. Blue souls are the shop currency.
Wrath abilities serve different roles. Blade Geyser supplies a burst around War, while Stoneskin offers a defensive approach.
Weapon growth rewards using the weapon. Purchased combat moves expand options, while fighting with the weapons develops their levels.
Keep a survival reserve. Before a difficult boss, compare a useful consumable or capacity upgrade with an optional move.

References

Guide references
Reference	Website
Darksiders publisher listing	store.steampowered.com
Original Darksiders PC manual	store.steampowered.com
Original campaign dungeon walkthrough	darksiders.fandom.com
Twilight Cathedral reference	darksiders.fandom.com