Len Souls
An Exposure camera mod addon that adds an elemental damage system, boss phantom spectacles, and a Soul Photography ability system.
📖 Overview
Len Souls is a feature expansion for the Exposure camera mod. It introduces a complete elemental damage system, boss phantom spectacles, and Soul Photography abilities driven by in-game photography and soul items.
✨ Features
🔥 Elemental Damage
- Four elements: Fire, Water, Earth, Ender — each with configurable damage multipliers and entity weakness values
- Customizable via data packs (
data/lensouls/entity_weakness/) — reload with/reload - Multiple elements stack additively for bonus damage
Entity Weakness (data/lensouls/entity_weakness/<namespace>.json):
{
"minecraft:zombie": {
"fire": 1.5,
"water": 0.5,
"earth": 1.0,
"projectile": 1.0
},
"minecraft:blaze": {
"fire": 0.0,
"water": 3.0
}
}
Values: > 1 = weak (takes bonus damage), < 1 = resistant, 0 = immune. projectile is a general weakness for projectile damage. Unconfigured entities default to 0.1x.
Item Activity (data/lensouls/item_element_activity/<item_id>.json):
{
"values": {
"lensouls:fire": 2,
"lensouls:water": 1
}
}
Levels 1-5 map to activity multipliers 1.2 / 1.5 / 2.0 / 2.5 / 3.0.
🪞 Soul Items
- Basic souls: 10% chance to drop from monsters — right-click to infuse elemental activity
- Boss souls: 100% drop from corresponding bosses — also triggers a special effect
- Anvil upgrade: Combine two same-level souls to reach the next level (up to level V)
- Per-item cooldown persists across game restarts
📷 Soul Photography Abilities
Enchant your camera with Soul Photography to unlock abilities:
| Ability | Effect |
|---|---|
| Weakness Lens | Photos mount on swords for bonus damage against the captured entity type |
| Spatial Warp | Create an interaction zone at the photo's capture location |
| Temporal Recall | Snapshot health and position — auto-triggers on fatal damage |
| Time Stop | Freeze all visible entities for 5 seconds |
| Vital Strike | Right-click the camera to deal 1 toughness damage to bosses |
👻 Boss Phantoms
Activating a boss soul triggers a 10-second cinematic phantom sequence (requires optional mods):
| Mod | Bosses |
|---|---|
| L_Ender's Cataclysm | Ignis, Ender Guardian, Netherite Monstrosity |
| Legendary Monsters | Cloud Golem, Possessed Paladin, The Obliterator |
🎯 Weapons
- Dimensional Gun: Energy weapon with charge shots and 3 ammo types unlocked by exploring dimensions
- Gravity Gun: Fire gravity bullets to pull entities toward you
- Both crafted at the crafting table (vanilla materials)
⚙️ Pack-Maker Friendly
- All acquisition methods toggleable via config
- Entity weakness values configurable via data packs with
/reloadsupport - JEI integration for item info and recipes
📦 Dependencies
Required
Optional
- ExposurePolaroid — Instant camera support
- exposure-expanded — Extra features
- L_Ender's Cataclysm — Ignis, Ender Guardian & Netherite Monstrosity souls
- Legendary Monsters — Cloud Golem, Possessed Paladin & The Obliterator souls
- JEI — View item acquisition info and recipes
🔧 Configuration
File: config/lensouls-common.toml
| Option | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
defaultDuration |
30 | Soul infusion duration (seconds) |
defaultCooldown |
60 | Basic soul cooldown (seconds) |
bossCooldown |
120 | Boss soul cooldown (seconds) |
photoBonus |
1.2 | Photo damage bonus multiplier |
enableBasicSoulDrop |
true | Basic soul drops from mobs |
enableBossSoulDrop |
true | Boss soul drops |
enableEnchantmentLoot |
true | Soul Photography in dungeon loot & villager trades |
enableDimensionalGunRecipe |
true | Dimensional Gun recipe |
enableGravityGunRecipe |
true | Gravity Gun recipe |
enableConverterRecipe |
true | Converter recipe |
enableSkillBallBossLoot |
true | Skill Ball boss drops |
🎮 Quick Start
- Enchant a camera with Soul Photography
- Kill monsters to collect souls — right-click to activate elemental infusion
- Photograph bosses to reduce their toughness, then claim boss souls
- Craft a Converter to store souls — press the converter hotkey (default G) to activate
- Combine same-level souls on an anvil to increase power
🌐 Links
📜 License
MIT License © 2024-2025 Plume Jade

