# Soul Hunger

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<table><thead><tr><th width="121">Sources</th><th>Arca, Lichdom</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Particle</td><td>0x4D484D</td></tr><tr><td>Type</td><td>Negative</td></tr></tbody></table>

**Soul Hunger** is a [status effect](https://minecraft.wiki/w/Effect) that causes the affected entities to lose [soul energy](../../mechanics/soul-energy) and decreases melee attack, attack speed and movement speed.

## Effect

The affected loses 4 attack damage and have their attack speed reduced by 10% and movement speed by 5% per level. If the effect comes from losing an arca, the effect will slowly drain soul energy from the arca.

## Causes

The effect is applied if the player loses their [arca](../../blocks/arca) and still have soul energy on it. The effect is also applied to liches who revive without having enough soul energy.

The effect cannot be cured by [milk](https://minecraft.wiki/w/Milk_Bucket), or [wartful eggs](../../items/wartful-egg).

The effect can be removed by placing a new arca or wait until all the soul energy that was stored runs out if the arca was removed prior or, in case of liches, wait until the effect duration ends or get enough soul energy to cover the blue bar on the arca soul meter.
