The Soul Guitar is one of the strongest guns in Blox Fruits, and the game itself calls it the hardest item to get. It is not bought or traded. You have to solve a six step puzzle at the Haunted Castle and then craft it.
This page walks every step in order, with what to look at and where to stand. It also covers a full moon trick that cuts your waiting from three hours to about an hour, and shows where all four materials drop. That last part matters, because only one of them is actually hard to find.
Quick answer: you need to be level 2300 and in the Third Sea. Pray at the Gravestone at the Haunted Castle during a full moon, then finish five more steps. Craft it at the Weird Machine for 5,000 Fragments, 500 Bones, 250 Ectoplasm and 1 Dark Fragment. Only the first step needs the moon.
What the Soul Guitar is
The Soul Guitar is a Mythical gun. That surprises people, because it looks like an instrument, but the game treats it as a gun. So gun mastery and gun perks work on it.
You will also see it called the Skull Guitar. The game renamed it a while back, but most players kept the old name. Both mean the same weapon.
| Detail |
What it is |
| Type |
Gun |
| Rarity |
Mythical |
| Sea |
Third Sea |
| Island |
Haunted Castle |
| Level needed |
2300 or higher |
| How you get it |
Solve the puzzle, then craft it |
| Crafted at |
The Weird Machine, under the castle |
Check the candles first
Before you do anything else, sail to the Haunted Castle and look at the Gravestone in the graveyard.
If the candles around it are lit, you meet the requirements and can start. If they are not, you are missing something, usually the level. This is a free check and it saves you waiting for a moon you cannot use yet.
You can get the opening dialogue even below level 2300. That fools a lot of players into thinking they started the puzzle when they did not. Trust the candles, not the dialogue.
All six puzzle steps
Here is the whole puzzle in order. Note the last column, because it is the thing almost every guide gets wrong.
| Step |
What to do |
Where |
Needs a full moon |
| 1 |
Pray at the Gravestone |
The graveyard at the Haunted Castle |
Yes |
| 2 |
Kill six Living Zombies at once |
The far side of the island |
No |
| 3 |
Point the signs at the graves |
Back at the graveyard |
No |
| 4 |
Talk to the Ghost |
Main castle, the room right of the stairs |
No |
| 5 |
Copy the trophies into the circuit |
Garden, then the electrical room below the castle |
No |
| 6 |
Match the tiles to the pipes |
The same electrical room |
No |
Only step 1 needs the moon. Once you have prayed, the other five steps work at any hour, on any moon. You do not have to rush.
Step 2: the six Living Zombies
All six have to die from the same attack. Killing them one by one does nothing. Group them up first, keep them all inside your attack range, then hit them together.
A wide attack with no knockback works best, since knockback scatters them and you start again. Turn on Instinct while you do it, because they hit hard.
Step 3: the signs
There are two rows of signs. Click each sign so it points at the side that has more graves.
Count carefully. Only graves count, and the cross shaped ones count too. Patches of bare soil do not.
Step 4: the Ghost
Go into the main castle and take the room to the right of the stairs. Talk to the NPC called Ghost. The screen goes black and you move on. That is the whole step.
Step 5: the trophies
Stand in the garden between the castle and the room where the Soul Reaper spawns, and look towards the castle. Take a screenshot of the trophies, because you have to copy their layout.
Then go to the electrical room under the castle and turn left to the circuits. Enter the pattern like this:
- Handle pointing side to side means a flat line.
- Handle pointing front to back means an upright line.
- Trees are left blank.
The trophies are random every time. Any picture of the answer you find online is only an example. You have to read your own garden.
Step 6: the tiles
In the same room, look at the tiles on the floor. Click each one until its colour matches the pipes on the wall and the ceiling above it.
If a pipe has no colour, leave that tile alone. Get it right and a voice says congratulations, which means the puzzle is done.
The full moon trick
Waiting for a full moon is the slowest part of this whole job, and most players wait far longer than they need to.
On a normal server a full moon comes around roughly every 180 minutes. The real gap has been measured anywhere from 160 to 193 minutes, so you cannot plan around it.
A brand new private server behaves differently. Its first full moon always arrives about 55 minutes after the server starts. So if you own one, shut it down and start it again, and you get another moon on the same clock.
| Where you wait |
Time to a full moon |
| Normal server |
About 180 minutes |
| Fresh private server |
About 55 minutes |
That is 3.3 times faster, and about 125 minutes saved every time you need a moon. Private servers cost Robux, so this only helps if you already have one.
The order that wastes the least time
Because the puzzle carries over between servers, you can split the job up. This is the fastest way to run it.
- Sit on any busy server and watch chat for the line about moonlight through the clouds.
- The moment it appears, pray at the Gravestone. That is the only timed part.
- Move to a quiet or private server and take the other five steps at your own pace.
- Farm your materials whenever, before or after. They are not timed at all.
The moon is announced in every sea, including the first two. That is a bit misleading, because everything the moon unlocks is in the Third Sea. Do not sail over for it unless you are already ready.
All four materials and where they drop
Once the puzzle is done, the Weird Machine under the castle will build the gun. Here is the bill.
| Material |
How many |
Rarity |
Where it drops |
| Fragments |
5,000 |
Currency |
Raids, bosses and daily quests |
| Bones |
500 |
Uncommon |
Reborn Skeleton, Living Zombie, Demonic Soul, Possessed Mummy, Soul Reaper, Haunted Crew Member, Ghost Shark |
| Ectoplasm |
250 |
Uncommon |
Ship Deckhand, Ship Engineer, Ship Steward, Ship Officer, Cursed Captain, Ghost Ship Raid |
| Dark Fragment |
1 |
Mythical |
Darkbeard, and nothing else |
One item is the real wall. Bones and Ectoplasm come from ordinary enemies with seven and six sources each, so they are only a matter of time. The single Dark Fragment is Mythical and drops from Darkbeard and nothing else.
Put another way, 750 of the 751 items you need are the easy kind. The one that is left is the whole bottleneck, so go after Darkbeard early rather than saving him for last.
Faster farming
For Bones, the Possessed Mummies at the Haunted Castle are the usual pick, and you are already there for the puzzle. For Ectoplasm, the Ship Stewards on the Cursed Ship drop it steadily.
Both are Third Sea and Second Sea farms, so you can collect them while you level instead of grinding them all at the end.
Is it worth the trouble
Yes, if you fight other players. The Soul Guitar stuns, reaches a long way, and fits almost any build, which is why so many players carry it. Turning off screen shake in the settings makes its two main moves much easier to aim.
For grinding it is decent rather than great. Its attacks hit several enemies at once, so it works, but plenty of cheaper weapons farm just as well.
If you are picking long term goals, note the level gates. Godhuman opens at level 1500 and the Soul Guitar puzzle at 2300. Godhuman comes first by 800 levels, so most players chase that one before this.
Blox Fruits Soul Guitar FAQ
What level do you need for Soul Guitar?
Level 2300 or higher. You can get the opening dialogue below that, but the puzzle will not start until you hit it. A quick way to check is to look at the Gravestone. If the candles around it are lit, you are ready.
Is Soul Guitar the same as Skull Guitar?
Yes. The game renamed it Skull Guitar, but almost everyone still calls it the Soul Guitar. If you are searching in game or on a wiki, try both names.
Do you have to finish the puzzle during the full moon?
No, and this is the part most people get wrong. The moon is only needed to pray at the Gravestone. Once that is done you can take as long as you like, in daylight, on any moon.
Does the puzzle reset if you leave the server?
No. It carries on from where you stopped, even if you join a different server. So you can pray on a busy server and then move somewhere quiet to finish.
How often does a full moon happen?
About every 180 minutes on a normal server, and the real gap has been measured between 160 and 193 minutes. A brand new private server gives its first one after about 55 minutes.
What materials does Soul Guitar need?
Five thousand Fragments, 500 Bones, 250 Ectoplasm and 1 Dark Fragment. The Dark Fragment is the hard one, because it only comes from Darkbeard.
Is Soul Guitar worth getting?
For fighting other players, it is one of the best guns in the game. It stuns, it has long range and it fits almost any build. For plain farming it is fine but not special.
Is Soul Guitar a sword?
No. It looks like an instrument, but the game files it as a gun. That matters because gun mastery and gun perks apply to it.