Character Creation

Create-A-Soul (Soulcalibur III), Character Creation (Soulcalibur IV, Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny) or simply Creation (Soulcalibur V) is a mode in the Soul series where players can create their own characters. Unlike in Soulcalibur III, in Soulcalibur IV the parts a player selects have more than just an aesthetic effect: they alter the character's attributes and play style.

This page serves as a detailed section of the Create-A-Soul page.

Soulcalibur III

Create-A-Soul begins with three character slots and five jobs, however you can find more in Chronicles of the Sword and the Item Shop. The starter jobs are barbarian, ninja, thief, dancer, and saint. There are only a few pieces of armor but additional can be found in the Armor Shop.

Jobs

Each job allows the player to choose between five movesets, two of which are the moveset of a Series character. However, the swordmaster job can use every non-Series moveset, and none of the Series movesets.

The different disciplines are:

Soul of Astaroth
Soul of Cassandra
Soul of Cervantes
Soul of Ivy
Soul of Kilik
Soul of Lizardman
Soul of Maxi
Soul of Mitsurugi
Soul of Nightmare
Soul of Raphael
Soul of Rock
Soul of Seong Mi-na
Soul of Setsuka
Soul of Siegfried
Soul of Sophitia
Soul of Taki
Soul of Talim
Soul of Tira
Soul of Voldo
Soul of Xianghua
Soul of Yoshimitsu
Soul of Yun-seong
Soul of Zasalamel
Staff (Hualin style)
Chinese Blade (Luna style)
Chinese Sword (Hwang style)
Dagger (Chester style)
Grieve Edge (Valeria style)
Iron Sword (Strife style)
Katana (Arthur style)
Katana & Shuriken (Miser style)
Kunai (Greed style)
Lance (Girardot style)
Nunchaku (Li Long Style)
Rapier (Amy style)
Sickle (Aurelia style)
Steel Fan (Demuth style)
Sword & Shield (Abelia style)
Tambourine (Lynette style)
Wave Sword (Revenant style)

When choosing your created character before a fight, you can choose a discipline and a weapon for your character. New weapons can be found in the Weapon Shop.

Voices

There is an option to edit the voice of a character, four for both genders. They are: young man 1, young man 2, man and old man for male characters and girl 1, girl 2, woman and old woman for females ones.

Male Voices

(The Young Man 1, Man and Old Man voices returns to Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny but with a slighty different quotes and borrowed quotes from their aligment)

1.Young Man 1 (Voiced by Jay Lerner)

2.Young Man 2

3.Man (Voiced by Dan Woren)

4.Old Man

Female Voices

(The female voices from Soul Calibur 3 returns to Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny but with a slighty different quotes and borrowed quotes from their aligment)

1.Girl 1 (Voiced by Lisa Oritz)

2.Girl 2 (Voiced by Cristina Pucelli)

3.Woman (Voiced by Christy Lynn)

4.Old Woman

Equipment

Soulcalibur III features a set of secret unlockable parts, the Type X Armor, only usable by female characters. Each of these parts features a distinct futuristic theme. Assembling the full set together and using it with Zasalamel's The Ancient weapon create the character KOS-MOS, the main protagonist of the Xenosaga series created by NAMCO. She could thus be considered as the guest character of the game.

Male Create-A-Soul Parts

Head Equipment

Hair

Mask Equipment

Chin Equipment

Lower Torso Equipment

Mid Torso Equipment

Upper Torso Equipment

Arm Equipment

Shoulder Equipment

Neckwear Equipment

Waist Equipment

Lower Leg Equipment

Upper Leg Equipment

Shin Equipment

Socks

Tabi
Cloth

Foot Equipment

Female Create-A-Soul Parts

Head Equipment

Hair

Mask Equipment

Chin Equipment

Lower Torso Equipment

Mid Torso Equipment

Upper Torso Equipment

Arm Equipment

Shoulder Equipment

Neckwear Equipment

Waist Equipment

Lower Leg Equipment

Upper Leg Equipment

Shin Equipment

Socks

Foot Equipment

Soulcalibur IV

Character Creation returns in Soulcalibur IV. Instead of including some original weapon styles for use with certain classes of fighters, the mode now allows players to simply choose which character from the series they would like to have their created character mimic (excluding the Star Wars guest characters, the bonus characters, and Algol).

A wide array of new pieces of equipment are available for use in Character Creation mode, and new options include a wider range of character voices (with pitch adjustment), the ability to change a character's general physique and muscularity, and even a choice of poses for the character to use on the versus screen.

In addition, equipped items now also affect a character's statistics. Some pieces of armor may increase health, attack or defense; some equipment and accessories may also grant skill points that allow the character to equip special traits that affect the character's playstyle. Standard characters will also be able to be modified in this way to a modest degree, allowing custom costumes and skill sets to be used in Special VS. mode.

Created characters also can take part in Story Mode in Soulcalibur IV.

Story Mode

In Story Mode, the created character can defeat some of the Series default characters, leading them to follow the creation. Their partners are Maxi (if you start at Hall Of The Warrior God. Stages 2-4 only), Talim (if you start at Sailor's Rest. Stages 2 & 3 only), Rock (if you start at Thesmophoros' Imperial Garden. Stages 2 & 3 only), Cassandra (if you start at Distant Marsh and finish stage 2. Stage 3 only to defeat Scheherazade.) and Setsuka (if you start at Ice Coffin of the Sleeping Ancient. Stage 2 only to defeat Voldo and two Shadows). Each partner changes the final encounter. If you travel with Maxi, Talim or Setsuka, you will encounter Algol. If you travel with Rock, the final boss will be Nightmare, and Cassandra will lead you to Siegfried.

In the ending, Soul Edge and/or Soul Calibur rise up in swirls of energy. The custom character looks up and rushes to the swords, jumps and grabs the or both swords. He/she looks around and sees the energy coming to them. The character lifts a sword while they glow with power (if both swords are held, a vortex will lift the player off the ground), rushes forward again, slashes the energy dispersing them and jumps off the tower. The scene changes to them with a sword in the ground. They pull it out and rises it in triumph. The text only screen says "His/Her name will be engraved in history and will live on forever."

Equipment

1st tab - Equipment

Entire set - Automatically equips the character with equipment matching a certain theme (ex: Soldier, Clergy, etc.). For picks default costumes for the main characters and guests.
Head equipment - Hats, headbands and helmets. rings, only usable by guest/special characters (Such as Vader and Shura) and edits of the DEFAULT costumes. (For Algol you can only edit his default costumes so he can only use Link rings)

2nd Tab - Equipment Color

Allows the color of all equipment to be changed. Certain pieces of equipment may have multiple colors that can be customized.

3rd Tab - Model Appearance

Color of base equipment - The underwear and bra will be visible if not covered up by the character's equipped undergarments. This happens if the character is built without outerwear or if the character takes damage during a battle.
Physique and muscularity - Allows adjusting Physique and Muscularity from a scale of -50 to 50. Physique alters the size of the character (for females, almost specifically their breast size) and muscularity affects their muscle tone.
Voice type and pitch - Allows selecting of several voices for your character. The pitch of the selected voice can be changed on a scale of -50 to 50.
Hair style - Allows selecting of various different hair styles for your character.
Face Type - Changes the character's face. Males have many more faces than Females, as most faces come with various facial hair options.
Hair color - Changes the colour of the character's hair. Sometimes the hairstyle will have two colours that can be changed, which is typically just the colour of a hair band.
Eyebrow and facial hair color
Eye color
Skin color

4th Tab - Weapon

If skills have been equipped, changing any of these options will remove them

Fighting style - Select one of the fighting styles of any of the characters (Minus guest characters and Algol)
Weapon - Select one of the weapons used by your selected character.

5th Tab - Skills

Up to four skills can be equipped to your character depending on the points they have based on their equipment. Certain weapons come with an intrinsic skill, in which case it will automatically be set in your 1st slot.

6th Tab - System

Save character and quit editing.
Discard changes - Exit Character Creation without saving your character.
Change character's name
Change background - Changes the backdrop the character is displayed against.
Test Play - Test your custom character.
Change Pose - Changes the character's standing pose, but otherwise has no effect outside of the character creation screen.
Undo - Undo it when you made a mistake.

Photoshopped Gallery

Take a photo of your character
Change the background
Change your character poses
Finish editing

This tab is only to take a photo of the created character and doesn't effected anything.

(Note: Photoshopped Gallery is only available for Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny and Soul Calibur V).

Voices

Six voices are provided for each gender in Soulcalibur IV, titled Female/Male Voice 1-6. You can change the pitch of the voice.

Male Voices

(Male Voices 1 & 6 are based on Arcturus and Rock but with different quotes)

Male Voice 1 (Voiced by Yuri Lowenthal)
Male Voice 2 (Voiced by Steve Staley)
Male Voice 3 (Voiced by Liam O'Brien)
Male Voice 4 (Voiced by David Vincent)
Male Voice 5 (Voiced by D.C. Douglas)
Male Voice 6 (Voiced by Wally Burr)

Female Voice

(The female voices are based on the bonus characters in Soul Calibur IV but with different quotes)

Female Voice 1 (Voiced by Stephaine Sheh)
Female Voice 2 (Voiced by Michelle Ruff)
Female Voice 3 (Voiced by Megan Hollingshead)
Female Voice 4 (Voiced by Heather Hogan)
Female Voice 5 (Voiced by Karen Strassman)
Female Voice 6 (Voiced by Brianne Siddall)

Male Create-A-Soul Parts

* denotes Downloadable Content.

Head Equipment

Face Equipment

Neckwear Equipment

Shoulder Equipment

Undergarments

Upper Body Equipment

Arm Equipment

Lower Body Equipment

Ankle Equipment

Leg Equipment

Hair

Female Create-A-Soul Parts

Head Equipment

Face Equipment

Neckwear Equipment

Shoulder Equipment

Undergarments

Upper Body Equipment

Arm Equipment

Lower Body Equipment

Ankle Equipment

Leg Equipment

Hair

Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny

Most modifications present in Soulcalibur IV also appear in Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny. However, there are a few noticable changes.

Equipment

Male created characters can wear female clothing, and vice-versa. 1P character parts can also be acquired. (i.e. Xianghua's coat, Yoshimitsu's armored boots etc.)

Hair

  Female Hair

 Male Hair

Voice

Ten voices are provided for females, and nine for males. These voices are from both Soulcalibur III and Soulcalibur IV.

Soulcalibur V

Character Creation in Soulcalibur V offers a lot more freedom compared to its predecessors. Players have the freedom to change the size of individual body parts, such as thighs or forearms, along with the character's height, weight, and muscle mass.There is also many more choices than what was featured in Soulcalibur III and Soulcalibur IV. Female equipment can also be put on male characters and vice versa. Players also have the freedom to change the colors of weapons and weapon effects, and add stickers or tattoos to the character. A Character Creation trailer can be found here.

Creation Exclusive fighting styles

This style can only be used by created characters. During an interview it was hinted that there might be other Creation exclusive styles. But in the end, only one fighting style made it.