Soul jar
Other (objects, etc.) entity
Phylacteries or similar supernatural objects that preserve a part of a being (such as their heart or even their actual soul) that makes them effectively immortal, requiring the destruction of the phylactery before the being itself can be truly killed.
37
games
14platforms
Alternate name: Phylactery
WIN 2014-03
WIN 1999-08-11
OSX 2012-05-15
PS4 2014-10-28
X360 2013-09-03
WIN 2000-06-29
PS2 2007-04-12
XBOX1 2014-10-28
XBOX1 2014-08
PS4 2014-08
XBOX1 2014-08-26
MAC 2000-06-29
Not for instances where something nearby the enemy keeps healing them which is a fairly common mechanic for boss battles, unless it literally is a type of phylactery.
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The first Soul jar video game was released on August 31, 1996.
Blizzard Entertainment, Blizzard and Night Dive Studios published most of these games.