Deadlock Farming Guide: How to Earn Souls and Outscale Your Lane

If you have ever wondered why some players always feel stronger than you the answer is almost always farming. Soul economy underpins everything in Deadlock and the players who understand it win games that should be close.

Why Farming Wins Games

In a pure shooter mechanical skill is the ceiling. In Deadlock a player with significantly better items will beat an equally skilled player with worse items most of the time. Souls buy items. Items multiply everything you do. The gap between 10000 and 20000 Souls is enormous.

How Soul Orbs Work

When a minion dies it drops a Soul Orb. The orb floats for a few seconds then disappears. You collect it automatically by being nearby - you do not need the killing blow.

• Proximity collects the orb not last-hitting
• Enemy minions dying deep in their territory still drop orbs - push up to collect them
• Orb value scales as the game progresses

The number one beginner mistake: watching minions die without walking up to collect the orbs. Train yourself to always move toward dying minions.

Lane Phase (First 10 Minutes)

Clear minion waves: Control where orbs drop by clearing the enemy wave before it reaches your tower.

Deny enemy orbs: Force your opponent back so their minions die without them nearby - and you collect those Souls instead.

Protect your Walker: If your tower is taking heavy damage defend it first. Losing a Walker early costs you lane presence and future Souls sources.

Jungle Camps

Neutral camps scattered around the map provide significant secondary income.

When to farm jungle: after clearing a wave with time to spare when your opponent recalls or dies during mid-game downtime between fights.

Start with the two or three camps closest to your lane.

Mid-Game Farming (Minutes 10-25)

Your income now comes from roaming between lanes to clear abandoned waves farming jungle during downtime pushing lanes after winning fights and hero kills which drop significant Souls mid and late game.

The most common mistake: idling after fights. Every second you are not fighting you should be farming.

Recovering When Behind

• Stop fighting unless forced. Every death adds time to the item gap.
• Find safe farms on your side of the map.
• Let your team fight while you catch up. A team of five fighting four while you farm for 90 seconds and buy a critical item is often the right call.

3000 Souls behind is recoverable. 3000 Souls behind while continuing to die is not.

The Metric to Track

Souls per minute. Strong players in the Ritualist-Emissary range hit 1500-2000 Souls per minute in the first 15 minutes. Consistently below 1000 and your farming is where your rank is being lost.

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UpForge tracks your Souls income across every Deadlock session identifying whether you are missing orbs skipping jungle camps or dying at the wrong time.