## It's canonically ambiguous.

Like many of the big mysteries in Eberron, this question is left to the DM to decide.

The people of Khorvaire find the question of _do warforged have souls?_ to be an unsolved and controversial mystery. The [Eberron Races](https://media.wizards.com/2018/dnd/downloads/723UA_EberronRaces7232018.pdf) Unearthed Arcana article includes an excellent quote which illustrates this:

> “Pierce was built by design, while you were built by accident,” Lakashtai said. “The soul is what matters, not the shape of the vessel.”
>
> “What makes you think he has a soul?” Gerrion said.
>
> “What makes you think you do?”
>
> —Keith Baker,The Shattered Land

The D&D 3rd edition book _Races of Eberron_, p.8, describes it as ambiguous:

> When warforged are used, DMs should be mindful of potential controversies regarding the warforged: Do they have souls?

Even the warforged do not know if they have souls. Some warforged join the Blood of Vol, believing that they will be granted a soul in the afterlife.

They are considered living constructs, and can be raised and resurrected, spells which usually