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Description

The meta talisman is a wearable item obtained by either: completing a quest line which begins at a mysterious Ancient Statue of Power near Valor Shrine ( Idol of the Magi, Phylactery of Resilience, Totem of the Berserker, Artifact of the Marksman, Idol of Endless Forms, or Antique of the Artisan), completing a quest line which involves gathering crystals from cemeteries ( Idol of Forbidden Magic), or by purchase from the gold sink vendors ( Shadow of the Rogue or Lute of Lost Harmonies). The meta talisman gives PvM and crafting players special abilities as their talisman levels. Each talisman has a passive property and active abilities that are obtainable through relics. The talisman levels up as you kill creatures and the abilities of your talisman become stronger.

With these bonuses come some limitations:

With the exception of the Idol of Forbidden Magic, Lute of Lost Harmonies and the Antique of the Artisan, the talisman cannot be equipped by any character with greater than 50 in any bard skills (e.g. music, provocation, peacemaking, discordance).
With the exception of the Idol of Forbidden Magic and the Antique of the Artisan, the talisman cannot be equipped by any character with greater than 50 taming.
The talisman skills and bonuses are not applicable against other players or pets.
Talisman experience and relic ability gains are not possible in houses, except for the Antique of the Artisan talisman and associated relics.
Upon equipping a talisman there is a fifteen minute cool down before the skills or bonuses become active. To avoid this cool down, you can return to the Ancient Statue of Power and speak the words "I wish to pay tribute" which will take 10,000 gold pieces from your bank (or your backpack, if available).
DO NOT train your meta talismans or meta relics unattended. (Source: https://uoforever.com/rules/) This does not apply to the Antique of the Artisan talisman and associated relics.

The message "You must rest before channeling talisman power again." comes when a Meta Talisman has been deactivated, either by becoming recently un-equipped or being involved in PVP. There is a 15 minute cooldown before this Talisman can become active again, or you can pay tribute to the statue west of the Shrine of Valor for 10,000 gp by saying "I wish to pay tribute".
The message "You feel an icy chill as your talisman drains of some of its power." will appear if you or monsters within homes are targeted.

Training Meta Talismans

The Meta Talismans grow in power as you use them, much like any skill in Ultima Online. They are level based with experience points required for each level in order to progress to the new bonuses for the new level. This experience is gained passively by having an activated talisman equipped on your Paperdoll and doing damage to valid animals or monsters. This damage is converted into experience and applied to the current level each time damage is done to the creature. Each talisman has a different bonus for each level, as well as, specific rules/restrictions on experience gain so be sure to refer to the specific talismans below!

Meta Talismans also have abilities that can be applied and also grow in power as you use them. Relics have levels which require experience, however the way experience is gained is specific to the Relic which can be by activating the relic or doing something while a Relic is activated. Levels and experience are tracked individually for each applied Relic and once the experience for that Relic Level's Maximum has been reached the Relic will gain additional bonuses. Relics do not have standard experience requirements per level, each Relic will have a different number of experience required before it will reach the next level. Currently the highest level for any Relic is 10.

Notes

There is a maximum experience amount per creature that can be awarded to a given talisman. The bigger the creature, the greater the experience!
There are Consumable Perks that can be used to increase experience gain while leveling.
During special events where double experience is given, the Consumable Perks bonus is additive, which means that using Perks during these times will set your bonus to triple experience for the duration of the perk.
Talisman experience and relic ability gains are not possible in houses (except Antique of the Artisan).
You can not gain relic XP if you have not cast a spell or melee attacked a mob within the last 3 minutes (except Antique of the Artisan).
Upon equipping a talisman there is a fifteen minute cooldown before the skills or bonuses become active. To avoid this cooldown, you can return to the Ancient Statue of Power and speak the words "I wish to pay tribute" which will take 10,000 gold pieces from your bank.

The message "You must rest before channeling talisman power again." comes when a meta talisman has been deactivated, either by becoming recently un-equipped or being involved in PvP. There is a 15 minute cooldown before this talisman can become active again, or you can pay tribute to the statue west of the Shrine of Valor for 10,000 gp by saying "I wish to pay tribute".
The message "You feel an icy chill as your talisman drains of some of its power." will appear if you or Monsters within homes are targeted.

Relics and Abilities

Relics can be found at events, dungeon bosses, monster of the week spawns, and in treasure chests, Message in a Bottle chests, and paragon chests. Each talisman has a maximum of four active relic slots. Active relic slots become available at talisman levels: 1, 4, 7, 10. The aesthetic slots are usable at any time.

There are currently 4-7 unique relics for each type of talisman which are detailed further below. Each relic has up to 15 levels and leveling may lower the skill cooldown, raise the chance to activate, or provide other ability specific bonuses. These abilities typically have a random chance to activate on damage and a cooldown to only allow them to be activated at certain intervals.

To add a relic to your talisman, double click the relic and then select your talisman. Be sure to stand in a safe place while doing this as relics can be stolen!

You are now able to swap your active relics. Double click your equipped talisman and then click on the [ - ] symbol next to the relic you wish to remove from the active relic list (highlighted in yellow in screenshot). Once you have an open unused slot available, you will be able to hit the [ - ] symbol next to relics in the inactive list to make it an active relic (highlighted in red in screenshot). Keep in mind that if you swap frequently in a short amount of time it will put it into cooldown.

Note that you will have to be quite lucky for all your talisman's relics drop for you. You may need to frequent the buying-selling channel in the UOF Discord or search in-game vendors to find your relics. Keep in mind that certain relics are more popular than others and can therefore be expensive to purchase. Being part of a larger guild can also provide a useful avenue for getting relics at a reduced rate.

Relic Qualities

Relics will have 4 qualities; crumbling, flawed, perfect, and flawless. Relics have separate maximum level thresholds based on their quality level, and can be used to increase to a current maximum level of an equipped relic, and now be used with different Power Scrolls amounts based on quality level on Relic Fragment Systems. The transmutation cube or Relic Storage Shelf can be used to convert eight crumbling relics of the SAME QUALITY TYPE into a flawed relic version, however be extremely careful to make sure that all eight crumbling relics are of the same quality and belong to the same type of relic otherwise you will lose all items if the tramsmutation fails.. You can also combine eight flawed relics of the same type to create a flawless relic, but only in the Relic Storage Shelf.

The known relic qualities are:

Crumbling Relic - Will increase a current maximum relic level by 1, up to level 6. Can be used as 1 Power Scroll worth of points on relic fragment systems.
Flawed Relic - Will increase a current maximum relic level by 2, up to level 10. Can be used as 10 Power Scrolls worth of points on relic fragment systems.
Perfect Relic - Will increase a current maximum relic level to 10, and will not go beyond level 10. Can NOT be used as points on relic fragment systems.
Flawless - Will increase a current maximum level by 1. Can only be used from level 11 to level 15. Can be used as 80 Power Scrolls worth of points on relic fragment systems.

Relic Fragments

Small Relic Fragments

Small Relic Fragments can be used to build Relics of Crumbling Relic Quality. Small Relic Fragments will have a specific Relic they originally belong to and start with 1 point in their Relic Fragment System. These Small Relic Fragments can be used to absorb Power Scrolls to add 1 point to their Relic System, or absorb Relics for points listed in Relic Qualities.

An Imbueologist Relic Small Relic Fragment.

Relic Fragments

There are other Relic Fragments can be purchased from the Gold Sink Vendor that can be used with the Meta Spider Pet, Meta Crab Pet, or Meta Mantis Pet. Relic Fragments will have a specific Relic they originally belong to and start with 0 points in their Relic Fragment System. These Relic Fragments can be used to absorb Power Scrolls to add 1 point to their Relic System, or absorb Relics for points listed in Relic Qualities. Each Relic Fragment may have a different total amounts to reach before they can be applied to a Meta Spider Pet, Meta Crab Pet, or Meta Mantis Pet and you can read more about the relic totals in their respective sections.

A Necrosis Relic Fragment and Brood Relic Fragment.

Relic Changes

Content releases that has come after the 10th Anniversary has brought some changes to the way relics gain levels, where they come from, and new functionality such as combining different relics together. This is a community driven FAQ to cover all the changes related to a Major Patch releases:

January 25, 2023: 8.7.0.0 - Major Patch - Crafter Talisman, Relic Update, Housing Biowners and more
February 6, 2023: 8.7.2.0 - Classic Housing upgrade, Talisman Dye, and Crafting Achievement Fixes.. & More
February 26, 2023: Server update 8.7.3.0 - Tons of Talisman Relic updates, Rogue Talisman Provisional update, and more.
March 5, 2023: 8.7.4.0 - Notification updates, minor fixes, and tons of extra backend logging.
April 12, 2026: Large Relic Update and More.

What changed about relics?

Relics now have four levels: Crumbling, Flawed, Flawless, and Perfect.

What do the different levels mean?

When a relic is applied to a talisman or pet, it starts with zero experience and a maximum level cap. That level cap is determined by the level and number of relics you have applied.

Crumbling relics add +1 to the relic level cap, up to a max of level six.
Flawed relics add +2 to the relic level cap, up to a max of level 10.
Flawless relics will add +1 to the relic level cap, from level 11 to level 15.
Perfect relics will add +10 to the relic level cap, to a max of level 10.

Relics added must be of the same type. For example, if you have a tread relic with a level cap of 2, you need to add more tread relics to increase the level cap.

Relics can gain experience past their level cap, but will not exceed their current max. For example, if your relic is at 2/2 and says 0/1600 xp, you can still earn xp until it says 1600/1600 but cannot proceed to the next level until you have applied another relic to increase your cap to 2/3.

A typical progression would look like this: six crumbling relics to have a level cap of six, two flawed relics to increase the level cap to 10, then five flawless relics to reach a final level cap of 15.

If I already had a relic applied to my talisman before this update, did anything change?

No. If you already had a relic applied to your pet or talisman before this update, you already had a relic level cap of 10 and that did not change. This change only applied to relics that were not already applied to a pet or talisman.

Do the new relic types also raise my current level?

No. The relics simply increase the level cap of the relic, they do not replace the experience that has to be earned to achieve each level.

Which relic types can be used to charge spider relics?

Any! Now both pet and talisman relics can be used to charge spider relics. Crumbling relics are equivalent to 1 Power Scroll, flawed relics are equivalent to 10 Power Scrolls, flawless relics will be equivalent to 20 Power Scrolls, perfect relics cannot be used to charge spider relics.

How do I find these relics?

Craft Relics

Bulk Order Deed turn-ins will have a chance to drop small relic fragments for the Artifact of the Artisan. The character turning in the Bulk Order Deed must have the Artifact of the Artisan equipped to have a chance at small relic fragments. The chance of getting a small relic fragment from Bulk Order Deed turn-ins is about 1%.

Small relic fragments can be combined with additional small relic fragments to create a crumbling relic. Each fragment is worth one point and a total of 12 need to be combined to make the Crumbling Relic. Power scrolls and other relics can also be added to a small relic fragment to create a Crumbling Relic. Power scrolls are equivalent to one point, Crumbling Relics are equivalent to 1 point, and Flawed Relics are worth 10 points. Perfect Relics cannot be combined with small relic fragments.

When small relic fragments are combined, the final Crumbling Relic that is created will match the fragment which you double clicked. For example, if you double click a small Recycler Relic fragment and target 11 small Imbueologist Relic fragments, the resulting Crumbling Relic will be a Recycler Relic type.

Other Relics:

Monster of the Week mobs, World Objectives (such as necromancer cemetery mobs), Treasure Maps, Messages in a Bottle, Whirlpools and Paragon Chests have a chance to drop Crumbling Relics (not including crafting relics). The chance of getting a Crumbling Relic can include either Meta Talisman Relics and Meta Pet Relics.

Dungeon Bosses and Champion Bosses have a chance to drop Flawed Relics.

Flawed Relics (all types) can also be created by using the transmutation cube (available on the gold sink vendors) or the Relic Storage Shelf. The eight Crumbling Relics must all be of the same type.

Flawless Relics (all types) can be created by using the Relic Storage Shelf. Flawless relics for talismans, but not pets, can also drop from the Dreadwing boss.

Have the aesthetic relics changed at all?

Yes! Previously, aesthetic relics could be applied to a talisman at any time and meta pets that had met specific level requirements. Now, aesthetic relics can be applied to a talisman or meta pet at any time, no matter what level they are. Aesthetic relics cannot be used to charge spider relics or combined with small relic fragments to create crumbling relics.

Activatable Relics

Activatable Macro Commands

While most Relics are passively used, meaning that you do not have control over when a relic will proc, some relics (such as the Artifact of the Marksman Relics) are now having the ability to be manually activated with a newly added "Relic Ability Macro". Here is an overview on how to add these new macro commands to your client:

Click on options on your paper doll and click the Macros tab. Create a new macro and then set it up like this (using whatever hotkey you want)
Here is the example scenario for the following instructions.

Note that when using the ForeverOnline (default) client, the action in the macro dropdown menu is called "Enhanced Abilities by Slot". In the older Forever client, it will say "Active Abilities by Slot". 'Slot 1' is just the talisman itself so make sure you always choose Slot 1. The ability number depends on where the relic is in the order from top to bottom on the talisman. As you can see in the screenshot, Concussive Blast is the fourth relic down. But, it's the third relic that has an active ability so I've chosen 'Ability 3' in the second dropdown menu above. The game doesn't count Reclamation because that has a passive ability and doesn't need to be activated to work. So because I chose 'Ability 3' for this macro, the macro is going to look for the third active relic and use that one. If my relics were in a different order, such as concussive blast, reclamation, knee strike, then volley and I want the macro to activate concussive blast, I'd choose 'Ability 1' because it is the first active relic in the list. If I wanted a macro/hotkey for volley in that scenario, I'd choose 'Ability 3'. Even though volley would be fourth down in the list, it's only the third active relic so it needs to be 'Ability 3'.

Activatable Menu Bar

There is also a menu bar for activatable relics which will fill up for you to click on when your meta talisman detects a relic with an activatable ability. In this example you will see the Vivify Relic which is an activatable relic that needs to choose a valid summoned pet in order to be used.

If you can't find your abilities menu, you can find it in your client options, Combat-Spells, Then "Reset the Abilities Menu Position" button at the bottom.

The Activatable Relic Menu showing the Activatable Relic "Vivify" which is a clickable button that will bring up a crosshair to use on a summoned pet.
The Vivify Relic in use with the Activatable Menu.

Aesthetic Relics

As mentioned there are currently four different aesthetic relics that apply to your Meta Talismans or Meta Pets. Pets require to be either a max evolution dragon (after feeding it fruit), at least a level 6 spider, or at least a level 6 steed.

Aesthetic relic activation percentage is essentially an average of all aesthetics currently applied and online. The average percentage of having all four online is 10%. This means 10% of your kills will result in one of the four activating, they can not double activate on the same kill.

Ascension Relic
(click to preview)
Bloody Explosion Relic
(click to preview)
Chicken Dinner Relic
(click to preview)
Combustion Relic
(click to preview)

Below you will see how to obtain each of the four relics. Ascension is on the donation vendor Nadine. Bloody Explosion is gained as a reward from doing monster contracts for Heracles. Chicken Dinner is on the gold sink vendor Sasha. Combustion is a drop from defeating the Warden boss in Asylum.

Ascension Vendor
(Donation Coins)
Bloody Explosion Vendor
(Contracts)
Chicken Dinner Vendor
(Gold Sink)
Combustion Relic Boss
(Warden Boss Drop)

Quest Line

Be forewarned, the quest to obtain a Meta Talisman is not for the impatient, frugal or faint of heart! To begin the multi-part quest you must travel just west of the Valor Shrine where the Forgotten Warrior statue awaits:

In order to begin a questline with the Forgotten Warrior statue, you will need to stand on the tile by the foot of the statue and speak any words to it:

You can then select one of the quests listed in this popup menu:

The Art of War
Lessons of the Past
1. Antique of the Artisan (Crafter Tali)

The Art of War

The Art of War is a test of valor in which you must prove your worth as a true warrior. You must first sacrifice your most powerful weapons, then slay 100 evil creatures and finally fearlessly enter the Arch Demon's Lair. To track your progress, the Forgotten Warrior has given you a stone in which to empower with your deeds of valor.

Surrender Your Weapons: You are given a dull stone that must be empowered with vanquishing weapons. This stone absorbs a vanquishing weapon's power by double clicking this stone and targeting the weapon. The stone can only be charged with true instruments of war... daggers, cleavers, knives, and pitchforks cannot power it. Once 30 vanquishing weapons have been absorbed by the stone, you must return to the Forgotten Warrior statue and present your empowered stone.

Overdrive Only: The dull stone accepts force, power, and vanquishing weapons valued at 1, 2, and 3 points, respectively. You must fill it with 90 points using any combination of those three modifiers. For example, you could empower the dull stone with 20 vanquishing weapons (60 points), 10 power weapons (20 points), and 10 force weapons (10 points) to achieve the required 90 points.

Slay Evil Creatures: The Forgotten Warrior witness your stone and tell you to prove yourself by slaying 100 "evil" creatures. Creatures of this stature include dragons, drakes, daemons, ogre lords, lich lords, deep earth elementals, orc mine overseers, paragon liches etc. The level of "evilness" is determined by the monster's health points which must be 400 or higher. Some deep earth elementals, for example, will be just below the required level of "evil" because they have less than 400 health points. Once you've killed those creatures and the stone is filled, return to the statue and speak again.
Enter the Arch Demon's Lair: Now you have to visit the Arch Demon's lair! He is located in Wrong on level 3. YOU DO NOT NEED TO FIGHT THE ARCH DEMON! In the center of the room you will find a small red statue. Double click that to collect the Arch Demon's blood. Be cautious however, if the Arch Demon is around, you will have a hard time getting to the statue! If you want to take on the boss himself, it is recommended that you familiarize yourself with his attack mechanics first.
Choose Your Path: With the Arch Demon's blood in your bag, double click your stone and select the blood to purify the stone. Now you can speak once more to the statue with your purified stone and you will be able to choose one of the four talismans:

Notes

You may complete the quest multiple times on one character but you will only be able to wield one talisman at a time.
When killing these evil creatures, you need to the source of damage that obtains looting rights in order for the kill to count. You cannot use summons(such as energy vortex or bladed spirits) or pets/hirelings.

Lessons of the Past

Lessons of the Past is a test of valor in which you must prove your dedication to the arts as a mythical craftsman. You must first consult with the Spirits of the Great Professions of the past to gain their knowledge and then gain their extraordinary powers into your skilled hands. You must then sacrifice corresponding resources to the tools enchanted by these great spirits. Only after all the Spirits of the Great Professions are sated will the Forgotten Warrior provide you with a Talisman of Power.

Spirits of Great Profession: The statue will tell you to visit the Spirits of the Great Professions of the past, which will imbue your stone into a tool. Each spirit is in a location famous for its trade skills, the first is the blacksmith located at the Britain Crafting Area. These spirits will only be visible to you if you are on that part of the questline, no one else will see these spirits. You will need to absorb their knowledge into your stone by double clicking the stone and selecting the spirit.
Sacrifices to the Tool: The spirits will require a sacrifice of the type of resources commonly used in their great profession. The first is ingots to the blacksmithing profession, which you will have to provide all the ingots requested to the tool by double clicking the tool and selecting a pile of ingots from your bags or from the bank box.
Repetition, Consistency, Success: Once this is fulfilled you will need to show your dedication to the Forgotten Warrior and they will appoint your another Spirit of the Great Profession to track down and sacrifice the corresponding resources to the tool used by the Spirit of the Great Profession. Once all 8 spirits have been pacified with the ritual the Forgotten Warrior will offer you the Antique of the Artisan Talisman of Power.

Notes:

When looking for the spirits, they will be found inside a building related to their profession. They will only be visible to you(and others on the same step) and invulnerable, so check for yellow names!
When sacrificing resources, you can place the resources in the bank and then use the tool to target the stack in your open bank.

Abandoning a Questline

You can abandon a previously empty or partially completed questline by using the context menu and selecting the "Abandon Quest".

After the context menu option has been selected you will see a prompt that will require you to type "I Agree" into the field then select "Continue".

Arms Lore

The wielder of any active talisman with 100 Arms Lore and 100 weapon skill receives an increased Minimum Hit Chance. You will only get this increase if you are wielding a weapon relevant to your chosen weapon skill. For example, against a creature with 100 wrestling, a normal warrior with 100 Swordsmanship wielding a katana has a 50% chance to hit the creature. With the talisman and 100 Arms Lore, this increases to 63%. Note, however, that this does not raise your Hit Chance by a flat amount it just raises it to 63% if you are currently below that, such as when you are fighting monsters with 70+ wrestling. If you intend to kill only lowly ogres and ettins, you can probably skip Arms Lore. If however you want to take on bigger monsters, consider fitting this into your template.

Monster's Weapon Skill	Hit Chance without Arms Lore	Hit Chance with Arms Lore	Increased Hit Rate From Arms Lore
50	75%	75%	0%
60	68.10%	68.10%	0%
70	62.50%	63%	0.80%
80	57.70%	63%	9.10%
90	53.60%	63%	17.50%
100	50.00%	63%	26.00%
110	46.88%	63%	34.39%
120	44.10%	63%	42.86%
130	41.66%	63%	51.22%

UO Overdrive Note: The Reforged expansion (https://uooverdrive.com/overdrive-reforged-expansion/) on UO Overdrive made hit chance (accuracy) a flat 75% so Arms Lore no longer has any effect on hit chance when used with a talisman on UO Overdrive.

Idol of the Magi

The Idol of the Magi provides a spell damage bonus and mana cost reduction for offensive spells. The relics also provide more ways to reduce mana costs, boost damage, and use summons to tank through the active use of vivify to heal and return mana to your summons. Flawed Talisman Relics can be found as possible drops from Dungeon Bosses while Crumbling Talisman Relics can be found on Monster of the Week mobs, World Objectives (such as necromancer cemetery mobs), Treasure Maps, Messages in a Bottle, Whirlpools and Paragon Chests.

Benefits

Amplified Damage

Idol of the Magi increases offensive spell damage as the talisman levels at 10% per level.

Level	Bonus Spell Damage
1	10%
2	20%
3	30%
4	40%
5	50%
6	60%
7	70%
8	80%
9	90%
10	100%

Mana Reduction

Idol of the Magi offers a few ways to reduce mana cost which is calculated by the talisman level, number of relics applied, and Spirit Speak:

(Spirit Speak Skill/4)% e.g.: 25% mana reduction at 100 Spirit Speak, 12.5% at 50.
(Talisman Level)% e.g.: 1% at level 1, 10% at level 10.
Bonus 10% reduction when four relics are enabled.
These bonuses are all additive, meaning if you have GM Spirit Speak, a level 10 Talisman, and four relics enabled, your spell's cost will be reduced from 45% (mana costs are rounded up to the next whole number!)
It is also worth noting the Transcendence relic reduces the base cost of spells by (relic level), which these percentage reductions then apply to.

Leveling

Talisman experience is gained through damage that gets converted into experience. The following table explains the experience required to gain talisman levels:

Level	Experience Required
1	10,000
2	24,623
3	41,712
4	60,629
5	81,033
6	102,706
7	125,495
8	149,285
9	173,986
10	199,526

Penalties

While leveling, your talisman experience gains are reduced if you are wearing armor. The penalty is 1.6% per AR. There is however no range penalty for meta mages. You can therefore stand at a safe distance while firing your lightning bolts at those big ugly creatures!

Spirit Speak

Spirit Speak reduces the cost of spells. With the talisman at level 10 with four relics applied an energy bolt will cost as little as 10 mana with 100 Spirit Speak, 14 mana with 50 Spirit Speak, and 16 mana with 0 Spirit Speak.

Relics

Idol of the Magi has 5 relics available and you can enable up to 4 at a time depending on the talisman's level. This talisman has two types of relics: active and passive. Passive relics provide advantages or abilities by simply having them enabled on your talisman. Active relics can be used by selecting them from your talisman ability gump. Flawed Talisman Relics can be found as possible drops from Dungeon Bosses while Crumbling Talisman Relics can be found on Monster of the Week mobs, World Objectives (such as necromancer cemetery mobs), Treasure Maps, Messages in a Bottle, Whirlpools and Paragon Chests.

Dispersion

Relic Type: Passive

Proc Chance: Greater than 10%

Dispersion provides a chance for spell damage to be dispersed to nearby enemies. There is a 10% chance for an offensive spell to damage level-dependent number of creatures within a 3 tile radius. At level one, the damage can disperse onto one additional creature and the cool down is 60 seconds. At level ten, the damage can spread to up to ten additional creatures and the cool down is 45 seconds.

Level	Experience Required	Cooldown	Additional Creatures
1	200	60	1
2	546	58	2
3	984	56	3
4	1,493	55	4
5	2,063	53	5
6	2,688	51	6
7	3,361	50	7
8	4,079	48	8
9	4,838	46	9
10	5,637	45	10

Focus

Relic Type: Passive

Proc Chance: 95%

Focus provides a chance for increased spell damage. Spell damage can do (Focus Level / 20)% additional damage to the target creature. For example, at level 1, this would be 5% (1/20)% additional damage. An offensive spell that hits for 100 will therefore generate an additional 5 damage, shown as a separate damage number. In the same scenario, at level 10, focus can generate an additional 50 spell damage. The Focus relic cooldown begins with a base of 35 seconds and falls 2 seconds per relic level for a total of 15 seconds at Level 10. The chance of activation is 95% after the cooldown expires.

Level	Experience Required	Cooldown	Bonus Damage
1	200	35	5%
2	546	32	10%
3	984	30	15%
4	1,493	28	20%
5	2,063	26	25%
6	2,688	23	30%
7	3,361	21	35%
8	4,079	19	40%
9	4,838	17	45%
10	5,637	15	50%

Shadow Disciple

Relic Type: Passive

Proc Chance: Very Low

Shadow Disciple provides a chance to return some mana and temporarily lower the resist of creatures that are casted upon. Mana recovery is calculated by: (damage * (10.0 + (Level * 2.0)) / 100.0). The resist of the target is modified by: resist * (1.0 - (((Level * 2) + 10.0) / 100.0)). The Cooldown starts at 1 minute and reduces 2 seconds per level. It has a 100% chance to trigger.

Level	Experience Required	Mana Recovery	Target New Resist	Cooldown
1	200	12% of damage done	88% of maximum	60 seconds
2	546	14% of damage done	86% of maximum	58 seconds
3	984	16% of damage done	84% of maximum	56 seconds
4	1,493	18% of damage done	82% of maximum	54 seconds
5	2,063	20% of damage done	80% of maximum	52 seconds
6	2,688	22% of damage done	78% of maximum	50 seconds
7	3,361	24% of damage done	76% of maximum	48 seconds
8	4,079	26% of damage done	74% of maximum	46 seconds
9	4,838	28% of damage done	72% of maximum	44 seconds
10	5,637	30% of damage done	70% of maximum	42 seconds

Transcendence

Relic Type: Active

Cooldown: 100 seconds

Duration: 10 seconds

When this relic is activated, your character will go into a trance, be covered in a blue aura, and be able to cast hostile spells(such as Lightning) in a frenzy for up to 10 seconds. This is similar to how the Quicksilver relic works where instead of increasing the attack speed, this relic will increase the casting speed! The casting time for a spell becomes 1/(relic Level +1) of its original casting time. So for level 1, your casting time is 1/2 or a 50% increase in casting speed and at level 9 it would be 1/10 or a 90% increase. The secondary effect for the speed up in casting is the reduce cost in mana so that these spells which each Level of this relic provides a relic level amount reduction in the spells cost. A level 10 relic would make a lightning strike 1 mana for instance. If you enter into PVP(Player vs Player) combat during this trance, the relic will deactivate. You cannot target a player while the under the the effects of Transcendence. Experience is gained through damage done while under the effects of Transcendence.

Level	Experience Required	New Casting Time	Casting Speed Increase	Mana Cost Reduction
1	600	50% of the original casting time	200% Faster than normal	1 mana
2	1,639	33% of the original casting time	303% Faster than normal	2 mana
3	2,951	25% of the original casting time	400% Faster than normal	3 mana
4	4,479	20% of the original casting time	500% Faster than normal	4 mana
5	6,190	17% of the original casting time	588% Faster than normal	5 mana
6	8,063	14% of the original casting time	714% Faster than normal	6 mana
7	10,082	13% of the original casting time	769% Faster than normal	7 mana
8	12,236	12% of the original casting time	833% Faster than normal	8 mana
9	14,515	10% of the original casting time	1000% Faster than normal	9 mana
10	16,910	9% of the original casting time	1111% Faster than normal	10 mana

Vivify

Relic Type: Active

Cooldown: 30 seconds

Duration: 8 minutes

This Activatable Relic is used to buff a summoned creature that you can control(such as a daemon or elemental but not Energy Vortexes or Bladed Spirits). The cooldown for this relic is 30 seconds. The ability has a channeling time, which means the summoned creature needs to stay within 3 tiles of the targeted location that the spell began before the Vivify buff can be applied. If the target stays within the location until the end of the animation, then the following buffs will be applied:

Increase in skills and stats equal to Relic level * 6.66% .
Armor increased by relic Level * 4.44%.
Duration that the summon will stay active is increased to eight minutes.
The chance to dispel a summoned creature will be reduced, which will be the Normal Dispel Chance / (Relic Level + 1). Higher levels means lower chances to dispel this vivified target.
Vivified targets will be dyed a random metallic color, unless your meta talisman has been dyed. Dyed meta talismans will apply their colors to vivified targets.
If the target is already vivified, the target's health, mana, and stamina will be restored by a set amount, repeatedly for a short duration. This also applies to non-vivified summons!

Notes:

The target will receive a buff relative to the level of the Relic, the higher the level, the better the buffs.
Only while the target is vivified will relic XP be granted after killing a sufficiently difficult monster of which there will need to be a minimum amount of 1 damage done by that summoned creature.
Vivify XP gains will also include the damage from the vivify owner. As long as the vivify summon has dealt 1 damage to a target, the vivify XP gained will be calculated as if all damage from the vivify owner is from the vivify summon.
If you enter into PVP(Player vs Player) combat, Vivify will deactivate.
Mages using vivified summons can now benefit from unlocking a sixth follower slot. See Follower Slots for details.

Level	Experience Required	Bonus Skills and Stats	Bonus Armor	Dispel Chance Reduction
1	4500	6.66%	4.44%	Normal Dispel Chance / 2
2	12,294	13.32%	8.88%	Normal Dispel Chance / 3
3	22,133	19.98%	13.32%	Normal Dispel Chance / 4
4	33,589	26.64%	17.76%	Normal Dispel Chance / 5
5	46,421	33.3%	22.2%	Normal Dispel Chance / 6
6	60,469	39.96%	26.64%	Normal Dispel Chance / 7
7	75,614	46.62%	31.08%	Normal Dispel Chance / 8
8	91,768	53.28%	35.52%	Normal Dispel Chance / 9
9	108,859	59.94%	39.96%	Normal Dispel Chance / 10
10	126,827	66.6%	44.4%	Normal Dispel Chance / 11

Tips, Tricks, and Templates

When completing the initial quest line, you may want to consider switching your character to a warrior or tank mage to complete killing the 100 evil creatures. Alternatively, make use of slayer spell books to kill the evil creatures as a pure mage but note that this can be somewhat laborious as you cannot use summons to help you.

You should make best use of all things that improve leveling efficiency:

Don't wear any or very minimal armor. Leather bought from NPCs with slayer properties applied will provide the best balance for damage mitigation and experience gains.
Level up Spirit Speak to 100 for spell cost reduction.
Use slayer spell books to increase spell damage and therefore experience gains but be aware that at higher levels when you start dishing out some serious damage and killing monsters quickly, you may be better off using weaker spells or dropping the slayer spell book to eek out the maximum possible experience per monsters. Note: Unlike normal spell books, crafted slayer spell books can be stolen, unless a bless deed is used on them.
Apply the Shadow Disciple relic first as it provides both increased damage and returns mana.
Kill the biggest creatures you can find. If you are struggling, ask a friendly tamer or bard if you can follow them around and cast spells on the creatures they are killing.

Common templates are:

Magery, Evaluating Intelligence, Healing, Anatomy, Spirit Speak, Meditation, Resisting Spells - This provides defensive wresting through Evaluating Intelligence and Anatomy, allows bandages to be used to heal and therefore save mana and Spirit Speak to conserve mana. Resisting Spells is useful to mitigate interruptions from poisons and paralyze spells.
Magery, Evaluating Intelligence, Spirit Speak, Wrestling, Inscription, Meditation, Resisting Spells - Inscription lets you craft your own slayer spell books and number of spells that can be reflected with the Magic Reflection spell.

Phylactery of Resilience

The Phylactery of Resilience, also known as the defense talisman, offers increased survivability in combat.

Benefits

Reduced Damage

The Phylactery of Resilience offers increased protection from melee and magical damage from creatures. There are ten levels of the talisman and on average you gain 5% damage reduction per level.

Level	Bonus Protection
1	5%
2	10%
3	15%
4	20%
5	25%
6	30%
7	35%
8	40%
9	45%
10	50%

Leveling

Talisman experience is gained through damage that gets converted into experience. The levels are calculated with a "Base Value" and a "Per Level Power" in the formula: "Base Value" * (Level ^ "Per Level Power"). The Base Value for the talisman is 10000 and the Per Level Power is a factor of 1.3. The following table explains the experience required to gain talisman Levels:

Level	Experience Required
1	10,000
2	24,623
3	41,712
4	60,629
5	81,033
6	102,706
7	125,495
8	149,285
9	173,986
10	199,526

Penalties

The amount you gain is penalized by wearing too little armor. To ensure maximum experience gains, keep your armor at or above 80. The amount of experience gained is also affected by distance from the creature. The penalty is 20% for each tile beyond 1.5. Stay close, be well armored and crush those evil creatures!

Relics

Phylactery of Resilience has 5 relics available to reduce incoming damage from fire breath and poison damage, as well as, provide retaliation attacks such as reflected damage, stuns, and even the ability to steal hit points from nearby creatures. Flawed Talisman Relics can be found as possible drops from Dungeon Bosses while Crumbling Talisman Relics can be found on Monster of the Week mobs, World Objectives (such as necromancer cemetery mobs), Treasure Maps, Messages in a Bottle, Whirlpools and Paragon Chests.

Leech

Relic Type: Passive

Cooldown: ???

Proc Chance: ???

Leech provides the ability for the player to sap small amounts of health from nearby creatures when damaged. The amount per creature is capped at the skill level and is a random value from 1 to relic level. The chance to activate and cool down are affected by gaining levels.

Level	Experience Required	Range of Health Sapped
1	200	1
2	546	1-2
3	984	1-3
4	1,493	1-4
5	2,063	1-5
6	2,688	1-6
7	3,361	1-7
8	4,079	1-8
9	4,838	1-9
10	5,637	1-10

Quench

Relic Type: Passive

Proc Chance: ???

Quench provides a chance to resist fire breath. Once triggered it provides protection against fire breath for a period of time determined by the relic level. The duration lasts for (Level * 5) seconds. The cooldown decreases by 90 - (Level * 2).

Level	Experience Required	Duration	Cooldown
1	200	5 seconds	88 seconds
2	546	10 seconds	86 seconds
3	984	15 seconds	84 seconds
4	1,493	20 seconds	82 seconds
5	2,063	25 seconds	80 seconds
6	2,688	30 seconds	78 seconds
7	3,361	35 seconds	76 seconds
8	4,079	40 seconds	74 seconds
9	4,838	45 seconds	72 seconds
10	5,637	50 seconds	70 seconds

Recoil

Relic Type: Passive

Proc Chance: 25%

Recoil provides a chance for melee damage done to a player to reflect back on the attacking creature. When it activates, it returns 2x base damage to the creature. There is a 25% chance to turn an opponent's attack onto him. At level 1 it starts with a 30 second cooldown. With each level the cooldown reduces by 1 second, resulting in a 20 second cooldown at level 10.

Level	Experience Required	Cooldown
1	200	29 seconds
2	546	28 seconds
3	984	27 seconds
4	1,493	26 seconds
5	2,063	25 seconds
6	2,688	24 seconds
7	3,361	23 seconds
8	4,079	22 seconds
9	4,838	21 seconds
10	5,637	20 seconds

Remedy

Relic Type: Passive

Proc Chance: 25%

Remedy provides a chance to resist poison from a melee hit, such as a scorpion's sting, for a period of time determined by the relic level. There is a 25% chance to become immune to poison for (Level * 4) seconds. The cooldown decreases by 90 - (Level * 3).

Level	Experience Required	Duration	Cooldown
1	100	87 seconds	4 seconds
2	273	84 seconds	8 seconds
3	492	81 seconds	12 seconds
4	746	78 seconds	16 seconds
5	1,032	75 seconds	20 seconds
6	1,344	72 seconds	24 seconds
7	1,680	69 seconds	28 seconds
8	2,039	66 seconds	32 seconds
9	2,419	63 seconds	36 seconds
10	2,818	60 seconds	40 seconds

Shield Bash

Relic Type: Passive

Proc Chance: ???

Shield Bash does a mighty stunning bash to your enemy. Factoring in your skill in parry and your relic level at level 10 it provides a 3x modifier in damage based of your weapon. Including the damage it also stuns your target for 5 seconds. The cooldown decreases by 30 - (Level * 1).

Level	Experience Required	Cooldown
1	200	29 seconds
2	546	28 seconds
3	984	27 seconds
4	1,493	26 seconds
5	2,063	25 seconds
6	2,688	24 seconds
7	3,361	23 seconds
8	4,079	22 seconds
9	4,838	21 seconds
10	5,637	20 seconds

Tips, Tricks, and Templates

The defense talisman is the most casual to level, sitting comfortably between the fast, furious zerker and the laborious, cautious meta mage. While you may need to pay slightly less attention to your health bar than the other talismans, you can't completely disengage. Keep the following things in mind:

Keep your armor at or above 80 at all times. Regularly check armor damage as you will be taking some big blows from the level of creature you will be fighting. A character with blacksmith will come in handy for repairs or you will need to stock up on repair deeds.
Strongly consider including Parrying in your template to protect your armor and provide extra damage mitigation. This is particularly useful at lower levels.
Consider using a swamp dragon for even more damage mitigation.
If you can afford it, consider adding some slayer properties to your armor.
Quench and Remedy are best applied early on as they provide excellent protection and can take quite some time to level up.

A classic template is:

Weapon Skill, Parrying, Healing, Anatomy, Resisting Spells, Tactics and either:
- Magery for overall utility. The ability to use Reactive Armor, Recall, Cure, Reflect, and Teleport are all very useful.
- Arms Lore to increase your hit chance (Using runebooks loaded with recalls to travel around).

Totem of the Berserker

The Totem of the Berserker, also known as the zerker, provides increase offensive bonuses in combat. While typically used with melee weapons, this damage bonus can be applied to archery, however it is recommended to use Artifact of the Marksman to get the most out of ranged combat.

Benefits

Increased Damage

Totem of the Berserker provides a damage bonus of 5% per level.

Level	Bonus Damage
1	5%
2	10%
3	15%
4	20%
5	25%
6	30%
7	35%
8	40%
9	45%
10	50%

Leveling

Talisman experience is gained through damage that gets converted into experience. The levels are calculated with a "Base Value" and a "Per Level Power" in the formula: "Base Value" * (Level ^ "Per Level Power"). The Base Value for the talisman is 10000 and the Per Level Power is a factor of 1.3. The following table explains the experience required to gain talisman Levels:

Level	Experience Required
1	10,000
2	24,623
3	41,712
4	60,629
5	81,033
6	102,706
7	125,495
8	149,285
9	173,986
10	199,526

Penalties

The more armor you wear, the less experience you gain for damaging creatures at a rate of 1% per AR. As with the defense talisman, there is a distance penalty on experience gained of 20% per tile beyond 1.5 tiles.

Relics

Totem of the Berserker has 5 relics available to increase offensive bonuses in combat. Flawed Talisman Relics can be found as possible drops from Dungeon Bosses while Crumbling Talisman Relics can be found on Monster of the Week mobs, World Objectives (such as necromancer cemetery mobs), Treasure Maps, Messages in a Bottle, Whirlpools and Paragon Chests.

Double Strike

Relic Type: Passive

On a successful swing this relic may activate which the berserker will double swing on the creature. It does an instant swing following a normal swing provided you are within 5 tiles and starts with a 25% chance to activate with a 30 second cooldown. The damage is recalculated for the second strike so the damage number will almost certainly differ. Leveling this ability lowers the cooldown and increases the chance of activation.

Level	Experience Required	Proc Chance	Cooldown
1	200	25%	30 seconds
2	546	???	28 seconds
3	984	???	27 seconds
4	1,493	???	26 seconds
5	2,063	???	25 seconds
6	2,688	???	24 seconds
7	3,361	???	23 seconds
8	4,079	???	22 seconds
9	4,838	???	21 seconds
10	5,637	???	20 seconds

Infected Wounds

Relic Type: Passive

Proc Chance: ???

When this relic activates on a hit, the target becomes infected with a special debuff that increases the damage that the target takes from this Relic. When a target has the Infected Wounds debuff active, it will begin to take damage every 0.5 seconds for 3 seconds which the damage will increase as the target loses hit points. The damage calculation per 0.5 seconds is based on relic level and the current missing hit points, which is the lowest value of either 10% of the targets missing health or the Infected Wounds relic level * 4 in damage. AKA Damage Calculation = Smaller of (10% of missing health or Level * 4).

Level	Experience Required	Cooldown
1	300	60 seconds
2	820	57 seconds
3	1,476	55 seconds
4	2,239	53 seconds
5	3,095	51 seconds
6	4,031	49 seconds
7	5,041	47 seconds
8	6,118	45 seconds
9	7,257	43 seconds
10	8,455	41 seconds

Phase Shift

Relic Type: Passive

Proc Chance: 100%

Upon attacking a creature at range the berserker teleport attacks to the targeted creature. The cooldown starts at 60 seconds but has a guaranteed activation on attack. The target must reside on a tile that can be walked on and more than 7 tiles away. Phase Shift teleports to a single target. Each level lowers the cooldown. 100 Hiding and Stealth will provide 50% bonus damage when phase shifting while hidden.

Level	Experience Required	Cooldown
1	200	60 seconds
2	546	56 seconds
3	984	52 seconds
4	1,493	48 seconds
5	2,063	44 seconds
6	2,688	40 seconds
7	3,361	36 seconds
8	4,079	32 seconds
9	4,838	28 seconds
10	5,637	24 seconds

Primal Scream

Relic Type: Active

Cooldown: 30 seconds

Duration: 5 seconds

You can activate a scream every 30 seconds that will provide yourself with a buff to both your Dexterity and Stamina of the Primal Scream relic level times 40 for a total of 5 seconds. This will increase your swing speed as Dexterity and current Stamina are a factor in determining how fast a weapon swings in your hands! Experience is gained while fighting under the effects of Primal Scream instead of by activation counts.

Level	Experience Required	Dexterity and Stamina Increase
1	200	40
2	546	80
3	984	120
4	1,493	160
5	2,063	200
6	2,688	240
7	3,361	280
8	4,079	320
9	4,838	360
10	5,637	400

Tread

Relic Type: Passive

Proc Chance: 100%

Cooldown: 30 seconds

The berserker can trample an enemy either on foot or while mounted. Full stamina is required and the Strength of the character is taken into account where 120 Strength is considered full strength and will provide maximum damage for your level. At level 10 the ability can provide up to a maximum of 300 damage. It has 100% chance to activate if the ability is available and the berserker's stamina is full.

A special ability for Tread will be unlocked upon reaching level 11. Once clicked to activate it, the next time the berserker runs through a non-player target, the target will be stunned for about five seconds. The ability has a 15 second cooldown between uses and neither the duration nor cooldown change as the level increases.

Level	Experience Required	Maximum Damage
1	200	???
2	546	???
3	984	???
4	1,493	???
5	2,063	???
6	2,688	???
7	3,361	???
8	4,079	???
9	4,838	???
10	5,637	300

Tips, Tricks, and Templates

Buy refresh potions, lots and lots of refresh potions.

The zerker talisman is fun and engaging to level. As long as you follow these basic rules, you should be able to quickly progress through the levels:

Like the meta mage, and in keeping with your title, a berserker should wear little or no armor for maximum gains. Leather bought from NPCs with slayer properties applied will provide the best balance for damage mitigation and experience gains.
Unlike the meta mage, you do not have the luxury of standing at range and if you cannot afford a full set of slayer armor, you may need to resort to jousting.
As you may need to joust, Arms Lore is very useful for efficient leveling to provide a greater chance for a successful hit.
Definitely do not use a shield or Parry, your armor will be too high reducing your experience gains.
Use slayer weapons to ensure you get maximum damage.
Primal Scream is a good choice for a first relic to start out with, it gives a great damage boost which levels the talisman faster and is an Activatable Relic so there are no wasted procs, plus it's fun!
Use a swamp dragon to reduce damage taken.

There are many different ways to play a zerker but here are a few suggestions to get you started:

Weapon Skill, Tactics, Anatomy, Healing, Resist, Arms Lore and either:
- Magery for overall utility. The ability to use Reactive Armor, Recall, Cure, Reflect, and Teleport are all very useful
- Lumberjacking for even more damage if you opt for Swordsmanship.
- Hiding for a quick escape to avoid really nasty creatures (and players).

Shadow of the Rogue

The Shadow Of The Rogue talisman is a take on the classic RPG rogue class. The talisman and relics level in the same manner of the existing talismans. The talisman and relics are available on the gold sink vendor for 1,000,000 gp for the talisman and 100K gold per crumbling relic or 800K gold per flawed relic. This talisman does not require the completion the talisman quest in order to begin using these benefits or applying relics.

Benefits

Amplified Damage

Knives and Daggers get a Level * 20% bonus to knife weapons (i.e. 200% at Level 10)
Crossbows get a Level * 13% (i.e. 130% bonus at Level 10)

Level	Knife Bonus Damage	Crossbow Bonus Damage
1	20%	13%
2	40%	26%
3	60%	39%
4	80%	52%
5	100%	65%
6	120%	78%
7	140%	91%
8	160%	104%
9	180%	117%
10	200%	130%

Running Stealth

The wearer gains the ability to run while stealth to a distance of 5 * level tiles (i.e. 50 tiles at Level 10)

Updates

There were some past changes to the Shadow of the Rogue talisman as indicated in the following patch notes:

Server update 8.7.3.0 - Tons of Talisman Relic updates, Rogue Talisman Provisional update, and more.

Additional new updates have been made to the Rogue Talisman, including the addition of three new relics:

Server update 8.8.4.1 - Rogue talisman changes and additions, lots of bug fixes!

Leveling

The talisman and relics level in the same manner of the existing talismans.

Permanent Experience Method

Talisman experience is gained through damage that gets converted into experience. The levels are calculated with a "Base Value" and a "Per Level Power" in the formula: "Base Value" * (Level ^ "Per Level Power"). The Base Value for the talisman is 10000 and the Per Level Power is a factor of 1.3. The following table explains the experience required to gain Talisman Levels:

Level	Experience Required
1	10,000
2	24,623
3	41,712
4	60,629
5	81,033
6	102,706
7	125,495
8	149,285
9	173,986
10	199,526

Penalties

The more armor you wear, the less experience you gain for damaging creatures at a rate of 1% per AR. As with the defense talisman, there is a distance penalty on experience gained of 20% per tile beyond 1.5 tiles.

Relics

Relics can be purchased directly from the gold sink vendor for 100K gold per crumbling relic or 800K gold per flawed relic and the relics are leveled through damage when activated or by the activation itself.

Disembowel

Relic Type: Passive

Cooldown: 30 seconds

Duration: 20 seconds

Bleed attack that does 10 ticks of relic level damage every 30 seconds.

Level	Experience Required	Bonus Damage per 10 Ticks
1	200	10
2	546	20
3	984	30
4	1,493	40
5	2,063	50
6	2,688	60
7	3,361	70
8	4,079	80
9	4,838	90
10	5,637	100

Elude

Relic Type: Passive

Cooldown: 30 seconds

Duration: 20 seconds

Damage absorption of relic level * 2% every 30 seconds that lasts up to 20 seconds per activation.

Level	Experience Required	Damage Absorption
1	200	2%
2	546	4%
3	984	6%
4	1,493	8%
5	2,063	10%
6	2,688	12%
7	3,361	14%
8	4,079	16%
9	4,838	18%
10	5,637	20%

Ruthless

Relic Type: Passive

This is a passive relic that gives relic level * 2% bonus damage to poisoned targets. This is always on and does not give trigger notifications.

Level	Experience Required	Bonus Damage
1	1200	2%
2	3,278	4%
3	5,902	6%
4	8,957	8%
5	12,379	10%
6	16,125	12%
7	20,164	14%
8	24,472	16%
9	29,029	18%
10	33,821	20%

Shadow Dance

Relic Type: Passive

Cooldown: 30 seconds

Area effect attack that hits up to 4 nearby creatures with bonus damage based on relic level

Level	Experience Required
1	200
2	546
3	984
4	1,493
5	2,063
6	2,688
7	3,361
8	4,079
9	4,838
10	5,637

Smoke Bomb

Relic Type: Active

Cooldown: 15 seconds

Being inside the effected area will periodically make your character invisible

Tick rate = 2.5 - (0.15 * level) seconds

Level	Experience Required	Tick Rate
1	1,500	2.35 second
2	4,098	2.20 second
3	11,196	2.05 second
4	15,473	1.90 second
5	15,473	1.75 second
6	20,156	1.60 second
7	25,204	1.45 second
8	30,589	1.30 second
9	36,286	1.15 second
10	42,275	1 second

Sneak Attack

Relic Type: Passive

This will grant you an additional 5 * Level% damage when you attack an opponent from hidden

Level	Experience Required	Damage Bonus
1	1500	5%
2	4,098	10%
3	11,196	15%
4	15,473	20%
5	15,473	25%
6	20,156	30%
7	25,204	35%
8	30,589	40%
9	36,286	45%
10	42,275	50%

Finesse

Relic Type: Passive

This will grant you a stacking buff which reduces your swing speed. Maximum stacks are the same as the level of this relic. The buff is attached to the weapon you're using, if you switch it then you will lose all stacks.

Formula is now speed / (1 + (Stacks * 0.3)

Level	Experience Required
1	2000
2	5,464
3	9,836
4	14,928
5	20,631
6	26,875
7	33,606
8	40,785
9	48,381
10	56,367

Tips, Tricks, and Templates

The rogue talisman is fun and engaging to level. As long as you follow these basic rules, you should be able to progress through the levels:

Like the meta mage and zerker, wear little or no armor for maximum gains. Leather bought from NPCs with slayer properties applied will provide the best balance for damage mitigation and experience gains.
Unlike the meta mage, you do not have the luxury of standing at range and if you cannot afford a full set of slayer armor, you may need to resort to jousting.
As you may need to joust, Arms Lore is very useful for efficient leveling to provide a greater chance for a successful hit.
Definitely do not use a shield or parrying, your armor will be too high reducing your experience gains.
Use slayer weapons to ensure you get maximum damage.
Use a swamp dragon to reduce damage taken.

There are many different ways to play a Rogue but here are a few suggestions to get you started:

Fencing or Swords, Tactics, Anatomy, Healing, Resist, Arms Lore and either:
- Magery for overall utility. The ability to use Reactive Armor, Recall, Cure, Reflect, and Teleport are all very useful
- Archery to have more attack versatility

Artifact of the Marksman

Artifact of the Marksman Talisman is an archery focused talisman which provides multiple options to suit your playstyle by providing area of effect (AOE) and crowd control (CC) options. It also increases single target damage by amplifying damage output and attack speed. The talisman is received as a reward for completing the Art of War Questline.

Benefits

Amplified Damage

Artifact of the Marksman increases damage as the talisman levels levels by 5% per level when using Archery based weapons.

Level	Bonus Archery Damage
1	5%
2	10%
3	15%
4	20%
5	25%
6	30%
7	35%
8	40%
9	45%
10	50%

Decrease Arrows Destroyed

Artifact of the Talisman lowers the chance of arrows being destroyed while auto attacking to 5% for hits and misses. Normally, arrows would be destroyed 25% of the time when it hits a target and 40% of the time when you miss.

Leveling

Talisman experience is gained through damage that gets converted into experience. The levels are calculated with a "Base Value" and a "Per Level Power" in the formula: "Base Value" * (Level ^ "Per Level Power"). The Base Value for the talisman is 10000 and the Per Level Power is a factor of 1.3. The following table explains the experience required to gain Talisman Levels:

Level	Experience Required
1	10,000
2	24,623
3	41,712
4	60,629
5	81,033
6	102,706
7	125,495
8	149,285
9	173,986
10	199,526

Penalties

There are no restrictions to leveling with this talisman. Armor and distance are not a factor when attempting to train this talisman!

Relics

Artifact of the Marksman has 7 relics available and you can enable up to 4 at a time depending on the talisman's level. This talisman has two types of relics: active and passive. Passive relics provide advantages or abilities by simply having them enabled on your talisman. Active relics can be used by selecting them from your talisman ability gump. All relics can be purchased directly from the Unique Wares gold sink vendor.

Notes:

Current relic color is a placeholder and will be changed.
Certain mobs will be immune to CC (crowd control) effects such as champs or higher level paragons.

Concussive Blast

Relic Type: Active

Cooldown: 20 seconds

Applies a silence to the target that lasts 2 seconds per relic level which is 20 seconds at max level. The silence applies a debuff which prevents spell casting and also interrupts their current spell channeling at the time of the concussive blast.

Level	Experience Required	Silence Length
1	200	2
2	546	4
3	984	6
4	1,493	8
5	2,063	10
6	2,688	12
7	3,361	14
8	4,079	16
9	4,838	18
10	5,637	20

Hunters Focus

Relic Type: Passive

Cooldown: 30 seconds

Provides a buff which greatly increases the attack speed for 5 seconds. You will receive 40 dex/stam per level. The buff will automatically be removed during PvP.

Level	Experience Required	Dex/Stam Bonus
1	400	40
2	1,093	80
3	1,967	120
4	2,986	160
5	4,126	200
6	5,375	240
7	6,721	280
8	8,157	320
9	9,676	360
10	11,274	400

Knee Strike

Relic Type: Passive & Active

Passive Cooldown: 3 seconds

Active Cooldown: 65 seconds

Passively debuffs your target, lowering their movement speed while auto attacking every 3 seconds and applies Knee Strike charges. Knee Strike's active ability consumes your Knee Strike charges and applies an even more powerful slow on your next attack. The amplified slow increases, depending on the number of charges you have with 10 being the max. Each charge will reduce move speed by 1/4.

Level	Experience Required
1	2,000
2	5,464
3	9,837
4	14,929
5	20,632
6	26,875
7	33,606
8	40,786
9	48,382
10	56,368

Piercing Shot

Relic Type: Active

Cooldown: 8 seconds

Fire an arrow towards the selected target which pierces through all mobs for 14 tiles dealing Level * 3 damage.

Level	Experience Required	Bonus Damage
1	1,000	3
2	2,732	6
3	4,918	9
4	7,464	12
5	10,316	15
6	13,438	18
7	16,803	21
8	20,393	24
9	24,191	27
10	28,184	30

Pinning Lob

Relic Type: Active

Cooldown: 15 seconds

Pushes the first mob that the arrow collides into back 3 tiles. If the mob collides with an obstacle or another mob, it will stun the mob for 1 second per level. If it is pushed into a mob, the mob it collides with will also be stunned for the same duration.

Level	Experience Required	Stun Length
1	500	1
2	1,366	2
3	2,459	3
4	3,732	4
5	5,158	5
6	6,719	6
7	8,402	7
8	10,196	8
9	12,095	9
10	14,092	10

Reclamation

Relic Type: Passive

Reclamation is a passive relic which automatically picks arrows up as they are being shot or from active relic abilities. It picks arrows up within the relic’s level +1 tiles of your character. So, at level 1 it will pick up arrows within 2 tiles and at level 10 it will pick up arrows within 11 tiles.

Level	Experience Required	Range Increase
1	3,000	1
2	8,196	2
3	14,755	3
4	22,393	4
5	30,948	5
6	40,313	6
7	50,410	7
8	61,179	8
9	72,573	9
10	84,551	10

Volley

Relic Type: Active

Cooldown: 65 seconds

Your player will begin shooting massive amount arrows into the air at a target location every second for 10 seconds. Volley will be interrupted if you move or do not have enough arrows. Damage dealt 3 * Level and will be modified by arrow type modifiers. The archer must be dismounted to use Volley.

Level	Experience Required	Bonus Damage
1	2,000	3
2	5,464	6
3	9,837	9
4	14,929	12
5	20,632	15
6	26,875	18
7	33,606	21
8	40,786	24
9	48,382	27
10	56,368	30

Tips, Tricks, and Templates

The marksman talisman is fun and engaging to level. As long as you follow these basic rules, you should be able to progress through the levels:

Unlike some of the other talismans, there is no xp penalty when firing at range and no xp penalty related to how much armor you are wearing.
Arms Lore is very useful for efficient leveling to provide a greater chance for a successful hit.
Use slayer weapons to ensure you get maximum damage.
Use a swamp dragon to reduce damage taken. However, an archer should be able to stay out of harm's way when it comes to melee attacks from mobs.

There are many different ways to play a marksman but here are a few suggestions to get you started:

Weapon Skill, Tactics, Anatomy, Healing, Resist, Arms Lore and either:
- Magery for overall utility. The ability to use Reactive Armor, Recall, Cure, Reflect, and Teleport are all very useful.
- Hiding for a quick escape to avoid really nasty creatures (and players).
Concussive Blast and Hunter's Focus are the two most recommended relics to start with. Concussive Blast silences a mob from casting spells so it allows the marksman to take on more powerful mobs earlier, which means more xp gained and faster leveling overall. Hunter's Focus adds a dexterity buff which translates to faster shooting and also can help the talisman level faster. Both are great choices for the marksman's first relic.
Reclamation is a much more effective alternative to using the scavenger agent in Razor because it does not conflict with other actions, puts arrows back into your backpack faster, and does not conflict with rough terrain. To level reclamation quickly, use the volley relic against a paragon version of an ettin, ogre, or troll. If you can activate a relic xp perk or 2x bonus code at the same time, even better.

Idol of Forbidden Magic

Overview

The Idol of Forbidden Magic is one of the most recently discovered meta talismans which can empower the Sosarian with the ability to perform necromantic rituals to reanimate the corpses of recently slain creatures. The focus of this talisman to allow the practice of necromancy to supplement your current playstyle, as this is the most versatile talisman with the least amount of restrictions. The Idol of Forbidden Magic does not restrict you from the animal taming or barding skills, and allows for the Arms Lore Hit Chance baseline. It is a summoner, in which you raise a small, but powerful, army that is under your control. These summons use Pet Control Slots, much like summoned daemons or Energy Vortexes, however there are some key differences in how they function when compared to normal summons or pets/hirelings. Unlike the other meta talisman's questline, there is a unique way to obtain this talisman that involves spending time in the graveyards near the various cities of Britannia and hunting for fragments of this forbidden knowledge.

More Information

For more information on the Idol of Forbidden Magic:

Antique of the Artisan

Overview

The Antique of the Artisan is a Meta Talisman designed around the various crafting and trade skills available in Ultima Online. The Talisman gives the ability to craft hundreds of new rare items with the use of Mythic Crafting Recipes. Relics allow for ways to affect your crafts though various ways such as Empowering them to do more damage, reduce resource costs, better chances at exceptional/slayer properties, and NPC Vendor side-deals like offering bulk sale offers or giving up to a 95% discount on the sale.

More Information

For more information on the Antique of the Artisan:

Idol of Endless Forms

The Idol of Endless Forms is a polymorph-based Meta Talisman that allows players to transform into a wide variety of creatures, each with its own independent skill progression and stat growth. As forms level up over time, they unlock powerful form-defining abilities, rewarding dedicated players who master the unique strengths of each transformation. Eight crumbling relics can be combined using the transmutation cube or the Relic Storage Shelf to create a flawed relic. Eight flawed relics can be combined using the Relic Storage Shelf to create a flawless relic.

Benefits

Polymorph Forms

The Idol of Endless Forms has the following progression forms. Each form has its own set of skills, which will be reflected in the player's skills when polymorphed. Each form can be leveled independently, gaining xp and even changing stats as it rolls over, similar to how meta pets roll over. Roll overs are optional and can be rejected by the player, as with meta pet rollovers.

To take on a form, cast the polymorph spell and select from the forms available to you based on your talisman level.

Forms

Level Unlocked	Form	Description	Allowed Armor
1	Dire Wolf	A fast, aggressive melee form built for pressure and mobility. Excels at sustained damage and supporting allies with Inspirational Howl.	Leather
2	Giant Spider	A poison-centric predator that wears targets down over time. Strong single-target pressure with poison and acid-based damage.	Leather
3	Mud Golem	A durable front-line bruiser focused on mitigation and staying power. Crystallize provides a defensive window for surviving heavy bursts.	Plate
4	Lich Shade	A spell-focused form designed to scale through intelligence and casting mastery. Deathly Touch amplifies spell damage and rewards sustained offensive casting.	Leather
5	Frost Troll	A heavy melee brawler with explosive strength windows. Troll Rage enables short bursts of extreme physical threat.	Leather
6	Fire Drake	A hybrid caster form with strong area pressure. Dragon Fire delivers reliable line damage and forces positioning mistakes.	Dragon Scale
7	Ooze Horror	A toxic caster/bruiser that controls space with damage-over-time. Excrete Toxins punishes anyone lingering too close.	Spined Leather
8	Storm Djinn	A volatile mage form with powerful area disruption. Tempest of the Ancients creates chaos and repeated impact damage through storm effects.	Leather
9	Balron	A high-end destructive form combining durability with brutal spell output. Chaotic Maelstrom delivers repeated AoE pressure over time.	Horned Leather
10	Ancient Dragon	The pinnacle form. High power and high presence, featuring Inferno of Ages for delayed, devastating area annihilation.	Dragon Scale

Stats per Form (Min/Max)

Form	Str	Dex	Int	Max Stat Points
Dire Wolf	120/150	130/180	25/150	350
Giant Spider	120/150	130/180	25/150	350
Mud Golem	120/240	40/100	20/300	520
Lich Shade	80/120	50/100	280/460	560
Frost Troll	200/480	110/190	30/120	580
Fire Drake	150/380	100/200	100/320	600
Ooze Horror	175/360	110/120	80/260	620
Storm Djinn	170/360	100/150	90/340	640
Balron	200/480	80/140	180/480	680
Ancient Dragon	300/700	50/200	50/480	800

Base Skills

Form	Skill 1	Skill 2	Skill 3	Skill 4	Skill 5	Skill 6	Skill 7
Dire Wolf	Anatomy - 60	Evaluating Intelligence - 0	Magic Resist - 60	Tactics - 80	Wrestling - 70	N/A	N/A
Giant Spider	Anatomy - 60	Evaluating Intelligence - 0	Magic Resist - 60	Poisoning - 80	Tactics - 70	Wrestling - 60	N/A
Mud Golem	Anatomy - 30	Evaluating Intelligence - 30	Magic Resist - 60	Parry - 60	Tactics - 70	Wrestling - 80	N/A
Lich Shade	Anatomy - 30	Evaluating Intelligence - 70	Magery - 80	Meditation - 60	Wrestling - 20	N/A	N/A
Frost Troll	Anatomy - 60	Evaluating Intelligence - 30	Magic Resist - 60	Tactics - 80	Wrestling - 80	N/A	N/A
Fire Drake	Anatomy - 30	Evaluating Intelligence - 70	Magery - 70	Magic Resist - 60	Meditation - 70	Tactics - 70	Wrestling - 60
Ooze Horror	Anatomy - 30	Evaluating Intelligence - 60	Magery - 80	Magic Resist - 60	Poisoning - 70	Tactics - 70	Wrestling - 60
Storm Djinn	Anatomy - 30	Evaluating Intelligence - 30	Magery - 80	Magic Resist - 60	Meditation - 70	Tactics - 70	Wrestling - 70
Balron	Anatomy - 30	Evaluating Intelligence - 80	Magery - 80	Magic Resist - 70	Meditation - 70	Tactics - 70	Wrestling - 60
Ancient Dragon	Anatomy - 30	Evaluating Intelligence - 30	Magery - 60	Magic Resist - 60	Meditation - 60	Tactics - 80	Wrestling - 80

Leveling

Talisman experience is gained through damage that gets converted into experience. The following table explains the experience required to gain talisman Levels:

Level	Experience Required
1	0
2	10,000
3	34,622
4	76,333
5	136,961
6	217,993
7	320,699
8	446,194
9	595,479
10	769,465

Shapeshifter Talons

Shapeshift talons are claws that allow the shapeshifter to do melee damage while in form and also can have slayer properties so the shapeshifter can do increased damage to specific monster types. The talons can accept slayer deeds if the talons are exceptional and have at least two magic properties or, if crafted in the Britain Crafting Area, they have a chance at having a slayer property upon creation.

To craft the talons, the craftsman must have at least 80 blacksmithing skill and learn the recipe, which can drop as loot from Champion Spawns. It is recommended to have at least GM blacksmithing, if not higher, for a better success chance. The claws can only be equipped while in one of the talisman forms. They are spell-channeling and the wearer can drink potions without unequipping them.

Relevant Skills

Characters need only magery so they can cast polymorph on themselves to take on the many forms available.

Relics

The Idol of Endless Forms has seven relics available and you can enable up to four at a time depending on the talisman's level. This talisman has two types of relics: active and passive. Passive relics provide advantages or abilities by simply having them enabled on your talisman. Active relics can be used by selecting them from your talisman ability gump. Flawed Talisman Relics can be found as possible drops from Dungeon Bosses while Crumbling Talisman Relics can be found on Monster of the Week mobs, World Objectives (such as necromancer cemetery mobs), Treasure Maps, Messages in a Bottle, Whirlpools and Paragon Chests. Eight crumbling relics can be combined using the transmutation cube or the Relic Storage Shelf to create a flawed relic. Eight flawed relics can be combined using the Relic Storage Shelf to create a flawless relic.

Blood of the Cheetah

Relic Type: Passive

Occasionally grants a massive Dexterity buff. Triggers on auto-attacks

Level	Experience Required	Dex Boost
1	0	40
2	400	80
3	1,492	120
4	3,459	160
5	6,444	200
6	10,570	240
7	15,945	280
8	22,666	320
9	30,823	360
10	40,499	400
11	51,772	440
12	64,716	480
13	79,400	520
14	95,892	560
15	114,255	600

Breath of the Drake

Relic Type: Passive

Spellcasts have a chance to trigger a fireball impact. Leaves burning ground that deals damage over time.

Level	Experience Required
1	0
2	400
3	1,492
4	3,459
5	6,444
6	10,570
7	15,945
8	22,666
9	30,823
10	40,499
11	51,772
12	64,716
13	79,400
14	95,892
15	114,255

Claws of the Bear

Relic Type: Active

Chance to perform a cleave attack Damages enemies in a cone in front of the player

Level	Experience Required
1	0
2	400
3	1,492
4	3,459
5	6,444
6	10,570
7	15,945
8	22,666
9	30,823
10	40,499
11	51,772
12	64,716
13	79,400
14	95,892
15	114,255

Fang of the Leech

Relic Type: Passive

Auto-attacks heal for 15% × relic level of damage dealt. There is a 15 second cooldown and the chance to heal from this ability after cooldown is not 100%.

Level	Experience Required	Percentage Healed
1	0	15%
2	400	30%
3	1,492	45%
4	3,459	60%
5	6,444	75%
6	10,570	90%
7	15,945	105%
8	22,666	120%
9	30,823	135%
10	40,499	150%
11	51,772	165%
12	64,716	180%
13	79,400	195%
14	95,892	210%
15	114,255	225%

Heart of the Beast

Relic Type: Active

Each form gains a unique active ability:

Form	Ability	Description
Dire Wolf	Inspirational Howl	Nearby allies gain +STR (4 × relic level)
Spider	Acid Spit	Launches acid that digests enemies over time
Mud Golem	Crystallize	Temporarily hardens skin, reducing incoming damage
Lich Shade	Deathly Touch	Increases spell damage by 5% × relic level
Frost Troll	Troll Rage	Briefly grants a massive Strength increase
Fire Drake	Dragon Fire	Breathes fire in a line, damaging all targets hit
Ooze Horror	Excrete Toxins	Releases toxins damaging nearby enemies over time
Storm Djinn	Tempest of the Ancients	Summons a tornado that hurls boulders at enemies
Balron	Chaotic Maelstrom	Releases unstable energy causing periodic AoE damage
Ancient Dragon	Inferno of Ages	After a short delay, massive fireballs rain into a targeted area

Level	Experience Required
1	0
2	400
3	1,492
4	3,459
5	6,444
6	10,570
7	15,945
8	22,666
9	30,823
10	40,499
11	51,772
12	64,716
13	79,400
14	95,892
15	114,255

Mind of the Lich

Relic Type: Passive

Temporarily grants extreme casting speed

Level	Experience Required
1	0
2	600
3	2,239
4	5,190
5	9,668
6	15,857
7	23,919
8	34,000
9	46,235
10	60,749
11	77,659
12	97,075
13	119,102
14	143,840
15	171,384

Will of the Balron

Relic Type: Passive

Chance for spells to deal massively increased damage

Level	Experience Required	Damage Increase	Chance of Proc	Cooldown
1	0	5%	72.5%	33s
2	200	10%	75%	31s
3	746	15%	77.5%	29s
4	1,729	20%	80%	27s
5	3,221	25%	82.5%	25s
6	5,284	30%	85%	23s
7	7,971	35%	87.5%	21s
8	11,331	40%	90%	19s
9	15,409	45%	92.5%	17s
10	20,247	50%	95%	15s
11	25,883	55%	97.5%	13s
12	32,355	60%	100%	11s
13	39.697	65%	100%	9s
14	47,943	70%	100%	7s
15	57,124	75%	100%	5s

Lute of Lost Harmonies

The Lute of Lost Harmonies uses a musical instrument to launch ranged musical note attacks, afflicting targets with Resonant Vulnerability to amplify incoming damage. As the talisman levels, bards unlock a suite of powerful song-based abilities including area healing, mana restoration, AoE silencing, and offensive burst, making it an exceptional support choice for group PvM while remaining capable as a solo build. Relics for this talisman do not drop as loot. Crumbling Talisman Relics can be purchased from the gold sink vendor in West Britain. Eight crumbling relics can be combined using the transmutation cube or the Relic Storage Shelf to create a flawed relic. Eight flawed relics can be combined using the Relic Storage Shelf to create a flawless relic.

Benefits

Amplified Damage

The Lute of Lost Harmonies has a passive effect that allows the user to launch a ranged musical note attack when a wearable instrument is equipped. On hit, the target is afflicted with Resonant Vulnerability. While affected, the target takes increased damage from the bard. Duration and potency scale with talisman level.

Bard Songs

Level Unlocked	Song
1	Starter Fanfare: Provoked enemies take +20% damage from all sources for 10 seconds
3	Rising Resolve: Target takes +20% increased spell damage from all casters
5	Hero’s March: Allied attacks grant +4 Dexterity per hit (up to +20 Dex)
8	Bard’s Wrath: Target takes +20% increased damage from physical attacks
10	Battle Anthem Finale: Target takes +20% increased damage from all damage sources

Leveling

Talisman experience is gained through damage that gets converted into experience. Damage that awards experience for this talisman is done by equipping a wearable lute or harp, going into war mode, and attacking the target. Characters need the Discordance skill and the amount of damage done scales with the character’s Tactics skill level. The speed of attack increases as the talisman levels.

Level	Experience Required
1	0
2	10,000
3	34,622
4	76,333
5	136,961
6	217,993
7	320,699
8	446,194
9	595,479
10	769,465

Wearable Instruments

Carpenters can craft the wearable lutes and harps once they have learned the recipe (which has a chance of dropping from Champion Spawns). Wearable instruments can have slayer properties if crafted in the Britain Crafting Area. Wearable instruments can break if their durability fails but they can be repaired by a carpenter or using a carpentry repair deed. Crafters need at least 60 carpentry and 75 musicianship to craft a wearable instrument with 100% success chance.

Relevant Skills

Characters need the Discordance skill and the amount of damage done scales with the character’s Tactics and Anatomy skill levels.

Relics

The Lute of Lost Harmonies has 6 relics available and you can enable up to 4 at a time depending on the talisman's level. This talisman has two types of relics: active and passive. Passive relics provide advantages or abilities by simply having them enabled on your talisman. Active relics can be used by selecting them from your talisman ability gump. Crumbling Talisman Relics can be purchased from the gold sink vendor in West Britain. Eight crumbling relics can be combined using the transmutation cube or the Relic Storage Shelf to create a flawed relic. Eight flawed relics can be combined using the Relic Storage Shelf to create a flawless relic.

Cacophony Burst

Relic Type: Active

An explosive AoE silence. After a 1s delay, the bard lets out a discordant blast that silences enemies in a 5-tile radius for 1.5s. Ticks once per second, equal to the relic level.

Level	Experience Required	Seconds Active
1	0	1.5
2	2,000	3
3	7,464	4.5
4	17,300	6
5	32,228	7.5
6	52,859	9
7	79,734	10.5
8	113,340	12
9	154,125	13.5
10	202,506	15
11	258,873	??
12	323,594	??
13	397,018	??
14	479,478	??
15	571,293	??

Harmonic Melody

Relic Type: Active

A radiant healing aura that heals all friendly players in range for 2 hp times relic level per tick. Ticks once per second. Number of ticks is relic level + 1. Ability has a 90 second cooldown.

Level	Experience Required	Amount Healed per Tick	# of Ticks
1	0	2	2
2	2,000	4	3
3	7,464	6	4
4	17,300	8	5
5	32,228	10	6
6	52,859	12	7
7	79,734	14	8
8	113,340	16	9
9	154,125	18	10
10	202,506	20	11
11	258,873	22	12
12	323,594	24	13
13	397,018	26	14
14	479,478	28	15
15	571,293	30	16

Soul Chorus

Relic Type: Active

A meditative pulse of mana that restores 2 mana times relic level per tick to nearby allies. Ticks once per second. Number of ticks is relic level + 1. Ability has a five second cooldown.

Level	Experience Required	Mana Restored per Tick	# of Ticks
1	0	8	2
2	2,000	8	3
3	7,464	8	4
4	17,300	8	5
5	32,228	8	6
6	52,859	8	7
7	79,734	8	8
8	113,340	8	9
9	154,125	8	10
10	202,506	8	11
11	258,873	8	12
12	323,594	8	13
13	339,501	8	14
14	479,478	8	15
15	571,293	8	16

Violent Crescendo

Relic Type: Active

A chaotic offensive rhythm that hits 1 enemy in range and splashes to enemies nearby every second. Damage scales with relic level (2 times level). Ticks once per second relic level. XP only gained when used against multiple targets.

Level	Experience Required	Dmg to Target per Tick	# of Ticks
1	0	2	1
2	2,000	4	2
3	7,464	6	3
4	17,300	8	4
5	32,228	10	5
6	52,859	12	6
7	79,734	14	7
8	113,340	16	8
9	154,125	18	9
10	202,506	20	10
11	258,873	22	11
12	323,594	24	12
13	397,018	26	13
14	479,478	28	14
15	571,293	30	15

Ember Echoes

Relic Type: Passive

This relic occasionally triggers a fiery AoE around the bard on auto attack which deals fire damage to enemies in a 3 tile radius. Proc chance scales with relic level. Visual flame burst + relic XP gain on hit.

Level	Experience Required	Proc Chance
1	0	??
2	500	??
3	1,866	??
4	4,325	??
5	8,057	??
6	13,214	??
7	19,932	??
8	28,333	??
9	38,529	??
10	50,624	??
11	64,715	??
12	80,895	??
13	99,251	??
14	119,866	??
15	142,819	??

Rage of the Crowd

Relic Type: Passive

This relic empowers damage against provoked enemies. Targets under Provocation take bonus damage. Bonus scales from 13% to 37% depending on relic level. XP only gained when used against multiple targets.

Level	Experience Required	Damage
1	0	13%
2	15,000	16%
3	54,585	18%
4	124,418	21%
5	228,884	24%
6	371,658	26%
7	555,948	29%
8	784,628	32%
9	1,060,315	34%
10	1,385,425	37%
11	1,762,207	37%
12	2,192,774	37%
13	2,679,119	37%
14	3,223,135	37%
15	3,826,625	37%

Tips, Tricks, and Templates

Provoking high level monsters against each other while alternating between attacking each monster equally is a very effective way to gain talisman experience. Monsters like ogre lords and ogre mages are excellent options for this method, especially if they are paragon or seasonal varieties. Common templates are:

Anatomy, Discordance, Healing, Hiding, Musicianship, Provocation, Tactics – This is a pure bard template where all damage is done via provoking mobs onto each other, damage from the wearable instrument, and damage from relics.
Magery, Discordance, Evaluating Intelligence, Meditation, Musicianship, Provocation, Tactics – This is a mage bard template where damage is done via magic spells, provoking mobs onto each other, damage from the wearable instrument, and damage from relics. It is important to note that talisman experience is gained by attacking with the wearable instrument which cannot be equipped at the same time as a spell book. This template might be more effective if implemented after the talisman is already leveled.

Contributors

The community would like to thank the following brave adventurers who contributed their time and experiences for others to enjoy:

AncientAlien#1933
based haze#0610
Ahjuna
Klap#3049
Sift#9219
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A Flying Gopher
Stalli
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 There are many different ways to play a Rogue but here are a few suggestions to get you started:
-* Weapon skill, Tactics, Anatomy, Healing, Resist, Arms Lore and either:
+* Fencing or Swords, Tactics, Anatomy, Healing, Resist, Arms Lore and either:
 ** Magery for overall utility. The ability to use Reactive Armor, Recall, Cure, Reflect, and Teleport are all very useful
-** Hiding for a quick escape to avoid really nasty creatures (and players).
+** Archery to have more attack versatility
-* The weapon skill should ideally be Fencing (with daggers), Swords (with knives) or Archery (with regular crossbows) to benefit from the increased damage.
 ==Artifact of the Marksman==