Meta Talismans

An example of Phase Shift ability (Click to see)

Description

The Meta Talisman is a wearable item obtained by completing a quest line which begins at a mysterious Ancient Statue of Power near Valor Shrine. The Meta Talisman gives warrior, archer, and mage style 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:

• The talisman cannot be equipped by any character with greater than 50 musicianship or greater than 50 taming.
• 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".
• There are armor and distance restrictions for each type. This are detailed further below for each type of talisman.
• The talisman skills and bonuses are not applicable against other players or pets.
• Talisman experience and relic ability gains are not possible in houses.
• There is a maximum experience amount per creature that can be awarded to a given talisman. The bigger the creature, the greater the experience!

Relics and Abilities

Abilities are applied to the talisman by finding relics at events, dungeon bosses and at the Arch Demon boss. Each talisman has a maximum of four relic slots and an aesthetic relic slot. The aesthetic slot is usable at any time and you get relic slots at levels: 1, 4, 7, 10.

There are currently four unique relics for each type of talisman which are detailed further below. Each relic has ten 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.

Add a relic: Double click it and then select your Meta Talisman. Be sure to stand in a safe place while doing this as relics can be stolen!

Remove a relic: Double click your Meta Talisman and then click on the [ - ] symbol next to the relic you wish to remove. Do so with caution however, as the relic is then gone forever. This option is to allow one relic to be removed so another can take its place.

Talismans

There are three total talismans. Each one has a special abilities and all bonuses apply to creatures only (Player Vs Monster). None of these can be equipped by bards or tamers and you may only equip one at a time.

Idol of the Magi

Idol of the Magi, informally known as Meta Mage, provides a spell damage bonuses and mana cost reduction for offensive spells against creatures. The ten levels of the talisman average a 20% bonus per level. The mana cost reduction is calculated by the talisman level, number of relics applied, and spirit speak.

Levelling

While levelling, 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

There four relics available for the Idol of the Magi:

Dispersion

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.

Focus

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 0.05% (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 cool down at level 1 is 60 seconds.

Shadow Disciple

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)).

Vivify

Vivify provides a chance to enhance the skills and stats of an 8th circle creature summon. This applies to summoned daemons and elementals but not to energy vortexes or blade spirits. At level 1, vivify can be triggered every 60 seconds there is a 60% chance to summon an enhanced creature. Stats for the creature are scaled by 1.0 + (Level / 35.0) and skills are scaled by 1.0 + (Level / 20.0). Any creature that receives the bonus is given a new metallic hue.

Phylactery of Resilience

Offers increased protection from melee and magical damage from creatures. You gain experience with this relic by doing damage however. The points are penalized by wearing too little armor, every AR below 100 costs 1%. The distance penalty is 20% for each tile beyond 1.5. There are ten levels of the talisman and on average you gain 5% protection per level.

• Leech - every 30 seconds there is a chance to steal health from all the creatures nearby when struck and heal the wielder. The amount per creature is capped at the skill level and is a random value from 1 to skill level. Chance to activate and cooldown are affected by gaining levels.
• Quench - every 90 seconds this has a 20% chance to give firebreath immunity when struck by firebreath. The duration lasts for (level * 5) seconds. The cooldown decreases by 90 - (Level * 2)
• Recoil - every 30 seconds there is a 25% chance to turn an opponent's attack onto him.
• Remedy - every 80 seconds there is a 25% chance to become immune to poison for (level * 4) seconds. The cooldown deacrease by 90 - (Level * 3).

Totem of the Berserker

Provides offensive bonuses in exchange for an armor penalty. The more armor you wear, the less experience you gain for damaging creatures at a rate of 1% per AR. There is also a distance penalty of 20% per tile beyond 1.5 tiles. There are ten levels of the talisman and on average you gain 5% damage per level.

• Double Strike - 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 skill lowers the cooldown and increases the chance of activation.
• Infected Wounds - if the user is carrying poison potions they have a chance to use that level of poison to infect creatures that they are attacking. This works with any weapon including two handed weapons. The poisoning skill gives a bonus to the number of infections per poison potion consumed. It also gives a chance that the poison is upgraded one level making lethal poison a possibility.
• Phase Shift - allows the activator to teleport to a creature or multiple creatures from a distance and hit them. 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. The skills receives an additional phase jump for every other level gained for a maximum of 3 and each shift consumes 10 stamina. The damage per creature is lowered by dividing by the number of phase jumps being performed. Each level lowers the cooldown. 100 hiding and stealth will provide 50% bonus damage when phase shifting while hidden.
• Tread - damages creatures when pushing them out of the way. The more weight a character is holding, the more damage is done. 300 stone is considered full weight. The standard pushing mechanic remains which means this skill requires full stamina. The damage can be quite good at top level with a maximum of 300. The cooldown starts at 30 seconds and lowers while the chance to activate starts at 20% and increases.

Quest Line

• This is a multi part quest that requires you to travel just west of the Valor Shrine.
• There is a tall statue, stepping in front of the statue and speaking out loud will offer a quest gump.
• Accepting this quest will offer you with a stone.
• This stone can be double clicked and you will need to target a Vanquishing weapon.
• This stone can only be charged with true instruments of war. Daggers, knives and pitchforks cannot power it.
• After 30 Vanquishing weapons have been absorbed by this stone, you can return to the statue.
• Speaking to the statue again will empower the stone, opening the second part of the objectives.
• You must now kill 100 "Evil" creatures, these can be Dragons, Drakes, Daemons, etc.
• Once you've killed those creatures, return to the statue and speak again.
• Now you have to kill a Daemon Archlord, he's located in Wrong on level 3.
• Once the Daemon has been killed, you will be rewarded a vial of his blood. Use the stone on it.
• You now can choose one of the three talismans.