Talents

How the system works#

::talents opens three tabs - Utility & DR, PvM and Skilling - holding nine trees of nine talents each. Every tree is one mechanic: the tier-1 node is a keystone that grants an ability you did not have, the seven nodes below amplify that same ability, and the capstone transforms it. No effect appears twice anywhere in the system.

Points#

Talent points arrive as Olympian Talent Sigil - a stackable, untradeable token. Claim one for a point, Claim-all for the stack. Sigils are the first reward on every achievement row and sit in the collection log rewards; they are never sold or dropped by monsters. Maxing every tree takes 185 points.

Gating#

Tiers are gated by named talents, not by point totals:

• Tier 2 needs the keystone maxed - you cannot amplify an ability you do not have.
• Tier 3 needs both outer tier-2 nodes (the left and right ends) maxed.
• The capstone needs every other node in the tree maxed. It is the whole tree, finished.

Refunds#

Right-click a node → Refund a point, or Reset a whole tree. A refund that would strand points above a tier gate is refused - drop the downstream nodes first.

Skilling#

Harvest - gathering#

Every 10th gather yields double; the amplifiers lean on this server's own skilling - charged ore nodes, the Olympian farm, the 1-in-10 Olympian fish, the altar yields. Gathering skills are Woodcutting, Mining, Fishing and Farming.

HarvestSkilling · 9 talents · 29 points to max

Keystone

1

Harvest

Every 10th gather or harvest yields double.

1 rank · harvest ability

Tier 2

5

Bountiful

A standing chance any gather or harvest comes out doubled.

5 ranks · 3 per rank · double gather

5

Swift Hands

Chop, mine and fish noticeably faster.

5 ranks · 4% per rank · gather speed

3

Green Thumb

Patches last an extra pull per rank and any pull can give two.

3 ranks · 15% per rank · farm yield

3

Rich Veins

Ore nodes hold more ore for you before they run dry.

3 ranks · 25% per rank · node capacity

Tier 3

5

Prospector

Far more experience from gathering.

5 ranks · 15% per rank · gather xp

3

Quick Growth

Your crops and trees grow faster.

3 ranks · 20 per rank · farm growth

3

Olympian Favour

Olympian fish land more often and every altar yields more runes.

3 ranks · 15 per rank · olympian favour

Capstone

1

Worldshaper

Harvest now yields triple instead of double.

1 rank · harvest triple

Artisan - production#

Consecutive crafts build Flow, which saves materials. Production skills are Smithing, Crafting, Cooking, Fletching, Herblore, Firemaking and Runecrafting. Bulk Brewing and Bulk Smithing let you work straight off noted stacks - the two nodes that change how the skills are played.

ArtisanSkilling · 9 talents · 22 points to max

Keystone

1

Artisan's Flow

Each craft in a row builds Flow, max 10. Every stack saves materials.

1 rank · flow ability

Tier 2

2

Deep Flow

Flow builds past its usual ceiling.

2 ranks · 5 per rank · flow stacks

5

Double Forge

A chance to make two of a thing from one set of materials.

5 ranks · 2% per rank · double product

5

Practised Hand

Far more experience from production.

5 ranks · 15% per rank · production xp

1

Bulk Brewing

Use noted herbs on noted vials to brew the whole stack, hands free.

1 rank · bulk brew

Tier 3

3

Master Chef

You ruin far less of what you cook, Olympian fish included.

3 ranks · 5% per rank · burn chance

1

Bulk Smithing

Smelt noted ore and smith noted bars straight off the stack.

1 rank · bulk smith

3

Apprentice

Every stack of Flow also speeds the work itself.

3 ranks · 1% per rank · flow speed

Capstone

1

Grandmaster

At full Flow an action sometimes costs nothing at all.

1 rank · flow free

Pact - Summoning#

Your familiar echoes every hit for 15%; the tree grows what it contributes and the capstone stops its timer running while you fight.

PactSkilling · 9 talents · 29 points to max

Keystone

1

Pact

Your familiar echoes every hit you land for 15% of the damage.

1 rank · pact ability

Tier 2

5

Ferocity

Everything your familiar does hits considerably harder.

5 ranks · 10% per rank · pact damage

5

Long Bond

Your familiar stays with you far longer before it fades.

5 ranks · 10% per rank · familiar duration

1

Bulk Infusion

Infuse pouches from NOTED materials, so a run is not capped by your inventory.

1 rank · noted infusion

5

Thrift

A chance a scroll survives your familiar's special.

5 ranks · 4% per rank · scroll save

Tier 3

5

Charmbinder

Far more experience when your Charming Imp converts the charms you find.

5 ranks · 15% per rank · charm xp

3

Swift Pact

Your familiar attacks noticeably faster.

3 ranks · 10% per rank · pact haste

3

Warbeast

Your familiar's scroll special lands far harder.

3 ranks · 25 per rank · pact special

Capstone

1

Unbound

CAPSTONE: your familiar's timer only runs while you are out of combat.

1 rank · pact unbound

PvM#

Onslaught - damage#

Each hit on the same target adds 1% damage, stacking to 10 (15 with Relentless). Slayer, raid and delve damage live here rather than in trees of their own.

OnslaughtPvM · 9 talents · 32 points to max

Keystone

1

Onslaught

Each hit on the same target adds 1% dmg, stacking to 10. Resets if you stop.

1 rank · momentum ability

Tier 2

5

Hunter's Mark

More damage against whatever your slayer task happens to be.

5 ranks · 5% per rank · slayer damage

5

Raidbreaker

More damage while you are inside a raid.

5 ranks · 5% per rank · raid damage

5

Delver

More damage while you are on a delve run.

5 ranks · 5% per rank · delve damage

5

Precision

Land critical hits far more often.

5 ranks · 2% per rank · crit chance

Tier 3

5

Savage Blows

Critical hits land considerably harder.

5 ranks · 10% per rank · crit damage

2

Relentless

Onslaught climbs higher before it caps out.

2 ranks · 5 per rank · momentum stacks

3

Execute

Wounded targets take far more damage from you.

3 ranks · 10% per rank · execute damage

Capstone

1

Apex

At full Onslaught every hit you land is a critical.

1 rank · momentum apex

Cleave - area damage#

Nobody has AoE by default - the keystone grants it. "NxN" is a count of mobs in a pack, matching the 3x3 / 4x4 / 5x5 instance packs, not a box of tiles. The splash starts at 10% of the hit and reaches 80% fully invested.

CleavePvM · 9 talents · 18 points to max

Keystone

1

Cleave

Your hits splash to 3 nearby enemies for 10% of the damage.

1 rank · cleave ability

Tier 2

1

Sweep

The splash reaches a 3x3 pack instead of a 2x2.

1 rank · cleave size

5

Carnage

The splash carries far more of your hit with it.

5 ranks · 10% per rank · cleave damage

3

Frenzy

The splash hits harder for every extra enemy caught.

3 ranks · 2 per rank · cleave frenzy

3

Bloodbath

Your main hit grows with every enemy the splash caught.

3 ranks · 1 per rank · cleave bloodbath

Tier 3

1

Devastation

The splash reaches a whole 4x4 pack of enemies.

1 rank · cleave size big

2

Butchery

The splash carries more of your hit again.

2 ranks · 10% per rank · cleave damage

1

Overkill

The splash can now land critical hits of its own.

1 rank · cleave crit

Capstone

1

Massacre

An enemy killed by the splash detonates and splashes once more.

1 rank · cleave chain

Aegis - the shield#

A recharging hitpoint shield that soaks damage before your health and paints the blue orb. Nine angles on one shield: bigger, sooner, damage reduction while it holds, healing on an unspent recharge, a detonation when it breaks, overflow healing into shield, reflect, and a death-save capstone.

AegisPvM · 9 talents · 23 points to max

Keystone

1

Aegis

Gain a 5 HP shield that soaks damage before your health. Recharges every 2m.

1 rank · shield ability

Tier 2

4

Reinforce

A bigger shield to soak a bigger hit.

4 ranks · 5 per rank · shield amount

4

Rapid Charge

The shield comes back sooner.

4 ranks · 15 per rank · shield cooldown

3

Bulwark

Take less damage while the shield is still holding.

3 ranks · 5% per rank · shield dr

3

Mending

A shield you never spent heals you when it recharges.

3 ranks · 20% per rank · shield mend

Tier 3

3

Backlash

When the shield breaks it detonates for what it soaked.

3 ranks · 50% per rank · shield backlash

2

Overflow

Healing that would be WASTED becomes shield, up to the shield cap.

2 ranks · 50% per rank · shield overflow

2

Reactive Plating

While shielded, attackers take 1% of their own max HP per hit.

2 ranks · 0.5% per rank · shield reflect

Capstone

1

Last Bastion

A killing blow fully recharges the shield instead. Once per 5 minutes.

1 rank · shield bastion

Zeal - staying in the fight#

A combat-duration stack that feeds offence: every 5 seconds fighting adds a stack of Zeal (2% damage each), capped at 3, 5 with Fervour. Stacks build on a timer, not on kills, so it works at a boss. Wrath makes every hit at full Zeal strike twice.

ZealPvM · 9 talents · 21 points to max

Keystone

1

Zeal

Every 5s fighting gain a Zeal stack, max 3. Each adds 2% damage dealt.

1 rank · zeal ability

Tier 2

2

Fervour

Hold more stacks of Zeal at once.

2 ranks · 1 per rank · zeal stacks

3

Conviction

Each stack of Zeal hits harder than it did.

3 ranks · 1% per rank · zeal potency

3

Devout

Prayers drain far more slowly, so Piety stays up.

3 ranks · 10% per rank · prayer drain

3

Fanaticism

Zeal stacks build faster while you are fighting.

3 ranks · 10% per rank · zeal haste

Tier 3

3

Vehemence

Every stack of Zeal makes your critical hits land harder.

3 ranks · 2% per rank · zeal critdmg

3

Ferocity

Every stack of Zeal also sharpens your critical chance.

3 ranks · 0.5% per rank · zeal crit

2

Unrelenting

Zeal lingers far longer once you stop fighting.

2 ranks · 10 per rank · zeal persist

Capstone

1

Wrath

At full Zeal every hit strikes twice, the second for half damage.

1 rank · zeal wrath

Utility & DR#

Provisions - buffs last longer#

Everything you apply to yourself lasts longer - potions, relics, aggression, instance timers. Preserved pauses buffs within 10 tiles of a bank; Quartermaster refreshes a buff that runs out mid-fight once, free.

ProvisionsUtility & DR · 9 talents · 26 points to max

Keystone

1

Provisioner

Every buff you apply lasts 25% longer. Potions, relics, aggro, all of it.

1 rank · buff duration

Tier 2

5

Long Draught

Your buffs run longer still.

5 ranks · 10% per rank · buff duration

5

Steady Hand

A chance a dose is not used up when you drink.

5 ranks · 2% per rank · potion save

5

Master Smith

Better odds when upgrading at the forge.

5 ranks · 2 per rank · forge upgrade

4

Instanced

Your instances stay open far longer before they close.

4 ranks · 5% per rank · instance timer

Tier 3

3

Relic Bearer

Relic buffs in particular last far longer.

3 ranks · 15% per rank · relic duration

1

Unshaken

Dying no longer strips the buffs you paid for.

1 rank · buff on death

1

Preserved

Buffs stop ticking down while you stand within 10 tiles of a bank.

1 rank · buff pause

Capstone

1

Quartermaster

A buff that runs out mid-fight refreshes itself once, free.

1 rank · buff refresh

Spoils - loot#

A kill counter paying a guaranteed bonus roll every 25th kill - a pity timer, which feels far better than a percentage nobody can see - and everything that happens to loot after it drops: keys, boxes, pets, double drops.

SpoilsUtility & DR · 9 talents · 31 points to max

Keystone

1

Spoils

Every 25th kill pays a guaranteed bonus roll on the drop table.

1 rank · spoils ability

Tier 2

5

Fortune

Better odds on every drop you roll.

5 ranks · 5% per rank · drop rate

5

Hoarder

More shards and key fragments from raids and delves.

5 ranks · 5% per rank · shard rate

3

Quickening

The bonus roll comes around after fewer kills.

3 ranks · 5% per rank · spoils threshold

5

Locksmith

A chance a raid or delve key survives being used.

5 ranks · 3% per rank · key save

Tier 3

3

Double Down

A small chance any drop is handed to you twice.

3 ranks · 1 per rank · double drop

3

Beastmaster

Better odds on pets and clue caskets.

3 ranks · 10% per rank · rare chance

5

Curator

Mystery boxes land on their rarer rewards more often.

5 ranks · 3 per rank · box rare

Capstone

1

Windfall

The Spoils bonus roll now rolls twice.

1 rank · spoils windfall

Where to put your first points#

• Skiller: Harvest keystone, then Bountiful and Swift Hands, then Prospector. Artisan keystone when you start production, straight to Bulk Brewing / Bulk Smithing.
• PvMer: Onslaught keystone, Precision and Savage Blows, then Aegis for survivability. Cleave once you are farming instanced packs.
• Everyone: Spoils keystone early - a guaranteed roll every 25 kills adds up across an account's lifetime.