Talisman (GCFW)

The talisman is a returning feature in Frostborn Wrath from Chasing Shadows. The format is quite different however as each fragment is shaped like a jigsaw puzzle piece and can hold up to 25 fragments. Each fragment can have symbols etched to it. All of the talisman properties from Chasing Shadows return here, but there are also additional new properties unique to Frostborn Wrath. Players start with 5 talisman slots available, with additional slots unlocked with high payments of shadow cores.

Runes

A new addition to the talisman system in this game is the runes that some fragments have. A fragment has a 50% chance of having a rune, independent of the rarity and type of the fragment, and there are 5 different runes. When a row has at least 3 fragments in it with the same rune, the lights on the sides of that row will turn on and a percentage bonus to initial mana is granted. When a column has fragments with at least 3 different runes, the lights on the sides of that column will turn on and an amount of mana will be granted every time a new wave starts in a battle.

The percentage initial mana bonus given by the row bonus is equal to the sum of the rarities of the fragments in that row with the same rune as the one which there is most of in that row multiplied by a number which depends on how many fragments in that row have the same rune as the one which there is most of in that row:

Highest Rune Count	Rarity Multiplier
<2	0%
3	50%
4	60%
5	70%

The mana per wave given by the column bonus is equal to the sum of the rarities of the fragments in that column with a rune (even those which have the same rune as another in that column) multiplied by a number which depends on the number of different runes in that column:

Different Runes	Rarity Multiplier
<2	0%
3	100%
4	120%
5	140%

Fragments and Rarity

Rarity	Inner Properties	Edge Properties	Corner Properties	Skills Bonus	All Skills Chance
1-9	1	1	1	No	0%
10-19	2	2	2	No	0%
20-29	3	3	3	No	0%
30-39	4	4	4	No	0%
40-49	5	5	5	No	0%
50-59	6	7	8	No	0%
60-69	7	8	9	Yes	0%
70-79	8	9	10	Yes	10% + 1.5% * (rarity - 70)
80-89	9	10	11	Yes	25% + 2.5% * (rarity - 80)
90-99	10	11	12	Yes	50% + 5% * (rarity - 90)
100	11	12	13	Yes	100%

Inner properties, edge properties and corner properties are the number of properties a talisman fragment would have if it was an inner, edge or corner fragment respectively and the maximum upgrade level of a talisman fragment is 1 more than the number of properties it has. Skills bonus is whether one of a talisman fragment's properties will be one of the skill increasing properties and all skills chance is the probability of this skill increasing property increasing all skills (Note that even though the table suggests otherwise, a rarity 70 fragment will never have all skills since only rarity 71+ fragments can have it).

Properties

Property	Maximum Value	Inner	Edge	Corner	Minimum Rarity
+x to construction skill levels	1	Yes	Yes	Yes	60
+x to component skill levels	1	Yes	Yes	Yes	60
+x to focus skill levels	1	Yes	Yes	Yes	60
+x to enhancement spell skill levels	1	Yes	Yes	Yes	60
+x to strike spell skill levels	1	Yes	Yes	Yes	60
+x to wrath skill levels	1	Yes	Yes	Yes	60
+x to all skill levels	1	Yes	Yes	Yes	71
+x% damage to swarmlings	25	Yes	Yes	Yes	0
+x% damage to reavers	25	Yes	Yes	Yes	0
+x% damage to giants	25	Yes	Yes	Yes	0
+x% xp gained	25	Yes	Yes	Yes	0
+x% of wizard level goes to initial xp and mana	45	Yes	Yes	Yes	0
+x initial mana	200	Yes	Yes	Yes	0
+x% damage to flying ones	15	Yes	Yes	Yes	0
+x% damage to buildings	15	Yes	Yes	No	0
+x% tower beam damage	20	Yes	Yes	Yes	30
+x% tower bolt damage	20	Yes	Yes	Yes	30
+x% tower barrage damage	20	Yes	Yes	Yes	30
+x% freeze duration	12	No	No	Yes	70
+x% whiteout duration	16	No	No	Yes	70
+x extra hp taken by ice shards	10000	No	No	Yes	70
+x% maximum freeze charge	20	No	Yes	Yes	30
+x% maximum whiteout charge	20	No	Yes	Yes	30
+x% maximum ice shards charge	20	No	Yes	Yes	30
+x% maximum bolt charge	20	No	Yes	Yes	30
+x% maximum beam charge	20	No	Yes	Yes	30
+x% maximum barrage charge	20	No	Yes	Yes	30
+x% maximum shrine charge	20	No	Yes	Yes	50
+x% mana for starting waves early	35	Yes	Yes	Yes	0
x% chance that gem bomb blasts summon +1 gem wasp	6	Yes	No	Yes	30
+x% slower killchain counter cooldown	8	Yes	No	Yes	30
+x% heavier orblets	10	Yes	Yes	No	30
+x% faster orblet rollback	10	Yes	Yes	No	30
+x% mana shard harvesting speed	15	Yes	Yes	No	30
gem wasps attack +x% faster	10	Yes	No	Yes	50
+x% armor tearing gem effect on frozen enemies	5	Yes	Yes	No	50
critical hits deal +x% damage on frozen enemies	6	Yes	No	No	50
+x% frozen corpse explosion damage	5	Yes	Yes	No	50
+x% poison damage on enemies in whiteout	12	Yes	Yes	Yes	30
+x% mana leeching effect on enemies in whiteout	6	No	No	Yes	50
+x% xp for enemies killed in whiteout	20	Yes	No	Yes	50
ice shards takes +x% hit points	4	No	No	Yes	70
ice shards shreds +x% armor	8	No	No	Yes	70
+x% bleeding gem effect on enemies hit by ice shards	2	No	No	Yes	50
+x% slowing gem effect on enemies hit by ice shards	8	No	No	Yes	50

All properties except for the skill increasing ones have no rules dictating which combinations they can appear in other than having fragment type and rarity restrictions.