Siralim 3 has a new type of item called “Talismans”. In short, talismans provide you and your creatures with passive bonuses just for being in your inventory. In that regard, they’re a lot like cards… but unlike cards, talismans can be upgraded.

While runes and runewords provide players with in-battle bonuses, talismans provide players with out-of-combat and utility perks.

Let’s start with a few examples:

Gonfurian’s Beckoning – Increases the amount of treasure earned by completing Realm Quests by {1%}.

Grim Dawn – You have a {1%} greater chance to find Spell Gems.

Ianne’s Left Eye – Increases your chance to obtain better stats when reforging artifacts by {1%}.

I really want to show off some more interesting talismans here, but I want to keep them a secret for now. Anyway, you’ll notice that in each talisman’s description, there’s a number wrapped in {curly brackets}. This means that, whenever you upgrade a talisman, that number increases by a certain amount. For example, a Rank 1 Gonfurian’s Beckoning offers a 1% bonus, and a Rank 2 Gonfurian’s Beckoning offers a 2% bonus. There is no hard cap on the number of ranks a talisman can have.

So how do you upgrade talismans? After completing an Itherian Realm, and that Itherian Realm is the highest depth you’ve ever cleared, you’ll be given 5 chances to upgrade the talismans of your choice. The chance to successfully upgrade a talisman is based on the Itherian Realm’s depth in relation to the talisman’s rank. Therefore, in order to upgrade your talismans to very high ranks, you’ll need to complete Itherian Realms that are at higher depths.

Alternatively, you can now take your unwanted runes to the Artificer NPC who can grind them down into Rune Dust. You can use Rune Dust to upgrade your talismans, but again, there’s a chance that the upgrade will fail. Additionally, the higher a talisman’s rank, the more Rune Dust it will require to attempt an upgrade.

After a talisman reaches rank 100, a new bonus will be unlocked. Here are the bonuses for the talismans I mentioned earlier:

Gonfurian’s Beckoning – You are given 1 additional Realm Quest in normal realms.

Grim Dawn – Spell Gems you find now always have 3 properties.

Ianne’s Left Eye – The reforging stat range now has a 25% higher floor.

There are 30 different talismans for you to find. Some can be purchased from the gods after you attain a very high level of favor with them, while others must be acquired as arena rewards, by defeating certain bosses, or even as rare drops in treasure chests. Some are kept secret, and only the most resourceful of players will be able to find them. You can only acquire one of each talisman.

Next time, I’ll reveal yet another new system coming to Siralim 3: Knowledge.