Talismans are wielded in order to cast Miracles. These items were not present in Dark Souls 2, but make a return here. The most commonly found Skill among them, Unfaltering Prayer, differentiates them from Chimes and turns them towards PvP use. Not meeting the Faith requirement for the Talisman will drop the spell buff to a flat 60. (Please edit page with real numbers once faith requirement is met).
Talismans
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Requirements Param Bonus |
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52 25.0 |
0 15.0 |
0 10.0 |
0 15.0 |
0 15.0 |
100 10 |
100 | 4 E |
0 - |
0 - |
10 B |
50 0.5 |
8( -/ -) |
Sold by Shrine Handmaid for 500 souls. | ||
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52 25.0 |
0 15.0 |
0 10.0 |
0 15.0 |
0 15.0 |
100 10 |
107 | 4 D |
0 - |
0 - |
16 A |
65 0.5 |
8 (-/-) |
Undead Settlement | ||
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52 25.0 |
0 15.0 |
0 10.0 |
0 15.0 |
0 15.0 |
100 10 |
103 | 4 D |
0 - |
0 - |
14 B |
65 0.5 |
9( -/ -) |
Farron Keep, in the swamp near the Estus Soup. | ||
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73 25.0 |
0 15.0 |
79 15.0 |
0 15.0 |
0 15.0 |
100 10.0 |
60 | 4 E |
0 - |
16 D |
20 D |
45 0.5 |
11( -/ -) |
Smouldering Lake: Lava pit. | ||
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74 25.0 |
0 15.0 |
0 10.0 |
0 15.0 |
0 15.0 |
0 10 |
60 | 4 E |
0 - |
0 C |
24 B |
50 0.5 |
8(-/-) |
Reward for completing the questline of Sirris of the Sunless Realms | ||
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52 25.0 |
0 15.0 |
0 10.0 |
0 15.0 |
0 15.0 |
100 10 |
112 | 4 D |
0 - |
0 - |
14 B |
55 0.5 |
8 (-/-) |
Purchased from Shrine Handmaid for 3,000 souls after giving her Paladin's Ashes | ||
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16 May 2018 18:22
This item is kind of triggering. Why dont't Fromsoft made each of these named taliswomen or talischildren. Also there is 63 genders but from allows only 2 which makes me very mad. hmmmmmmmmmm :S
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28 Aug 2017 14:33
I have 21 faith but i am going for 45 From now becuase ive upgraded evrything else.
What talisman?
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13 Jul 2017 14:28
Best talisman for 45 faith? Currently, I'm using a maxed canvas talisman but I want to know if there are better options.
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11 Jun 2017 10:38
VERY useful tips: faith can be played as a super buff character, a support character or a heavy tank/nuke character there are of course in betweens. If you are not a tank/nuke chatacter i suggest going to the chime section. I have made some testing to conclude that for talismans poise wise sunlight>regular>canvas this was tested against the hollows outside firelink shrine using the heal spells since they can be held for as much as you like before casting. Anw sunlight tanks 8 hits. Regular talisman tanks 6 hits while canvas tanks 4 hits and at 45 faith for +10 catalysts testing on the big chainsaw guy in the undead settlement at the dilapidated bridge bonfire: sunlight spear does 672 up close using regular talisman 671 using canvas and 600 using sunlight. Note that for the sunlight spear tge extra melee hitbox is worth 67% of the original spells dmg if anyone is wondering so to conclude canvas has equal dmg to regular but has less poise while sunlight has outstanding poise but the other talismans do about 10% more dmg so eotger choose regular talisman or sunlight depending on preference please not this test was done in ng++ with absolutely not buff from rings any other spells. I hope this helps
- Anonymous
17 May 2017 12:27
For those people still wondering:
Talismans are the best catalysts for PvP spells. Their weapon arts will cast the spell and grand you hyperarmor for a fixed minor amount of FP.
Not all talismans offer the same damage and hyper armor, however the Canvas Talisman is the best choice since it's the most well-rounded in terms of hyperarmor and spellbuff.
DO NOT use talismans for buffing, healing or ranged miracles. Yorshka's Chime is WAY better for that. The only selling point of the talismans is their weapon art that allows you to trade even with greatsword users in MELEE range.
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16 Apr 2017 21:21
i wanna make an lightening arrow build, wich chime or talisman is the best for this
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Scaling is not that hard15 Jul 2016 11:00
scaling S or A doesnt seem to do much. an A scaling one got 200 spell buff in average and an S scaling 230Remember in DS1 it was a huge differnce. Same for weapons:+4 at A and +7 at S.
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spell buff reduced?03 Jul 2016 08:09
my sunless talisman +4 spell buff was reduced from 140 to 132 when i reached 30 faith. any idea how it happen?
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Spell Buff27 May 2016 03:40
I can verify that the spell buff increases with the reinforcement of Talismans, Chimes, and other spellcasting gear, but how much it irises I cannot verify, nor which one has the best spell-buff endgame. Can someone testthese amounts for me and upload them? Can a column be added for spell buff to the talismans, chimes, catalysts' etc. upgrade tables?
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Trivia: Inspired by "teru teru bozu"?22 May 2016 07:44
I speak it out plainly: such things don't exist in europe. Never have. You would never find them in a game about knights, dragons and big bosomed princesses. So where does the inspiration came from? Well I saw something similar in an anime and it was called "teru teru bozu". wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teru_teru_b%C5%8Dzu
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best talisman27 Apr 2016 14:30
I dont know which one is the best? i read the S scaling one is worse than the normal one... someone got a real explanation?
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29 Oct 2018 12:22
See you guys, Clerics use sacred chimes and HERalds use talismans It evens out
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