Relics

Relics are a tier of randomly generated equipment found across the shard. Two distinct relic systems exist:

1. Relic equipment (helms, armour, shields) produced by the shard's relic generator. These items are flagged as relics and carry a “Relic” title tag.
2. Named talisman relics - twelve fixed talismans split across two tiers.

The two systems are unrelated: talisman relics are not produced by the relic generator and are not flagged with the relic property.

Each relic generation roll produces one armour piece or hat (weapons, jewellery and clothing are never generated this way). The roll determines:

1. A property level - Low, Medium or High.
2. A property tree - Mage, Dexxer, HybridMage, HybridDexxer or Ranger, chosen uniformly at random.
3. Resistances and tree-specific attribute mods.
4. A hue keyed to the property tree.
5. A randomized name in the form “{Name}'s {adjective} {item}”.
6. A “Relic” title tag, prefixed with “Quality ” for Medium and “Superior ” for High.

The level controls the relic's mod budget, which seeds resistance baselines and the number of attribute roll passes.

Each tree biases the attribute table. Hat and armour versions of each tree share the same theme but use different mod ranges.

Each generated piece rolls one of three resistance patterns, chosen uniformly:

1. Flat baseline plus one spike - every resist set to the mod budget, with one random resist receiving an additional 0-14 bonus (hats) or 0-9 bonus (armour).
2. Uniform high roll - every resist set to the mod budget plus 3-15.
3. Baseline plus distributed bonuses - every resist set to the mod budget, then a number of extra points equal to the mod budget distributed randomly across resists.

All generated relics ship at 255/255 hit points. Hats receive Self Repair at a random value from {1, 3, 4, 5, 10, 20}; armour receives Self Repair from {1, 3, 4, 5, 10}.

Hues are randomized from a fixed per-tree list:

Relic names follow the pattern “{Name}'s {adjective} {item}”.

• Mage and HybridMage trees draw from a mage name list (Jupiter, Neptune, Zeus, Plato, and 38 more) and mage adjectives (holy, light, magical, and 54 more).
• Dexxer and HybridDexxer trees draw from a dexxer name list (Bali, Bevan, Caedmon, and 37 more) and dexxer adjectives (strong, grand, great, and 39 more).
• Ranger draws from a ranger name list (Agilaz, Apollo, Arash, and 20 more) and ranger adjectives (lucky, adventurous, and 16 more).

Twelve hand-crafted talismans split across two tiers. Every named relic talisman:

• Uses talisman art randomized between four item IDs (12120-12123).
• Has a 1200-second maximum recharge time.
• Is removed when the wearer takes damage.
• Rolls a random Blessed effect and a random Protection effect on creation.

The two tiers are mechanically identical except for hue and skill bonus ranges. Tier 1 (“Old”) uses fixed skill bonuses (+10 primary, +5 secondary). Tier 2 (“Preserved”) rolls +10 to +15 on the primary skill and +6 to +10 on the secondary.

Talisman relics drop as a special gear drop from eligible creatures.

1. The drop chance starts from a random roll. Peerless bosses subtract 0.02 from the roll, increasing your chance.
2. If the roll is at most 0.03 and the creature is flagged for talisman drops, the talisman branch fires.
3. Within that branch:
   • 70% chance to drop one of the six Tier 1 (Old) relics, chosen uniformly.
   • 30% chance to either drop one of the six Tier 2 (Preserved) relics or, on a 1-in-7 outcome, drop a Pitiful Shield instead.

Generated relics carry both the relic flag and a “Relic” title tag, so they can be filtered cleanly by shard tools.

• Storage Keys recognise generated relics by their “Relic” title tag and fall back to the relic flag if needed. They also filter “Epic” tagged items through the same path.
• Auto Looter identifies relics by the “Relic” title tag. Non-equipment item types are skipped automatically.

• Epic gear shares the relic flag but is produced by a separate generator and uses a different title tag. Auto Looter and Storage Keys treat the two pipelines separately.
• Crystal of Enhancement, which drops alongside relics in higher-tier Special Loot Chests, is a separate enhancement item - not a relic.