ok.. feel like a complete noob and i prolly am when it comes to warhammer.. BUT what the hell do i put in the "fragment" (red) slot and where the hell do i acquire such objects so i can start making some damn talismans.. cos the vendor supplies the gold essence/ magic essence/ curio BUT where/when/how can i get the "final piece" of the ingredients to make talismans?? the trainer in the game doesnt explain anything and i cant find any other things in any forums so any help would be greatly appreciated.. ty =)

you get fragments from salvaging green or better items and other drops like shattered equipment.

Yes, don't make the same mistake I did, and get Scavaging and Talisman ... it works for 50% of the items, but the fragments is what you want. It's too easy to get the rest of the stuff... I'm going to make a char just for fragments but, scavaging is awesome. Mine is up towards like 88 or something like that now, and I do get a lot more blues/purples now than i was before. Quite a few Everliving Eyes. Problem is, because it's so time consuming and costwise expensive to level up right now, there aren't many people who can use the 50+ items (because they're at like 15 or so talisman :( )

I would like to add tho, cause I can't edit my own posts 0_0 that, making talismans is pretty crappy unless you get a lot of "green/blue" fragments. Most of the talismans are on timers from what people say, and salvaging doesn't always give fragments, usually essences. So that's why it's so damned hard to level :/

Im glad it is hard to level though. If it wasn't difficult, then everyone would be 200 skill and there would be no point in wanting to do it.

Took me a while to figure it out .. but once you get going it's fairly easy.

My only problem is I think the crafting in WAR is utter crap.

Feels like it was added 2 days before release. I find it boring, pointless and not worth my time.

it took me a while to figure out how to make talismans as well.  I finally did and now my rank 20 shadow warrior is in lowbie Empire lands doing PQs just to salvage items to get my talisman rank high.

Good thing about this:  Getting a lot of new players or re-rolls into my guild.

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Took me a while to figure it out .. but once you get going it's fairly easy.

 

My only problem is I think the crafting in WAR is utter crap.

 

Feels like it was added 2 days before release. I find it boring, pointless and not worth my time.

Actually, once you get to about 50 talisman making skill you start making useful talismans that don't have timers and give better stats. It IS possible to make talismans w/o timers before 50 skill, but they are only produced from "crit" combines, and you need at least a green fragment, green gold, and preferably a blue curio. As I said though, the higher you get, the better the talismans you make, and once you start making some nice ones your products will be in HIGH demand.

Funny thing though...talisman making wasn't put in 2 days after release, it was put in 2 weeks BEFORE release, lol. That's why you see lots of Apothecary and cultivation items dropping off mobs around the world and in PQ loot bags. Crafting really was secondary in WAR, and yeah, it does show, but that doesn't mean they are useless. Apothecary, scavenging, butchering, and cultivation got plenty of time to be tested in beta, while Talisman making and Scavenging didn't. Talisman and scavenging just need a little more polish, and I have no doubt they will get it. DAoC actually launched w/ it's crafting systems in a similar state, and they eventually did get everything up to snuff, I have no doubt the same will happen in WAR.

Ohh I'm sure it will get better ... just not a big fan right now of the whole crafting system just yet.

Time will tell ...

They also need to add more travel between towns ... I hate walking :P

Hi,

I'm a talisman maker, and i'm level 200, when i use crap components i can make +10 INT (or anything) for 8 hours, and i've seen some +18... And if u noticed the number of talisman slots on renown gears... i think you will enjoy them.

I saw some purple set with 3 slots for talismans on each parts (3x18...per armor part) ... can be nice :)