Relics
Relics are implements of incredible power and only a few people in the world even know of the process required for their creation. Much of this craft had been lost to the Grim Dawn, scattered in the form of blueprints. It is up to you to tread into the vestiges of humanity’s once mighty empire to recover fragments of this lost knowledge.
Relics come in three tiers: Empowered, Transcendent and Mythical. Each tier represents a significant rise in power, but so does the challenge in acquiring them. Only the truly worthy heroes will find themselves in possession of the most powerful Mythical Relics.
With the exception of one Relic which is acquired via a quest in Act II, all Relics are crafted by the Blacksmith. To learn more about Crafting, visit the Crafting page. Whenever you craft a Relic, it generates a random bonus, in addition to its base stats.
Empowered Relics
Gunslinger's Talisman"A symbol of Expertise in the art of
firing two pistols at the same time with
lethal accuracy."
Empowered Relic
6-8 Elemental Damage
+8% All Damage
+6% attack Speed
15% Pierce Resistance
Granted Skills
Volley (Granted by Item)
Unleash a calculated volley of bullets
at your target. This is a ranged
dual-wielding technique. Also
enables the ability to dual wield
ranged weapons.
15% Chance to be Used
70% Chance to pass through Enemies
70% Weapon Damage
16 Physical Damage
Required Player Level: 25
Mistborn Talisman"A Talisman carried by trolls to
drive them into a mindless
battlerage that does not end until
every enemy lies dead."
Empowered Relic
4-12 Physical Damage
+24 Physique
+8 Health Regenerated per Second
15% Poison & Acid Resistance
Granted Skills
Troll Rage (Granted by Item)
Wage battle like a ruthless half-troll. When used as
your default weapon attack, Troll Rage throws you
into an ever deeper fury with every strike, but at the
cost of focus
fury with every strike, but at the
cost of focus. Building up charges increases the
potency of the bonuses.
6 Energy Cost
7 Charge Levels: 30%, 50%, 65%, 80%, 90%, 100%, 110%
118% Weapon Damage
40 Physical Damage
-30 Offensive Ability
+10% Attack Speed
Required Player Level: 25
Calamity"Unbridled destruction."
Empowered Relic
2-6 Physical Damage
5% Chance of 50% Physical Damage
+12% Fire Damage
+35 Offensive Ability
Granted Skills
Calamity (5% Chance on Attack)
A burst of searing brimstones
erupts from you.
5 Second Skill Recharge
8 Projectile(s)
1 Meter Radius
55-82 Physical Damage
55-82 Fire Damage
165 Burn Damage over 3 Seconds
Required Player Level: 18
Empowered Relics will be by far the easiest to craft, requiring mostly mundane materials found readily in the world of Cairn. Several of these will be available to craft immediately upon unlocking the Blacksmith, who you will find to be a valuable ally the journey ahead, but there will be many more blueprints out there for you to discover.
Empowered Relics become available at level 18.
Transcendent Relics
Conflagration"The Breath of Ulzuin."
Transcendent Relic
+30% Fire Damage
+60% Burn Damage
+15 Spirit
+3 Energy Regenerated per second
20% Elemental Resistance
+1 to all skills in Demolitionist
Granted Skills
Conflagration (Granted by Item)
Unleash a beam of pure flame so
intense that not even the toughest
armor can withstand it. This is a
channeled skill and must be held down
to maintain.
208.3 Energy Cost per Second
220-270 Fire Damage
1266 Burn Damage over 3 Seconds
+35% Crit Damage
Required Player Level: 35
Savage"Embrace the call of the wild."
Transcendent Relic
+58 Offensive Ability
Bonus to All Pets
12 Elemental Damage
+35% All Damage
+10% Health
+25% Elemental Resistance
Granted Skills
Summon Stormhound (Granted by Item)
Call forth a loyal Stormhound, an eldritch beast
born of the heavens. Only One Stormhound can be
summoned at any one time.
Required Player Level: 35
Zeal"Wage war with reckless abandon."
Transcendent Relic
12-18 Physical Damage
+40% All Damage
+48 Offensive Ability
+4% Offensive Ability
+25 Defensive Ability
Granted Skills
Zeal (50% Chance on Critical Attack)
Push the advantage, unleashing a
flurry of attacks upon landing a
critical blow. Requires a melee
weapon.
6 Second Skill Recharge
2 Second Duration
+25% Crit Damage
+60 Offensive Ability
+50% Attack Speed
Required Player Level: 50
Transcendent Relics are when things start to get complicated. The blueprints for these powerful items can only be found out in the world, and they will require Empowered Relics in their creation. Earning a Transcendent Relic will mark a great achievement indeed.
Transcendent Relics become available at level 35.
Mythical Relics
Reckoning"For every blow, reckoning a
thousand-fold."
Mythical Relic
16-24 Physical Damage
+85% Physical Damage
+58 Physique
55% Pierce Resistance
+25% Shield Damage Blocked
50% Chance of 1150 Physical Retaliation
+45% to All Retaliation Damage
Granted Skills
Reckoning (50% Chance on Block)
A vicious reckoning upon those who
strike you that leaves them vulnerable
to a counterattack
3 Second Skill Duration
224-308 Physical Damage
114 Piercing Damage
-10% Physical Resistance
Required Player Level: 60
Annihilation"The skies shall tear asunder, and fire shall rain from crimson
heavens. . ."
Mythical Relic
12-24 Fire Damage
+78% Physical Damage
+91% Fire Damage
+91% BurnDamage
+45 Spirit
+5% Attack Speed
+5% Casting Speed
-8% Skill Energy Cost
+1 to all skills in Demolitionist
Granted Skills
Meteor (20% Chance on Attack)
Rip through the fragile barrier between the nether and the mortal
realm as you conjure a massive burning rock to drop upon your
enemies.
2.5 Skill Recharge
2 Meter Target Area
4 Meter Radius
202-514 Physical Damage
415 Fire Damage
1200 Burn Damage over 3 Seconds
Stun Target for 1.5 Seconds
Required Player Level: 70
Dreeg's Affliction"The greatest secret kept from you is the fallacy of your
fragile mortality."
Mythical Relic
+70% Acid Damage
+58% Vitality Damage
+110% Poison Damage
+5% Total Speed
60% Poison & Acid Resistance
60% Poison Retaliation over 5 Seconds
+1 to all skills in Occultist
Granted Skills
Dreeg's Afflicted Spines (Granted by Item)
Unleash a ring of Dreeg's Poisonous spines upon your
unsuspecting foes, infecting them with the great one's
blood.
155 Energy Cost
8 Second Skill Recharge
18 Projectile(s)
70% Chance to pass through Enemies
28% Weapon Damage
84-166 Piercing Damage
142 Acid Damage
1225 Poison Damage over 5 Seconds
Required Player Level: 70
Mythical Relics are implements of immense power. They are by far the rarest of the ancient artifacts. In fact, their blueprints only drop from bosses. In order to craft a Mythical Relic, you will require many rare materials, as well as several Transcendent Relics. Completing a Mythical Relic is an achievement of legends, and the powers they bestow are equally legendary.
Mythical Relics become available at level 60.
