[taken from Forsaken World General Discussion page]
Elemental
Relics are ancient artifacts imbued with primordial power, forged long
ago to empower the armies of Light and Darkness. These relics have been
untouched by mortal hands, but a journey into Ever Abyss may uncover
some of their secrets.
Elemental Relics are a new type of gear
introduced in the Forsaken World: Awakening expansion. When equipped,
the relic will give characters a variety of passive bonuses to their
statistics. There are many different types of relics, each focusing on a
different statistic as its primary bonus. While it is possible to find
Elemental Relics as rewards for high-level instances, players must
complete a series of quests in Ever Abyss in order to unlock their true
potential.
Elemental Relic QuestMorin has been
dispatched to Winter Heights to direct the campaign against the Storm
Legion. Amidst the fighting, Lionheart troops came up a mysterious
artifact that resonated with untold power. While Morin must stay at his
post, perhaps some adventurers may be able to continue the search for
the artifact’s origin.
Your journey to discover the powers of the
artifact begins with the quest “War Trophy” in Winter Heights. The
quests for the Elemental Relic run parallel to the quests for Awakening,
meaning many of quest-contacts for Awakening will also be able to help
empower your newfound relic.
(Note to players: Not every quest for
Awakening has objectives for Elemental Relic, but many do share the same
NPC-contacts. If you find yourself lacking progress for Elemental Relic
quests, make sure you’ve made all previpous progress. Example: You will
need to visit Rose Queen in Land of Origination for Awakening and Relic
quests, but if you finish the Awakening quest first she will teleport
you to a different map. You may need to return to Rose Queen to continue
the quest for the relic.)
Once you have gathered the proper
materials to bring the artifact back to its former luster, you will be
given the choice between two basic Elemental Relics. A “Sharpness” relic
will focus on increasing your offensive attributes, while a “Toughness
Relic” will focus on increasing your defenses.

Along
with a free Relic, you will also receive the ability to perform
Elemental Relic Operations, which can now be found in your Basic Skill
page. Elemental Relic Operations include
• Fusion – combine Relics to increase their Growth, and Upgrade their Level
• Promotion – Take a fully-upgraded relic and Evolve it into a higher-ranked relic
• Transfer – Use Relic Spirit items to transfer additional bonuses into your relic
Relic Fusion
Using
Elemental Relic Operations, you can fuse relics together to increase
the Growth of one relic at the cost of another. Place the relic you wish
to grow into the magic circle, then place the relic you wish to
sacrifice into the slow next to Relic Fusion button. The sacrificed
relic will be destroyed to give its power to the fused relic in the form
of Growth points. Growth points gained by the fused relic is dependent
on the Growth, Level, and Quality of the relic that is sacrificed. Once
Current Growth reaches or exceeds the Growth Required, the Current Level
of the fused relic will increase, adding to the bonuses the relic
grants a character. Once the relic’s level reaches 9, and the current
growth is at its maximum, the relic can be promoted to a more powerful
item.
Relic PromotionOnce
a relic has reached its maximum level and growth, it can be promoted. A
promoted relic will start back at Level 0, but the Elemental Relic Lv
will increase by one. The bonuses may change their type, but all bonuses
will be greater than the lower Lv relic.
When a relic is
promoted from Lv1 to Lv2, it will become a stronger version of the same
relic. When a relic is promoted from Lv2 to Lv3, there are two
possibilities (of equal chance) to what type of relic will result. When a
relic is promoted from Lv3 to Lv4, or Lv4 to Lv5, the possible outcomes
are greater in number, and while the chance of receiving a specific
relic type are random, there are ways to increase the odds in your
favor.
There are two types of items sold by Heart of Miracle in Ever Abyss which can help with Relic Promotion.
Transfer
items are used to increase the likelihood of a particular outcome from
Relic Promotion, but only when promoting relics to Lv4 or Lv5 for the
first time.
Subsidiary Transfer Items will increase the
likelihood of a specific outcome from Relic Promotion, but will not
guarantee it. The rarer Directional Transfer Item will guarantee the
outcome to be a relic of a specific type. If you are building a specific
relic, make sure to have a transfer-item to control the wild powers of
the elemental relics.
Relic TransferWhen
your relic has reached Lv4 or Lv5, it will have the capability to
unlock Relic Spirits. Relic Spirits are items that can be slotted into
an Elemental relic to further augment its capabilities. There are 5
types of slots, each type of slot can change a variety of specific
statistics. The 5 types of Relic Spirits are: Line, Mark, Flare, Omin,
and Sigil.
Each
slot in your Elemental Relic corresponds to one of these types of
Spirits. Sigil Spirits can be used in any type slot, while Sigil Slots
will accept any type of spirit.
Spirits can be embedded into slots at any time for free, but removing a spirit from a relic will cost Gold.
Finally,
when a relic reaches Lv5, it has achieved its peak power. You can
reroll the types of slots it may have, but you cannot promote the relic
any higher. All relics used as examples here are of Quality 1, but
perhaps there are other relics with higher quality (and higher bonuses
too!)
Post edited by thenamesdomino on January 29