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Relics
May 30, 2026 at 07:27 PM
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Relics are powerful, identity-shaping items in Fatekeeper. The Weapons, Relics and Forgotten Arts dev blog frames them as echoes of old traditions: rare ingredients and artifacts still heavy with dormant power. Relics scatter across the world, hiding in ruins, sealed alcoves, and end-of-side-path chests. Each one carries character beyond its raw stats.
Identity items. Relics tend to carry strong, build-shaping effects, more like passive perks than flat stat boosts.
Lore-rich. Inspect each relic up close. Engravings, weights, and weather-marks reveal who carried it before, what cult or order it belonged to, and what subtle interactions it may still hold.
Hidden. Many relics are tucked behind exploration. Side branches in semi-linear maps reward curiosity here more than anywhere else in the game.
Many builds are anchored to a specific relic that enables their core combo.
Switching relics between encounters is part of the per-area loadout decision.
Relic flavor often connects to the lore of the Underdwellers and pre-cataclysm Solace.
Off-path side rooms in ancient battlegrounds
Sealed alcoves in crumbling sanctuaries
End-of-route chests in forgotten underground cities
Inspection-gated paths that require examining a clue first
Named relics, specific effect lists, and how many relics the Druid can equip at once are pending the Early Access build. The system has been described in dev material as central to the loot loop.
The 2025-12-24 Weapons, Relics & Forgotten Arts dev material is the canonical source on relics: "Scattered across forests, ruins, and forgotten paths are fragments of daily life, like broken tools, ritual objects, weathered weapons, alongside rare ingredients and artifacts still heavy with dormant power." Relics belong to that last clause. "Dormant power" is the dev team's preferred framing, not "rare loot" or "endgame items."
The same dev blog lists the loot pillars side by side: "Maces, clubs, daggers, swords, rings, and relics all carry distinct character, inviting players to discover how they fit into their own path through the world." Relics are listed last because they sit at the top of the rarity ladder, but the dev framing treats them as one pillar among several rather than as a separate endgame tier.
Every relic can be inspected up close. The dev blog calls this out specifically: "Lore, subtle details, and hidden interactions may reveal more than what's visible at first glance." Inspection is part of the relic loop, not an optional flourish. Some relics may signpost their build hints, their lore connections, or their hidden interactions only through inspection.
Relics tend to carry strong, build-shaping effects, more like passive perks than flat stat boosts. Many builds will end up anchored to a specific relic that enables their core combo, and swapping relics between encounters is part of the per-area loadout decision. The relic-on-loadout design parallels the two-weapon-set system that lets the Druid switch fight identity mid-area.
Location pattern | Why it works |
|---|---|
Off-path side rooms in ancient battlegrounds | Battlegrounds carry the physical evidence of conflicts long over; sealed alcoves hide relics scattered by past fighters. |
Sealed alcoves in crumbling sanctuaries | Sanctuaries were religious sites that may have hidden their most valuable items deliberately. |
End-of-route chests in forgotten underground cities | The Underdwellers built outward in all directions; their cities held the wealth of a civilization, much of it now abandoned. |
Inspection-gated paths | Some relics may be reachable only after examining an environmental clue first. |
Relic flavor often connects to the lore of the Underdwellers and pre-cataclysm Solace. The dev framing of "echoes of old traditions" applies most strongly to relics. They are the items that carry the history of the world forward in a literal way.
Named relics, specific effect lists, the maximum number of relics the Druid can equip simultaneously, and whether relics have rarity tiers are pending the Early Access build. The system has been described in dev material as central to the loot loop.
