Elements

Overview

Every playable character in Silver Palace is associated with one of seven elements, channeled through Silverium Reactors. The game's own term for a character's element is their Reactor attribute. It determines their damage type, the properties of their skills, and which Resonance Effect fires when that character's Resonance meter fills.

Elemental System Design

Across both closed betas there has been no elemental reaction system, where combining two elements on the same target produces a third effect. Elements in Silver Palace determine damage type, visual treatment, specific move properties, and the Resonance Effect a character triggers. This keeps team building simpler than in games built on reaction chains, and nothing has been said about the design changing.

Confirmed Elements

Ignis (Fire)

Fire-based damage with burning effects over time. Ignis characters are effective against ice-based enemies, creating a natural counter relationship with Glacies. Known users: Alf, Cinderella, Cynthia II. Ignis had the most confirmed characters of any element in the first test and remains the largest group after the second.

Glacies (Ice)

Ice-based crowd control through slowing and freezing effects. Glacies abilities restrict enemy movement and attack speed, providing defensive value alongside damage. Known user: Argos. Glacies pairs well with Ignis in team composition, as Cinderella deals enhanced damage against frozen enemies.

Fulmen (Lightning)

Shock-based attacks that stun and interrupt enemies. Fulmen abilities are useful for breaking enemy combos and creating openings for follow-up attacks. Known user: Lorin. Lorin's electric boxing gloves make full use of the element's striking properties.

Gravitas (Gravity)

Gravity manipulation and time dilation effects. This is the Detective's unique element. Gravitas abilities control enemy positioning and slow time, giving the player tactical advantages in both combat and investigation scenarios.

Radiatio (Radiation)

Damage-over-time effects with debuffs that weaken enemies. Known user: Firtho. Radiatio abilities stack damage over time, making them effective against enemies with large health pools who survive long enough for the debuffs to accumulate.

Ferrugo

Confirmed as an element but not yet detailed in gameplay. The Latin word "ferrugo" means "rust" or "iron corrosion." Ferrugo is the only element still without a playable carrier after both closed betas.

Alba

Confirmed as an element and given its first playable carrier in the second closed beta, Gucia. The Latin word "alba" means "white" or "dawn." The light and dawn association had suggested a healing or support theme, and Gucia arrives as a Saviour, which is at least a support-flavoured class, but the element's mechanics have still not been detailed.

Resonance

Each character builds their own Resonance meter as they attack. When the meter fills, a Resonance Effect is triggered based on that character's Reactor attribute, significantly increasing the damage they deal. The effect is keyed to the individual character, not to the party's element makeup, so it fires the same way whether the rest of the team shares that element or not.

That means element choice is a coverage decision rather than a Resonance decision. A party concentrated on one element pushes all of its damage through a single type; a spread party answers more enemy types. Neither arrangement changes whether Resonance triggers. An earlier reading of the mechanic, in which a shared element unlocked a team-wide area-of-effect bonus, was superseded by the description given ahead of the second closed beta. See Resonance for the full account.

Element Carriers After the Second Beta

The Dichotomy Beta roster widened element coverage considerably. Alba gained its first playable character, and every element except Ferrugo now has at least one:

Gucia carries Alba as a 4-star Saviour, which does not settle whether the element leans toward healing as the name's light-and-dawn association suggested, but it does place its first carrier in a support-flavoured class. Ferrugo remains named but unrepresented, so its behaviour is still undocumented.

The distribution also softens the first test's Ignis skew. Ignis is still the largest group, but Glacies and Fulmen now have three carriers each, which makes single-element team building practical for more than one element for the first time. See Resonance for how the mechanic itself was redescribed for this build.

Latin Naming

All element names use Latin words: Ignis (fire), Glacies (ice), Fulmen (lightning), Gravitas (gravity/weight), Radiatio (radiation), Ferrugo (rust), Alba (white/dawn). This Latin naming convention fits the Victorian academic aesthetic of Silvernia's setting.