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Suggested Upgrade Paths

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	== Suggested Upgrade Paths ==		== Suggested Upgrade Paths ==

	Prices below reference the '''Current Prices''' table above. These are suggested ''orders'', not hard rules — the logic in each case is squeezing the most value per scrip spent before chasing diminishing returns.		Prices below reference the '''Current Prices''' table above. These are suggested ''orders'', not hard rules — the logic in each case is squeezing the most value per scrip spent before chasing diminishing returns. If you are going to buy only one piece, take the armor. Animalistic Instinct fires off ''your build's incoming damage'', not your outgoing damage, so it's live no matter how your character actually fights. The weapon is the strong runner-up '''if''' you specifically want more offense and you know you're a weapon-and-hit-things character.

	=== Budget / Slow and Steady ===		=== Budget / Slow and Steady ===

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	This '''Animalistic Spirit Gear Quick Reference''' covers all 5 pieces in the [[Animalistic Spirit]] family. Four are mechanically linked (weapon/shield, armor, headdress — plus UCS gloves/boots, which run the ''weapon'' script). [[Animalistic Totem\|Totems]] are a separate, non-mechanical 5th item that only shares flavor/theming.		This '''Animalistic Spirit Gear Quick Reference''' covers all 5 pieces in the [[Animalistic Spirit]] family. Four are mechanically linked (weapon/shield, armor, headdress — plus UCS gloves/boots, which run the ''weapon'' script). [[Animalistic Totem\|Totems]] are a separate, non-mechanical 5th item that only shares flavor/theming.

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 | '''[[Animalistic Spirit Shield|Shield]]''' || Aug 2020 || [[BVShop:Untamed Spirit|Untamed Spirit]] || Animalistic Fury — ''offensive, fires on your own hit/block'' || Grapple || On block/hit || Hit or block like-level foe
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-| '''[[Animalistic Spirit Weapon|UCS Gloves/Boots]]''' || Aug 2020 || Untamed Spirit (weapon script) || Animalistic Fury — ''offensive, fires on your own UCS strike'' || Grapple || On UCS strike || Hit, or successful evade (both hands must be empty for revenge flare)
+| '''UCS Gloves/Boots''' || Aug 2020 || Untamed Spirit (weapon script) || Animalistic Fury — ''offensive, fires on your own UCS strike'' || Grapple || On UCS strike || Hit, or successful evade (both hands must be empty for revenge flare)
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 | '''[[Animalistic Spirit Armor|Armor]]''' || Feb 2021 || [[BVShop:Wild Instinct|Wild Instinct]] || Animalistic '''Instinct''' — ''defensive, fires when you're hit'' || Sonic (knockdown/RT) || When ''you're hit'' (defensive) || Damage a foe, or evade a like-level foe's attack
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 | '''[[Animalistic Spirit Headdress|Headdress]]''' || Aug 2021 || [[BVShop:Heady Spirits|Heady Spirits]] || ''No flare of its own — its WAVE-triggered Avatar attack "borrows" a flare from one bonded weapon/shield/armor piece'' || — || — || Damage a like-level foe (physical or magical)
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-| ''[[Animalistic Totem|Totem]] (not mechanically linked)'' || Aug 2024 || [[BVShop:Totemic Spirits|Totemic Spirits]] || — || — || Fluff only + minor passive || —
+| ''[[Animalistic Totem|Totem]] (not mechanically linked)'' || Aug 2024 || Totemic Spirits || — || — || Fluff only + minor passive || —
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 ''(These totals assume one OTS purchase each and don't include the diminutive pangolin figurine / vermeil echidna charm add-certs, which you'd only need if converting an existing weapon/shield/armor piece instead of buying OTS.)''
 * '''UCS builds''': Revenge flares on gloves/boots only fire with true open-hand UCS combat — both hands must be empty. Not worth unlocking for a caster wearing them passively.
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PANGH: /* The Five Pieces at a Glance */

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The Five Pieces at a Glance

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	\| ''[[Animalistic Totem\|Totem]] (not mechanically linked)'' \|\| Aug 2024 \|\| [[BVShop:Totemic Spirits\|Totemic Spirits]] \|\| — \|\| — \|\| Fluff only + minor passive \|\| —		\| ''[[Animalistic Totem\|Totem]] (not mechanically linked)'' \|\| Aug 2024 \|\| [[BVShop:Totemic Spirits\|Totemic Spirits]] \|\| — \|\| — \|\| Fluff only + minor passive \|\| —
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	'''Key distinction:''' Weapon/Shield/UCS gear flares are '''offensive''' (they fire when you deal damage). Armor's Animalistic Instinct flare is '''defensive''' (it fires when you're hit, causing knockdown/disorient on the attacker). The headdress has no flare of its own — it's a force-multiplier for the others.		'''Key distinction:''' Weapon/Shield/UCS gear flares are '''offensive''' (they fire when you deal damage). Armor's Animalistic Instinct flare is '''defensive''' (it fires when you're hit, causing knockdown/disorient on the attacker). The headdress has no flare of its own — it's a force-multiplier for the others.

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This '''Animalistic Spirit Gear Quick Reference''' covers all 5 pieces in the [[Animalistic Spirit]] family. Four are mechanically linked (weapon/shield, armor, headdress — plus UCS gloves/boots, which run the ''weapon'' script). [[Animalistic Totem|Totems]] are a separate, non-mechanical 5th item that only shares flavor/theming.

== The Five Pieces at a Glance ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Piece !! Released !! Shop !! Flare Name !! Default Damage !! Trigger (offense) !! Trigger (taming)
|-
| '''[[Animalistic Spirit Weapon|Weapon]]''' || Aug 2020 || [[BVShop:Untamed Spirit|Untamed Spirit]] || Animalistic Fury — ''offensive, fires on your own hit'' || Grapple || On hit || Hit like-level foe, or successful parry (melee/runestaff)
|-
| '''[[Animalistic Spirit Shield|Shield]]''' || Aug 2020 || [[BVShop:Untamed Spirit|Untamed Spirit]] || Animalistic Fury — ''offensive, fires on your own hit/block'' || Grapple || On block/hit || Hit or block like-level foe
|-
| '''[[Animalistic Spirit Weapon|UCS Gloves/Boots]]''' || Aug 2020 || Untamed Spirit (weapon script) || Animalistic Fury — ''offensive, fires on your own UCS strike'' || Grapple || On UCS strike || Hit, or successful evade (both hands must be empty for revenge flare)
|-
| '''[[Animalistic Spirit Armor|Armor]]''' || Feb 2021 || [[BVShop:Wild Instinct|Wild Instinct]] || Animalistic '''Instinct''' — ''defensive, fires when you're hit'' || Sonic (knockdown/RT) || When ''you're hit'' (defensive) || Damage a foe, or evade a like-level foe's attack
|-
| '''[[Animalistic Spirit Headdress|Headdress]]''' || Aug 2021 || [[BVShop:Heady Spirits|Heady Spirits]] || ''No flare of its own — its WAVE-triggered Avatar attack "borrows" a flare from one bonded weapon/shield/armor piece'' || — || — || Damage a like-level foe (physical or magical)
|-
| ''[[Animalistic Totem|Totem]] (not mechanically linked)'' || Aug 2024 || [[BVShop:Totemic Spirits|Totemic Spirits]] || — || — || Fluff only + minor passive || —

'''Key distinction:''' Weapon/Shield/UCS gear flares are '''offensive''' (they fire when you deal damage). Armor's Animalistic Instinct flare is '''defensive''' (it fires when you're hit, causing knockdown/disorient on the attacker). The headdress has no flare of its own — it's a force-multiplier for the others.

== Shared Mechanics (apply to all 4 linked pieces) ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Mechanic !! Details
|-
| '''Taming/Affinity''' || 0 (wild) to 12 (fully tame). Untamed spirits can "backlash" you (lose parry/block, or DS/TD debuff) — rare and short, but stops entirely once fully tame.
|-
| '''How to tame''' || Successful damage to like-level foes, OR the piece's specific defensive action (parry for weapon, block for shield, evade for armor/UCS) while in forward+ stance and actively fighting.
|-
| '''Taming speed''' || ~1,000 in-game combat messages per affinity level solo. Owning '''headdress + armor together''' cuts this to ~500 messages/level for ''both'' those pieces.
|-
| '''One owner at a time''' || Spirits only trust one person. A new owner must re-earn trust from scratch — selling/trading resets taming.
|-
| '''Flare power vs. flare rate''' || Flare ''tier'' (1–4) only raises the power ceiling once fully tame — it does '''not''' change how often flares fire. Fire rate is standard flare rate.
|-
| '''Off the shelf (OTS)''' || Comes in at Tier 1, +20 enchant, default Grapple (weapon/shield) or Sonic (armor) damage.
|}

== Unlockable Upgrades (via Duskruin certificates — same catalog structure across pieces) ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Unlock !! What it does !! Applies to
|-
| '''Flare Tier (2–4)''' || Raises power ceiling of the offensive/defensive flare || Weapon, Shield, UCS, Armor
|-
| '''Revenge Flares''' || Chance to flare on parry/evade/block instead of just on your own attack. Requires forward+ stance, active combat. UCS gloves/boots need '''both hands empty'''. || Weapon, Shield, UCS
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| '''Wild Backlash''' || Adds a DS/TD debuff to the ''target'' when your flare hits (–5 DS/–3 TD per flare tier, max –20/–12) || Weapon, Shield, UCS
|-
| '''Bestial Barrier''' || Armor's version of Wild Backlash — flare hit gives ''you'' a DS boost for 30 sec or until next attack || Armor
|-
| '''Savage Power''' || Once/hour, CLENCH to boost AS/CS/crit padding for 2 min (+5 AS/+3 CS per unlock, up to +25/+15). Shared cooldown across all your Animalistic gear — only one piece per hour. || Weapon, Shield, UCS
|-
| '''Untamed Vitality''' || Once/hour, CLENCH for Health/Mana/Stamina recovery boost || Armor
|-
| '''Feral Whirlwind''' || Once/hour, STOMP for an AoE Animalistic Instinct hit on 3–5 creatures in the room || Armor
|-
| '''Damage Type Change''' || Swap default Grapple/Sonic for a Common (cold/fire/impact/lightning/vacuum) or Uncommon (acid/disintegrate/disruption/plasma/steam/unbalance) type || Weapon, Shield, UCS
|-
| '''Spirit Change''' || Change the ''type'' of animal (e.g., Feline → Canine); each type has an approved noun list || All 4
|-
| '''Fluff Action unlocks''' || More flavor verbs (BOW, PRAY, WAVE, etc.), sold separately from power unlocks || Weapon, Shield, UCS, Armor
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| '''Spirit Imprints''' (up to 4 slots) || Headdress morphs its appearance to match other bonded Animalistic pieces you own || Headdress only
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| '''Animalistic Avatar''' || WAVE-triggered maneuver attack (fear/root), usable every 6 min; unlocks a multi-target (2 creatures) version too || Headdress only
|}

== How the Pieces Combo ==

* '''Weapon/Shield + Armor — the Set Bonus''': When your armor's Animalistic Instinct flare hits, there's a chance it calls out to your wielded weapon/shield to also add ''their'' Animalistic Fury flare onto the same attack. '''That call chance caps at 10%''', and only reaches the full 10% when ''both'' the armor and the weapon/shield are fully unlocked — partial unlocks on either scale the chance down proportionally. '''If you own all three pieces (weapon + shield + armor)''', only ''one'' of weapon/shield feeds into that calculation — specifically whichever of the two has more mechanical unlocks. The other one still flares fully on its own hits/blocks; it's just not the one "assisting" the armor's proc. Each item always keeps its own tier/flares — nothing downgrades or syncs to match another piece.
* '''Weapon + Shield together''': fully independent items — separate affinity trackers, separate flare rolls (weapon flares on your hits/parries, shield flares on your blocks). Running both just doubles your chances to proc a flare each round, not a merged single chance.
* '''Headdress + anything — the Avatar attack''': the headdress doesn't flare on its own, but its '''Animalistic Avatar''' (WAVE) attack picks ''one'' bonded weapon/shield/armor piece and adds that piece's flare onto the Avatar hit — so a single WAVE can land the root/fear effect ''and'' a full Animalistic Fury or Animalistic Instinct flare (damage, knockdown, debuffs, whatever that piece has unlocked) in one shot.
* '''Headdress taming boost''': wearing/wielding the headdress alongside other Animalistic items multiplies affinity gain for '''all''' of them — the bonus scales with the total number of Animalistic items worn/wielded (e.g., 4 items on = +4 affinity per qualifying hit instead of +1, on every item).
* '''Full stack (weapon or shield + armor + headdress)''': the "complete" build — fastest taming, highest set-bonus chance, and the Avatar attack has bonded gear to pull a flare from.
* '''Totems''': purely cosmetic/thematic add-on (worn accessory, POINT-able at animals/companions) — no mechanical tie to the flare system, so they don't factor into a combat build.

== Current Prices (August 2026 run, Bloodriven Village — all bloodscrip) ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Item / Unlock !! Weapon/Shield (Untamed Spirit) !! Armor (Wild Instinct) !! Headdress (Heady Spirits)
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| '''OTS base item''' || 10,000 || 10,000 || 15,000
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| '''Add script to existing eligible item''' (The Annex) || 50,000 || 50,000 || — (n/a)
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| '''Spirit Change''' (change animal type) || 1,000 || 1,000 || 1,000
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| '''Fluff Actions, T1→T2''' || 2,500 || 2,500 || 2,500
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| '''Fluff Actions, T2→T3''' || 2,500 || 2,500 || 2,500
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| '''Flare Tier, T1→T2''' || 15,000 || 10,000 || —
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| '''Flare Tier, T2→T3''' || 15,000 || 10,000 || —
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| '''Flare Tier, T3→T4''' || 15,000 || 10,000 || —
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| '''Common Flare (damage type)''' (The Annex) || 20,000 || — (armor stays sonic) || —
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| '''Uncommon Flare (damage type)''' (The Annex) || 30,000 || — || —
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| '''Revenge Flares''' || 30,000 || 30,000 || — (n/a, has Avatar instead)
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| '''Wild Backlash''' || 20,000 || — || —
|-
| '''Bestial Barrier''' || — || 20,000 || —
|-
| '''Feral Whirlwind''' || — || 15,000 || —
|-
| '''Untamed Vitality — Health''' || — || 10,000 || —
|-
| '''Untamed Vitality — Mana''' || — || 20,000 || —
|-
| '''Untamed Vitality — Stamina''' || — || 20,000 || —
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| '''Savage Power, per tier (T1–T5, 5 total)''' || 10,000 each || — (n/a) || —
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| '''Animalistic Avatar, per tier (T1–T4, 4 total)''' || — || — || 10,000 each
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| '''Multi-Opponent Avatar''' || — || — || 15,000
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| '''Animalistic Apparition''' || — || — || 15,000
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| '''Spirit Imprint slot''' (max 4) || — || — || 1,500 each
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'''Rough "full unlock" totals''' (OTS + every listed unlock on that piece, one damage-type voucher counted for weapon/shield):
* '''Weapon or Shield, fully loaded''': 10,000 (OTS) + 45,000 (flare tiers) + 50,000 (Savage Power x5) + 30,000 (Revenge) + 20,000 (Wild Backlash) + 5,000 (fluff x2) + 20,000 (one damage-type voucher) ≈ '''180,000 bloodscrip'''
* '''Armor, fully loaded''': 10,000 (OTS) + 30,000 (flare tiers) + 30,000 (Revenge) + 20,000 (Bestial Barrier) + 15,000 (Feral Whirlwind) + 50,000 (all 3 Untamed Vitality) + 5,000 (fluff x2) ≈ '''160,000 bloodscrip'''
* '''Headdress, fully loaded''': 15,000 (OTS) + 40,000 (Avatar T1–T4) + 15,000 (Multi-Opponent) + 15,000 (Apparition) + 6,000 (4 Imprint slots) + 5,000 (fluff x2) ≈ '''96,000 bloodscrip'''

''(These totals assume one OTS purchase each and don't include the diminutive pangolin figurine / vermeil echidna charm add-certs, which you'd only need if converting an existing weapon/shield/armor piece instead of buying OTS.)''

== Practical Notes for Squad Planning ==

* '''UCS builds''': Revenge flares on gloves/boots only fire with true open-hand UCS combat — both hands must be empty. Not worth unlocking for a caster wearing them passively.
* '''Savage Power cooldown is per-character, not per-item''' — if you're running weapon ''and'' shield with it unlocked, you still only get one Savage Power activation per hour total.
* '''Enchant/ensorcell difficulty''' is flat regardless of unlock state, so there's no reason to delay unlocking abilities until after enchanting.
* '''Selling/gifting resets taming''' — factor this into whether it's worth buying pre-tamed or building from scratch on a given character.

== See Also ==
* [[Animalistic Spirit]]
* [[Animalistic Spirit Weapon]]
* [[Animalistic Spirit Shield]]
* [[Animalistic Spirit Armor]]
* [[Animalistic Spirit Headdress]]
* [[Animalistic Totem]]

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