Go to equipment and there should be talisman slots

They are passive. It’s the third row down in your equipment screen.

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Press start, select empty talisman slot, press confirm x or a depending of console, select talisman, than confirm.

Erdtree favor is good for most of the game, claw boosts jump attacks, fire scorpion boosts fire damage, and ritual sword boosts attack power by 10% at max health. I would say go for erdtree favor, claw, and sword talisman, but don't use sword unless you have 3 or more slots.

Try to focus on survivability and damage when equipping talismans. Depending on where you’re currently at in the game, the talismans you have now are fine.

The only bad talisman I'm aware of makes it really clear it's a bad talisman. You currently have really good talismans equipped, although the fire scorpion charm is more for casting pyromancies or something, not split damage weapons like Vyke's spear.

Browse the wiki's page on Talismans and you can find any that sound useful to you.

Not every slot needs to be a talisman that buffs your damage. There's plenty of useful defensive and utility talismans to choose from too that can be even more useful.

there is one slot in the 'equipment' page that can be used for a talisman.

Like you’d equip a ring in dark souls :)

For some reason I can’t equip the talisman I have

Memory stones and talisman pouches auto equip. Talisman slots are under your armor slots.

Talismans are already have slots on your equipment screen. The pouches are used automatically upon gaining them, like memory stones

For the pouch, it automatically gives you an extra spot to equip your talisman, to do so just go to where you would usually equip your armour/weapons

Damn how did I not see this. Thank you guys!

As long as they’re in your inventory the capacity is expanded, no action needed. You equip talismans in the slots under your weapons etc.

Its automatically applied to your character, i was wondering the same thing with memory stones.

it's a passive effect. You have the extra slot already

You just have it. If it's in your inventory you have the expanded slot

It just do be

If you just go to equipment you should have a new talisman slot.

Talismans use the same attack buttons as swords, not bows. Also, there isn't even really a need to upgrade any weapons. I beat the entire game, post game included, just by crafting and not upgrading weapons

In my experience you give it to Ikaruga and watch him blow enemies up. I keep one of each element and give him the appropriate one for a boss fight, then just let him go. 😆

Especially once you hit the second half of the game, you'll be getting new weapons faster than you can upgrade the old ones. For party gear, I just gave party members hand-me-downs.

> all of all of the instructions say "equip the Talisman as your second weapon". So I replaced it with my bow as my second weapon.

> And then went I went to smoke some Cluckadoodles, I hit the same button to use my bow (ZL) and nothing happened.

Your problem seems to be switching to your second weapon, not using Talismans. Bows are unique in that you can use their aimed attacks (the ZL attack) while using your other weapon.

This is a unique feature of the bow, not of the slot you equipped it to. You can absolutely put a bow in your first slot and swords in your second slot... or equip swords or bows in both slots.

What the two slots allow you to do is swap between your two equipped weapons. You do this by hitting the left button on your D-Pad.

The reasoning behind putting Talismans in your second slot is so you have a melee weapon (short sword, long sword, or dual blades) in one slot and a ranged weapon (bow or talisman) in the other... which is a bit more useful than two melee weapons or two ranged weapons.

Regarding the long sword, just try it out. I happen to prefer faster weapons, but it’s really just your preference.

My party gets whatever I’m not using, so there’s no real loss.

Nah not working for me sorry, i already had 2 talisman equipped, found a pouch and there isn't a third slot. Ive been playing most of the game with 2 already equipped and now i found a pouch no extra slot appeared....

Those are automatic, It's just an extra slot to equip a talisman. If you can equip two talismans, it's working as intended.

How many Talisman slots do you have available?

You don’t need to do anything with it you can just equip one more talisman

How many slots do you have

They automatically add another Talisman slot. You don't use it. Just equip more Talismans.

You just have it, you don't use it. Like memory stones.

By having it (or several) it opens up more talisman slots in thr equipment screen.

The pouch is an extra slot, you get 4 talisman slots in total

That's the neat part you don't. It automatically extends your slots just from getting it.

You don’t need to do anything. They automatically add another slot just by having it.

The axe talisman will give you more attack on your charged heavies. Godfrey icon gives you more attack on charged spells and skills, jar shard gives more attack on skills, no idea what the other one is. If the weapon art is able to be charged up, you have 1 talisman boosting a certain attack and 2 boosting ash of war skill.

Apparently, the skill is coded so the projectiles benefit from godfrey and alexander, but the axe talisman only buffs the "swing", if it connects.

Unrelated: I love "talismen" as plural for talisman. Gonna start using it for fun.

Yes, because all three talismans stack: Godfrey Icon, Alexander's Shard, and the Axe Talisman. Try using charged skills or spells such as Bolt of Gransax (skill), Comet (spell), or O Flame! (incantation). These are just examples; you can use Fextralife to check the list of any skills or spells that can be charged.

If you also have Alexander's Shard, it will stack with Godfrey Icon, providing a 15% damage boost, while the Axe Talisman will add 10% to your overall damage.

This won't show up in your stats because you need to perform actual charged attacks to see the difference.