Unlock and equip a Fractal
A Fractal changes how a learned discipline works. Use the tree below to compare forms, then open the Spellbook in game to choose which one to cast.
Open your discipline tree
Outside combat, open Character, then Spellbook. Select a learned discipline and choose Open discipline Fractals. Select a form to read its effect and requirements.
Check what the form requires
To buy a Fractal, you need Embers and lifetime Mastery in that discipline. The first tier requires 10 Mastery, the second requires 50, and the third requires 125. Select a form in the Spellbook to see the cost and any earlier form, trial, or accomplishment it requires.
For example, Held Arsenal has a base price of 8 Embers and requires 10 Dreadbolt Mastery. Switching to an owned form is free during the journey.
Read your discipline Mastery
Open Character, choose Spellbook, then select Mastery. The panel lists the Mastery total and current spell effects for each learned discipline.
A spell cast that has an effect earns 1 Mastery for its discipline. A healing cast must restore Health to count. Some rewards and training also grant Mastery. You keep each discipline's total after defeat and when you reset your Fractals.
As Mastery grows, each point adds less strength. If the panel shows Supported potency, that bonus applies only to effects that scale with Mastery. Read the current effects below the total to see the values for your active form. Equipment and target conditions in battle can change the result.
Arrange your battle loadout
If a learned spell is missing from your Gold ability bar, open Character and choose Loadout between fights. Turn on the spell you want to equip. You can equip all your learned spells that appear in Loadout. They share the same Gold pool.
Use Earlier and Later to change a spell's Battle order. That order sets its position on the Gold ability bar. During combat you can inspect the list. Make changes between fights.
If you plan to Study at a shrine, put the spell you want to train first before you choose Study.
Complete a Fractal capstone
In the Spellbook, open a learned discipline's Fractal tree and select the form you want. If it shows Capstone accomplishment, read the condition under that heading. Pending means you still need to complete it. Completed shows when you earned it.
Meet the listed condition and win the fight. If the condition calls for several victories, meet it in each qualifying fight. Check the form again after victory. To buy it, you still need the listed Mastery, any earlier form or trial, and enough Embers. You can still use forms you already own.
Choose what you will cast
On a form with Unlock and equip, buying it makes it active. To switch to another form you already own, choose Equip configuration for free. On the base discipline, choose Use base or legacy form if that option is available. Check that the discipline is in your battle loadout before you fight.
Phantom Arsenal uses Emblem choices
For Phantom Arsenal, use Unlock and select to buy a form or Select configuration to use one you own for free. The game asks you to confirm when you change your weapon or switch to a different Emblem path.
Reset a discipline Fractal
For Phantom Arsenal and Thousand Mourning Cuts, you can clear your purchased Fractals and start the tree again. A reset costs 30 Embers. You lose the forms you bought without a refund, and the discipline returns to its base form. You keep your Mastery and trial progress.
Between expeditions, open Character, then Spellbook. Select the discipline, choose Open discipline Fractals, then select Base discipline. If you have purchased a Fractal there, choose Reset discipline Fractal and review the confirmation. Finish or end any active expedition before resetting, even if you have saved and left it for later.
If you already own the form you want, switch to it for free. Phantom Arsenal uses Select configuration and may ask you to confirm a change to your Emblem.
Buy a Constellation bonus
A Constellation bonus helps your character in battle. A Fractal changes the form of a spell you cast. Both use Embers from the same journey.
- Between fights during a journey, open Character, then Spellbook, and choose Constellation.
- Select a bonus node to see its effect, Ember cost, and what you need to reach it. An ordinary bonus can be reached through a learned discipline or a connected bonus you already bought.
- Choose Purchase when the bonus is available. It applies automatically starting with your next encounter and lasts until the journey ends.
See what carries into your next journey.
Why Journey Ember prices rise
Buying a Fractal, an Emblem Fractal, or a Constellation bonus raises the price of future nodes in the same journey. A purchase in either tree raises prices in both. Check the current Ember cost in the Spellbook before buying.
The Archive trees show base prices. Each node you buy adds 5% of a future node's base price to its cost, rounded up after the increases are added. A node with a base price of 8 Embers costs 9 after one purchase and 10 after five.
Tier 2 and Tier 3 Fractals also cost extra from the fourth discipline you develop to Tier 2 or higher in that journey. For the fourth discipline, add 20 Embers to a Tier 2 price and 40 to a Tier 3 price. Each later discipline adds another 20 or 40 Embers, respectively. The order you reach those tiers sets the extra cost.
Switching to a form you already own is free and leaves future prices unchanged. Resuming the same journey keeps your prices. A new journey starts a fresh price count.
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Dreadbolt
Read Dreadbolt healing in combat
DreadboltEmber Spear
Read Ember Spear damage in combat
Ember SpearIron Vow
Iron VowOath of Bone
Oath of BonePhantom Arsenal
Phantom ArsenalRime Shackles
Rime ShacklesSoul Mend
Soul MendThousand Mourning Cuts
Thousand Mourning CutsBanner of the Unfallen
Banner of the UnfallenDawn's Judgement
Dawn's JudgementPiercing Volley
Piercing VolleyRecall the Lantern
Recall the LanternSanguine Thread
Sanguine ThreadStolen Hour
Stolen HourSunder
SunderVeil Storm
Veil StormVerdant Covenant
Verdant CovenantWidow's Malediction
Widow's MaledictionHow Fractals work in game
Choose two founding disciplines at character creation. To change a learned discipline's ability, open its tree in the Spellbook and spend Embers after meeting the rank and any trial requirements. Later forms require their parent.
This reference shows base effects. Mastery and combat conditions can change values in battle. See the combat and status reference for shared terms.