Affinity
Affinity is a power system for Wayfinders involving skill points and small-scale talent trees to influence their stats and unique features. The Affinity system unlocks after completing Instinct, Discipline, Focus - a priority quest. Kestrel refers to three aspects of Shrike combat philosophy that the Wayfinders should apply themselves: Instinct, Discipline, and Focus. Affinity is applied at the Wayfinder level but also has knock-on effects for the Statistics of Weapons and Accessories as well.
Affinity is handled separately from Talents.
Affinity bonuses[edit]
For Wayfinders, each Affinity can be leveled up to enhance statistics of the same Affinity aspect from Weapons and Accessories, essentially applying weight to the stats associated with that Affinity based on your equipment. For example, Tooth and Claw has Weapon Power and Crit Power listed as its Instinct stats, Max Health and Ability Power listed as its Discipline stats, and Resilience and Crit Rating listed as its Focus stats; if your Wayfinder equips Tooth and Claw and invests Affinity points into Discipline, then Max Health and Ability Power will increase in value, while the other stats are unaffected. If that same Wayfinder switches weapons to
Bastion, then the bonus from Discipline will instead apply to Bastion's Discipline stats of Phys Defense and Mag Defense. Accessories function in the same way: the item's listed stat (if any) associated with an Affinity your Wayfinder invested in will increase in value.
Each Wayfinder also has unique Affinity Perks that are unlocked once an Affinity aspect reaches 5, 15, and 25 points. These perks are different for each Wayfinder and can be found on their respective pages.
Each Affinity rank requires Affinity Points, Gloomstones, and Gold, with each rank providing a +1% bonus. One Affinity Point is granted for:
- Every Character level, up to 30
- Every Character awakening, up to 5
- Every 5 Wayfinder Ranks, up to 6
For a nominal gold fee, Affinity can be freely respecced. All Affinity points and Gloomstones invested up to that point will be reimbursed, although the Gloomstones will only be available for the Wayfinder in question undergoing the process. Reimbursed Gloomstones will be spent first, listed as a number in brackets at the top of the screen for each Gloomstone type.
Upgrading costs[edit]
Upgrading one Affinity from 0 to 25 will require a total of 15Grey Gloomstone,
18Blue Gloomstone,
21Red Gloomstone,
15Black Gloomstone, and
81350.
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