Oath: Silentheart/Old Silentheart

==Description==
Oath: Silentheart is one of the 14 obtainable Oaths. It sacrifices Mantras and Attunements as a whole in exchange for significant mantra resistance and a unique set of attacks integrated into your moveset.
As of September 13, 2024, it has received a fairly substantial rework. These changes are not currently on this page.Silentheart is a result of a Vow made with The Dreadstar, a mysterious entity residing in the Voidsea. It replaces the user's heart with a heart that doesn't attune with the song- hence "Silentheart"- as a form of seeking revenge against those who abused the Song during the Canticlysm. Silenthearts see the Song for what it is; an amalgamated, blasphemous and much weaker form of the powers that Drowned Gods use. Upon Oathbreaking, The Dreadstar hints at the fact that the Vow was made to sacrifice your heart to appease the Drowned God Yun'Shul, the Keeper of Hearts.
==Obtainment==
Meet the following requirements in any order:
*Have a total of 75 points in Weapons (LHT, MED, HVY all count, you can do 25/25/25, for example)
*Have 25 points in Strength
*Have 25 points in either Charisma or Agility
*Die to a player that uses an attunement. Chime of Conflict does not count, nor does getting gripped in Layer 2 with a light hook.
Once all met, head over to the Beloved Zofia in the Voidsea to talk to The Dreadstar
*Failing to meet any of the first 3 will cause The Dreadstar to say you do not have aptitude.
*If you haven't died to an attunement player, The Dreadstar will say "You lack focus on your rage".
For a more in-depth walkthrough, consider watching this video. (While the video suggests starting Suyuan's quest, intending that it spawns the ship - obtaining the Oath doesn't actually depend on it.)
==Progression==
This Oath is progressed via the killing of Spelltrainers (excluding Regek and Beatra).
This can be done in any order; however, the recommended order is Nell, Friid, Amashi, Funke, Adar, and Nostor due to their positions.
Note that killing the Spelltrainers will make you lose Reputation with some factions :
*Nell and Friid with Etrea
*Funke with Summer Company
*Adar with Ignition Union
Alternatively, if you've fully progressed the Oath in a previous life, 10 Knowledge can be spent to immediately unlock all related Talents.
==Effects==
*+10% mantra resistance.
*Ability to wield weapons with 25 investment points lower than its weapon stat requirement.
*Entirely lose access to cast mantras, including learned (or future) mantras, Attunement-less mantras, recalled mantras as well as the Mantra tab at campfires. (Any previously had mantras, or learnt will not show in the inventory but can still be used at Shrine of Division)
*Attunements are unable to be used or obtained.
*You gain glowing red tattoos coursing over your arms and torso.
*Your eye color becomes duller and darker.
*All Silentheart Oath moves deal 2x damage in PVE
File:Silentheart Eye Difference.png|Eye color difference
File:Silentheart Visual.gif|Silentheart Visual
==Abilities==
*Merciless Blade - Passive
**You can now execute enemies much faster.
***Grip speed is increased by 25% (3 seconds down to 2.25 seconds)
***Comes with the Oath.
File:Merciless Blade.gif
*Dread Fighter - Passive
**Parrying, landing criticals, and flourishes now gives you stacks of Dread. Each stack of Dread increases your damage multiplier up to 10%, and mantra resistance up to 15%, however, upon being hit by a Mantra, you lose one stack of Dread.
***Stacks of dread are represented as a halo that grows from your chest. Each stacks makes the halo larger and raise your mantra resistance.
***Stacks up to 3 times and each stacks grant 3% mantra resistance and 2% damage buffs.
File:Dread Fighter Maxed.gif|Maxed Dread Stacks
*Lodestar - Passive
**Landing criticals, flourishes, and uppercuts now silences your enemy for 3 seconds, disabling their ability to cast mantras.
***This silencing effect is represented by a red halo on the affected target (not to be confused with your own dread stacks).
File:Lodestar Critical.gif|Silencing with a critical
File:Lodestar Flourish.gif|Silencing with a flourish
File:Lodestar Uppercut.gif|Silencing with an uppercut
*True Vantage - Passive
**Successfully landing a Vent briefly gives you invisibility, along with giving a speed boost.
***This turns your Vents Red which is purely cosmetic.
****If you have used Dyes, instead turns your vents to your tattoo colour.
File:True Vantage.gif
*Ankle Cutter - Passive
**M1ing while sliding will now perform a moderately large circular slash. Anyone hit will take damage, a speed debuff, and become unable to jump.
***Damage and speed of the attack scales on your weapon.
***Can be used while sliding down slopes at no cost to your speed.
***5 seconds cooldown.
File:Ankle Cutter.gif
*Mani Katti - Active
**While you have stacks of Dread (From Dread Fighter), your uppercuts are replaced with a large A0E attack, which teleports to the nearest player, dealing high damage and multiple attacks quickly, while making you invisible.
***Is activated by using Crouch + Feint, though this is most commonly "Ctrl + M2"
***Does not consume Dread stacks to use.
***Damage scales on your weapon; light weapons scale harder than heavy weapons, yielding more and less damage respectively.
***Deals 7 posture damage per hit.
***Is 360 degree blockable.
***2 seconds cooldown.
File:Mani Katti.gif
*Vengeful Pursuit - Passive
**Your running attacks that miss send out a mid-range crescent projectile that slows on hit.
***8 seconds cooldown.
File:Vengeful Pursuit.gif
==Notes==
*Dying to an attunement user does not necessarily mean being gripped. Dying by any method as long as they are the killer will work.
*While all mantras are voided and the mantra tab becomes unavailable, the character will still have them within their character data. Consult the Shrine of Division to convert them into 2 random Talents.
**You're also still able to be given a whisper on level up.
**The Mantra from Kelsius CAN be exchanged for Talents.
*The No Attunement trainer Regek cannot be killed for progression despite Physical Mantras also using the song. This may be due to the fact they do not "abuse" the song like the other attunement trainers, and therefore it isn't counted as "song abuse."
*Beatra cannot be killed for progression due to her old age.
*Silentheart's vow rejects the Words of the Song (Mantra chants). Resonances and Murmurs are not words and thus, are not affected by this Oath.
*Due to being locked out of Mantras, you will be unable to pass Aelita's game without using glitches, as it requires the player to cast a Mantra. If you find yourself playing it, keep logging and joining back until you happen to not be playing it.
*Killing the six attunement trainers will give you bad rep for whichever faction that they are located in, except for Nostor and Amashi(Ex. Killing Friid in the Isle of Vigils will grant you bad rep with Etrea.)
**Due to this, you should keep some notes handy to pay off your rep so Voidwalkers and faction ambushes won't come after you.
*Mani Katti is not used by pressing your Control + M2 keys, but by pressing your Crouch + Feint keybinds (whatever they are for you). For example, if you have Crouch on the C key and Feint on the F key, you need to press C + F to use Mani Katti.
*If Dreadstar doesnt't appear, interact with one of the Ghosts on the ship.
==Trivia==
*The lines that adorn a Silentheart's arms and chest are tattoos, not veins.
**Despite this, they will lose their coloration should the Silentheart be killed by Blood Scourge, which specifically drains blood.
*Previously, there was a bug allowing you to acquire an Attunement and its Talents (albeit not its Mantras) by drinking an Attunement Potion while in the Dreadstar's dialogue. However, this was eventually fixed. This let some people have Talents like Flaming Uppercut along with Silentheart, allowing for huge damage potential. Builds created before it was patched still have their abilities.
*The color of Silentheart's arm-tattoos/markings can be changed with a Dye Packet. This will also change the color of Dread Fighter, True Vantage vent, and other Silentheart effects.
*The sound of landing a hit / obtaining a stack of dread is the same sound used in Terraria when a Fallen Star lands.(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggRX1zqDccI)
*Ankle Cutter is a reference to Ankle Cutter from Black Desert Online.
*Several terms related to the Silentheart Oath before its rework reference the Fire Emblem series.
**The Beloved Zofia references Celica's weapon of the same name in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.
**Both Dread Fighter and Lodestar reference obtainable classes in different Fire Emblem games.
**True Vantage is a reference to the skill Vantage in Fire Emblem.
**Mani Katti references Lyn's weapon of the same name.
*You can still talk to the Attunement-less trainer Regek and complete the Soulblooms quest.
*Silentheart was reworked on 2024-09-13's Weekly update.
==References==
==Gallery==
File:Silentheart dyed blue..png|Silentheart Dyed Blue.
==Navigation==
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