Formation

When a skill reaches level 25, 50, 75, etc. it can be tempered to build towards your foundation. To temper a skill you need to ingest an Essence within 24 hours. There is little purpose attempting to temper more than the 3 skills needed for a formation. Monsters do not appear to be able to temper skills or create a foundation. After tempering your formation you can retemper a skill with a series of rare potions, provided that the essence effects are similar enough and that you have not fully completed your formation tier.

If you lose a tempered skill by sundering or combining it (evolving/upgrading the skill does not cause any problems) your formation will collapse if a new skill is not tempered quickly enough. You can avoid this problem by using an Elegiac Tonic to maintain the tempering of a "seed skill" as it is combined in to a new skill.

With each tier of Body Formation your life is extended, you appear more youthful, beautiful, and stronger; however, the Endless Raven mentions the extended life is a side effect and described the true purpose of tempering and advancing your formation:

> "*THE PATH TO MASTERY. OF TEMPERING YOUR MORTAL FORM.*
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> KAHAW! KAW! IMMORTALITY! YES. SIGNIFICANCE BUILD INTO YOUR BEING WITH EACH AND EVERY TEMPER. A SOLIDITY, A RIGIDITY THAT EVENTUALLY CANNOT BE DENIED. TIME AND AGE WILL NO LONGER TOUCH THOSE UPON THE PATH TO POWER, BUT THAT IS A SIDE EFFECT! IT IS ABOUT FINDING YOUR ROLE! THE URGE THAT DRIVES YOU! ONCE FOUND, YOU FUEL IT WITH SIGNIFICANCE!
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> IT IS THE CESSATION OF WHAT COULD BE AND THE SOLIDIFICATION OF WHAT WAS AND ALWAYS WILL BE, IT IS MEANING TURNED TO POTENCY, AFFIXING ALL THAT YOU ARE AND MAKING YOU MORE. NO LONGER MORTAL. A NEW YOU, CHANGED, TRANSFORMED. ONLY THE GREATEST REACH SUCH HEIGHTS.
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> ONLY THE GODS.*"*
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 **— Endless Raven**

## Apprentice Formation

Apprentice Formations require 3 skills to reach level 25. Felix's Apprentice Formation skills and chosen essences are:

### Body

Poison Resistance (Common) - Inevitability (Rare)

Armored Skin (Rare) - Mountain (Rare)

Unarmed Mastery (Common) - Liberation (Rare)

**3 of 3 Body Essences Formed!**

**Tempering Has Begun!**

**Congratulations!**

**You Have Tempered Your Body!**

**You Have Formed: the Moving Mountain Body**

**+10 STR**

**+10 END**

**+5 AGL**

**+5 DEX**

**+15 VIT**

After Poison Resistance was combined in to The Song of Absolution Felix's Moving Mountain Body Formation collapsed and had to be replaced by a newly leveled skill.

Unfettered Volition (Epic) - Genesis (Epic)

**Congratulations!**

**You Have Tempered Your Body! Again!**

**You Have Formed: the Seed Of The Unchained Mountain Body**

**+20 STR**

**+20 END**

**+25 WIL**

**+10 AGL**

**+10 DEX**

**+20 VIT**

### Mind

Deep Mind (Epic) - Incarnation (Rare)

Exploration (Uncommon) - Eclipse (Rare)

Analyze (Common) - Consumption (Mythic)

**3 of 3 Mind Essences Formed!**

**Tempering Has Begun!**

**Congratulations!**

**You Have Tempered Your Mind!**

**You Have Formed: the Godeater Mind**

**+10 INT**

**+10 WIL**

**+5 PER**

**+25 ALA**

### Spirit

Influence of the Wisp (Rare) - Immolation (Rare)

Stone Shaping (Rare) - Chiaroscuro (Uncommon)

Etheric Concordance (Legendary) - Beacon (Rare)

**3 of 3 Spirit Essences Formed!**

**Tempering Has Begun!**

**Congratulations!**

**You Have Tempered Your Spirit!**

**You Have Formed: the Dawnwalker Spirit**

**+10 WIL**

**+10 INT**

**+10 RES**

**+15 INE**

**+5 ALA**

## Journeyman Formation

Journeyman Formations require 3 skills to reach level 50. Felix's Journeyman Formation skills and chosen essences are:

### Body

The Song of Absolution (Legendary) - Manes (Rare)

Unfettered Volition (Epic) - Aurora (Legendary)

Sovereign of Flesh (Transcendent) - Calamity (Legendary)

**3 of 3 Spirit Essences Formed!**

**Tempering Has Begun!**

**Congratulations!**

**You Have Tempered Your Body!**

**You Have Formed: the Calamitous Dawn Body!**

**+20 EVA**

**+20 MIG**

**+30 END**

**+30 VIT**

**+30 STR**

### Mind

Ravenous Tithe (Epic) - Conductor (Rare)

Bastion of Will (Epic) - Sever (Rare)

Voracious Eye (Epic) - Cascade (Legendary)

**3 of 3 Mind Essences Formed!**

**Tempering Has Begun!**

**Congratulations!**

**You Have Tempered Your Mind!**

**You Have Formed: the Fatebreaker Mind**

**+50 PER**

**+40 FEL**

**+10 RES**

**+30 ALA**

**+40 WIL**

### Spirit

Fire Within (Rare) - Bort (Rare)

Theurgist of the Rise (Legendary) - Dominion (Rare)

Reign of Vellus (Epic) - Gravity (Transcendent)

**3 of 3 Spirit Essences Formed!**

**Tempering Has Begun!**

**Congratulations!**

**You Have Tempered Your Spirit!**

**You Have Formed: the Rising Sovereign Spirit**

**+20 WIL**

**+20 INT**

**+10 RES**

**+30 INE**

**+30 ALA**

## Example of Tempering Poison Resistance

If you are injected with a rare poison containing essence pushing your Poison Resistance to level 25 you will luckily have an essence to use for formation in the following example.

**Rare Poison Detected During Formation!**

**Choose a Feature:**

**Inevitable**

**Deadening**

**Heart-Rending**

Still dizzy from the lack of pain, Felix chose the first one, barely reading it.

**Congratulations!**

**You have absorbed the essence of inevitability!**

**Continue to temper yourself and reap the rewards!**