Best Talisman Dark Souls 3: Locations and Stats Guide

Dark Souls 3 is a significant improvement from the first two games in graphical fidelity and overall gameplay. The game offers versatility in playstyle when it comes to defeating enemies from the start to the end. Players can focus on raw strength and strike enemies using swords, hammers, and much more. Or if magic, spells, and pyromancy fancy your playstyle, you can do that as well. When it comes to making a faith build, there will always be a question of the best talisman Dark Souls 3. On that front, our curated guide will help fellow ashen ones to choose from the top six talismans the game offers.

Since we are on the topic of breaking down the characteristics of talismans, our Dark Souls 3 best faith weapon guide may help you pick up the right weapons. If going with a faith build is not your forte, you can always create a luck, katana, or quality build as well in Dark Souls 3.

Dark Souls 3 Talismans 

Talismans are the go-to choice of weapons if an Ashen one wants to cast Miracles in the Dark Souls 3. They act as a catalyst or a conduit to chain the faith energy and unleash its wrath on enemies or buff self. Our best talisman Dark Souls 3 guide will entail the characteristics of six talismans an Ashen one can find in the game. We have also mentioned the key locations or methods to find all of the talismans in Dark Souls 3.

Standard Talisman

This is one of the earliest acquired talismans in Dark Souls 3. If playing as a Herald class, an Ashen one will get this equipment from the very start of the game. However, if you are not playing with the mentioned class, you can always buy it very early in the game for 500 souls from Shrine Handmaid.

For a starting Miracles casting equipment, the standard talisman does exceptionally well compared to the ones acquired in the mid-to-late game. When it comes to buffing spells, unfaltering prayer poise, and faith scaling, the standard talisman beats expectations and performs exceptionally well. The standard talisman comes with a 60 poise health and scales pretty good beyond 30 or 45 faith level.

Sunlight Talisman

Sunlight talisman is not the best talisman In Dark Souls 3, but that doesn’t mean it is the worst of all. The most significant advantage a wielder of sunlight talisman can have is that it offers the highest amount of unfaltering prayer poise. Regardless of playing PvP or PvE, breaking the Mircale casting pose of an Ashen one will become nearly impossible in a one-versus-one scenario. It is because the Sunlight talisman comes with the highest poise of all talismans in Dark Souls 3.

However, the spell buff of this equipment is not up to the mark/below average. For this reason alone, many players do not go with Sunlight talisman regardless of playing PvE or PvP. The low spell buff beats the purpose of making a faith build and picking Sunlight talisman as go-to equipment for Miracles casting.

To find the Sunlight talisman, an Ashen one should venture the Keep Ruins. You must climb down the stairs leading the way away from Old Wolf of Farron Altar, then go left through the poisonous swamp. You will encounter an erected land mound containing two items to interact. One of them will be an Estus Soup, and the other one will be the Sunlight talisman.

Canvas Talisman

Canvas talisman is an excellent Miracle casting equipment. As compared to other similar talismans, this one’s spell buff does not scale well with faith level. Instead, its spell buff has exponential growth. The Canvas talisman offers excellent spell buff right from the get-go you equip it. Leveling up the faith will see steady growth on spell buffs. However, the equipment reaches maximum potential on faith levels between 30 – 45. So, leveling up the faith at 60 or above will not yield a significant advantage. As a result, Canvas talisman shines best if Ashen one is running with a hybrid build and not completely rely on a faith-based build. So, arguably, this could be the talisman Dark Souls 3 if you are using a hybrid build.

Acquiring the Canvas talisman becomes accessible when an Ashen one provides the Paladin’s Ashes to the Shrine Handmaid. After that, she offers this miracle casting equipment for a price of 3000 souls. To find Paladin’s Ashes, travel to Cathedral of the Deep bonfire and turn left towards a down-hill path before going up the stairs. You will find an interactable item besides the fallen knight.

Sunless Talisman

Sunless talisman is better suited for both intelligence and faith builds combined. If an Ashen one uses this Miracle casting equipment on a faith build, or casting miracles only and not the dark miracles, the spell buffs are average. However, Sunless talisman shines the best when the wielder uses dark miracles and has leveled up faith and intelligence together. This is because the equipment scales with both attributes as mentioned in its official description.

There are two ways to obtain Sunless talisman in Dark Souls 3. The first one is to kill Sirris of the Sunless Realms, and the second one involves completing her questline, involving the killing of the twin princes, Lothric and Lorian. After completing her questline, an Ashen one can find the Sunless talisman near a grave at the edge of the cliff in the Cemetry of Ash area.

White Hair Talisman

White Hair talisman can cast pyromancy and miracles and therefore requires constant leveling up of Faith and Intelligence. Players who are using a miracle-pyro hybrid build may find this as the preferred talisman Dark Souls 3. The equipment does not have unfaltering prayer poise; hence it has a significant flaw at its core. Other than that, while casting miracles, the White Hair talisman only utilizes faith scaling and does not benefit the wielder from intelligence leveling. However, this changes when an Ashen one casts dark miracles or pyromancy.

To find the White Hair talisman, an Ashen one needs to drop into the lava pit located near the Smouldering Lake area. The challenge here will be to survive the lava and reach at the corner of the pit to acquire the White Hair talisman. One of the easiest ways is to cast a Flash Sweat spell, wear fire-resistance armor and jump into the lava pit in Embered state.

Saint’s Talisman

The spell buff and other miracles scale linearly while using Saint’s talisman. At the starting faith levels, this equipment performs below average and is flat-out unimpressive. However, the steady growth in its effectiveness can be seen once you start to level it up and reach faith level 45. On a pure faith build with 60 attribute points in faith, the Saint’s talisman arguable is the best spell buff miracle equipment you can find in Dark Souls 3.

The only downside with this weapon is that its weapon art, unfaltering prayer, has the lowest poise of all the talismans in the game. To find the weapon an Ashen one must possess the Grave Key and later visit the sewers of Undead Settlement. Just before approaching the ladder that leads to Irina of Carim, the Saint’s talisman can be found in the sewer room.

Frequently Asked Questions About Dark Souls 3 Talisman 

Now that we have mentioned each talisman’s characteristics, you must have a clear picture of where each of the miracle casting equipment belongs in a build. Regardless of what each talisman offers, if you are comfortable with the low spell buff and high poise of sunlight talisman, by all means, you master its effectiveness. The same applies to the other five talismans, as each is suited to fit in a different playstyle. Besides that, we have also curated the top six most searched questions related to the best talisman Dark Souls 3.

That is pretty much everything you need to know about talismans in Dark Souls 3. Let us know in the comments section which out of the six talismans is your go-to miracle casting equipment in the game.