Trace of Ancient Magic

[worn osprey]

Hi guys, I’m just curious while exploring the map, I found this traces of Dark ancient magic I believe? It scattered everywhere, mostly in abandoned buildings and when I investigate it a purple light coming out and stays from a distant but I cant catch it, very elusive, is theres something to discover in it? Or to activate a quest or task? Just asking.

[cold lantern]

Can you take a picture or video of what you're describing? Because there are traces of ancient magic in abandoned buildings that you can activate once you're far enough into the game, but it's not dark ancient magic. That's only seen around Loyalists and hostile animals.

[ivory pond]

It sounds like the ancient magic Hotspots as you said Ominis. You need to follow it to find those smaller orbs

[worn osprey]

There are scary voices whispering

[ivory pond]

Those fainty, creepy whisper sounds are designed to guide u if it gets louder u r close to the location

[cold lantern]

Yes, that's an ancient magic hotspot. Stand on the swirly pool to activate it, or, if you already have, find the traces of ancient magic in the area. For that one, they're in the building across the bridge.

[worn osprey]

Yes but after I activate it theres like a purple fire ball, idk how you call it, that appears near to it and when I try to catch it it hops to a different area

[cold lantern]

There are three you need to catch.

[worn osprey]

If I catch the three does it affect the stat or performance percentage in exploration?

[cold lantern]

There is a Field Guide challenge for ancient magic hotspots, yes. And for each tier of the challenge you complete, you'll unlock another segment of your ancient magic meter. Completing a hotspot also replenishes your ancient magic meter, if it's not full.

[worn osprey]

Aha Im not aware of this, but I noticed lately everytime I’m in a combat after casting Crucio for example it takes time to fully charge for the next use, is that what you mean of ancient magic meter?

All I knew everything can be upgraded through the loom for the gears and talent for the spells, so the meters on each spells is another thing?

[ivory pond]

I was confused too and until I figured out they were two different things

These two are different
And here is why:
What is cooldown?
Cooldowns are fixed duration that you must waut before you can cast the same spells again.

Crucio normally takes around 30 seconds cooldowns and I'm guessing this weight is designed to balance the power of the spell.

What is ancient meters?
The Ancient Magic meter is the blue bar(s) located in the bottom-right corner of your screen, just above your health bar.

This meter fills up as you perform combat actions like landing successful spell Combos, prefect Protego block or successful dodging.

Those blue bars are your Ancient Magic meters, and their maximum number can be increased by completing Ancient Magic Hotspots.

[sharp swallow]

Ancient magic meter explicitly fills only if you maintain a high combo. Its not enough to shoot spells, you also need to maintain the combo (dont get hit).

If you solve enough many ancient magic hotspots, you unlock larger ancient magic meter.

[cold lantern]

That's not true. The meter fills slightly with every spell you land, but maintaining a combo will give you power-ups (those tiny sparkles that spawn on the field); those contribute a greater amount to the meter and restore a bit of health. There are also talents you can buy that make the meter refill with other actions.

[worn osprey]

I’m playing right now and I saw the ancient magic meter was drained what does it mean? So I cant make powerful combos?

Im not sure how this meter works really, but yeah I’ll gonna do what you advised, need to compete those hotspots and I’ll gonna discover this by myself and see how does it affect my combat skills.

Thank you guys, now I’m getting aware of the symbols in the world map lol

[ivory pond]

When it drains it means you cannot use the powerful, Ancient Magic finisher attacks. These attacks are essential for quickly defeating tough opponents or breaking through all shield types.

But your regular combat is unaffected since you can still perform your regular spell combos and string together attacks. Also doing so, is the primary way to refill the meter temporarily. U can also invest talent points into the core talent three to fill maters faster such as protego absorption, Evasion absorption and gear traits that increases your ancient magic.

Yes complete those Hotspots to permanently increase your maximum Ancient Magic meter capacity.

You will get familiar with it, take your time no rush and welcome