Totems are powerful items but how do they work and how do we build them?
1) Firstly, we need to build the Totem base itself...
Base
12 Ceremonial Pigments - Indian Paintbrush
5 Shaman Spirit Spells - Wall Post
4 Totem Tools - Crafted
10 Stone Presses - Clearing Rocks
6 Gathered Spirits - Direct Request
4 Woodworking Tools - Crafted
Each Totem Tool requires 5 Chisel Chips (Non-Sapling Pines) and 5 Sharp Saws (Wall Post)
Each Woodworking Tool requires 5 Native Chisel Tools (Steel Forges) and 5 Sanding Stones (Direct Request)
2) Next we power up the Totem with a Spirit Crystal...
Animal Crystal
Action: Makes 4 Animals Surrounding the Totem grow instantly (6 after the wrapper is completed)
Duration: 60 hours or after 6 tends
Each Animal Crystal Requires 20 Crystal Shards (Squash), 30 Nature Spirits (Wall Post) and 14 Animal Essence (Direct Request)
Crops Crystal
Action: Makes 8 Crops surrounding the Totem grow instantly (12 after the wrapper is completed)
Action: Makes 8 Crops surrounding the Totem grow instantly (12 after the wrapper is completed)
Duration: 80 hours or after 7 tends
Each Crop Crystal Requires 24 Crystal Shards (Squash), 36 Nature Spirits (Wall Post) and 16 Plant Essence (Direct Request)
Lumber Crystal
Action: Makes 1 Lumber Tree surrounding the Totem grow instantly (2 after the wrapper is completed)
Duration: 40 hours or after 5 tends
Each Lumber Crystal requires 16 Crystal Shards (Squash), 24 Nature Spirits (Wall Post) and 12 Wood Essence (Direct Request)
3) Once you have used up the tends, you can replace the Crystal with a new one for another set of tends.
4) If you leave the Totem for too long unpowered it can wither, 60 hours for Animals, 80 hours for Crops, 40 hours for Lumber. Then it turns grey and dull. You can rejuvenate a withered Totem but it takes TWO of the Crystals instead of one.
