Tarot Cards and Melds

Lesser Trumps:

First we will go over the basics. Their are four decks Drums, Scepters, Skulls, and Swords. These four decks are concidered Lesser Trumps. They come in a collection much like standard playing cards Ace through King. At lower levels these cards are very valuable because of the buff they give, but they have no real purpose other than this until after you gain the ability to perform Melds at level 45 which we will go over further down the page.

Ace

Deuce

Trey

Four

Five

Six

Seven

Eight

Nine

Ten

Princess

Knight

Queen

King

Lesser Trumps no matter which you use in the set give the same buff and the same duration Below is a break down of those buffs.

Icon	Type	Effect	Duration
	Drums	Additional Maximum Vigor	10 Minutes
	Scepters	Additional Maxium Health	10 Minutes
	Skulls	Additional Combat Damage	10 Minutes
	Swords	Additional Combat Speed	10 Minutes

Greater Trumps:

Once you reach 45+ You may begin finding the cards known as Greater Trumps. These normally drop from creatures of higher level but are not a common drop such as weapons and armor. Also at level 45 you will be able to do the quest that unlocks Melding called Tarot: Significator. Melding is the ability to merge Greater Trump cards into something more powerful. For example The Living Moon + The Shattered Moon = Twin Moons, when you double click on the item that is created(Twin Moons) you will gain 1% XP. This is a one time use then the created item disappears from inventory. Lets go over the 15 different Greater Trumps and there associated Melds.

Icon	Name	Tarot	Associated Melds
	The Bane	Knorr Tarot	Gateway: The Great Error
	The Crafter	Dereth Tarot	Deck of Power, Gateway: Apprentice, Gateway: Grandmaster, Gateway: Journeyman, Gateway: Master, Three Paths
	The Devourers	Knorr Tarot	Gateway: The Great Error
	The Empyrean	Knorr Tarot	Gateway: The Great Error
	The Eternal	Dereth Tarot	Deck of Power, Gateway: Order and Chaos, Gateway: Seeker in Darkness, Three Powers
	The Great Tree	Dereth Tarot	Deck of Power, Gateway: Seeker in Light, Three Powers
	The Imperator	Dereth Tarot	Deck of Power, Gateway: Order and Chaos, Gateway: Seeker in Light, Three Kingdons
	The Indwelling	Dereth Tarot	Deck of Power, Gateway: Order and Chaos, Gateway: Seeker in Darkness, Three Powers
	The Living Moon	Dereth Tarot	Deck of Power, Gateway: Order and Chaos, Gateway: Seeker in Light, Twin Moons
	The Lord of Light	Dereth Tarot	Deck of Power, Gateway: Seeker in Light, Three Kingdoms
	The Seeker	Dereth Tarot	Deck of Power, Gateway: Seeker in Darkness, Gateway: Seeker in Light, Three Paths
	The Shadow	Dereth Tarot	Deck of Power, Gateway: Seeker in Darkness, Three Kingdoms
	The Shattered Moon	Dereth Tarot	Deck of Power, Gateway: Order and Chaos, Gateway: Seeker in Darkness, Twin Moons
	The Warrior	Dereth Tarot	Deck of Power, Three Paths
	Those Who Are Called	Dereth Tarot	Deck of Power

Melds:

At this point you are wondering "Melds?". Melding is basicly taking two, three, five or twelve different cards and making a single card out of them. When you use the Significator Card you recieved from the Tarot: Significator quest on the melds you can gain a experience bonus of either crafting experience or level experience. If you use the Melds onto a Lesser Trump you will produce a Fate Card, we will go over that in the section below this one. One thing to note is that there is no specific order in which you need to place these cards into the slots. I will now go over the four types of Meld products then list the known meld solutions.

Icon	When Significator used on Meld type	When Meld used on a Lesser Trump
	One time use for XP or CXP	Combined to make Fate Cards
	One time use for XP or CXP	Combined to make Fate Cards
	One time use for XP or CXP	Combined to make Fate Cards
	One time use for XP or CXP	No Product

Two Card Melds

Icon	Solution	Cards Needed	Significator Used
	Gateway: Apprentice	The Crafter + The Crafter	2500 CXP
	Gateway: The Plague	The Bane + The Devourers	1% XP
	Gateway: The Summons	The Empyrean + Those Who Are Called	1% XP
	Twin Moons	The Living Moon + The Shattered Moon	1% XP

Three Card Melds

Icon	Solution	Cards Needed	Significator Used
	Gateway: Journeyman	The Crafter + The Crafter + The Crafter	3000 CXP
	Gateway: The Great Error	The Bane + The Devourers + The Empyrean	1.5% XP
	Three Kingdoms	The Imperator + The Lord of Light + The Shadow	1.5% XP
	Three Paths	The Crafter + The Seeker + The Warrior	1.5% XP
	Three Powers	The Eternal + The Great Tree + The Indwelling	1.5% XP

Five Card Melds

Icon	Solution	Cards Needed	Significator Used
	Gateway: Master	5x The Crafter	4000 CXP
	Gateway: Order and Chaos	The Eternal + The Imperator + The Indwelling + The Living Moon + The Shattered Moon	3% XP
	Gateway: Seeker in Darkness	The Eternal + The Indwelling + The Seeker + The Shadow + The Shattered Moon	3% XP
	Gateway: Seeker in Light	The Great Tree + The Imperator + The Living Moon + The Lord of Light + The Seeker	3% XP

Twelve Card Melds

Icon	Solution	Cards Needed	Significator Used
	Deck of Power	The Crafter + The Eternal + The Great Tree + The Imperator + The Indwelling + The Living Moon + The Lord of Light + The Seeker + The Shadow + The Shattered Moon + The Warrior + Those Who Are Called	7% XP
	Gateway: Grandmaster	12x The Crafter	6938 CXP

Fate Cards:

If you use the Melds onto a Lesser Trump you will produce a Fate Card, Fate Cards basicly are a more powerful version of the lesser trumps, as in they give a buff but they are much more variant than just four specific ones. This allows you to be able to tailor a buff type your character is needing at higher levels. When using a Melded Deck onto a Lesser Trump the Med Deck is not consumed but the Lesser Trump is. Here is the breakdown.

Icon	Meld	Added to lesser of type:	Output		Lesser	Normal	Greater	Duration
	Twin Moons			Fortuna	Bad Luck	Better Luck	Best Luck	30 Minutes
	Three Kingdoms			Vigor	+75 Max Vigor	+150 Max Vigor		30 Minutes
	Three Kingdoms			Health	+75 Max Health	+150 Max Health		30 Minutes
	Three Kingdoms			Speed	Run Speed			30 Minutes
	Three Kingdoms			Frenzy	Attack Speed			30 Minutes
	Three Paths			Penetration	+1% Crit	+3% Crit	+5% Crit	30 Minutes
	Three Paths			Smithing	+10 Weapon Damage	+20 Weapon Damage	+30 Weapon Damage	30 Minutes
	Three Powers			Lightness	-6 CD	-8 CD	-10 CD	30 Minutes
	Three Powers			Protection	+6 AR	+8 AR	+10 AR	30 Minutes
	Deck of Power			Spirit Guard	+125 Max Health, +200 Max Vigor	+150 Max Health, +250 Max Vigor	+200 Max Health, +300 Max Vigor	30 Minutes
	Deck of Power			Eternal Flame		+70 Attack Speed, +20 Run Speed	+100% Attack Speed, +30% Run Speed	30 Minutes
	Deck of Power			Warding		+20 AR, -10 CD		30 Minutes
	Deck of Power			Destruction	+40 Damage, +4% Crit	+50 Damage, +6% Crit	+60 Damage, +8% Crit	30 Minutes

Credits:

Allen the Gimp - For guidance in the right direction for Gateway: The Plague