As noted earlier, the Talisman Making skill in Warhammer Online is one that is especially difficult and time consuming to level up, so any guidance in helping you level with better efficiency is good for your watch (as you’ll waste less time that could be spent on other parts of the game) and good for your Warhammer wallet (as you’ll spend less gold trying to level in vain).
According to those who’ve played the field (so to speak), by far and away the best gathering skill to compliment this craft is Magical Salvaging. Though this skill may seem less helpful at first, as you start to level up you’ll find that the fragments you gather are invaluable in helping you inch up to the higher and higher levels.
Magical Salvaging lets you disenchant items and use them for their magical essence and fragments. You can gather these in large bunches either by saving your green dropped items and disenchanting these for their parts or purchasing gear from Renown Merchants (who sell the gear for relatively low prices) and salvaging these for parts. Once you have access to a Renown Merchant, I strongly suggest that this be the route you take – you’ll end up making more gold selling your green drops than you spend purchasing gear for salvaging.
Keep in mind: when you’re working at the lower levels, you will find it difficult to find items that are Salvageable, but don’t be discouraged. Even if some of your items fail to salvage, you will still be able to get some Essences from the lost item.
When it comes to the quality and power of your talisman, the most important component is your fragment. This determines the rarity of your finished talisman, which effects the length of effective time your talisman will have once you put it into active play (once you’ve socketed it into gear). Keep in mind that the time limit on these items only decreases during actual game play, so don’t fear your item losing its buff while you’re sleeping.
You determine how long your talisman works and the kind of range your stats increase is based on the rarity of your magical element. In other words, using a rare fragment in your talisman will likely yield you a duration of five days and a stats increase of at least +8, sometimes more.
Also keep in mind that the level requirement for your fragments, essences and curios come in intervals of 25, and that the higher level item you use, the more powerful your talisman will be.