The worst trinket of all time is a title that one must work hard for in World of Warcraft. A trinket is diligently working on it.
The search for the right equipment in World of Warcraft is sometimes not so easy, and especially the hunt for a trinket can take a long time. Here, many decisions must be made: Do you want a passive trinket whose effects activate automatically? Or would you prefer an active trinket that only unleashes the bonus upon use? How about a trinket that grants a powerful bonus but also comes with drawbacks?
Especially in the last category, there is now a trinket that has quickly earned the title of “Most Useless Trinket of All Time” in the community – because it can cost your character’s life.
Great power comes with great fear (for 5 seconds)
What kind of trinket is this? We are talking about the trinket “Sealed Chaos Urn”. The trinket passively grants agility, strength, or intelligence and has an additional use effect:
“Unseals the urn, causing the void inside to flow out, surrounding you for 20 seconds and increasing all your secondary stats by [depending on item level].”
That sounds good so far. But the catch is in the second part of the effect:
“When the void fades, you fall into fear for 5 seconds. Killing an enemy while surrounded by the void prevents this effect.”
Why is this so dangerous? The 5 seconds of “Fear” are essentially a fear effect that leaves you cowering in place. 5 seconds is a damn long time, during which you not only deal no damage but also cannot run out of area effects or other abilities and will likely take the full brunt of them.
Moreover, it is not so easy to avoid the negative effect of the trinket. Killing an enemy does not mean that any enemy nearby must be defeated – you have to deliver the killing blow, meaning you have to make the decisive damage points that defeat an enemy. In a raid group with 10 or more DPS characters, it is nearly impossible to guarantee this, so the feared effect will frequently occur.
Where does the trinket have a benefit? At least in the depths, one can use the trinket relatively reliably, as one can time the effects so that within the next few seconds, an enemy is defeated – unless an overpowering Valeera spoils the plan.
Even in outdoor activities, such a trinket can be solid for sure – but especially in group activities like dungeons or raids, it will probably be avoided.
What do you think about such trinkets? Is it a nice thing that Blizzard also brings some riskier trinkets into the game? Or can you not deal with such negative aspects at all and would prefer more trinkets that only provide a positive effect without danger?
By the way, the urn and many other trinkets can be found in the depths – with luck also at item level 259.
