To play the Fae Trickster in Trove is to understand that victory isn't always about who hits hardest, but about who controls the battlefield. This class is a symphony of misdirection, a ballet of blink-and-you'll-miss-it strikes and glittering deceptions. In 2025, the Fae Trickster remains a testament to finesse over brute force, a class that rewards clever positioning, precise timing, and a playful cruelty that leaves enemies swinging at shadows while they succumb to a thousand cuts.
This Trove guide is written for those who find beauty in chaos. We will delve into the Trickster's bag of tricks, breaking down each ability not just as a tool for damage, but as a piece of a larger, more elegant puzzle. From the core loop of bait-and-switch to three distinct, powerful builds, you will learn how to dominate content not by standing your ground, but by ensuring the ground you stand on is always exactly where your enemy isn't.
Fae Trickster Abilities & passive
Mastering the Fae Trickster means understanding the nuanced role of each ability in your deceptive arsenal.
- Basic Attack: Your primary source of damage when your abilities are on cooldown. It's a reliable, ranged magical projectile. While it lacks the raw impact of your Glitter Bomb, it's essential for finishing off weakened foes and maintaining pressure while you kite.
- Glitter Bomb: This is your signature move and primary burst tool. You throw a bomb that deals massive area damage (approximately 675% of your Magic Damage) and applies a crucial brief stun to all enemies it hits . The ability can be held to aim, allowing for precise long-range snipes or perfect placements in chokepoints. Use it to interrupt dangerous enemy attacks, initiate fights, or wipe out clustered packs.
- Faerie Dance: The "sustained" part of your kit. You summon three enchanted staves that autonomously attack nearby enemies for about 15 seconds, each strike dealing significant magic damage . These staves act as autonomous turrets, providing consistent area denial and damage while you are free to move, dodge, and set up your next move. Their long range (~15 blocks) lets you place them safely behind cover or in areas you've just vacated.
- Blink: The heart and soul of the Fae Trickster fantasy. This is a short-range teleport that leaves behind a perfect illusionary decoy. This decoy will actively draw enemy aggro, creating a priceless few seconds where all attacks are directed at a harmless copy . This is your primary survival tool, your engagement tool, and your ultimate "get out of jail free" card. Mastering its timing is what separates a good Trickster from a legendary one.
The Fae Trickster Builds
DPS Trickster Build
If you love sniping bosses and popping elites, this is the most meta-oriented, high-skill playstyle. It uses Glitter Bombs for burst AoE, Faerie Dance for tethered DPS, and blink/illusion to avoid mechanics while maintaining uptime.
You’ll play at medium range: place Faerie Dance behind a safe wall or at choke, kite with basic attacks, and toss Glitter Bombs into clumps or boss feet. Your damage peaks with crit/MD/light investment; mobility stats remain important for survivability and uptime.
- Core stats: Critical Hit / Critical Damage → Magic Damage (or class primary) → Light → Attack Speed (secondary).
- Gems: Pyrodisc / Explosive Epilogue recommended for AoE-on-kill synergy; prioritize empowered gems that increase Glitter Bomb or staff damage.
- Emblems: Martial + Surestrike or Martial + Chronomancer (if you need more frequent Faerie Dance windows).
- Rotation tip: Faerie Dance into glitter-bomb-heavy clumps → blink out and let staves finish → re-enter only to place more staves or finish stunned packs.
Speed-Farm Trickster Build
Speed-Farm Tricksters turn mobility and spam into income. This build is popular for Candoria and topside routes: high movement and stamina/energy regen let you chain blink-teleports, spam Glitter Bombs, and keep Faerie Dance on short cooldowns to clear rooms without slowing down.
You’ll pre-place Faerie Dance in busy nodes or skip it for pure movement. Prioritize attack/movement speed and energy regen so you can spam abilities and blink frequently.
- Core stats: Movement Speed → Attack Speed → Energy Regeneration → Moderate Crit/Damage.
- Gems: Lesser gems for MS/AS, Explosive Epilogue as quality-of-life for immediate room clears.
- Emblems: Beamer + Martial (or Trailblazer-style if your server has it) and Elysian flask variants for quick refresh.
- Rotation tip: pre-route glitter-bomb placement or run-and-gun with blink/illusion to avoid hits; Faerie Dance used only when you want hands-free clear.
Trick-Play Hybrid Build
This is the class fantasy: you become a puppet-master of the battlefield. Focus on cooldowns, illusion usage, and Faerie Dance placement so the field is full of staves and decoys. You play psychological warfare: bait pulls with decoys, detonate Glitter Bombs while enemies hit the fake, then Faerie Dance the pile while they’re stunned.
This build trades a little pure damage for control and survivability, but in group runs it’s extremely high value.
- Core stats: Cooldown Reduction → Energy Regen → Movement or Attack Speed → Moderate Damage/Crit.
- Gems: utility-focused cosmics (regen, cooldown reductions) and at least one empowered AoE gem.
- Emblems: Chronomancer (to spam Faerie Dance and blink more) + Vampiric or Unyielding depending on group needs.
- Rotation tip: initiate with Blink leaving decoy → throw Glitter Bombs into incoming path → Faerie Dance behind the decoy and retreat while staves do the work.
Gems, companions, emblems & class gem notes
Gems and emblems depend on which build you pick, but below are recommendations and why they matter.
- Empowered Gems: Explosive Epilogue and Pyrodisc are commonly used for classes that rely on AoE/on-kill chain damage — they work well with Glitter Bomb and staff clears. Use them on high-value gem sockets.
- Lesser Gems: allocate Movement Speed and Attack Speed for speed-farm builds; allocate Crit/MD for DPS builds.
- Emblems: Martial (physical/magical damage boost) is a safe default for damage builds; Chronomancer is great for illusion/cooldown-heavy play; Beamer helps farming with extra summoned damage.
- Allies: Rapt Berserker (damage), Earnie (utility/survivability), and Chronomancer-style allies (cooldown reduction)
Fae Trickster Gear priorities by slot
| Slot | DPS Trickster | Speed-Farm | Trick-Control |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weapon | Crit Damage / Magic Damage | Attack Speed / Movement | Cooldown / Energy Regen |
| Hat | Crit Damage / Light | Movement / Attack Speed | Max Energy / Cooldown |
| Face | Magic Damage / Energy Regen | Movement / Energy Regen | Max Health / Stability |
| Ring | Crit / Energy | Movement / AS | Cooldown / Regen |
| Banner | Light / Crit | AS / Movement | Health / Cooldown |
- For DPS, push Crit → Light (for endgame damage).
- For speed runs, movement & attack speed trump everything else.
- For control, invest in cooldown reduction and energy so you can lay down staves and blinks repeatedly.
Progression roadmap — early → mid → endgame
- Early (leveling): learn blink/illusion timing; use Glitter Bomb to clean early packs; pick movement on lesser gems for survivability.
- Mid (first Delves): decide DPS vs speed; hunt empowered gems (Explosive, Pyrodisc); pick emblems that match role.
- Endgame (Long Shade / Shadow Tower): invest Mystic/Cosmic gems for Light and stat ceilings; add enough HP/Stability to benefit from Combat Block; tune emblem/flask for high-risk runs.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Initiate a fight and draw initial aggro.
- Escape by blinking away and leaving a target for enemies to focus.
- Rescue a teammate by blinking near them and pulling aggro onto your decoy.