¶ Skills
Your character can learn several Skills to influence his or her effectiveness in the world as a warrior, a craftsman, or otherwise. Upon character creation, a player can select up to four Skills to enter the world with (4 skills, with a 50 point limit per Skill at creation....total of 120 Skill Points on creation).
Upon entering the world, a player can proceed to an appropriate NPC vendor in order to train skills to allow progression of a Skill to 40 points.
While it is possible to train as many skills as you would like, there is a Skill Cap of 700 Skill Points.
Training a Skill through use is the only way to reach 100 points in the Skill. Most skills will gain through regular use and playtime (such as raising Swordsmanship while attacking a creature with a sword), though some require activation through direct use of the skill (such as Hiding or Animal Taming).
¶ Skill Titles
Upon achieving a specific level of competency in any given Skill, a player can then be recognized by their Skill Title.
| Skill Title | Base Skill Needed |
|---|---|
| Grandmaster | 100 |
| Master | 90 |
| Adept | 80 |
| Expert | 70 |
| Journeyman | 60 |
| Apprentice | 50 |
| Novice | 40 |
| Neophyte | 30 |
| No Title | 29 or below |
¶ Skill List
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Alchemy
Brewing of Potions -
Anatomy
Understanding the Body -
Animal Lore
Understanding Animals -
Animal Taming
Befriending and Taming Animals -
Archery
Weapons Skill Using Bows and Arrows -
Arms Lore
Understanding Weapons -
Begging
Begging for Money -
Blacksmithing
Forging Metal Weapons, Armor, and Furniture -
Camping
Creating Campsites for Buffs -
Carpentry
Creating Weapons, Furniture, Instruments, and More from Wood -
Cartography
Deciphering and Digging Up Treasure Maps -
Cooking
Cooking Food to Provide Buffs -
Detect Hidden
Detecting Hidden Players -
Discordance
Debuffing Enemies with Music -
Evaluating Intelligence
Increasing Damage from Spells -
Fencing
Weapons Skill Using Krysses, Daggers, and More -
Fishing
Fishing for Treasure -
Fletching
Crafting Bows and Arrows -
Forensic Evaluation
Gravedigging and Cadaver Evaluation -
Healing
Healing, Curing Poison, and Resurrecting with Bandages -
Herding
Herding Tamed Pets -
Hiding
Disappearing Into the Shadows -
Inscription
Creating Magical Scrolls -
Item Identification
Identifying Magical Arms -
Lockpicking
Opening Locked Chests -
Lumberjacking
Chopping Trees for Logs -
Mace Fighting
Weapons Skill Utilizing Maces -
Magery
Casting Magical Spells -
Meditation
Regenerating Mana -
Mining
Mining for Metal Ores -
Musicianship
Playing Musical Instruments -
Parrying
Utilizing Shields for Defense -
Peacemaking
Pacifying Creatures with Music -
Poisoning
Adding Poison to Weapons and Casting Poison Spells -
Provocation
Making Creatures Attack One Another with Music -
Resisting Spells
Resisting Damage and Effects from Offensive Spells -
Snooping
Peeking Into Others' Belongings -
Spirit Speak
Speaking with the Dead -
Stealing
Stealing Items from Others -
Stealth
Moving While Hidden -
Swordsmanship
Weapons Skill Utilizing Swords and Axes -
Tactics
Causing Damage with Melee Weapons -
Tailoring
Crafting Clothes and Leather Armor -
Taste Identification
Identifying Poison and Inflicting Severe Poisons -
Tinkering
Crafting Tools -
Tracking
Tracking Players and Creatures -
Veterinary
Healing, Curing, and Resurrecting Pets -
Wrestling
Weapons Skill in Hand-to-Hand Combat with Many Applications
¶ Power Hour
Overview
- Each character receives a 20% skill bonus (or "a total of" 120% skill gain) for 1 hour when active
- Power Hour is self-triggered, pops up on login or right click self to activate/check status
- Has 22 hour cool-down after it expires, allowing for daily use
- The 1 hour is not ongoing when you log out. When you log back in, it will continue
How to Activate
- Popup appears on login when Power Hour is ready to be activated again
- Popup will automatically appear when the cool-down wears off and it can be activated again (no need to watch the clock)
- Right click yourself and choose Power Hour to check the status or activate it
¶ Skill Gain Bonuses/Penalties
Power Hour
- 120% skill gain (20% skill bonus)
Inside a House
- 50% skill gain (50% skill penalty)
The house penalty does not apply to the following skills:
- Alchemy
- Blacksmithing
- Carpentry
- Cartography
- Cooking
- Fletching
- Inscription
- Item Identification
- Poisoning
- Tailoring
- Taste Identification
- Tinkering
Power Hour & Inside a House
- 60% skill gain (40% skill penalty)
Within Dungeons
- a skill bonus
- skill will not gain at all while standing at dungeon entrances or interior dungeon level entrances (this can be tested by attempting and failing to drop an item on the ground, marking a rune or casting a field spell)
¶ Skill Training
Town vendors train skills via speech command: Train, ex: vendor train. The vendor will reply with what skills they can train and how much it will cost you.
Reply back to the vendor with: Train , ex: vendor train wrestling. Vendors can only train to level 40, and they will only charge you for how many skill points they train you, up to 400gp.
Secondary skills cannot be trained in this way.
| Skill | Vendors | Locations (WIP) |
|---|---|---|
| Alchemy | Alchemist | All Cities |
| Anatomy | Healer (not Wandering Healers) | All Cities |
| Animal Lore | Animal Trainer | All Cities |
| Archery | Bowyer | All Cities (not Cove) |
| Arms Lore | Blacksmith | All Cities |
| Begging | Thief Guildmaster | Buccaneer's Den, Britain |
| Blacksmithing | Blacksmith | All Cities |
| Fletching | Bowyer | All Cities (not Cove) |
| Camping | Bowyer, Provisioner | All Cities |
| Carpentry | Carpenter | All Cities |
| Cartography | Treasure Hunter, Librarian | Nujel'm, Britain, Moonglow |
| Cooking | Chef | All Cities (taverns) |
| Detect Hidden | Thief Guildmaster, Bowyer | All Cities (not Cove) |
| Discordance | Bard | Britain, some taverns |
| Evaluating Intelligence | Mage | All Cities |
| Fencing | Blacksmith, Weaponsmith, Thief Guildmaster | All Cities |
| Fishing | Fisherman | Vesper, Ocllo, Magincia |
| Forensic Evaluation | Healer (not Wandering Healers) | All Cities |
| Healing | Healer (not Wandering Healers) | All Cities |
| Hiding | Thief Guildmaster | Buccaneer's Den, Britain |
| Inscription | Mage, Librarian | All Cities |
| Item Identification | Jeweller | All Cities |
| Lockpicking | Thief Guildmaster | Buccaneer's Den, Britain |
| Lumberjacking | Carpenter, Tinker | All Cities |
| Mace Fighting | Blacksmith | All Cities |
| Magery | Mage | All Cities |
| Meditation | Mage, Librarian | All Cities |
| Mining | Blacksmith, Tinker | All Cities |
| Musicianship | Bard | Britain, some taverns |
| Parrying | Blacksmith, Mage | All Cities |
| Peacemaking | Bard | Britain, some taverns |
| Poisoning | Thief Guildmaster | Buccaneer's Den, Britain |
| Provocation | Bard | Britain, some taverns |
| Resisting Spells | Mage | All Cities |
| Snooping | Thief Guildmaster | Buccaneer's Den, Britain |
| Spirit Speak | Healer | All Cities |
| Stealing | Thief Guildmaster | Buccaneer's Den, Britain |
| Stealth | Thief Guildmaster | Buccaneer's Den |
| Swordsmanship | Blacksmith | All Cities |
| Tactics | Blacksmith, Bowyer | All Cities |
| Tailoring | Tailor | All Cities |
| Taste Identification | Alchemist | All Cities |
| Tinkering | Tinker | All Cities |
| Tracking | Bowyer | All Cities (not Cove) |
| Veterinary | Animal Trainer | All Cities |
| Wrestling | Blacksmith, Mage | All Cities |
¶ Daily Skill Gain Caps & Active Play Bonuses
Active skill gain bonuses are soft-capped daily, on a per-skill, per-character basis to encourage active play rather than passive macroing (where, at some point during your macroing period, a message will appear indicating that you are exhausted and active skill gain bonuses will stop). This is a dynamic cap between different skills. Once reaching an active skill gain cap you will no longer receive bonuses from the active gain system but you will still be able to gain at the base gain rate for that skill.
Daily skill caps reset at 00:00 UTC.
- 7 skill points daily cap when starting to train in the 80s
- 3 skill points daily cap when starting to train from 87
- 2 skill points daily cap when starting to train from 93
- 1 skill point daily cap when starting to train from 99
Playing your characters should be the efficient way to improve them.
By way of active gameplay, you gain bonuses to raising skills which means you gain more skill in less time and with less cost than you would by macroing a skill. Hitting the daily cap is a good thing because it means you likely gained skill you otherwise wouldn't have in the same amount of time without the daily cap mechanic.
The caps are a way to throttle those active gain bonuses, which allows very big bonuses (up to 800% over non active chances). If the daily cap was removed, the active gain bonuses would also need to be removed, which would make playing characters feel much less rewarding. If the active bonuses existed with no caps it would completely trivialize character progression and devalue skill gains.
¶ Skill Rental (Outfitter)
Players can customize their skills and stats temporarily for use during Factions and Duels, details here: Skill Rental (Outfitter)