Category:Skills

Characters improve through twelve skills, split into gathering, crafting and combat. Using a skill earns XP, and higher levels unlock better resources, recipes, gear and trainer traits. Each skill page lists its traits, XP-boosting equipment, gear, resources, recipes and quest XP rewards.

How skills work

Gathering skills harvest nodes in the world. Each node has a level requirement; higher nodes give more XP (fishing gives triple).
Crafting skills turn gathered materials into items at a workbench. Each recipe has a level and grants fixed XP.
Combat skills set the level requirement of weapons and armor.
Traits are bought from trainers once you reach the required skill level.
Some equipment and quests give extra skill XP.

Gathering Skills

Skill	Description	Max level used	Traits	Resources	Recipes
Fishing	Catch fish from water with a rod; the raw material for Cooking.	90	23	16	-
Woodsmanship	Chop trees with an axe for logs used in Crafting and fuel.	90	17	15	-
Mining	Mine ore and stone with a pickaxe; ore is smelted and forged via Smithing.	90	11	16	-
Alchemy	Gather herbs and reagents used to brew potions.	100	13	25	68

Crafting Skills

Skill	Description	Max level used	Traits	Resources	Recipes
Cooking	Turn raw food into meals that restore health and grant bonuses.	90	10	-	37
Smithing	Smelt ore into bars and forge metal weapons, armor and tools.	100	8	-	73
Tailoring	Sew cloth and leather armor and equipment.	96	9	1	52
Crafting	Carpentry and general crafting: bows, staves, furnishings and components.	99	9	-	88

Combat Skills

Skill	Description	Max level used	Traits	Resources	Recipes
Attack	Melee combat with swords and similar weapons; gates melee gear.	-	12	-	-
Archery	Ranged combat with bows; gates ranged gear.	-	13	-	-
Sorcery	Magic combat with staves and spells; gates magic gear.	76	19	-	15
Defence	Reduces incoming damage; gates heavier armor and shields.	-	14	-	-