Skills and the 1,200-point cap
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Build across 51 playable skills, sharing a total base-skill cap of 1,200.0 points.
Development source reviewed on 29 October 2026. In-game availability is unverified.
Your skill budget#
Your total base-skill cap is 1,200.0. Individual skill caps and your total cap are separate: raising one skill’s cap does not enlarge the overall budget. A newly initialized ordinary skill has a 100.0 cap; a usable power scroll raises that individual cap to the value printed on the scroll.
Supported skills#
The playable list contains the original 49 skills plus Necromancy and Chivalry, for 51 in total. Magery, Necromancy and Chivalry are the supported spell schools.
- Focus, Bushido, Ninjitsu, Spellweaving, Mysticism, Imbuing and Throwing are disabled.
- On login, disabled skills are cleared and locked. Items from retired systems cannot be used; retired equipment is moved into the backpack.
- Check the base-skill total on the Character Sheet when planning a build. Equipment bonuses are not the same as base training.
Source notes
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These references identify the reviewed shard files. Source presence does not establish live availability.
Projects/UOContent/Skills/ShardSkillPolicy.cs:9
1,200.0 cap; enabled IDs and 51-skill arrayProjects/UOContent/Skills/ShardSkillPolicy.cs:88
Login policy resets disabled skills and moves retired equipmentProjects/UOContent/Mobiles/PlayerMobile.cs:1247
Login applies shard skill policyProjects/UOContent/Mobiles/PlayerMobile.cs:1806
Retired item and skill use blockedProjects/Server/Skills.cs:561
Individual skills initialize with cap1000, or 100.0Projects/UOContent/Items/Special/Special Scrolls/PowerScroll.cs:191
Scroll requires higher cap and Use sets individual capProjects/UOContent/Gumps/CharacterSheetGump.cs:183
Base total and cap display
Category: Character & combat