Skills

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Every enabled skill and the systems that use it.

51 entries. Select a name for its full reference page. Download catalogue data.

Includes source definitions. Retired, conditional and unavailable content is labelled where known. World placement and player state were not inspected.

Coverage and interpretation

All 51 skills enabled by current shard policy are included; disabled expansion skills are excluded.
The total skill cap is 1,200.0 points. The skills and caps guide explains individual caps, locks and progression.
Mechanics describe source-implemented behaviour under the configured era. NPC placement, resource availability and individual character state were not verified from the running world.

51 entries

Name	Category	Use
Alchemy	Crafting	Use an alchemy crafting tool.
Anatomy	Combat support	Use Anatomy on a creature; also supports melee and bandages.
Animal Lore	Pets	Use Animal Lore on an eligible creature.
Animal Taming	Pets	Use Animal Taming on a tameable uncontrolled creature.
Archery	Combat	Equip and attack with a ranged weapon.
Arms Lore	Utility	Use Arms Lore on a weapon, armour, or supported barding.
Begging	Utility	Use Begging on a nearby human NPC.
Blacksmithy	Crafting	Use a blacksmith crafting tool.
Bowcraft/Fletching	Crafting	Use a bowcraft crafting tool.
Camping	Travel and survival	Use kindling, then an accessible bedroll.
Carpentry	Crafting	Use a carpentry crafting tool.
Cartography	Crafting and treasure	Use mapmaking tools, or double-click a treasure map to decode it.
Chivalry	Magic	Cast a supported Chivalry ability.
Cooking	Crafting	Use a cooking crafting tool.
Detecting Hidden	Stealth and detection	Use Detecting Hidden on a location or eligible container.
Discordance	Bard	Use Discordance with a musical instrument and select a creature.
Evaluating Intelligence	Magic support	Use Evaluating Intelligence on a creature; also supports Magery damage.
Fencing	Combat	Equip a weapon whose combat skill is Fencing.
Fishing	Gathering	Use a fishing pole on fishable water.
Forensic Evaluation	Utility	Use Forensic Evaluation on a corpse, person, or eligible lock.
Healing	Healing	Use a bandage on yourself or another eligible patient.
Herding	Pets	Double-click a shepherd’s crook, then target an eligible creature and destination.
Hiding	Stealth and detection	Use Hiding.
Inscription	Crafting and magic	Use a scribing tool.
Item Identification	Utility	Use Item Identification and target an item.
Lockpicking	Treasure	Double-click a lockpick and target an eligible locked container.
Lumberjacking	Gathering and combat	Use a chopping tool on a harvestable tree.
Mace Fighting	Combat	Equip a weapon whose combat skill is Mace Fighting.
Magery	Magic	Cast a supported Magery spell from a book or scroll.
Meditation	Magic support	Use Meditation while missing mana.
Mining	Gathering and combat	Use a mining tool on a mineable surface.
Musicianship	Bard	Play an instrument or use a bard skill that requests one.
Necromancy	Magic	Cast a supported Necromancy spell.
Parrying	Combat	Equip a shield or eligible melee weapon.
Peacemaking	Bard	Use Peacemaking with a musical instrument.
Poisoning	Crafting and combat	Use Poisoning, choose a poison potion, then an eligible item.
Provocation	Bard	Use Provocation with an instrument and select two eligible creatures.
Remove Trap	Treasure	Use Remove Trap on an eligible trapped container.
Resisting Spells	Magic support	Passive defence against effects that check spell resistance.
Snooping	Stealth and theft	Try to open another eligible character’s container.
Spirit Speak	Magic support	Use Spirit Speak, or cast Necromancy spells.
Stealing	Stealth and theft	Use Stealing with empty hands on an eligible item.
Stealth	Stealth and detection	Use Stealth while hidden.
Swordsmanship	Combat	Equip a weapon whose combat skill is Swordsmanship.
Tactics	Combat support	Fight with a weapon.
Tailoring	Crafting	Use a tailoring crafting tool.
Taste Identification	Utility	Use Taste Identification on supported food, potions or kegs.
Tinkering	Crafting	Use a tinkering crafting tool.
Tracking	Exploration	Use Tracking and choose a target category.
Veterinary	Pets and healing	Use a bandage on an eligible animal or monster.
Wrestling	Combat	Fight unarmed.