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Skills

Skills are the foundation of character development in New Dawn. This comprehensive guide covers all available skills.

Overview

In Ultima Online, your character is defined by skills rather than classes. You have 700 total skill points to distribute across many different skills.

Skill Categories

Skills are organized into several categories:

  • Magic Skills - Spellcasting and magical abilities
  • Miscellaneous Skills - Utility, social, and other skills

How Skills Work

Skill Points

  • Each skill ranges from 0.0 to 100.0
  • You have 700.0 total points to spend
  • Skills gain through use
  • Higher skills = harder to improve

Skill Gain

Skills improve when you:

  1. Successfully use the skill
  2. Attempt challenging actions
  3. Have skill gains unlocked (not capped)

Skill Gain Mechanics

  • Gains are checked after skill use
  • Higher difficulty = better gain chance
  • Skills near cap gain very slowly
  • Some skills gain passively during combat

Skill Locks

Control how skills change:

  • Up Arrow (↑) - Skill can increase
  • Down Arrow (↓) - Skill can decrease
  • Lock (→) - Skill is frozen

Skill Templates

Common skill combinations for specific roles:

Warrior

Core combat skills:

  • Weapon Skill (100)
  • Tactics (100)
  • Anatomy (100)
  • Healing (100)
  • Parrying (80-100)
  • Resisting Spells (80-100)

Mage

Magical specialist:

  • Magery (100)
  • Evaluating Intelligence (100)
  • Meditation (100)
  • Resisting Spells (100)
  • Wrestling (80-100)
  • Inscription (80-100)

Crafter

Item creation focus:

  • Crafting Skill (100)
  • Related Skills (100)
  • Magery (80)
  • Item Identification
  • Arms Lore

Skill Details

Combat Skills

Weapon skills and combat support abilities for warriors and fighters.

Weapon Skills

Support Skills

Magic Skills

Spellcasting and magical abilities for mages and spellcasters.

Core Mage Skills

Support & Alternative

Crafting Skills

Create items, gather resources, and build equipment.

Primary Crafting

  • Blacksmithy - Forge metal weapons and armor
  • Tailoring - Create cloth and leather armor
  • Carpentry - Craft wood items and furniture
  • Tinkering - Make tools and jewelry
  • Alchemy - Brew potions and elixirs
  • Inscription - Scribe spell scrolls (see Magic Skills)
  • Cooking - Prepare food and beverages

Support Skills

  • Arms Lore - Identify and assess equipment
  • Item Identification - Reveal magical properties
  • Mining - Gather ore and gems
  • Lumberjacking - Harvest wood from trees

Miscellaneous Skills

Utility, stealth, animals, bard skills, and specialized abilities.

Utility & Gathering

  • Healing - Bandage healing (see Combat Skills)
  • Camping - Create campfires for rest
  • Cartography - Decode treasure maps
  • Fishing - Catch fish and treasures
  • Forensic Evaluation - Investigate deaths
  • Taste Identification - Detect poisons
  • Begging - Request gold from NPCs
  • Bowcraft/Fletching - Craft bows and ammunition

Stealth & Thievery

  • Hiding - Become invisible
  • Stealth - Move while hidden
  • Snooping - Look in containers
  • Stealing - Take items from others
  • Detect Hidden - Reveal hidden players/objects
  • Lockpicking - Open locked containers
  • Remove Trap - Disarm trapped chests

Animal Skills

  • Animal Taming - Control creatures
  • Animal Lore - Understand animals
  • Veterinary - Heal pets
  • Herding - Control animal groups

Bard Skills

  • Musicianship - Required for bard abilities
  • Peacemaking - Calm aggressive creatures
  • Provocation - Make creatures fight each other
  • Enticement - Charm and entrance creatures

Detection & Assessment

  • Tracking - Locate creatures and players
  • Arms Lore - Evaluate equipment (see Crafting)
  • Item Identification - Identify magic items (see Crafting)

Master your skills, master the game!