Skills
Named nodes from the three schools. Witchcraft and Swordmastery want manuals. Vampirism wants blood. Ultimate gate is 35 points.
Open the Build PlannerPick a core loop first
A focused tree comes online faster. Start with one school, add a small number of cross-tree tools, and use the planner before spending rare points.
Browse the combat ability guideSwordmastery
Always-on martial line. Works day and night. Manuals show up here more than in the other schools.
- Acrid Dustactive · 1 SP · bothNamed Swordmastery active on the public tree. Spends Activation Charges built from directional trades.
- Broadswingactive · 1 SP · bothWide martial spend. Pair with a direction you already won, not a panic mash.
- Chargeactive · 1 SP · bothLike Father, Like Son drops a Charge Skill Manual in the prologue. Buy this if the manual is in the bag.
- Artery Strikeactive · 2 SP · bothNamed martial active. Save it for a committed window after a perfect block.
- Counterattackperk · 1 SP · bothAttack after Perfect Block deals more damage. First perk worth buying for the directional loop.
- Endless Effortperk · 1 SP · bothIncreases stamina. Keeps noon fights from collapsing when you still need charges.
- Fate's Favourperk · 1 SP · bothChance for weapon critical hit. Third, not first. Consistency before luck.
- Fleet of Footperk · 1 SP · bothFootwork perk. Useful if you refuse the omniattack assist.
- Omniblockperk · 1 SP · bothPowerPyx: sold by Swordmastery teacher Ursul. Assist for players who refuse to live in four directions.
- Perfect Riposteperk · 1 SP · bothUrsul sells the manual. Pair with Counterattack. This is the directional loop.
- Perfect Blockperk · 1 SP · bothUrsul. Counterattack's trigger. Buy this before crit luck.
- Sharp Eyeperk · 1 SP · bothPowerPyx: Swordmastery teacher Constantin sells it.
- Adrenaline Rushperk · 1 SP · bothDexerto: attack damage after active abilities. Manual from Bakir pillory captives, Drogos in Silberkreis, Ocha, Constantin, or POI chests.
Witchcraft
Day-only hexes carved into Coen's skin. Detective school as much as DPS school.
- Burning Bloodactive · 1 SP · dayDamage-over-time hex. Smoke and Ashes hands this out on Day 1. Default charge spender.
- Compel Soulactive · 1 SP · dayNamed daytime hex. Investigation and control, not only damage.
- Ravenous Flockactive · 2 SP · dayWitchcraft active on the public tree. Spend after you already generate charges.
- Life Lockactive · 2 SP · dayNamed hex. Detective-school tool as much as a fight tool.
- Soul Reapingactive · 2 SP · dayNamed Witchcraft active. Thin this tree if your month is roofs, not rumours.
- Astral Communicationactive · 1 SP · dayUnlocked with Burning Blood on Smoke and Ashes. Investigative, not a panic button.
- Foragerperk · 1 SP · dayPowerPyx: chest near the top of Briar Sloughs Tower, or Vera in Maragir Wealds.
- Herbal Remedies Iperk · 1 SP · dayWill-o-the-Wisps east of Maragir Wealds Shrine, Vera, or the Matriarch vendor.
- Amalgamactive · 1 SP · dayChest in an abandoned camp northwest of St. Tyna's Grove Tower. Also a Briar Sloughs tower reward in location notes.
- Font of Lifeperk · 2 SP · dayMethod.gg: Coen drinks the Font at the end of Stronger Than Achilles. Letting Anca drink is her happier close; destroying it is greaves.
- Aether Flowperk · 1 SP · dayLaslea church tower at night, once Shadowstep is online. First manual many players actually loot.
Vampirism
Night-only. Blink, walls, bite, wolf. This is how the map changes shape after vespers.
- Shadowstepactive · 1 SP · nightBlink / teleport. Prologue teaches it. Required for scouting towers.
- Planeshiftactive · 1 SP · nightWalls and ceilings. This is how Svartrau roofs and cathedral climbs exist.
- Clawrideactive · 1 SP · nightFast vertical drops onto camps. Traversal first, damage second.
- Voracious Biteactive · 1 SP · nightPrologue spend. Feed and fight. Do not test it on named humans.
- Scarlet Shieldactive · 2 SP · nightMethod.gg: drinking Ambrus's blood after the Gauntlet can grant this if you do not already have it.
- Wolf formactive · 2 SP · nightNight traversal option in public coverage. Map-change, not a noon tool.
- Piercing Shriekactive · 2 SP · nightGameSpot: Phial of Brencis' Blood in the Beast of Balaur climb, same wall as the Gladius chest. No manual — blood.