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Skills
Skills are your personal power. They level up by doing. There's nothing to grind in a menu; just play the game and your abilities sharpen on their own. Open them any time with /skills.
How Skills Work
Every action you take in the Cove feeds a matching skill. Mine ore and your Mining climbs. Loose arrows and your Archery climbs. Brew potions and your Alchemy climbs. You never click a button to train. The activity is the training.
/skills: opens your skill overview and lets you spend points/skills profile: shows your totals, strengths, and where you've invested/skills top: the server-wide leaderboard, for the competitive bees
Levels, Points & Perks
Every skill caps at level 97. Each level you earn grants a point to invest in that skill's perks. There are two kinds:
- Passive perks are always-on. They unlock starting at level 2 and rank up every 5 levels. Each skill has 5 passive perks covering things like bonus drops, damage, defense, and special effects. They work in the background forever once unlocked.
- Mana abilities are powerful effects you activate on demand, one per skill. They draw from your mana pool.
The XP Curve
XP required to reach level N: 100 x (N-2)^2 + 100
| Level | XP to reach |
|---|---|
| 5 | 900 |
| 10 | 6,500 |
| 20 | 32,500 |
| 50 | 230,500 |
| 97 | 898,900 |
Early levels come fast. The back half of the curve is where the real grind is.
Mana
Mana is the pool that powers your active abilities. It regenerates on its own over time: no items, no rituals, just wait a beat and it refills. Your base pool is 20 mana, and each point of Wisdom adds 2 more. Base regen is 1 per tick, plus 0.1 per point of Regeneration.
Mana costs
All mana abilities currently cost 0 mana, so your pool is not a limiter right now. The system is in place and will tighten as the server grows. Regeneration is still worth investing in for the regen stat bonus.
Spend points with intent
Points are yours to assign. Lean into the skills that match how you actually play. There's no wrong build, but a focused one feels far stronger than a scattered one.
Stats
Skill levels feed directly into eight stats. These apply across everything: combat, survival, gathering.
| Stat | What it does |
|---|---|
| Strength | +0.5% damage per point |
| Health | +0.4 HP per point |
| Luck | +0.5 per-skill luck per point (better drops, rarer finds) |
| Wisdom | +1% XP gain and +2 mana per point |
| Toughness | Damage reduction on a 1.01^-x curve: stacks with diminishing returns |
| Crit Chance | +1% chance to land a critical hit per point |
| Crit Damage | +1% bonus crit damage per point |
| Speed | Movement speed bonus per point |
| Regeneration | +0.1 HP regen per tick per point |
Different skills feed different stats. Mining builds Luck, Toughness, and Crit Damage. Fighting builds Strength and Crit Damage. Defense builds Toughness and Health. The skill you grind shapes your character.
Your gear stacks straight on top of these same stats. It is one shared pool, not two separate systems: the bonuses on your accessories add directly to what your skills have built. Run /stats in-game to see your combined total from skills and gear together.
The 15 Skills
Gathering Skills
Farming Level by harvesting crops. Passive perks improve yield and crop quality. Mana ability: Replenish, which auto-replants crops as you harvest them for a burst window.
Foraging Level by chopping wood. Passive perks give more logs per tree and improve wood quality. Mana ability: Treecapitator, which fells entire trees instantly.
Mining Level by mining stone and ore. Passive perks include Miner (+10% drops, stacks +10% per rank), Lucky Miner (+3% bonus drops), Pick Master (+3% damage to stone), Stamina, and Hardened Armor. Mana ability: Speed Mine, granting Haste 10 for 5 seconds (extended by level).
Fishing Level by fishing. Passive perks improve catch rate and loot quality. Mana ability: Sharp Hook, which boosts fishing power for a short window.
Excavation Level by digging dirt, sand, gravel, and soft blocks. Mana ability: Terraform, which lets you break up to 5 extra blocks per activation (plus 4 more per level, capping at 61 blocks).
Combat Skills
Fighting Level by hitting with melee weapons. Builds Strength and Crit Damage stats. Mana ability: Lightning Blade, which deals bonus lightning damage on your next strike (damage scales +5% per level).
Archery Level by hitting targets with a bow. Builds ranged damage and crit stats. Mana ability: Charged Shot, which empowers your next arrow for dramatically increased damage.
Defense Level by taking hits and tanking damage. Builds Toughness and Health stats. Mana ability: Absorption, granting temporary absorption hearts to absorb incoming damage.
Endurance Level through sustained combat and survival activity. Expands your effective health and stamina. No notable mana ability beyond the stat gains.
Agility Level by moving and dodging damage. Improves movement speed and evasion. No notable mana ability beyond the stat gains.
Crafting and Magic Skills
Alchemy Level by brewing potions. Passive perks improve brew strength and unlock better recipes.
Enchanting Level by applying enchantments. Passive perks improve enchant outcomes and reduce costs.
Sorcery Level through magic-focused activity.
Sorcery
Sorcery has no abilities configured on this server yet. It is present and can be leveled, but does not currently grant mana abilities or unique passives. This will change as the server develops.
Healing Level by restoring health to yourself or allies. Passive perks improve self-heal rate and support output.
Forging Level by smithing and crafting equipment. Passive perks improve crafting outcomes and material efficiency.
Why Skills Matter
Skills stack underneath everything you do, quietly improving your whole experience:
- A high Mining skill turns every quarry run into a bigger, faster payday.
- Fighting and Defense perks are what make dungeon bosses go from impossible to doable.
- Farming and Foraging multiply the output of farms and tree groves you were already tending.
- Mana abilities give you tools no item can match: a gather surge, a damage burst, a clutch heal.
The longer you play, the more these compound. Skills are the foundation everything else is built on.
Skills vs Jobs
Don't confuse the two. Jobs pay you Gold and XP for activities you do. Skills empower you with passive boosts and active abilities that make you better at those same activities. They run side by side: one mining session earns Gold from your Miner job and climbs your Mining skill at the same time.
Meet Elias
The questline guide Elias is the one who introduces you to Skills and helps you take your first level. Follow his thread in the story to get started on the right foot.
Commands
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
/skills | Open your skills and spend points on perks |
/skills profile | View your totals and strengths |
/skills top | See the server leaderboard |