Combat · Guide · Asharven

Landing a hit

Your chance to hit compares your weapon skill with the defender’s skill. Equal skills hit 75% of the time. The chance never goes below 10% or above 95%, and hit and defence bonuses from gear are each capped at 45%.

Your skill	vs 0	vs 50	vs 100
0	75%	33%	21%
25	95%	54%	35%
50	95%	75%	48%
75	95%	95%	62%
100	95%	95%	75%

Damage

A hit deals the weapon’s damage, scaled by your weapon skill and raised by Tactics and Strength:

Value	Weapon skill: damage	Tactics bonus	Strength bonus
0	50%	+6.25%	+0%
25	63%	+21.88%	+8%
50	75%	+37.5%	+15%
75	88%	+53.13%	+23%
100	100%	+68.75%	+30%

Bonuses add together and are capped at 300%; damage increase from gear adds up to 100% more. With weapon skill, Tactics and Strength all at 100, a hit does ×1.99 the weapon’s damage.

Swing speed

Each weapon has its own swing time. Swing speed bonuses are capped at 40%, and no swing is faster than 0.6 s.
A tired arm is a slow arm: at empty stamina you swing up to 25% slower.
Below a weapon’s Strength requirement you swing 1% slower for every missing point, up to 50%.

Weapons

Base numbers at T1; the next section shows how tiers raise them. Fists are what you fight with when your hands are empty.

Name	Skill	Damage	Swing	Range	Hands	Strength
Hunting Bow	Bow	15–19	1.6 s	10 m	Two	30
Iron Dagger	Dagger	10–11	1 s	1.9 m	One	10
Iron Hatchet	Axe	13–15	1.3 s	1.9 m	One	20
Iron Mace	Mace	13–16	1.35 s	1.9 m	One	40
Iron Spear	Polearms	13–15	1.15 s	1.9 m	Two	50
Iron Sword	Swordsmanship	14–15	1.4 s	1.9 m	One	30
Fists	Fists	3–6	1 s	—	One	0

Weapon tiers

Each tier multiplies a weapon’s damage by another 8%. Each tier also asks for 12.5 more skill. You can use a weapon up to 20 points under that, but it loses 1.5% of its damage for every missing point.

Tier	Power	Skill for full power	Lowest skill to use	Iron Sword damage
T1	×1	0	0	14–15
T2	×1.08	12.5	0	15.1–16.2
T3	×1.17	25	5	16.3–17.5
T4	×1.26	37.5	17.5	17.6–18.9
T5	×1.36	50	30	19–20.4
T6	×1.47	62.5	42.5	20.6–22
T7	×1.59	75	55	22.2–23.8
T8	×1.71	87.5	67.5	24–25.7

Armour

Resistances below are for each piece’s lowest tier, and grow with tier and quality. Worn pieces add up, and each resistance is capped at 70.

Name	Class	Slot	Tier	Phys	Fire	Cold	Pois	Enrg	Strength	Weight
Cloth Robe	Cloth	Chest	T1–T8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Traveller’s Cloak	Cloth	Cloak	T1–T8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Leather Cap	Leather	Head	T1–T8	2	4	3	3	3	21	3
Leather Jerkin	Leather	Chest	T1–T8	2	4	3	3	3	25	6
Leather Trousers	Leather	Legs	T1–T8	2	4	3	3	3	21	4
Plate Helm	Plate	Head	T2–T8	5	3	2	3	2	81	5
Black Helm	Plate	Head	T5	6	3	3	3	2	81	5
Plate Chest	Plate	Chest	T2–T8	5	3	2	3	2	95	10
Black Armour	Plate	Chest	T5	6	3	3	3	2	95	10
Plate Legs	Plate	Legs	T2–T8	5	3	2	3	2	81	7
Black Legs	Plate	Legs	T5	6	3	3	3	2	81	7

Meditation does not work in metal armour.

Armour abilities

Armour brings abilities, chosen by the weight of each piece: the chest piece gives the R ability, the helmet D and the leggings F.

Cloth

Leather

Plate

RChest

◈Mana Shield

For 5 s half the damage you take comes out of your mana.

35 s cooldown · 10 mana

❥Bloodthirst

For 6 s your hits heal you for 20% of their damage.

35 s cooldown · 20 stamina

⛨Iron Stance

Damage taken is reduced by 40% for 4 s.

40 s cooldown · 20 stamina

DHead

✧Clarity

Restores 20 mana; for 4 s hits cannot break your casting.

30 s cooldown

◐Shadow

You turn invisible for 4 s and enemies lose you. Attacking breaks it.

30 s cooldown · 15 stamina

✺War Cry

Stuns enemies within 6 m for 1 s.

30 s cooldown · 15 stamina

FLegs

✦Blink

You teleport 8 m the way you face.

20 s cooldown · 12 mana

»Sprint

You run 40% faster for 4 s.

18 s cooldown · 15 stamina

➤Charge

You rush 6 m at your target or the way you face.

18 s cooldown · 15 stamina