Game mechanics
The rules behind progression, combat and gear, with the exact numbers the game uses.
Skill progression
3% of a non-combat skill's XP also goes to an attribute:
Gear requirements
Weapons: the attribute and that weapon's mastery at the item's level (10, 20 ... 90). Level 1 gear has no requirements.
Armor: the attribute of its type at the item's level and Defense 5 levels lower. Shields and universal unique items need Defense only.
Items whose requirements are no longer met are moved to the inventory on login.
Skill perks
Unlock at levels 25, 50, 75 and 99. At 125 and 175 the level 50 perk gets +50%, at 150 and 200 the level 99 perk. Base values below.
Skill economy
From level 10 gear needs a second skill's materials: plate - leather straps, swords and shields - planks, leather - an ingot and thread, cloth - planks and leather, bows - a bowstring, wands and staves - an ingot and fabric. Unique items and strong mixtures need monster essence (combat only).
Tools upgrade with their profession's materials, the skill's rare finds and, from level 20, schematics (thieves only).
In a party a monster's loot and gold are split among those who hit it. Parties win on speed and food savings.
Each acrobatics drill has a 3% chance to give a mastery token - for acrobat tools and agile gear.
Crafting with a rare ingredient
When a recipe consumes an ingredient above common rarity, the result's rarity is rolled on that ingredient's row.
Combat
| Strength / Agility / Intellect | +1 max damage with weapons of its type per level |
|---|---|
| Weapon mastery | +1 accuracy per level; attack interval / (1 + lvl / 800) |
| Vitality | Max HP = 10 x (10 + lvl) |
| Defense | +0.2 armor and +0.1 dodge per level |
| Mana | Max mana = 50 + 5 x lvl; in-combat regen 0.6 + 0.014 x lvl MP/s. Mana food is the main restore |
| Crit | +0.1% crit chance and +0.01 crit multiplier per level |
Damage
1 ... (10 + attribute + item damage) x (1 + damage %)Attribute is Strength, Agility or Intellect by weapon type. Unarmed: 1-10. Accuracy = 25 + weapon mastery + item accuracy.
Hit chance
accuracy^1.4 / (accuracy^1.4 + dodge^1.4)Between 5% and 95%; a target with no dodge is always hit. Your dodge = round(Defense x 0.1) + item dodge.
Armor
damage x 100 / (100 + armor)Armor = (0.2 x Defense + item armor) x (1 + armor %), separately against melee, ranged and magic damage. At least 1 damage gets through.
Crit
chance 1% + 0.1% x (lvl - 1), multiplier x1.5 + 0.01 x (lvl - 1), plus items (lvl = Crit skill)Attack speed
weapon interval / (1 + mastery / 800) / (1 + speed bonus), at least 0.4 sDual wield: the off-hand adds 15% of its damage; speed and mastery of both weapons are averaged.
Combat level
(attack + Vitality + Mana + Defense + Crit + weapon mastery) / 6 x 1.12Attack = best attribute + 25% of the other two. Capped at the best attribute and at 99.
Zone difficulty
| Choice | One switch above the zone list (Normal, Hard, Heroic, Epic, Mythic) applies to every combat zone. Dungeons and world bosses are not affected. |
|---|---|
| Monsters | Fight like a zone 1 / 2 / 3 / 4.5 tiers higher: HP, damage, armor, accuracy and evasion. |
| Waves | More enemies per wave: a party gets +1 per 4 members per level, solo +1 on Heroic and +2 on Mythic. 4.5 s between waves. |
| Rewards | XP and the dungeon key chance grow with monster strength. Gold and the chances of drops, chests and the Soul of the Hunt grow half as fast. |
| Area damage | Full damage on up to 2 targets, then less on each: 71% per target on 4, 50% on 8. |
Elite monsters
| Spawn | 5% each wave (1-2 affixes); every 10th wave is guaranteed (2 affixes) |
|---|---|
| Power | HP x2 plus affix effects (Champion: another HP x1.5 and +25% damage) |
| Reward | XP and gold x2.5, +50% drop chance |
| Soul of the Hunt | Elites in combat zones only: 0.01% per affix in the first zone, growing every zone - up to 0.1% per affix in the last one (0.2% for an elite with 2 affixes). A safeguard for enchant extraction and removal. |
Every kill in a combat zone has a 5% chance to drop that zone's chest for the killer.
Sharpening and enchanting
Chance = the step's base chance + 0.1 pp per Enchanter level above the item's requirement (below it: -0.2 pp per level), 5% to 95%. Enchanter perks add chance.
A failure drops 1...N steps (N = current level): -1 is the most common, a full reset the rarest.
| Step | Chance | Stat bonus |
|---|---|---|
| +1 | 50% | +2.5% |
| +2 | 47% | +5.6% |
| +3 | 44% | +9.3% |
| +4 | 42% | +13.6% |
| +5 | 39% | +18.5% |
| +6 | 37% | +24% |
| +7 | 35% | +30.1% |
| +8 | 32% | +36.8% |
| +9 | 30% | +44.1% |
| +10 | 28% | +52% |
| +11 | 26% | +60.5% |
| +12 | 24% | +69.6% |
| +13 | 22% | +79.3% |
| +14 | 21% | +89.6% |
| +15 | 20% | +100% |
| Rarity | Sharpen cap | Proc chance |
|---|---|---|
| Common | +3 | 0% |
| Uncommon | +6 | 0% |
| Rare | +9 | 4% |
| Epic | +12 | 8% |
| Legendary | +15 | 15% |
Only on an item without an enchant: a random bonus from the list (a fixed value that grows with item level), and on rare or better items a small chance of a proc on top. Enchanting never fails and never harms the item. Costs shards of the item's rarity and arcane catalysts; the price does not depend on item level. To change an enchant, first remove it or extract it into a scroll (see Enchant scrolls).
Enchanting rolls a proc only on rare, epic and legendary items. Every slot has its own procs that never repeat across slots, and a proc works only while its item is worn in that slot. It fires on every fitting hit, with no cooldown. Proc damage never fires other procs.
Enchant scrolls
| Extraction into a scroll | From level 40. Cost: a blank scroll, 20,000 gold, catalysts x4 and shards of the item's rarity (x2 the enchant cost); 50% success. Without a safeguard the item is always used up: a success moves the enchant and its proc into the scroll, a failure loses both the item and the enchant. With a safeguard the item stays: a success leaves it enchant-free next to the scroll, a failure leaves its enchant in place. This is how to change the enchant on main gear, and it is expensive: a safeguard adds a gold fee by item rarity (100,000 / 250,000 / 500,000 / 1,000,000 / 2,500,000). |
|---|---|
| Applying a scroll | On an unenchanted item of the scroll's slot; the enchanter level is the same as for a normal enchant of that item. Cost: the scroll, 10,000 gold, catalysts x2 and the enchant's shard cost. Success 70%: the enchant and proc move onto the item. Failure: only the scroll burns, the item is unharmed. No safeguard is needed here. |
| Removing an enchant | From level 20, no scroll needed. Cost: 5,000 gold and catalysts x1, no shards. Success 30%: the enchant and proc vanish, the item stays (sharpening too) and can be enchanted again. Failure: the enchant stays, and 50% of failures break the item - about 35% of all attempts without a safeguard. With a safeguard removal never breaks the item. |
| Safeguard | A special item in the safeguard slot, for extraction and removal only. It burns on every attempt, successful ones included; how many go per attempt depends on the item and shows in the action's materials. With a safeguard the item is never lost or broken. Extraction with a safeguard keeps both the item and the enchant (in the scroll), removal with a safeguard keeps only the item but costs far less. |
| Blank scroll | Sold in the Shop for 50,000 gold, rarely drops from dungeon chests and war chests. |
Items that fit the safeguard slot and how many burn per attempt (- means it does not fit that action).
| Safeguard item | Extraction | Removal |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |
Disenchant chance: 90% at an enchanting level equal to the item's requirement, +0.5% per level above (up to 99%), -1% per level below (down to 10%). A failure loses the item without shards and gives a quarter of the XP.
Achievement bonuses
A tier's bonus applies once all its achievements are done; tier bonuses stack.
| Tier | Bonus |
|---|---|
| Newbie | +0.4% XP (all skills) |
| Apprentice | +0.4% combat XP |
| Adept | +0.6% gathering speed |
| Expert | +0.6% production speed |
| Master | +0.6% XP (all skills), +0.6% combat XP |
Acrobatics masteries
Each drill unlocks at an Acrobatics level and trains its own mastery. The bonus grows with mastery and keeps growing past 99.
| Drill | Level | Bonus at 99 |
|---|---|---|
| Training Ground | 1 | Gathering speed: -9.1% time |
| Wooden Obstacles | 10 | Production speed: -9.1% time |
| Balance Path | 20 | Double gathering: +10% |
| Rope Course | 30 | Double craft: +10% |
| Cliff Run | 40 | XP (all skills): +10% |
| Ruin Obstacles | 50 | Speed (all actions): -6.5% time |
| Wall Climb | 60 | Gathering echo: +15% |
| High Structures | 70 | Free craft: +10% |
| Hazard Course | 80 | Combat XP: +15% |
| Master Trials | 90 | XP (all skills): +20% |
XP table
Reaching level 99 takes 13,034,394 XP. Past 99 every level costs 1.5x more than the previous one.
| Level | XP to next | Total XP |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 83 | 0 |
| 2 | 91 | 83 |
| 3 | 101 | 174 |
| 4 | 112 | 275 |
| 5 | 124 | 387 |
| 6 | 137 | 511 |
| 7 | 151 | 648 |
| 8 | 167 | 799 |
| 9 | 185 | 966 |
| 10 | 204 | 1,151 |
| 11 | 225 | 1,355 |
| 12 | 249 | 1,580 |
| 13 | 274 | 1,829 |
| 14 | 303 | 2,103 |
| 15 | 334 | 2,406 |
| 16 | 369 | 2,740 |
| 17 | 408 | 3,109 |
| 18 | 450 | 3,517 |
| 19 | 496 | 3,967 |
| 20 | 548 | 4,463 |
| 21 | 605 | 5,011 |
| 22 | 667 | 5,616 |
| 23 | 737 | 6,283 |
| 24 | 813 | 7,020 |
| 25 | 897 | 7,833 |
| 26 | 990 | 8,730 |
| 27 | 1,093 | 9,720 |
| 28 | 1,207 | 10,813 |
| 29 | 1,332 | 12,020 |
| 30 | 1,470 | 13,352 |
| 31 | 1,622 | 14,822 |
| 32 | 1,791 | 16,444 |
| 33 | 1,977 | 18,235 |
| 34 | 2,182 | 20,212 |
| 35 | 2,408 | 22,394 |
| 36 | 2,658 | 24,802 |
| 37 | 2,934 | 27,460 |
| 38 | 3,239 | 30,394 |
| 39 | 3,576 | 33,633 |
| 40 | 3,947 | 37,209 |
| 41 | 4,357 | 41,156 |
| 42 | 4,810 | 45,513 |
| 43 | 5,310 | 50,323 |
| 44 | 5,862 | 55,633 |
| 45 | 6,471 | 61,495 |
| 46 | 7,144 | 67,966 |
| 47 | 7,886 | 75,110 |
| 48 | 8,706 | 82,996 |
| 49 | 9,612 | 91,702 |
| 50 | 10,611 | 101,314 |
| 51 | 11,715 | 111,925 |
| 52 | 12,933 | 123,640 |
| 53 | 14,278 | 136,573 |
| 54 | 15,763 | 150,851 |
| 55 | 17,403 | 166,614 |
| 56 | 19,214 | 184,017 |
| 57 | 21,212 | 203,231 |
| 58 | 23,419 | 224,443 |
| 59 | 25,856 | 247,862 |
| 60 | 28,546 | 273,718 |
| 61 | 31,516 | 302,264 |
| 62 | 34,795 | 333,780 |
| 63 | 38,415 | 368,575 |
| 64 | 42,413 | 406,990 |
| 65 | 46,826 | 449,403 |
| 66 | 51,699 | 496,229 |
| 67 | 57,078 | 547,928 |
| 68 | 63,018 | 605,006 |
| 69 | 69,576 | 668,024 |
| 70 | 76,817 | 737,600 |
| 71 | 84,811 | 814,417 |
| 72 | 93,638 | 899,228 |
| 73 | 103,383 | 992,866 |
| 74 | 114,142 | 1,096,249 |
| 75 | 126,022 | 1,210,391 |
| 76 | 139,138 | 1,336,413 |
| 77 | 153,619 | 1,475,551 |
| 78 | 169,607 | 1,629,170 |
| 79 | 187,260 | 1,798,777 |
| 80 | 206,750 | 1,986,037 |
| 81 | 228,268 | 2,192,787 |
| 82 | 252,027 | 2,421,055 |
| 83 | 278,259 | 2,673,082 |
| 84 | 307,221 | 2,951,341 |
| 85 | 339,197 | 3,258,562 |
| 86 | 374,502 | 3,597,759 |
| 87 | 413,482 | 3,972,261 |
| 88 | 456,519 | 4,385,743 |
| 89 | 504,036 | 4,842,262 |
| 90 | 556,499 | 5,346,298 |
| 91 | 614,422 | 5,902,797 |
| 92 | 678,375 | 6,517,219 |
| 93 | 748,985 | 7,195,594 |
| 94 | 826,944 | 7,944,579 |
| 95 | 913,018 | 8,771,523 |
| 96 | 1,008,052 | 9,684,541 |
| 97 | 1,112,977 | 10,692,593 |
| 98 | 1,228,824 | 11,805,570 |
| 99 | 1,843,236 | 13,034,394 |
| 100 | 2,764,854 | 14,877,630 |
| 101 | 4,147,281 | 17,642,484 |
| 102 | 6,220,922 | 21,789,765 |
| 103 | 9,331,382 | 28,010,687 |
| 104 | 13,997,073 | 37,342,069 |
| 105 | 20,995,610 | 51,339,142 |
| 106 | 31,493,415 | 72,334,752 |
| 107 | 47,240,123 | 103,828,167 |
| 108 | 70,860,184 | 151,068,290 |
| 109 | 106,290,276 | 221,928,474 |
| 110 | 159,435,414 | 328,218,750 |
| 111 | 239,153,121 | 487,654,164 |
| 112 | 358,729,681 | 726,807,285 |
| 113 | 538,094,522 | 1,085,536,966 |
| 114 | 807,141,783 | 1,623,631,488 |
| 115 | 1,210,712,674 | 2,430,773,271 |
| 116 | 1,816,069,012 | 3,641,485,945 |
| 117 | 2,724,103,517 | 5,457,554,957 |
| 118 | 4,086,155,276 | 8,181,658,474 |
| 119 | 6,129,232,914 | 12,267,813,750 |
| 120 | 9,193,849,371 | 18,397,046,664 |
| 121 | 13,790,774,057 | 27,590,896,035 |
| 122 | 20,686,161,085 | 41,381,670,092 |
| 123 | 31,029,241,628 | 62,067,831,177 |
| 124 | 46,543,862,442 | 93,097,072,805 |
| 125 | 69,815,793,662 | 139,640,935,247 |
| 126 | 104,723,690,494 | 209,456,728,909 |
| 127 | 157,085,535,741 | 314,180,419,403 |
| 128 | 235,628,303,611 | 471,265,955,144 |
| 129 | 353,442,455,416 | 706,894,258,755 |
| 130 | 530,163,683,124 | 1,060,336,714,171 |
| 131 | 795,245,524,686 | 1,590,500,397,295 |
| 132 | 1,192,868,287,030 | 2,385,745,921,981 |
| 133 | 1,789,302,430,544 | 3,578,614,209,011 |
| 134 | 2,683,953,645,817 | 5,367,916,639,555 |
| 135 | 4,025,930,468,725 | 8,051,870,285,372 |
| 136 | 6,038,895,703,087 | 12,077,800,754,097 |
| 137 | 9,058,343,554,631 | 18,116,696,457,184 |
| 138 | 13,587,515,331,947 | 27,175,040,011,815 |
| 139 | 20,381,272,997,920 | 40,762,555,343,762 |
| 140 | 30,571,909,496,880 | 61,143,828,341,682 |
| 141 | 45,857,864,245,320 | 91,715,737,838,562 |
| 142 | 68,786,796,367,981 | 137,573,602,083,882 |
| 143 | 103,180,194,551,971 | 206,360,398,451,863 |
| 144 | 154,770,291,827,956 | 309,540,593,003,834 |
| 145 | 232,155,437,741,935 | 464,310,884,831,790 |
| 146 | 348,233,156,612,902 | 696,466,322,573,725 |
| 147 | 522,349,734,919,353 | 1,044,699,479,186,627 |
| 148 | 783,524,602,379,029 | 1,567,049,214,105,980 |
| 149 | 1,175,286,903,568,544 | 2,350,573,816,485,009 |
| 150 | 1,762,930,355,352,816 | 3,525,860,720,053,553 |
| 151 | 2,644,395,533,029,224 | 5,288,791,075,406,369 |
| 152 | 3,966,593,299,543,836 | 7,933,186,608,435,593 |
| 153 | 5,949,889,949,315,753 | 11,899,779,907,979,428 |
| 154 | 8,924,834,923,973,631 | 17,849,669,857,295,180 |
| 155 | 13,387,252,385,960,446 | 26,774,504,781,268,812 |
| 156 | 20,080,878,578,940,668 | 40,161,757,167,229,256 |
| 157 | 30,121,317,868,411,000 | 60,242,635,746,169,920 |
| 158 | 45,181,976,802,616,504 | 90,363,953,614,580,930 |
| 159 | 67,772,965,203,924,760 | 135,545,930,417,197,440 |
| 160 | 101,659,447,805,887,140 | 203,318,895,621,122,200 |
| 161 | 152,489,171,708,830,700 | 304,978,343,427,009,340 |
| 162 | 228,733,757,563,246,050 | 457,467,515,135,840,000 |
| 163 | 343,100,636,344,869,060 | 686,201,272,699,086,100 |
| 164 | 514,650,954,517,303,600 | 1,029,301,909,043,955,200 |
| 165 | 771,976,431,775,955,300 | 1,543,952,863,561,258,800 |
| 166 | 1,157,964,647,663,933,200 | 2,315,929,295,337,214,000 |
| 167 | 1,736,946,971,495,900,000 | 3,473,893,943,001,147,400 |
| 168 | 2,605,420,457,243,849,700 | 5,210,840,914,497,048,000 |
| 169 | 3,908,130,685,865,774,000 | 7,816,261,371,740,897,000 |
| 170 | 5,862,196,028,798,661,000 | 11,724,392,057,606,672,000 |
| 171 | 8,793,294,043,197,991,000 | 17,586,588,086,405,333,000 |
| 172 | 13,189,941,064,796,987,000 | 26,379,882,129,603,320,000 |
| 173 | 19,784,911,597,195,485,000 | 39,569,823,194,400,310,000 |
| 174 | 29,677,367,395,793,224,000 | 59,354,734,791,595,794,000 |
| 175 | 44,516,051,093,689,836,000 | 89,032,102,187,389,030,000 |
| 176 | 66,774,076,640,534,760,000 | 133,548,153,281,078,850,000 |
| 177 | 100,161,114,960,802,120,000 | 200,322,229,921,613,600,000 |
| 178 | 150,241,672,441,203,200,000 | 300,483,344,882,415,700,000 |
| 179 | 225,362,508,661,804,760,000 | 450,725,017,323,618,900,000 |
| 180 | 338,043,762,992,707,200,000 | 676,087,525,985,423,700,000 |
| 181 | 507,065,644,489,060,800,000 | 1,014,131,288,978,131,000,000 |
| 182 | 760,598,466,733,591,200,000 | 1,521,196,933,467,192,000,000 |
| 183 | 1,140,897,700,100,386,700,000 | 2,281,795,400,200,783,100,000 |
| 184 | 1,711,346,550,150,580,000,000 | 3,422,693,100,301,169,700,000 |
| 185 | 2,567,019,825,225,870,000,000 | 5,134,039,650,451,750,000,000 |
| 186 | 3,850,529,737,838,805,600,000 | 7,701,059,475,677,620,000,000 |
| 187 | 5,775,794,606,758,208,000,000 | 11,551,589,213,516,425,000,000 |
| 188 | 8,663,691,910,137,312,000,000 | 17,327,383,820,274,634,000,000 |
| 189 | 12,995,537,865,205,967,000,000 | 25,991,075,730,411,947,000,000 |
| 190 | 19,493,306,797,808,954,000,000 | 38,986,613,595,617,916,000,000 |
| 191 | 29,239,960,196,713,430,000,000 | 58,479,920,393,426,870,000,000 |
| 192 | 43,859,940,295,070,146,000,000 | 87,719,880,590,140,300,000,000 |
| 193 | 65,789,910,442,605,210,000,000 | 131,579,820,885,210,460,000,000 |
| 194 | 98,684,865,663,907,800,000,000 | 197,369,731,327,815,680,000,000 |
| 195 | 148,027,298,495,861,720,000,000 | 296,054,596,991,723,480,000,000 |
| 196 | 222,040,947,743,792,600,000,000 | 444,081,895,487,585,200,000,000 |
| 197 | 333,061,421,615,688,900,000,000 | 666,122,843,231,377,700,000,000 |
| 198 | 499,592,132,423,533,300,000,000 | 999,184,264,847,066,600,000,000 |
| 199 | 749,388,198,635,300,000,000,000 | 1,498,776,397,270,600,000,000,000 |
| 200 | - | 2,248,164,595,905,900,000,000,000 |
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