Skills Guide

Purpose: Comprehensive documentation of all 18 skills in Legends of Hastinapur.

Skill Categories

Combat Skills

Attack

• Purpose: Determines melee accuracy
• Level Cap: 100
• Trains By: Attacking enemies with accurate melee styles
• Equipment Unlocks: Weapon tiers (Bronze → Iron → Steel → Soma → Vajra → Divya)
• Skill Cloak Perk: TBD

Strength

• Purpose: Determines melee max hit
• Level Cap: 100
• Trains By: Attacking enemies with aggressive melee styles
• Impact: Each level increases max hit by ~0.5
• Skill Cloak Perk: TBD

Defence

• Purpose: Determines defense accuracy and armor unlocks
• Level Cap: 100
• Trains By: Attacking enemies with defensive styles, or taking damage
• Special: Contributes to Dodge chance (0.1% per level, max 10%)
• Skill Cloak Perk: TBD

Ranged

• Purpose: Determines ranged accuracy and damage
• Level Cap: 100
• Trains By: Attacking with bows, crossbows, or thrown weapons
• Equipment Unlocks: Bow tiers, Greatbow requirements (combined with Magic)
• Skill Cloak Perk: TBD

Magic

• Purpose: Determines spell accuracy and damage
• Level Cap: 100
• Trains By: Casting combat spells, utility spells, or enchanting
• Spellbooks: Combat Mantras, Utility Mantras, Teleport Mantras
• Resource: Bijas (replaces Runes)
• Skill Cloak Perk: TBD

Hitpoints

• Purpose: Determines maximum health
• Level Cap: 100
• Base Health: 10 + (Hitpoints level × modifier)
• Trains By: Any combat activity (shared XP)
• Starting Level: 10
• Skill Cloak Perk: TBD

Support Skills

Tapasya (Prayer)

• Purpose: Grants combat buffs and protection prayers
• Level Cap: 100
• Level Cap: 100
• Trains By: Active Idling (Chanting at Tirthas).
  • Constraint: Must keep client open. Character performs chanting animation. NO Offline/Background progress.
• Resource: Prayer Points (Max = Tapasya Level)
• Key Prayers:
  • Protect from Melee/Ranged/Magic (100% damage block)
  • Offensive prayers (Attack/Strength boosts)
  • Defensive prayers (Defense boosts)
• Drain Rate: Per-prayer defined, not monster-based
• Skill Cloak Perk: TBD

Slayer

• Purpose: Protect Ashrams from threatening monster colonies
• Level Cap: 100
• Task Givers: Rishis located at various Ashrams
• Mechanics:
  • Rishis assign tasks to kill monsters from a nearby "colony" (0-250 tile radius)
  • Assignments are weighted by Rishi tier and Player Combat Level
• Slayer Points:
  • Earn base points for every completed task
  • Streak Bonuses:
    • Every 10th task: 2x points
    • Every 50th task: 3x points
    • Every 100th task: 10x points
• Unlocks: Ability to harm specific monsters, specialized equipment
• Skill Cloak Perk: See table below

Gathering Skills

Mining

• Purpose: Extract ores from rocks
• Level Cap: 100
• Trains By: Mining rocks
• Resources: Copper, Tin, Iron, Gold, Soma Ore, Vajra Ore, Divya Ore
• Tools: Pickaxes (Bronze → Divya)
• Mechanics: Rocks deplete and respawn
• Skill Cloak Perk: TBD

Fishing

• Purpose: Catch fish from water sources
• Level Cap: 100
• Trains By: Fishing at spots
• Tools: Fishing rods, nets, harpoons
• Resources: Various fish (raw, cookable)
• Skill Cloak Perk: TBD

Woodcutting

• Purpose: Chop trees for logs
• Level Cap: 100
• Trains By: Chopping trees
• Resources: Normal, Sal, Ashoka, Teak, Sandalwood, Maya, Mahogany, Rosewood
• Tools: Axes (Bronze → Divya)
• Skill Cloak Perk: TBD

Hunter

• Purpose: Trap and catch creatures
• Level Cap: 100
• Trains By: Setting traps, tracking creatures
• Methods:
  • Tracking (Claw Trap): Kasturi Deer (Musk Deer) - drops musk for herblore
  • Box Traps: Golden Mongoose, Agni Beetles (Explosive - Chinchompa equivalent)
  • Bird Traps/Houses: Pigeons (sold to Castle), Celestial Peacock (rare feathers)
  • Net Traps: Young variants, aquatic lizards
• Resources: Furs, bones, musk, explosive beetles, feathers
• Skill Cloak Perk: Traps never fail or break, prey attracted to traps

Farming

• Purpose: Grow crops and herbs
• Level Cap: 100
• Trains By: Planting and harvesting
• Patch Types: Allotments, Herbs, Trees, Fruit Trees, Special
• Key Crops:
  • Herbs: Sanjeevani (Legendary healing), Soma Vine (Stat boost potions)
  • Flowers: Golden Lotus (Prayer potions), Marigolds
  • Trees: Maya Trees, Mango Trees, Coconut Palms
• Mechanics: Growth cycles, disease, composting
• Skill Cloak Perk: 4x instant growth per day

Artisan Skills

Smithing

• Purpose: Smelt ores and smith equipment
• Level Cap: 100
• Trains By: Smelting bars and smithing items
• Products: Armor, weapons, tools
• Tiers: Bronze → Iron → Steel → Soma → Vajra → Divya
• Special: Divya Bars require Soma Bar + Vajra Bar + Divine Essence
• Skill Cloak Perk: TBD

Crafting

• Purpose: Create jewelry, leather, and decorative items
• Level Cap: 100
• Trains By: Crafting items at crafting stations
• Products: Rings, necklaces, leather armor, Naga Hide, Makara Hide
• Skill Cloak Perk: TBD

Fletching

• Purpose: Create bows and arrows
• Level Cap: 100
• Trains By: Making bows, arrows, bolts, darts
• Products: Shortbows, longbows, greatbows, ammunition
• Skill Cloak Perk: TBD

Cooking

• Purpose: Cook raw food into edible food
• Level Cap: 100
• Trains By: Cooking food on fires or ranges
• Mechanics: Burn chance decreases with level
• Products: Cooked fish, meat, pies, special dishes
• Skill Cloak Perk: TBD

Ayurveda (Herblore)

• Purpose: Create potions from herbs and secondaries
• Level Cap: 100
• Trains By: Making potions
• Products: Combat potions, skill potions, specialty potions
• Herbs: Grimy → Clean → Unfinished Potion → Finished Potion
• Skill Cloak Perk: TBD

Skill Mechanics

Level Cap

• Level 100: Mastery (Soft Cap).
• Level 108: True Mastery (Hard Cap). Total XP: ~35M.

XP Curve

Prestige System

• Unlocks at level 100

Prestige System

• Unlocks at level 100
• 5 prestige tiers per skill
• +2% XP bonus per prestige tier (up to +10% at P5)
• Unique perks per tier (see core_differences.md)

Skill Cloaks

• Awarded at level 100
• Each cloak has a unique perk (see table below)

Skills Not Included

Player Owned Ashram

Note: This is NOT a trainable skill. It's a gold sink system.

Overview

• Purpose: Customizable player housing with functional benefits
• Cost: Gold sink (construction and upgrades cost gold)
• Integration: Combines features from multiple skills

Skill Integration

Progression

• Room unlocks based on gold investment and quest completion
• No XP gained from building (gold sink only)
• Cosmetic customization available

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