Skills

Browse all 48 skills available in Shards of Britannia.
Organized by category with detailed formulas and mechanics.

Alchemy

Brewing of Potions

Anatomy

Understanding the Body - augments healing with bandages and offers a damage bonus in melee and ranged combat

Animal Lore

Understanding Animals

Animal Taming

Befriending and Taming Animals

Archery

Weapons Skill Using Bows and Arrows - all bows are two-handed weapons

Arms Lore

Understanding Weapons

Begging

Begging for Money

Blacksmithing

Forging Metal Weapons, Armor, and Furniture

Camping

Creating Campsites for Buffs

Carpentry

Creating Weapons, Furniture, Instruments, and More from Wood

Cartography

Deciphering and Digging Up Treasure Maps

Cooking

Cooking Food to Provide Buffs

Detect Hidden

Detecting Hidden Players

Discordance

Debuffing Enemies with Music

Evaluating Intelligence

Increasing Damage from Spells - affects spell damage of direct damage spells

Fencing

Weapons Skill Using Krysses, Daggers, and More - fast, piercing weapons

Fishing

Fishing for Treasure

Fletching

Crafting Bows and Arrows

Forensic Evaluation

Gravedigging and Cadaver Evaluation

Healing

Healing, Curing Poison, and Resurrecting with Bandages - works with Anatomy skill

Herding

Herding Tamed Pets

Hiding

Disappearing Into the Shadows

Inscription

Creating Magical Scrolls

Item Identification

Identifying Magical Arms

Lockpicking

Opening Locked Chests

Lumberjacking

Chopping Trees for Logs

Mace Fighting

Weapons Skill Utilizing Maces - blunt weapons that deal extra stamina damage

Magery

Casting Magical Spells - used to cast various spells like Harm, Cure, and Bless

Meditation

Regenerating Mana - increases the rate at which you regenerate mana

Mining

Mining for Metal Ores

Musicianship

Playing Musical Instruments

Parrying

Utilizing Shields for Defense

Peacemaking

Pacifying Creatures with Music

Poisoning

Adding Poison to Weapons and Casting Poison Spells

Provocation

Making Creatures Attack One Another with Music

Resisting Spells

Resisting Damage and Effects from Offensive Spells - determines ability to resist magical energy

Snooping

Peeking Into Others' Belongings

Spirit Speak

Speaking with the Dead

Stealing

Stealing Items from Others

Stealth

Moving While Hidden

Swordsmanship

Weapons Skill Utilizing Swords and Axes - benefits from Lumberjacking when using axes

Tactics

Causing Damage with Melee Weapons - determines how much Base Damage you can inflict

Tailoring

Crafting Clothes and Leather Armor

Taste Identification

Identifying Poison and Inflicting Severe Poisons

Tinkering

Crafting Tools

Tracking

Tracking Players and Creatures

Veterinary

Healing, Curing, and Resurrecting Pets

Wrestling

Weapons Skill in Hand-to-Hand Combat with Many Applications