Classes and specialization

Classes and jobs are identities built from your skills. You earn identity experience only by using the skills they draw from.

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The three classes

• Fighter uses Melee, Archery and Defense. Its core skills are Melee and Defense, and it fights in melee.
• Mage uses Destruction, Restoration and Enchanting. Its core skills are Destruction and Restoration, and it fights with spells.
• Summoner uses Summoning, Necromancy and Taming. Its core skills are Summoning and Necromancy.

The five jobs

• Miner: Mining, Scavenging and Forestry.
• Smith: Smithing, Mining and Enchanting.
• Herbalist: Farming, Alchemy and Healing.
• Merchant: Trading and Logistics.
• Surveyor: Scavenging, Forestry and Logistics.

How specialization works

A class or job gains experience only from actions that use a skill it draws from, and each action gives a capped amount. Pairing a class with a job forms a hybrid, and hybrid milestones are checked against your real skill levels. Every identity has a technique milestone and a challenge milestone, for example Fighter needs Defense 12 for Guarded Advance and Melee 30 for Unbroken Line.

Carrying capacity

Classes carry different shares of the base carry limit: Fighter carries all of it, Summoner 70 percent and Mage 50 percent.

Related guides

• Skills and attributes
• Spells
• Professions and crafting chains

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