Guides:Fighting Skill Tips

There's two ways to train fighting, the safe way and the dangerous way:

I recommend using the safe way until around 10 fighting, then go off hunting.

Safe way

Create a practice doll and equip a shaft or other weapon.

If you use a weapon then you should use one that is close to 1.00 ql or you will quickly destroy the doll.

Attack the doll, repairing it whenever its damage gets to 20.

An alternative is to breed cattle and/or horses and kill them off slowly for skill gain. You can back off from horses and cattle in order to safely bandage using cotton or rags.

Don't forget to bandage your prey for first aid skill!

You won't gain much overall fighting skill that way, but it is good to gain fighting subskill and maybe weapon skill.

Dangerous (but a heck of a lot more fun) way

Go hunting. That's it. Just go hunting. You first want to try hunting down simple farm animals such as pigs, pheasants, roosters, bulls, cows, etc. Even wild cats work at the start.

At around 10 fighting you want to get some leg protection and hunt down wolves. The wolves aim for the legs a lot, so leg protection will save you health in the end.

Pheasants in particular can make an excellent training enemy as they will not follow you when you back away from the fight, giving you time to heal and regain stamina if necessary, especially if fighting with very low QL weapons for the skill gain.

Try to bring cotton, rags or some other form of cloth to heal yourself with.

Melee weapons

Melee weapons can be safely trained up to 20 in that respective weapon.

All melee weapons, including mauls and clubs, can be used on practice dolls.

Additionally, both axes and swords (exception: shortsword) can be used to safely hack at trees for skill up to 20. Skill beyond 20 requires usage of these weapons in actual fighting.

The usage of weapons on dolls can inflict heavy damage on both doll and weapon. Practice dolls over 50ql are recomended.

Using axes and mauls gives body strength. Swords give body control.