Characteristics

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Description

Press F2 to see your characteristics. Characteristics help when you perform actions depending on them. When a new character is created all characteristics start at 19.5. Like skills they are limited to 20 if you don't have premium time. Points in characteristics are gained much more slowly than those in skills.

• Body
  • Body strength - High strength allows you to carry more, do more damage in fighting and destroying walls.
    • 21 strength is needed to get the option to destroy a wall.
    • 20 strength is needed to unpave or dig on roads.
    • 21 strength is needed to prevent damage to a Bag of Keeping/Master Bag of Keeping upon death
  • Body stamina - Body stamina reflects how much stamina you can have in your stamina bar.
  • Body control - 20.50 body control is needed to be able to use the steal command, and to ride certain animals. Body control helps with chance to evade hits during fighting.
• Mind
  • Mind logic - Primarily used by carpentry & smithing, and affects how many action queue slots you have. You also need varying levels of Mind logic to command Boats. Mind Logic is believed to have something to do with Stealth.
  • Mind speed - Primarily used in fighting.
• Soul
  • Soul strength - Soul strength helps defend against offensive spells cast upon you and casting Dominate and Rebirth. Priests of Libila and Magranon need 25 soul strength to become a champion.
  • Soul depth - Used by nature and cooking skills. Priests of Vynora and Fo need 25 soul depth to become a champion.

Skill effect on characteristics

	Body Strength	Body Stamina	Body Control	Mind Logic	Mind Speed	Soul Strength	Soul Depth
Animal husbandry							x
Axes	x
Animal Taming						x	x
Beverages				x			x
Botanizing							x
Butchering	x			x			x
Carpentry			x	x
Channeling						x	x
Climbing	x		x
Cloth Tailoring			x	x
Coal-making				x		x
Cooking				x			x
Destroying pavement	x
Destroying walls	x
Digging	x	x Freedom only		x
Farming	x			x			x
Fighting			x		x
Firemaking				x
First Aid				x			x
Fishing							x
Fletching			x	x
Foraging							x
Forestry				x			x
Gardening							x
Knives			x	x
Leatherworking			x	x
Lockpicking			x	x
Masonry	x			x
Mauls	x
Meditating							x
Milling		x				x
Mining	x	x Freedom only		x		x
Natural Substances				x
Papyrusmaking	x						x
Paving	x					x
Polearms	x
Pottery				x			x
Praying						x	x
Prospecting
Repairing			x	x
Ropemaking				x
Smithing	x		x	x
Stone cutting	x			x
Swords			x
Tailoring			x	x
Tracking				x			x
War machines				x
Woodcutting	x	x