Combat Basics

Combat progress is easier when you treat equipment as a production chain. Pick the enemy you want to fight, check its wiki page, then work backwards through the item and recipe pages for the upgrades you need.

XP goes to the skill selected for training. One-Handed weapons allow One-Handed training, or Defense training when a shield is equipped. Two-Handed, Ranged, and Magic weapons train their matching skills. Combat XP is awarded for completed kills.

Low-tier enemies can award reduced XP. The comparison uses the higher of your trained skill's tier and your highest equipped material tier against the enemy's location tier. It does not use Total Level or the sum or average of combat skills. High-tier equipment can therefore reduce XP while you train a low-level skill. The Combat XP reference contains the exact thresholds, percentages and rounding rules.

Combat styles form a four-way matchup ring. Follow the ring from the attacking style to the style it beats. An advantage deals 10% more damage and receives 10% less damage. Matching styles and styles opposite each other are neutral. Defense remains a defensive skill rather than a fifth combat style.

• Equip your intended weapon and armour instead of carrying them in Inventory.
• Check the enemy page for combat stats, drops, silver, XP, and known locations.
• Start with an enemy you can defeat consistently; reliable kills are more useful than repeated defeats.
• Use item pages to compare attack power, attack interval, defence, requirements, and quality support.
• Keep Inventory space available for drops before starting a longer combat session.

If combat stalls, identify the weakest equipment slot, search for the next craftable option, and follow its Used In and Obtained From links. Gathering and crafting the smallest useful upgrade is usually clearer than changing every slot together.