Professions, not classes

No two survivors fight alike

We value traditional classes. We also want every player to find their own approach to how they fight. So you do not pick a class from a list: you learn professions, and can mix them. Four systems combine into what makes you unique in the world.

1 · Attributes

Six attributes

Set when you create your character. Every one starts at 10 and you place 20 more as you like. You can lower one to 6 to fund another, and there is no ceiling. Skill boxes raise them further as you progress. Attributes give you a starting tilt and decide which gear you can use well. They do not decide your build on their own.

STR Strength

How hard you hit and how much you carry.

Weapon damage, scaled by the weapon
Accuracy and critical damage
Carry weight
Bleed and physical conditions hit harder
Heavy armour and bow draw requirements

DEX Dexterity

How fast you act and how well you avoid.

Attack speed
Critical chance
Evasion
Movement speed
Physical conditions tick faster

CON Constitution

How much punishment you take, and for how long.

Health and health regeneration
Physical damage reduction
Stamina pool
Breaking free of stuns, checked every second

INT Intellect

Offensive magic.

Mana pool
Magical damage from abilities
Spell critical damage
Spell accuracy
Magical conditions hit harder
Caster gear requirements

WIS Wisdom

How fast and how often your magic lands.

Cast speed
Spell critical chance
Magical conditions tick faster
Caster gear requirements

PRE Presence

Your standing against magic and your reach over others.

Magic resistance
Buff duration
Mana regeneration
Healing and support strength
Shaking off fear, checked every second

Working in the alpha today Designed, coming in a later build

2 · Stats

What your attributes and gear add up to

Every stat comes from an attribute, from gear, or from both. Physical and magical offence mirror each other exactly: Strength and Intellect decide how hard you land, Dexterity and Wisdom decide how fast and how often.

Vitals

Pool	From	Regeneration	From
Health	CON + gear	Health regen	CON + gear
Mana	INT + gear	Mana regen	PRE + gear
Stamina	CON + gear	Stamina regen	CON + gear

Every regeneration drops to 30% while you are in combat.

Offence

Physical	From	Magical	From
Damage	weapon + STR	Damage	weapon + INT
Accuracy	STR	Spell accuracy	INT
Attack speed	DEX	Cast speed	WIS
Critical chance	DEX	Spell critical chance	WIS
Critical damage	STR	Spell critical damage	INT
Condition rate	DEX	Condition rate	WIS
Condition strength	STR	Condition strength	INT
Penetration	gear	Penetration	gear

Defence

Against physical	From	Against magic	From
Armour	gear	Magical armour	gear, mostly jewellery
Evasion	DEX + gear	No magical evasion	—
Block chance	shield	Spell block	unique items only
Parry chance	weapon	Magic resistance	PRE + gear
Bleed, sunder and stun resist	CON + gear	Fire, frost, lightning, poison, disease and arcane resist	gear + PRE
Damage reflected on block	gear + skills	Thorns	gear + skills

Utility

Stat	From	Stat	From
Carry weight	STR	Movement speed	DEX, slowed by load
Buff duration and reach	PRE	Cooldown reduction	gear, buffs, skills
Stamina and mana cost	gear	Buff slots	10 open, up to 20

How a hit resolves

EvadeA dodge avoids it entirely. Physical only.
Block or parryA parry stops it. A shield block takes off the shield's block value.
ArmourReduces what gets through.
CriticalA critical multiplies what is left.
ResistYour resistance minus their penetration.
ConditionsBleeds, stuns and the rest roll last.

Resistances are a choice

Nine resistances, each capped at 75%. Nothing raises them all at once, so you choose which to push. Gear and skills can lift a cap, and value above the cap protects you when someone strips your resistance.

Things that are not here

There is no flat spell power or attack power on your character. Your damage comes from your weapon and your attribute, so a better weapon matters. Cooldown reduction never comes from attributes.

3 · Skills

Where most of your build lives

Combat professions are trees of skill boxes, and you spend one shared pool of 125 skill points across whichever professions you choose.

Novice · 8: The entry box: the profession's first abilities and its basic rules.
Branches · 4–7: Four branches of four boxes, costing 4, 5, 6 and 7 points. All of them are optional, so two Defenders rarely look alike. Many boxes offer a choice between two versions of an ability.
Master · 4: One capstone, taken after all four branches.
The pool · 125: Mastering a profession costs 100, which leaves 25 points to take into another.

Tank

Defender

Playable in alpha

Magical damage

Wizard

In design

Physical damage

To be revealed

Planned

Support

To be revealed

Planned

Healer

To be revealed

Planned

The Defender holds the line with a shield wall, taunts, a war banner that drags enemies onto you, and a stand that breaks stuns. Every later profession is built to its template.

Build a Defender

4 · Gear

Made by players, worn until it breaks

Vendors sell starter equipment. Everything better is made by a player, from materials another player gathered.

Requirements, not ceilings

Gear asks for attributes. Bows need Strength to draw, daggers reward Dexterity, and caster gear asks for Intellect and Wisdom. A character with all their points in one attribute can't use most of the gear in the world.

One damage number

A weapon carries weapon damage or spell power, not both. A weapon with both is rare: a crafter has to add the second, or it drops from a monster.

Weight

Nothing is refused for being heavy. A light load costs you nothing. Past that you slow gradually, and a full load stops you.

It wears out

Durability drops with each death. A smith can repair it, for a price, until one day it breaks for good.

The trades

Eighteen trade skills feed the economy. Master a couple and trade for the rest.

GatherMining, Woodcutting, Skinning, Butchering, Harvesting, Fishing
RefineSmelting, Milling, Tanning, Spinning, Preparing, Distilling
CraftSmithing, Fletching, Leatherworking, Tailoring, Cooking, Alchemy