Core Skills are the basic or foundational skills for each vocation - they included skills that allow movement such as Feather Jump, the standard attacks such as Hack, and other combat skills such as Controlled Fall and Deflect.
They are different to Augments, which can be used in any class. Use of core skills never requires any stamina use, unlike other skills.
Core Skills
Default Core Skills
Default skills simply indicate the regular attacks and movements for each weapon.
- (Instructions listed are from default Type A control scheme)
| Sword / Mace | ||
|---|---|---|
| Vocation | Skill | Description |
| Fighters / Assassins / Mystic Knights | Vault | Executes a jump to a higher location. [Jump] |
| Empale | Release a stabbing strike straight forward. [Heavy Attack] | |
| Onslaught | Continuous attacks with one-handed sword. [Light Attack] | |
| Longsword / Warhammer | ||
| Vocation | Skill | Description |
| Warriors | Vault | Executes a jump to a higher location. [Jump] |
| Hack | Consecutive slashes with the sword. Press [Light Attack] pause a moment, then tap [Light Attack] repeatedly. | |
| Transfix | A stabbing strike straight forward. Press [Heavy Attack] | |
| Daggers | ||
| Vocation | Skill | Description |
| Striders / Assassins / Magick Archers / Rangers | Vault | Executes a jump to a higher location. [Jump] |
| Carve | Continuous attacks with a dagger. [Light Attack] | |
| Two Step | A two-level stabbing strike straight forward. [Heavy Attack] | |
| Staff | ||
| Vocation | Skill | Description |
| Mages / Magick Archers / Mystic Knights | Feather Jump | A light jump. More effective when grabbing to platforms or rocks. [Jump] |
| Magick Bolt | Launches a magick bolt from your staff. Press repeatedly for additional effect. Can add elemental effect via enchantments. [Light Attack] | |
| Magick Billow | Swing your staff downward to stagger the enemy. Follow-up attacks can send the enemy to the ground. [Heavy Attack] | |
| Archistaff | ||
| Vocation | Skill | Description |
| Sorcerers | Feather Jump | A light jump. More effective when grabbing to platforms or rocks. [Jump] |
| Magick Bolt | Launches a magick bolt from your staff. Press repeatedly for additional effect. Can add elemental effect via enchantments. [Light Attack] | |
| Magick Billow | Swing your staff downward to stagger the enemy. Follow-up attacks can send the enemy to the ground. [Heavy Attack] | |
| Shortbow | ||
| Vocation | Skill | Description |
| Striders / Assassins | Loose | Fires equipped bow. Can execute while moving. [L1/LB + RT/R2] |
| Longbow | ||
| Vocation | Skill | Description |
| Rangers | Loose | Fires equipped bow. Can execute while moving. [L1/LB + RT/R2] |
| Magick Bow | ||
| Vocation | Skill | Description |
| Magick Archers | Seeker | Fire magical arrows with additional properties. Lose effectiveness with distance. [L1/LB + RT/R2] |
| Shield | ||
| Vocation | Skill | Description |
| Fighters / Assassins | Defend | Use your shield to block an enemy's attack. [L1/LB] |
| Magick Shield | ||
| Vocation | Skill | Description |
| Mystic Knights | Repel | Use your magick shield to block an enemy's attack. Press [L1/LB] during enemy attack. |
Purchased Core Skills
Core skills can be purchased to enhance jumps, add combos to weapon movesets or provide extra movement.
| Sword / Mace | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vocation | Skill | Description | Rank | DP | |
| Fighters / Assassins / Mystic Knights | Takedown | An advanced form of Empale that appends a tackle to a forceful jab. | 1 | 600 | |
| Dire Onslaught | An advanced form of Onslaught that strengthens a chain of one-handed sword slashes. | 1 | 800 | ||
| Controlled Fall | Tucks the body into a tight roll when falling, mitigating harm. When knocked down, press A/X the moment you land. | 3 | 1,200 | ||
| Longsword / Warhammer | |||||
| Vocation | Skill | Description | Rank | DP | |
| Warriors | Eviscerate | An advanced form of Transfix that withdraws the blade with a sweet after stabbing the target. | 1 | 600 | |
| Devastate | An advanced form of Hack that extends a chain of one-handed sword slashes across a broader range. | 1 | 800 | ||
| Controlled Fall | Tucks the body into a tight roll when falling, mitigating harm. After being knocked down, press A/X as you hit the ground. | 2 | 900 | ||
| Daggers | |||||
| Vocation | Skill | Description | Rank | DP | |
| Striders / Assassins / Magick Archers / Rangers | Roundelay | An advanced form of Two-Step that appends a whirling slash to victims. | 1 | 600 | |
| Engrave | An advanced form of a Carve that includes kicks after a flurry of dagger blows to strike at a broader range. | 1 | 800 | ||
| Double Vault | An advanced form of Vault that kicks at the air to propel the user in a second leap. | 5 | 1,800 | ||
| Forward Roll | Curls forward into a tumble effective as an evasive maneuver. Hold Right Bumper and press X/A. | 5 | 2,200 | ||
| Staff | |||||
| Vocation | Skill | Description | Rank | DP | |
| Mages / Magick Archers / Mystic Knights | Levitate | An advanced form of Feather Jump that mitigates gravity's pull, enabling a gentle landing even from great heights. Hold X/A in mid-jump. | 2 | 600 | |
| Focused Bolt | An advanced form of Magick Bolt. Focuses the user's active enchantment into a powerful burst that can be fired from the ground or air. | 6 | 3,000 | ||
| Magick Agent | An advanced form of Magick Billow. Conjures spheres of magickal energy around the user to attack encroaching foes. Also employable from mid-air. | 6 | 3,000 | ||
| Archistaff | |||||
| Vocation | Skill | Description | Rank | DP | |
| Sorcerers | Levitate | An advanced form of Feather Jump that mitigates gravity's pull, enabling a gentle landing even from great heights. Hold X/A in mid-jump. | 2 | 600 | |
| Focused Bolt | An advanced form of Magick Bolt. Focuses the user's active enchantment into a powerful burst that can be fired from the ground or air. | 6 | 3,000 | ||
| Magick Agent | An advanced form of Magick Billow. Conjures spheres of magickal energy around the user to attack encroaching foes. Also employable from mid-air. | 6 | 3,000 | ||
| Shortbow | |||||
| Vocation | Skill | Description | Rank | DP | |
| Striders / Assassins | Quick-Loose | An advanced form of Loose that requires less time to nock the next arrow. | 2 | 600 | |
| Longbow | |||||
| Vocation | Skill | Description | Rank | DP | |
| Rangers | Quick-Loose | An advanced form of Loose that requires less time to nock the next arrow. | 2 | 600 | |
| Magick Bow | |||||
| Vocation | Skill | Description | Rank | DP | |
| Magick Archers | True Seeker | An advanced form of Seeker that boasts improved seeking capabilities. | 6 | 4,000 | |
| Shield | |||||
| Vocation | Skill | Description | Rank | DP | |
| Fighters / Assassins | Deflect | An advanced form of Defend that deflects attacks back toward the assailant. | 3 | 1,400 | |
| Magick Shield | |||||
| Vocation | Skill | Description | Rank | DP | |
| Mystic Knights | Reflect | An advanced form of Repel that deflects attacks back toward the assailant. | 3 | 1,600 | |