Oath: Oathless

==Description==
Oath: Oathless is one of the 16 obtainable Oaths in Deepwoken. It is a rather varied Oath, given that its purpose is to extend the capabilities of what would be considered a Pathfinder. Together with Linkstrider, Dawnwalker, Fadetrimmer, and Contractor, it is one of five Oaths that have no direct stat requirements.
Despite its oxymoronic nature, this still counts as an Oath. So other Oaths like Linkstrider or Contractor that has their progression tied to killing Oath users can progress by killing people with this Oath, along with other Oaths.
==Obtainment==
To start the Oathless quest, head to the docks at Miner's Landing and pass through the entrance. Climb up to the Mystic in front and turn right, walking onwards until you find a log by the ledge facing the sea highway. Through this log is a cave in which Cerulean can be found leaning against a wall. They'll inform you that, in order to understand the freedom of being Oathless, you must seek out their disciples. 
If you have obtained Oathless, you may speak to Cerulean again to permanently unlock it. This skips the quest on all of your characters/slots, even if that character/slot was created before you permanently unlocked Oathless. [Note that obtaining Oathless via any method requires 10 minutes of playtime on that slot.] 
Oathless can be reobtained if you Oathbreak it.
Though order does not matter, the following order is recommended.
*Viridian is located at Fort Merit, in a house near the elevator.
File:Disciple Location.png
*Saffron is located at Meteor Isle, in a 2-story house.
File:Meteor isle Oathless location.png 
*Celadon is located at Summer Isle, on the second floor of the guildhall.
File:Oathless summer isle location.png
After talking to all three of their disciples, return to Cerulean to receive the Oath.
For a more in-depth walkthrough, consider watching this video.
== Effects==
This Oath grants the player three extra Wildcard Mantra slots, 10 Health and 20% Oath Resistance. Oath Resistance decreases the damage received from all Oath-related attacks,
 including Mantras and Silentheart Talents.
As for its appearance, nothing is added to your outfit, making it impossible to tell if a person has Oathless or not, which makes sense because Oathless makes you unbound to an Oath. Unless seen in a Bounty Board.
==Gallery==
File:Cerulean (Oathless).png|Cerulean
File:Veridian (Oathless).png|Viridian
File:Saffron (Oathless).png|Saffron
File:Celadon (Oathless).png|Celadon
Oathless.png|Old icon
==Trivia==
*The first Oath to be released in the game.
**Used to be obtainable through a hand of cards at around Power 30 (the equivalent to current-day Power 10).
*Commonly agreed to be a subpar Oath compared to the other non-stat locked Oaths.
**However, being the only Oath to grant +3 Wildcard slots (with others giving only 1 or none) and its solid stats makes Oathless very flexible.
*Obtaining Oathless doesn't award the Oathsworn badge.
*You can still use Shrine of Order if you have Oathless.
*All of its quest characters are named after cities in the Kanto region from the Pokémon franchise. (These are all colours, Cerulean is blue, Viridian and celadon and blueish greens, and saffron is red.)
*Developer intentions behind the design of Oathless have historically been divisive.
**Prior to Verse 2, they stated that Oathless was canonically the strongest Oath, though the veracity and exact meaning behind this statement are unclear; the developers are prone to retconning old ideas should they no longer suit their progressing vision of Deepwoken.
** More recently, it was supposedly stated to be a "seatwarmer" with the justification being they would like to create enough Oaths such that Oathless becomes redundant—a comment that was received negatively by the community due to its quest being more tedious than other Oaths. Regardless of its intended obsolescence, it still receives balance and QoL changes.
*It is one of the few Oaths that can be resworn should you wish for Yun'Shul to remove it.
*Oathless will give you echoes for an Oath upon wiping.
*It is the only Oath that you can, realistically, get at Power 1.
*A bit of an oxymoron, because by being Oathless, you therefore have an Oath.
*Weirdly enough, Saffron has a unique dialogue compared to the other disciples, being "Those eyes... You wish to" and continue. While the others, Viridian and Celadon, saying "Those eyes.. you wish to" and continue.
**The only difference these have is that, Saffron has 3 dots and a capitalized Y in "You", while the others have 2 dots and a lower case Y in "you"
*If you obtained Oathless on a past file, you can simply talk to Cerulean to obtain it, allowing you to skip the quest.
**This means that you can speedrun obtaining an Oath with The Ignition Union Origin, which is useful as an easy echo farm, or if you need just a bit more echoes to get an upgrade.
==References==
==Navigation==
Category:Oaths