Masteries

**Masteries** are a core system in *Eternal Return*.

## Description

In Lumia Island, Masteries measure a character's proficiency with different tasks, and are directly tied to the leveling system.

Each time a character takes an action, they earn experience towards a certain mastery just as attacking enemies or crafting. Earning enough experience will rank the mastery up, which will in turn level the character up, making them stronger and granting them a skill point (which are used to unlock and upgrade character skills). In addition, each mastery grants a specific bonus to the character's statistics.

The current masteries are:

* **Weapon Mastery** - Increased by crafting weapons and by dealing damage to or killing players and monsters.
* **Defense Mastery** - Increased by crafting armor (except leg armor), by taking damage from traps, enemies, wild animals, and killing players and monsters.
* **Hunt Mastery** - Increased by dealing damage to or taking damage from wild animals.
* **Craft Mastery** - Increased by crafting Items such as Weapons, Armor, and Food.
* **Search Mastery** - Increased by opening containers, air supplies, gathering and by using security consoles.
* **Move Mastery** - Increased by walking 50m, traveling to different areas, and crafting leg armor.

Experience grained from crafting items benefits from a First Crafting Bonus, granting 100% extra experience the first time each item is made. Crafting multiple of the same item in a row on the other hand will apply a penalty to experience. Additionally, players significantly behind other players will gain an experience gain bonus:

* 2 Levels Mastery Difference: Additional 20% gain
* 3 Levels Mastery Difference: Additional 40% gain

However, any additional mastery gained is progressively scaled (e.g., if the player gains mastery and levels up when they're are 3 levels behind, they'll only gain additional mastery for the time before they level up).

It is worth mentioning that slaying wild animals with teammates nearby will grant them 70% of the experience. The player that lands the killing blow always gains 100% experience for the kill.

Players can keep track of their mastery progress through the VPad menu (V by default). More detailed information on each mastery and the bonuses they grants when ranked up can be found below.

## List of masteries

### Weapon mastery

By dealing (pre-mitigation) damage and crafting weapons, characters gain experience for their weapon mastery.

Weapon Mastery ranks increase 2 of the character's stats either by a fixed amount of a percentage. Different characters gain different bonuses, which are also different depending on the weapon type they have equipped.

A list of Weapon Mastery Bonuses and the amount granted with each rank can be found under the "Modifiers" section in each character's page: List of characters

Weapon Mastery experience gain is as follows:

 Deal 100 damage to player
 Kill Player
 Kill Monster
 Craft Weapon

### Defense mastery

By crafting armor or taking damage, characters gain experience for their Defense Mastery. And like with Weapon mastery, slaying enemies also grants experience.

This mastery grants the following bonuses per rank up:

* Defense from Basic Attacks: 0.9%
* Skill Damage Reduction: 0.7%

Defense Mastery experience gain is as follows:

 Take damage from Traps
 Take 100 damage from wild animal
 Kill Player
 Kill Monster
 Craft Head Armor
 Craft Chest Armor
 Craft Arm Armor

### Hunt mastery

By fighting and killing wild animals, characters gain experience for their Hunt Mastery.

This mastery grants the following bonuses per rank up:

* Damage dealt to wild animals: 2%

Hunt Mastery experience gain is as follows:

 Deal 100 damage to wild animal

### Craft mastery

By crafting items, characters gain experience for their Craft Mastery.

This mastery grants the following bonuses per rank up:

* Out of combat HP Regeneration: 10%

Craft Mastery experience gain is as follows:

 Craft Head Armor
 Craft Chest Armor
 Craft Arm Armor
 Craft Leg Armor
 Craft Food
 Craft Beverage
 Craft Trap
 Craft Camera/Drone
 Craft Materials

### Search mastery

By looting containers, opening air drops, and operating security consoles, characters

This mastery grants the following bonuses per rank up:

* Out of combat SP Regeneration: 15%

Search Mastery experience gain is as follows:

 Open Item Box
 Collect Resource
 Operate Security Console
 Craft Camera/Drone

### Move mastery

By walking around the island and crafting leg armor, characters gain experience for their Move Mastery.

This mastery grants the following bonuses per rank up:

* Movement Speed: 0.01

Move Mastery experience gain is as follows:

 Walk 50m
 Craft Leg Armor