Master Skill Tree

The Master Skill Tree is the first of the game's two trees and the one that changes your character the most. It opens when you become third class and start earning master level, and each master level earned up to 400 becomes one point to spend here. This is where Death Stab stops being the level 200 skill and becomes the skill that clears the whole screen.

• Akey that opens it
• 400available points
• 293nodes in total
• 3roots
• 9ranks per root
• 20max node level

How the tree opens

1. 1Become third class

   The quest 'Into the Darkness Zone' with Priest Devin, level 400.

2. 2Earn master level

   Killing monsters of level 95 or higher, with your normal level at 400.

3. 31 master level = 1 point

   Up to master 400. After that the points go to the other tree.

4. 4Key A

   Left click puts in one point, right click opens the how many points box.

Roots, ranks and the rule for climbing

The tree is split into three columns, called roots. The left one has the passives shared by every class, the middle one has the strengtheners for attack skills and the right one has buffs, recovery and defensive passives. Each root has nine ranks, which are the rows.

The evolution rule: the new one replaces the old one

This is the most important rule in the whole tree, and it holds the same way in the fourth class tree. When you invest in a node that evolves a skill, the new version takes the old one's place on the bar, icon and all, and the stats add up. You will never have Bless and Bless Strengthener taking up two slots.

How many nodes each class has

The tree is not the same for everyone. Each class qualifies for its own set of nodes, and the split between the three roots changes quite a bit. Duel Master has the most options and Fist Master has the fewest.

The nodes every class has

Six nodes show up in all seven trees, with the same name and the same position. They are cheap, always useful passives, and that is where almost everyone starts investing.

The nodes that evolve a skill, by class

These are the nodes that change your combat routine the most, because they are the ones that swap the skill on the bar. The right column shows which skill disappears when the node is learned.

Blade Master

Grand Master

High Elf

Duel Master

Lord Emperor

Dimension Master

Fist Master

The rest of the nodes

The nodes that do not show up in the tables above are passives: instead of swapping a skill, they add straight into a character stat. Maximum health, maximum shield, mana recovery, defense rate in PvP, reduced equipment wear, critical chance, wing bonus. There are more than 180 nodes across the seven classes, and each tooltip shows the exact value per level.

• Tree pointsWho earns points, how many and until when.
• Enhance Skill TreeThe fourth class tree, on key N.
• SkillsTypes, range, cost and how they add up.