Dragonwilds:Attack training

Template:External width=70x70 This page details the optimal training methods for levelling up Dragonwilds:Attack. Note: Major combat changes are coming soon, and this guide will be updated and expanded once they are released.

Equipment

Equipment slots

Category	Items progression (Late Game → Early Game)
Head	Template:Plink	Template:Plink	Template:Plink	Template:Plink	Template:Plink	Template:Plink	Template:Plink	Template:Plink
Body	Template:Plink	Template:Plink	Template:Plink	Template:Plink	Template:Plink	Template:Plink	Template:Plink	Template:Plink
Legs	Template:Plink	Template:Plink	Template:Plink	Template:Plink	Template:Plink	Template:Plink	Template:Plink	Template:Plink
Trinket	Template:Plink	Template:Plink / Template:Plink*	Template:Plink	Template:Plink / Template:Plink	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Back	Template:Plink	Template:Plink	Template:Plink	Template:Plink	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Armour Slots:

• Dragonwilds:Melee armour – Set Bonus: -33% Block stamina cost , +50% Crit chance after blocking, +25% Damage to staggered targets
  • Although it is not mentioned in the table above, the suggested equipment can be replaced by any of their equivalent(s) (e.g., mithril armour = Black Knight armour). See this for a complete list.
  • Some methods down below might require the player to use a piece of magic armour for the -50% Stamina Regen Delay.
• Dragonwilds:Trinkets:
  • Amulet of accuracy – Increased Critical Damage by 15%
  • Inspiring amulet of Attack – Increases Attack XP by 5%
  • Amulet of strength – Increases melee Dragonwilds:damage by 12.5%
  • Unholy symbol – Increases melee damage by 15%
    • Dragonwilds:Salve amulet* – Preferred over the Unholy Synbol for undead monsters, as it increases damage against them by 17%
  • Amulet of glory – Increases melee damage by 25%
• Dragonwilds:Capes:
  • Attack cape – Melee attacks have a small chance at costing no stamina when used.
  • Fire cape – Receiving or blocking damage has a chance to triggering Burning on your attacker. Melee kills on Burning enemies refill stamina.

Weapons

Category	Items progression (Late Game → Early Game)

This category is subject to massive changes with the upcoming update affecting Dragonwilds:ascension shards, Cores, and Masterwork Weapons.

Perks

Category	Items progression (Late Game → Early Game)
Potions (Focused Attack I & II)	Template:Plink	Template:Plink	Template:Plink	Template:Plink
Drinks (Dragonwilds:Fleet Footed)	Template:Plink	Template:Plink	N/A	N/A
Drinks (Dragonwilds:Ferocious Fighter)	Template:Plink	Template:Plink	N/A	N/A
Food (Dragonwilds:Knowledgable Nourishment)	Template:Plink	Template:Plink	Template:Plink	N/A

Food, drinks & potions perks:

• Dragonwilds:Focused Attack – Increases the experience gained when training the Dragonwilds:Attack skill by 15%
• Dragonwilds:Focused Attack II – Increases the experience gained when training the Dragonwilds:Attack skill by 30%
• Dragonwilds:Fleet Footed – Reduces the Dragonwilds:stamina cost of sprinting by 50%
• Dragonwilds:Ferocious Fighter – Reduces the Dragonwilds:stamina cost of physical attacks by 33%
• Dragonwilds:Knowledgable Nourishment – Increases the player's Dragonwilds:experience gain in all Dragonwilds:skills by 10%

*Perks: Food perks do NOT stack. Eating another food after consuming a different one overrides its perk(s) with the most recent food eaten. Potions behave like this as well; drinking a new potion will immediately overwrite your active potion buff. While players cannot layer multiple foods or multiple potions, one potion + one food perks can be stacked together simultaneously.

General advices

Perhaps the most important thing to note in terms of training any combat skill is that the vast majority of your damage comes from the Dragonwilds:Power level of your weapon as opposed to your skill level. This in turn accelerates your kill speed, which translates to faster experience gains. Levelling up your Dragonwilds:Attack skill will still provide useful passives and enchantments to help in different combat scenarios, however, it is imperative to understand that your attack level does not inherently increase your damage or accuracy by any amount. So, if you are struggling to clear an area or defeat a boss, make sure you are using the highest power level gear you have available to you instead of trying to reach an arbitrary Attack Level. (See Region Power Levels and Player Power Levels)

Methods per region

• Fighting bosses for drops
• Monster runs for rare drops

Brynmoor

If you're just starting out and want to unlock some of those juicy Dragonwilds:Attack skill perks like Dragonwilds:Parry and Dragonwilds:Weapon Expertise you won't have to go far. The starting zone is filled with Giant Rats and Goblins. You can pick up some Dragonwilds:Ash Logs and Dragonwilds:Stone from the spawn area and craft a Dragonwilds:Stone Dagger or Dragonwilds:Stone Club, either will do. As soon as you have the materials, it is recommended to upgrade to a Dragonwilds:Bone Dagger or Dragonwilds:Bone Club to take advantage of the increased power level. The map below will show you all the spawn locations for every hostile enemy you will encounter in this region. The ideal route is to take a clockwise path around Brynmoor, making sure to hit the super dense area by the Dragonwilds:Windmill. Then, walk up the hill to the Dragonwilds:Runecrafting Guild, follow the ridge east to the Dragonwilds:Keep of Blue Flames, and then head southeast to the Dragonwilds:Adventurer's Guild slaying everything in your path. Finally, complete the trip by cutting across back to Dragonwilds:Bramblemead Village.

Template:Map You can interact with this map's top right icon to toggle specific mob spawn locations on or off.

Ghornfell

This zone is Power Level 3, with Dragonwilds:Stormtouched Highlands even reaching Power Level 4. This means you should first look to craft Dragonwilds:Bronze weapons before engaging too heavily with combat in this zone, as your kill speed will be sub-optimal if farming experience is your goal. Transitioning to Dragonwilds:Iron when possible will greatly increase your combat potential. If you are able to slay one of the wandering Abyssal Demons and get its remains, the Dragonwilds:Abysmal Whip is a fantastic upgrade here, and is one you can eventually take all the way to late game. Once you have Power Level 4 equipment, if you still need some experience to unlock another Dragonwilds:Attack skill perk (such as Dragonwilds:Adaptability which may help if using melee in the Dragonwilds:Velgar fight) the enemies weakest to Melee damage in this zone are the Wild Lapulis Vines. These can only be found in the Dragonwilds:Stormtouched Highlands. Avoid fighting the Garou Hunters and Garou Druids if you can, as they are melee resistant and can be frustrating to fight. The ideal pathing would be to clear along the southern border, and head toward the center of the map and cross the bridge. Then, cut east and jump down the small cliff. Walk the Northern and Southern banks of the river. Use the map below to pinpoint the exact locations of the Vine enemies along the way.

Dowdun Reach

• Fighting the Black Knight Titan

Umbral Sands

Fight caves

This method assumes the player has completed the quest Dragonwilds:Icthlarin's Little Helper, and has unlocked the Fight Cave. This method focuses on only clearing the first 28-30 waves, as defeating Dragonwilds:Fuzan is not a valuable use of time when training Dragonwilds:Attack due to the long pauses between attack phases and the amount of area denial the boss uses.

Suggested Gear

This method requires one piece of magic armour to benefit from the −50% Stamina Regen Delay bonus, improving both clear speed and survivability during close-quarters encounters. Any piece of magic armour can be used; however, the head slot is recommended as it allows the remaining equipment slots to provide the highest possible melee defence. The Dragonwilds:Ancestral Hat can be replaced with another magic head-slot item.

During waves containing large groups of enemies, a two-handed weapon is generally more effective for clearing multiple targets.

Adamant equipment is suitable for players who have not yet entered the Dragonwilds:Scorned Wilderness raid. Upgrading to a Dragonwilds:Rune Scimitar is recommended when possible, as its increased damage improves clear speed.

The optimal setup requires Dragon equipment obtained from Dragonwilds:Kuldra.

Template:Inventory For optimal experience rates, players should bring enough Dragonwilds:Focused Attack Potion or Dragonwilds:Super Focused Attack Potion, as well as Glazed Pumpkin Sandwiches, to maintain their effects throughout the Fight Cave.

With the optimal equipment setup, a full run takes approximately 40–45 minutes. Runs using Adamant or Rune equipment typically take approximately 50–60 minutes.

Glazed Pumpkin Sandwiches are recommended as they provide both the Dragonwilds:Knowledgable Nourishment perk, which increases experience gained by 10%, and Dragonwilds:Soul Food, which provides healing over time.

Additional Dragonwilds:food without conflicting perks should be brought to recover from burst damage during encounters. Approximately 40 Dragonwilds:Stuffed Catfish, or an equivalent amount of comparable food, should be sufficient for a full run.

Experience Rates

Experience rates vary depending on combat style, player performance, jewellery, and active buffs. With all relevant experience buffs active, a full Fight Cave completion can grant over 100,000 experience, compared with approximately 80,000 experience without buffs. Wave 28 contains a single Dragonwilds:KotHaar-Kal. While the KotHaar-Kal remains alive, the wave continuously replenishes up to two additional Dragonwilds:KotHaar-Xil and two Dragonwilds:KotHaar-Hur, making it possible to repeatedly defeat these enemies before killing the KotHaar-Kal. Wave 20 has a similar enemy composition, consisting of one Dragonwilds:Tok-Xil and 20 Dragonwilds:KotHaar-Hur. Unlike Wave 28, however, defeated enemies on this wave do not continuously respawn.

Waves 1–10

Wave	Experience	Cumulative
1	1,935	1,935
2	1,499	3,434
3	1,325	4,759
4	3,124	7,883
5	1,934	9,817
6	1,694	11,511
7	1,527	13,038
8	2,400	15,438
9	2,105	17,543
10	734	18,277

Waves 11–20

Wave	Experience	Cumulative
11	3,687	21,964
12	3,142	25,106
13	3,355	28,461
14	3,610	32,071
15	6,129	38,200
16	2,673	40,873
17	3,415	44,288
18	2,134	46,422
19	3,492	49,914
20	9,400	59,314

Waves 21–30

Wave	Experience	Cumulative
21	4,082	63,396
22	5,445	68,841
23	1,825	70,666
24	7,147	77,813
25	3,456	81,269
26	3,589	84,858
27	8,046	92,904
28	15,179	108,083
29	3,254	111,337
30	5,247	116,584

The table is based on data recorded during a single Fight Caves run, with both food and potion buffs active throughout. The run was completed in 38 minutes and 15 seconds.

Experience gained per wave was observed to vary between attempts. The cause of this variation has not been confirmed, but may be related to the number of enemies hit by each attack or the attack used within a combo. Attacks hitting multiple enemies were observed to grant more experience than attacks against individual targets.

Further testing is required.