Gothic 1 Remake Skills & Training

Strength

Max 200

Strength expresses your physical prowess. The greater your strength, the more powerful weapons you can wield and the more damaging your melee attacks will be.

Dexterity

Max 200

Dexterity represents your mastery, balance and control over your body. It determines the ranged weapons you can use and improves your ranged attack effectiveness and chance of success while pickpocketing.

Mana

Max 200

Mana fuels your magical abilities. Mana is consumed while casting spells and does not regenerate independently, so plan your rest and item consumption accordingly.

Health

Max 999

Health is your physical endurance. The more health you have, the more damage you can sustain before falling. Your health will increase with experience, keeping you resilient against ever-stronger foes.

One Handed

Governs your effectiveness with one-handed weapons, unlocking advanced techniques like combos, parries, and critical strikes as your skill improves.

Two Handed

Governs your effectiveness with two-handed weapons, unlocking powerful techniques like combos, parries, and critical strikes as your skill improves.

Fists

Governs your effectiveness in unarmed combat, unlocking advanced techniques like combos, parries, and critical strikes as your skill improves.

Orc Weapons

Governs your effectiveness with orc weapons, unlocking brutal techniques like combos, parries, and critical strikes as your skill improves.

Bow

Determines your proficiency with bows, affecting aiming speed, accuracy, and the ability to deal critical damage.

Crossbow

Determines your proficiency with crossbows, affecting reloading speed, accuracy, and the ability to deal critical damage.

Magic Circle

Magic Circles signify the depth of a wizard's wisdom and knowledge in the arcane arts. As you ascend through the circles, you gain access to more intricate and potent spells, amplifying your magical prowess.

Smithing

The ability to forge weapons from raw materials. Further training unlocks more advanced weapon types.

Inscription

Lets you inscribe magical scrolls, allowing you to cast spells without magical training. Xardas teaches the craft outright; each camp's mages teach it along their own path.

Alchemy

Allows you to brew potions from ingredients you find in the world. Taught by the camp alchemists to those who walk their path.

Acrobatics

Unlocks the ability to perform a dodge roll. Fall damage is halved.

Climbing

Your training allows you to climb sheer walls and reach new areas.

Diving

Your ability to hold your breath underwater is improved.

Scavenger Riding

Ride a tamed Scavenger to cross the Colony faster. Minor hits won't interrupt your ride, but lethal or heavy damage throws you off - and the Scavenger can pass fall damage on to you.

Sneaking

You move more quietly, making you harder to detect while crouching.

Pickpocketing

The art of relieving others of their possessions. Your success chance depends on your skill and dexterity against that of your target's.

Lockpicking

Allows you to open locked chests and doors. Higher skill levels let you make more mistakes before a pick breaks and decreases lock difficulty.

Hunting / Skinning

Harvesting trophies from a kill - claws, teeth, fur, hides, scutes, stings, horns and rarer parts. Every part is its own lesson, and many feed blacksmith and alchemy recipes.

Orcish

The study of the Orcish language. Allows you to understand and communicate with Orcs.