Skill Masteries

Overview

Skill Masteries are powerful abilities unlocked by reaching 90 skill in an eligible skill. Each mastery skill has two or three active abilities and one passive bonus tied to it. You may only have one active mastery at a time — switching your active mastery will cancel any currently active mastery spells.

Masteries are learned through Mastery Primers, which come in three volumes (I, II, and III). Higher volumes unlock stronger versions of your abilities. Primers drop from champion spawns.

Getting Started

There are two quest lines that introduce you to the mastery system — one for bard masteries and one for all other masteries. Both reward you with a Book of Masteries and your first primer.

Unlocking Bard Masteries

Bard masteries are unlocked through quests given by three NPCs at the Conservatory of Music in Britain (available in both Felucca and Trammel). You must have Grandmaster (100+) skill in both the specific bard skill and Musicianship to accept the quest.

NPC	Quest Name	Mastery Unlocked	Task
Sir Berran the Song Wielder	Wielding the Sonic Blade	Discordance	Discord 5 goats
Sir Falean the Spirit Soother	The Beacon of Harmony	Peacemaking	Calm 5 mongbats
Sir Hareus the Battle Rouser	Indoctrination of a Battle Rouser	Provocation	Incite rabbits to battle with 5 wandering healers

Each quest completion rewards a full Book of Bardic Masteries.

Important: Only one bard mastery can be held at a time. Mastering a second bard song negates the first — you would need to repeat the original quest to regain it. Spellsongs do not affect your normal use of barding skills (Provocation, Peacemaking, Discordance).

Unlocking Warrior, Mage & Other Masteries

All non-bard masteries are unlocked through Hawkwind the Timelord, found near the eastern edge of the circle surrounding the Valley of Eodon Moongate.

When you speak to Hawkwind, he will offer you a quest:

You choose a mastery skill from a list of available options.
Hawkwind assigns you a task — typically defeating a specific powerful foe (chosen from champions, peerless bosses, and Scalis).
Complete the task and return to receive a Book of Masteries and a Volume I Mastery Primer for your chosen skill.

If the assigned foe is too difficult, you can cancel the quest and try again later. However, you must wait at least one hour before returning, or Hawkwind will offer the same task again.

Requirements

You must have 90 or higher base skill in the mastery's associated skill.
You must learn the mastery by using a Mastery Primer for that skill (double-click it from your backpack).
You can only have one active mastery set at a time. Switch masteries using a Book of Masteries.

Mastery Primers

Your first Volume I primer comes from the quest reward. Additional primers drop from champion spawns with a 10% chance per eligible looter. Each primer is for a random skill and a random volume:

Volume	Drop Chance (when a primer drops)	Effect
Volume I	~50%	Unlocks base mastery
Volume II	~30%	Unlocks level 2 mastery
Volume III	~20%	Unlocks level 3 mastery

Primers must be learned in order — you cannot skip volumes.

Switching Masteries

Open your Book of Masteries and select the mastery you wish to activate. Switching masteries will:

Immediately cancel all active mastery spells and buffs.
Remove any passive bonuses from the previous mastery.
Apply the passive bonus (if any) for the newly selected mastery.

You can also deselect your current mastery to have no active mastery.

Bard Masteries

Bard masteries require a musical instrument to cast. They use Musicianship as their damage/secondary skill. Bard spellsongs can be disrupted by taking damage. Each bard skill (Provocation, Peacemaking, Discordance) has two masteries.

Bard masteries gain a Collective Bonus when the caster has 100+ skill in the other two bard skills. For example, a Provocation mastery gains a bonus from having Peacemaking and Discordance at 100+.

Inspire (Provocation)

Party Hit Chance Increase, Damage Increase, and Spell Damage Increase.

A toggled party buff spellsong. While active, all party members (and their pets) within range receive:

Bonus	Formula
Hit Chance Increase	(BaseSkillBonus × 2) + Collective Bonus
Spell Damage Increase	(BaseSkillBonus × 2) + Collective Bonus
Weapon Damage Increase	(BaseSkillBonus × 5) + (Collective Bonus × 3)
Damage Modifier	(BaseSkillBonus + 1) + Collective Bonus

Mana Cost: 16 to cast, 4 upkeep per tick
Range: 12 tiles (party members must stay within range)
Toggle: Cast again to cancel the spellsong.

Invigorate (Provocation)

Party HP increase and periodic healing with stat bonuses.

A toggled party buff spellsong. Grants all party members:

Bonus	Formula
Hit Point Increase	(BaseSkillBonus × 2.5) + Collective Bonus
Strength Increase	BaseSkillBonus + Collective Bonus
Dexterity Increase	BaseSkillBonus + Collective Bonus
Intelligence Increase	BaseSkillBonus + Collective Bonus
Healing (every 4 sec)	Random range around (BaseSkillBonus × 2) + Collective Bonus

Mana Cost: 22 to cast, 5 upkeep per tick
Range: 12 tiles
Toggle: Cast again to cancel.

Resilience (Peacemaking)

Party regeneration bonuses and status effect resistance.

A toggled party buff spellsong. Grants all party members:

Bonus	Formula
Hit Point Regeneration	(BaseSkillBonus × 2) + Collective Bonus
Stamina Regeneration	(BaseSkillBonus × 2) + Collective Bonus
Mana Regeneration	(BaseSkillBonus × 2) + Collective Bonus

Additionally, while Resilience is active on a target:

25% Poison Resistance (flat chance to resist poison application)
Bleed, Mortal Strike, and Curse durations are cut in half

Mana Cost: 16 to cast, 4 upkeep per tick
Range: 12 tiles
Toggle: Cast again to cancel.

Perseverance (Peacemaking)

Party Defense Chance Increase, Damage Reduction, and Casting Focus.

A toggled party buff spellsong. Grants all party members:

Bonus	Formula
Defense Chance Increase	(BaseSkillBonus × 3) + Collective Bonus
Damage Reduction	(BaseSkillBonus × 3) + Collective Bonus
Casting Focus	(BaseSkillBonus / 2) + (Collective Bonus / 3)

Mana Cost: 18 to cast, 5 upkeep per tick
Range: 12 tiles
Toggle: Cast again to cancel.

Tribulation (Discordance)

Targeted debuff: reduces hit chance, spell damage, and triggers burst damage.

A targeted offensive spellsong. Afflicts a single enemy with:

Effect	Formula
Hit Chance Reduction	(BaseSkillBonus × 2.75) + (Collective Bonus × 1.667)
Spell Damage Reduction	Same as Hit Chance Reduction
Burst Damage Chance	(BaseSkillBonus × 7.5) + (Collective Bonus × 3)
Burst Damage Factor	(BaseSkillBonus × 4) + (Collective Bonus × 3)
Duration (rounds)	5 + (BaseSkillBonus × 0.75) + (Collective Bonus / 2)

When the target takes damage, there is a chance (based on the Burst Damage Chance) to trigger additional physical damage based on the Burst Damage Factor. This burst can only trigger once per second.

Mana Cost: 24 to cast, 10 upkeep per tick
Slayer Bonus: 1.5× with slayer instrument
Damage is reduced by the target's magic resistance.

Despair (Discordance)

Targeted debuff: Strength reduction and periodic physical damage.

A targeted offensive spellsong. Afflicts a single enemy with:

Effect	Formula
Strength Reduction	(BaseSkillBonus × 2) + Collective Bonus
Damage Per Tick	(BaseSkillBonus × 4.5) + (Collective Bonus × 2)
Duration (rounds)	5 + (BaseSkillBonus × 0.75) + (Collective Bonus / 2)

Damage is dealt as 100% Physical every tick.
Against non-player targets, damage is increased by 50%.
Slayer Bonus: 3.0× with slayer instrument (the highest slayer multiplier of any bard mastery).
Damage is reduced by the target's magic resistance.
Mana Cost: 26 to cast, 12 upkeep per tick

Magic Masteries

Death Ray (Magery)

Channeled energy damage ray that snares the caster in place.

Target an enemy to begin channeling a death ray. While active:

Deals energy damage every 3 seconds based on Magery, Eval Int, and mastery level.
Reduces the target's Energy Resistance by (Eval Int / 12)%.
The caster cannot move — any movement cancels the ray.
Taking damage cancels the ray (damage threshold: 1).
Drains 35 mana upkeep per tick.
PvP damage is significantly reduced compared to PvM.

Mana Cost: 50
Reagents: Black Pearl, Bloodmoss, Spider's Silk

Ethereal Burst (Magery)

Instantly restore mana to full.

Activating this ability immediately fills your mana pool to maximum. It has a significant cooldown based on your skill level:

Skill Level	Cooldown
120+	30 minutes
100-119	60 minutes
Below 100	90 minutes

Reagents: Bloodmoss, Ginseng, Mandrake Root

Nether Blast (Mysticism)

Directional line of energy damage fields.

Target a location to create a line of 5 energy fields in the chosen direction. Enemies standing on or near the fields take energy damage each second with a mana drain component (25% of damage dealt is drained from the target's mana and returned to the caster).

Mana Cost: 40
Reagents: Dragon Blood, Daemon Bone
Duration: Based on skill level
SDI bonus applies to damage.

Mystic Weapon (Mysticism)

Enchant your weapon with the Mystic Weapon property.

Temporarily grants your equipped weapon the Mystic Weapon property (+25), allowing you to use Mysticism as an effective weapon skill. Duration scales with Mysticism, Focus/Imbuing, and mastery level.

Mana Cost: 40
Reagents: Fertile Dirt, Bone
Removing the weapon cancels the effect.

Command Undead (Necromancy)

Take control of an undead creature.

Target an undead creature to attempt to bring it under your control. Success chance is based on Necromancy, Spirit Speak, mastery level, and the creature's difficulty. The creature uses 2 control slots when commanded.

Restrictions:

Cannot command Renowned, Champion, or Shadowguard bosses.
Cannot command already controlled or summoned creatures.
Certain specific undead (Red Death, Sir Patrick, Lady Jennifyr, etc.) cannot be commanded.
Skeletal Dragons can be commanded.
If you fail, the undead becomes enraged and attacks you.

Mana Cost: 40
Reagents: Daemon Blood, Pig Iron, Bat Wing
Cast Time: 3 seconds

Conduit (Necromancy)

Create a field that spreads Necromancy spells to all targets within it.

Target a location to create a 6×6 tile zone marked by skulls. While the field is active, any targeted Necromancy spell cast on a target inside the zone will also affect all other valid targets within the zone at a reduced strength percentage.

Strength: (Necromancy + Spirit Speak + (Mastery Level × 20)) / 3.75

Mana Cost: 40
Reagents: Nox Crystal, Bat Wing, Grave Dust
Duration: 4-6 seconds + skill-based extension

Mana Shield (Spellweaving)

Chance to absorb incoming damage using mana.

A toggled ability. While active, you have a chance (based on Spellweaving, Arcane Focus level, and mastery level) to reduce incoming damage by 50% — at the cost of that 50% being deducted from your mana pool instead.

Mana Cost: 40 to activate
Duration: 10 minutes
Requires completion of the Arcanist quest.

Summon Reaper (Spellweaving)

Summon a powerful Reaper creature to fight for you.

Summon a Reaper at a target location. The Reaper's stats scale with your Spellweaving skill, mastery level, and Arcane Focus level. The Reaper:

Has a poison aura that damages nearby enemies every 2 seconds.
Uses Whirlwind Attack.
Is immune to Greater Poison.
Uses 5 control slots.

Mana Cost: 50
Duration: Based on Spellweaving and Arcane Focus level.
Requires completion of the Arcanist quest.

Warrior Masteries

Warcry (Bushido)

AoE damage reduction from nearby enemies.

Let out a fearsome war cry that reduces all incoming damage from opponents within range for 10 seconds. The radius and damage reduction scale with Bushido, your best weapon skill, and mastery level.

Stat	Formula
Radius	Skill / 40 tiles
Damage Reduction	Skill / 2.4 (as a percentage)

Where Skill = (Bushido + Best Weapon Skill + (Mastery Level × 40)) / 3

Mana Cost: 40
Cooldown: 20 minutes

Thrust (Fencing)

Toggle: Phased attack bonus and defense debuff on target.

A toggled ability for fencers. While active, your attacks deal increased physical damage and reduce the target's physical damage output. The ability operates in phases:

Phase 1: Attack bonus = Mastery Level × 6
Phase 2: Attack bonus = Mastery Level × 12
Phase 3: Attack bonus = Mastery Level × 18 (then resets to Phase 1)

Each hit on the same target builds up a defense debuff on that target (up to Mastery Level × 18), reducing the target's physical damage against you. Switching targets resets the phase. The defense debuff lasts 8 seconds.

Mana Cost: 30 per hit
Requires: Fencing weapon equipped
Toggle: Cast again to cancel.

Pierce (Fencing)

Special move: Stamina drain over time.

A special move. On your next successful hit, the target suffers a stamina drain over 10 seconds. The drain amount is based on Fencing, Tactics, and mastery level.

Drain = (Fencing + Tactics + (Mastery Level × 40) / 3) / 3 — expressed as a percentage of the target's max stamina, applied in portions each second.

Mana Cost: 20
Requires: Fencing weapon equipped

Stagger (Macing)

Special move: Reduce target's swing speed.

A special move. On your next successful hit, the target's Swing Speed is reduced for 10 seconds.

Swing Speed Reduction = (Macing + Tactics + (Mastery Level × 40)) / 3 / 2

Deals 125% damage in PvP or 150% damage in PvM.

Mana Cost: 20
Cooldown: 2 seconds
Requires: Macing weapon equipped

Toughness (Macing)

Toggle: Increased Hit Points.

A toggled ability. While active, your maximum hit points are increased.

HP Bonus = BaseSkillBonus / 4

Where BaseSkillBonus = (Macing + Tactics + (Mastery Level × 40)) / 3

Mana Cost: 20 to activate, 20 upkeep per tick
Requires: Macing weapon equipped
Toggle: Cast again to cancel.

Onslaught (Swords)

Special move: Reduce target's elemental resistance.

A special move. On your next successful hit, the target's highest elemental resistance is reduced for a duration based on mastery level.

Stat	Formula
Resistance Reduction	(Swords + Tactics) / 12 (halved vs players)
Duration	(Mastery Level × 2) + 1 seconds

The resistance type debuffed matches the dominant damage type of your weapon.

Mana Cost: 20
Requires: Swords weapon equipped

Focused Eye (Swords)

Toggle: Increased Hit Chance.

A toggled ability. While active, your Hit Chance Increase is boosted.

HCI Bonus = (Swords + Tactics + (Mastery Level × 40)) / 12

Mana Cost: 20 to activate, 20 upkeep per tick
Requires: Swords weapon equipped
Toggle: Cast again to cancel.

Flaming Shot (Archery)

AoE volley of fire arrows.

Target a location to unleash a volley of flaming arrows at all enemies within 5 tiles. Each target hit takes fire damage scaled by your skills. Damage is split if more than 2 targets are hit.

Mana Cost: 30
Requires: Ranged bow weapon (not throwing weapons)

Playing the Odds (Archery)

Party Hit Chance and Swing Speed bonus at the cost of reduced bow range.

Activate to grant yourself and all party members within range:

Bonus	Formula
Hit Chance Increase	Max(45, (Archery + Tactics) / 2 / 2.667)
Swing Speed Increase	Max(30, (Archery + Tactics) / 2 / 4)

Tradeoff: Your bow's maximum range is halved while this is active. Also applies a Lower Defense debuff to enemies within 5 tiles on activation.

Mana Cost: 25
Duration: 60 seconds
Cooldown: 90 seconds
Requires: Archery weapon equipped

Elemental Fury (Throwing)

Build up an elemental damage pool, then unleash a burst.

A toggled ability. Each attack adds damage to a Fury Pool (up to the weapon's elemental damage, capped by mastery level). When the pool reaches 69, it unleashes a burst of damage matching your weapon's dominant element type.

Stat	Formula
Max Damage Per Hit Added	BaseSkillBonus / 10 (±1)
Burst Damage (PvP)	BaseSkillBonus / 6
Burst Damage (PvM)	(BaseSkillBonus / 3) + 40-60

Mana Cost: 20
Requires: Throwing weapon equipped
Toggle: Cast again to cancel.

Called Shot (Throwing)

Temporary Hit Chance and Damage boost.

Activate to gain a temporary boost for 10 seconds:

Bonus	Formula
Hit Chance Increase	Tactics / 2.66
Damage Increase	Throwing / 1.6

PvP damage is capped at 100.

Mana Cost: 40
Cooldown: 60 seconds
Requires: Throwing weapon equipped

Shield Bash (Parry)

Paralyze an enemy on your next hit or parry.

Activate to ready your shield. On your next successful melee hit or parry, you bash the target with your shield, dealing bonus damage and paralyzing them.

Stat	PvP	PvM
Bonus Damage	Multiplier × 3	Multiplier × 7
Damage Cap	35	None
Paralyze Duration	Multiplier × 3 sec	Multiplier × 6 sec

Where Multiplier = (Best Weapon Skill + Parry + (Mastery Level × 40)) / 360

The target becomes immune to further paralysis for the duration of the paralyze.

Mana Cost: 40
Requires: Shield equipped

Body Guard (Parry)

Protect an ally by absorbing their damage.

Target an ally to offer your protection. If they accept:

All damage dealt to your ward is reduced by your Block percentage.
You receive a portion of the damage they would have taken (spell damage you absorb is halved).
You must remain within 2 tiles of your ward.

Block = ((Parry + Best Weapon Skill + (Mastery Level × 40)) / 3) / 2.4

Mana Cost: 40
Duration: 90 seconds
Requires: Shield equipped
The target must accept your bodyguard offer via a gump.

Heightened Senses (Parry)

Toggle: Increased Parry chance.

A toggled ability. While active, your chance to parry attacks is increased.

Parry Bonus = ((Parry + Best Weapon Skill + (Mastery Level × 40)) / 3) / 10 (as a percentage)

Mana Cost: 10 to activate, 10 upkeep per tick
Requires: Shield or weapon equipped
Toggle: Cast again to cancel.

Rogue & Specialty Masteries

Shadow (Ninjitsu)

Toggle: Harder to detect and harder to reveal.

While active, you are significantly harder to detect while hidden and harder to reveal when taking damage. Does not reveal you on tick.

Difficulty Factor = ((Ninjitsu + Stealth + (Mastery Level × 40)) / 3) / 150

Duration = Skill / 3.4 seconds

Mana Cost: 10 to activate, 4 upkeep per tick
Toggle: Cast again to cancel.

White Tiger Form (Ninjitsu)

Transform into a White Tiger with defensive and offensive bonuses.

Transform into a White Tiger, gaining:

+20% Defense Chance Increase
+5% Max Defense Chance Increase Cap
Mount speed movement
Chance to evade attacks entirely (Mastery Level + 2 out of 100)
Bleed attack on hit (chance based on Ninjitsu + Stealth + mastery level)
Bleed attacks have a 1-minute cooldown per target.

The bleed max damage scales with (Ninjitsu + Stealth + (Mastery Level × 40)) / 3 / 10 / 2.

Mana Cost: 10
Chance to fizzle if Ninjitsu is below 127.5.
Cannot use while polymorphed, transformed, or disguised.

Tolerance (Poisoning)

Toggle: Reduce incoming poison level at a stamina cost.

While active, when you are poisoned, the poison level is reduced by one at the cost of stamina. If you don't have enough stamina, the reduction does not occur.

Stamina Cost = Max(18, (25 - ((Poisoning + (Mastery Level × 30) + 10) / 2 / 4)) + 18)

Mana Cost: 20 to activate
Toggle: Cast again to cancel.

Injected Strike (Poisoning)

Poison your target on hit and reduce their Poison Resistance.

Ready your poisoned weapon for an enhanced strike. On your next hit:

Your weapon's poison is applied with a chance to increase the poison level by 1 (based on Poisoning skill).
The target's Poison Resistance is reduced by 30% (15% vs players, further halved with ranged weapons) for 7 seconds.
A chance to not consume the poison charge based on the Potency passive.

If your weapon is not poisoned, you will be prompted to apply poison from a potion in your pack.

Mana Cost: 30
Cancels current weapon ability when activated.

Rampage (Wrestling)

Toggle: Stacking buffs on consecutive hits, lost on miss.

A toggled ability. Each consecutive hit grants stacking bonuses:

Bonus	Per Hit	Maximum
Hit Point Regen	1 + Mastery Level	18
Stamina Regen	Mastery Level	24
Swing Speed Increase	Mastery Level	60
Casting Focus	Mastery Level	12

All bonuses are lost if you miss an attack or your attack is parried.

Mana Cost: 20
Duration: 60 seconds
Requires: Bare fists (no weapon equipped)
Toggle: Cast again to cancel.

Fists of Fury (Wrestling)

Special move: Triple rapid strike with bonus damage.

A special move. When an enemy damages you within 2 tiles, you automatically launch 3 rapid punches. If all 3 connect, the third hit deals bonus direct damage based on mastery level.

Bonus Damage: Random between (Mastery Level + 1) and ((Mastery Level × 7) - 1)

Mana Cost: 20
Cooldown: 20 seconds
Requires: Bare fists (no weapon equipped)

Chivalry Masteries

Rejuvenate (Chivalry)

Heal a target's HP, Stamina, and Mana. May cure and remove debuffs.

Target an ally to restore a percentage of their missing HP, Stamina, and Mana:

Mastery Level	Restoration %
Level 1	33.3%
Level 2	66.6%
Level 3	100% (capped)

If your Karma is high enough (random check vs 5000), Rejuvenate will also:

Cure poison
Remove stat curses (Clumsy, Feeblemind, Weaken, Curse, Mass Curse)
End Mortal Strike, Strangle, Corpse Skin, Blood Oath, Mind Rot
Remove paralysis

Mana Cost: 10
Tithing Points: 100 (may be reduced by Lower Reagent Cost)
Cooldown: 60 seconds (skill 120+), 120 seconds (skill 110+), or 180 seconds

Holy Fist (Chivalry)

Energy damage projectile that slows the target.

Launch a holy fist at a target dealing energy damage. Damage scales with Chivalry, best weapon skill, mastery level, and Karma (+Karma/1000 bonus damage).

Against Undead targets: damage is increased by 50%.
Against Players: damage is capped at 35.
If the target fails to resist, they are slowed to walk speed for a duration based on skill.

Mana Cost: 50
Tithing Points: 100 (may be reduced by Lower Reagent Cost)
Cast Time: 2.5 seconds

Taming Masteries

Whispering (Animal Taming)

Enhance your pets' skill gains for 10 minutes.

Activate to grant all your pets within range an enhanced skill gain chance for 10 minutes, functioning similarly to a Scroll of Alacrity for your pets.

Enhanced Gain Chance = BaseSkillBonus / 1.26

Mana Cost: 40
Duration: 10 minutes
Cooldown: 30 minutes
Requires: At least one pet

Combat Training (Animal Taming)

Train your pet in one of four combat specializations.

Target one of your pets to assign a combat training mode. You must choose from the following (availability depends on mastery level learned):

Mode	Required Volume	Effect
Empowerment	Volume I	After taking damage, your pet's attacks deal increased damage based on damage absorbed.
Berserk	Volume II	After taking damage, your pet takes reduced damage and deals increased damage. Has a 60-second rage cooldown.
Consume Damage	Volume III	Your pet absorbs all incoming damage initially, then gains hit chance and HP regeneration bonuses based on damage absorbed.
As One	Volume I	Damage dealt to the targeted pet is split evenly among all your pets within 3 tiles.

All modes operate in phases:

Phase 0: Waiting for damage.
Phase 1: Accumulating damage (5 seconds), then transitions to Phase 2.
Phase 2: Active bonus phase (8-10 seconds depending on mode), then resets.

Mana upkeep scales with your Taming and Animal Lore skill. As One costs double upkeep.

Mana Cost: 40 to activate
Toggle: Cast again to cancel.

Passive Masteries

Passive masteries activate automatically when you have the associated skill set as your active mastery. They require no activation — the bonuses are always present.

Enchanted Summoning

Available with: Magery, Necromancy, Spellweaving, or Mysticism

Your summoned pets gain bonus Stamina Regeneration and Hit Points. Summoned pets are also harder to dispel.

Bonus = (Skill Value + (Mastery Level × 40)) / 16

Anticipate Hit

Available with: Bushido

Grants a passive defense bonus while Bushido is your active mastery.

Bonus = Bushido × 0.67

Intuition

Available with: Bushido, Ninjitsu, or Chivalry

Grants a passive Mana Increase bonus.

Mana Increase = (Mastery Level × 40) / 8

Saving Throw

Available with: Archery, Fencing, Swords, Macing, or Throwing

Grants passive bonuses that increase with mastery level:

Mastery Level	Bonuses
Level 1	+5% Attack Chance Increase, +5 Strength
Level 2	+5% Attack Chance Increase, +5% Defense Chance Increase, +5 Strength
Level 3	+5% Attack Chance Increase, +5% Defense Chance Increase, +5% Weapon Damage, +5 Strength

Also provides a chance to block disarm attempts based on mastery level, weapon skill, and Tactics.

Potency

Available with: Poisoning

Grants a chance to not consume poison charges when using Infecting Strike or Injected Strike.

Chance = (Poisoning + Anatomy + (Mastery Level × 20)) / 4.375

Knockout

Available with: Wrestling

Grants a passive wrestling damage bonus:

Mastery Level	PvM Bonus	PvP Bonus
Level 1	+25%	+10%
Level 2	+50%	+25%
Level 3	+100%	+50%

Boarding

Available with: Animal Taming

Increases your number of stable slots by an amount equal to your mastery level (1-3 extra slots).

Mastery Titles

Setting a mastery as active grants you a unique title. These titles can be displayed on your character:

Mastery Skill	Title
Provocation	the Exhilarator
Peacemaking	the Galvanizer
Discordance	the Desponder
Magery	the Marvelous
Mysticism	the Enigmatic
Necromancy	the Undying
Spellweaving	the Mysterious
Bushido	the Disciplined
Chivalry	the Courageous
Ninjitsu	the Unseen
Fencing	the Needle
Macing	the Crushing
Swords	the Blade
Throwing	the Precise
Parry	the Deflector
Poisoning	the Lethal
Wrestling	the Champion
Animal Taming	the Beastmaster
Archery	the Exact

Quick Reference

All Active Masteries

Skill	Mastery	Type	Mana Cost	Key Effect
Provocation	Inspire	Party Buff	16	HCI, Damage, SDI
Provocation	Invigorate	Party Buff	22	HP Increase, Stats, Healing
Peacemaking	Resilience	Party Buff	16	Regen All, Status Resist
Peacemaking	Perseverance	Party Buff	18	DCI, Damage Reduction, Focus
Discordance	Tribulation	Target Debuff	24	HCI/SDI Reduction, Burst Damage
Discordance	Despair	Target Debuff	26	STR Drain, Periodic Damage
Magery	Death Ray	Channeled	50	Sustained Energy Damage
Magery	Ethereal Burst	Instant	0	Full Mana Restore
Mysticism	Nether Blast	AoE	40	Directional Energy Fields
Mysticism	Mystic Weapon	Weapon Buff	40	+25 Mystic Weapon Property
Necromancy	Command Undead	Control	40	Tame Undead Creature
Necromancy	Conduit	Zone	40	AoE Necro Spell Spread
Spellweaving	Mana Shield	Toggle	40	Absorb Damage with Mana
Spellweaving	Summon Reaper	Summon	50	Summon Reaper (5 slots)
Bushido	Warcry	Burst	40	AoE Damage Reduction
Chivalry	Rejuvenate	Targeted Heal	10	HP/Stam/Mana Restore + Cure
Chivalry	Holy Fist	Ranged Attack	50	Energy Damage + Slow
Ninjitsu	Shadow	Toggle	10	Harder to Detect/Reveal
Ninjitsu	White Tiger Form	Transform	10	DCI, Evasion, Bleed
Archery	Flaming Shot	AoE	30	Fire Arrow Volley
Archery	Playing the Odds	Party Buff	25	HCI/SSI, Reduced Range
Fencing	Thrust	Toggle	30	Phased Attack/Defense Bonus
Fencing	Pierce	Special Move	20	Stamina Drain
Macing	Stagger	Special Move	20	Swing Speed Reduction
Macing	Toughness	Toggle	20	HP Increase
Swords	Onslaught	Special Move	20	Resistance Debuff
Swords	Focused Eye	Toggle	20	HCI Increase
Throwing	Elemental Fury	Toggle	20	Elemental Burst Damage
Throwing	Called Shot	Timed Buff	40	HCI + Damage Boost
Parry	Shield Bash	Ready	40	Paralyze on Hit/Parry
Parry	Body Guard	Protection	40	Absorb Ally Damage
Parry	Heightened Senses	Toggle	10	Parry Chance Increase
Poisoning	Tolerance	Toggle	20	Reduce Poison Level
Poisoning	Injected Strike	Ready	30	Poison + Resist Debuff
Wrestling	Rampage	Toggle	20	Stacking Hit Buffs
Wrestling	Fists of Fury	Special Move	20	Triple Rapid Strike
Animal Taming	Whispering	Timed Buff	40	Pet Skill Gain Boost
Animal Taming	Combat Training	Pet Buff	40	Pet Combat Mode

Tips

Bard masteries are extremely powerful for group play. A single bard can dramatically increase a party's effectiveness. Consider having both bard mastery skills trained and toggling between Inspire and Perseverance based on the situation.
Toggle abilities (Thrust, Toughness, Focused Eye, etc.) drain mana over time. Make sure you have adequate mana regeneration or mana leech on your weapon.
Passive masteries are "free" bonuses. If you're a warrior using Swords, for example, setting Swords as your active mastery gives you Saving Throw automatically.
Mastery Level (from Primers) significantly impacts ability power. Always seek Volume III primers for your main mastery.
The Knockout passive for Wrestling at Level 3 doubles your PvM wrestling damage — a massive boost for wrestlers.
Boarding (Animal Taming passive) gives up to 3 extra stable slots, which is invaluable for tamers.