Survival (skill)
Skill | Rank | Percent | Description |
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Firstaid | Inept | 0 % | Automatically attempt to cure that which ails you. |
Swimming | Inept | 0 % | Swim in the beautiful oceans, rivers, and lakes of Aetolia. |
Orienteering | Inept | 0 % | Find your way to monuments around the land. |
Landmarks | Inept | 0 % | Memorize various locations around the land. |
Queueing | Inept | 0 % | Queue a command to fire when you recover balance. |
Concentration | Inept | 0 % | Use intense mental concentration to restore equilibrium. |
Composure | Inept | 0 % | The ability to withstand even the most frightening sights. |
Fisticuffs | Novice | 0 % | Use your feet and hands to brawl. |
Surveying | Novice | 0 % | Gain information on the characteristics of your location. |
Bleeding | Novice | 25 % | Discern if you are bleeding or not. |
Necrosis | Novice | 50 % | Willingly bring about your own death. |
Diagnose | Novice | 75 % | Check up on your physical and mental health. |
Treading | Apprentice | 0 % | Swim in one place without drowning. |
Campfire | Apprentice | 50 % | Build a campfire to keep warm. |
Perceive | Capable | 0 % | Determine if a location has been claimed by another. |
Assessing | Capable | 40 % | Ascertaining the health of a target. |
Relaxing | Capable | 75 % | Relax your defences. |
Focusing | Adept | 0 % | Curing mental afflictions by sheer will. |
Clotting | Adept | 25 % | Reduce the level of your bleeding. |
Audit | Adept | 50 % | Summarise your damage resistances. |
Sewers | Skilled | 0 % | Gaining entry to the dark underbelly of the cities. |
Extraction | Skilled | 20 % | Extract energy from a focal point. |
Satiation | Skilled | 40 % | Enhance the value of what you eat. |
FluidSwim | Skilled | 60 % | Swimming with not a care in the world. |
Metawake | Gifted | 0 % | Cause yourself to quickly wake up automatically. |
Tumbling | Gifted | 33 % | Tumble past obstructions. |
Crashing | Gifted | 66 % | Crashing through walls of ice. |
WormAttack | Expert | 0 % | Attacking dimensional wormholes. |
Clarity | Expert | 25 % | Focus on clarity of mind. |
Recovery | Expert | 50 % | Recovering from the use of the Tree of Life more quickly. |
Selfishness | Expert | 75 % | Become too selfish to throw or give anything away. |
Dampen | Virtuoso | 0 % | Dampen an attuned aegis. |
Insomnia | Virtuoso | 33 % | Cause yourself to be unable to fall asleep. |
Swinging | Virtuoso | 66 % | Climbing up into the trees. |
Shaking | Fabled | 0 % | Shaking a tree to see what falls out. |
Regenerate | Fabled | 36 % | Hyper healing of the restoration poultice. |
Clinging | Fabled | 55 % | Clinging tightly onto a tree. |
Restoration | Mythical | 0 % | Healing crippled limbs by force of will. |
Breathing | Mythical | 46 % | Controlling your breathing to avoid asphyxiation. |
Clearmind | Transcendent | 0 % | A clear mind will improve your focus. |
Firstaid | Automatically attempt to cure that which ails you | |
Syntax: | FIRSTAIDYou now possess a basic knowledge of applying healing methods and cures | |
Details: | to keep yourself healthy and alive. You can configure a large number of
options to best suit your needs. Refer to HELP FIRSTAID for an indepth overview of the system. |
Swimming | Swim in the beautiful oceans, rivers, and lakes of Aetolia | |
Syntax: | SWIM <direction> | |
Details: | Should you encounter a body of water on your travels, you can now choose to swim across
it, abeit somewhat slowly. |
Orienteering | Find your way to monuments around the land | |
Syntax: | PATH FIND <target> PATH GO | |
Details: | You now have a basic knowledge of getting around the land in a quick and efficient manner.
Refer to HELP SPEEDWALKING for more information. |
Landmarks | Memorize various locations around the land | |
Syntax: | LANDMARKS MEMORIZE AS <alias> FORGET <alias> | |
Details: | This skill allows you some basic knowledge of some important landmarks within the land
and the ability to create your own for personal use. Ideal for use with orienteering (AB SURVIVAL ORIENTEERING) and exploring the realm. Refer to HELP LANDMARKS for more information on this system. |
Queueing | Queue a command to fire when you recover balance | |
Syntax: | ||
Details: | Syntax:
QUEUE BAL <command> - Adds a command to your balance queue. QUEUE EQ <command> - Adds a command to your equilibrium queue. QUEUE SEC <command> - Adds a command to your secondary/ability queue. QUEUE EQBAL <command> - Executes when you have both equilibrium and balance. QUEUE CLEAR - Clear all queues. This will let you queue a command for when you next recover a balance type, allowing you to automatically perform that action when you are next able. If you already meet the conditions, then it will act as a normal command. Only one command may be queued to each type at a time, but command stacking (CONFIG SEPARATOR) is allowed. Entering QUEUE <type> alone will clear that queue. "QB", "QE", "QS", and "QEB" may be subbed for the full commands above. You can also add commands to queues that will fire when you recover various curing balances. QUEUE ELIXIR <command> - Adds a command to your elixir queue. QUEUE ANABIOTIC <command> - Adds a command to your anabiotic queue. QUEUE PILL <command> - Adds a command to your pill queue. QUEUE POULTICE <command> - Adds a command to your poultice queue. QUEUE PIPE <command> - Adds a command to your pipe queue. QUEUE TREE <command> - Adds a command to your tree of life tattoo queue. QUEUE FOCUS <command> - Adds a command to your focus queue. |
Concentration | Use intense mental concentration to restore equilibrium | |
Syntax: | CONCENTRATE | |
Details: | If you have lost equilibrium and cannot recover it normally, you can concentrate to
restore your mind and cure it of its disruption. |
Composure | The ability to withstand even the most frightening sights | |
Syntax: | COMPOSE | |
Details: | If you are ever struggling from the symptom of fear, you can compose your mind and cure
yourself of it. |
Fisticuffs | Use your feet and hands to brawl | |
Syntax: | PUNCH <victim> or KICK <victim> | |
Works against: | Both players and NPCs | |
Details: | You can use the basic skills of fighting by either punching or kicking to take down an
opponent. |
Surveying | Gain information on the characteristics of your location | |
Syntax: | SURVEY | |
Details: | You've learned the lay of the land enough to be able to determine some basic information
about your surroundings, such as the local area and the environment type. |
Bleeding | Discern if you are bleeding or not | |
Syntax: | BLEEDING | |
Details: | You have learned to swiftly locate all of your open wounds and assess the severity of
your blood loss. Refer to HELP BLEEDING for more information. |
Necrosis | Willingly bring about your own death | |
Syntax: | BEGIN NECROSIS and STOP | |
Details: | With this ability, you will be able to end your life on your own terms. If you happen to
find yourself stuck somewhere and without help, this serves as a last resort. This process is quicker if you are within the arena. |
Diagnose | Check up on your physical and mental health | |
Syntax: | DIAGNOSE or DIAG | |
Details: | You can now quickly diagnose yourself of any afflictions that may be ailing you, hidden
or otherwise. |
Treading | Swim in one place without drowning | |
Syntax: | ||
Details: | This ability is passive.
You now possess enough strength in your legs to tread water, allowing you to stay in one place while swimming without fear of drowning. |
Campfire | Build a campfire to keep warm | |
Syntax: | ||
Details: | Syntax:
CAMPFIRE BUILD CAMPFIRE STOKE Commodities: 3 wood to build 1 wood to stoke By building a campfire, you can keep yourself and others warm should you be out in the cold. When the fire starts to burn out, you may stoke it with extra wood to keep it alive. Be wary of your surroundings, rain will put your campfire out. |
Perceive | Determine if a location has been claimed by another | |
Syntax: | PERCEIVE | |
Details: | Discern whether your current location has been marked as the property of another in some
fashion. |
Assessing | Ascertaining the health of a target | |
Syntax: | ASSESS <target> | |
Works against: | Players only | |
Details: | You've now gained the ability to see the health of another player by evaluating the
seriousness of his or her wounds. |
Relaxing | Relax your defences | |
Syntax: | RELAX <defence name> | |
Details: | You can now relax a defence that you currently have, removing its effects permanently. To
gain it back, simply reuse the ability that gave it to you in the first place. Please note, you can only relax defences that can be naturally removed by others. |
Focusing | Curing mental afflictions by sheer will | |
Syntax: | FOCUS | |
Cooldown: | 10 seconds (5 seconds with Clearmind) | |
Details: | Your mental survival skills have adapted to the point where you can cure mental
afflictions merely by focusing your mind at the cost of some mana. Look at HELP TYPES for more information on what is regarded as a mental affliction. The order in which mental afflictions are cured are set for this ability based on the order in the help file. You can read AB SURVIVAL CLEARMIND for more information on reducing the cooldown. |
Clotting | Reduce the level of your bleeding | |
Syntax: | ||
Details: | Syntax: CLOT [#]
This ability will allow you to partially clot your bleeding in trade for your mana. You can specify how many times you wish to clot if need be. If you input no amount, then you will try and clot away 20 bleeding by default. |
Audit | Summarise your damage resistances | |
Syntax: | AUDIT [choice] | |
Details: | This ability will generate a summary of the various resistances you have against each
damage type, plus a number of other things such as your chance to dodge or how much bonus experience you are currently benefiting from. You can specify a specific information type to learn in deeper detail about it. Here is a list of valid choices you can look at: Resistances Regens and drains Other ----------------- ---------- Cutting Health Experience Blunt Mana Int Magic Endurance Str Fire Willpower Dex Cold Con Electric Dodge Poison Divert Psychic Block Asphyxiation MaxHealth Spirit MaxMana Shadow Crit Please note that while all values should be very close to being exact most of the time, it is likely there will be some variance depending upon skill uniquity and circumstances at hand. |
Sewers | Gaining entry to the dark underbelly of the cities | |
Syntax: | ENTER <access point> | |
Details: | Dotted around the streets of cities are sewer grates and similar access points, leading
to the sewer system of that city. This ability will allow you access to that foul area, but be warned that many unsavoury characters reside there. Ask your citymates for the location of such an access point if you need help. |
Extraction | Extract energy from a focal point | |
Syntax: | EXTRACTION | |
Details: | While in the presence of a leyline focus, you may set up and maintain a constant
extraction of ylem to your city's pylon. Note that you must remain in the room for this ability to be sustained. Refer to HELP FOCI for more information. |
Satiation | Enhance the value of what you eat | |
Syntax: | SATIATION | |
Details: | By using this ability, you will begin to concentrate on processing your food more
efficiently. After activating it, you'll have a short period during which to eat some food. |
FluidSwim | Swimming with not a care in the world | |
Syntax: | ||
Details: | This ability is passive.
You now have the ability to swim fluidly in such a manner that you no longer need to fear drowning in ordinary circumstances. |
Metawake | Cause yourself to quickly wake up automatically | |
Syntax: | METAWAKE <ON/OFF> | |
Details: | Though it will quickly drain your mental reserves, you will possess the ability to ensure
that you will wake yourself up should you be put to sleep. |
Tumbling | Tumble past obstructions | |
Syntax: | TUMBLE <direction> STOP | |
Details: | Your body is agile enough that you are able to escape nearly any predicament by tumbling
out of the room, although it will be rather slow. Once you have successfully tumbled, your vigourous movement will strip away the cloak defence. |
Crashing | Crashing through walls of ice | |
Syntax: | CRASH <direction> | |
Details: | You can attempt to crash through a wall of ice using nothing but your body weight and
brute strength, breaking through and destroying the wall in the process. Success is not always certain, unless there is another person on the other side. |
WormAttack | Attacking dimensional wormholes | |
Syntax: | WORM CANCEL | |
Details: | Destroy a wormhole if there is one in your location. It is not a short process at all, as
it is an extremely complicated matter to close a dimensional wormhole. You must possess the Wormholes ability in Vision in order to close the wormhole. |
Clarity | Focus on clarity of mind | |
Syntax: | CLARITY | |
Details: | Clarity of mind is a defence against a weakened psyche, protecting you one time against
the effects of dementia or hallucinations. You will not be able to use this skill if you are afflicted by any affliction from the antipsychotic tree. Please see HELP CURE ORDER for more information on afflictions from the antipsychotic tree. |
Recovery | Recovering from the use of the Tree of Life more quickly | |
Syntax: | ||
Details: | This ability is passive.
Your body is now strong enough that it can make use of the tree of life tattoo far more often than before. Refer to AB TATTOOS TREE for more information on the tree tattoo. |
Selfishness | Become too selfish to throw or give anything away | |
Syntax: | SELFISHNESS and GENEROSITY | |
Details: | With this ability, you can make yourself become so selfish that you will be unable to
give or throw away any items in your possession, willingly or otherwise. |
Dampen | Dampen an attuned aegis | |
Syntax: | DAMPEN AEGIS | |
Details: | By using a different application of the process involved in extracting a focus, you can
dampen the connection between an attuned aegis and the ley. Such a feat requires a lot of time and focus, and any break in concentration will interrupt the process. Once completed, the aegis will shatter in pieces, destroying it completely. |
Insomnia | Cause yourself to be unable to fall asleep | |
Syntax: | INSOMNIA | |
Details: | This ability will allow you to give yourself insomnia - a useful defence against being
put to sleep involuntarily. |
Swinging | Climbing up into the trees | |
Syntax: | SWING <UP/DOWN> | |
Details: | When standing in a location with trees, you now possess the dexterity needed in order to
climb up into its branches. |
Shaking | Shaking a tree to see what falls out | |
Syntax: | SHAKE TREES | |
Works against: | Both players and NPCs | |
Details: | By grasping the trunk of a near by tree, you can attempt to shake it in order to have
either people, denizens, or objects fall out of the branches above. The first time you shake the trees, it will cost no balance to do so. Afterwards it will knock you off balance until your arms recover. Cooldown (no balance): 30 seconds |
Regenerate | Hyper healing of the restoration poultice | |
Syntax: | REGENERATE | |
Cooldown: | 15 seconds | |
Details: | After applying a restoration poultice to a limb, you may choose to bolster the amount it
will heal for during the delay. The limb must be broken in order to use this ability. |
Clinging | Clinging tightly onto a tree | |
Syntax: | CLING | |
Details: | Your strength now allows you to cling to the branches should you find yourself in the
trees, preventing another from either shaking your grip loose or from being blown out by the wind. |
Restoration | Healing crippled limbs by force of will | |
Syntax: | RESTORE | |
Details: | By channeling your mental power into healing energy, you are able to repair any crippled
limbs within your body through force of will. Should those limbs be broken however, then you will be unable to mend them. There is a scaling equilibrium cost depending on how many limbs are healed. |
Breathing | Controlling your breathing to avoid asphyxiation | |
Syntax: | HOLD BREATH | |
Details: | Providing you are cautious of your need for air, you can greatly reduce the effectiveness
of an ability or action that will cause you asphyxiation damage. It will also allow you to avoid harmful effects that rely on you needing to breathe. |
Clearmind | A clear mind will improve your focus | |
Syntax: | ||
Details: | This ability is passive.
Your mind has grown to the point where you can maintain a steady clear mind, allowing you to double the rate in which you recover from using the Focusing ability. Refer to AB SURVIVAL FOCUSING for more information. |