The Destiny Board is your skill tree and progress guide through Albion Online. In addition to tracking progress, it illustrates what activities you must complete to unlock skills, wear stronger gear, or gather better resources. It is a vital tool, and while it might seem overwhelming, it will become easier to understand after you spend time with it.
Open it with the B key, or by clicking the small Destiny Board symbol. Depending on your HUD settings and device, the icon will either be in the top right corner or at the bottom center.
By repeating activities you enjoy, your character will automatically improve in those areas. For instance, if you enjoy swinging a sword, you should focus on using it when killing foes as this will unlock more skills and better swords and allow you to deal more damage.
Bear in mind that, although in theory it is possible to master all areas of the Destiny Board on one character, it will take a long time to complete everything. The Destiny Board better rewards players who specialize in their professions instead of being a jack-of-all-trades. Nevertheless, this should not hold you back from testing new things.
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What are Learning Points?
Learning Points (LP for short) are used to increase your progress speed on the Destiny Board and are very helpful for all kinds of players.
To obtain Learning Points, one must create a character and purchase Premium status in-game. As long as your character has Premium status, you will generate 30 Learning Points per day. They are also generated while offline. After purchasing a total of 30 days or more of Premium for the first time, you will be rewarded with an extra 500 Learning Points. To see how many Learning Points your character currently has, open your Destiny Board and check the number next to the small book icon in the right corner. These points are, like Premium status, only for one character and cannot be shared with other characters. Every character with Premium status on one account will, of course, generate 30 Learning Points per day.
Non-Premium characters can gain 10 Learning Points per day by completing the daily Adventurer’s Challenge.
However, you cannot acquire a skill solely through Learning Points. You have to collect a minimum of 20% of the total Fame needed to unlock the next level.
By saving Learning Points and using them wisely on skills you need to achieve your goals, you will save a great deal of time and be able to play the game more efficiently. Keep in mind that you cannot retrieve used Learning Points, so treat them with care and try not to waste them.
How do I unlock a node?
As stated above, you will complete nodes and start filling up your Destiny Board by repeating tasks.
The requirements for unlocking something can be found by clicking the node you want to complete. If you, for instance, try to equip an item you have not unlocked on your Destiny Board, the game will redirect you to the required node, e.g. “Craft this particular item and get this amount of Fame by doing so.” Through crafting that item, you will receive a set amount of Fame, and after repeating this process enough times, you will successfully unlock the next level. The same principle goes for other activities such as combat and gathering.
While trying to unlock a Tier 4 skill, you will notice that the Fame requirements for the next level have been split into two segments. The first part is 20% of your total Fame; after this threshold you can spend Learning Points. The second part is the remaining 80% to fulfill the total Fame requirement. After completing the first segment like always, you now have the option to either continue the same way as before or skip the needed Fame by exchanging some of your Learning Points for it. This is how Learning Points work and why they are so vital.
You do not have to immediately decide whether to use Learning Points after finishing the first milestone. If you continue to collect Fame as usual, the total amount of needed Learning Points will decrease. By waiting, you can use Learning Points more efficiently.
What are the different parts of the Destiny Board?
The Destiny Board can be split into five major sections which contain smaller sections.
First, there is the Adventurer Path, which is the long middle line. It is different from the other areas of the Destiny Board, as all Fame gained within the game also goes towards the progression of the Adventurer Tier. You will unlock higher tiers passively by just playing the game. If you want to improve here fast, you are advised to complete tasks rewarding a high amount of Fame. Achieving a higher Adventurer level enables you, for example, to ride better mounts, build greater buildings or wear stronger accessories.
To the left of the Adventurer Path, you can spot the Combat area. Slaying foes while wearing the weapon and armor you want to improve will let you progress in this area. As said before, there are no boundaries here, so you can combine any weapon with any armor. Furthermore, running through the middle of the Combat area is the Reaver Path. By killing creatures, you will increase your character’s overall damage and defense against them thanks to the Reaver’s passive skill. With every new Reaver tier unlocked, you are also allowed to join better Expeditions.
In the bottom half of the Destiny Board is the Farming skill tree. You will need to improve these skills on your private island or guild farm to become a farmer or animal breeder.
Next to that are all types of Gathering which can be mastered in Albion Online. The ability to equip higher-level gathering tools is essential for steady progress within the game. By gathering resources, you will advance and unlock not only excellent tools but also armor specially designed to help you gather resources more quickly and safely.
Last but not least is the large Crafting section. As every item in Albion Online is player-made, somebody must have the ability to craft it. By crafting more and stronger items, you will progress in this area. Doing so will allow you to craft stronger gear with increased quality to outperform your enemies in combat (or your competitors on the auction house).
What are Mastery Points?
As stated before, the Destiny Board rewards players more if they specialize in their profession. This is where Masteries come into play.
After reaching Tier 4, you start to improve not just the general type of weapon you are using, but also the particular weapon you choose to wield. Simply put, the more you focus on one weapon while in combat, one item while crafting, or one resource while gathering or refining, the more powerful or efficient you will become with that particular weapon, item, or resource.
Here is how Masteries work for each activity type:
Combat
If you always use a Broadsword, you will gain Fame for your Sword Fighter skill, which will allow you to use all types of swords (such as the Claymore or Dual Swords). You will also learn new skills for all kinds of swords by improving your Sword Fighter level. Because you are always using a Broadsword, you will increase your Mastery with it, starting at level 1 and going all the way to level 100. Each Mastery level will slightly increase the Item Power of your Broadsword. Players who focus on increasing Masteries on their Weapons and Armor will eventually deal and resist significantly more damage than players who have no Masteries.
Combat Fame Credits
Once you have reached level 100 in a Combat node, any Fame you receive for that node will be automatically converted into Combat Fame Credits. These Combat Fame Credits can be spent to progress other combat nodes you aren’t as proficient in or to boost a combat mastery above level 100.
By default you convert 20% of the Fame gained into Combat Fame Credits, if you’re activating Auto-Respec this increases up to 80% of the Fame gained. Be aware though that this will come at a cost of 1 silver per Combat Fame Credit generated.
You may also manually respec any Combat node above level 1 to retrieve Fame Credits.
Elite Levels
Elite Levels are 20 additional combat mastery levels that can be unlocked once you’ve reached level 100 in a specific combat mastery. Unlike mastery levels, these aren’t gained passively by gaining Fame but must be unlocked with Combat Fame Credits and Silver.
Crafting
Increasing your Crafting Mastery will allow you to craft more efficiently by 1) reducing the number of Focus Points needed while crafting, and 2) boosting the chance of crafting higher-quality items. Focus Points are a topic for themselves, but basically, when using them, you guarantee yourself a resource return and also a chance of increasing the quality of the item. Raising the quality of an item results in higher item power, leading to overall more damage or better defense.
There are also Masteries for refining resources. These generally work the same as those for crafting; the only difference is that resources cannot be refined in higher qualities.
Gathering
Specializing in one gathering tool will over time increase your gathering yield and gathering speed for that tool. The Mastery also positively affects your gathering gear connected to the tool you are improving. By focusing on a few resources to gather, you increase the overall number of collected resources and also shorten the time needed.
Farming
While specializing further on the farming aspects of the game, you will be able to use your farms, herb gardens and pastures more cost-efficiently.
By increasing your Mastery, you decrease the number of Focus points needed when, for example, watering crops. By watering, you receive back the seeds used for planting and also have a chance to get extra seeds, meaning you won’t have to purchase new seeds every time you want to start planting.
Combat and Crafting Specialization
Unlike the fighter and crafter nodes for weapon or armor trees, which are needed to unlock the ability to wear or craft specific tiers of items, Combat and Crafting Specialist nodes offer rewards to Item Power and Focus Cost Efficiency when leveled up. As an example, the Spear Fighter node provides 0.2 Item Power per level to all Spears, while the Glaive Combat Specialist node provides 2 Item Power per level to the Glaive specifically, plus another 0.2 Item Power to all Spears including the Glaive. This means a player that has both their Spear Fighter and Glaive Combat Specialist at level 100 would receive +240 Item Power when using a Glaive and +40 Item Power for all other Spears.
Mastery Modifier
In addition to Item Power gained by specializing, you can gain an additional bonus to Item Power by using higher-tier gear.
Using T5+ items adds a percentage of your bonuses from Specialization on top.
- T5: +5%
- T6: +10%
- T7: +15%
T8: +20%
This means that if you were initially receiving +100 Item Power from masteries and specialization you would now get another +20 on top when using a T8 Spear.
That’s all for this week – stay tuned for more updated guides for new and returning players!
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