Skills

There will be a vast amount of skills to choose from, as you can see in the list below, with several of these skills hidden and only accessible through certain quests and events.

You'll have 2 skill slots starting off, and you'll gain a new skill slot every 5 levels. These skill slots will allow you to wield or equip various items, among many other perks. Selecting any of these skills will both allow you to utilize the skill, and give you a few starting techniques to use with that skill.

For instance, choosing a sword skill will both grant you the ability to use that weapon, as well as two starting techniques that can be used during combat.

As you level up, you will have the opportunity to enhance the skills that you've opened for yourself. This will make it very important to choose which skills are important for your character, and which ones are unnecessary.

The skills can be reset at any point, for a fee, but you will lose all experience you've gained in that field.

Here's a complete list of the skills available for you at level 1, upon joining Sword Art Online.


 * Straight Daggers
 * Curved Daggers
 * One-Handed Straight Swords
 * Two-Handed Straight Swords
 * One-Handed Curved Swords
 * Two-Handed Curved Swords
 * One-Handed Battle Axes
 * Two-Handed Battle Axes
 * One-Handed Polearms
 * Two-Handed Polearms
 * One-Handed War Hammers
 * Two-Handed War Hammers
 * Martial Arts
 * Blade Throwing
 * Leather Equipment
 * Light Metal Equipment
 * Heavy Metal Equipment
 * Shield Equipment
 * Parrying
 * Smithing
 * Tailoring
 * Alchemy
 * Beast Tamer
 * Familiar Communication
 * Howl
 * Fishing
 * Battle Healing
 * Tracking
 * Perform
 * Hiding
 * Sprint
 * Acrobatics
 * X-ray Vision
 * Night Vision
 * Detection
 * Cooking