FIRST STEPS
Follow the guide from Moonglow, practise safely with temporary equipment and learn which actions train your skills before entering the world.
NEW PLAYER ESSENTIALS
The free-reagent rule is tied to a valid practice target, not to every spell cast inside the Academy.
Take the temporary Magery book from the Mage PvP chest. In the Arcane Wing, target one of the Academy crystals with a targeted Magery spell. That valid practice cast uses no reagents. Mana, casting checks and the normal skill rules still apply.
Self-casts, spells with no eligible Academy target, and casts outside this practice route do not get the reagent exemption. The PvM chest supplies a separate temporary Arcane Spellbook; its abilities follow their own rules.
FROM THE FIRST LOGIN
A new Human character begins in Moonglow and receives a private welcome. The personal guide moves ahead of you, avoids obstacles and leads you to the official portal without disturbing other players.
The message introduces the Academy and identifies your personal guide.
Stay close while it walks the safe route through Moonglow.
The official portal moves your character into the protected Academy grounds.
Use the central orientation before choosing a wing or a trial build.
ACCELERATED LEARNING
The Academy accelerates valid training; it does not grant automatic points. The normal skill lock, difficulty, prerequisites and total-cap rules still decide whether an action may gain.
| Rule | Academy value | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Gain chance | ×5 | A qualifying action receives five times the normal opportunity to produce a skill gain. |
| Gain below 60.0 | 0.1–0.4 | Successful gains can be larger while the skill is still in its early range. |
| Gain from 60.0 onward | 0.1 | Successful gains return to the normal tenth-of-a-point step. |
| Individual Academy ceiling | 80.0 | A supported skill stops gaining inside the Academy when it reaches 80.0. |
| Student threshold | 500.0 total skills | Reaching the graduation threshold ends the protected student progression. |
| Final character cap | 720.0 total skills | After leaving, finish the chosen build in the world; Arcanism is included in this total. |
EIGHT INSTRUCTORS
Double-click an instructor to read the lesson for that wing, then use the nearby targets, tools and path chests.
| Instructor | Discipline | What the room provides |
|---|---|---|
| Headmaster | Orientation | Explains the Academy, graduation and where to find every training wing. |
| Warrior | Melee combat | Practice weapons, PvP/PvM path chests and the Warrior Codex training room. |
| Archer | Archery | Practice bow, reusable ammunition and the Archer Codex training room. |
| Mage | Magic | Classic Magery practice for PvP and Arcane Spellbook practice for PvM. |
| Resistance Guide | Magic Resistance | Explains the frost ward and its harmless training arrows. |
| Healing | Healing | Reusable bandages and patients for Anatomy and Healing practice. |
| Bard | Bard skills | A practice lute and targets for Musicianship, Peacemaking, Discordance and Provocation. |
| Rogue | Lockpicking, traps and Poisoning | Self-resetting practice locks and traps, plus an Academy-only reusable poison and practice dagger. |
ALL 54 SUPPORTED SKILLS
The area-wide multiplier applies only when the normal action produces a valid skill check. A supplied route has targets or equipment in the Academy; a conditional route needs you to bring the listed item, pet or target.
54 of 54 skills shown
| Skill | Valid Academy action | Practical support |
|---|---|---|
| Alchemy | Bring a mortar, reagents and bottles; make a recipe whose difficulty still gives a real skill check. | Conditional · ×5 to 80 |
| Anatomy | Use Anatomy on an Academy patient or another valid mobile. | Yes · ×5 to 80 |
| Animal Lore | Use Animal Lore on your own valid companion. | Conditional · bring a pet |
| Animal Taming | A fresh, wild, eligible creature would be required. The Academy supplies no tameable creature. | No supplied route |
| Arcanism | Use the Academy Arcane Spellbook on a valid Mage-wing PvM target. | Yes · ×5 to 80 |
| Archery | Use the practice bow and reusable ammunition against an Academy combat target. | Yes · ×5 to 80 |
| Arms Lore | Use Arms Lore on an eligible weapon or piece of armour. | Conditional · bring an item |
| Blacksmithy | Craft a valid recipe beside the Academy forge and anvil. | Yes · ×5 to 80 |
| Bowcraft / Fletching | Bring fletcher tools and materials; craft a recipe in the correct difficulty range. | Conditional · bring tools |
| Bushido / Pet Mastery | Train through valid owned-pet PvM progression. The Academy has no dedicated Beastmaster encounter. | No supplied route |
| Camping | Use kindling in a valid open position inside the Academy. | Conditional · bring kindling |
| Carpentry | Bring carpenter tools and boards; craft a valid recipe. | Conditional · bring tools |
| Cartography | Bring mapmaker tools and blank maps; craft a valid map. | Conditional · bring materials |
| Chivalry | Use the Archer PvM path and land valid attacks on the Archer-wing training target. | Yes · ×5 to 80 |
| Cooking | Bring ingredients and use a valid cooking recipe near its required heat source. | Conditional · bring materials |
| Detect Hidden | Use Detect Hidden in the Rogue wing on a valid search area or supported trap route. | Yes · ×5 to 80 |
| Discordance | Use the practice instrument on the Bard Hall target. | Yes · ×5 to 80 |
| Evaluating Intelligence | Use Evaluate Intelligence on a valid Academy mobile. | Yes · ×5 to 80 |
| Fencing | Use a fencing practice weapon against an Academy combat target. | Yes · ×5 to 80 |
| Fishing | Fish valid, reachable water. The Academy supplies no dedicated fishing pool. | No supplied route |
| Focus | Recover missing stamina or mana through normal valid Focus checks while inside the Academy. | Conditional · natural checks |
| Forensic Evaluation | Use the skill on a valid corpse or other supported evidence. None is supplied permanently. | No supplied route |
| Healing | Use the reusable Academy bandages on an eligible Academy patient. | Yes · ×5 to 80 |
| Herding | Use a crook on a valid creature and destination. The Academy supplies no herding animal. | No supplied route |
| Hiding | Use Hiding while the location and nearby observers allow a real check. | Yes · ×5 to 80 |
| Inscription | Bring a scribe pen, blank scrolls and reagents; make a valid scroll. | Conditional · bring materials |
| Item Identification | Use the skill on an eligible unidentified item. | Conditional · bring an item |
| Lockpicking | Work through the wooden, iron, steel and master self-resetting chests. | Yes · ×5 to 80 |
| Lumberjacking | Chop a valid resource tree. The Academy supplies no dedicated renewable tree bank. | No supplied route |
| Mace Fighting | Use a mace practice weapon against an Academy combat target. | Yes · ×5 to 80 |
| Magery | Cast normal Magery spells on the matching Mage-wing practice target. | Yes · ×5 to 80 |
| Meditation | Spend mana, leave War Mode and use Meditation in the Academy or meditation circle. | Yes · ×5 to 80 |
| Mining | Mine a valid resource tile. The Academy supplies no dedicated ore bank. | No supplied route |
| Musicianship | Play the practice instrument in the Bard Hall. | Yes · ×5 to 80 |
| Mysticism | Use the Warrior PvM path and strike the Warrior-wing training dummy. | Yes · ×5 to 80 |
| Parrying | Equip a shield and receive eligible attacks from an Academy combat target. | Yes · ×5 to 80 |
| Peacemaking | Use the practice instrument on an eligible Bard Hall target. | Yes · ×5 to 80 |
| Poisoning | Bring an eligible weapon, food, dart or shuriken and apply an appropriate poison potion. | Conditional · bring supplies |
| Provocation | Use the practice instrument with the supported Bard Hall targets. | Yes · ×5 to 80 |
| Remove Trap | Use Remove Trap on the self-resetting Rogue-wing practice trap. | Yes · ×5 to 80 |
| Resisting Spells | Receive the supported harmless Mage-wing spell effects from the Academy target system. | Yes · ×5 to 80 |
| Snooping | Open another eligible mobile backpack under normal legal rules. No snooping target is supplied. | No supplied route |
| Spellweaving | Successful Academy Arcanism actions can also make their normal Spellweaving training check. | Yes · through Arcanism |
| Spirit Speak | Activate Spirit Speak normally; its button is for training rather than a separate combat effect. | Yes · ×5 to 80 |
| Stealing | Attempt a valid legal stealing target. The Academy supplies no stealable practice item. | No supplied route |
| Stealth | Hide first, then move while Stealth can perform a valid check. | Yes · ×5 to 80 |
| Swordsmanship | Use a sword practice weapon against an Academy combat target. | Yes · ×5 to 80 |
| Tactics | Land eligible practice-weapon attacks on an Academy combat target. | Yes · ×5 to 80 |
| Tailoring | Bring sewing tools and cloth or leather; craft a valid recipe. | Conditional · bring tools |
| Taste Identification | Use the skill on eligible food. | Conditional · bring food |
| Tinkering | Bring tinker tools and materials; craft a valid recipe. | Conditional · bring tools |
| Tracking | Use Tracking while eligible players or creatures are within its normal search rules. | Conditional · valid nearby target |
| Veterinary | Use bandages on your own eligible injured companion. | Conditional · bring a pet |
| Wrestling | Fight unarmed against an Academy combat target. | Yes · ×5 to 80 |
PVP AND PVM TRIALS
The Warrior, Archer and Mage wings each provide separate PvP and PvM trial chests. Their personal equipment is temporary and works only in the matching training area.
Use the ordinary weapon or Magery kit to understand movement, timing, healing and the skills required by PvP templates.
Use the real Arcane and Martial books to test creature-only abilities and see why their support skills are part of a complete PvM build.
PROTECTED AREA