Basic Magic and Weapon Skill Milestones

There are some other guides and useful information out there for Darkfall beginners, but I have found nothing as immediately useful as Valroth's video series on accelerated character development. It is divided into four parts for a total of about 40 minutes of viewing. I recommend that you watch these videos first, before logging in. Almost all of the questions newbs ask in race or alliance chat can be answered in Valroth's videos much more quickly and efficiently.

The following information is noted from Valroth's videos (with some updates) so you can refer to it without taking notes yourself when you watch the videos.

Thanks to Valroth and the other constructive members of the Darkfall community for this information. Remember to check the forums for more detailed information.


 To Do List: The TLDR Version

After you get enough gold, buy a two-handed weapon so you can gain skill points. The starter weapon doesn't help you raise skill. As soon as you can kill goblin shamans, start collecting their staffs and use them to raise magic skills with heal self whenever it's off cooldown, and mana missile at any wildlife or mobs.

Skill Milestones

25 Lesser Magic

Go to mage trainer and purchase mana to stamina (150G), health to mana (100G),  and Eldritch Sphere (100G) all under spells, and durable spells lesser magic under skills (50G).

25 Weapon

You should be working on a two-handed weapon (more discussion on which one to come in another post). Visit fighter trainer and purchase power attack (500G) on the weapon skills tab. Equip it on your hotbar and start using it.

50 Lesser Magic

Visit mage in racial capital and purchase the skills greater magic (100G) and mana efficiency lesser magic (100G). Also purchase the greater magic spell rend (200G) and lesser magic spell heal mount (150G) and stamina to health (200G). To get a mount you need 1 steedgrass from herb gathering and 700G. Go to the arcanist npc and buy a tamer's whistle (200G) and under the service tab the crafting skill taming (500G).

25 Greater Magic

Purchase durable spells greater magic (200G).

50 Weapon

Go to fighter in racial capital and purchase whirlwind attack (1000G).

50 Greater Magic

Purchase your first elemental school (1000G) from mage in capital.Choose one elemental school to focus on at first (more detail on this issue to come). Purchase the first elemental bolt (350G) and upgrade the bolt spell (1000G) with velocity (see the fighter, oddly enough) so you don't miss as often and waste reagents. Also purchase the two available elemental buffs (2 x 350G) for that school. Additionally, purchase mana efficiency greater magic (200G), and upgrade rend with jump (1000G). Finally, purchase the school of witchcraft (500G) and the witchcraft spell needles (300G).

75 Lesser Magic

Purchase quicken spells lesser magic (200G) and upgrade Eldritch Sphere with velocity (1000G).


Watch Valroth's Videos

Here is the link in case you missed it: Valroth's Guides

Coming up: Character selection - which race? Setting up your UI, Choose your weapon, ways to use your newbie protection, should you join NEW? Other basic stuff, detailed commentaries and notes on Valroth's videos