Weapon Mastery

NOTE: In Spring 2014, Weapon Masteries were updated. "Weapon masteries are now universal. All characters get the benefit of 5 DR when using a weapon with a mastery, regardless of the character's mastery. Weapon that previously had no mastery bonus at all still don't give 5 DR."

Introduced in the Master of Arms event, Weapon Mastery allows a character to gain a +5 Damage Rating for a melee weapon and one ranged weapon type.

Characters can only have one melee mastery and one ranged mastery at any one time. Melee masteries include: Axe, Dagger, Mace, Spear, Staff, Sword, Unarmed Combat and Two Handed Combat. Ranged masteries include: Bow, Crossbow, Magic, and Thrown Weapon.

Existing characters will get one free change to their melee weapon mastery and their ranged mastery.

Weapon types and masteries

Heavy, Finesse, Light and Missile weapons list a weapon type after the skill on the stats (ID) panel. For example the Amateur Explorer Dirk displays Heavy Weapons (Dagger) so receives a damage bonus when the wielder has the dagger weapon mastery.

Weapons that cannot be mastered

Some weapons do not list their type such as the Atlan Weapons and Isparian Weapons sets and thus cannot be mastered. Weapons that cannot be mastered have the following description: "This weapon seems tough to master.".

Note: Two handed weapons and magic casters do not display a weapon type.

Races, Heritages and their specific Masteries

Races start with the following masteries:

Race	Melee mastery	Ranged mastery
Aluvian	Daggers	Bows
Sho	Unarmed Weapons	Bows
Gharu'ndim	Staves	Magic (spells)
Viamontian	Swords	Crossbows
Umbraen Penumbraen	Unarmed Weapons	Crossbows
Gear Knight	Maces	Crossbows
Empyrean	Swords	Magic (spells)
Undead	Axes	Thrown Weapons
Aun Tumeroks	Spears	Thrown Weapons

This will also influence which Training Weapons a character starts out with. See Training and Academy Weapons and Character Creation for an overview.

Changing your Weapon Mastery

After creation, you can change your Mastery at the Mastery Statues in Arwic at 33.5N, 56.8E.
Players can receive one free Melee Mastery and one free Ranged Mastery change.
If you wish to change Weapon Masteries a 2nd time the following is the cost of making the change:
- You require 10 MMDs.
- You have to level 200.
- You have completed the Luminance Flagging quest.
- You have to have 100,000 Luminance spare.