NOOB Q. how to get first ability for magic skills?

[ambi]

i went with a pure physical starting build, and can't skill up in any of the magic skills coz they're all at level 0. is it possible to get to lvl 1 somehow? or is my guy stuck as a barbarian savage?

[ViiK]

If you don’t take it at the start then you need one rare loot item, don’t remember the name.

[Haperski]

Its a skill book.
In my almost 100 hr playtime I have never once gotten floromancy, cryomancy or pyromancy book. So you'd have easier time starting with 2 magic skills from the beginning (plus adventuring).

[Doombringer]

There is also a Medusa extreme difficulty PoI that gives a item you can use to train floromancy.
This item (Medusa Head) can also be found in extreme difficulty PoI end-chests.

Otherwise you need to find a book from troublesome+ PoI chests.

[ambi]

thx for the answers.

i assume its the same with the construction skill? im at 0 construction and cant build anything to level it up.

[Verdeth]

Originally posted by ambi:

thx for the answers.

i assume its the same with the construction skill? im at 0 construction and cant build anything to level it up.

you can level construction if you build stuff from carpentry (floors, walls, etc)

[Blevak]

Pyromancy, you can get a pyromancy skillbook guaranteed from the "Dark Alchemist" Extreme PoI from the boss.

Floromancy, that's been described before. You can find a Medusa head from an extreme PoI guaranteed from the boss there or from an extreme PoI chest at random.

Cryomancy is the one you have to start with or else you're going to have to depend on your RNG to find the skillbook in troublesome to extreme PoI.

Construction, all you need to do to get level 1 there is to spend the 100 gold to make a settlement of your own.

[ViiK]

Originally posted by ambi:

thx for the answers.

i assume its the same with the construction skill? im at 0 construction and cant build anything to level it up.

Constructions jumps to 1 when you claim first tile for settlement, above that just build stuff and it will go up.

[Haperski]

Originally posted by ViiK:

Constructions jumps to 1 when you claim first tile for settlement, above that just build stuff and it will go up.

You don't even need to completely build them. You get the Skill XP just by placing them. So if you have a lot of stone you can just go to a random POI and spam stone walls to grind. If you have wood you'll train Carpentry instead. Floors don't give XP.

[Doombringer]

Magic skills and leadership are the only skill that you need external help to get from 0 to 1+.
(Leadership can be from a skill book or 32+ Hunting or 40+ Construction, as both of those also give companion slots.)