Level up Sneak

[kongkim]

If i want to level up my sneak, can i just snak around a boar or deer all day, or will it level up faster with highere tier monsters like trolls etc?

[glass zebra]

It is important that you are in their view cone, but not relevant who is the one watching you. If you plan to tame boars at some point, you can aggro them and pull them into the fence, close the door, wait for them too cool off and then sneak around their face all day long without them being able to reach you because of the fence.

Or just use sneak for the moments you want your sneak skill to be leveled and use troll armour for a bit to have a higher base skill.

[kongkim]

Originally posted by glass zebra:

It is important that you are in their view cone, but not relevant who is the one watching you. If you plan to tame boars at some point, you can aggro them and pull them into the fence, close the door, wait for them too cool off and then sneak around their face all day long without them being able to reach you because of the fence.

Or just use sneak for the moments you want your sneak skill to be leveled and use troll armour for a bit to have a higher base skill.

Ok thx for the answer :)

[avatar.zero]

You don't have to be in their view cone, just within their sensory range. Experience is based on distance moved while sneaking. As long as they remain unaware (no symbols over them), you get 10x as much experience as trying to sneak around an aware creature (yellow exclamation mark) or trying to sneak without being within the sensory range of any creatures (yes, you can practice sneaking in your base, it just takes a really long time). Level or type of creature has no impact.

[blprice61]

Originally posted by avatar.zero:

You don't have to be in their view cone, just within their sensory range. Experience is based on distance moved while sneaking. As long as they remain unaware (no symbols over them), you get 10x as much experience as trying to sneak around an aware creature (yellow exclamation mark) or trying to sneak without being within the sensory range of any creatures (yes, you can practice sneaking in your base, it just takes a really long time). Level or type of creature has no impact.

Correct except that you do not have to actually move, spending stamina attempting to move works. In other words, you can just sneak into a wall, holding 'W' key down. That allows you to stay in rested status and under resting effect - this improves both xp gain and stam regen rates.

I usually trap a half dozen neckkers in a trench for training block. When I camp overnight within sensory range of the neckers, I can train sneak at the highest rate while remaining rested in a shelter just sneaking into a wall.

[glass zebra]

If the wiki is correct, it is "time moved" not "distance moved". Same for run and swim

[blprice61]

Originally posted by glass zebra:

If the wiki is correct, it is "time moved" not "distance moved". Same for run and swim

Should say "attempting to move" rather than "moved". I've verified this in game many times with all the physical movement based skills.

[avatar.zero]

Originally posted by blprice61:

Originally posted by avatar.zero:

You don't have to be in their view cone, just within their sensory range. Experience is based on distance moved while sneaking. As long as they remain unaware (no symbols over them), you get 10x as much experience as trying to sneak around an aware creature (yellow exclamation mark) or trying to sneak without being within the sensory range of any creatures (yes, you can practice sneaking in your base, it just takes a really long time). Level or type of creature has no impact.

Correct except that you do not have to actually move, spending stamina attempting to move works. In other words, you can just sneak into a wall, holding 'W' key down. That allows you to stay in rested status and under resting effect - this improves both xp gain and stam regen rates.

I usually trap a half dozen neckkers in a trench for training block. When I camp overnight within sensory range of the neckers, I can train sneak at the highest rate while remaining rested in a shelter just sneaking into a wall.

This is the correct answer (I used to keep a Neck trapped in a stone building with a half-height wall and campfire at appropriate distances as a practice chamber for Sneak - just sneak in, close the door, wait for the Neck to go unaware, and then just "walk" against the wall). This is what happens when I post before waking on a subject I haven't practiced in a while.

[Zombits]

get it to 15-20 LVL is enough. its generally a waste of time skill once you get stronger armor after troll suit

[kongkim]

Originally posted by Zombits:

get it to 15-20 LVL is enough. its generally a waste of time skill once you get stronger armor after troll suit

Yah, maybe, but want to try something new :)

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Originally posted by avatar.zero:

You don't have to be in their view cone, just within their sensory range. Experience is based on distance moved while sneaking. As long as they remain unaware (no symbols over them), you get 10x as much experience as trying to sneak around an aware creature (yellow exclamation mark) or trying to sneak without being within the sensory range of any creatures (yes, you can practice sneaking in your base, it just takes a really long time). Level or type of creature has no impact.

Its not actually distance, but spending stamina while sneaking. If you wall in some pigs, and sneak into the wall (so not moving anywhere) you level up.

[glass zebra]

Originally posted by Zombits:

get it to 15-20 LVL is enough. its generally a waste of time skill once you get stronger armor after troll suit

1 hitting seeker soldiers and 1 combo kill one star seekers soldiers is not really a waste of time I'd say or doing almost 10% max hp damage to the Queen with a single hit (possibly multiple times in the same encounter). There is no "stronger" armour for what the troll armour does. Only more tanky and cumbersome armour or the extra speedy fenris armour. Also 2 unrelated armours of course

[kongkim]

Originally posted by glass zebra:

Originally posted by Zombits:

get it to 15-20 LVL is enough. its generally a waste of time skill once you get stronger armor after troll suit

1 hitting seeker soldiers and 1 combo kill one star seekers soldiers is not really a waste of time I'd say or doing almost 10% max hp damage to the Queen with a single hit (possibly multiple times in the same encounter). There is no "stronger" armour for what the troll armour does. Only more tanky and cumbersome armour or the extra speedy fenris armour. Also 2 unrelated armours of course

Do sneak skill scale your damage?

[glass zebra]

Originally posted by kongkim:

Originally posted by glass zebra:

1 hitting seeker soldiers and 1 combo kill one star seekers soldiers is not really a waste of time I'd say or doing almost 10% max hp damage to the Queen with a single hit (possibly multiple times in the same encounter). There is no "stronger" armour for what the troll armour does. Only more tanky and cumbersome armour or the extra speedy fenris armour. Also 2 unrelated armours of course

Do sneak skill scale your damage?

No, just sneakiness and stamina drain. It just makes it less painful to sneak up on someone. The damage done by a backstab depends on that multiplier written on your weapon.

[kongkim]

Originally posted by glass zebra:

Originally posted by kongkim:

Do sneak skill scale your damage?

No, just sneakiness and stamina drain. It just makes it less painful to sneak up on someone. The damage done by a backstab depends on that multiplier written on your weapon.

Yah okay :) thx