New moves and abilities in combat are based upon unlocking a variety of skills spread across four distinct skill trees in The First Berserker: Khazan. Everything from Javelin throws to overhead stealth attacks can be unlocked by earning and investing skill points in individual skills.
This guide has everything there is to know about earning those skill points by raising Mastery Levels quickly and efficiently in The First Berserker: Khazan.
How To Earn Skill Points
Earning skill points is fairly straightforward, and is not to be confused with regular levelling from XP aka Lacrima. By simply engaging in combat with various weapons, while using a variety of moves–light, heavy, and special–you will begin to fill the Mastery Level meter. Each time the meter is fully filled, you will gain a Mastery Level and earn a single skill point.
Whether battling regular enemies or major bosses, and regardless of winning or losing the encounters, you will fill the Mastery Level meter. Unlike Lacrima, these gains are not lost on death, nor do they need to be retrieved from your corpse.
For best results, choose a lone enemy that you feel confident battling and simply parry or block their attacks. Parrying adds 1% to the Mastery Level meter, and blocking half of a percent. Actively attacking the enemy only adds a third of a percent to the meter, and will eventually kill the enemy, so is not worthwhile for grinding Mastery Levels.
Mastery Level
Mastery levels are tied to story progression, as this is a balancing mechanic. Once the Mastery Level cap is hit, no amount of combat will increase the meter’s progress, though you can continue to earn Lacrima to raise your main level and associated stats. In order to progress past the Mastery Level caps and proceed further up the skill trees, certain story conditions will have to be met:
Mastery Level 12
- Complete Trials of the Frozen Mountain
- Defeat Blade Phantom
Mastery Level 16
- Complete Forgotten Place
- Defeat Viper
Mastery Level 20
- Complete First Act of Revenge
- Defeat Volbaino
Mastery Level 24
- Complete Strange Stench
- Defeat Aratra
Mastery Level 28
- Complete Traitor Revealed
- Defeat Rangkus
Mastery Level 32
- Complete Veiled Knives
- Defeat Maluca
That is how to raise your Mastery Level and earn Skill Points fast in The First Berserker: Khazan.
