Active and instant abilities

See also: Spell mechanics

Abilities are divided into 2 main categories:

1. Active abilities
2. Instant abilities

Active abilities

These abilities can be casted only when you're not casting any other ability but they can be casted while you're moving, although doing so slows you down by 40%. The following abilities are in this category:

Active abilities

Skill	Abilities
Fire	Fireball Meteor Eradication beam
Shadow	Plague Plague surge Deathbolt Mind control
Ice	Frostbolt Ice pillar
Storm	Tempest strike Thunder orb
Light	Divine hammer
Nature	Poisonous arrow Ghost arrow
Fishing	Fishing (ability)
Agility	Animal form

Instant abilities

Usage of instant abilities is limited only by their own cooldown and they can be used even while you're casting other ability. The following abilities are in this category:

Instant abilities

Skill	Abilities
Offense	Fire conversion Shadow conversion Ice conversion Storm conversion Light conversion Nature conversion Chaos conversion
Fire	Fire barrier
Shadow	Pet stances (out of combat only)
Ice	Freeze Ice barrier
Storm	Flashward Teleport
Light	Time jump Shadowlight barrier Divine aegis
Nature	Regeneration

Toggled abilities

Toggled abilities are Instant abilities that can be turned on / off. To do so, you can either use the ability again or as many toggled abilities create a status effect, cancel it instead.

Hidden abilities

These skills cannot be assigned. They do not affect combat and can be used only by interacting with something.

1. Mining beam
2. Elemental beam

Unlocking and upgrading abilities and perks

You can unlock any ability in the game by opening the skills window ("K" by default). All abilities available to be upgraded show a plus sign inside of their icon. You can unlock or upgrade it only if you have enough combat or profession points.

Meteor ready to be unlocked

You can always see the informations about the ability's current and next level in its tooltip when hovering over its icon.

After unlocking a new ability, most of them can be upgraded to level 2 and some even to level 3. Levels can unlock additional status effects the skill can apply or many other various boosts to their power.