Skills

Learn about skills, skill tiers, and skillbook prices in Divinity: Original Sin 2. Starter skillbooks cost 300.

Skills in Divinity: Original Sin 2 are tied to Combat Abilities and function similarly to spells found in other RPGs. You begin with the ability to choose 3 skills at level 1. To acquire additional skills, you must purchase, steal, or craft skillbooks.

There are five distinct tiers for skills within any given Combat Ability:

• Starter
• Novice: unlocked at 4th level
• Adept: unlocked at 9th level
• Expert: unlocked at 13th level
• Master: unlocked at 16th level

Furthermore, you can unlock extra skills by combining skillbooks from an elemental ability with a non-elemental one. Base skillbooks are created when you use non-Source skillbooks. Combining a skillbook with a Source skillbook from a different ability results in a Source skillbook.

The base prices for skillbooks are as follows:

• Starter: Normal 300
• Novice: Normal 475 / 625
• Adept: Normal 1250 / 2500, Source 2000 / 4000
• Expert: Source 1875
• Master: Normal 3500, Source 7500

Warning: Learning a skill from a skillbook consumes the skillbook.

Base Damage

When a skill description mentions "X% of weapon damage", refer to the weapon damage tables for calculation. For other skills, the base damage is presented in the following table:

• Level 1: 6-7 damage
• Level 2: 8-9 damage
• Level 3: 10-12 damage
• Level 4: 12-14 damage
• Level 5: 15-17 damage
• Level 6: 18-20 damage
• Level 7: 22-24 damage
• Level 8: 26-28 damage
• Level 9: 29-33 damage
• Level 10: 34-38 damage
• Level 11: 40-44 damage
• Level 12: 47-51 damage
• Level 13: 54-60 damage
• Level 14: 63-69 damage
• Level 15: 74-82 damage
• Level 16: 88-98 damage
• Level 17: 105-116 damage
• Level 18: 132-146 damage
• Level 19: 158-174 damage
• Level 20: 189-209 damage
• Level 21: 227-251 damage