Active Skills

The following is a list of Active Skills in Outward. For Passive skills, see Passive Skills.

Basic Skills

These skills can produce their own standalone effect, and/or produce new effects when combined with other skills.

Name	Description	Required	Consumes	Cooldown	Tier	Cost	Acquisition
Cleanse	Requires 50% Corruption and a Mana Stone. Creates a Dark Stone, removes 30% Corruption, suffer Extreme Bleeding and 65 Decay damage.	At least 50% Corruption Mana Stone	Mana Stone	None	3	600	Ella Lockwell
Flamethrower	Required: Torch or Lantern Shoots fire from the torch or lantern, which also inflicts the Burning status effect. This skill lowers the durability of the torch or lantern used.	Equipped Lantern	15 Mana	5 seconds	1	50	First Watcher
Haunting Beat	Required: Ghost Drums in inventory. Deploys the Ghost Drum and causes Haunted in a small radius. There can't be another Totem within 30 meters.	Ghost Drums	20 Stamina	120 seconds	1	50	Sinai, the Primal Ritualist
Jinx	Inflicts a random Hex debuff on the target.	nil	8 Mana	5 seconds	1	50	Ella Lockwell
Mana Push	Spell which inflicts no damage but has High Impact in a wide area in front of the caster. Can be combined with other spells for powerful effects.	nil	5 Mana	15 seconds	1	50	Adalbert the Hermit
Mana Ward	Envelops you in Mana and, for an instant, you become immune to Damage. Can be combined with other spells for powerful effects.	nil	7 Mana	20 seconds	1	50	Alemmon
Nurturing Echo	Required: At least one deployed Totem within 15 meters. Generates a bubble around nearby Totems that provide restoration of some kind. Lasts longer depending on how many Charges the Totem has built up.	Nearby deployed Instrument with 15 meters	20 Stamina	240 seconds	3	600	Sinai, the Primal Ritualist
Prime	Removes 2 Alertness levels, instantly resets the cooldown of the next skill used in the next 3 minutes.	nil	2 Alertness levels	500 seconds	3	600	Serge Battleborn
Push Kick	Weak attack that excels at knocking back enemies	nil	9 Stamina	15 seconds	Starter	None	nil
Reveal Soul	Reveal the blueish soul orb left by deceased thieves and adventurers. Certain spells must be cast within proximity of a soul.	nil	5 Mana	5 seconds	1	50	Adalbert the Hermit
Reverberation	Required: Must be facing a Totem within 15 meters Recalls a deployed totem to your inventory, and generates a zone of recurring damage. The size, damage type and duration depend on the Totem and how many Charges it has built up.	Nearby deployed Instrument with 15 meters	25 Stamina	10 seconds	3	600	Sinai, the Primal Ritualist
Spark	Tiny fire explosion that deals negligible damage, but can be used in combination with other spells for greater effects. This spell can light campfires.	nil	5 Mana	3 seconds	Quest	None	Obtained when acquiring Mana
Sweep Kick	Weak attack with wide arc of effect and high impact. Will knock down a target afflicted by Confusion status effect.	nil	12 stamina	15 seconds	1	50	Styx
Throw Lantern	Throws your equipped lantern on the enemy, creating a zone of fire for 5 seconds. Using this skill destroys the lantern.	Equipped Lantern	4 Stamina, Equipped Lantern	None	Starter	None	nil
Unerring Read	Removes 1 Alertness levels, cancels the next hit received in the next 20 seconds.	nil	1 Alertness level	120 seconds	3	600	Serge Battleborn
Welkin Ring	Required: Sky Chimes in inventory. Deploys the Sky Chimes and causes Doom in a small radius. There can't be another Totem within 30 meters.	Sky Chimes	20 Stamina	120 seconds	1	50	Sinai, the Primal Ritualist

Combination Skills

Casting these skills will alter or add to the effects of other skills.

See Skill Combinations for a list of skill combinations

Name	Description	Required	Consumes	Cooldown	Tier	Cost	Acquisition
Blood Sigil	Consumes: Dark Stone Create a magic circle on the ground. Certain skills have additional effects when cast within this circle.	Dark Stone	7 Mana, Dark Stone	None	3	600	Ella Lockwell
Conjure	Spell which does nothing on its own, but can be combined with other abilites.	nil	10 Mana	8 seconds	3	600	Adalbert the Hermit
Rune: Dez	Blue rune that does nothing on its own, but can produce combo effects by casting other runes in the correct order.	Lexicon or Internalized Lexicon	8 Mana	2 seconds	1	50	Flase, Sage Trainer
Rune: Egoth	Purple rune that does nothing on its own, but can produce combo effects by casting other runes in the correct order.	Lexicon or Internalized Lexicon	8 Mana	2 seconds	1	50	Flase, Sage Trainer
Rune: Fal	Green rune that does nothing on its own, but can produce combo effects by casting other runes in the correct order.	Lexicon or Internalized Lexicon	8 Mana	2 seconds	1	50	Flase, Sage Trainer
Rune: Shim	Red rune that does nothing on its own, but can produce combo effects by casting other runes in the correct order.	Lexicon or Internalized Lexicon	8 Mana	2 seconds	1	50	Flase, Sage Trainer
Rupture	Detonate all Hexes on nearby enemies, and all souls, for related damage.	nil	10 Mana	10 seconds	3	600	Ella Lockwell
Sigil of Fire	Consumes: Fire Stone Create a magic circle on the ground. Certain skills have additional effects when cast within this circle.	Fire Stone	7 Mana, Fire Stone	None	1	50	Alemmon
Sigil of Ice	Consumes: Cold Stone Create a magic circle on the ground. Certain skills have additional effects when cast within this circle.	Cold Stone	7 Mana, Cold Stone	None	3	600	Alemmon
Sigil of Wind	Required: Activated Wind Altar. Create a magic circle on the ground. Certain skills have additional effects when cast within this circle.	Activated Wind Altar	10 Mana	100 seconds	3	600	Adalbert the Hermit
Torment	Triggers a related reaction in all nearby enemies afflicted with a Hex	nil	10 Mana	10 seconds	1	100	Ella Lockwell

Weapon Skills

Weapon skills require a specific equipped Weapon.

Melee Weapon Skills

These skills require an equipped melee weapon.

Name	Description	Required	Consumes	Cooldown	Tier	Cost	Acquisition
Brace	Blocks an attack, restoring your stability and giving you the Discipline boon. All nearby enemies are knocked back.	Melee Weapon	None	200 seconds	1	50	Galira
Counterstrike	Required: Any Melee Weapon Completely block a physical attack, striking the attacker and dealing high Damage.	Melee Weapon	12 Stamina	100 seconds	3	600	Galira
Crescendo	A quick strike that generates 1 stack of the Craze Buff on hit, which grants bonus damage. All stacks of Craze are lost if you are damaged.	Two-handed Mace	7 Stamina	3 seconds	1	3	Bea Battleborn, Weapons Master
Dispersion	Create a highly damaging shockwave that destabilizes you. If your Weapon has an elemental imbue, it uses that element and inflicts the associated Hex on foes.	One-handed Mace	30 Stamina	120 seconds	1	3	Bea Battleborn, Weapons Master
Elemental Discharge	Required: Infused Weapon Shoot a projectile of the element that is infused on your weapon.	Melee Weapon Imbue Melee Weapon	15 Mana	10 seconds	3	600	Eto Akiyuki
Execution	High Damage and Impact strike that deals twice its Damage against knocked down foes.	Two-Handed Axe	12 Stamina	15 seconds	1	50	Sagard Battleborn
Feral Strikes	Required: Melee Weapon, Rage Boon Attack twice, consuming your Rage boon in the process. Inflicts Extreme Bleeding and Pain.	Melee Weapon Rage	10 Stamina, Rage	8 seconds	3	600	Ture
Flash Onslaught	Required: Any Melee Weapon, Discipline Boon Attack all enemies within a close distance with increased Damage and Impact. Using the skill consumes the Discipline boon.	Melee Weapon Discipline	25 Stamina, Discipline	240 seconds	3	600	Galira
Juggernaut	Slow but powerful melee attack that inflicts Confusion. Increases your Impact Resistance during this attack.	Two-handed mace	10 Stamina	20 seconds	1	50	Soeran
Mace Infusion	Block an elemental attack, infusing your weapon with that element.	One-handed Mace	5 Stamina	20 seconds	1	50	Taleron
Moment of Truth	A highly damaging strike that bypasses 50% of enemy resistances. Lowers your own resistances by 50% for 15 seconds.	Two-handed Sword	12 Stamina	15 seconds	1	3	Bea Battleborn, Weapons Master
Moon Swipe	Double attack that deals high damage, and that increases in power if you have the Rage or Discipline boons.	Polearm	15 Stamina	30 seconds	1	50	Wandering Mercenary
Perfect Strike	Required: Any Melee Weapon, Discipline Boon. Lunging attack that ignores all defenses and inflicts Pain.	Melee Weapon Discipline boon	10 Stamina	30 seconds	3	600	Galira
Pommel Counter	Counter an attack with a high Impact strike using the sword's pommel. Inflicts Confusion and can chain into melee attacks.	Two-handed sword	10 Stamina	100 seconds	1	50	Burac
Predator Leap	Jumping attack that creates a shockwave upon landing, with high Impact and Damage.	Melee Weapon Rage boon	13 Stamina	40 seconds	3	600	Ture
Prismatic Flurry	Does an extra hit for each Elemental Boon active.	Gauntlets	nil	30 seconds	1	1x Pure Chitin	Mavith
Probe	A weak attack that increases Alertness level on hit. Evolves into stronger forms as Alertness level rises.	Melee Weapon	0.75 Stamina	0.5 seconds	1	50	Serge Battleborn
Puncture	Close combat attack which deals high Damage and Impact, and inflicts Pain.	One-Handed Sword	12 Stamina	10 seconds	1	50	Markus
Scalp Collector	Inflicts Bleeding on hit. Finish off an enemy with this skill to gain the Kill Streak Buff, which grants bonus damage and speed.	One-handed Axe	8 Stamina	30 seconds	1	3	Bea Battleborn, Weapons Master
Simeon's Gambit	Deflect a melee attack and counter with a powerful strike. You will still strike if no attack was deflected, but for less damage.	Spear	25 Stamina	100 seconds	1	50	King Simeon
Splitter	A leaping strike that increases in power as the enemy's life % decreases, and uses the element infused on the weapon. You will evade all enemy attacks while performing this move.	Polearm	15 Stamina, Burns 5 and 5	45 seconds	1	3	Bea Battleborn, Weapons Master
Strafing Run	Run to the left or right while unleashing a storm of 5 arrows. Best used while locked onto a target.	Bow 5 arrows	25 Stamina	100	1	3	Bea Battleborn, Weapons Master
Talus Cleaver	Low blow that reduces the target's mobility. Inflicts Pain and Cripple.	One-Handed Axe	10 Stamina	30 seconds	1	50	Oda
The Technique	Unleash a flurry of 6 rapid strikes.	One-handed Sword	30 Stamina	120 seconds	1	3	Bea Battleborn, Weapons Master
Vicious Cycle	A high damage and high impact sweep that inflicts Cripple on enemies.	Spear	15 Stamina	120 seconds	1	3	Bea Battleborn, Weapons Master
Vital Crash	A long distance running tackle that does more damage the more Health % you have and more impact the more Stamina % you have. Inflicts Confusion and Pain on you.	Gauntlets	10 Stamina	60 seconds	1	3	Bea Battleborn, Weapons Master
Warrior's Vein	A strong counter with high impact that inflicts Extreme Bleeding on yourself and the enemy.	Two-handed Axe	12 Stamina	50 seconds	1	3	Bea Battleborn, Weapons Master

Melee Imbue Skills

Magical imbues, which can only affect Melee weapons.

Name	Description	Required	Consumes	Cooldown	Tier	Cost	Acquisition
Infuse Blood	Infuses your weapon with the Decay element, as well as Extreme Poison and Extreme bleeding. Leeches 10% of damage dealt into your HP. Costs 20 Life to activate.	Melee Weapon	20 Health	240 seconds	Quest	None	Anthony Berthelot, Krypteia Scholar
Infuse Fire	Temporarily adds fire damage to your melee weapon and inflicts Burning on enemies. Consumes your Warm boon.	Warm Melee weapon	Warm, 15 Mana	None	3	600	Eto Akiyuki
Infuse Frost	Temporarily adds ice damage to your melee weapon and inflicts Slow Down on enemies. Consumes your Cool boon.	Cool Melee Weapon	Cool, 15 Mana	None	3	600	Eto Akiyuki
Infuse Light	Temporarily adds lighting damage to your melee weapon, also making the weapon a useful light source. Consumes your Blessed boon.	Blessed Melee weapon	Blessed, 12 Mana	None	Quest	None	Looking to the Future (join the Holy Mission)
Infuse Mana	Infuses your weapon with the Ethereal element.	Melee Weapon	35 Mana	240 seconds	Quest	None	Samantha Turnbull, Head Enchanter
Infuse Wind	Required: Activated Wind Altar. Increases the Impact and Attack Speed of your melee weapon for 3 minutes. Your stamina burn increases more quickly, however.	Activated Wind Altar	15 Mana	240 seconds	3	600	Adalbert the Hermit

Shield Skills

These skills require an equipped Shield.

Name	Description	Required	Consumes	Cooldown	Tier	Cost	Acquisition
Gong Strike	Strike your weapon on your shield, removing the elemental infusion to make an explosion of that element.	Melee Weapon Imbue Shield	11 Stamina, Current melee imbue	30 seconds	3	600	Eto Akiyuki
Shield Charge	Required: Shield Rush forward to hit foes with your shield for high Impact. Can hit the target twice.	Shield	15 Stamina	30 seconds	1	100	Eto Akiyuki
Shield Infusion	Block an elemental attack. When you next block, an elemental explosion will burst from you.	Shield	5 Stamina	60 seconds	3	600	Jaimon

Dagger Skills

These skills require an equipped Dagger.

Name	Description	Required	Consumes	Cooldown	Tier	Cost	Acquisition
Backstab	Required: Dagger Dagger attack. If the attack hits the enemy's back, the damage and impact are tripled.	Dagger	5 stamina	15 seconds	1	50	Styx
Dagger Slash	Required: Dagger Simple attack with the dagger.	Equipped Dagger	2 Stamina	0.5 seconds	Starter	None	nil
Opportunist Stab	Dagger attack. If the enemy has the Pain or Confusion hex, this attack's damage and knockback are tripled. If it has both, it is 6 times stronger instead.	Dagger	5 Stamina	10 seconds	1	100	Styx
Serpent's Parry	Required: Dagger Counter a physical attack with a strong dagger strike. Targets afflicted by Confusion are briefly stunned. Targets afflicted by Pain will be inflicted Extreme Bleeding.	Dagger	7 Stamina	100 seconds	3	600	Styx

Bow Skills

These skills require an equipped Bow.

Name	Description	Required	Consumes	Cooldown	Tier	Cost	Acquisition
Evasion Shot	Shoot an arrow while jumping backwards. Causes the Cripple status effect on the target. Locking on foes is essential with this skill.	Bow	12 Stamina	30 seconds	1	50	Ture
Piercing Shot	Required: Bow. Strong shot that goes through enemies and hits other foes behind. Inflicts Extreme Bleeding.	Bow	15 Stamina	30 seconds	3	600	Ture
Sniper Shot	Required: Bow. Let loose a very strong arrow shot with a long windup, making it a poor option in the middle of combat.	Bow	15 Stamina	30 seconds	1	100	Ture

Pistol Skills

These skills require an equipped Pistol.

Name	Description	Required	Consumes	Cooldown	Tier	Cost	Acquisition
Blood Bullet	Required: Pistol, Possessed Boon Absorb the enemy's life into your pistol as a blood bullet, healing yourself. Shooting it requires the use of the Fire/Reload skill.	Pistol Possessed	12 Mana	30 seconds	3	600	Jaimon
Fire / Reload	Required: Pistol, Bullet Load the equipped pistol with a bullet, or fires if it is already loaded. Some abilities load special bullets into your pistol, which are fired using this skill.	Equipped Pistol	Bullet (or imbued bullet)	None	Starter	None	nil
Frost Bullet	Required: Pistol, Cool Boon Load the pistol with a bullet that makes a short-distance blast which slows enemies. Removes your Cool boon. Shooting it requires use of the Fire/Reload skill.	Pistol Cool	Cool	None	1	100	Jaimon
Shatter Bullet	Required: Pistol, Iron Scraps Load a bullet with high Impact which also inflicts Pain Shooting it requires the use of the Fire/Reload skill.	Pistol, Iron Scrap	Iron Scrap	5 seconds	1	50	Jaimon

Chakram Skills

These skills require an equipped Chakram, and the Discipline boon.

Name	Description	Required	Consumes	Cooldown	Tier	Cost	Acquisition
Chakram Arc	Required:Chakram, Discipline Boon. The disc sweeps the area in front of the caster, dealing high Damage and Impact. Discipline is required to cast this spell.	Chakram Discipline	8 Mana	12 seconds	1	100	Alemmon
Chakram Dance	Required: Chakram, Discipline Boon. The disc sways left and right as it advances, hitting multiple times and dealing high damage. Discipline is required to cast this spell	Chakram Discipline	20 Mana	120 seconds	3	600	Alemmon
Chakram Pierce	Required: Chakram, Discipline Boon. Launch the disc forward, possibly hitting the enemy twice. Discipline is required to cast this spell.	Chakram Discipline	5 Mana	6 seconds	1	50	Alemmon

Boon Skills

These spells grant a positive status effect known as a Boon.

Name	Description	Required	Consumes	Cooldown	Tier	Cost	Acquisition
Blessed (skill)	Grants a Blessed boon, which increases your Lightning Damage and Lightning Resistance. Certain skills require this boon to be active.	nil	8 Mana	120 seconds	1	50	Mofat
Call to Elements	Grants you a boon that varies according to your location when casting this spell.	nil	5 Mana	120 seconds	1	50	Adalbert the Hermit
Cool (skill)	Grants the Cool boon, which increases your Frost Damage and Frost Resistance. It also increases your protection to hot weather. Certain skills require this boon to be active.	nil	8 Mana	120 seconds	1	50	Second Watcher
Enrage	Grants the Rage boon, which increases the Impact of your attacks. Using this skill burns a bit of your maximum health until the next time you sleep. Certain skills require this boon to be active.	nil	Burns 4 Health	500 seconds	1	50	Ture
Focus	Grants the discipline boon, which increases the physical damage of your attacks. Using this skill burns a bit of your maximum stamina until the next time you sleep. Certain skills require this boon to be active.	nil	Burns 4 Stamina	500 seconds	1	50	Galira
Mist (skill)	Grants the Mist boon, which increases your Ethereal Damage and Ethereal Resistance. Certain skills require this boon to be active.	nil	8 Mana	120 seconds	1	50	Cyril Turnbull
Possessed (skill)	Grants the Possessed boon, which increases your Decay Damage and Decay Resistance by 20%. Certain skills require this boon to be active	nil	8 Mana	120 seconds	Quest	None	Friendly Immaculate
Warm (skill)	Grants the Warm boon, which increases your Fire Damage and Fire Resistance. It also increases your protection to cold weather. Certain skills require this boon to be active.	nil	8 Mana	120 seconds	1	50	Smooth

Hex Skills

These skills are exclusive to The Soroboreans DLC, and inflict a negative debuff known as a Hex.

Name	Description	Required	Consumes	Cooldown	Tier	Cost	Acquisition
Chill Hex	Inflicts Chill on touch.	nil	5 Mana	3 seconds	Quest	None	Skeleton at Wendigo Lair (1x Raw Meat)
Curse Hex	Inflicts Curse on touch.	nil	5 Mana	3 seconds	Quest	None	Bloody Business
Doom Hex	Inflicts Doom on touch.	nil	5 Mana	3 seconds	1	50	Headmaster Raul Salaberry
Haunt Hex	Inflicts Haunted on touch.	nil	5 Mana	3 seconds	1	50	Robyn Garnet, Alchemist
Scorch Hex	Inflicts Scorched on touch.	nil	5 Mana	3 seconds	1	50	The 9th Watcher

Cosmetic Skills

These are purely cosmetic skills which have no gameplay effects.

Name	Description	Required	Consumes	Cooldown	Tier	Cost	Acquisition
Blade Puppy	A lich's best friend!	nil	nil	5 seconds		None	Plague Doctor
Cutthroat Pearlbird Pet	Menace of the Chersonese	nil	nil	5 seconds		None	Black Pearlbird Egg
Daughter Medyse	Aww, she has your eyes! Or at least, one of your kidneys!	nil	nil	5 seconds	Quest	None	Injected with Medyse egg
Fireworks	Cosmetic Ability: Shoots fireworks.	nil	nil	5 seconds	Starter	None	Early purchase bonus
Golden Watcher	A lich's little spy...	nil	nil	5 seconds	Quest	None	Light Mender
House Hippo	Plump cuteness	nil	nil	5 seconds	Starter	None	Reward for purchasing The Three Brothers
Kid Calygrey	Looks like little Timothy is a big fan of yours!	nil	nil	5 seconds	Quest	None	Calygrey Colosseum
Mini Manticore	It's a pet, but still a venomous one	nil	nil	5 seconds	Quest	None	Manticore Egg
Pet Crescent Shark	Cosmetic Ability: Summon a pet shark	nil	nil	5 seconds	Quest	None	Pet Shark Puzzle
Pet Pearlbird	Cosmetic ability: Summon a pet Pearlbird	nil	nil	5 seconds	Starter	None	Early purchase bonus
Severed Obsidian	Unfortunately no heating missiles	nil	nil	5 seconds	Quest	None	New Sirocco Mines
Summon Veaber	Do not feed him meat	nil	nil	5 seconds	Starter	None	The Soroboreans DLC Bonus