Avowed is just around the corner and players are excited to check out the amazing combat possibilities the game has to offer. From what we’ve seen, the game provides players a lot of freedom when it comes to making builds.
In Avowed, attributes, abilities and backgrounds play an essential role in how your build works. If you’re confused how these work, we’ve got you covered so you do not get blindsided when making your build. With that said, let’s get into it!
How Attributes, Abilities & Backgrounds Work
If you’re worried about having to invest completely into a build with no back, the game offers a Respec system. So, you can completely Respec your attributes and abilities and make your build from scratch.
With that said, let’s see how attributes, abilities and backgrounds will impact your build.
If you’re looking for an overview of the game, check out our everything you need to know guide for Avowed.
Backgrounds
Starting off, we’ll look at what the background of your character does in Avowed. You get to choose your background during character creation. The main purpose of the background is in regards to dialogue – different backgrounds have different dialogue options.
Your starting weapons and equipment is also decided by the background. This isn’t a big issue though as you can always change these as the game progresses.
Your starting preselected Attribute distribution is also dictated by the background you choose. But again, with the ability to Respec, you will always be able to reset this distribution if you are not happy with it later on.
So, if you start off as a Wizard, you can become a Ranger with this system in case you decide to change your mind.
Attributes
When you go to the Attributes section in Avowed, you’ll see that there are 6 categories of Attributes in the game. Additionally, each Attribute will have sub attributes.
Here is the breakdown of the Attributes in Avowed:
- Might
- +Damage
- Increases your damage from both weapons and magics
- +Carry Weight
- Constitution
- +Health
- +Poison & Bleed Resistance
- These are a must have for any build but the values can be adjusted
- Dexterity
- +Attack Speed
- +Action Speed
- Impacts actions like reload speed, parkour, equipping things and using consumables
- Perception
- +Critical Hit Chance
- +Max Range
- Will make your guns, bows and wands better at long distance
- Intellect
- +Essence
- +Elemental Resistance
- Essential skill if you’re trying to do casting or magic
- Also allows you to bring down cooldowns
- Resolve
- +Stamina
- +Second Wind Efficiency
- Will help you come back from the dead more often.
Provided you’ve Respeced, all your attributes will start at 0 and go up to a maximum of five. Each attribute has a base value depending on the background you chose.
There are multiple ways for you to improve your attributes, which are:
- Using attribute points earned from leveling up
- Wearing equipment (like rings) that grant bonuses to attributes.
To be able to Respec attributes, you’ll be able to do so with different amounts of currency depending on your progress. So, you’ll always want to keep money handy if you want to switch a class.
Class Builds (Attribute Distribution)
Depending on the class you choose, you’ll want to invest in attributes that suit that class and playstyle. Here is a breakdown of the attributes that you should prioritize for each class:
- Warrior
- Might to increase your melee damage
- Constitution to make yourself tanky and for physical resistance
- Resolve for better stamina and recovery from attacks.
- Mage
- Might to increase your weapon damage
- Intellect to max out spellcasting power
- Perception for range so you can keep enemies at a distance
- Rogue
- Might to increase weapon damage
- Dexterity to be able to do the attacks quickly
- Perception to increase your range but also get critical hits.
Abilities
As you level up in Avowed, you’ll be given different kinds of abilities that you can also upgrade. In the abilities menu, you can find the Passives on the left side and the Active abilities on the right side.
In Avowed, you can level up your character to a maximum of Level 15. This level will impact the abilities that you have unlocked.
Each ability has three ranks associated with. As you progress through the Ranks by levelling up, you will be able to get additional bonuses or better versions of the abilities. You’ll be able to do this for Active and Passive abilities.
Of course, using different equipment and outfits will also help you get more abilities, bonuses and make you stronger!
That’s everything you need to know about how attributes, abilities and background work in Avowed. Now you won’t get blindsided when you try out the game once it launches. You’ll also be able to make the build that you want in this way!
