DURANGO : WILD LANDS is a Pre-historic Open World Survival Sandbox MMORPG where players must gather, craft, battle the wild animals, dinosaurs and the power of the elements to survive.
It's been months, i guess, since I came to this world. No, I was not born here... The mystery of this place and how we got here stays a puzzle. But one thing is for sure, my military training played a great role in my survival. As a soldier, i was trained and exposed to combat. I was also thought how to make use of things around me. Sometimes I think that this world is like a soldier training camp on super steroids. Survival is the major reason that keeps me moving forward... i want to survive... i want to see her smile... even if its for the last time.
This guide will focus on the Soldier Build (Melee) and combat. Please do take note that you can choose whatever starting class you start with, but starting out as a Soldier (Male or Female) plays a major role in this guide.
For more information about classes please check
THIS GUIDE.
On the train you will be thought how to engage in combat and the very first thing you need is a weapon.
Crafting your weapon plays one of the 3 key features on how well you will do in combat. Please take note and remember each and every detail on this combat tutorial.
The yellow light: This is an indication that your target or a monster is launching an attack. It may take a few seconds to as short as a slipt second for the monster to initiate the attack. You can either dodge (avoid damage) or use defensive skills (Block/null or reduce damage) or you can use counter skills (avoid/null+damage target).
After Yellow Light: After successfully defending/dodging/countering a monster attack, you will have at least a few seconds to launch your best attack move or run for your life.
Performing a manual attack is harder especially when auto attack is activated. You have to queue your manual attack right after performing a dodge/block/counter on an enemy.
After being rescued by K in ANCORA, you have to learn the basic gathering and crafting skills. Complete this task as soon as possible. Please take note that Gathering Queue is disabled in ANCORA.
After riding the boat out of ANCORA, you will be transferred to one of the SAFE ISLANDS where you will learn basic combat skills. Please DO NOT LEAVE THIS ISLAND unless you have completed all the task mentioned below.
Before we go into combat, you first have to learn how to craft your weapon and learn powerful skills.
Please take note that you will receive LIMITED AMOUNT OF SKILL POINTS everytime you level up. Choosing the correct, useful and needed skills in all aspects is required.
First let me introduce the
SOLDIER CLASS. The skill level rely on how many times you engage in a activity related to that skill. The higher your skill level the more skills points you have and the more skills you can learn.
A soldier have a level 20 initial bonus in MELEE COMBAT regardless of character level. This is a HUGE ADVANTAGE due to the nature of this game.
A level 20 Combat will enable you to learn powerful set of skills and will push you leaps ahead of the other classes.
COMBAT STANCE: There are different types of Stances and each provides different types of benefits. Please take note that you can learn more than 1 stance but may only activate 1 stance at a time.
I personally chose ATTACK STANCE as this is the most accessible Stance (available from MELEE level 1) and you need a higher accuracy rate when fighting highest level monsters especially RAPTOR TYPE Dinosaurs *chills*.
WEAPON OF CHOICE: There are different types of weapons in this game. From one/two handed knives to axes, pole, and even bows. This guide will focus on the Two Handed Knife Build.
WEAPON MASTERY
Certain weapons requires certain weapon mastery and each will provide specific benefits.
Sword Mastery will increase your CRITICAL HIT RATE whenever your character is equipped and uses a sword type weapon/tool (Applied to both one handed and two handed knives).
Sword Specialization will increase your character ATTACK DEFENSE PENETRATION. The higher the defense penetration the more enemy defense is ignored the higher your damage and chance of landing a critical hit. This is a marvelous combo build in dealing massive amounts of damage.
COMBAT ATTACK SKILLBASHis a powerful crushing melee attack usable only when equipped with a melee two handed weapon. This attack have a high chance of landing a critical hit. This will be your most powerful after yellow manual attack skill.
Thats a level 12 hitting like a level 25~30 with just a stone two handed knife.
Bash combo with Sword Mastery and Attack Instance will cause devastating blows to your target.
BRANDISH is a multi-hit area of effect attack skill that can hit multiple enemies at once. The attack starts with a front fan swing followed by 2 full round swings. Each swings causes damage to enemies nearby and the last hit have a higher chance of landing a critical hit. This skill also have the counter capability that will counter an enemy attack if it is launched while the skill is in effect (Cross Counter).
Please be careful when using this skill especially when there are a lot of targets nearby.
WEAPON CRAFTING
You may only use certain skills when the correct weapon type is equipped. The skills above requires a two handed weapon and the best weapon of choice will be a Two-handed knife/sword.
Learning how to craft a two-handed knife is not as direct as you may think it is. First, you need to learn how to gather Bigger Stones (boulders).
and before you can gather boulders, you have to learn how to craft a Stone Pickaxe.
After learning how to craft a Stone Pickaxe, now you have to craft it...
wait... you actually need to know how to craft a "Long Stick".
You can make long sticks by connecting/combining two sticks, branches and bones with a strap, reed or rope.
So...can we craft the Two-handed Knife now? uhm... just 1 more problem... You have to craft a Large Blade.
You may use a boulder, a large bone or a large ore to craft a large blade...it should be large.
The moment we've been waiting for has finally come!
With an equipped two-handed knife/sword you may now cause devastating blows to your targets.
BODY TACKLE
Body tackle does not require a weapon to use but is restricted by what activated stance you chose. Since his build is focused on Attack Stance, then we can use this tactical skill as many times as we want. Body Tackle is the best opening attack especially when you are the one who will initiate the attack on an enemy. Your character will rush and slam its body to the enemy causing almost always a critical hit and leave the target confused or stunned. You may follow this attack with a BASH to inflict a devastating combo on your target. You may also use this skill while chasing down running targets.
DEFENSE
What good can a devastating attack do to you if you can't live long enough to deliver it?
The DEFENSE skill tree is the only skill tree where you have to learn EVERYTHING on it. You may gain DEFENSE exp whenever you dodge or parry your enemy attacks. Learn everything on this skill tree, but if you lack the skill points then i highly suggest that you leave Active:Roll skill behind and focus on the Parry Skill.
Defense Skill Tree Priority
Physical Training > Defense Stance > Recovery > Defensive Skill
Increasing the level of your defense skill tree via parrying attacks is somewhat suicidal, unless you know this tactics.
First you have to activate Defense Stance, then master the delay between the yellow light and your parry skill queuing.
Do this whenever you have to level up your defense skill tree as it will dramatically decrease the damage your character receives.
SURVIVAL
The Survival skill tree is a set of skills tailored specifically for the survival of your character in the world of Durango. Here you can increase your MAX Energy and Health via Exploration Skills, Learn how to capture animals via Animal Capture Skills, Increase the number of animals you can tame via Animal Taming skills and increase the level of maps you can access in durango via Survival Level Skills.
Your SURVIVAL SKILL TREE level will increase along with your character level.
SKILL TREES
These are the skill trees you should focus on to improve your combat capabilities.
FUTURE SKILLS TO PRIORITIZE
Weapon Crafting>Parts Crafting>Handles
Gathering>Gathering Minerals>Mud/Obsidian etc
Slaughter>Deboning>Bone Gathering
Processing>Material Crafting>You will learn many skills here
Building>Crafting Structures>Loom/Bench/DryingRack etc
Tailoring>Many skills for armor and equipment crafting