# Combat ## **Skillsets and Skills** Users will begin their journey with one selected skillset. As they progress, they will unlock more skillsets. ArcheWorld offers a total of 14 skillsets, from which users can select three to create one of 364 possible classes. One skillset offers various skills that users can choose to learn. Combat patterns will differ depending on the chosen skills. The game challenges users to try different classes and skillsets, making the game experience even richer. ## **Character Progression** Characters can be progressed through gaining experience points(XP). XPs can be earned by different activities such as hunting monsters, completing quests and consuming labor. Character levels directly affect combat levels, main attributes of ArcheWorld, and also unlock level restrictions to learn new skills and abilities ## **Gear Progression** Gear items for characters of ArcheWorld adopt a progression-centric system, rather than an enchant/destruct system. Same as character progression through XP, gear items will gain XP via ‘item progression’ and become better. Item progression requires the base(gear item), materials(XP) and fee(Archeum), with higher-tier gear requiring more materials. Gear items that reach a certain level can be upgraded to the next tier by awakening. Higher-tier awakenings require more cost, however, the difference in performance will be significant. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://whitepaper.archeworld.io/2.-archeworld-game-pillars/combat.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.