Skills Fundmentals

List of Known Skills in Sword Art Online

Support Skills

• Acrobatics (軽業, Karuwaza?)[5] - Determines a player's jumping height and the ability to perform aerial maneuvers. Bottom level is the natural jumping height for the Player.[citation needed]
  
  
• Blunt Weapon Forging (打撃武器作製,Dageki Buki Sakusei?)[5] - The effectiveness with which a player can craft Blunt Weapons.[citation needed]
  
  
• Carpentry (木工, Mokkō?)[6]
  
  
• Drug Mixing (薬剤調合, Yakuzai Chougou?)[5]
  
  
• Equipment Appraisal (装備鑑定, Soubi Kantei?)[5]
  
  
• Extended Weight Limit (限界重量拡張,Genkai Jūryou Kakuchou?)[5] - Increases inventory size and weight capacity.[citation needed]
  
  
• Familiar Recovery (使い魔回復, Tsukaima Kaifuku?)[5]
  
  
• Familiar Communication (使い魔交信,Tsukaima Koushin?)[5]
  
  
• Hiding - Allows for a person to disappear. Only works on targets that use visual tracking.[7]
  
  
• Heavy Metal Armor Forging (重金属鎧作製,Jūkinzoku Yoroi Sakusei?)[5] - The effectiveness with which a player can craft Heavy Metal Armor.[citation needed]
  
  
• Light Metal Armor Forging (軽金属鎧作製,Keikinzoku Yoroi Sakusei?)[5] - The effectiveness with which a player can craft Light Metal Armor.[citation needed]
  
  
• Lumber (伐採ランバー, Ranbā?) [8] - A skill required to chop down large trees to obtain high quality wood.
  
  
• Metal Equipment Repairing (金属装備修理,Kinzoku Soubi Shūri?)[5] - The effectiveness with which a player can repair metal equipment and tools.[citation needed]
  
  
• Metal Refining (金属精錬, Kinzoku Seiren?)[5] - The effectiveness with which a player can turn raw ore into refined ingots of metal.[citation needed]
  
  
• Musical Instrument (楽器, Gakki?)[5]
  
  
• Picking (鍵開けピッキング, Pikkingu?)[9] - The ability to open locked chests and doors.[citation needed]The doors of rooms rented or owned by players cannot be affected by this skill.[9]
  
  
• Purchase Negotiation (買取交渉, Kaitori Koushou?)[5]
  
  
• Reveal (看破リビール, Ribīru?, lit. "see through")[10]
  
  
• Sales Negotiation (売却交渉, Baikyaku Koushou?)[5]
  
  
• Searching - A skill that determines the player's detection range. Allows finding monsters and players in hiding.
  
  
  
  • Tracking - A modification to the Searching skill[11] which allows tracking monsters. Can also be used to track a player who is registered as a friend by displaying their footprints from a certain time.[11]
    
    
  
  
  
  
• Slash Weapon Forging (斬撃武器作製,Zangeki Buki Sakusei?)[5] - The effectiveness with which a player can craft Slashing Weapons.[citation needed]
  
  
• Straining (聞き耳ストレイニング, Sutoreiningu?)[12] - The ability to hear sounds from further away than normal. Higher level of skill grants the ability to hear through locked rooms.[13]
  
  
• Sprint (疾走, Shissou?)[2][5]
  
  
• Swimming (水泳, Suiei?)[2]
  
  
• Tailoring (裁縫, Saihou?)[2][5]
  
  
• Thrust Weapon Forging (刺突武器作製,Shitotsu Buki Sakusei?)[5] - The effectiveness with which a player can craft Stabbing Weapons.[citation needed]
  
  
• Tools Appraisal (道具鑑定, Dougu Kantei?)[5]
  
  
• Trap Dismantling (罠解除, Wana Kaijo?)[14]
  
  
• Woodcrafting[citation needed]
  
  

Combat Skills

• Parry (武器防御, Buki Bougyo?)[5] - The ability to use an attack to block an opposing strike. Maximum level makes it possible to destroy an item currently at less than half of the maximum durability; anything with a durability above that will not be damaged.[citation needed]
  
  
• Howl (威嚇ハウル, Hauru?, lit. "intimidation")[15] - Attracts the attention of NPC monsters and increases a player's Hate value.[15]Often used by tanks to lure enemies to the player.
  
  
• Battle Healing (戦闘時回復バトルヒーリング, Batoru Hīringu?, lit. "recovery during battle")[16] - Recover low amounts of HP over time during battle. It can be leveled up by constantly getting one's HP into the red zone.[17]
  
  
• First Aid (応急回復, Oukyū?)[5]
  
  
• Meditation (瞑想めいそう, Meisou?) - «Extra Skill» Increases HP regeneration and decreases the remaining time of negative statuses by entering a mental concentration pose. Obtained in a 6th floor quest.[11]
  
  
• Light Metal Equipment (軽金属装備,Keikinzoku Soubi?)[5] - The effectiveness with which a player can use Light Metal Equipment.[citation needed]
  
  
• Lightweight Shield Equipment (軽量盾装備, Keiryou Tate Soubi?)[5]
  
  
• Leather Equipment (革装備, Kawa Soubi?)[5]- The effectiveness with which a player can use Leather Equipment.[citation needed]
  
  
• Heavy Metal Equipment (重金属装備,Jūkinzoku Soubi?)[5] - The effectiveness with which a player can use Heavy Metal Equipment.[citation needed]
  
  
• Spiritual Light (霊光, Reikō?)[5] (hate skill)
  
  
• Fighting Spirit (気合, Kiai?, alternatively, "yell, scream")[5] (hate skill)
  
  

Weapon Skills

• One-Handed Sword (片手用直剣ワンハンドソード, Wan Hando Sōdo?)[7]
  
  
  
  • Quick Change (クイック・チェンジ,Kuikku Chenji?) - A One-Handed Sword modification that allows switching to a set weapon with a push of a button.
    
    
  
  
  
  
• One-handed Curved Blade (片手用曲刀,Katate-you Kyokutou?)[5]
  
  
• One-handed Dagger (片手用短剣, Katate-you Tanken?)[5]
  
  
• One-Handed Rapier (片手用細剣, Katate-you Bosoken?, lit. One-handed use thin sword)[5]
  
  
• One-Handed Axe (片手用斧ワンハンドアクス, Wan Hando Akusu?)[18]
  
  
• One-handed War Hammer (片手用戦槌,Katate-you Sentsui?)[5]
  
  
• Wild Dance (乱舞, Ranbu?)[19] (claws)
  
  
• Two-handed Straight Sword (両手用直剣,Ryoute-you Chokuken?)[5]
  
  
• Two-handed Assault Spear (両手用突撃槍,Ryoute-you Totsugeki Yari?)[5]
  
  
• Two-handed Battle Axe (片手用戦斧ツーハンド・バトルアクス, Tsū Hando Batoru Akusu?)[20]
  
  
• Blade Throwing (投剣, Touken?)[5]
  
  
  
  • Distraction (意識攪乱ディストラクション, Disuturakushon?)- A modification of the Blade Throwing skill.
    
    
  
  
  
  
• Martial Arts (体術, Taijutsu?)[11] - An «Extra Skill» unlocked from a quest on the 2nd Floor which allows using Sword Skills with one's hands[12] and feet[21].
  
  
• Katana (刀カタナ, Katana?)[5][22] - An «Extra Skill» that is unlocked by frequent usage of the One-handed Curved Blade and allows the usage of katanas.
  
  
• Dual Blades - A «Unique Skill» given to the player with the fastest reaction time.
  
  
• Holy Sword - «Unique Skill»
  
  
• Darkness Blade - «Unique Skill» [4]
  
  
• Battoujutsu - «Unique Skill» Means "Sword Drawing." [4]
  
  
• Shurikenjutsu - «Unique Skill» Means "Concealed Weapons." [4]
  
  
• Infinite Spear - «Unique Skill» [4]
  
  

Other Skills

• Fishing - The effectiveness with which a player can catch fish. Higher levels catch rarer fish more often.
  
  
• Cooking (料理, Ryouri?)[5] - The effectiveness with which a player can combine ingredients to create varieties of food, some of which can have medicinal properties. Higher level of skill allows the successful cooking of higher-ranked foods.[citation needed]