Attribute point

Attribute points are used to improve attributes in either your primary or secondary profession. Increasing your point value in an attribute will in turn automatically increase the effectiveness of skills related to those attributes. You gain attribute points as you level up. The maximum is a total of 200 after reaching level 20 and completing both of the quests that reward 15 attribute points each.

Attribute point level progression
Attribute points increase each time you go up a level in PvE. The amount of increase is based upon which level you have increased to. The breakdown is as follows:

Attribute point quests
Each campaign has two special quests (sometimes referred to as attribute quests) that reward a character with additional attribute points. These points are in addition to the points from the regular level progression up to level 20. The two attribute quests give a total of +30 attribute points. These points are included in the 200 point total given above. Attribute point quest rewards are always limited to the character native to the campaign only, so although foreign characters may help out a native character finishing the quest, no reward will be given to the foreign player upon completion.

These are the attribute point quests in the respective campaigns with the quest giver's location in parenthesis:
 * Prophecies:
 * Forgotten Wisdom (Skyward Reach)
 * The Hero's Challenge (Droknar's Forge)
 * Factions:
 * Lost Treasure (Ran Musu Gardens)
 * An Unwelcome Guest (Seitung Harbor)
 * Nightfall:
 * Rising in the Ranks: Master Sergeant (Sunspear Great Hall)
 * Rising in the Ranks: First Spear (Sunspear Great Hall)

Spending attribute points
The following table shows how many points you must spend on an attribute to raise it to a specific rank. Attribute rank 12 is the highest rank obtainable by spending points. You can exceed this only with +attribute items.


 * Attribute rank: The rank of the attribute.
 * Attribute point cost: The cost in attribute points to raise the attribute by one rank from the previous rank.
 * Total attribute points spent: The total cost of attribute points used to reach this attribute rank.

With the above information, we can see that certain maximum attribute point allocations are possible:


 * 1 46 remaining points allows for a third attribute at rank 8.
 * 2 This could be used to raise one of the attributes to rank 9.
 * 3 Any profession combination without a Warrior or Elementalist will have 7 attributes.
 * 4 The maximum amount of attributes possible is 9 with a Warrior/Elementalist or Elementalist/Warrior combination.

Attribute point re-assigning
The attribute points can be re-assigned freely with no charge. To do so, you need to be in town and open up your skill window. Click on the down arrow on various attributes to drop them down and in order to redistribute your attribute points.

If you have enough available unassigned attribute points, you can add those points to an attribute while in an explorable area. After the points are added, you cannot subtract points from any attribute until you return to a town or outpost.