This beginner-friendly skills guide for Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon explains which passives to unlock first for strong early-game progression. Learn how to invest skill points, how attributes unlock skill trees, and how to respec with Origin Potions.
1. How Skill Trees Work and What Unlocks Them
Each of the six core attributes unlocks its own set of skill trees. You gain access by assigning at least one point into the matching attribute:
- Strength – General, One Handed, Two Handed, Unarmed
- Endurance – Health, Stamina, Shields, Shield
- Dexterity – Bows, Movement, Parry, Attack Speed
- Spirituality – Wands and Cubes, Summoning, Combat, General and Buffs
- Practicality – Armor, Healing, Crafting and Trading, Statuses
- Perception – Stealth, Critical Hits, Daggers
You gain 1 skill point and 1 attribute point per level. Skill points can only be spent in trees connected to attributes you’ve already invested in.
2. Strength Skills You Should Not Miss
Strength skills
Strength trees focus on raw melee damage, heavy weapon scaling, and unarmed brawling. Recommended early-game passives:
- Godly Physique (Strength – General): Increases melee damage by 5% per point
- Brutish Fighter (Strength – Two Handed): Boosts two-handed weapon damage by 10% when using heavy attacks
- Unstoppable Force (Strength – Two Handed): Two-handed heavy attacks deal an additional 5% bonus damage
- Brawler (Strength – Unarmed): Consecutive unarmed attacks gain 5% bonus damage
- Fists of Fury (Strength – Unarmed): Unarmed attacks deal 20% more damage
These skills are ideal if you’re using greatswords, greathammers, or playing a brawler-style character with lifesteal gear.
3. Endurance Skills That Boost Survivability
Endurance skills
Endurance skills improve max health, stamina regeneration, and durability in armor. Key picks for players include:
- Frequent Exercise (Endurance – Stamina): Increases max stamina by 7 per point
- Increased Vitality (Endurance – Health): Increases max health by 5% per point
- First Blood (Endurance – Stamina): When stamina is full, you deal 10% more damage
- Gaining Momentum (Endurance – Stamina): Killing an enemy instantly restores 10% of your max stamina
- Titan’s Endurance (Endurance – Stamina): +10% max stamina every 30 seconds in combat
Endurance is vital for all physical builds, especially if you use blocking, heavy armor, or stamina-based dodge tactics.
4. Dexterity Skills That Maximize Mobility and Ranged Damage
Dexterity skills
Dexterity supports ranged weapons, movement, and stamina efficiency. These passives are essential for bow builds, light armor users, and hit-and-run melee styles:
- Deadly Aim (Dexterity – Bows): +50% Weakspot Damage (up to 85%)
- Marksman (Dexterity – Bows): Ranged attacks deal more damage the farther you are from the target
- Quickened Strikes (Dexterity – Attack Speed): +2% Attack Speed per point
- Athletic Build (Dexterity – Movement): Adds 1 extra long dash
- Cheater’s Trickshot (Dexterity – Bows): 5% chance to trigger Weakspot Damage even on a miss
- Impaling Shot (Dexterity – Bows): Hitting an enemy below 35% HP applies Bleed for 3 seconds
These skills work especially well in combination with critical boosts from the Perception tree. Deadly Aim and Marksman are foundational for bow users.
5. Spirituality Skills That Improve Sustain and Spell Power
Spirituality skills
Spirituality powers casters, summoners, and hybrid builds. These passives offer strong mana efficiency and burst scaling:
- Mana Battery (Spirituality – General and Buffs): +10 Max Mana per point
- Invigorating Energy (Spirituality – General and Buffs): Converts 10% of Max Mana into bonus Health
- Arcane Conduit (Spirituality – Wands and Cubes): +15% Spell Power when using Wands or Soul Cubes
- Arcane Mark (Spirituality – Combat): Spell crits mark enemies to take +30% more damage
- Eldritch Desperation (Spirituality – General and Buffs): +100% Spell Power when below 30% Mana
- Power in Swiftness (Spirituality – General and Buffs): Movement Speed increases Spell Power by the same %
- Soul Siphon (Spirituality – General and Buffs): Killing enemies generates soul essence that restores 30 Mana
Mana Battery, Invigorating Energy, and Soul Siphon are must-haves early. These skills allow you to cast more often without running dry and offer powerful synergies with wand-focused or hybrid builds.
6. Perception Skills That Boost Critical and Stealth Damage
Perception skills
Perception specializes in critical hits, sneak attacks, and ranged burst damage. It synergizes well with Dexterity and offers top-tier early passives:
- Cheat Death (Perception – Stealth): Survive a fatal blow once every 4 minutes and become invisible for 5 seconds
- Go for the Eyes (Perception – Critical Hits): +10% Critical Damage per point
- Respite in Cruelty (Perception – Critical Hits): Critical Hits have a 20% chance to restore full stamina
- Assassin’s Doctrine (Perception – Stealth): +50% Sneak Attack Damage
- Lucky Shot (Perception – Critical Hits): Arrows have a 25% chance to trigger a Critical Hit even without hitting a Weakspot
Cheat Death is universally useful. Go for the Eyes and Lucky Shot combine perfectly with Deadly Aim and Marksman for ranged crit-focused builds.
7. Practicality Skills for Toughness and Regeneration
Practicality skills
Practicality skills improve armor effectiveness, food healing, and stamina efficiency. These are great for hybrid melee or caster builds:
- Born in Armor (Practicality – Armor): Increases Armor value of your equipment by 2% per point
- Armored Skin (Practicality – Armor): Adds +1 base Armor per point
- Toughened by Pain (Practicality – Armor): Reduces incoming damage based on how much health you’re missing
- Healthy Appetite (Practicality – Healing): Increases healing from food by 10%
Born in Armor and Toughened by Pain offer strong passive defense. These are good choices for two-handed builds or casters in medium gear looking to reduce incoming damage.
8. How to Respec and Change Builds
You can reset your entire build using Origin Potions, which fully refund all skill and attribute points. More Origin Potions can be found later through exploration or bought from specific vendors.
Use them if your build doesn’t feel effective or when you find powerful gear that fits a new playstyle. Be sure to check more details about the Origin potions in our tips guide..
9. Example Builds Using These Must-Have Skills
Below are proven build templates that focus on synergy between trees and verified early-game scaling.
▶ Spellblade (Strength + Spirituality)
- Godly Physique (Strength – General)
- Frequent Exercise (Endurance – Stamina)
- Mana Battery (Spirituality – General and Buffs)
- Invigorating Energy (Spirituality – General and Buffs)
- Arcane Conduit (Spirituality – Wands and Cubes)
- Soul Siphon (Spirituality – General and Buffs)
- Power in Swiftness (Spirituality – General and Buffs)
This build deals melee and spell damage simultaneously. Use one-handed weapons or wands while rotating between healing and offensive spells.
▶ Ranged Critical Archer (Dexterity + Perception)
- Deadly Aim (Dexterity – Bows)
- Marksman (Dexterity – Bows)
- Quickened Strikes (Dexterity – Attack Speed)
- Go for the Eyes (Perception – Critical Hits)
- Cheat Death (Perception – Stealth)
- Lucky Shot (Perception – Critical Hits)
- Respite in Cruelty (Perception – Critical Hits)
Ideal for long-distance bow users. Open with sneak attacks, then combo Crit Damage and Weakspot scaling for huge burst potential. You’ll rely on mobility and distance, not armor.
▶ Resilient Bruiser (Strength + Endurance + Practicality)
- Godly Physique (Strength – General)
- Unstoppable Force (Strength – Two Handed)
- Frequent Exercise (Endurance – Stamina)
- Increased Vitality (Endurance – Health)
- Born in Armor (Practicality – Armor)
- Toughened by Pain (Practicality – Armor)
- Healthy Appetite (Practicality – Healing)
Designed for players who favor raw damage, stamina regen, and high armor scaling. Best with two-handed weapons or heavy swords. You don’t need magic — just stay alive and crush everything.
