The Perks of Playing EL
What Are Perks?
Perks are positive or negative ways you can affect your character. Whether you take a perk or not is dependent on your own gameplay.
The majority of them are based on pickpoints, though others can be earned through quests or may just cost gc or items.
Should I Take a Perk?
It's very important to not take a perk without understanding fully how it will affect you. Even the most positive perk may have a negative aspect to it.
For that reason, it's recommended to be well into playing the game and have a good grasp on gameplay before taking any perks.
For example, you may think the Monster Magnetism perk, which stops most every creature from attacking you, might be a very good thing. However, when trying to train to level your attack and defense, having monsters auto-attack you can be incredibly beneficial, and you won't be able to do that. As well, once you hit certain levels, the perk will be useless as any creature that would ignore you due to the perk will ignore you due to your level.
As well, pickpoints are very difficult to obtain as the game progresses, so you need to be very careful with what you spend them on.
Why Take a Negative Perk?
You may find an aspect of gameplay won't affect you if you can't do it. You can take a negative perk for that gameplay aspect, and it will give you pickpoints that you can use for your character build.
For example, the Antisocial perk will make it so your character cannot buy or sell from NPCs. But it will give you 10 pickpoints if you take it.
Be especially careful and take your time considering it before taking a negative perk, though.
Can I Remove a Perk?
Mostly yes. There are stones in the game for most perks that can be used to remove them. Some are rare and very costly, though. Investigate the availability of a stone for a perk you plan to take before taking the perk to ensure you can fix your mistake. Also note that if you took a negative perk, you'll need to have free pickpoints available that total the number you were given with the perk in order to remove the perk so you can give the pickpoints back.
Check the page for the perk listed here to see if there are removal options for it.
Important NPCs
The Wraith is the primary provider of perks, particularly those requiring or providing pickpoints. It is located on Isla Prima a few steps north of the Newbie Tutorial NPC.
Redeemer handles many quest and achievement type perks. He is located in Tirnwood Vale in White Stone.
Perk List
Click the column names to select the order.
| Perk | Type | Pickpoints | Quest | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antisocial | Negative | -10 | You cannot buy or sell items from NPCs. | |
| Armor Master | Positive | 0 | Y | Permanent +1 added to your armor stat. |
| Armor Master Pro | Positive | 0 | Y | Permanent +1 added to your armor stat. |
| Artificer | Positive | 7 | Increases the chance of making a rare item while mixing regular items. | |
| Big Belly | Positive | 0 | Y | Increases your max food level to 100. |
| Body Piercing | Positive | 7 | 10% chance of bypassing an opponent's armor. | |
| Bricks R Exp | Positive | 0 | 5% extra attack and defense experience when you have a rostogol stone in your inventory. | |
| Careful Guy | Positive | 5 | Chance of dropping items on dying is reduced to 40% per item from the normal 50%. | |
| Child of Stars | Positive | 0 | Y | Removes negative harvest, fail, and make rare astrology. |
| Collateral Damage | Negative | -1 | When others get harvesting events around you, you will also be damaged. | |
| Conjurer | Positive | 7 | The mana required for Summoning is halved. | |
| Deadly Accuracy | Positive | 0 | Y | Removes negative Accuracy astrology. |
| Dedicated Harvester | Neutral | 0 | Get experience for 20 additional harvests per hour, but also get more mini events. | |
| Ethereal Ranger | Positive | 5 | 30% chance of you will keep your bow/bolt when you fire it. | |
| Evanescence | Positive | 5 | 10% chance that you will dodge if hit, with no damage lost. | |
| Excavator | Positive | 5 | Doubles the number of items you get with each harvest. | |
| Fast Regeneration | Positive | 3 | Your health and mana will increase by 3 per minute instead of 1. | |
| Fatal Man | Positive | 7 | 10% chance of a guaranteed hit regardless of opponent's stats. | |
| Fewer Tears | Positive | 0 | Reduced break chance for harvesting and manufacturing tools. | |
| Gelatine Bones | Negative | -6 | You get extra damage every time you're hit in battle. Heat, cold, radiation local damage as well as poison also cause more damage. | |
| Godless | Negative | -8 | You can no longer worship any of the gods. | |
| Hard Hitter | Positive | 0 | Y | Removes negative "To Hit" astrology. |
| Harvester of Sorrow | Negative | -5 | When you get a "teleport nexus" harvest event, you get sent to the PK arena in Nordcarn. | |
| Hellspawn | Negative | -10 | You have a 20% chance of going to the Underworld each time you change maps or go in/out of a building or cave. | |
| I Can't Dance | Negative | -5 | You get a -15 defense penalty when being attacked by multiple characters. | |
| I Eat Dead People | Positive | 3 | You can eat  Bones. | |
| I Glow In the Dark | Positive | 7 | Every time you hit or are hit, your opponent(s) get an additional 5 radiation damage. | |
| Invasion Killer | Positive | 0 | Gives some advantages over invasion, instance and invance monsters. | |
| Lucky Attacker | Positive | 0 | Removes negative Attack astrology. | |
| Lucky Defender | Positive | 0 | Removes negative Defense astrology. | |
| Mirror Skin | Positive | 7 | When an opponent hits you, there's a 10% chance the damage will mirror back and damage them instead. | |
| Monster Magnetism | Positive | 5 | The majority of aggressive creatures will no longer attack you. | |
| Never Gonna Miss You | Positive | 0 | Y | Permanent +2 added to your accuracy stat. |
| Ninja | Positive | 5 | When invisible, 80% chance you won't become visible when you attack using arrows or bolts. | |
| No Hope | Positive | 0 | Added damage when you place engineering items such as mines. | |
| No More Tears | Positive | 7 | Chance of an equipped item being damaged or destroyed in combat is reduced by 75%. | |
| One | Negative | -6 | Ground engineering items (wards, caltrops, mines) can affect you when you're on non-PK maps. | |
| Power Hungry | Negative | -3 | You'll lose 3 food per minute instead of 1. | |
| Power Saving | Positive | 3 | You lose no food per minute if your HP, mana, and action points are at maximum, and you're not reading anything. | |
| Safer Mushrooms | Positive | 0 | Reduction in chance of being poisoned when eating  Toadstools. | |
| Scotty Died | Negative | -3 | You will no longer be able to use the #beam me command. | |
| Self Destruct | Positive | 5 | If you die in battle, your opponent(s) will receive 15-25 damage. | |
| Sharp Shooter | Positive | 5 | 25% additional perception when ranging. | |
| Skeptic | Neutral | 0 | You will not be affected by astrology. | |
| Smart Harvester | Positive | 0 | Get experience for 20 additional harvests per hour. | |
| Summoner | Positive | 5 | Your summoned creature have 10% higher attack and defense, and +5 additional critical hit/damage chance. | |
| There Is No Fork | Positive | 7 | You will get no defense penalty while being attacked by multiple opponents. | |
| Underworlder | Positive | 2 | You can use teleport rings and spells from the underworld. | |
| Vanquisher | Positive | 0 | Y | +1 Attack and +1 Defense are permanently added to your stats above your actual a/d levels. |
| Wilhelm Hood | Positive | 5 | 15% more ranging experience, 15% more damage, and more accuracy when using arrows or bolts. | |
| Perk | Type | Pickpoints | Quest | Description |