The Training Ground

The Training Ground is a map of practice stakes — hundreds of them, standing still, waiting to be
hit. It exists so you can work on your character without paying the usual costs.

Nothing is consumed while you train. No weapon durability, no life, no mana. That is the whole
point of the place: you can swing, cast and practise a rotation for as long as you like, and walk out
with your gear in the condition you brought it.

It opens at level 20.

What's in there

Just over four hundred stakes, spread across the map. They do not move, they do not fight back,
and they do not chase you. That makes them the honest way to answer questions you cannot answer in a
real fight:

• Does my weapon art actually fire as often as I think?
• Which direction does my cone or wave really cover?
• How much does the next rank change my damage?

Because a stake never moves, what you see is what your skill did — no dodging, no repositioning, no
target dying halfway through.

Getting there

The Boxers. Every major city has one, and they will send you over for 1000 silver:

A TrainingGate scroll. A one-use scroll that puts you in the same spot for free — no silver, no
walking to a Boxer first. It still needs level 20.

The scroll deliberately does not change where you revive. Other gate scrolls set your revival
point to wherever they drop you, which is right for a city and wrong here — you do not want a
practice map as your respawn. Use a city scroll if you want to move your revival point.

Getting out

BoxerHuang stands in the Training Ground itself and will send you back. A city scroll works too,
and so does walking.

What it is not

The Training Ground is for practice, not progress. The stakes do not drop loot and they are not a
substitute for hunting — see Hunting for where experience and gear actually come
from, and Leveling for the route through the levels.