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The Will Skill Tree and How to Unlock

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This guide lists all available skills for The Will Skill Tree in Dune: Awakening. Learn more about The Will skills, their effects, and how many skill points you’ll need to max out the entire tree!

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List of The Will Skills

All 6 Skills

The Will Skill Tree
1 Deflection Icon Deflection You enter a defensive stance, deflecting darts that are fired at you. This ability lasts as long as your stamina holds out.
2 Bleed Tolerance Icon Bleed Tolerance You have become harder to bleed due to a combination of training and resistance. Bleeding status takes a longer time to build on you.
Lv. 1: Bleed Tolerance 15
Lv. 2: Bleed Tolerance 25
Lv. 3: Bleed Tolerance 35
3 Reckless Lunge Icon Reckless Lunge Lunging at an enemy will often provide them with an easy opening to attack, but you have learned to turn a lunge into an advantage. Sprint attacks provide bonus damage mitigation for a short while after a lunge.
Lv. 1: Damage Mitigation 30%
Lv. 2: Damage Mitigation 40%
Lv. 3: Damage Mitigation 50%
4 Solid Stance Icon Solid Stance As your training increases, you have learned to avoid being knocked around by enemy attacks. You can take more poise damage before being staggered.
Lv. 1: Reduce Poise Damage 10%
Lv. 2: Reduce Poise Damage 15%
Lv. 3: Reduce Poise Damage 20%
5 Confidence Icon Confidence Every time you attempt a difficult attack like a sprint attack or a slow blade, you gain increased confidence, which reflects as damage mitigation.
Lv. 1: Damage Mitigation 15%
Lv. 2: Damage Mitigation 20%
Lv. 3: Damage Mitigation 25%
6 Thrive on Danger Icon Thrive on Danger When you are low on health, you regenerate health faster, receive less poise damage, and reduce all stamina costs for actions.
Lv. 1:
・ Stamina Costs -30%
・ Increase Health Regeneration 200%
・ Reduce Poise Damage 50%

It would take 27 Skill Points in total to fully max out The Will Skill Tree.

How to Unlock The Will Skill Tree

Complete the Swordmaster Quest

If you did not choose this class during Character Creation, talk to the Swordmaster Trainer and complete their related quest. The Will Skill Tree can be unlocked by allotting a skill point in the Deflection Skill.
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