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Skill Inheritance Guide

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Skill Inheritance is a mechanic in Metaphor: ReFantazio unlocked to broaden your combat experience and opens your builds to different options. Learn the basics on Skill Inheritance, and how to unlock it!

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How to Inherit Skills

Inherit Skills from Learned Archetypes at the Price of MAG

Skill Inheritance Tutorial
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Skill Inheritance will allow you to use 1 skill you have learned previously from one Archetype in battle for the price of MAG in the Akademeia. You can only borrow one skill at a time, and you can only borrow skills from Archetypes you've unlocked.

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How to Unlock Skill Inheritance

Visit More During 06/11

Metaphor ReFantazio - More in Sunshade Row
More will give you access to Skill Inheritance on 6/11. You can visit him in the Akademeia before heading to the place for the royal funeral.

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Skill Inheritance Explained

Learned Archetype Skills Transferred to Others

Metaphor ReFantazio - Skill Inheritance
For a certain price of MAG, More will allow you to borrow 1 skill at a time from learned Archetypes. This is not limited to just the player, all of your other party members have access to skill inheritance as welll.

Skill Inheritance do not include passive or Synthesis skills since these are Archetype-based skills.

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