How Mastery Unlocks New Attacks
Emberville weapon masteries level as you use a weapon category in combat and defeat enemies, unlocking additional moves, combos, and passive improvements. Each category has its own progress, so using swords does not also raise bows, knuckles, or magic staves.
How Each Weapon Mastery Develops
Your weapon choice determines which mastery you are working on. To unlock more sword moves, keep fighting with swords; to develop bow attacks, use a bow in combat. Switching categories lets you experiment, but each category still needs its own practice.
Weapon mastery also unlocks passive improvements. Sword mastery includes critical-hit and bleed effects, while knuckle mastery includes movement-speed and stun-related bonuses. Read those passive entries alongside the combos when deciding which category you want to keep developing.
Weapons and classes develop on separate tracks. The Masteries menu contains weapon skills and combo sequences, while the class menu contains the perks and skills belonging to your class. Check the weapon entry when you want a new weapon combo, and check the class tree when you want to learn a class ability.Playing this video connects to YouTube.
Prologue Weapon Categories and Their Attacks
The Prologue introduces swords, bows, knuckles, and magic staves. Their primary and secondary actions give them different rhythms, and mastery adds further moves to each category. Use the comparison below to pick the attacks you want to learn before committing your next fights to that category.
| Weapon Category | Attacks and Mastery Unlocks |
|---|---|
| Swords: melee attacks and circular slashes. | Blade Swing is the primary melee attack, and Opposing Slash is the secondary. Spinning Slash adds a circular sword attack; other mastery entries include Precision Rush and Cross Cut. Choose swords if you want to practice a melee chain that finishes with a wider swing. |
| Bows: ranged shots and preparation. | Quick Shot fires an arrow, while Preparation uses Kymia to improve the next shot. Charged Shot adds a charged attack, and Multiple Shot fires arrows in succession in the same direction. Try bows if you prefer aiming from range and want a different rhythm from melee combos. |
| Knuckles: punches, kicks, and knockback. | Quick Jab and Heavy Kick are the primary and secondary melee attacks. Roundhouse Kick provides a knockback attack, while Palm Strike and Comet Fist appear in the mastery progression. Choose knuckles if punches, kicks, and close-range combos suit the way you want to fight. |
| Magic Staves: melee strikes and ranged magic. | Staff Swing supplies a melee attack, and Arcane Bolt provides a ranged attack that uses Kymia. Energized Swing is a magic-imbued strike that restores Kymia; Arcane Wave and Nova Sphere also appear in the mastery progression. Try a staff if you want to experiment with melee and ranged attacks within the same category. |
Read and Practice Your Unlocked Combo
Press K to open the Masteries menu, where you can find weapon proficiencies alongside armor, gathering, and crafting.Playing this video connects to YouTube.
Select the appropriate weapon mastery to inspect its skills and combo entries.Playing this video connects to YouTube.
Hover over an unlocked combo to display its input sequence and an explanation of how the move works.Playing this video connects to YouTube.
Enter that sequence with the matching weapon equipped to perform the unlocked combo.Playing this video connects to YouTube.
Practice the displayed inputs on the training dummy you encounter in the Prologue to rehearse the sequence before trying it against enemies.Playing this video connects to YouTube.
Combo Inputs to Try in the Prologue
With a sword and Spinning Slash unlocked, use left click, left click, then right click to finish with the circular attack. Start by recognizing the move's wider swing as you complete the sequence. Once that feels familiar, try it during an ordinary encounter before relying on it against a boss.Playing this video connects to YouTube.
With Charged Shot unlocked, hold left click to charge the bow's attack. This adds a held input to your bow practice. Read Charged Shot in the mastery menu before trying it so you can distinguish the charged move from an ordinary Quick Shot.Playing this video connects to YouTube.
Attack Timing and Palm Strike
Demo Alpha 0.20.18.x fixed attack-rate calculation issues. The same patch also fixed controller menu navigation problems. Alpha Demo 0.20.17.x fixed Palm Strike's guaranteed-stun bug, so do not rely on Palm Strike stunning every time.
Keep Your Mastery Progress for Early Access
Progress made in the public Steam Next Fest Demo carries into Early Access on October 27, 2026. You can continue your adventure from that demo save, while saves from the separate Creator & Press Preview do not carry over. If you plan to continue the same character, make your mastery progress in the public demo.