Defence

How to train

• Start with the easiest fights: Fight wolves, Take the hearth-yard or Take the old well. Tougher fights usually give more Defence XP per kill (list below).

Fights that train it

• Fight wolves — 8 XP per kill (Attack level 1)
• Take the broken forge — 6 XP per kill (Attack level 1)
• Take the hearth-yard — 6 XP per kill (Attack level 1)
• Take the old well — 6 XP per kill (Attack level 1)
• Take the farmstead — 6 XP per kill (Attack level 2)
• Take the hidden hollow — 6 XP per kill (Attack level 2)
• Take the quarry — 6 XP per kill (Attack level 2)
• Take the chapel — 7 XP per kill (Attack level 3)
• Take the market — 7 XP per kill (Attack level 3)
• Fight bandits — 14 XP per kill (Attack level 5)
• Fight the Rootbreaker — 13 XP per kill (Attack level 8)
• Take the mill — 8 XP per kill (Attack level 8)
• Fight boars — 12 XP per kill (Attack level 12)
• Take the watchtower — 10 XP per kill (Attack level 12)
• Take the weaving shed — 10 XP per kill (Attack level 12)
• Take the sick house — 11 XP per kill (Attack level 15)
• Explore: tomb rats — 22 XP per kill (Attack level 18)
• Take the arsenal — 12 XP per kill (Attack level 18)
• Fight ghouls — 16 XP per kill (Attack level 20)
• Take the capital — 14 XP per kill (Attack level 24)
• Explore: grave walkers — 30 XP per kill (Attack level 26)
• Fight ghouls by lamplight — 20 XP per kill (Attack level 26)
• Fight dire wolves — 20 XP per kill (Attack level 30)
• Explore: the Tomb King — 40 XP per kill (Attack level 36)
• Fight marauders — 24 XP per kill (Attack level 42)
• Fight the Ash-Lung Stalker — 26 XP per kill (Attack level 45)
• Clear the flooded cellars — 28 XP per kill (Attack level 50)
• Take the locks — 22 XP per kill (Attack level 50)
• Fight revenants — 28 XP per kill (Attack level 55)
• Take the guildhall — 24 XP per kill (Attack level 55)
• Fight the Tollkeeper's Ghost — 30 XP per kill (Attack level 60)
• Take the beacon — 26 XP per kill (Attack level 60)
• Fight ogres — 32 XP per kill (Attack level 68)
• Take the stoneworks — 30 XP per kill (Attack level 72)
• Fight wraiths — 36 XP per kill (Attack level 82)
• Take the silk house — 33 XP per kill (Attack level 82)
• Take the kings' tomb — 36 XP per kill (Attack level 90)
• Fight the warlord — 40 XP per kill (Attack level 95)

Mastery

Defence levels up from fights, and fights have no mastery, so it has no mastery and no mastery pool. Its level still counts toward 100% completion.

Story

Take less damage in fights. A higher Defence level and good armour stop more of every hit.