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Drowning (running out of stamina while in deep water) will begin to kill your character, piling on [[Hitpoints|Asphixiation]] damage. This can kill you quickly; if you die in the water, you leave a floating [[Corpse]] that betrays your incompetence to every passing boater. It is advisable to use caution while swimming, and consider if you need to buy swimming until much later. Raising [[constitution]] will allow you to cross larger rivers. | Drowning (running out of stamina while in deep water) will begin to kill your character, piling on [[Hitpoints|Asphixiation]] damage at a rate of 10% of your MHP per half second. This means you will die in 5 seconds! It doesn't deal 10 flat damage. So, if you have 210 max health, it will be doing 21 damage instead! This can kill you quickly; if you die in the water, you leave a floating [[Corpse]] that betrays your incompetence to every passing boater. It is advisable to use caution while swimming, and consider if you need to buy swimming until much later. Raising [[constitution]] will allow you to cross larger rivers. | ||
A character with 10 constitution and a full stamina bar, can only cross 10 tiles safely before drowning. The maximum distance character can swim increases at a non-linear rate similar to quality. {{Verify|swim distance increases non-linearly}} | A character with 10 constitution and a full stamina bar, can only cross 10 tiles safely before drowning. The maximum distance character can swim increases at a non-linear rate similar to quality. {{Verify|swim distance increases non-linearly}} | ||
Revision as of 17:50, 16 January 2021
| Swimming | |
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| LP Cost | -999 |
| Skill(s) Required |
Fishing |
| Skill(s) Enabled |
Boat Building |
| Hearth Magic(s) Unlocked | None |
| Required By (0) | Nothing |
| Go to Skills Page | |
Swimming is needed to enter and cross deep water without a Boat or Raft. Please read this page carefully to avoid watery grave.
In-Game Text
"Having learned how to catch the fish, he next strove to be like one."
Swimming allows your character to cross deep water. Swimming is highly draining on your stamina, so know your limits, and don't brave waters you cannot handle.
Health Warning
Drowning (running out of stamina while in deep water) will begin to kill your character, piling on Asphixiation damage at a rate of 10% of your MHP per half second. This means you will die in 5 seconds! It doesn't deal 10 flat damage. So, if you have 210 max health, it will be doing 21 damage instead! This can kill you quickly; if you die in the water, you leave a floating Corpse that betrays your incompetence to every passing boater. It is advisable to use caution while swimming, and consider if you need to buy swimming until much later. Raising constitution will allow you to cross larger rivers.
A character with 10 constitution and a full stamina bar, can only cross 10 tiles safely before drowning. The maximum distance character can swim increases at a non-linear rate similar to quality. [Verify: swim distance increases non-linearly.]
Remember that if you do drown, your character is permanently dead.
Toggling Swimming
You must toggle swimming on and off via the adventure menu.
Adventure > Toggles > Toggle Swimming
Notes
Some of this information might be outdated as swimming was revamped in W8-10 and not all information here has been verified.
In Legacy, you drowned instantly after running out of stamina. Swimming was considered so dangerous (and not prerequisite to Boat Building yet) that many people never unlocked it, so they couldn't toggle it on even by accident. You may find guides on Internet dating from this era that exaggerate the dangers of swimming.