Wurm Online is one of those games where the higher your skill is, the more difficult it is (ie: longer it takes) to raise those skills. Not all skills are created equal, either. One that I’ve been working on off and on for years now is meditation.
You can meditate 5x a day with a 30 minute timer between meditations, then it’s a 3h timer between meditations after you complete your 5. If the server resets the timer resets. The problem is you’re not guaranteed a skill up even if you do meditate. There are some things you can do, like using a low ql rug (you want to use a low quality rug for skilling, and a high quality rug for getting the meditation questions) and I always make sure to use a little moonshine and my sleep bonus – but even then, it’s slow.
[08:42:07] Meditating increased by 0.0822 to 58.6579
I’m trying to reach 70 in the skill. I’ve been trying for a long time. I know if I just focused a bit to at least get my 5x meditation done each day it wouldn’t be quite as bad as I make it out to be, but that’s easier said than done. You also can’t meditate in the same spot over and over, you need to shuffle some tiles away from the last spot you were at. Right now I have two meditation rugs set up on my deed and I shuffle between them every 30 minutes. Well, that’s what I WOULD do at least if I were able to focus on this skill. Instead I typically get sidetracked and wander off some place.
The other skill I’m working on? Weapon smithing. Right now I am at 61.48, which means I can improve my weapons to around 70 quality before it gets too difficult. Ideally, I’d like to get 90+ in the skill. Weapon smithing is another one of those ‘strange’ skills though and it takes FAR longer to skill up than your average skill. I also get bored of it pretty easily, so I tend to do a few grind sessions and then wander off of my deed for a week or two to do other things. I’ll get there eventually. Maybe.
As always, happy gaming, no matter where you find yourself!
A Pixel Nomad 