Proficiency

Basic Information

Proficiency, or prof for short, is a numerical value on an equipment that shows how long the item has been used in the current state. It is needed in order to perform upgrades. Proficiency only decreases when it is used in upgrades.

Proficiency is shown as XX(xx.x%) in game. To evaluate the total proficiency of an item, this can be simply interpreted as [XX.xx]%, where [101.00]% or 100(100.0%) is the maximum proficiency that can be achieved on an item. When the number in the parenthesis reaches +0(100.0%) the digit outside will go up by one and will automatically be +1(0.0%).

Broken (0 durability) equipment will not gain proficiency until repaired. The proficiency gain stops the moment they break, so whatever action caused it to break will not count.

To gain proficiency from a monster, the monster's Combat Power level must be ranked as Weak or higher; Weakest monsters will not yield any proficiency for weapons or shields when used offensively. This does not affect shields when used defensively nor armor/clothing, however.

Fighting in PvP does not yield proficiency.

A Rusty Hammer of Proficiency can be used to gain 100 Proficiency on any piece of equipment.

Equipment Categories

• Weapons earn proficiency through each hit.
  • Wands and Staves gain proficiency from using magic as well as when used as a melee weapon.
  • Cylinders will gain proficiency by using offensive alchemy skills as well as when used as a melee weapon.
    • This includes summoning Barrier Spikes and Golems, and using Magic Crystals. Attacking with the Golem itself will not raise proficiency.
    • Tower Cylinders will gain proficiency when attacking with your hands.
  • Skills that hit multiple times (e.g. Thunder, Flame Burst, Somersault Kick, Pummel, etc.) will give proficiency for each successive hit. Hitting multiple targets with one attack (e.g. Weapon Splash, Windmill, Fireball, Ice Spear, Heat Buster, Drop Kick, etc.) raises proficiency only once per attack, regardless of the number of targets hit.
  • However, if the player is Dual Wielding and only hits the target once rather than twice (e.g. on the final blow or attacking a target using Defense), only the weapon in the off-hand slot will gain proficiency.
  • If a player is Dual Wielding and using normal attacks, the weapon in the off-hand slot may gain proficiency slightly more frequently.
    • However, if the player uses single-hit skills instead of normal melee attacks, both weapons will gain proficiency at once.
  • When using a bow to fire arrows, the proficiency gain is based on the "Ranged (%)" column. However, when using Close-combat skills such as Windmill or Counterattack, the bow proficiency gain is based on the "Melee (%)" column.
  • Assault Slash and Doppelganger do not yield proficiency.

• Armor/Clothing earn proficiency through the wearer being hit.
  • When attacked, armor/clothing can gain the amount of proficiency listed with each hit.
    • Wearing other equipment may prevent the armor/clothing from getting proficiency.

• Shields earn proficiency through successfully defended attacks.
  • When an attack is defended with the Defense skill and a shield is equipped, it will gain proficiency according to the "Defense(%)" column.
  • A shield may randomly gain proficiency if it is in an active equipment slot and the user is hit. This chance is dependent on how many other armor items are being worn (any equipment slot excluding weapons)
  • Shields also gain proficiency by attacking with the Charge skill.

• Guard Cylinders gain proficiency in a similar matter to shields and cylinders.

• Robes, Gloves, Shoes, Headgear, and Accessories do not gain proficiency.

• Gathering Tools earn proficiency through use of the item with Gathering or Life Skills.
  • Proficiency is still given even if the gathering attempt fails, even if this is because the object has been depleted of resources.

• Instruments gain proficiency at the start of playing any music, and also when used as melee weapons.
  • Song does not yield proficiency.

Equipment Proficiency Chart

Age	Melee (%)	Ranged (%)	Gather (%)	Music (%)	Damage (%)	Defend (%)
10	4.8	6	9.6	.6	1.6	24
11~12		7.2
13~15	6				2	30
16~19		8.4	14.4	1.2
20~24	7.2	9.6			2.4	36
25+		10.8

• Players with Premium Service may receive 2.5x as much proficiency.
• Players gain 1.2x as much proficiency on Thursdays (this stacks with Premium Service).
• Defend Proficiency only refers to blocking an attack with the Defense skill while a Shield is equipped.
• Chain Blades only receive ½ of regular Melee Proficiency.
• Only gathering tools gain the full Gathering Proficiency. A Gathering Knife gets the full value when shearing but a sword will only get ⅛ of that value.

Proficiency Training Tips

Proficiency Training Tips

• Wands and Staves gain proficiency from magic as well as melee combat.
  • If using a wand, Healing is the spell most quickly cast. However, this does not apply to staves.
    • In order to make full use of this, one can stand by a Mana Tunnel.
    • Using transformation to refill MP while in Rabbie Arena also works.
• Instruments can also be used as a melee weapon to train proficiency.
• For Shields, attack something once and then use Defense and walk back. After the mob has attacked, run away until defense can be reloaded, then repeat.
• It is possible to train proficiency on melee weapons more quickly by using elemental enchanted equipment to reduce both damage dealt and damage received by monsters of the same element. An example of this is using a full lightning set against Wisps. Even a low level character will take very little damage from a Wisp with one of these sets equipped.
• It is possible to gain proficiency by activating Auto Combat against the Barrier Spikes in the Provocation or Sniper War Shadow Missions but only while under the effects of a Tendering Potion.
  • If one does not want to find a party to enter Provocation, another method is to enter The Saga: Iria's Episode 7's Tense Escape and auto-attack the Barrier Spikes under the effects of a tendering potion. One would need to be outside the aggro range of the pursuing NPCs.
  • Another method is to enter The Saga: Iria's Episode 3's Retreat to Vales. Shadow Mission; kill all the mobs around the White Dragon then activate Auto Combat against it. However, this method is a little more dangerous as the White Dragon may walk and trample on you which deals a lot of damage.
• A simple trick to get one more hit on monsters is to create a one person party and change the finish rule to "Anyone in the party."
• Enchantments that decrease CP may be useful in gaining proficiency.
• When Dual Wielding, the weapon in the left hand always attacks first, allowing it to always gain proficiency before the weapon in the right hand weapon.
• Another way to gain proficiency on Wands, Staves, Bows, Crossbows, Atlatls, and Dual Guns is go to Tir Na Nog or Tara's Shadow Mission Their Method, and use Icebolt, Ranged Attack, Throwing Attack, or Dual Gun Mastery on the Zombies.
  • In the case of Their Method, getting a zombie stuck to a tree to the Northwest of Tara while auto attack is on can allow a player to gain proficiency on a ranged weapon without further input from the user. The same can be done in Tir Na Nog by placing the player character in the laundry hangers at the healer's house.
• A way to gain proficiency Clothing/Armor is to provoke Rats/Mimics via Taunt, Rock Throwing, or Enthralling Performance.
• The best way to gain proficiency melee/range weapons, as long as its not a wand/staff, is to do Kitchen Dungeon which is attacking fruits in a group when they're always at boss level.
  • Fruits should have about 100% protection, you will always do 1 damage to them unless Glewyas strikes them reducing their protection.
    • To make Glewyas not attack the fruits, lure the rest of the fruits away from him, leaving him about one fruit to deal with.
  • Because they don't aggro as fast, it is possible to train bows and guns as they don't always attack immediately.
  • It is advised to enchant your equipment with elementals.
    • For example, the Fruit Juice Recipe lets you enter with monsters that uses Icebolt, even if you have high magic defense you'll eventually die from being attacked.
  • The Silver Tableware may be best avoided if the character doesn't have enough defense to parry its stronger attacks. But if it is a bother, kill it.
  • Sewer Rat should always be killed because they aggro you upon being immediately summoned.
  • To make this process simpler, turn on Auto Combat.
    • Dual Guns will automatically reload, however, if you have nothing or a melee weapon equipped in the other set, upon being hit while in the skill reload, you will hit the enemy with your melee weapon or bare hands.
      • To resolve this, also equip any other type of gun in the other set.
• One way to gain proficiency without use of a Tendering Potion is to attack the Girgashiy in the Easy difficulty. Because of Girgashiy's huge Combat Power, it appear as Boss to virtually any player that fights it. Note that the player cannot simply leave their computer on Auto Attack during this method.
  • To stop the Girgashiy from dealing any significant damage with its Staff Swing, use Divine Link and link yourself to a pet and position it so that the pet is right on the edge of the lake. This will aggro Girgashiy to the pet and let it use Staff Swing over and over again without moving.
    • A pet with a high amount of Protection is recommended.
  • Windmill resets Girgashiy's AI to stop it from using Mineral Hail. Girgashiy only uses Mineral Hail after its fourth Staff Swing, so it's recommended to Windmill after its third swing.
  • The player might consider binding Auto Attack Toggle to a key to lessen the amount of clicking needed.
• Weapons can gain proficiency when attacking while mounted on a pet.
  • The proficiency calculation uses the Pet's CP level vs the target. e.g. If the monster is WEAKEST to you, but WEAK for your pet, the weapon will still gain proficiency.
  • Attacking on a pet uses the pet's attack speed, one can take advantage of this to gain proficiency quicker on Slow weapons, or without using ammo.
    • Furthermore, using a Fynn Pet will allow you to continuously attack the target without knock-down.
  • Durability is still consumed via this method.

References

1. 装備/熟練度 - Mabinogi Wiki (JP)