In RuneScape: Dragonwilds, nearly all core survival mechanics are available from the very beginning. You can chop trees, mine ore, cook food, and craft gear as soon as you enter Ashenfall. However, true mastery comes from leveling skills. As you continue performing these actions, you gradually unlock powerful abilities that dramatically improve efficiency, combat strength, and overall survivability.
With a massive dragon constantly roaming the world, skill progression is not optional—it is essential. Each skill path offers permanent passive bonuses and milestone unlocks that shape how you explore, fight, and build. This guide breaks down every major skill, what it provides per level, and why it matters.
RuneScape Dragonwilds Skills Progression Guide – Skill Tree
Attack Skill Tree
The Attack skill reduces attack stamina cost by 1% per level, making prolonged combat far more manageable. This tree focuses on melee combat mastery, defensive techniques, and weapon enhancement.
Level 5 – Parry
Perfectly timed blocks stagger enemies and deal increased damage, rewarding precise defensive play.
Level 8 – Melee Weapon Special Actions
Unlocks unique special attacks for melee weapons, adding depth and variety to combat.
Level 11 – Tempest Shield
Conjures a shield of air magic that blocks all damage for a short duration, releasing a powerful burst when it ends.
Level 16 – Weapon Expertise
Grants additional attacks for all melee weapons, expanding your combo potential.
Level 20 – Enchant Weapon: Fire
Enchants your melee weapon with fire, allowing critical hits to apply burning damage.
Level 23 – Adaptability
Dodging or blocking no longer interrupts melee combos, enabling smoother, more aggressive combat.
Level 27 – Weapon Rack
Unlocks the weapon rack structure for displaying weapons.
Level 30 – Enchant Weapon: Air
Increases melee attack speed by enchanting weapons with air magic.
Level 34 – Lesser Potion of Attack
Unlocks the recipe at the brewing cauldron.
Level 37 – Training Dummy
Allows construction of a training dummy for testing weapon damage.
Level 40 – Whetstone
Enables crafting whetstones to sharpen weapons for increased damage.
Mining Skill Tree
Mining increases critical hit chance by 1% per level, improving resource yield over time. This path enhances efficiency, exploration, and raw material management.
Level 5 – Lift With Your Hips
Reduces the weight of stone, clay, and sand by 25%.
Level 11 – Rocksplosion
Conjures a powerful blast that breaks stone boulders and ore veins.
Level 16 – Gem Prospector
Mining ore now has a chance to yield precious gemstones.
Level 20 – Mine Crumbled Walls
Allows you to break crumbled walls with a pickaxe, opening hidden paths.
Level 24 – Detect Ore and Clay
Invokes Stone Spirits to guide you to nearby ore and clay nodes.
Level 36 – Not-so-Heavy Metal
Reduces metal ore weight by 25%.
Woodcutting Skill Tree
Woodcutting reduces stamina cost by 1% per level, making large-scale logging far more sustainable.
Level 4 – Overhead Chop
Deals high damage to fallen logs but minimal damage to standing trees.
Level 11 – Axtral Projection
Summons an astral axe that instantly chops trees in its path.
Level 16 – Bird Nests
Trees may now drop bird nests containing useful items.
Level 20 – Chop Thorny Vines
Allows cutting thorny vines to access blocked areas.
Level 27 – Splinter
Instantly chops fallen trees into logs using a powerful spell.
Level 40 – Lumber Storage
Unlocks a high-capacity storage structure for logs and planks.
Artisan Skill Tree
Artisan reduces equipment durability loss by 1% per level, making it extremely valuable for long-term gear management.
Level 11 – Bark to Bones
Transmutes a tree into a stack of bones using alchemy.
Level 20 – Superheat
Temporarily boosts processing speed of fire-based stations.
Level 27 – Magical Mending
Instantly repairs dropped items through nature magic.
Level 40 – Decorated Adventurer
Unlocks the armor mannequin for displaying full armor sets.
Construction Skill Tree
Construction focuses on base building flexibility, creativity, and convenience.
Level 3 – Middle Ground
Unlocks medium-sized building pieces.
Level 5 – Fine Details
Unlocks small building pieces.
Level 8 – Sacred Geometry
Unlocks triangular building pieces.
Level 11 – Eye of Oculus
Provides a new building perspective for easier structure placement.
Level 16 – Creature Comforts
Unlocks furniture and decorative items.
Level 18 – Oak
Unlocks the next tier of building materials.
Level 20 – Summon Shelter
Creates a temporary shelter using astral magic.
Level 40 – Personal Chest
Allows remote access to personal storage from anywhere.
Cooking Skill Tree
Cooking increases the chance of creating delicious food by 1% per level, improving buff quality and sustainability.
Level 11 – Fancy Cookware
Unlocks the Pan Rack furniture piece.
Level 20 – Internal Alchemy
Resets active food and drink buffs.
Level 27 – Bones to Peaches
Transmutes bones on the ground into edible peaches.
Level 40 – Yes, Chef!
Unlocks the Chef’s Hat recipe.
Runecrafting Skill Tree
Runecrafting does not provide passive bonuses but unlocks powerful magic-related abilities and recipes.
Level 8 – Windstep
Allows higher jumps and slower falling using air magic.
Level 11 – Earth Runes
Unlocks Earth Rune crafting.
Level 13 – Fire Runes
Unlocks Fire Rune crafting.
Level 16 – Law Runes
Unlocks Law Rune crafting.
Level 18 – Nature Runes
Unlocks Nature Rune crafting.
Level 20 – Fire Spirit
Summons a fire spirit to light your surroundings.
Level 27 – Essential Strength
Reduces rune essence weight by 50%.
Skill progression in RuneScape: Dragonwilds defines how powerful, efficient, and adaptable your character becomes. Whether you focus on combat, crafting, exploration, or base building, every skill contributes meaningfully to survival in a hostile world. Investing time into leveling multiple paths will significantly improve your ability to withstand the dragon’s threat and thrive in Ashenfall.