Learning

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Secondary skills
Expert Air Magic.png Air Magic
Expert Archery.png Archery
Expert Armorer.png Armorer
Expert Artillery.png Artillery
Expert Ballistics.png Ballistics
Expert Diplomacy.png Diplomacy
Expert Eagle Eye.png Eagle Eye
Expert Earth Magic.png Earth Magic
Expert Estates.png Estates
Expert Fire Magic.png Fire Magic
Expert First Aid.png First Aid
Expert Intelligence.png Intelligence
Expert Interference.png Interference Horn of the Abyss
Expert Leadership.png Leadership
Expert Learning.png Learning
Expert Logistics.png Logistics
Expert Luck.png Luck
Expert Mysticism.png Mysticism
Expert Navigation.png Navigation
Expert Necromancy.png Necromancy
Expert Offense.png Offense
Expert Pathfinding.png Pathfinding
Expert Resistance.png Resistance
Expert Scholar.png Scholar
Expert Scouting.png Scouting
Expert Sorcery.png Sorcery
Expert Tactics.png Tactics
Expert Water Magic.png Water Magic
Expert Wisdom.png Wisdom
Learning
Basic Learning.png Basic Learning: increases a hero's earned experience by 5%.
Advanced Learning.png Advanced Learning: increases a hero's earned experience by 10%.
Expert Learning.png Expert Learning: increases a hero's earned experience by 15%.

Learning is a secondary skill, which increases the amount of experience a hero gains from different events. The bonus may be 5%, 10% or 15% depending on the level of the skill. For example, if a hero without Learning secondary skill receives 1000 experience points from a treasure chest, a hero with basic Learning would gain 1050 points, advanced Learning 1100 points and expert Learning 1150 points.

As can be seen from the experience table, assuming Expert Learning very early on, after level 10 the hero will be ~0.75 levels higher than other heroes without this secondary skill. Before level 10, the advantage is less.

Heroes with Basic Learning as a starting skill:

Heroes with Learning as a specialty and a starting skill:

Chance to get[edit | edit source]

Out of total 112 for Shadow of Death, and of (112 + Interference chance) for Horn of the Abyss Horn of the Abyss.
Banned skills change the probability.

Town Class Chance to learn
Town portrait Castle small.gif Castle  Knight   4
Town portrait Castle small.gif Castle  Cleric   4
Town portrait Rampart small.gif Rampart  Ranger   4
Town portrait Rampart small.gif Rampart  Druid   4
Town portrait Tower small.gif Tower  Alchemist  10 (highest)
Town portrait Tower small.gif Tower  Wizard   4
Town portrait Inferno small.gif Inferno  Demoniac   4
Town portrait Inferno small.gif Inferno  Heretic   4
Town portrait Necropolis small.gif Necropolis  Death Knight   4
Town portrait Necropolis small.gif Necropolis  Necromancer   4
Town portrait Dungeon small.gif Dungeon  Overlord   4
Town portrait Dungeon small.gif Dungeon  Warlock   4
Town portrait Stronghold small.gif Stronghold  Barbarian   4
Town portrait Stronghold small.gif Stronghold  Battle Mage   4
Town portrait Fortress small.gif Fortress  Beastmaster   4
Town portrait Fortress small.gif Fortress  Witch   4
Town portrait Conflux small.gif Conflux  Planeswalker   8
Town portrait Conflux small.gif Conflux  Elementalist   4
Town portrait Cove small.gif Cove  Captain   2 (lowest) Horn of the Abyss
Town portrait Cove small.gif Cove  Navigator   4
Town portrait Factory small.gif Factory  Mercenary   4
Town portrait Factory small.gif Factory  Artificer   4


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Some may find the information in this section subjective or irrelevant.

Skills like Learning, Eagle Eye, and Mysticism aren't loved very much by the majority of players. They aren't bad themselves, but the number of secondary skills is limited, while some of them are just vital, and absence of e.g. Wisdom or Earth Magic makes a hero significantly weaker, especially in the endgame. However, for a hero who is not a "number one", is rarely involved into major battles, and has a task chiefly to collect resources and summon troops, Learning is a good skill. He or she will rush between levels faster than usually, and will increase primary skills rather quick, which is important for unexpected battles (e.g. when a town is sieged and the main hero is far away, ability to throw a powerful Magic Arrow or to accumulate 30-40 spell points does a good job). Horn of the Abyss Horn of the Abyss's Kinkeria may be used as the main hero, as she will get experience very fast, soon becoming really strong.

A major flaw of Learning is that experience points increase is very slow, while range between experience points needed for every new level is increasing throughout the game. If a hero were to have expert level of Learning from the beginning of the game, when the hero reaches 230,000 experience points, a hero without the skill would have achieved 200,000 points. This would mean that the first hero is on level 26 and the second on level 25, which is only a one-level difference.


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