In the Free2Play MMO Skyforge , additional classes must be unlocked. How does that work?
Normally, MMORPGs start with character creation. Here, one of many classes can be chosen, and that is what you stick with for your hero’s journey. In the new Free2Play MMO Skyforge, it’s different. The hero can switch between the available classes at any time. It works similarly to a MOBA. However, not every hero is immediately selectable in Skyforge.
But how can you unlock additional classes in Skyforge?
First, you must choose one of the three base classes. Everyone starts with these: the Tank Paladin, the Support Lichthüter , and the Range-DPS Cryomancer.
Players who have purchased a founder’s package or a Collector’s Edition have access to a larger selection. They can use this to acquire up to four classes in Skyforge. However, fundamentally, the following remains unchanged. Even players who purchase packages and thus gain access to classes must unlock the following.
As one of these three classes in Skyforge, you will initially collect the “colored” sparks in green, red, or yellow. This can be done both in the “open quest areas” when completing quests there for the first time and through adventures. You receive the development sparks after completing the instance.
By choosing exactly the adventure that promises the right sparks, you can somewhat control your progress.
First unlock the basic function of the base class in Skyforge
Pressing “K” takes you to the skill tree of the respective class. Here, you must first unlock the basic abilities of Cryomancer, Lichthüter, or Paladin with “colored sparks”. These are essentially the base functions. Progress is relatively quick until you reach a junction that unlocks “the second level of the Atlas and class sparks”.
Now, you will regularly receive sparks for exactly the class you are playing during normal adventures. These are not colored but presented in white. You loot these class sparks from regular enemies, mid-bosses, or instance bosses.
Then search for the way in the second level of the Atlas of Progress
Important for “unlocking” new classes is the second level of the Atlas of Progress, which you also reach by pressing the “K” key; you can switch tabs at the top left. Here, you need the colored sparks to unlock additional junctions.
Now, you must choose the class you want to unlock. To decide which class is right for you, players can run a trial for all in the research center or check this article.
Once you have decided on a class, you now need to locate the junction where the “new class” you want to play is connected. Then you mark this junction with a right-click and select “Find Path,” and Skyforge’s interface will then continuously inform you which sparks you need to collect to ultimately step into the role of your desired class.
… and finally become the class you want
As you collect these colored sparks, you also receive class sparks, allowing you to chase your desired class in the second level while improving your current class in the first level.
Be careful: While medium classes like the Kinetiker, archer, shadow master, or necromancer are relatively quick to achieve, advanced classes like the monk, knight, warlock, gunner, berserker, or alchemist require significantly more effort.
It is important to note that not every junction in Skyforge costs the same; points far from the base classes can cost up to 600 sparks.
