Wizard

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Strength

Vigor

Agility

Dexterity

Will

Knowledge

Resourcefulness

Health

Description

Wizards in Dark and Darker are powerful spellcasters, who use their knowledge of arcane magic to bend reality to their will. They can cast a wide variety of spells, ranging from destructive blasts of fire to complex arcane and frost spells. Wizards can also create magical barriers protecting themselves from harm. However, their powers come at a cost - wizards need to meditate and prepare their spells in advance, making them vulnerable to surprise attacks and ambushes.

Class Info

Weapon of choice: Wizard Staff or Spellbook.

• Pros
  • Access to powerful spells that allow for a versatile play style.
  • High single and multi target magic damage output.
  • Temporarily high movement speed from Invisibility and Haste.
  • Able to replenish spell casts through the Meditation skill.
  • Can become invisible to re-position and setup ambushes.
• Cons
  • Very low physical damage.
  • Lowest health in the game.
  • Vulnerable during a long time when meditating.
  • Limited by the amount of available spell casts, which requires to meditate frequently to replenish them.

PerksSkillsSpellsGearStatsTipsPatch Notes

You can equip an additional perk every 5 levels. Currently maxed out at Level 15, so a total of 4 perks can be equipped.

Name	Description
Arcane Feedback	Each time you do damage with an arcane spell your spell casting speed and base magic damage increases by 1% per stack. Arcane Feedback can stack up to 5 times at once. The bonus duration lasts for 7 seconds and resets with each successful stack.
Arcane Mastery	Increases the magic damage of arcane spells by 5% and reduces the casting time of arcane spells by 1 second.
Fire Mastery	Increases the magic damage of the fire spells damage by 5% and increases the duration of burn status by 2 seconds.(Only increases Fireball burn status seconds.)
Ice Shield	Increases Armor Rating by 20 and inflicts Frostbite on melee attack targets for 0.5 seconds. Frostbite slows down the enemy's movement and action speed by 15%.
Mana Surge	Increases your magic damage bonus by 10%.
Melt	If you deal magical fire damage to a target, the target's physical reduction bonus is reduced by -10% for 5 seconds.
Quick Chant	Increases your spell casting speed by 10%.
Reactive Shield	Activates an arcane reactive shield that lasts for 3 seconds when you take damage. The arcane shield can absorb 10 total damage. The shield will only reactivate after a cooldown period.
Sage	Increases knowledge by 10%.

You can equip a total of 2 skills.

Name	Description	Cooldown
Intense Focus	Reduce the casting time of the next spell you cast to 0.1 seconds.	18s
Meditation	Enter a meditative state and revive spells at a rate of 40 spell costs over 30 seconds. (Revive 80 spell costs at Knowledge 20, reviving amount increases when Knowledge increases, and meditative state duration is affected by Spell Casting Speed.)	45s
Spell Memory	Allows you to memorize spells to use in the dungeon.	/
Spell Memory 2	Allows you to memorize spells to use in the dungeon.	/
Arcane Shield	Places a shield around you that absorbs 35 damage from all types for 15 seconds. Upon absorbing all the damage this shield can absorb, it unleashes an Arcane Explosion dealing 5 damage to hostile targets in an area around it.	/

The order in which you select spells will determine their Spell Memory Priority. You can right click spells to "forget" them, and you must drag and drop a spell to memorize it. Spell tiers determine their spell memory cost.
Spell Types:

Light

Fire

Lightning

Arcane

Water

Tier 1

Name	Description	Casting Time	Limit
Zap	If hit, deals 20 magic damage and burns the target for 1 second deals 1 magic damage.	1.5s	5 Casts
Light Orb	Blows up spheres of floating light to brightly illuminate the surroundings. (Reveals Rogues hidden with "Hide" skill)	1.5s	6 Casts

Tier 2

Name	Description	Casting Time	Limit
Slow	Slows the target's movement speed by -40% for 2.5 seconds.	1.5s	5 Casts
Ice Bolt	On hit, it deals 20 magic damage and reduces the target's movement speed by -15% for 1 seconds.	1.5s	5 Casts
Ignite	Set the target's weapon on fire, dealing 5 additional magic damage and burning enemies 1 second to deal 1 magic damage when they hit.	1s	5 Casts

Tier 3

Name	Description	Casting Time	Limit
Magic Missile	Fires up to 10 homing missile that each deal 12 damage. Stops firing when you move. (The speed that the missiles fire at is determined by your Spell Casting Speed.)	1.5s	5 Casts
Haste	Target gains a 12% Action and Move Speed bonus for 10 seconds. Casts to self if no target is found.	1s	4 Casts

Tier 4

Name	Description	Casting Time	Limit
Lightning Strike	After 4 seconds, a bolt of lightning falls in the targeted area, dealing 35 magic damage.	2s	5 Casts
Invisibility	Target becomes invisible for 5 seconds. Casts to self if no target is found.	1s	4 Casts
Fireball	Shoots a fireball that causes 30 direct damage to a target and 10 splash damage and a knock back effect to nearby targets. (Also applies a burn to damaged targets, deals 3 magic damage over 3 seconds.)	2s	5 Casts

Tier 6

Name	Description	Casting Time	Limit
Chain Lightning	Electrocutes the target, inflicts 35 magic damage, and fires lightning that is transferred to a being within 8 meters and shocks up to 3 times. It does not transfer to the target it was transferred to once, and it transfers to yourself if you are nearby. (Lightning transfer effect also applies to corpses.)	2.5s	3 Casts

Weapons

Category	Weapons
2-Handed	Crossbow, Crystal Sword, Spellbook, Wizard Staff
1-Handed	Crystal Ball, Rondel Dagger
Utility	Throwing Knife

Armors

Slot	Armors
Head	Leather Cap, Wizard Hat
Chest	Frock, Mystic Vestments, Oracle Robe, Padded Tunic, Regal Gambeson
Legs	Cloth Pants, Heavy Leather Leggings, Leather Leggings, Loose Trousers, Padded Leggings
Hands	Leather Gloves, Rawhide Gloves, Reinforced Gloves, Riveted Gloves
Feet	Adventurer Boots, Heavy Boots, Laced Turn Shoe, Lightfoot Boots, Old Shoes, Rugged Boots, Wizard Shoes

These stats do not include the starting armor

Stat Name	Base Stats
Strength	5
Agility	15
Will	20
Knowledge	20
Resourcefulness	15
Health	75
Weight Limit	0
Spell Memory	* / 20
Utility Effectiveness	0
Move Speed	300 (100%)
Action Speed	0%
Spell Casting Speed	0%
Equip Speed	25%
Regular Interaction Speed	-20%
Magical Interaction Speed	-15%
Buff Duration	10%
Debuff Duration	-9.1%
Armor Penetration	0%
Magic Penetration	0%
Headshot Reduction	0%
Projectile Damage Reduction	0%
Physical Damage Reduction	-10%
From Armor Rating	0 (-10%)
From Bonuses	0%
Magic Resist	18.4%
From Resist Rating	95 (18.4%)
From Bonuses	0%
Physical Power Bonus	-30%
From Physical Power	5 (-30%)
From Bonuses	0%
Magic Power Bonus	15%
From Magic Power	20 (15%)
From Bonuses	0%
Primary Weapon	0
Attack 1	(0) + 0(Blunt)
Attack 2	(0) + 0(Blunt)
Secondary Weapon	0
Impact Power	0
Primary Weapon Impact Power	1
Secondary Weapon Impact Power	0

- Try to meditate after every 2 uses of Arcane missiles, Invisibility, and Fireball, because all your spells regenerate at the same time.

- When enemies are interacting with doors, shoot a fire spell at them.

- Use door windows to shoot at unsuspecting enemies on the other side of the door.

- Use invisibility to get out of sticky situations and re-position. You can use the Haste ability beforehand to further boost your movement speed.

- While meditating, your camera is locked and you character looks down at the ground, to increase your visibility, meditate on an elevated position to increase your field of view and spot incoming enemies.

- Alternatively, you can also rest at campfire to replenish spell casts.

2023/04/14 Alpha Playtest #5

• Stats changed. -5 AGI, -5 WILL, +10 RES
• Haste: Effect decreased from 14% to 12% Movespeed and Action Speed. Duration increased from 8 seconds to 10 seconds.
• Invisibility: Move speed bonus decreased from 10% to 5%. Duration increased from 3 seconds to 5 seconds.
• Mana Surge: Magical Power Bonus increased from 5% to 10%.

13/02/2023 Alpha Playtest #4 Hotfix #5

• Haste duration changed from 11 to 8 seconds.

2023/02/09 Alpha #4 Playtest Hotfix - #3

• Wizard Light’s Spell Count 8 -> 6
• Wizard Ignite’s Spell Count 6 -> 5
• Wizard Zap’s Spell Count 6 -> 5
• Wizard Ice Bolt’s Spell Count 6 -> 5
• Wizard Haste’s Spell Count 5 -> 4
• Wizard Invisibility’s Spell Count 5 -> 4
• Wizard Chain Lightning’s Spell Count 4 -> 3
• Wizard Fireball Splash Damage 20 -> 10

2022/12/22 Alpha Playtest #3 Hotfix #5

• Fixed an issue where the Savage Roar's fear effect would not disappear.

2022/12/20 Alpha Playtest #3 Hotfix #4

• Fixed an issue where Ignite could malfunction.

2022/12/16 Alpha Playtest #3 Hotfix #1

• Wizard's Fireball cast time changed from 1.5 seconds to 1.25 seconds.

• Wizard's Lightning Strike cast time changed from 1.5 seconds to 1.25 seconds.

• Wizard's Chain Lightning cast time changed from 2 seconds to 1.5 seconds.

• Wizard's Magic Missile damage per projectile changed from 10 to 12.

2022/12/16 Alpha Playtest #3 Changelog

New Magic System -

• All spells have a specific memory cost associated with them.

• Magic users can customize which spells they wish to memorize through the spell capacity system.

• Your ‘Knowledge’ determines which spells are at your disposal during the game. The order of the spell memorization is important because if your ‘Knowledge’ or ‘Spell Capacity’ stat dynamically changes during the game, the last memorized spells may become available/unavailable.

• Lots of new spells added to the game including – Ice bolt, Zap, Lightning Strike, Bind, Cleanse, and more.

Guides

• Battle Wizard