Attributes in Entropia Universe

Entropia avatars gain abilities that influence their in-game abilities and tasks. The most basic and perhaps the most important of these abilities are attributes. Attributes affect and are affected by everything in the game. Some of them are easy to breed while others seem to be extremely difficult.

Agility increases and influences various combat activities, as well as defense, miscellaneous clothing, miscellaneous coloring, and beauty.

Intelligence increases and influences crafting, mining, scanning, and mental force use, as well as a couple of combat activities like whipping and ranged.

The psyche is elevated and influences the use of mental force (which includes sweating).

Stamina influences running speed and as far as I know it can only be increased through missions. However, an avatar’s general overall level can also affect as I have known some “older” avatars with higher stamina.

Strength is influenced and increased by close combat. In addition to combat, strength is also beneficial for the carrying capacity of the avatar. The avatar will always be able to walk, however if it is overloaded it will not be able to run.

I’m sure there are other areas that are influenced by attribute skills, but these are the most obvious and are also the activities a player can engage in to improve those same attributes. One important activity that can possibly increase various attributes is swunting (sweating and hunting the same animal).

By first making the animal sweat and taking the hits, the avatar potentially gains psyche and agility. When the sweating part is complete, the avatar can initiate combat with a weapon. If that weapon is melee, then the avatar potentially gains strength and agility, as well as other related abilities. However, if the weapon is ranged, the potential attribute gains are in the intelligence and agility categories. These aren’t set in cement, of course, there’s likely to be more crossover. However, the swunting activity is a great way for an avatar to gain attribute skills and still have fun.

Also, you must remember that your attributes cannot be artificially increased or decreased. And the vast majority of standard tasks in Entropia increase agility. As a result, the gaming community has come to use Agility as a de facto measure of someone’s in-game ability, as well as in-game time. So it adds another use for attributes and more information that you can get just by knowing your opponent’s attributes.