Gothic 1 Remake: Skill Trainers – Locations and Requirements – Mobalytics

Gothic 1 Remake offers players a plethora of combat and survival skills to master. These are crucial to your adventure and will make your journey through the Valley Mines easier. In this article, we are going to explore how skills work, how to train skills or attributes, such as one-handed, strength, lockpicking, and more, as well as provide locations for the skill trainers!
This guide was written by our expert, dxvis.
The Hero character can learn various Skills by learning them from Skill Trainers. These are unique NPCs scattered across the world of Gothic 1 Remake. They will usually offer to teach you about their unique skills in exchange for LP (Learning Points) and Ore. You can obtain LP by leveling up, while Ore can be found around the world as well as by selling items and completing quests. 
Once you learn a Skill, it will show up in the Stats menu, showing its level and unique effect. Some Skills can be upgraded multiple times, offering stacking bonuses.
You’ll be able to access several Skill Trainers early in your adventure. However, you will not have LP and Ore to get all of them straight away. The recommended Skill order for smooth early game progression is:
Skill Trainers are unique NPCs that will teach you their unique Skill in exchange for LP and Ore. You will need to find them and talk to them to learn their Skills. Below, you will find a quick reference with all the teachers, as well as an in-depth guide on each of them!
Trainer
Skill(s) Taught
Location
Requirements
Diego
Strength, Dexterity
Old Camp, near the castle entrance
Fingers
Pickpocketing, Lockpicking
Old Camp, elevated hut on the inner wall (turn left after entering)
Scatty
One-Handed Combat
Old Camp, near the fighting pit
Huno
Smithing
Old Camp, smithing hut in the elevated alley by the fighting pit
Drax
Hunting (teeth, fur, claws, reptile skin)
Outside Old Camp — cross the northern bridge, turn right
Torrez
Rune Magic
Old Camp, southern covered market
Cavalorn
Bow
Secluded house east of the Old Camp
Cronos
Mana
New Camp Cave
Thorus
Strength, Dexterity
Old Camp, guarding the castle entrance
Theron
Climbing
Swamp Camp
Baal Cadar
Inscription (Scroll Crafting)
Swamp Camp
Damarok
Alchemy
Old Camp
Homer
Diving
New Camp Cave
Wedge
Lockpicking and Pickpocketing
New Camp Cave
Wolf
Bow
New Camp Cave
Buster
Acrobatics
New Camp Cave
Lee
Strength, Dexterity
New Camp Cave
Diego is one of the first characters you will meet in Gothic 1 Remake. He sits near the castle entrance inside the Old Camp, and grants Strength and Dexterity stat bonuses for a small amount of LP.

Strength increases the amount of damage dealt with melee weapons, while Dexterity increases damage dealt with ranged weapons. Additionally, weapons have minimum stat requirements, requiring a certain amount of Strength or Dexterity to be wielded.
Fingers is a member of the Old Camp Shadows. He sits in an elevated hut in the inner wall of the Old Camp, which you can find by turning left after entering the camp.

Wedge, on the other hand, can be found inside the New Camp cave. From the entrance, take the path to the left and go down to the lower level.


The Pickpocketing and Lockpicking Skills allow you to steal from NPCs and open locked doors and chests, respectively. You can still lockpick without the Lockpicking skill, but it will be more difficult.

Scatty can be found near the fighting pit in the Old Camp. He teaches the One-Handed combat Skills, making the Hero more proficient with one-handed weapons like shortswords and axes.
Players can find Huno in the elevated alley next to the fighting pit in the Old Camp, inside his smithing hut. After talking to him, he will offer the player the chance to learn the Smithing Skill.

Smithing: 10 LP and 50 Ore. Allows crafting one-handed weapons, and gives some basic one-handed weapon schematics.
Drax sits in the road outside the Old Camp. From the northern gate, cross the bridge and turn right. You’ll find him in a small camp alongside Ratford. 

Before you can learn hunting skills though, you’ll need to give him a Beer, which you can loot from various places in the Old Camp and chests in roads. Drax’s hunting skills allow you to get more materials from monsters you take down, which you can in turn sell for Ore, making hunting a good source of Ore.
Magic is a key mechanic in Gothic 1 Remake, allowing players to cast offensive and defensive spells alike. Learning a Rune Magic spell grants the ability to cast it at any time, in contrast to Scroll Magic, which destroys the Scroll after a single use.
Torrez strolls around the southern part of the Old Camp, usually in the covered market.

Before being able to learn Rune Magic, players must complete “The Price of Magic” side quest, also given by Torrez. He demands two Wolf Claws and one Parchment. Wolf Claws can be bought from Mordreg in the Old Camp or looted from wolves, and Parchment can be bought from Graham, also in the Old Camp.
Torrez will make the player choose between two starting spells: Firebolt or Healing. As their name suggest, Firebolt deals fire damage from a distance, while Healing regenerates player health. We recommend picking Firebolt, as it is useful in a variety of situations and offers safe damage, while Healing is weaker in comparison.
Cavalorn lives in a secluded house right to the East of the Old Camp. Players can find it by exiting the Old Camp via the northern gate and immediately turning left, hugging the cliff wall, and going past Scavengers until they come across a road. At the end of it is Cavalorn’s House. Alternatively, players can follow the road that starts from the Southern Gate of the Old Camp, turning right, and then right again in the intersection. Cavalorn sells bows, monster materials, and potions, making him a valuable vendor as well.

Wolf is another Bow Teacher. He can be found in the New Camp cave. From the entrance, follow the path left and go up the rooftops until you reach the highest area, where he can be found beside two other hunters.

Cronos improves the player’s mana pool, allowing them to use more spells before they need to recover it using potions or swamp weed. Mana is especially important after players get access to Rune Magic, as it lets them fire more spells in a given fight.
Cronos can be found in the New Camp, inside the cave. He usually sits in the center of the cave, in the lower level, or near the Water Mages’ headquarters in the back of the cave. He also sells the Map of the New Camp.

Climbing lets players climb certain walls, reaching otherwise inaccessible areas, often leading to shortcuts and valuable loot. This Skill is taught by Theron, who can be found in the Swamp Camp. From the Stone Temple, head right and walk until you reach a hut on the beach, where you’ll find Theron.

Before you can learn the Climbing Skill, though, Theron will ask for 6 Northern Dark sprouts. These are obtained from Fortuno in the Swamp Camp, who sits directly below the Lab. You can ask any NPC to lead you to Cor Kalom’s laboratory, or follow the alchemy signposts in the Swamp Camp. After handing over the Northern Dark, you can learn the Climbing Skill for 5 LP.
Scroll Magic is one of the two Magic systems in Gothic 1 Remake, the other being Rune Magic. Scrolls allow using the Spell scribed on them once, and they get destroyed after use.

You can learn this Skill from Baal Cadar in the Swamp Camp. From the Blacksmith (which you can find by the signposts on the Camp), head straight and you’ll see a hut directly to your right, where Baal Cadar is.
After learning Alchemy, players can craft potions of all kinds, increasing versatility in combat and allowing them to craftof useful Healing Potions.

Damarok is the Alchemy teacher in the Old Camp. He is found inside the castle gates – Meaning players must have completed the quest “A Test of Faith” and gained reputation in the Old Camp before being allowed in. Once inside, turn left and enter the building guarded by the mage Milten, then walk to the back room where Damarok is.
The Diving Skill improves your underground breathing, doubling your oxygen capacity. Gothic 1 Remake hides chests and items underwater, so this Skill is useful to get your hands on some hidden loot under the waves.

Homer teaches Diving, and he is located in the New Camp Dam. From the New Camp entrance, follow the path up the cliff until you reach the upper area, and you will find Homer overlooking the dam. He will also give you the side quest “The Dam Lurker”.
Acrobatics is one of the most useful combat Skills in Gothic 1 Remake. It allows players to dodge-roll by pressing the dodge button twice in quick succession, letting them get away from otherwise sure hits, and get close for quick attacks.

Buster can teach the player Acrobatics. He is found in the New Camp cave. From the entrance, follow the path left and up until you reach the highest area, where he can be found alongside another Bandit.
Strength & Dexterity is more readily available from Diego but can also be obtained from various other sources. If you committed to the New Camp and find yourself wanting to spend your LP, Lee ‘s your guy.

From the New Camp cave, follow the path to the right that leads to the Water Mage’s sanctum. Lee is stationed in the room on your right just before the entrance of the Water Mage area.
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