# Ascend<\/p>\n
**Ascend** is a soulslike RPG progression mod inspired by *Deepwoken*. <\/p>\n
**The Mod is meant to be used alongside Iron’s Spellbooks but can be used without it.**<\/p>\n
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## Features<\/p>\n
### Core Progression
\n– **Ascend Levels** \u2014 Gain Ascend XP through combat, crafting, mining, and exploration.
\n– **Skill Points** \u2014 Every Ascend Level grants 15 points to invest in attributes.
\n– **Knowledge** \u2014 A rare currency earned from leveling up or slaying strong creatures; used for mystical interactions.<\/p>\n
### Attributes
\nEach player has 10 upgradeable stats (max 100 points each):<\/p>\n
| Attribute | Effect |
\n|————|———|
\n| **Strength** | Increases melee damage, knockback, and armor penetration. |
\n| **Agility** | Improves movement speed, evasion chance, and stealth. |
\n| **Fortitude** | Increases maximum health and reduces knockback taken. |
\n| **Intelligence** | Boosts mana, spell power, mana regen, and cooldown reduction (with *Iron\u2019s Spells & Spellbooks*). |
\n| **Willpower** | Reduces sanity drain and increases stamina\/tempo. Reduces spell cast time with Iron’s Spells Spells & Spellbooks |
\n| **Charisma** | Improves villager trades and grants small mana bonuses. |
\n| **Light Scaling** | Increases damage with light weapons. |
\n| **Medium Scaling** | Increases damage with medium weapons. |
\n| **Heavy Scaling** | Increases damage with heavy weapons. |
\n| **Magic Scaling** | Enhances spell power and mana efficiency for scaling spells. |<\/p>\n
### Knowledge System
\n– Gain **1 Knowledge** for each Ascend Level.
\n– Gain **2 Knowledge** when slaying elite or boss-tier mobs.
\n– Spend Knowledge at ancient shrines or with special items to alter your progression.<\/p>\n
### Shrine of Remembrance
\n– Indestructible world-generated structure appearing rarely. You can interact with it to reset your skillpoints in exchange for Knowledge.<\/p>\n
### Iron\u2019s Spells \u2018n Spellbooks Compatibility
\nIf installed:
\n– **Intelligence** increases max mana, spell power, mana regen, and cooldown reduction.
\n– **Charisma** adds smaller mana bonuses.
\n– **Magic Scaling** improves damage and regen for scaling spells.<\/p>\n
## Controls<\/p>\n
| Action | Default Key | Description |
\n|———|————–|————-|
\n| **Open Ascend Stats Menu** | `V` | Opens the attribute screen (can be rebound in Controls \u2192 Keybinds \u2192 Inventory). |<\/p>\n
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## Configuration
\nAll gameplay values (XP gain, level caps, points per level, etc.) are adjustable in config\/ascend-common.toml<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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