Swimming

Swimming is a speed based skill that is only available in the Elona+ mod.

• It allows you to move faster when you are wet. This does not apply if mounted. Even if the mount has the skill, they don't get the bonus. The skill trains with every turn passed with the wet status, unless you have a magaqua in your inventory. You do still get the speed bonus if you have a maqaqua, though.

In the original Elona, the swimming skill was a joke, being mentioned in two false fortunes that could be shown when eating a fortune cookie. The fortunes stated that it could only be learnt through wishing, and if trained enough, would allow you to swim to another continent.

Trained skill

In North Tyris, you can learn the skill from the trainer in Port Kapul. In South Tyris, the trainers in Port Kurualm, Valm, Melugas.

Skill Updates

Fin crocodile has the special ability that multiplies the speed bonus from Swimming by 1.5 times.

Characters receive an evasion penalty when standing on a water tile while Wet... but, this decrease is ameliorated by Swimming skill, and at high levels may even cause evasion stat to increase instead.

If your boat gets sunk by Hard rain or Etherwind, you can still swim (swimming skill dependent) back to port and read the deed again to get another boat if you survive the dyspnea and SP drain.

The increase in Speed given by [Swimming] skill is 40% of skill level.

The Dog, Frog, Shell, Seamonster, Snake races are trained in the skill.

Races

• Frog
• Crab
• Dog
• Hound
• Dog Elona+
• Frog Elona+
• Shell Elona+
• Seamonster Elona+
• Snake Elona+ 1.99

Wishing

• skillswimming or #swimming will increase Swimming by 1 level and train its potential. It is unknown if this could end up training another skill instead, so use at your own risk.