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Character skills in West of Loathing are a mix of class-specific abilities and generic skills acquired through various means. Skills are also either usable only in combat, for which most require using Action Points (AP), or provide non-combat or passive abilities. Combat skills are further broken down depending on whether you can only use them once in a given combat scenario or multiple times, and whether or not using the skill ends your combat round.

Other characters also have skills. The core pardners all have skills, a special set of skills is used when playing The Bovermind during the Fort Memoriam minigame, and if you dip into necromancy you can gain perks for summoning skeletal thralls that have their own skills.

Below is a full list of all skills you as a player may end up using or selecting. Below the table is the formal category listing with some useful sub-categories. For opponent skills see the mob skills page.

Skills List[]

Image Name Description Type AP Class Restrictions Source
Bad Medicine First, do no harm. Is how that oath you didn't take starts. combat 1 Snake Oiler Does not end turn Reading the "Debilitating Toxins: Where Are They Now?" article in Modern Snake Oiler
Bean Golem Summon a powerful golem made of beans who will (probably) do your bidding. combat 2 Beanslinger Once per combat Does not end turn Reading a volume of Advanced Beancraft
Beanshield Conjure up a whirling sphere of beans that will protect you from melee attacks. combat 1 Beanslinger Once per combat Does not end turn Starting combat skill for a Beanslinger.
Beanwall Conjure up a wall of beans in front of you, which will provide cover from gunfire. combat 2 Beanslinger Does not end turn Reading a volume of Advanced Beancraft
Beef Up Tap into your inner wellspring of beefiness, temporarily increasing your Muscle. combat 1 Cow Puncher Once per combat Does not end turn Starting combat skill for a Cow Puncher.
Beta Blast Once per combat
Bloodbeans Your bloodstream is chock full of tiny beans, which are in turn chock full of restorative proteins. misc Beanslinger Reading a volume of Advanced Beancraft
Bonesaw An instant kill on any skeleton opponent. Doc Alice
Build Cover Susie builds a wooden wall to block (ranged) attacks. The wall is immediately destroyed by melee damage. Susie Once per combat
Bull Stomp Sometimes, you just hate the ground. combat 1 Cow Puncher Reading Advanced Cow Punchin'
Butter Bean This spell lets you conjure a giant bean made of pure butter, then use it to gum up an opponent's works. combat 1 Beanslinger Reading a volume of Advanced Beancraft
Dark Howdy Say hello. To EVIL combat 2 Once per combat Reading Dangerously Advanced Nex-Mex
Dark Whisperin' Spooks all enemies for minor spooky damage. Crazy Pete Once per combat
Deadeye You're a crack shot. You can bullseye a bull's eye at 300 paces. You can shoot a fish in a barrel, even if the fish is really small and the barrel is really big. misc Snake Oiler Starting misc skill for a Snake Oiler
Deploy Snake What good is a briefcase full of snakes if you can't occasionally pull a snake out and tell it what to do? combat 1 Snake Oiler Starting combat skill for a Snake Oiler
Dickerin' You drive a hard bargain, and you never let anybody sell you the long end of a stick. misc Reading Mind Your Meat
Dirty Poker You've learned how to cheat at the weird variant of Poker they play in these parts. misc Reading How to "Cheat" at "Poker"
Enlightenment Field
Fan Hammer Shoot first, then shoot again, then shoot again, and then ask questions if there's anything left to ask questions of. combat 3 Snake Oiler Reading the letter to the editor from a woman in Wyoming in Modern Snake Oiler
First Aid In the West, doctors are few, far between, expensive, and poorly trained. You've decided it's safer to take matters into your own hands. combat 1 Cow Puncher Once per combat Does not end turn Starting combat skill for a Cow Puncher.
Foragin' You know how to live off the land, by extracting booze and cactus potions from the land. misc Read Desert Eatin' and Drinkin'
Fungal Spores Allows Gary to blast out fungal spores, reducing the entire enemy team's stats by 3. Gary
Gary-Fu Gary attacks a single target multiple times, with the number of attacks based on his level, capped at 6. Gary
Ghost Stampede Deal approximately X Spooky damage to all enemies. combat Skeletal Thrall Available to your skeletal thrall, and your ominous skeletal thrall
Good Medicine Some of your patent medicines actually work! You save those for your own use. combat 1 Snake Oiler Reading the recipe for a new kind of snake-oil concoction in Modern Snake Oiler
Gore You've spent enough time in the triangular area where two trails merge to know how to most efficiently hurt a whole row of things. combat 2 Cow Puncher Reading a Cowpunchin' Manual.
Great Northern Blizzard Summon a whirling blizzard of frozen Great Northern beans, dealing Cold damage to all of your enemies. combat 4 Beanslinger Reading a volume of Advanced Beancraft
Grinnin' Skull Skulls are scary, and ghosts are scary, so you know what would be double scary? Yes you do. combat 1 Reading Introductory Nex-Mex
Haymaker A haymaker is when you punch somebody while the sun shines. There's a different name for when you punch somebody where the sun doesn't shine. combat 2 Cow Puncher Reading Advanced Cow Punchin'
Hell Bolt You will deal 3 damage to this revolting human. combat 0 Bovermind This skill is available to you if you play the table-top game at Fort Memoriam
Hell Heal Heal your target for 5 HP combat 1 Bovermind Does not end turn This skill is available to you if you play the table-top game at Fort Memoriam
Hell Missile This revolting human will be utterly destroyed. combat 3 Bovermind This skill is available to you if you play the table-top game at Fort Memoriam
Hell Raise Increase the target's stats by 1 combat 1 Bovermind Does not end turn This skill is available to you if you play the table-top game at Fort Memoriam
Hellbender You tamper with the forces of nature, making you yourself a force of nature. misc Beanslinger Starting misc skill for a Beanslinger
Hornswogglin' You're a city slicker and a witty trickster. misc Snake Oiler Starting misc skill for a Snake Oiler
Intimidatin' You have a way of getting what you want. misc Cow Puncher Starting misc skill for a Cow Puncher
Lantern Bash * Does hot/melee damage based on the difference between Pete's and the opponent's Muscle, modified by any hot resistance they may have. Crazy Pete
Lasso (skill) Allows Susie to tie up an enemy and prevent it from acting for 1 turn. Susie Once per combat
Lava Fava Summon a fava bean made of boiling lava, and hurl it at your unsuspecting foes! combat 1 Beanslinger Starting combat skill for a Beanslinger.
Leatherworkery Your understanding of occult cow anatomy allows you to make seriously enchanted leather goods. misc Cow Puncher Reading a burned leatherworking manual
Lockpickin' Expertise They ain't yet invented a lock that'll keep you out! misc Reading Locks and How to Pick Them
Master Cookery Your cooking skills have boiled over and splattered all over the sublime. misc Beanslinger Reading Beans Illustrated
Medicinal Gas
Menacing Moo Moo at your foes, weakening their resolve and their muscles. combat 2 Cow Puncher Reading Advanced Cow Punchin'
Outfoxin' You're smarter than a box of rocks. misc Beanslinger Starting misc skill for a Beanslinger
Patch Up Lets Doc heal a target. Doc Alice
Peace of the Grave Heal all friendly characters for 20 HP. combat Skeletal Thrall Available to your ominous skeletal thrall
Pep Talk Gives the selected target a boost to all stats for the duration of combat. Crazy Pete
Potionology Your potion-mixing skills are the toast of the West. misc Snake Oiler Reading Oils I Have Known
Quick on the Draw A feller has to get up pretty early in the morning to shoot you. misc Snake Oiler Reading an issue of Modern Snake Oiler
Rain of Teeth At any given point, there are millions of human teeth suspended in the clouds above us. You just know how to jostle them loose. combat 4 Reading Horrifying Concepts of Nex-Mex
Rifle Shot Susie inflicts ranged damage to enemies. Susie
Safecrackin' The word "safe" is a real misnomer when you're around. misc Get Crackin': A Guide to Modern Safes
Scattergun Blast Does a fixed amount of damage (based on Doc's level) to all opponents. Doc Alice
Science Blast
Shadow Tumbleweed Will deal X Spooky damage! combat Skeletal Thrall Available to your neophyte skeletal thrall, your skeletal thrall, and your ominous skeletal thrall
Shoot Science Pistol
Shootenanny Have a wild shootin' party! combat 3 Snake Oiler Modern Snake Oiler
Snakewhip Whip out a snake, then whip something with it! This skill deals a flat amount of damage and poisons its target. combat 1 Snake Oiler Starting combat skill for a Snake Oiler
Spawn Grunt Allows Gary create a copy of himself to use as a meatshield/attack. Gary Once per combat
Strong Medicine The right combination of chemicals, extracts and oils can make you smarter, stronger and more stylish, respectively. combat 2 Snake Oiler Once per combat
The Ol' One Two Three You've learned that the only thing better than hitting an enemy once is hitting an enemy several times. combat 3 Cow Puncher
Thick Skin Your skin is thick, like leather. misc Cow Puncher Reading Advanced Cow Punchin'
Tough Customer You're rough and tumble, rowdy and ready to rumble. misc Cow Puncher Starting misc skill for a Cow Puncher.
Use The Ol' Bean Get smarter! combat 2 Beanslinger Once per combat Does not end turn Reading a volume of Advanced Beancraft
Vampiric Yodel Yodelay-hee-boo. combat 1 Reading Intermediate Nex-Mex
Wary You're keepin' an eye out for trouble, 'cause you know it's keepin' an eye out for you. misc Beanslinger Reading a volume of Advanced Beancraft

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