Learning and unlocking skills of GW When a Player initially uses their account, there will be no skills available for the characters they wish to create. Making a skill available to the account is known as learning and unlocking them. The difference between locked/unlocked and known/unknown is that the former applies to the account, and the latter applies to a PvE character on that account. Any PvP character or Hero can access any unlocked (non-PvE specific) skill, subject to profession restrictions. A skill can be both learned and unlocked by: Completing certain quests which reward the player with a skill (except for PvE-only skills). Purchasing a skill from a skill trainer (except for PvE-only skills). Capturing a skill from a boss. Switching secondary professions, which can add default skills for that profession. Purchasing a skill from a Hero skill trainer (except for PvE- only skills). Skills can be unlocked without being learned by: Purchasing a skill from a Priest of Balthazar. Recruiting a Hero who has the skill as part of their default skill bar. From the purchasing of PvP unlock packages through the online store. Receiving a skill temporarily during certain quests prior to choosing a secondary profession. PvE-only skills can be learned, but cannot be unlocked. A skill might be: Locked on the account (i.e. the skill is unknown to all characters on the account). Unlocked on the account but unknown to the current character. Unlocked on the account and known to the current character. Locked on the account, but known to the current character. This applies to PvE-only skills such as Signet of Capture, as well as skills given to PvP characters upon their first creation. When a skill is known to a character, that skill can be added to the character's Skill Bar. When a non-elite skill is unlocked but unknown to a character, the character can purchase that skill from a skill trainer or learn it by using a skill tome, while unlocked elite skills can be learned from elite skill tomes. A player may also add any unlocked skills to a Hero's skill bar, even if the skill is not known to the character that owns the hero. Finally, a player may use any unlocked skills on the skill bars of any PvP character on that account. When a skill is unlocked through any means other than the purchasing of PvP Unlock Packages, a small dialog box will appear to indicate the unlocking occurred. Note that certain actions, such as unlocking through the addition of a Hero or secondary profession, may cause multiple dialog boxes to appear, sequentially.