Template:SkillDef

One row per hero skill. 102 rows total in 2026-05-05: 30 production + 12 pseudo + 30 arena + 30 campaign. Skills are the top-level branches of the hero skill tree (e.g. skill_assault, skill_archery, skill_logistics); each has 1-3 mastery levels, and at each level the player gets to pick from a small pool of sub-skills ("perks") that further specialize the build.

A skill carries identity (id, variant, type), shared name + desc SIDs, and a count of mastery levels. Per-level data (overrides, offered sub-skills, bonuses) lives on SkillLevel. The sub-skills available from a skill live on SubSkill, recovered by scanning every level's offered_sub_skills list.

Page layout

Data:Skill/<id> is self-contained — it carries the skill's own row plus every sub-skill referenced by any of its levels:

1. {{SkillDef | id=… | variant=… | skill_type=… | …}}
2. N × {{TranslationDef | type=skill | target_id=<id> | language=… | name=… | description=… }} — name + description, shared across all levels, one row per language
3. N × {{SkillLevelDef | skill_id=<id> | level=N | …}}
4. For each level that overrides a name/desc, N × {{TranslationDef | type=skill_level | target_id=<id> | variant=<level> | language=… | … }}
5. M × {{BonusDef | parent_type=skill_level | parent_id=<id>_L<level> | … }}
6. K × {{SubSkillDef | id=… | parent_skill_id=<id> | …}} — every sub-skill referenced by any level
7. K × N × {{TranslationDef | type=sub_skill | target_id=<sub_skill_id> | language=… | …}}
8. K' × {{BonusDef | parent_type=sub_skill | parent_id=<sub_skill_id> | …}}

The 77 sub-skills not referenced by any skill (8 test entries + ~69 arena legacy *_old entries) emit onto the catch-all page Data:Skill/_orphan_sub_skills instead.

Schema

This template defines the table "Skill". View table.

{{SkillDef
| id = String
| variant = String              <!-- production / arena / campaign / pseudo -->
| skill_type = String           <!-- Common / Class / Faction; null for pseudo skills -->
| is_pseudo = Boolean
<!-- Localization references — display text lives in the Translation table, type='skill' -->
| name_sid = String
| desc_sid = String             <!-- nullable -->
| max_level = Integer           <!-- 1-3, == count(SkillLevel rows) -->
| source_path = String
}}

Field notes

• id is the source JSON id (e.g. skill_assault, arena_skill_assault, campaign_skill_assault, skill_pseudo_1).
• variant distinguishes production / arena / campaign / pseudo variants of the same skill family. Most analytical queries should WHERE variant = 'production'.

skill_type is one of Common / Class / FactionDef. Pseudo skills (the 12 skill_pseudo_ entries) carry no skill_type — they're internal mechanism skills not shown in the hero UI.

• is_pseudo mirrors the source isPseudoSkill flag. Pseudo skills typically have just 1 level and are used as reusable mechanic containers (e.g. movement bonuses applied uniformly).
• name_sid / desc_sid point at the L10n entries, surfaced for traceability. Display name / description for every language (English included) live in the Translation table, type='skill'; per-level name/desc overrides use type='skill_level', variant=<level>.
• max_level equals the length of the source parametersPerLevel array.

Related tables

• SkillLevel — joined on id = skill_id (1:N where N=1..3).
• SubSkill — joined on id = parent_skill_id. Recovered by scanning every level's offered_sub_skills.
• BonusDef — skill-level bonuses join on parent_type='skill_level' AND parent_id LIKE id || '_L%'.
• Translation — display text in every language (English included), joined on id = Translation.target_id WHERE Translation.type='skill' AND Translation.language='en' (1:N, one row per language).