Ascend

Ascend is a soulslike RPG progression mod inspired by Deepwoken.

The Mod is meant to be used alongside Iron's Spellbooks but can be used without it.

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Features

Core Progression

• Ascend Levels — Gain Ascend XP through combat, crafting, mining, and exploration.
• Skill Points — Every Ascend Level grants 15 points to invest in attributes.
• Knowledge — A rare currency earned from leveling up or slaying strong creatures; used for mystical interactions.

Attributes

Each player has 10 upgradeable stats (max 100 points each):

Attribute	Effect
Strength	Increases melee damage, knockback, and armor penetration.
Agility	Improves movement speed, evasion chance, and stealth.
Fortitude	Increases maximum health and reduces knockback taken.
Intelligence	Boosts mana, spell power, mana regen, and cooldown reduction (with Iron’s Spells & Spellbooks).
Willpower	Reduces sanity drain and increases stamina/tempo. Reduces spell cast time with Iron's Spells Spells & Spellbooks -> Does
Charisma	Improves villager trades and grants small mana bonuses.
Light Scaling	Increases damage with light weapons.
Medium Scaling	Increases damage with medium weapons.
Heavy Scaling	Increases damage with heavy weapons.
Magic Scaling	Enhances spell power and mana efficiency for scaling spells.

Knowledge System

• Gain 1 Knowledge for each Ascend Level.
• Gain 2 Knowledge when slaying elite or boss-tier mobs.
• Spend Knowledge at ancient shrines or with special items to alter your progression.

Shrine of Remembrance

• Indestructible world-generated structure appearing rarely. You can interact with it to reset your skillpoints in exchange for Knowledge.

Iron’s Spells ‘n Spellbooks Compatibility

If installed:

• Intelligence increases max mana, spell power, mana regen, and cooldown reduction.
• Charisma adds smaller mana bonuses.
• Magic Scaling improves damage and regen for scaling spells.

Controls

Action	Default Key	Description
Open Ascend Stats Menu	V	Opens the attribute screen (can be rebound in Controls → Keybinds → Inventory).

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Configuration

All gameplay values (XP gain, level caps, points per level, etc.) are adjustable in config/ascend-common.toml