Best Skills to Unlock First (Enshrouded 1.0)

Three rules, in order:

Two Core skills fit any role and cost 4 points in all (4 points, level 3). Take them whenever you have two spare points, not before your damage skill.

Warrior's Path first, because it is the damage skill for the one-handed axe, club and sword and its route goes through a Constitution node (health). Heavy Plates second: physical armor points from equipped items are increased by 4%. Total 14 points, level 8.

Two-handed instead? Swap Warrior's Path for Barbarian's Path (two-handed axes, clubs, hammers) or Titan Edge (greatswords): same price per rank, different weapon. Daggers are on the Ranger side.

Marksman for three ranks comes with a Dexterity node: bows scale with Dexterity, so the route pays twice. Skill Shot is next because hitting weak points such as heads counts as a skillshot, which this skill raises by 20%. Sniper raises crit chance with bows. Total 12 points, level 7.

Airborne is a quality-of-life pick (glider stamina); swap it for a second rank of anything above if you do not glide much.

Mage Apprentice is the wand and staff damage skill and sits next to a Spirit node (mana). Eternal Spark routes through an Intelligence node, and the game's text for that node is "Increases Magic damage by 5% per Attribute Point", so the connector is a damage point too. Arsonist raises all Fire damage 10% per rank, so take it only if you cast Fire. Total 13 points, level 8.

A Frost or Shroud mage swaps Arsonist for Iceman or Dark Arts; both cost 2 per rank.

Support leans on Healer (healing spells and Water Aura) and the aura itself. Water Aura heals you and injured allies nearby and, per its own text, scales with Intelligence. Healing Revive makes revived players come back with more health, which is worth a point in a group. Total 11 points, level 7.

These are good skills with a long route. From a fresh tree the dearest here, Last Meal, costs 14 points to reach, against 5 for itself. Buy them once the first stretch is done, not before:

Buying the big active skill first. Heavy actives cost more and need a route; the damage passive pays on every swing.

Skipping the attribute nodes. They look like filler, but they are the weapon-scaling points: a bow, a wand and a sword each scale with a different one.

Mixing two weapon types in the first 15. A skill for the wrong weapon does nothing; pick the weapon, then the skill.

Forgetting the reset. 1.0 reset every tree once; plan on the planner before you spend.