No Grind Stat Gains

On NG, stats are increased through skill usage. Here is the breakdown of which skills improve which stats. There are also some useful slash commands to limit your stats to assist in shaping them.

Skills that increase strength:

• longswords
• polearms
• maces
• smithing
• U/A
• axes
• mining
• chopping trees (WoodCrafting)

Skills that increase dexterity:

• Woodcrafting (but not chopping)
• lockpicking
• ranged
• stealth
• traps
• shortswords
• foils
• Tinkering
• tailoring
• healing

Skills that increase intelligence:

• magery, piety and sorcery
• alchemy
• itemlore
• inscription
• cartography
• taming
• enchanting

Skills that don't increase anything:

• tactics
• meditation