The first is that there are two main kinds which are battle and class. Battle engravings are general bonuses that can boost your abilities
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Class engravings are rarer. Each advanced class receives two engravings, each of which leans into a different way of playing that class. Paladins, for instance, are able to get The Blessed Aura class engraving, which makes them better healers, and Judgment, which helps them deal with damage. That said, you can build up both class engravings, rather than settling into one or the other.
Open your profile by pressing P. You'll notice a tab for engravings just to the right of virtues and skins. This shows the extent of each engraving you're affected by (more details on how to accomplish this later). Each engraving is comprised of a row of 15 nodes and for every five nodes the engraving's effect grows. If an engraving is able to combine a bonus with a penalty, the penalty won't alter as the effect of the engraving increases, but it will be a bit more.
For instance, the Precise Dagger engraving gives an greater chance of hitting critical targets, but lessens the damage they cause. At the first level (five nodes) it's just a flat +4% rate, which is -12% damage. At two levels (10 nodes) that becomes +10 percent crit rate, however the reduction in damage to crit is still -12%. This is the same at 3rd level (all fifteen nodes) which is where it reaches an increase of 20% crit rate however, it remains at -12% damage to crit
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