The Lantern of the Laughless Saint: Character Creation + Basic Skills Guide

The Lantern of the Laughless Saint is an RPG where players can battle fearsome monsters, brave beast-filled jungles and delve through subterranean caves and temples. The world is vast, whether you plan to dive for treasure beneath the waves or become a seasoned warrior hardened by combat or an expert wizard. You can also lead a simple life, helping the local orphans collect peaches from the wilderness and reuniting a daughter with her lost father.

There is much replayability in this game and there are key differences between races you can initially pick, which can give radical advantages and hindrances. There are also many skills and you can pick and choose which areas of expertise you’d like to invest skill points into freely.

Given that this title has launched officially as of Aug 17, 2026 and this guide not more than 24 hours later, it is extremely likely that developer changes will be made and this guide will be rendered inaccurate.

It isn’t until after creating your character that you can view all your Skills. After Leveling up, you can freely distribute +5 acquired Skill Points among all your skills. You don’t have to rely on allocating Skill Points to raise a Skill, however, as you can raise them by performing related actions instead. It may be wise to save Skill Points for Skills that are difficult to raise quickly, such as Combat Skills, whereas Sprinting/Swimming/Sneaking will all rise on their own.

Races that begin with Negative Skill Adjustments will have you start the game with a Skill Deficit, such as the Calyx starting out with -10 Swimming. It will appear in-game that you have an actual Swimming Skill of -10.

The Skill tab of the main menu contains a description for each selected skill and a list that displays your current Skill Levels, a progress bar displaying your advancement to the next single Skill Point increase, and a “+” sign used to allocate acquired Skill Points.

It may be wise to save Skill Points until you have raised the Skill yourself as each additional Skill Level will raise the natural Experience required to Level up again, whereas Skill Points ignore the Experience required and simply instantly Level Skills up.

Skill Adjustments

• +5 One-Handed
• +5 Two-Handed
• +5 Channeling

Umbrites worship the Queen Umbrinox who claims to be the one true god, creator of all other gods and the world itself. As an Umbrite, you may not necessarily be a devout worshipper but you grew up among the faithful. and tie the surrounding baronies to your upbringing.

“Follow her rule, and you will do fine. Worship her, and you will do great. Aggravate her, and you will wish you’d never been born.”

Skill Adjustments

• +15% Better Prices
• +15 Lockpicking
• -20 Max Health

Al-Fijhani men and women are taught at a young age to find unmet needs in the world and to capitalize on them. Plying their trade is of the noblest passions and achieving status is paramount whether by bartering, plundering, or casting magics.

“If only a fool would pay your price then you must peddle your wares in the province of fools.”
-Aul, Village Baker

Skill Adjustments

• +100 Max Magic Power
• -30 Max Stamina
• 50% Weakness to Fire
• +1 Starting Spell

Ruggites are esteemed worshippers of Ruggul the Wrathul, the god that lives in the sky. You are centuries old, having been made pale and sickly but all those years living under the light of Ruggul has blessed you with enhanced magical prowess.

“Many false gods claim to reside in the sky – Ruggul truly is. The Crimson Moon over the Crimson Desert, watching his people perform their prayer through combat.”
-Krespir, Village Priest

“Dreams and visions are my mother tongue, I merely seek to translate.”
-Chi’Alani, Village Ruggite

Skill Adjustments

• +50 Max Carry Weight
• +15 Swimming
• -10 Archery

The reptilian race of the Thrakh once commanded a powerful, now ruined, civilization. Its legacy are a whisper on the wind, and its descendants wander even now but keep to themselves. Generosity is rarely shown by outsiders and the Thrakh have learned to get by without the help of others.

Skill Adjustments

• +15 Psionics
• -5 Armor Skill
• -10 Swimming
• +1 Spell (Night Eye)

The Calyx reside across the domain of man, living where they see fit. They heed the call of nature and have adapted to the wild world. With their Night Eye, at will, they can discern shapes in the dead of night or in unlit caves, whereas men would be completely blind. They are held at a lower standard than other bipedal races, as they believe where Calyx can be found, so can misfortune.