- “ Swear an Oath. An indescribable power emanates from words spoken from the soul. You now wield it. ”
Description[]
"Oaths" are viewpoints and beliefs that a character vows to live by until the day they fall. They chiefly serve to further define the player character's potential, personality, and story- providing a progressable set of abilities alongside a set of rules or actions to swear under. Oaths, just like Murmurs and Resonances, are classified as unique Talent Cards that players obtain only through meeting certain requirements and do not take up talent slots.
Due to the unique nature of swearing an Oath, only one can be wielded at once. It is possible to break an Oath with the Shrine of Yun'Shul, but "it's called an Oath for a reason." Heed the consequences that come with becoming an Oathbreaker.
Every character begins as a simple Pathfinder, meaning they are without an Oath, but not devoted to being Oathless. Being a Pathfinder offers no real advantages, but it may protect you from others who need Oath Kills for their progression, such as Linkstriders or Contractors, however, don't rely on it.
Oath Damage is an entirely separate type of damage that is only resisted by Oathless or general defense modifiers, such as Reinforce or To the Finish.
Obtainable Oaths[]
Notes:
"comb." means a combined total across multiple listed stats
WEP = Any weapon stat (HVY, MED, LHT)
Upcoming Oaths[]
- Warmaster
- Chef
- Voidhunter[1]
Oath Skipping[]
If you've fully progressed any Oath at least once on your account, you will become eligible for the progression skip for that Oath, allowing you to entirely skip the Oath's progression the next time you obtain it, at the cost of 10 Knowledge. This is an account wide unlock that can be accessed on any slot. To perform this, simply talk to the Oath giver NPC (for Blindseer and Linkstrider, the wall glyphs and linkstrider machine respectively) while having their Oath, and choose the 10 Knowledge dialogue option.
Bladeharper's and Soulbreaker's progressions cannot be skipped currently (will likely be added in the future). Blightsurger's progression also cannot be skipped, but unlike the previously mentioned Oaths, this is entirely intentional.
If you've fully progressed an Oath prior to it receiving new content that would require further progression, you will still be eligible for an Oath progression skip without having to manually obtain the new content first.
Oathbreaker - Oath Removal[]
It is possible to remove your Oath (you can do this as many times as you want) by making a wish to Yun'Shul. This comes with a warning: You could potentially close off your former Oath to you forever.
Upon breaking an Oath, unique effects will occur:
- Arcwarder: ??? - "Your connection to the Arc Suit withers, cut off at the stem. An expensive choice to make."
- You lose some reputation with The Ignition Union.
- Upon talking to Delta he'll say "You've got some nerve showin' your face to me after trashing an Arc Suit like that. Called an Oath for a reason, mate."
- Arcwarder cannot be reobtained if broken.
- Bladeharper: The Blade Within - "Was this not the future we sought? Perhaps not."
- Bladeharper can be reobtained if broken.
- Blindseer: ??? - "The world grows darker once more. The night rolls in, and so do its terrors."
- Blindseer can be reobtained if broken.
- Contractor: Zi'eer - "Don't bother showing your face again. I had little faith in you to begin with"
- You instantly become maximum negative reputation (villain) with Etrea and The Ministry.
- Will get instantly gripped if by chance you stumble into the courtroom of the Lord Regent, meaning it cannot be reobtained if broken.
- You are regranted access to Castle Light.
- Chainwarden: Vice Warden Morredh - "Another deserter? You're pathetic."
- Chainwarden cannot be reobtained after breaking it, as the Vice Warden will insult you upon interaction
- Dawnwalker: Klaris - "It seems you lack commitment. Not everyone can be a beacon. Some are fated to be retreat into the dark."
- You lose some reputation with The Divers.
- Upon talking to her again she'll prompt the dialogue "Ah, the flake is back again. What do you want?"
- You can reobtain Dawnwalker after breaking it. However, the price will be 60 Medallions
instead of 30.
- Fadetrimmer: Your Scissors - "Whatever, man."
- Fadetrimmer can be reobtained if broken.
- Jetstriker: Alirian - "Huh. And here I thought I'd found a true rival. I had fun while it lasted, friend."
- Talking to Alirian will prompt the following conversation:
- "Oh you're back? You kinda hurt my feelings when you broke off our rivalry like that." / Please forgive me.
- "Hmm. Okay, sure. You'll still make a good rival. Want to strike up an Oath again?" / I'll follow your oath, my dear rival.
- You'll regain Jetstriker.
- "This is our path then, my friendly nemesis! To be a Jetstriker, one who walks with the Song's flow itself.. ah, it's so freeing."
- Talking to Alirian will prompt the following conversation:
- Linkstrider: ??? - "Like two halves of an image coming together, you once more feel like at home in this reality. Your view of greater dimensions has retreated away into the horizon."
- This Oath can be reobtained if broken.
- Oathless: Cerulean - "The way opens more to you, my disciple. Safe travels."
- Talking to Cerulean will prompt the dialogue "Ah, my friend, it is good to see you. Have you need of anything? / I'd like to become Oathless once more.
- You'll regain Oathless.
- Talking to Cerulean will prompt the dialogue "Ah, my friend, it is good to see you. Have you need of anything? / I'd like to become Oathless once more.
- Saltchemist: ??? - "Your body feels still. Inert. The Panacea's effects have worn off."
- Saltchemist can be reobtained if broken.
- Silentheart: The Voice of Dread - "This matters not. Your heart has already been claimed."
- The Attunement Trainers will respawn afterwards.
- If you attempt to regain the Oath, The Dreadstar will not spawn after you survive the Ghosts on the Beloved Zofia.
- Silentheart cannot be reobtained if broken.
- Starkindred: Samael - "The Stars were never yours to lay claim to. You're just another heretic rejected by the blood."
- Talking to Samael again will cause him to say "Insolent worm. Leave."
- Starkindred cannot be reobtained if broken.
- Saintsworn - *The connection slips away entirely, leaving you standing alone, free but at what cost?*
- Saintsworn cannot be reobtained if broken.
- Soulbreaker: Shrine of Yun'Shul, Keeper of Hearts - *Something awful holds your mind in its grip.* "THEN IT IS SO, YOU SHALL FORGET THE PROMISE YOU MADE, A NEW PATH OPENING IN ITS PLACE." *The sensation departs you. Your mind is quiet once more.*
- Soulbreaker can be reobtained if broken.
- Visionshaper: The Nestmind - "Our end of the deal has already been struck. You're welcome to seek out whichever path pleases you. Just know that you have not won your freedom, mouse."
- Talking to Surge again will prompt the following conversation:
- "Retired from the Hunt, eh? If you can prove yourself a hunter again I'd be happy to welcome you back." / Bring me back.
- "Hmm... Perhaps you are ready after all... But be mindful that this is only the beginning." / [End Dialogue]
- You'll be brought to A Conscious Intersection again and by talking to The Nestmind again, you'll regain Visionshaper (You'll need void feathers).
- Talking to Surge again will prompt the following conversation:
Note: Wiping after breaking your Oath will leave the "Obtained an Oath" echo task incomplete if you didn't make a new Oath prior to wiping.
Lore Oaths[]
Oaths that are mentioned by either NPCs or developers but are not currently in the game.
Warmaster[]
- Not much is known about it, but its confirmed to be an Oath that is going to be added in a future update, as stated by Ragoozer.
- One notorious user of this Oath is Warden Jericho.
- Similar to Blindseer being the counter-Oath to Visionshaper, there is a high chance of this Oath having the same relationship the Contractor Oath due to the fact that Warmasters swear an Oath to vanquish Zi'eer and the Contractors.
- The source of power of the Oath is the Circle of Honour.
Voidhunter[]
Proof of Time Magic's existence and it being an "Oath"
- An oath used by the Knives of Eylis to 'slow down time'.
- It is very likely to be the Oath mentioned by Eylis when you ask her about her Oath as a Voidwalker.
- It is not confirmed, but its very probably that this Oath can manipulate time in a very similar way as the Voidsea due to the relation of the Voidwalkers and the Voidsea, meaning, that instead like a "time magic" Oath, it could be more like a "Void Oath" where time manipulation is just one part of the Oath.
Trivia[]
- It's possible to obtain every Oath on a single character without wiping by using Shrine of Order and Yun'Shul wishes from Misérables
- This was confirmed on March 21st, 2025 when Deepwoken Content Creator Always_Afk released his Oathbreaker Abridged video.
- There is a common misconception that being a Pathfinder and having an Oath are mutually exclusive. This is not true. A Pathfinder is merely treated as being without an Oath for gameplay purposes, as Oathless cannot be used as a term given it is an actual Oath.
- Probably because "Person without an Oath" would be too long to fit onto a Wanted Poster.
- All Oaths have a Talent category, and thus all have a line associated with the Mystics, even if this cannot be used, much like Rare and Innate Talents.
- All Oaths (except for Contractor) are compound words. (ex. Silent/Heart)
- Almost all Oath Mantras can be modified with Vibrant Gems.
- However, no Oath Mantras can be leveled up beyond level 1.
- Some Oaths change your character's eye color.
- Linkstrider gives the user Cyan eyes.
- Visionshaper gives the user Bright Magenta eyes.
- Jetstriker gives the user Silver eyes.
- Dawnwalker gives the user White eyes.
- Contractor gives the user Dark Maroon eyes.
- Silentheart gives a darker and duller shade of the player's current eye color.
- In the Battle Royale gamemode, Oaths can be obtained by collecting Oath Shards from chests.
- It takes 3 shards to obtain the Oath, and one for each subsequent Talent.
- Some Oaths can be obtained at Power 1, these are: Oathless, Contractor, Blindseer, and Linkstrider.
- Because Blindseer requires you to have the 3 Talents from the Mental Fortress Talent tree, you'll need to complete Bravery/Compassion/Curiosity Quests and/or Shrine off the free Mantra from the free Whisper Draw to get all three Talents without powering up.
- Currently, there are three Oaths where you cannot skip progression with Knowledge. These Oaths are: Soulbreaker, Bladeharper, and Blightsurger.
- For Soulbreaker, this is probably due to it being added after the Oath skip update.
- For Bladeharper, its progression is supposed to be skippable, though it currently isn't due to an oversight.
- And finally for Blightsurger, its prog not being skippable is entirely intentional, even going as far as Brutus having unique dialogue if you attempt to skip the Oath's progression.
References[]
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